8 Try to stay only at hotels that have uniformed security guards. I am on a...
Try to stay only at hotels that have uniformed security guards. I am on a waiting list for housing and for the time being am staying in hotels close to my employment. I cannot afford the more expensive hotels and so pay for the $40 - 55 hotels. Otherwise, Budget Lodge on J. Clyde Boulevard for me was the safest hotel because a separate business has a camera pointing toward the Budget Lodge parking lot. The Mulberry Inn use to have uniformed guards, now people leave main doors open.
This past October, I was placed in a room with really short curtains. When I questioned why were the curtains so short in this room, the male employee took a bedspread off the bed and placed under the short curtain. The next day, one of the hotel guests told me a lady was asking questions about me. A younger employee asked me about my stay and I shared my experience, and was ready to checkout. That lady came out from behind a door with a shocked look on her face. The curtain was changed. They may have gotten away with in their country.
Some guests will hang out in groups in front of your door, talk really loud and then retire to their room. Some people will just spray bug spray just to make it uncomfortable.
Try not to use your remote to get in and out of your car. A hotel I use to frequent did not (at least rightfully at first) question a group of guys using their cells in front of rooms they were occupying. A week later a guy opened my car door around 1:39 am(in the morning) around the time I had to use the bathroom. I looked out the window because I was like "man that is real close to my car." The guy walked to my car and ran to get back in his after he saw me looking out. Place aluminum foil on your remote if that works.
Wanda, United States of America