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Staying in a hotel by yourself is one of the most luxurious experiences. You have someone else cleaning your room, you get all the free little bottles of shampoo you want, you get room service, you get to throw your clothes everywhere, and you don’t need to take any grief from anybody about it. Even if you’re not traveling, you should try checking into a local hotel for a staycation sometime. It’s the best. But, there is a lot of activity at hotels and not enough security to monitor it all. Most hotels are used to hundreds of people who are clearly not guests wandering their halls since they may be a friend for a guest just dropping by. Unlike in a gated apartment building, nobody is checking IDs for everybody who enters a hotel. There is little stopping a complete stranger from walking right up to your room door. So here are safety tips to keep in mind if you’re a woman staying at a hotel alone.
