As a security Director for 2 large resorts I can tell you most of the time the theft is really not a theft. The staff is always to blame, but most of the time its the guest who misplaces the item. I have people who say they are missing 2 carat dimond rings worth thousands and when found in the guest bathrobe pocket its a cheap chip diamond woth $100. Is there crime in hotels? Sure but more often than not its the guest who loses and careless with their stuff. Use common sense and lock it in the safe. Thats what they are there for. DO NOT BRING YOUR $10,000 ring to a hotel and leave it in the room, do not bring $5,000 cash and leave it on the counter, and above all do not do what someone suggested and cut the mattress and put you stuff inside. You will be paying us for a new mattress.
When we catch an employee stealing and we go to the extreame and set up rooms to try and catch them from time to time, we have them arrested. We are doing our part so please if you check into a hotel lock your stuff up and leave the expensive stuff home.

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