Vegas Q&A: Are In-Room Safes Safe?
UPDATED: 7:44 a.m. EDT October 27, 2003
Question: Are in-room safes really safe?
Sharon in Washington, D.C.
Answer: Most in-room safes allow you to input your own code to open them, so it's not like it has the same combination from the last person who used it. This means you and only you know how to open the thing up.
Having said that, these things are not worthy of Fort Knox, so I absolutely would not leave massive amounts of cash or priceless family jewelry in there. A determined and experienced thief could probably open the thing up faster than you could with the actual code.
But the chances a determined and experienced thief is going to target your room specifically are pretty slim. The worst you might have to worry about is garden-variety criminals, and if you've watched "Cops" you'll know most of them are pretty dumb. By the time they get the safe open with the baseball bat they are using, security will have arrived and your valuables will be safe.
Of course, someone must have a master code to the in-room safes -- either the hotels or the companies that installed the safes in the first place. Again, the chances that someone will use that information to access your safe are so small that it isn't even worth worrying about.
I've been going to Vegas for years and have never once had a problem leaving money in an in-room safe. However, if you feel nervous about it, most hotels have safety-deposit boxes at the front desks, which may offer you more peace of mind.
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Answer: Most in-room safes allow you to input your own code to open them, so it's not like it has the same combination from the last person who used it. This means you and only you know how to open the thing up.
Having said that, these things are not worthy of Fort Knox, so I absolutely would not leave massive amounts of cash or priceless family jewelry in there. A determined and experienced thief could probably open the thing up faster than you could with the actual code.
But the chances a determined and experienced thief is going to target your room specifically are pretty slim. The worst you might have to worry about is garden-variety criminals, and if you've watched "Cops" you'll know most of them are pretty dumb. By the time they get the safe open with the baseball bat they are using, security will have arrived and your valuables will be safe.
Of course, someone must have a master code to the in-room safes -- either the hotels or the companies that installed the safes in the first place. Again, the chances that someone will use that information to access your safe are so small that it isn't even worth worrying about.
I've been going to Vegas for years and have never once had a problem leaving money in an in-room safe. However, if you feel nervous about it, most hotels have safety-deposit boxes at the front desks, which may offer you more peace of mind.
If you have a question you'd like to submit, click here.
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