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Why You Shouldn’t Keep Your Hotel Balcony Door Open

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When you’re staying at a hotel, sometimes you just can’t resist keeping the balcony door open. Maybe you’re facing the ocean and want the air and sound to waft into your room. Maybe you have no control of the thermostat (psst! These hacks might help) and keeping the balcony door open is the only way to get the room warmer or cooler. Besides, you’re not on the 1st floor, so you’re perfectly safe from thieves, right?

Well, maybe not so much…

Here are some headlines and news videos regarding hotel thefts that happened when the thief or thieves entered through an open/unlocked balcony door:

And if you want some visual proof of how easily and quickly it can happen…

NSFW Warning – the first video has some adult language

What can you do to prevent this?

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