Your Mileage May Vary
  • Home
  • Contact
  • About
  • Categories
    • Airlines
    • Airports
    • Contests & Sweepstakes
    • Credit Cards
    • Cruises
    • Discounts & Sales
    • Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks
    • Food & Beverage
    • Funny Stuff
    • Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)
    • Hotels
    • Lounges
    • Museums
    • New York City
    • Newbies (& those who don’t travel often)
    • Parks/Nature
    • Points & Miles
    • Rental Cars
    • Roadside Attraction
    • Shopping
    • Theater
    • Tips and Tricks
    • Travel
    • Weekly Recap
Tag:

hotel safety

  • Hotels

    Fascinating: Hotel Doors in Norway Don’t Immediately Lock. Here’s Why

    by SharonKurheg July 16, 2025
    by SharonKurheg July 16, 2025

    One of our friends was recently in Norway – we haven’t been yet (but want to), so I lived vicariously through their Facebook posts and reels. Towards the end of …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
  • Hotels

    The U.S. Cities With The Most Bedbugs, According to Terminix (2025)

    by SharonKurheg June 23, 2025
    by SharonKurheg June 23, 2025

    If you’ve been following our blog for a long time, you may notice that we’ve offered an annual (well, ALMOST annual LOL) post of “The U.S. Cities With The Most …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
  • Hotels

    How To See If Your Hotel Has Been Reported For Bedbugs

    by SharonKurheg June 8, 2025
    by SharonKurheg June 8, 2025

    Over the past decade or two, bedbugs have become a significant issue at every level of hotels, from fleabag hotels to Airbnbs to Disney hotels to hostels to the Waldorf=Astoria. …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
  • Hotels

    UGH! Thieves Don’t Even Need A Code To Open Your Hotel Safe

    by SharonKurheg January 24, 2025
    by SharonKurheg January 24, 2025

    Years ago, in-room hotel safes were opened and locked with a key. Of course, guests would sometimes lose their key. The solution to that was the front desk having either …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
  • Hotels

    How To Never Leave Behind Anything That’s In Your Hotel Safe

    by SharonKurheg December 29, 2024
    by SharonKurheg December 29, 2024

    I’ve never done it personally, but I’ve heard lots of stories about people forgetting they’ve put things in their hotel safe and then leaving them behind after they check out. …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
  • Hotels

    Why You Shouldn’t Keep Your Hotel Balcony Door Open

    by SharonKurheg November 10, 2024
    by SharonKurheg November 10, 2024

    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 …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
  • Travel Equipment

    Review: PacSafe Portable Safe (Because Hotel Safes Aren’t Safe)

    by SharonKurheg November 3, 2024
    by SharonKurheg November 3, 2024

    NOTE: This is not an advertisement, and we were not compensated for this post—we purchased this item on our own and wanted to share our experience. A while back, I …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
  • Hotels

    Are Hotels Obligated to Tell You if They Have or Have Had Bedbugs?

    by SharonKurheg October 22, 2024
    by SharonKurheg October 22, 2024

    Bedbugs. Just the word can make some people feel icky. There are plenty of places where bedbugs can be found, including some that may surprise you (like here and here). …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail
  • Hotels

    Your Hotel Room Door Lock Is Easily Hackable. Here’s What To Do About It

    by SharonKurheg May 12, 2024
    by SharonKurheg May 12, 2024

    We’d all like to think that when we’re in a hotel room, we have some degree of safety and security for our stuff and ourselves. Unfortunately, that’s not always the …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestThreadsBlueskyEmail

Search

Recent Posts

  • Select Drivers Licenses in Another State Glitching at TSA Security Checkpoint September 23, 2025
  • Hotel Review: Renaissance Wind Creek Aruba Resort September 23, 2025
  • What Are “Travel Dead Zones” & Why Are They Good Things? September 23, 2025
  • Was This a New CBP Screening Technique, or Just Strange Small Talk? September 23, 2025
  • Uber Emails Tourists Claiming Its New 1.5% Fee Saves Money September 22, 2025

Recent Comments

  • DonDover on Getting From Heathrow to London: Express vs. Elizabeth Line vs. Underground
  • Steve F on Uber Emails Tourists Claiming Its New 1.5% Fee Saves Money
  • Steve F on The Rental Car Perks of the Chase Sapphire Reserve
  • All Airline CEOs Smell on TSA Ended Their Shoes-off Policy, But There’s Still A Catch
  • Eric J. Rubio on Credit Card Review: World of Hyatt Card

Keep in touch

Facebook Twitter Instagram
square logo
  • Privacy Policy

Popular Posts

  • 1

    How To Override Hotel Thermostat Settings (Updated March, 2025)

    September 2, 2023
  • 2

    The Foreign Countries That Require You to Have Your Passport With You at All Times

    September 18, 2025
  • 3

    The 6 Places In The World Where Public Sex Is Legal

    September 21, 2024
  • 4

    The Real Winners of the Amex Platinum Card Refresh

    September 19, 2025

Copyright © 2017-2025 Your Mileage May Vary - All Rights Reserved.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Your Mileage May Vary with appropriate and specific directions to the original content.


Back To Top
Your Mileage May Vary
  • Home
  • Contact
  • About
  • Categories
    • Airlines
    • Airports
    • Contests & Sweepstakes
    • Credit Cards
    • Cruises
    • Discounts & Sales
    • Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks
    • Food & Beverage
    • Funny Stuff
    • Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)
    • Hotels
    • Lounges
    • Museums
    • New York City
    • Newbies (& those who don’t travel often)
    • Parks/Nature
    • Points & Miles
    • Rental Cars
    • Roadside Attraction
    • Shopping
    • Theater
    • Tips and Tricks
    • Travel
    • Weekly Recap