How Do You Keep Valuables Safe While Hosteling?
If you plan to stay at hostels during your vacation, you will need to be extra careful with your possessions, since most hostels offer dormitory-style accommodations. Here are some hints to help you hang on to your valuables. Pare down your packing list as much as possible and don’t travel with anything you can’t live without. Leave expensive jewelry and heirlooms at home and don’t wear anything flashy that could make you an obvious target for thieves. Find out in advance if the hostels where you will be staying have lockers available. If not, ask what security options they have. Is there a safe at the front desk? A locked room where you can store your bags? Carry a sturdy combination lock or padlock (wear the key around your neck). You can use it to lock your bags to a bed frame (if the hostel allows this) or another fixed object if necessary, and to lock hostel lockers. Be friendly, but be careful. Try to keep important personal information to yourself, and trust your instincts if so
