For those who stay in places without a room safe.
I'm always staying at Rocky's or other places without room safe so here is what I do :
For my security, I leave my wallet-passport-plane ticket to Marco who put them in his safe in his room. Just remind him a day before you go. I always have a combination padlock and a small alarm on my suitcase with my camera, money, credit card in there. Always hide your room keys so she can't go, the front gate is locked during the night. Never had a security problem with theses precautions.
That small alarm is surprisingly loud. Sometime I set it in a drawer and one day, one of Rocky's maid open that drawer and set off the alarm. Marco, told me later that the poor girl and him almost had an heart attack ! Try it, available at Radio shack for about 10$.
The combination padlocks on the suitcase are also great to prevent theft from luggage handler. They are small but pretty strong and no keys to lose (well, you can lose your mind...)
It's about 25$ only and I think it's a great investment.
And for Cuba traveller, there is never a room safe in a casa particular.
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