Traveling can be great fun, but it can be risky as well. When you leave home, whether for business or vacation, your hotel becomes a temporary home and should be treated as such. Just as you take measures to keep yourself safe and secure at home, you must do so at your hotels when you travel. Keep these safety and security tips in mind next time you check in, and make sure that your trip is a pleasant one.

1. Mind Your Car
Whether you're driving your own car or a rented vehicle, make sure to mind your vehicle if you drive to your hotel. Most hotels take their guests' security very seriously, but they often fail to keep parking areas completely safe and secure. To avoid making your vehicle into a possible target, always keep your car locked and avoid leaving any valuable items inside. Nothing ruins a trip quicker than a burglarized vehicle.

2. Keep Your Valuables On Hand
When you travel, it's usually easy enough to keep all of your luggage in plain view all the time. When you get to your hotel, however, it becomes more difficult to keep track of everything. Loading and unloading your bags, hauling them through crowded lobbies, and getting them up to your room can be a hectic mess, and it's very easy to lose track of your luggage. To avoid any possible catastrophe, keep your most valuable items in a small bag that stays with your all the time.

3. Lock Your Room Door and Windows
You wouldn't leave your house unattended without locking the doors, and you should take the same approach to your hotel room. There may be literally hundreds of other people in your hotel, and you give them all free access to your belongings if you leave your room unsecured. Always keep your door locked if you're not expecting company. When
you leave your room, even if it's just to walk down the hall, be sure that your doors and windows are all securely shut and locked. It only takes a moment for your safety security to be compromised.

4. Hold On to Your Keys
This may seem obvious, but hotel keys seem to slip away from vacationers more often every year. A lost room key not only costs money to replace, but opens up your door to anyone who may find the key lying around. Any security company in London or anywhere else in the world will tell you that the foundation of security is keeping your keys safe. Once they get away from you, there's no telling what else you could lose.

5. Take Care of Your Wallet
Lost wallets are instant vacation destroyers. Keep your wallet with you, or in a secure place, at all times. Avoid carrying lots of cash, just in case something unexpected should happen. And of course, be ready to freeze your credit and debit cards in the event that your wallet falls into the wrong hands. You can't account for every possibility, but you can do your best to be prepared for emergencies.