In Reply to: are hotel safes - safe?? posted by Jen77a on Friday, 29. January 2010 at 14:44 Bali Time:
Like all cheap room safes you can access them if the PIN is forgotten or the batteries go dead. A plastic panel needs to be plied off the front & a master key used to open the door.
I read one report on TripAdvisor of someone alleging their safe was accessed in this way i Bali & when they checked the master key hole had been completely removed.
We have never had a problem but I always check the safes exterior integrity. I also place our spending money in taped plain envelopes amongst our travel documents pouch.
My experience is that most thieves are opportunistic & you are more likely to lose highly visual items such as lose change, an iPod, camera or Laptop lying about your room as they are quickly lifted.
Don't fret.