Hotel rooms don't offer much opportunity to play hidey hidey from 2 women, and I would certainly not feel secure. I seriously doubt most room maids could open safes..... and a strip of metal will not do anything to the substantia metal bolts they mostly have. I feel more confident with the larger hotels who I hope take things more seriously. The only problem I had was a place using lockers with padlocks behind reception.... they gave me a key but had another. Another was a pal who stayed in a condo place and the manager lady had a wayward drug taking son and he knew where the over-ride key was..