Left Luggage: Is It Safe?

[Sambo76]

I'm spending 2 weeks in Thailand on my way from UK to Oz next week, & want to travel light during my stay. I want to leave 2 suitcases & a laptop at the airport, but have heard numerous reports that this is not actually as safe as it should be, especially for electronics. Has anyone got any advice or ideas, as I although the cases will jsut have clothes in, I don't really fancy having my laptop nicked.

Cheers, Sambo76

[ovenman]

I'm spending 2 weeks in Thailand on my way from UK to Oz next week, & want to travel light during my stay. I want to leave 2 suitcases & a laptop at the airport, but have heard numerous reports that this is not actually as safe as it should be, especially for electronics. Has anyone got any advice or ideas, as I although the cases will jsut have clothes in, I don't really fancy having my laptop nicked.

You really don't want to leave a laptop or anything similar of value. Even the left luggage company will tell you that.

[Sambo76]

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You really don't want to leave a laptop or anything similar of value. Even the left luggage company will tell you that.

Cheers Ovenman,

My choices are: airport, leave it with hotel in Bangkok, or take it with me and leave in my beachhut - Any ideas as to what I should do? Thanks all.

[Pepe']

LEFT LUGGAGE IS DEFINITELY NOT SAFE!!!!!

[smily]

I also need somewhere safe to leave a laptop and some other electronic equipment in bangkok, if anyone knows of somewhere i would be very grateful for the information.

Thanks

[britmaveric]

Don't leave anything of value in your suitcase if u are leaving it there. Take your laptop with you and I'd stick it in a safe deposit box at your hotel.

[Who, me ?]

Or rent a safe in a bank.......

[JimsKnight]

Or rent a safe in a bank.......

Or just lug the clunking thing about with you. If anyone asks what it is just tell them its your muse, they probably won't know what is!

[billp]

Left luggage at the airport does not accept laptops and it's also expensive - 100 baht a day per piece. Guest house and hotel left luggage is categorically not safe for anything of real value. You don't know who has access to the left luggage room (if there is a room and not just a cubbyhole behind the desk).

Bangkok Self Storage offers "backpacker storage" for 100 baht per piece per week. They're very secure, clean, friendly and professional. They're also not hard to get to: just tell the taxi driver it's on Rama IV, just past the Carrefour, Channel Three and the small lane next to Boss Tower (from Sukhumvit take soi 26 down to Rama IV).

(I'm not connected with this company, just a satisfied customer.)

[coldcrush]

Off topic - 4 hour wait for my luggage from Chiang Mai....what a bag of <deleted>!

[freckle]

i'm now at the airport and i've checked my luggage in left luggage. since i'm sleeping at the airport, i was informed i can grab things from my bag anytime i wish at no charge as long as i leave the bag with them. 100 baht for 24 hours.

[arenal2]

Left luggage at the airport does not accept laptops and it's also expensive - 100 baht a day per piece. Guest house and hotel left luggage is categorically not safe for anything of real value. You don't know who has access to the left luggage room (if there is a room and not just a cubbyhole behind the desk).

Bangkok Self Storage offers "backpacker storage" for 100 baht per piece per week. They're very secure, clean, friendly and professional. They're also not hard to get to: just tell the taxi driver it's on Rama IV, just past the Carrefour, Channel Three and the small lane next to Boss Tower (from Sukhumvit take soi 26 down to Rama IV).

(I'm not connected with this company, just a satisfied customer.)

Billp - thanks for this recommendation; this place looks great!

[H2oDunc]

I can also recommend the Rainbow guesthouse and Indian restraun at the end of the KSR. I left 2 bags there for just over a year with some very expensive diving kit in it no probs. At only 10baht a day also good value. The guys there are all nice people and speak good English. Good luck anyway.If you reqire directions drop me a PM Cheers Dunc

[Sambo76]

Thanks for all the advice

Me & my big sweaty testicles will be fine now...