Accommodation

[micks]

Should I take my own padlock for the door of my room while travelling in Thailand?

[craigt3365]

You can, but I've never seen a door capable of using a padlock. If you are staying in very cheap backpacker type hotels, then security is an issue. Mainly due to the foreigners.

If you are a at bit of a nicer hotel, or one without many young backpackers, then you're in pretty good shape. Same as in any other developed country around the world.

[PiPiFFS]

Unless you are staying in cheap, backpacker rooms the room wont have anywhere to put a padlock. Padlocks are cheap enough to buy when here so no reason to bring one with you and even with a padlock on the door I wouldn't leave anything of value in there. Generally though it is very safe. I have travelled all over Thailand and never had any problem.

[Thongkorn]

Thais, and other people have all the keys to pad locks anyway, so why lock it, just don't keep valuables in you room.

[roamer]

Still trolling I see...

[CMSteve]

The difference between priced for a hostel and a nicer/safer place is very very small(at least in Chiang Mai). Check out www.airbnb.com Real places in pretty much any country. Generally better prices for hostel/hotels.

[keestha]

When you padlock the door to your room, the house keeper cannot get in to clean. Also, if there is a problem in the room, like flooding because of faulty plumbing, they cannot access the room to fix it. (I am seeing it through the perspective of a hotel owner). Just don't leave valuables in the room, I hate to say but especially in places with a lot of backpackers.