Flight attendant shares 'tissue' hack to stay safe in hotel rooms

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Everyone wants to feel safe while on holiday, but that can sometimes be difficult in large hotels. Sharing a space with hundreds of people can be stressful for some, but you can make your hotel room somewhat of a safe space.

A flight attendant, who goes by the username @cici_inthesky, shared her top safety tips for travellers. She focused on staying safe in a hotel room, the Express reports.

Her tips, which she shared in a TokTok video, have received just under 1million views and more than 60,000 likes. As a cabin crew member she spends a good amount of time in hotel rooms, so definitely knows how to make things as safe as possible.From peephole covers to blocking the door off with a bag, here are her top tips.She said the hotel door peephole should have a cover but shared a nifty hack to use if there’s no cover.She said: “Just take some tissue and shove it in there so nobody can see inside your room.”The cabin crew member said: “After I open my door, I prop my door open to do my checks.“I check the closet, the shower and behind the curtains.

Check to make sure the phone works.”She added: “I put my privacy sign outside. When I leave my room, I leave my TV on with the volume up.“Not loud enough to disturb people, just the normal volume I would watch TV on regularly.”While the TV volume could make people think someone is inside the room, this tip won’t work in every hotel.Many hotels require guests to put their keycard in the holder by the door if they want to use electricity in the room.This stops electricity being wasted and reminds guests to take their keycard when they leave the room.However, one flight attendant said guests could try using one of their own cards in the slot to leave the lights on.This might work in