Narawan Hotel

Re: Is the Hilton, Hua Hin safe

by SirHalberd

It is an expensive hotel for Thailand. When you have thousands of tourists staying in places around 500 baht without any real problems your place should be no different. Best thing is to not bring very expensive jewelry with you anyway. Keep it home in your own safe. If you have an old heirloom that you would cry over if it became lost or stolen leave it home! When you are on planes, trains, buses, taxis don't keep your valuable jewels or cash in the checked in bag - in any country not just Thailand!

When classy expensive hotels have something stolen it could be from your fellow tourists in nearby rooms. Long term employees know they have a gold mine and customers in expensive places often over tip - so they want to keep their jobs!

I wouldn't worry about losing something from a safe in your room or at the front desk. You can use a debit card in an ATM if you want, remember to tell your bank you will be overseas. There is a 150 baht fee to use an ATM so take out the maximum you can at one time to save on fees. You can bring travelers checks in high denominations, they are very safe! It is very easy to cash a TC at the local bank money changers, you have to produce your passport and know your room number.

Some banks and many credit unions in your country sell travelers checks without any commission if you are a member. You can record the serial numbers of your travelers checks and even large currency in email form that you send to yourself and then save into memory. If something comes up stolen you can identify your currency and replace the TC's. This is good for other "need to remember" information.

Can't find what thing? Looking for the hotel? Many hotel links have a map link:

http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/HHQHIHI-Hilton-Hua-Hin-Resort-Spa/directions.do#localmap

http://www.maphuahin.com/

http://www.thaiwaysmagazine.com/hua_hin_map/map_hua_hin.html

Good luck.