A flight attendant has revealed the chilling hotel safety tips she follows – but viewers have pointed out some major failings.
A flight attendant named Ally Case has sparked debate with her hotel safety check tips, shared as part of her TikTok series ’14 Days of Travel Tips’ in July.
Case titled one video: “Hotel security check tips from a flight attendant. I do this on every trip, for work and pleasure.”
His routine began by holding the door open with a suitcase while he checked the room for any hidden intruders.
“When I get to my room, I use my suitcase to prop the door open so I know I’m not locked in the room with a killer while I do my checks,” Case explained.
A flight attendant named Ally Case has sparked debate with her hotel safety check tips, shared as part of her “14 Days of Travel Tips” series in July.
His routine begins by holding the door open with a suitcase while he searches the room.
He then scanned the entire space, including the closets, curtains and under the bed.
“I first scan the room and then check the closets to make sure there are no people hiding in them,” he says.
‘I go over to the curtains and I tap, tap, tap, on both sides to make sure there are no people hiding behind the curtains as well.’
The case continued: “Of course, you have to look under the bed, there is no one hiding there. And then I go to the bathroom, here we are all safe.”
After completing his checks, he pulled the suitcase out of the door before locking and latching it.
While some praised her caution, others called her neurotic and pointed out flaws in her system.
Then scan the entire space, including closets, curtains, and under the bed.
After completing his checks, he removes the suitcase from the door, then locks and latches it.
One bystander was quick to point out a potential danger of his process.
“What happens if someone walks in while the door is open?” the user commented.
Others shared their own chilling experiences, with one saying: “This happens… A guy hid in my mom’s room in Mexico… She saw the curtain move and ran out of the room. The guy was kicked out of the hotel.”
Some felt that its controls were excessive, with one user joking: “I’m more worried about bed bugs than the killers hiding in my room.”
In another video with tips, Case recommended turning luggage tags backwards to protect personal information.
“I can’t tell you how many people I see every day with their information exposed to everyone’s eyes: their name, their phone number, their home address,” he explained.
“What you can do instead is fill out the information card and turn it over,” Case suggested.
‘That way, when you’re on the plane or the train, you’re not only giving your information to everyone, but if your luggage gets lost, someone can turn it around and get your information.’
In another video with tips, Case recommended turning luggage tags backwards to protect personal information.
A former baggage service employee disagreed. “As a former baggage service employee, we will not dump it. We will assume it is empty. Please only include your email and not your phone or address.”
“You can also write ‘turn around’ or something like that,” he continued.
However, a former baggage service employee disagreed.
“As a former baggage service employee, we will not dump it. We will assume it is empty. Please only include your email and not your phone or address.”
Other viewers suggested workarounds, such as using a work address and office phone number or setting up a dedicated email address for luggage tags.
“I put my work address and office phone number. I guess if I lose my bag and there’s no information available, they’ll think I forgot to fill it out and didn’t return it,” one user commented.
Case’s final tip was to use an AirTag in checked luggage to track it in case it gets lost.
In response, one user commented: “I’m terrible at changing batteries, it seems so simple but I feel like I’m not doing something right.”
“I don’t put my home address on that label either. Instead, I created a unique email address,” wrote another.
Case’s final tip was to use an AirTag in checked luggage to track it in case it gets lost.
“If you lose your bag, you can track it right from your phone,” he explained.
In response, one user commented: ‘I’m terrible at changing batteries, it seems so simple but I feel like I’m not doing something right.’
Although many criticized her for being too thorough, Case’s concerns are not entirely unfounded.
Christy Bautista, 31, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, was stabbed about 30 times by career criminal George Sydnor Jr., 43, in April 2023 after he broke into her hotel at 6:45 p.m.
Bautista had checked into the Ivy City Hotel just an hour earlier and parked his car directly in front of room 116, where he was staying.
Hotel crime appears to be on the rise: A 2023 report shows a terrifying wave of crimes committed by rapists allegedly attacking women in hotel rooms at well-known hotel chains across the United States.
A woman was stabbed to death in a Washington, D.C., hotel room last year by an armed robber who was out on bail and caught trying to smoke a blood-covered cigarette.
Christy Bautista, 31, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, was stabbed about 30 times by career criminal George Sydnor Jr., 43, after he broke into her hotel at 6:45 p.m. last April. She was there to attend a concert.
In 2022, a woman was raped at a Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Gonzales, Texas, after a man was able to gain access to her room by convincing hotel staff to give him a key card.
A lawyer representing the victim said The New York Post: ‘The woman was asleep and woke up to find the man crouched at the foot of her bed with his pants unbuttoned and a condom sticking out.’