Student daughter staying in Premier Inn type hotel alone

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University student daughter (18yo) has a very part-time work thing which means going on her own to various towns at least two hours from her uni, often finishing the work at around 7pm or 8pm and so she'll need to stay in a Premier Inn or similar in the towns/small cities and get herself some dinner. They're not places she knows. She's fine with it.

Is this ok for a girl on her own.

I'm mindful of the risks out there to young women.

Yes, you’re massively overthinking and overreacting. She can get Deliveroo straight to her room if she doesn’t fancy sitting in a restaurant alone

There are, but you don't want to add anything to a room, particularly the door, that would inhibit your ability to evacuate quickly.

OP, if it reassures you, a lot of the Premier Inn hotels I've stayed in need a room key to access floors with rooms on via the lift. I also like that staff don't announce room numbers when checking you in - I always feel really safe in them when travelling alone.

Premier inn are usually really good at looking after lone travellers. They've got a policy around it and generally follow it e.g. not putting single women travellers on ground floor, not verbalising the room number.
It sounds like a very interesting job!

I stayed in Premier Inns loads in my 20s for work, always alone, they feel very safe, they give you the key card face down so people behind you don't see your room number and from memory single ladies don't stay on the ground floor - they worked with the Susy Lamplugh Trust to make it safe. For me Travelodge was not good for a woman on her own and colleagues had similar experiences.

Are you a man? BecUse most women are fully aware of the risks we face but sleeping in a locked room in a Premier Inn is not one. It sounds far more like you think she needs a chaperone.

Why can't se travel back when she finishes work?

Yes it's fine. Overbearing much?

I used to stay in premier inns all the time for work, throughout the country in my late 20's. All of them had a restaurant attached, so no need to travel further than the hotel for breakfast or dinner. Some offered a 'take-away' so I could eat in my room if I wanted instead of the restaurant. (generally a foil wrapped plate of food).
Are there other concerns such as SEN/medical issues that make you so concerned? Also, who are YOU in relation to this woman???

If she wants an extra precaution for her door something I learnt on here is to take a rubber door wedge. Split second to pull it out if you need to evacuate the room but no one gets in.

Yes, but people sleep through them, people are rendered unconscious through smoke inhalation before escaping etc. She is grand in a hotel room with a locked door! She does not need to wedge it.

buy her one of those alarm door wedges.

no hotel room is entirely secure. friend of mine woke up in a reputable hotel chain room to find a strange man in her room. the hotel investigated and supposedly it was a member of cleaning staff using a pass key to access a room he thought was unoccupied. sounded a bit dodgy to me. she was terrified understandably.

pays to be a bit cautious but she'll be fine.

I genuinely can't think what the risks could be?
Very many 18yo young adults are travelling the world, often alone.

What are the risks of staying in a UK Premier Inn Hotel room?

Everything will be fine. The only real risk is if a rapist works at the hotel and so has access to key cards. That is extremely unlikely especially at somewhere as professional as Premier Inn, but itnis not unknown and if that is the concern (and I well understand it) then either get her a door card stopper, or teach her how to put a tilted chair under the door handle while she sleeps, so it’s harder to get into her room without a lot of noise.

So many faux naive people on this thread saying ‘What’s the problem’ 🙄 The problem is men, like it always is.

Don't want to go into details as it's "outing" maybe

Bet its not 🙄

Why do you think your daughter can't cope with adult life?

@kimmeridge actually it could be when combined with other posts.