Do hotels in Europe have chains on door?

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Meeting friends in Geneva. All arriving slightly different times and days. Was having a look to choose a hotel. I know Geneva is very safe, but looking at the pictures of hotels I can’t see any security chains on the hotel door.
Is this not so common in other countries? It makes me feel safer. Thanks!

Do we get them in this country???

Everywhere I’ve stayed has!

I'm trying to remember ever having one and I'm in hotels a lot.

I don't recall them on door of any hotels i have been in recently either in the UK or abroad.

I have never seen a chain on a door in Switzerland, Germany or Austria.

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I have one of these to take everywhere!

Mostly not, I would say.

I’m going to purchase that security lock above- thanks!
I take it there’s no problem with it in hand luggage?
Hopefully very easy to use?
Thanks so much!

Take a small door wedge with you and slip it under the door once you close it. Light weight & super easy to use.

Often there's a lever you pull across rather than a chain.

Thanks- I couldn’t see a lever in any picture either. Strange as I remember them abroad, although given I haven’t travelled since just before covid!

Most hotels have a second dead lock you turn inside the room so it can't be opened with a key/card from the outside.

This.

The things people fret about.

Some helpful posts above- thanks.
It is a consideration for a lone female

If not a chain, a door you can double lock from the inside.

Don't stay if there isnt a portcullis.

When I travelled a lot for work, I had a little wooden door wedge. Not high-tech but perfectly effective.

I find most hotels door these days have a double lock from the inside rather than a chain.

Don't think I've ever stayed anywhere with a chain.

Why not call or email the hotel, I'm guessing that there's no one answer for every hotel in Europe 😀and you're only interested in the one you'll actually be staying in I assume

Some do, some don't. Most that don't have a twist deadlock on the inside.

A wedge will stop anyone opening the door from the outside in the unlikely event anyone tries, but that will include a fire crew in the equally unlikely event you're unconscious due to smoke inhalation, so bear that in mind before resorting to that.

You do realise almost all hotel rooms can be locked from the inside, right? You don’t need a chain. Most hotels in the UK don’t have chains either.

I was recently in Geneva and my hotel had an extra door lock. It was a global chain hotel but not hugely expensive.

It wouldn’t cross my mind to worry. I travel frequently for work and have yet to come across a door that couldn’t be secured from the inside.

It’s Geneva, not Bogotá. You will be fine.

Obviously it’s good to be sensible, but don’t let it tip over into disproportionate anxiety or fearfulness

There'll be a deadlock, bar or chain.

That lock on Amazon malfunctioned for one reviewer and she was locked in for several hours. If that happened in a fire, I don't want to think of the consequences.