Do hotels in Europe have chains on door?

[Snowgone25]

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!

tbh, seems like such a bizarre question.

No, but IME they will have another second lock so the door can't be opened from the outside.

I agree.

The simple answer is some hotels will have chains and some hotels won't.

If there are 100 hotels and 99 have chains, you could still be in the 1 that doesn't.

I can't remember ever seeing a chain on a door in a hotel room .

I was coming to say this. I think the deadbolt is the modern /newer version of chain on door (stronger than a chain too!).

as others said, a door wedge is lightweight and useful

Just take a door wedge OP!

Some will, some won't, same as in every city and country. There isn't a national mandate.

Not many though I'd imagine. Not sure I've ever seen one in a hotel anywhere.

You could also buy a bell or string of small bells that you hang on the inside of your door.

Please please be mindful of fire safety op. If you need to get out or if anyone needs to get in to rescue you.

It's Geneva for goodness' sake!

(Also assuming it's something other than a guesthouse, it'll have a deadlock of some kind - you don't see chains in hotels, because a master key can't open the door in an emergency)

Chains on doors are old school.

Every decent hotel in Europe - I travel a lot, solo - has a key card to open the door and you can double lock it from inside.

We're very modern in Europe OP.

You're going to Geneva?!! You are completely right to be concerned about security OP - it's a hotbed of criminal activity. Have you checked that the hotel provides armed security at all entrances/exits...best make sure you do I suggest.

As above.
I stay in hotels in the UK and Europe about a dozen times a year and haven't ever had a chain lock.
Maybe smaller private hotels and guesthouses might, but the large chains are a bit more modern.

Oh, and you can just open it from the inside no problem. Turn to the right twice, double locked, turn to the left it immediately opens.

It's in the hotels best interest, their staff and their shareholders that safety is nr. 1.
Like any normal business.

Don't use a door wedge, in the event of a fire if you are trapped in your room the firefighters can't bypass these.
They can however, bypass the security chains

You could also buy a bell or string of small bells that you hang on the inside of your door.

Being Geneva and all that which is in Switzerland, they may wonder if you bought some cows up in the lift. LOL.

Sorry OP, I'm teasing you, you will be fine! I've been in Geneva several times, very safe place. Make sure you take a walk out of the hotel down to the lake.

I imagine in an emergency they would bypass it by breaking down the door.
To bad lads, we'll just have to leave this one here to burn. There's something behind the door, and I can't think of a single way to get around it. If only we had something like an axe.... oh wait🤔

It’s really dependant on the hotel but I’d get one of these. It really is a concern for a lone female, I’ve also had to travel lots for work and sometimes it just makes you feel safer. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Additional-Protection-Traveling-Apartment/dp/B07X2WMB9J/ref=asc_df_B07X2WMB9J/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=372384330703&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7378430970924917599&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045963&hvtargid=pla-871868328687&psc=1&mcid=15f1b512a9d63ebea578ac61ad6c51d6&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=79390523194&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=372384330703&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7378430970924917599&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045963&hvtargid=pla-871868328687

It wouldn't make me feel safer, having read this review:

No instructions. I had to watch the YouTube video for instructions. It was bit tight to our door and I ended up being locked in the bedroom for almost 2 hours when my hubby was away and my 2 young kids were waiting for their dinner at 7pm in the evening. It was a horrendous experience as I’m claustrophobic and asthmatic. I couldn’t get hold of any locksmith but thankfully two of my neighbours came to my rescue and between them and me we were able to open the door with the tools they passed me from a gap under the door. Do not try this lock if you are on your own.

Seriously, is there a safer place in the world than Geneva? It's highly unlikely that the door won't have a deadlock, and the chances of OP being at risk are minuscule.

Why?? Travelling alone to a hotel as a female means you have to take safety precautions. I travel for work and a former SAS /now corporate travel trainer - advised us to check for intruders in the room, working window locks, hidden cameras - even the nicest hotel could have a wrong un working there… https://www.gbta.org/83-percent-of-female-business-travelers-report-safety-concern-or-incident-in-past-year/ the biggest safety concerns while travelling though are seat belts and dodgy street food!

i have stayed in boarding schools outside of term and they have no locks. I have https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IPHCGRA/ref=sspa_mw_detail_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWw and as long as the door has a latch like a standard door that you find in most homes has, this will lock the door.

Also, the mockers can get in the bin. A minimum of 6% of men at US colleges (pdf link), so more than one in twenty, will admit to acts that meet legal definitions of completed or attempted rape as long as the word "rape" isn't used to describe them. I see no reason why hotel workers would be magically less likely to rape than college students.

Because college students are more likely than hotel workers to be dating and engaging in casual sex/intimate relations with people they dont know very well. They are possibly no more or less likely to attack random strangers but they probably will have more situations where they may be lax in ensuring consent.

Doesnt sound safe in a fire

If I am staying in a hotel, I always check the route to the nearest fire escape before I go to bed. I actually walk to it from my room. In case of a fire at night with possibly no lighting or smoke filled cortidors you want to know which direction to head. I've never had to use it but it's very little trouble to do.