Is it worth risking taking my Macbook with me to Istanbul, or should I just bring my iPad?
This isn't really a Turkey-specific question, I'd be wary of any hotel where staff are in the room when I'm not.
Should any reputable hotel have like a safe locker or something? It's a Radisson Blu.
>>1069166
>Is it worth risking taking my Macbook with me to Istanbul, or should I just bring my iPad?
Personally, despite occasional horror stories I've read, I think it's less a question of security than of convenience/luggage volume. Do you expect to need your computer? Then bring it. I've traveled with laptops to dozens of countries, including some much poorer and more theft-prone than Turkey, and have never had an incident.
>This isn't really a Turkey-specific question, I'd be wary of any hotel where staff are in the room when I'm not.
Again, this is not an entirely unwarranted fear, and I have read about people getting stuff stolen from hotel rooms, but it's never happened to me, and in business hotels I will often just leave my laptop just sitting out, plugged in, on the desk in the room. I figure most hotel employees would rather keep their jobs, so they're not going to steal.
>Should any reputable hotel have like a safe locker or something? It's a Radisson Blu.
Almost without question. Any international chain/business hotel/four star and up venue will probably have a little safe in the closet; places that don't may let you lock stuff up in a safe deposit box behind the reception (get an itemized receipt). Sometimes I will leave money and my passport in them.
Radisson Blu will certainly have a safe
>>1069166
You don't hear about all of the times that people travel and do not have problems
>>1069166
I'm more concerned with small things like money, jewelry, phones and passports. Laptops are probably safe enough.
I often secure it with a Kensington lock though.
>>1069280
I concur. I've travelled through a lot of SEA shitholes with a laptop. Never, ever had one nicked. Left it unlocked at plenty of hostels, too.