notthatbright
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois
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In short my hotel room was burglarized within a couple hours of checking in for about $1600 worth of cash and electronics. The Reort is a water park too, so we checked in at 12 with our suits on and my kids were so wound up we just dropped our stuff in the room and went downstairs to the pool. The hotel is equipped with a safe, I couldnt immediately find it so I put my extra cash in a drawer, my watch on the dresser, my sons Nintendo DS and games and case, my wifes purse, our digital camera, all on the floor in our bags. The hotel issues wristbands to the waterpark which also act as the room key, you press your band against the door pad and the door unlocks. They ran a history on the entry and said that there were no entrys to the room except for ours (wristband 1 and 2). There was a another room burglary the same day about the same time according the police that responded, they were already on site at the other room. Our room was fingerprinted and we went to the station to submit all of our fingerprints.
I know the hotel posts notices all over that they are not responsible for lost or stolen property -I saw those notices.
My question is this;
Because they post these notices does it make them true?
I do not have homeowners or renters insurance to make a claim against.
Do I have any recourse?
The officer suggested it was likely an employee of the property, I dont know why exactly, but it was something to do with the electronic entry log not showing any other door openings. If I could make that connection would it help? Would the Hotel be liable if they hired ex felons with backgrounds in burglary to clean guest rooms? I dont know how I could prove that unless I could investigate their hiring practices, and then backrounds of all their employees, but how far would I go to recover a $1600 loss?
I have read previous threads and I know some of the members really enjoy taking these opportunities to blast people about how stupid people are and going back and pointing out every mistake along the way, but I am posting anyway becasue I am hoping that someone can give me a tip or angle I can use to push the hotel into covering some of the loss.
The room was equipped with a safe which I couldnt find intially I didnt look real hard though. Turns out it was in the bottom drawer of one of the dressers. That would have saved the cash and the watch and the camera if I had used it, but the purse and DS would not have fit anyway. Thank you for your help
Thank you to all of you who donate your time to help us all.
In short my hotel room was burglarized within a couple hours of checking in for about $1600 worth of cash and electronics. The Reort is a water park too, so we checked in at 12 with our suits on and my kids were so wound up we just dropped our stuff in the room and went downstairs to the pool. The hotel is equipped with a safe, I couldnt immediately find it so I put my extra cash in a drawer, my watch on the dresser, my sons Nintendo DS and games and case, my wifes purse, our digital camera, all on the floor in our bags. The hotel issues wristbands to the waterpark which also act as the room key, you press your band against the door pad and the door unlocks. They ran a history on the entry and said that there were no entrys to the room except for ours (wristband 1 and 2). There was a another room burglary the same day about the same time according the police that responded, they were already on site at the other room. Our room was fingerprinted and we went to the station to submit all of our fingerprints.
I know the hotel posts notices all over that they are not responsible for lost or stolen property -I saw those notices.
My question is this;
Because they post these notices does it make them true?
I do not have homeowners or renters insurance to make a claim against.
Do I have any recourse?
The officer suggested it was likely an employee of the property, I dont know why exactly, but it was something to do with the electronic entry log not showing any other door openings. If I could make that connection would it help? Would the Hotel be liable if they hired ex felons with backgrounds in burglary to clean guest rooms? I dont know how I could prove that unless I could investigate their hiring practices, and then backrounds of all their employees, but how far would I go to recover a $1600 loss?
I have read previous threads and I know some of the members really enjoy taking these opportunities to blast people about how stupid people are and going back and pointing out every mistake along the way, but I am posting anyway becasue I am hoping that someone can give me a tip or angle I can use to push the hotel into covering some of the loss.
The room was equipped with a safe which I couldnt find intially I didnt look real hard though. Turns out it was in the bottom drawer of one of the dressers. That would have saved the cash and the watch and the camera if I had used it, but the purse and DS would not have fit anyway. Thank you for your help
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