Since i travel solo a lot, I get nervous if the door does not have a chain "type" apparatus for me to lock.. Yes, I know even these are not fool proof...but at least they are "something"
any ideas????

The card-insert locking device on doors are really the best. If a person puts enough pressure on the door, a chain can be easily broken. Best advice: use your peep hole before answering the door. If someone says they're from the hotel and you're suspicious, call the front desk to verify before opening the door.

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I've not used this company, but via a google search, I found some goodies that might put you at ease. I'm sure that they can be found in other avenues too.

Maybe it's just the hotels I stay in, but I have never, ever been to one that not only had the chain or solid metal piece that allows partial opening of the door, but all of the places have secondary dead bolt locks that could only be locked/unlocked from the inside. If you use the secondary lock, the maids/hotel personel can't get in unless they kick in the door.
It would be very stupid for the hotel/motel not to have the 2 extra (very inexpensive)locks because of possible multi million $ law suits if something were to happen and a guest was assaulted or killed while in the room.

I book a room for two when traveling alone, many places charge the same rate, and why let some n'er-do-well desk employee know that you're alone?.

I use an old fashioned rubber door stop and a personal alarm, (the kind you wear around your neck or wrist while jogging). The chain fits round the doorknob and I tape it to the wall, if anyone with a key enters the seal will break and give me at least some warning that i'm about to be invaded!

When I leave the room I always shout back "SEE YOU IN A WHILE, CROCODILE!" so if anyone outside is listening, they'll think there's someone else in the room.

Oh, and if a "shuttle service" picks me up to go to the airport, I always give out the address of my big strong neighbor's two houses up, and that's where the shuttle picks me up. No use letting some shuttle driver know that you're going to be gone for two weeks!

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Personally I never let myself be in a hotel where I feel that I would be in danger. However I know that in any type of hotel there is a possibility of something happening but I stay away from the obvious kind. I personally don't like using the chain locks or the big metal bar because if there is a fire in the hotel and I don't wake up how will the hotel staff get into my room to get me out - or the fire department. They would have to ruin a whole door. I do use the deadlock because I know that every hotel must have a key that also unlocks the deadbolt. Even the electronic doors have a way to open the dead lock from a master key. All I do is lock the deadbolt and then stick my luggage in front of the door so that if someone comes in it causes some noise and would slow someone down. I do like the alarm idea and think I might try that the next time I travel alone. I also thought the crocodile bit was cute too.

Agree with AA, the hotel door metal lock and additional deadbolt are all I need.

I also keep my Do Not Disturb sign on all the time so no one bothers me.

Never felt the need myself, but I have heard recommended before and as mentioned above using a regular rubber door stopper wedged in from the room-side once the door is closed.

I use something called Add A Lock, which I bought from QVC two years ago. It's a device that fits (from inside the room) in the door where the bolt is, and the door cannot be opened from the outside. Works great, and I never feel unsafe.