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Home » News from Thailand » Cleaning lady in Pattaya steals valuables from American tourist
A chambermaid (26) has been arrested in Pattaya for stealing valuables worth nearly 500.000 baht from the room of an American tourist.
The theft took place at the Vogue Hotel in Pattaya on Saturday. The young lady was arrested after the American woman filed a report with the police. Her passport, bank cards and valuables had disappeared from her hotel room on August 4. The stolen property included $3.500 in cash, some Vietnamese currency, her passport, driver's license, ATM card, a gold bracelet worth $2.000, a platinum bracelet worth $700, a pair of diamond earrings worth $ 6.000, a platinum necklace with a diamond ornament worth $1.500, a copper alloy necklace worth $300, and a Feragammo bag. The stolen items were worth about 464.000 baht in total.
The police viewed the images from the security cameras and it soon became apparent that the chambermaid was suspicious. She was arrested Saturday in a rented room in Nong Prue district. The suspect had meanwhile sold the stolen items and she had purchased a car from the proceeds.
Source: Bangkok Post
I don't really understand why tourists take valuables with them when they travel. Does everyone need to see that they have money? In addition, I also do not understand why you do not put jewelry and money in a safe in your hotel room.
I hope the American tourist doesn't get any compensation from her insurance for negligence. Of course, the chambermaid must also keep her paws off other people's things.
Die hotelkluisjes zijn vaak gemakkelijk open te maken, maar het stopt wel de gelegenheidsdief die het niet ksn weerstaan rondslingerende diamanten oorbellen te pikken. Ik laat die van mij dus gewoon thuis. 555
You almost need some valuables such as electronics (smartphone, tablet, camera). And some cash or debit cards too. If only that if you lose your things while out and about, you still have enough resources in your room to continue your holiday.
As for that thief: not only very bad but also very stupid. Then steal a few % and every now and then. Taking a thousand baht note from a full wallet is not so easy to notice. Or just steal the earrings, 'ma'am must have lost'. I wouldn't dare look at myself in the mirror anymore. I already find it difficult (objectionable) to tell the sender of a package that I have not received anything, because I cannot prove that. Let alone lying flat out, I couldn't do that. Then you lack empathy, don't you?
Remarkable opinion. You just stay away from someone's stuff. Something about "decency", but if you don't understand that, then there's no point in explaining it.
I'm glad you're not a lawyer, because "negligence" is out of the question; locked hotel room with even the message "no service" to be desired. That you always have to be careful is unfortunately a sad observation, but no reason for anyone to steal anything. Then you may find that negligent (which it is not), but even then…
Maybe read the last sentence of my comment again?
Ik ben drie maand geleden voor een maand naar België gegaan. Ik heb op de computer een lijst met wat er in mijn kleerkast hangt ingedeeld op kleur en T shirts, polo en hemden. Deze lijst wordt aangevuld als ik iets nieuw aanschaf. Ik woon in een appartementsblok met 63 gelegenheden. Enkel ik heb een sleutel.
I do my cleaning myself (with water) the chambermaid and her husband who does the maintenance get their keys in the office where sometimes the owner's wife is.
When I return I find that 2 new black Lacoste polos, a T shirt with the inscription of my son's company, a pair of trousers and a pair of shoes have disappeared.
Going to ask to see the security video was refused. Because I had a good relationship with the maintenance staff and the refusal by the owner's wife, she is the perpetrator for me. She also stays there at night, the others go home. Who is the thief, I don't know. I do pay attention to whether there is laundry hanging to dry and who may be wearing my shoes.
Which idiot takes such valuable jewelery with him when you travel, but that obviously does not justify the theft; you should also not tie the cat to the bacon.
Happened to me years ago too.
Luckily for me it was about 5000Bht.
At the East Inn in Bangkok.
I just got to my room when it was being cleaned.
The maid ran out in a panic. Which I thought was very strange.
Later I found out that my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Unfortunately not proven.
I did file a report and spoke to the manager.
Who quite jokingly dismissed my story.
Then I thought never mind!!
Dear Marcel, Apart from the fact that a chambermaid must be honest at all times, I think that as a guest, when leaving the room, you should take a wallet with you, or store it safely in a room safe.
Leaving a wallet with 5000 Baht lying around is nothing more than tying mice on the bacon.
It would also have been quite normal for the American tourist if she had locked away her valuables in the room safe.
She also wonders whether it is wise to go on holiday with so much jewels at all, because even if she had been insured, she will most likely not be reimbursed for this theft from her insurance.
Failure to lock it away in a safe, will be seen as gross negligence of her possibly taken out insurance, and if she did have it in a safe, the hotel will certainly invoke a certain Limit.
A Limit that many Hotels have for their safes, so that the guest cannot come up with the craziest Claims, which have more to do with fantasy than with normal reality.
How will the stolen, sold items be recovered?
Will the car be confiscated?
Problems that will not be solved quickly in a fraudulent and corrupt environment of Pattaya!
So why not take out travel insurance?
I do not think so!
Let the Pattaya police do its job first.
I have nothing good to say about this expensive American lady!
The chambermaid had sharp eyes and good taste, also where she could spend it on the "pawn shop".
He apparently did not ask about the origin of the items. Also punishable with return and a fine!
When you read the house rules of almost every hotel, it also says that the hotel cannot be held liable for theft of your belongings. Many hotels offer a safe in your room or a safe at the reception. As long as I travel, no one has ever stolen anything from me.
When I was outside the hotel, I locked my money, laptop and other valuables in my Delsey suitcase. Staff who were allowed to clean my room found nothing but a locked suitcase and locked flight kit.
Even now that I hardly have anything of value with me, I lock my room and if there is a do not disturb sign, I put it on the door.
All this to avoid anyone being tempted to let something go.
I can't say much about the state of mind of that American guy and don't condone a theft, but someone had been pretty stupid here.
These house rules, which many unfortunately often do not read, usually also contain a certain Limit for the room safe.
Many make the mistake of thinking that everything in the room safe will automatically be reimbursed in the event of theft.
No hotel will compensate for damage in a possibly infinite amount, which is why they all invoke a Limit.
If this were not the case, everyone could be charged with enormous damage after a theft without further evidence.
That is why the American tourist also wonders whether she would be reimbursed for everything even if she was locked out in the room safe.
That's right…in most cases (actually all) the hotel will not be held liable in the event of loss or theft. So it will be for your own account and if you have a bit of valuables with you, take out appropriate insurance. If you do everything to ensure that your belongings are safely stored, and then they are still stolen, your insurance will reimburse you.
I always stayed in expensive and good hotels for my work. You had to be careful there too.
This is the original article: https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1528342/maid-held-in-b500-000-hotel-room-theft
From the text I gather that US $ 3500 in money and goods worth US $ 10.500 + a Ferragamo handbag + passport + driver's license + bank cards were stolen. Such a handbag costs roughly US$2000 new.
With the mid-price on August 4 according to XE.com, that is about ฿116.000 for the money and about ฿415.000 for the goods. You can buy a 5 year old Honda Civic for that in TH.
Assuming (as she claims) it was her first time doing this, I don't understand how she could get enough for that stuff to buy a Honda Civic. In my opinion, in “the environment” things are generally taken over for about 10% of their real value. Someone has to be very familiar with the sales channels to get more. Especially when it comes to passports, driving licenses and bank cards.
For about ฿116.000 + ฿41.500 = ฿157.500 I don't think you can buy a decent 2nd hand Honda Civic in TH.