Premier Inn - Leaving A Bass?

[spongebob]

I’ve got a gig, an away trip coming up. 
 

Got to take a couple of basses. However, I’m staying a couple more nights after the show. 
 

I’m in a Premier Inn. Obviously I’m going to out most of the time…..I was thinking about always taking my gear in the car with me, rather than leaving it in the room?

 

Has anyone done similar? I’d rather not cart them about, but…..? 😔

[Steve Browning]

I've always left my basses in the room when staying in a hotel. I would always imagine them to be safer there. 

 

That said, that would tend to be overnight rather than an extended stay, but I would still work on the same principle. 

[casapete]

Because you’re staying in the same room for a couple of nights, from my experience of Premier Inns

it is unlikely any staff will be entering it to tidy / make the bed etc until you check out. Obviously

leaving your basses unattended anywhere does involve a certain amount of risk, but I’d still go

with the hotel over leaving them in a vehicle. Put them upright in the wardrobe section, behind

some clothes if possible and leave the ‘do not disturb’ notice on the door handle. Leave the TV

on too, just loud enough for anyone in the corridor to think there’s someone in the room.

 

I think you would then be extremely unlikely to have any problems. 

Edited November 10, 2024 by casapete
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[walshy]

36 minutes ago, spongebob said:

I’ve got a gig, an away trip coming up. 
 

Got to take a couple of basses. However, I’m staying a couple more nights after the show. 
 

I’m in a Premier Inn. Obviously I’m going to out most of the time…..I was thinking about always taking my gear in the car with me, rather than leaving it in the room?

 

Has anyone done similar? I’d rather not cart them about, but…..? 😔

Ive done this a few times without issue but its always a risk I guess. Is there a BC member nearby who could look after them for a few days instead?

[Lozz196]

I’ve done this a fair bit and never any problems. 

[spencer.b]

I've left basses in hotel rooms loads over the years , never had a problem 

[Jono Bolton]

4 hours ago, casapete said:

Because you’re staying in the same room for a couple of nights, from my experience of Premier Inns

it is unlikely any staff will be entering it to tidy / make the bed etc until you check out. Obviously

leaving your basses unattended anywhere does involve a certain amount of risk, but I’d still go

with the hotel over leaving them in a vehicle. Put them upright in the wardrobe section, behind

some clothes if possible and leave the ‘do not disturb’ notice on the door handle. Leave the TV

on too, just loud enough for anyone in the corridor to think there’s someone in the room.

 

I think you would then be extremely unlikely to have any problems. 

Wouldn't the TV turn off after you've left the room if you're taking the key card out of the holder?

[acidbass]

Is hotel room burglary really much of a problem nowadays? I don't see the issue really. Things would be much safer in a hotel room which requires keycard access (and also possibly lift access) than in a car on display for all to see.

[Rosie C]

15 minutes ago, Jono Bolton said:

Wouldn't the TV turn off after you've left the room if you're taking the key card out of the holder?

 

Not when a random store loyalty card fits the holder and leaves the air con running while I'm out 😉  

 

[spongebob]

Thanks all, sounds like it should be ok. 
 

I’m probably being over paranoid…..but I’m there for a few nights…..and obviously want to go out during the day. 
 

Last time (I wasn’t away as long) I did similar, I stuck them under the bed. I like @casapetes idea of the wardrobe. 👍

Edited November 10, 2024 by spongebob

[SamIAm]

Insurance put me up in a Travelodge for the first 4 weeks or so after the fire in my flat, the kind BC donations of various "Get Sam Grooving Again" gear stayed perfectly safe over this time.

Sam x

[BassTractor]

I've left my Hammond A100 in the hotel room. Never again!
Still there when I returned.

[Earbrass]

Better in the room than being left in the car, surely? 

[Burns-bass]

Your insurance wouldn’t cover it in the car but would in a locked hotel room. 

[rmorris]

Safer in room than an unattended vehicle. Car big enough to keep them out of sight ? Take photograph of them in the room. If practicable lock them to something large eg  desk / table.

Edited November 10, 2024 by rmorris

[Grooverjr]

All the entrances will be covered by CCTV and it's not that easy to slip a bass under your jacket so nobody is going to steal it without being very easily identified. As such I'd think they are probably safer in a hotel room then just about anywhere else. 

[casapete]

2 hours ago, Jono Bolton said:

Wouldn't the TV turn off after you've left the room if you're taking the key card out of the holder?

 

2 hours ago, Rosie C said:

 

Not when a random store loyalty card fits the holder and leaves the air con running while I'm out 😉  

 

True dat.

Some Premier Inns don’t require the key card in the holder thing, although most do. 
Reception will often give you two key cards as well.😆

 

[casapete]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

Your insurance wouldn’t cover it in the car but would in a locked hotel room. 

Many specialist musical instrument insurance companies ( Musicguard etc) will cover items

left in the car, albeit with some conditions being met. Still better off left in the hotel IMO - 

a good chance some toe rag may just steal the car anyway, not even knowing what’s in the boot space. 

[Burns-bass]

45 minutes ago, casapete said:

Many specialist musical instrument insurance companies ( Musicguard etc) will cover items

left in the car, albeit with some conditions being met. Still better off left in the hotel IMO - 

a good chance some toe rag may just steal the car anyway, not even knowing what’s in the boot space. 

They say they do but claiming is a different matter altogether in my experience (admittedly not me but acquaintances). 
 

They always have clauses like you need to have a picture of the items in the car etc.

 

 

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, casapete said:

Many specialist musical instrument insurance companies ( Musicguard etc) will cover items

left in the car, albeit with some conditions being met. Still better off left in the hotel IMO - 

a good chance some toe rag may just steal the car anyway, not even knowing what’s in the boot space. 

^^^^This, especially the bold bit.

[Dad3353]

27 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

They say they do but claiming is a different matter altogether in my experience (admittedly not me but acquaintances). 
 

They always have clauses like you need to have a picture of the items in the car etc.

 

Any picture of the car showing that one cannot see the bass should be fine, I suppose..? 

[TrevorR]

19 hours ago, Jono Bolton said:

Wouldn't the TV turn off after you've left the room if you're taking the key card out of the holder?

A Costa Coffee card or similar works great for this. Usually it’s not an electronic sensor, just a physical switch/relay activated by the physical presence of the card.

[BigRedX]

Left musical equipment in hotel rooms loads of times without any problems. Also used the "left luggage" facility of the hotel when I've wanted to go and do some sightseeing or shopping on my last day after checking out again without any issues. IMO much. much safer than leaving it in an unattended motor vehicle.

 

Also just heard from one of the other bands that we were playing with on Saturday, that they had their car broken into overnight at their hotel. Luckily they'd taken all the gear to their rooms. 

[casapete]

32 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Also just heard from one of the other bands that we were playing with on Saturday, that they had their car broken into overnight at their hotel. Luckily they'd taken all the gear to their rooms. 

A while ago there was a spate of band’s vans being broken into at Travelodges. Easy pickings if they

don’t have alarms / security locks etc, as all the thieves have to do is watch the van being loaded up

at the venue and then follow it to the hotel. Because the vans arrive so late there, more than likely 

the only parking spaces left aren’t near the reception area too, making it easier for the theft to 

go undetected. Be careful out there folks. 

[casapete]

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