Bank card and driving licence stolen!

[TheGreatSoprendo]

Staying in a hotel for work and both me and my boss have had our bank cards and driving licences stolen from our wallets while we were at dinner last night.

I've phoned the bank and cancelled my card and nothing unauthorised has gone from my account. Are there any other precautions I should be taking. Just worried that someone essentially now has my identity!

[Mr Trophy]

What have the hotel said?

[nyt]

I'd arrange to check your credit applications for a while. Doubly so if your bank card is one of the ones that carries your actual account number.

I'd expect you to be the proud 'owner' of a few iPhones soon

[glenrobbo]

Was this in the UK or abroad? I hope you have informed the hotel manager and the local police. Were your hotel rooms locked? Was there any sign of forced entry? Have you got a crime/ incident reference number from the police?

[ali_kat]

You left your wallets on the table? No common sense or were you arguing who was paying the bill & someone took them?

Your pockets were picked?

You left them unattended in the room? Why would you go out for dinner without a wallet? Why would you both leave your wallets in your rooms?

However it happened, bloody unluky & if you're away for a few days/need petrol you're in a mess

I'd be ensuring that the local Police are aware that both of you had items stolen

[voyds9]

ali_kat said:

You left them unattended in the room? Why would you go out for dinner without a wallet? Why would you both leave your wallets in your rooms?

I do this in hotels, charge food and drinks to room.

Don't take my wallet or phone for dinner makes a more enjoyable experience.

[ali_kat]

voyds9 said:

I do this in hotels, charge food and drinks to room.

Don't take my wallet or phone for dinner makes a more enjoyable experience.

If you're doing that, you'd leave them in the safe surely?

[voyds9]

ali_kat said:

If you're doing that, you'd leave them in the safe surely?

I often leave them with the concierge or get my man to lock them in the Rolls.

However, a lot of the places I stay overnight are more quaint than posh so don't provide a safe.

[Ali Chappussy]

voyds9 said:

ali_kat said:

You left them unattended in the room? Why would you go out for dinner without a wallet? Why would you both leave your wallets in your rooms?

Don't take my wallet or phone for dinner makes a more enjoyable experience.

So, what happened to you, you class that as an enjoyable experience? You can't help some people.

[TheGreatSoprendo]

So many questions! This is a hotel in the UK. Hotel manager was very apologetic, said it had never happened before and said he will be interviewing the staff on duty yesterday evening. He contacted the police immediately who came out and took statements and arranged for scenes of crime guys to come and take fingerprints from the rooms and our wallets.

Left wallet in the room when we went down to dinner as the whole event us organised and paid for by my employer so no need for cash or cards.

[Guvernator]

I know this advice might be a bit late but this is the reason why I don't take too many valuables with me to any hotel, lock anything that is valuable in the safe including passports\wallet etc or if there isn't one, take them with me. Don't forget it isn't home and there are probably at least a dozen people in the hotel with easy access to the room, if they are so inclined.

Surely the hotel manager should be able to check whose card was used to access the room while you were out?

[ali_kat]

Ah, that makes sense

Guvernator said:

Surely the hotel manager should be able to check whose card was used to access the room while you were out?

They would be able to trace it

[TheGreatSoprendo]

This is an olde worlde hotel with old fashioned metal keys, no safe in the room and no CCTV.

[ApOrbital]

I was going to post what ali said she did it for me.

[Guvernator]

TheGreatSoprendo said:

This is an olde worlde hotel with old fashioned metal keys, no safe in the room and no CCTV.

But again surely there are only a certain number of people with access to the second set of keys or the master set? I assume there was no sign of break-in?

[Cotty]

TheGreatSoprendo said:

Left wallet in the room when we went down to dinner as the whole event us organised and paid for by my employer so no need for cash or cards.

I never go anywhere without my wallet. You never know when you might need cash.

[Adam B]

Cotty said:

I never go anywhere without my wallet. You never know when you might need cash.

bizarre isn't it - keys, wallet phone - always have on my person - and never my DL

was there a safe in the room? presume not (even more reason to keep wallet on person)

why do people take their driving licence with them? Valuable document, should never be kept in wallet for this reason, if you are pulled over IIRC its more of a pain to do a producer for the police than if you have DL on you, you obviously didn't need it for ID at this event

[anonymous-user]

TheGreatSoprendo said:

arranged for scenes of crime guys to come and take fingerprints from the rooms and our wallets.

That sounds like the most futile thing ever.

[ali_kat]

Guvernator said:

TheGreatSoprendo said:

This is an olde worlde hotel with old fashioned metal keys, no safe in the room and no CCTV.

But again surely there are only a certain number of people with access to the second set of keys or the master set? I assume there was no sign of break-in?

Even easier to track down, as there will be even fewer keys available & no question of who had them!

[Cotty]

Adam B said:

why do people take their driving licence with them? Valuable document, should never be kept in wallet for this reason, if you are pulled over IIRC its more of a pain to do a producer for the police than if you have DL on you, you obviously didn't need it for ID at this event

Mine is usually in my car as you need to show it when running at Santa Pod