The tape on the safe comment made me curious, found this...guess savvy travelers with need to travel with money have come up with interesting ways to protect it! Not sure if I'd go this far, but it is an interesting read!
So, we searched around for the best and most clever advice for hiding at least some of your money in your hotel room, in your rental car, and on your person. For many of these 007-style moves, youll need:
1.a few small zippered plastic bags
2.some tape, like duct tape
3.a small screwdriver
4.a rubber band or two
Once youve separated your cash into piles and put them into separate zippered bags, squeeze the extra air out of the bags and lets start hiding!
In your hotel room
Many travelers dont trust the in-room safes because theres always a way they can be opened. Often, and especially on cruise ships, they often have a common code that is well-known by the staff who must help travelers who forget how to open their safes.
Some hotels now offer newer in-room safes that let travelers set their own code. These are more secure, but in a pinch, its still likely that they can be opened by someone on the hotel staff.
Here are the most clever recommendations we could find for hiding money in a hotel room:
Inside the shower curtain rod
Inside zippered cushions on chairs in the room
Inside the frame of older televisions use the screwdriver to take off the back
Inside older telephones use your screwdriver here too
Taped to the bottom of a drawer use the bottom drawer, its harder to reach
Inside the cover on the ironing board
Taped to the bottom of a heavy piece of furniture in the room
Dropped inside the toilet tank
Inside an empty shampoo bottle with a little tissue paper on top
Under the mattress pushed to the center, and only after the bed has been made for the day
We even read recommendations of cutting the hems of window curtains and storing cash in there, or pulling up the carpet in the corner of the closet and storing cash in there. Now we know why some hotels look a little on the ratty side! But we dont recommend destroying property to store your cash.
Just make sure you remember where you hid all your money and give yourself a little extra time before you leave to retrieve it from the hiding places!