There are various tips circulating online that vacationers can use to supposedly make their hotel rooms burglar-proof. Travel security expert Sven Leidel classifies them for Ippen.Media.

Three TikTok tricks and what they really do, according to an expert. A normal coffee cup pushed onto the door handle of a hotel room is intended to ensure that no burglar can sneak in. Finally, a holidaymaker is alarmed and, in the best scenario, the burglar is frightened.