GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION

Sightseeing Safety

• Always ask for directions to the sites or places you want to visit.
  
• City and road maps are available at your hotel or at any of the visitor centers listed in this page.
• If you get lost find an open business and ask for directions or call our Tourist Assistance Hotline 078.
• Avoid driving isolated highways at night, and if possible avoid traveling alone.
• Visitors can be targets for pickpockets. Stay alert to what’s going on around you.

Hotel / Motel Safety

• Take valuables with you or leave them in the hotel safety deposit box.
• Never leave money, checks, credit cards, jewelry and other valuables, extra room keys or car keys in the room.
• Report any lost or stolen items to the management and to the police, if you require further assistance call our Tourist Assistance Hotline 078.
• Determine the easiest route to and from your room to the fire escapes, elevators and nearest Telephone.
• Use all auxiliary locking devices on doors and windows.
• Use the door viewer to identify anyone requesting entry.
• Report to the management any suspicious activities in the corridors or rooms.

Beach / Ocean Safety

• Check with the lifeguards about safety conditions around the beach and water areas and tell your children about unsafe conditions or non-swimming areas.
• Beware of rip currents
• If your children become separated from you, have them contact a lifeguard or police officer for help.
• Observe posted signs around the beach area.
• Do not carry glass containers to the beach.
• If you are going to leave valuables in your car, place them in your trunk or conceal them before you arrive at your destination.
• Drinking alcoholic beverages is illegal at all public areas.

Child Safety

• When visiting local attractions, dress your children in bright clothing and designate a meeting site for lost family members. For toddlers, write down their names and where they are staying and put the paper in their pockets.
• Instruct your children not to open hotel room doors to people they don’t know.
• Make sure your children are familiar with hotel / motel escape routes. Discuss which adult is responsible for which child/children in an emergency.
• When in a car in Baja California, children 3 years or under must be in an approved safety seat.
• Never leave children alone in a car.

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