Benidorm travel agent issues warning to Brits staying in resort's hotels

A British expat living in Benidorm has issued a stern warning to visitors about the safety of their personal belongings. Known as Frank the Stag Man, a licensed travel agent specialising in stag and hen parties in the area, he highlighted a sign on the beach offering advice to holidaying Brits.

One point emphasised the use of hotel safes for storing valuables, but Frank cautioned that these are not entirely secure. "Even the safes in hotels are not absolutely secure because a lot of people over the years have told me they've had money taken out of them," he claimed on TikTok.

"So be careful - what I always recommend people do is count the money you put in the safe, write on a bit of paper how much money you've put in there and leave it at the front of the safe inside."

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Frank continued: "That way you know if there's any missing out of it when you check it - you won't have to go back the next morning and say, 'oh s***, I didn't think I'd spent that much yesterday'. That's what happens, and they get away with it leaving you thinking you had in fact spent the money."

He further alleged why thieves often opt not to take the "whole amount", adding: "If they did that you'd go straight down [to the lobby] and start going mad. So they'll take it bit by bit."

"If you leave a thousand in there, they'll probably take a hundred," he said. "Then the next day as you're thinking, 's*** I didn't think I'd spent that much - they take another hundred."

He speculated that if this was happening across a 300-room hotel, the culprits could be making a significant