Hello!!
I leave for Bangkok in a day, travelling a month round thailand before moving to london. Am going to leave my suitcase for london in Bangkok airporrts luggage hold thing while i travel thailand - has anybody used this and can they say if its safe or not? will they go thru my luggage?
Also, the website says you cannot store electrical stuff....is that true? will they check? i really want to leave my hair straightner and dryer there and not lug it through thailand, is there anyway ill be able to?
thanks heaps xxx
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I have not tried leaving stuff at the airport in Thailand, but I left bags at various guesthouses in Bangkok while coming and going from town. I never had a problem -- everything was always intact, and my locks were still in place. That said, the nicer your bag, the more likely it is that someone will be tempted to look inside. I would feel comfortable leaving a bag at the airport, though. They have more to lose reputation-wise if something happens to your belongings. As for the electronics, they may prohibit leaving them for safety reasons (i.e. they may Xray your bag to make sure you're not leaving behind bombs, and if there are electronics inside, they may be suspicious, and not want to bother with a potentially dangerous serach). Or they may just not want to be responsible for valuable electronics being left behind and potentially stolen or lost...I'd guess it's the second reason...so if I were you, I would just leave my bag at the airport with my hairdryer inside. Unless you have really really valuable stuff, I wouldn't worry.
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