Ani Sprague
Google
We had selected the Hotel Belvoir as a great location and view to end our two week European vacation. We stayed in multiple hotels through Switzerland, Austria and France. The restaurant was incredible, and the staff of the restaurant were amazing. However, after check-out, we left our passports, money and a few credit cards in our hotel safe in our locked room. After realizing this, we returned to the hotel expecting to have our passports in our passport wallet being held at the front desk or still in the safe. You cannot imagine our shock and surprise to find that they were stolen. The General Manager of the hotel was not much help, saying that the housekeeper found the safe empty in our locked room. The security personnel and the General Manager for the hotel were disappointing and lacked empathy or understanding of the deep personal impact for a theft of this magnitude. They called the Swiss or Zurich police, who were also not much help or support. The two "police" officers shared that we needed to go to the Police station at the Zurich airport to report the theft. Please be aware of this surprising incident if you are thinking of staying at this hotel. Warning - while this is a nice boutique hotel, do not trust the hotel housekeeping staff and beware of the safety and security of your room.
We have heard of this type of crime being in other European countries or cities where your room safe was not "safe" or secure.