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We are hoping to head off to South of France in August but want to break the journey with an overnight stop or two. However with an eight man tent and all the kit camping for one night is not really an option.

We are concerned however if we stop at a hotel our trailer and all of our camping gear is at risk. We have the usual hitch lock but I am sure that wouldn't take long to get off and if they want our gear they simply have to remove the soft cover anyway.

I recall we once stayed in a hotel with security gates and fencing but wonder if that was a one off.

Has anyone experienced this issue before and can make recommendations. 

We've camped with a trailer for the last 6 or so years and have never had a problem. We have stayed at lots of different hotels, Formule 1 types. We don't have a hitchlock, just a chain and padlock. My husband did however make a hard cover for our trailer from some pieces of wood which we place over the top, then he bolted some metal ?hasps, I think they are called, two pieces of metal that clip over each other giving you 2 rings for a padlock, to the edge of the trailer and the edges of the metal at each corner. Then we bought some fairly heavy duty padlocks. Then we use the normal trailer cover over the top.

Theives aren't generally that bothered in the contents of a camping trailer, what they want are high value portable items like jewellery, electricals and cash, not some great big hoofing tent and some camping chairs. If you make it even harder for them by a few padlocks etc, then they really aren't going to bother.