Travelodge Key Card Error Lets Shirtless Man Into Dundee Room, Prompting £100 Voucher
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 4
Travelodge Key Card Error Lets Shirtless Man Into Dundee Room, Prompting £100 Voucher
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 4
Summary
Around 02:00 on 11 July, Kim Hutchison, 60, woke in a Dundee Travelodge to find a shirtless man standing at the foot of her bed after he was given access to room 313.
The man insisted room 316 was his, and Travelodge later said updated room-access security policies were not correctly followed, allowing him into the couple’s room for about a minute.
Harry Grieve said reception was unattended when he went downstairs for answers; police attended the hotel over another disturbance around the same time, and no arrests were made.
Travelodge refunded the room, offered a £100 voucher and said it retrained staff at the Dundee Strathmore Avenue hotel, while its wider safety review remains ongoing.
The case adds to a series of BBC-reported room-access failures at Travelodge, including a Maidenhead incident in which a man was later jailed for sexually assaulting a guest.