Justin and I are beginning our budget travel adventure in Rome arriving on Wednesday, October 1st. Back in late March we sent a few emails to The Colors Hotel in Rome and made reservations for 3 nights. We booked two beds in a room with 6 beds total. Yes, this means that up to 4 absolute strangers will be sleeping nearby. Not a big deal…this is part of budget travel.

Two days ago, it occurred to me that I should see if The Colors Hotel will allow Justin and I to use an “extra” locker for our little suitcase. You see, with my brothers wedding happening in Italy, the inspiration to our kick-start, we need to bring a suit (for Justin) and a dress for me. As one can only imagine, these items are not compatible to a backpack.

Basically, The Colors Hotel emailed me and informed me that there are no lockers. This was our first mistake. We found an awesome place to stay. [NOTE: I am still excited to stay at The Colors Hotel.] However, our mistake was that we never asked about lockers, we assumed. Now we have no place to lock our little suitcase or our 2 backpacks filled with all of our nomad backpacking stuff. Is it safe to leave it in the room we are sharing with 4 strangers? Has anyone stayed at The Colors Hotel in Rome? Do you think Rome is safe? Should we pay extra money for the private double room, at The Colors Hotel? I love how bright and colorful it looks, but dare I ask for another accommodation recommendation?

Justin and I made our first mistake, what do you think we should do?

Three current solutions I have been exploring. Feel free to visit www.nomadbackpackers… to read about these in detail.

What do you think? Will it be safe for Justin and I to just leave all our stuff in the room we are sharing with 4 complete strangers? Maybe it will be? It just makes me nervous because it’s so close to my brothers wedding date and we will just be beginning our travels. I would like to avoid having anything (or everything) stolen.