Security cameras for hotels and Airbnb, with respect for your guests

In a hotel, guests are paying, among other things, for their privacy. Security cameras for hotels cover the points where there is a real risk to people and property: entrances, reception, the luggage room, parking, back-of-house areas holding stock, and the perimeter.

Cameras never go inside rooms, suites, bathrooms, saunas, changing rooms or showers, nor in staff rest areas. We usually avoid them in room corridors too, because they show who enters which room and when. If there is a specific problem, discuss it first with your GDPR adviser.

• Main entrance and reception: who comes in, especially at night
• Luggage room: protecting guests' belongings
• Parking and vehicle entrance
• Stores, wine cellar, delivery door and laundry
• Outer perimeter and garden, without views of neighbouring properties

The pool is a sensitive area: guests swim, sunbathe and have children with them. If a camera is needed there, we set it for the perimeter, the entrance to the area or the equipment, with privacy masks so it does not focus on bathers, and never on showers or changing rooms. In many cases, recording only while the pool is closed is enough.

In the car park, a camera at the vehicle entrance and an overview camera help with damage or theft. The CCTV information sign goes up before every recorded area, and reception holds the full privacy notice for anyone who asks.

Cameras without internet record locally, but you cannot view them remotely. In villas in remote areas, Starlink gives a fast connection for both guests and cameras, while a 4G line can stay on as a backup. At a house in Saronida we installed Starlink with custom mounts together with a camera system.

We install cameras across Attica, and Starlink all over Greece, including the islands. A UPS for the recorder, router and Starlink keeps the system running through short power cuts. For a property on an island, tell us about the project and we will say what we can take on.