Originally Posted by
Adelphos
If I check into a hotel, and the entire hotel is unexpectedly locked down (i.e. government forces are preventing anyone from leaving) due to an unrelated guest having Covid, chances are I am not paying - you simply walk out of the hotel after the quarantine is finished. If they want to find you and bill you, they can attempt to do so
Maybe the hotel offers to "check out" anyone who doesn't want to pay and then you stay in the conference room on free cots and food from the government?