Which is safer, hotel or Airbnb?
Nov 12, 2020, 8:19 am
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Unfortunately not my experience with some Marriott branded hotels; yes, the hotel has implemented correct policy, but the rooms weren't particularly clean, and the problem isn't with the hotel staff itself, but other guests.
In the elevator.........stops at floor 3......people without masks enter.
Nov 12, 2020, 9:34 am
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Nice.
Unfortunately not my experience with some Marriott branded hotels; yes, the hotel has implemented correct policy, but the rooms weren't particularly clean, and the problem isn't with the hotel staff itself, but other guests.
In the elevator.........stops at floor 3......people without masks enter.
Unfortunately not my experience with some Marriott branded hotels; yes, the hotel has implemented correct policy, but the rooms weren't particularly clean, and the problem isn't with the hotel staff itself, but other guests.
In the elevator.........stops at floor 3......people without masks enter.
At Airbnb accommodations, there is less traffic. My take is that going for the place with less traffic during any rolling 3-week period and with more windows to open is going to the safer place. Many hotel guest rooms have windows that don’t open, and that seems to be less of an issue with AirBnb accommodations; either way, something to look into before booking.
Nov 12, 2020, 1:33 pm
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BTW someone mentioned that Airbnb bookings had rebounded somewhat since the initial plunge.
This was on CNBC and it was in the context of them going for IPO some time soon so that may be propaganda to boost the IPO prospects.
This was on CNBC and it was in the context of them going for IPO some time soon so that may be propaganda to boost the IPO prospects.
Dec 3, 2020, 7:30 pm
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Nice.
Unfortunately not my experience with some Marriott branded hotels; yes, the hotel has implemented correct policy, but the rooms weren't particularly clean, and the problem isn't with the hotel staff itself, but other guests.
In the elevator.........stops at floor 3......people without masks enter.
Unfortunately not my experience with some Marriott branded hotels; yes, the hotel has implemented correct policy, but the rooms weren't particularly clean, and the problem isn't with the hotel staff itself, but other guests.
In the elevator.........stops at floor 3......people without masks enter.
A little coughing while masked helps too. The most devout anti-masker usually changes their mind if they think *you’re* sick.
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Dec 3, 2020, 7:36 pm
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I have become the a*hole who does this. Depositing money at the bank last night and two people came into the atrium without masks. I told them to put their masks on and leave. That's the problem, corporations can have all the policies they want, but its' a question of whether they will (or can) enforce them.
Dec 4, 2020, 4:07 am
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The ONLY suggestion I'd have if this is a concern, is to immediately leave the elevator, if someone without mask enters.
I was too slow to react when it happened to me the first time.
Dec 4, 2020, 4:13 am
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If the person indeed is infectious, enganging in a conversation will significantly increase the risk as it will increase the amount of emited droplets by several times compared to just standing there silently, which poses close to no risk if it only takes a minute or two.
But then again, even the chance of that specific person being infected is less than 0,05%.
I once had a person enter our elevator and give us angry looks for not having masks (they were not required at the hotel, neither by state or hotel policies, although they were kind of a social norm for many people). I pointed out that the elevator is limited to two people at a time and asked him to get off (although frankly I didn't care too much).
But then again, even the chance of that specific person being infected is less than 0,05%.
I once had a person enter our elevator and give us angry looks for not having masks (they were not required at the hotel, neither by state or hotel policies, although they were kind of a social norm for many people). I pointed out that the elevator is limited to two people at a time and asked him to get off (although frankly I didn't care too much).
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Dec 4, 2020, 12:08 pm
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Hotels really, really need to start actually enforcing the mask policies. They keep emailing me about heightened cleaning protocols, but I will not stay in a hotel unless they can convince me that their employees PROPERLY wear masks and enforce guests wearing them. Full stop. Wiping down surfaces is the equivalent of TSA security theather.
Dec 4, 2020, 2:03 pm
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If the person indeed is infectious, enganging in a conversation will significantly increase the risk as it will increase the amount of emited droplets by several times compared to just standing there silently, which poses close to no risk if it only takes a minute or two.
But then again, even the chance of that specific person being infected is less than 0,05%.
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But then again, even the chance of that specific person being infected is less than 0,05%.
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Dec 4, 2020, 2:08 pm
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Dec 5, 2020, 3:37 am
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Nice.
Unfortunately not my experience with some Marriott branded hotels; yes, the hotel has implemented correct policy, but the rooms weren't particularly clean, and the problem isn't with the hotel staff itself, but other guests.
In the elevator.........stops at floor 3......people without masks enter.
Unfortunately not my experience with some Marriott branded hotels; yes, the hotel has implemented correct policy, but the rooms weren't particularly clean, and the problem isn't with the hotel staff itself, but other guests.
In the elevator.........stops at floor 3......people without masks enter.
This can not be assumed for all strains of covid. The first wave of covid in Singapore was reported to have started by a visitor from Wuhan, who attended a church service. They got cameras everywhere and managed to trace Patient 1. No one got sick who was in the same church service with Patient 1. But the 1st locally infected person sat in the same chair & church 2 days later.
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Dec 7, 2020, 4:57 am
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IMO - an Airbnb Entire Home listing that is run by a Superhost following the Covid-19 Cleaning Protocols that require a 24 hour break between reservations. And I'm talking a real host, not a giant group with a hired staff to manage the listing, a host running their own Airbnb and doing their own cleaning.
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Dec 7, 2020, 12:22 pm
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I doubt Airbnb hosts are doing their own cleaning.
They just hire out services probably.
Apparently Airbnb has kept up bookings and revenues enough during the pandemic to be doing well and poised for a huge IPO.
So maybe people are voting with their wallets and choosing Airbnbs in general over hotels.
They just hire out services probably.
Apparently Airbnb has kept up bookings and revenues enough during the pandemic to be doing well and poised for a huge IPO.
So maybe people are voting with their wallets and choosing Airbnbs in general over hotels.
Dec 7, 2020, 1:16 pm
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I doubt Airbnb hosts are doing their own cleaning.
They just hire out services probably.
Apparently Airbnb has kept up bookings and revenues enough during the pandemic to be doing well and poised for a huge IPO.
So maybe people are voting with their wallets and choosing Airbnbs in general over hotels.
They just hire out services probably.
Apparently Airbnb has kept up bookings and revenues enough during the pandemic to be doing well and poised for a huge IPO.
So maybe people are voting with their wallets and choosing Airbnbs in general over hotels.
I've also stayed with hosts that did their own laundry (Split CR, rural Quebec) -- neither was very clean, but at least there was no foul masking scent.
And on the IPO issue, the company is still losing money, but less so in Q3-2020.