8 Ways To Stay Safe In Hotels During a Pandemic

1. Check the hotel’s website so they can give you a summary of their COVID precautions. Some things are mandatory masks worn by employees, hand sanitizer dispensers everywhere you look, and less traffic of housekeeps in your room.
2. Try to make reservations at a hotel that has keyless entry. My recent trip included a stay at a Hilton hotel. I was able to pick my room via the app and did not need a key card to open my room. My phone unlocked it for me.
3. Try to choose a hotel with no carpet. There’s no true way to confirm housekeeping uses a HEPA filter vacuum cleaner.
4. Besides using a mask in general, make sure you use it in common areas such as the lobby, hallways, etc.
5. Limit usage of common areas. Of course, I’m not going on a trip and plan to work out. But some people do. Avoid the fitness center, spas, community hot tubs, or salons during high traffic times. Most hotels are limiting their capacity even more than before or now offering services or pool time by appointment.
6. Elevators in general should not be shared with strangers. Only share them with your party/family. Still wear the masks while on it.
7. Contactless is the way to go for any delivery service. Most hotels are providing room service so you can enjoy the hotel’s food delivered to you without any human interaction.
8. Keep your Lysol and hand sanitizers on you always. While you may enter a seemingly clean room, it wouldn’t hurt to spray over surfaces with Lysol. Keep sanitizing those hands if you have to sign an agreement with a public pen or for touching elevator buttons.