California’s got some new colorcoding that, actually seems pretty reasonable.
Corrected.
Why do I keep reading twitter replies?
I know better. Must stop doing that
Wow, that seems super stringent.
You need <1 daily new case per 100k, that’s super low. Area I’m in with very little activity is 1.91 new cases per 100k and 0.5% positive. That feels minimal to me, but what do I know.
Personal opinion from my drive through the Midwest.
Choose a name brand hotel. I used Hilton’s (Hampton, homewood etc). They put a seal on after cleaning. I would assume Marriott etc do the same. I’m not a big choice hotel fan. Worth the better quality for $20-30 extra.
Request first floor. Elevators. Ugh.
Only styles that have individual AC units. If you are further paranoid then buy a small hepa unit and it run it for 2-3 room turnovers. (Estimate the room volume dividing by the recycle rate. I did not us an air filter.
Picnic all your food or in room or car.
Wear masks when you have to use rest areas.
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Man I hate individual air conditioner units, it will be sad if I have to go back to that when I travel. :(
The main hygiene station responsible for tracking and tracing covid19 in Prague has had an outbreak and its workers are now in quarantine. How ironic.
It keeps getting worse here. 489 new cases today, the second highest total since the pandemic began. Five of the worst six days during this pandemic have come in the last 7 days.
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I’ve been a little out of touch, on the Maddow show right now she just said Iowa had a 79% positivity rate? Seriously, WHAT THE F
I don’t even know how to react anymore to stuff like this. It’s just beyond frustrating for there to be so many examples in the world for how NOT to do things with covid and we just go ahead and repeat them.
Initial thoughts:
-Shoot for only one stop in US. Maybe Portland?
-AIR BNB seems better than hotel. If you really want to be careful, just book it for one (or more if really worred) day prior to your actual arrival. If it is unoccupied during that time, then chance of viable 'rona on any surfaces probably goes way down.
-If you do the AIR BNB you can just bring and cook your own food, so food problem solved.
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Are you crazy?! Mr Trump says it’s not safe there and that they even renamed it to “Bidens America”. Antifa! LAW & ORDER!
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My bad. How about a suburb of Portland. Dear leader will make sure those are not overrun with undesirables going on about rights and stuff.
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So no, not an actual 79% positive rate. That would be insanity.
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This sort of thing is coming to a town near a lot of people soon. Especially B1G towns…
I am very familiar with the layouts of Hilton hotel brands. I’m diamond which is 60 nights per year.
Anything that is your standard 2-5 story is going to have individual units.
Eh, you just have to get good at using the settings. More and more they have real thermostats hooked in. Also helps to be able to make the room cold and then add a blanket for comfort.
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In your experience, if I had to go to a place with the individual in room air-conditioner, which Hilton ones have the most comfortable beds? I need a soft bed (I use a Sleep Number adjustable base at home).
I think it’s more that I hate the sound more than anything else.
In order of what you get in suburbs and smaller towns.
Hilton Garden Inn
Homewood suites
Hampton inn
?Home2suites/tru those are newer so probably good. Haven’t stayed at these much.
I judge mostly on beds and breakfast (that is not free at HGI for non-diamond plebes). So Homewood is probably your best bet.
Embassy suites are nice but those tend to be towers. DoubleTrees are highly variable. Many are dated. Hilton’s are for cities.