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For example, at every hotel, there was no daily did not have Covid or any of its symptoms. One
maid service. Guests made up beds and tidied warned guests it would charge them full rate if
rooms. Some had removed amenities like hairdry- they fell ill and were forced to quarantine at the
ers and irons, requiring a call to room service to hotel.
have them sent to the room. Toiletries sometimes None of the coronavirus protocols annoyed or
were in the rooms; other times they handed us in disappointed us — in fact, we would have been
sealed bags to guests upon check in. Signs around extremely uncomfortable if hotels didn’t take
the properties reminded everyone that masks these basic precautions. And we didn’t hear any
and social distancing were mandatory. Hand sani- other guests complain about them. That’s life
tizer stations were everywhere from the front during a pandemic, and if you’re going to travel
desk to valet stands. safely, you take it in stride.
Some hotels required signed forms stating we

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