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We don't fly or stay in hotels much anyway, but preliminary food for thought. We were planning to fly for a trip to New England this Fall. If we still go, we'll be driving. The second item below is far and away my biggest concern, and I'll have to see proof to believe they've changed - I won't be satisfied with something like the meaningless "employees must wash hands" signs in restaurants, like that does any good. What's shown second quote below won't be enough for us.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/what-will-travel-look-like-after-coronavirus-1.4873855* Cruises will be very cheap. But it might not matter for newcomers
* Cleanliness will be addressed -- a lot
* Hotel room rates will drop more before they come back up
* Travellers may feel safer in hotels than vacation rentals
* Look for lower airfares and emptier planes
* Business travel may spur recovery for airlines
* Air travellers will have more booking flexibility -- for a while
* Increased sustainability is a possible windfall
Automatic doors will probably become even more common..."Everyone, whether it's cruise, lodging or hotels, are going to have to change how they monitor and clean the environment that consumers interact with and communicate that back to guests in order to increase their comfort level," Anderson said.
Jan Freitag, senior vice president of Lodging Insights for hospitality analysis firm STR, underlined sanitation as well, referencing "new, visible measures" needed to show how clean properties are.
Whether that means hand sanitizers everywhere or regularly disinfecting hard surfaces, "there will be a clearly communicated regimen to let the customers know, 'here's what we're doing to keep you safe,'" Freitag said.
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