Subject: Important health info when you stay in a motel

[Russinator]

Subject: Important health info when you stay in a motel

This is ....well....disgusting.....but good to know

click on link:

You have to see this:  http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22250/39039-hidden-truth-hotel  You won't believe it.

[wavery]

Subject: Important health info when you stay in a motel

This is ....well....disgusting.....but good to know

click on link:

You have to see this:  http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22250/39039-hidden-truth-hotel  You won't believe it.

Thanks.....I don't want to know :p . We don't stay in Hotel/Motels.......well maybe a cruise ship :p .

That's why I have a PU. We change our own bedding (even though no one has been there before us (except us). We also wash our own dishes & toilet and we don't use the same rag for both .

[CajunCamper]

I'm gonna send this link to all of my non-campng friends that tell us they won't camp with us because it's too icky. Or have you heard people say, "My idea of roughing it is staying at the Holiday Inn." Well I saw buddy have at it.

Sure looks like camping is the healthiest way to travel.

CajunCamper

[Russinator]

I found out last night that a family friend got that nasty staff infection that I've been hearing a lot about lately. I wonder if he's been staying in motels/hotels?

To save his life they have to cut off his right hand. They think they can save his left hand [he has the infection in both hands].

No one knows how or where he got the infection, but it's pretty common in hospitals - or so I've read.

Russ

[GeneF]

Found it interesting but I really can't remember when I stayed at a hotel/motel that used glass glasses.  They have had the plastic one-time use glasses and same type of deal for the coffee cups.

Of course they are easy to sterilize if you have some of that strong grape juice with you.

We generally stay at about 3 or 4 motels a year.

[Dee4j]

if you think that is bad, you don't want to know about the bedspreads :yikes:

[cyclone]

As a hotel employee - all I can say is I am SO glad that my company is not one of those profiled in that story!  We use glass in our hotel - but we are on the higher end of the brands within the company.  I think some of the other brands may use plastic.  I will add that we use a real dishwasher to wash those glasses and use the glass covers as well.  We also routinely launder the bed linens, including duvet covers.  

That being said - like any of you, I am aware that all surfaces/objects in ANY public place may not be as clean as I would prefer.  I usually have bottled water along so tend to drink that in hotels as most of the time the water tastes awful, anyway.  I try not to be paranoid over things I can't control but do watch for obviously unhealthy things.  The rest - well, I don't sweat it.  For the record, I also stay in hotels maybe 3-4 times/year.  I spend way too many hours in one so it's nothing "special" to stay in a hotel.

[haroldPE]

when staying at sheraton north indianapolis last month, I noticed racks of glasses in the halls where the maids were cleaning- so this is not happening everywhere.  but I agree: beware!

[scottykrug]

I guess that is one god reason that our company puts us in cheapo hotels, all of our cups are plastic and wrapped.  As mentioned earlier, cannot comment on bedspreads and hand towels with "tammy faye baker" style makeup prints (complete with eyes and lips) still embedded in them.

[flyfisherman]

I use to travel for the company I worked for and that was a few years back; and I had become well aware of "conditions" in a lot of the flee bag places I stayed in. Always was on the search of a cleaner mom & pop type of place to stay in my territory. And this was in familar settings ~ One of the major factors in having my popup is so that when having to do an overnight stay when traveling is that I have my own bunk to crawl into at night. The roads I usually travel over I've become aware of what C/G's that are not too far off the beaten path and I'd much rather stay in one of these bunked for the night in the little Starcraft.



Fly

[robpoe]

if you think that is bad, you don't want to know about the bedspreads :yikes:

My brother stayed in a hotel one time - he was on a training with his company.

He said that there was a stain on the bedspread, and he got a little close to it with his face, and it smelled like poo, as if someone with a dirty hind end sat nude on it..  Ewww!!!

Also, if you wear white socks in some hotel rooms, they will be dirty at the end of your stay.  

Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs TV host) did a behind the scenes once.  He took the bedspread, unhooked the phone, and the remote, rolled them all up, and chucked it across the room.  He says he does that in all of the hotel rooms he stays in because they're gross.  

Makes you think, that's for sure!!!

[dthurk]

The biggest difficulties would come from trying to have employees clean consistently the way you wish to have it done, particularly considering the rate of employee turnover in the industry.  However, there are ways of ensuring the rooms are cleaned appropriately.  Probably the best assurance of properly cleaned rooms would come from the small, non-franchised, owner operated properties.  Look at the office, public restroom (if they have one) and outside areas of the property as your checking in.  If those areas are clean in the owner operated property, good chance the rooms are well cared for.

[robpoe]

Probably the best assurance of properly cleaned rooms would come from the small, non-franchised, owner operated properties.  

For several years, the Sho-Me-Court in Sedalia, Missouri was owned by a nice family (2 guys maybe?).  Then it went to an indian family.  During those two, it was dated - with pretty puke green carpet and old tile / fixtures -- but always very clean.

This last time I stayed there (which WILL be the last time) they'd doubled their rate, it was a new family, the room smelled (musty?) and there was mold and mildew on the tile, which was also in need of some serious re-grouting.  The shower pull handle didn't fully seal, leaving a really pathetic shower stream (even more than usual), and the sink DRIP DRIP DRIPed all night..

I guess that MOST of the time you can get better service that way, but not always :/

But on the other side of that coin, there's a little O/O franchise (big name, franchised by a family) that is really clean and seemingly well cared for in Topeka, KS (dont remember which right now).  The only problem with it, was the hot tub .. wasn't.    It was colder than the pool (which was warmer than the hot tub).

[dthurk]

For several years, the Sho-Me-Court in Sedalia, Missouri was owned by a nice family (2 guys maybe?).  Then it went to an indian family.  During those two, it was dated - with pretty puke green carpet and old tile / fixtures -- but always very clean.
 
 This last time I stayed there (which WILL be the last time) they'd doubled their rate, it was a new family, the room smelled (musty?) and there was mold and mildew on the tile, which was also in need of some serious re-grouting.  The shower pull handle didn't fully seal, leaving a really pathetic shower stream (even more than usual), and the sink DRIP DRIP DRIPed all night..
 
 I guess that MOST of the time you can get better service that way, but not always :/
 
 But on the other side of that coin, there's a little O/O franchise (big name, franchised by a family) that is really clean and seemingly well cared for in Topeka, KS (dont remember which right now).  The only problem with it, was the hot tub .. wasn't.    It was colder than the pool (which was warmer than the hot tub).

To quote myself..."Look at the office, public restroom (if they have one) and outside areas of the property as your checking in."...I didn't say ALL owner operated properties would be in good shape.  You do have to do some checking beforehand.  In addition to the above, ask to see a room before taking it.  If they don't want to show it, move on.