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Help! I've got Covid and I'm stuck in a hotel

559 replies

medusawashere · 22/12/2021 11:26

I travelled to Plymouth for Christmas and did all the right stuff. I'm double jabbed, booster booked for early Jan and have been doing lateral flow tests every day to stay safe and protect others.

This morning, I woke up coughing, sneezing and with chest pains and my LF is positive.

I'm stuck in a hotel with no way of getting home! I live in Bournemouth and my fiance (who was going to meet me Christmas Eve) has also tested positive.

Does anyone have any bright ideas or am I stuck in a hotel room for ten days? I'm devastated. I just want to go home :(

OP posts:
Doubledenimrock · 22/12/2021 16:50

OP can't drive due to partial sight

HyacynthBucket · 22/12/2021 16:53

Logsonlogsoff That is outrageous to suggest she should get on a train. What is the matter with people?

Willyoujustbequiet · 22/12/2021 16:56

Posters suggesting the train are despicable.

Utterly appalled. Shame on you.

JuergenSchwarzwald · 22/12/2021 17:01

@Willyoujustbequiet

Posters suggesting the train are despicable.

Utterly appalled. Shame on you.

Ah well shame on all those people who came from overseas and were lawfully allowed to use public transport to get to their place of isolation then.

Not. Everyone. Drives.

IamnotSethRogan · 22/12/2021 17:02

Your fiance could come and get you when he finishes work surely ? Drive in the evening and arrive late at night?

JisForJellyfish · 22/12/2021 17:06

Why an earth would you test if you're away and not ill?
Get the train home and do a PCR to confirm it isn't a false positive when you get back. It's what most people would do. Most of us have had covid now, realise for most it's a cold at most for the majority.

Nonnymum · 22/12/2021 17:10

"They are not going to say no.
And he can tell them he’ll make the hours up"
Sorry but they probably would say no.. He has COVID and I assume they are aware of this. He should be self isolating at home not embarking on a 6 hour round trip which could be dangerous, what if he begins to feel worse, falls asleep , has an accident?. Not only would he be putting himself at risk but others too He is right to stay put.
It's rubbish but OP will have to stay where she is. She should call COVID helpline for advice, inform the hotel and get meals etc delivered. They can't evict her and they must have protocols in place for this.

LalalalalalaLand123 · 22/12/2021 17:13

Ring 119 - the covid helpline. They were really helpful when i had questions about isolation: "Calls to 119 are free from mobiles and landlines. Lines are open every day from 7am to 11pm. 119 provides support in 200 languages."
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/using-the-nhs-and-other-health-services/when-to-call-119/

Vapeyvapevape · 22/12/2021 17:14

Hopefully the Op has got something sorted by now.

TheHateIsNotGood · 22/12/2021 17:16

Just ask the Hotel what to do - they probably have a 'plan' for a covid-incident just like yours - and local staff who can help find the 'way' to get you home safely.

Fear not OP.....

stingofthebutterfly · 22/12/2021 17:18

Can't you get a train at a time when it's likely to be a bit quieter? I don't think you have an option if nobody will fetch you, tbh.

Scrooge89 · 22/12/2021 17:18

Don’t be a pillock and get on a train!! All those people will have all tried to do the right thing. Get a hire car delivered to the hotel and drive home!

RichardMarxisinnocent · 22/12/2021 17:20

@JisForJellyfish

Why an earth would you test if you're away and not ill? Get the train home and do a PCR to confirm it isn't a false positive when you get back. It's what most people would do. Most of us have had covid now, realise for most it's a cold at most for the majority.
She tested because she is ill, she is sneezing, coughing and has chest pains. And no, most of us haven't has COVID by now, I know more people among family, friends and colleagues who haven't had it than have had it.
RichardMarxisinnocent · 22/12/2021 17:21

@Scrooge89

Don’t be a pillock and get on a train!! All those people will have all tried to do the right thing. Get a hire car delivered to the hotel and drive home!
She can't drive due to bad eyesight! Please read at least the OP's posts even if you don't read the rest of the thread.
Arethechildreninbedyet · 22/12/2021 17:22

You need to get home. Staying in a hotel room completely Ill-equipped for a long term stay is not the solution.

Ring your fiancé, he needs to come for you. No is not an option, if he doesn’t I would genuinely end the relationship.

TheFormerMrsPugwash · 22/12/2021 17:24

@SoupDragon

Why is everyone slamming the fiancé as selfish and telling OP not to marry him?

If the OP posted that her fiancé expected her to drive to fetch him in these circumstances there would be an equal number of people telling her to leave him for being a selfish prick and that he can't possibly expect her to drive whilst ill with Covid.

This is very true.
CrystalBollocks · 22/12/2021 17:30

So, MN, what is the OP supposed to do?

She can't drive due to issues with her eyesight.

She can't catch a train because she might pass Covid on.

Her fiance can't collect her because he's also got Covid.

We don't know if she has the money to stay in the hotel for 10 nights, even if she wants to.

We don't know if the hotel has space.

If the OP can't afford it, but wants to stay, and the hotel has space, what's the hotel supposed to do? Are they just supposed to lose another ten nights of income?

Someone come up with the solution to this dilemma because the way I see it, there isn't one. Or certainly not one that's going to satisfy everyone.

The only thing I'd say about trains is that most people travelling by public transport are people who are prepared to run the Covid risk in order to go about their lives, and who are most likely at least doubly vaccinated. I for one wouldn't be fussed if someone with Covid got on my train. I could just as easily catch it from Waitrose (Covid, that is, not the train).

PineappleRisotto · 22/12/2021 17:31

Hire a car. Better than getting on a train

The OP said some pages back that she can't drive.

OwlNChips · 22/12/2021 17:32

There's no easy answer to this dilemma but I would be travelling home via train ASAP. Dunno why else you can reasonably be expected to do really.

TokyoDreaming · 22/12/2021 17:33

@Arethechildreninbedyet

You need to get home. Staying in a hotel room completely Ill-equipped for a long term stay is not the solution.

Ring your fiancé, he needs to come for you. No is not an option, if he doesn’t I would genuinely end the relationship.

If I were him I'd be telling OP to get fucked if she spouted 'no is not at option at me'.
OwlNChips · 22/12/2021 17:33

Oh and I wouldn't care if someone with Covid got on my train. Just wear a mask, keep to yourself and well... what else can you reasonably do? Not a lot

Ignore the more hysterical posters. They like a good froth

PineappleRisotto · 22/12/2021 17:34

Why cant he get in his car even if he is positive with mild symptoms ?

OP didn't say he had mild symptoms. She said he was unwell.
That suggests to me that he feels crap.

TokyoDreaming · 22/12/2021 17:34

No is not an option*

PineappleRisotto · 22/12/2021 17:39

I don't really care if people think I am selfish. Fuck me if I would spend Christmas alone in a hotel room rather than with family when most people get only mild symptoms anyway. I would get on the train even if it was packed. I know all of you are going on like you wouldn't but I bet most would if it meant missing Christmas otherwise

I wouldn't.
A hotel room with food and wine on tap, telly and my phone and charger would be a walk in the park compared to some I've had.
But I'm old, so I know shit happens.

sarah13xx · 22/12/2021 17:40

I wouldn’t say get on a train, we’re in isolation just now because my partner has it and the only time we’ve been in close proximity to anyone is last weekend when we got on a train which became the most packed train ever.

You don’t know what day you’ve had this from but if you have physically no other way of getting home, can’t drive and the fiancé won’t come for you.. I’d ditch the fiancé, do lateral flows twice a day until you’ve had the second day negative, order ffp2 masks on Amazon to the hotel, wear one of them and find the most remote train home possible beside an open window if that’s literally the only option. Now the rules have changed on isolation so that would cut a few days off your stay at least but if you even got the two days of negative tests that would hopefully make you less likely to give it to anyone

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