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

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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:
MargosKaftan · 23/12/2021 18:31

OP - hope you've found a solution by now. If not - I work in a school and a few weeks ago, we had a child start to feel sick at school, did a LFT and positive. Mum didn't have access to a car to collect and dad was too far away to pick up in under 2 hours. In the end we phoned a local taxi company who sent a driver who had recently returned to work after having covid, so v low risk to get it again so soon. Drove him home with windows down and masks on. Definitely worth calling round companies and asking.

restingbitchface30 · 23/12/2021 18:35

I’m skipping to the end of the comments here so may have missed something. That guy would not be my fiancé if he was refusing to pick me up. How horrible! My boyfriend would travel the country to get me in that situation

Rachand23 · 23/12/2021 18:40

Hire a car!

mellicauli · 23/12/2021 18:47

If you don't feel too unwell, could you get a car hire company that delivers to hotel. Get them to leave keys at reception and them to leave outside your room.

Drive home at night. Don't stop anywhere. Keep car hire for 10 days so no one else gets infected?

clarehhh · 23/12/2021 18:49

Very selfish to get on a train. Persuade someone to collect you. Only 7 days if negative day 6 and 7

Frazzled2207 · 23/12/2021 18:51

I really am not sure why your fiancé won’t come and get you unless he can’t drive?

mellicauli · 23/12/2021 18:58

Here's a home delivery car rental link:

Muchtoomuchtodo · 23/12/2021 19:00

@mellicauli

Here's a home delivery car rental link:

RTT. OP is partially sighted and cannot drive 🙄
Vapeyvapevape · 23/12/2021 19:00

The Op can’t drive due to poor eyesight.

ELOU1111 · 23/12/2021 19:01

People who are saying stay in the hotel...you are assuming the OP has the funds to do this. The same as getting a taxi home, it will cost a fortune which she may not have. It is admirable that she is doing the right thing as many people with symtoms are not doing a LF incase it is positive and are just carrying on (disgusting) and would have definitely caught the train home and maybe done a test when they got home. Unfortunately, unless someone on here is willing to take her home on the back of a motorbike she may have to use public transport but hopefully not at peak times. Maybe the last train (round here Birmingham usually full of unmasked drunks but no elderly young or infirm). Not ideal by far but may be her only option realistically.

RedHot22 · 23/12/2021 19:04

My DH tested positive at work
He had no option but to get a train

RobotValkyrie · 23/12/2021 19:09

Sometimes it's sensible to be selfish. For instance when your own health is at risk.
Do what you must, OP. Finger wagging keyboard warriors are lucky not to be in your shoes.

TheRemotePart · 23/12/2021 19:11

Your fiancé needs to grow a pair and just level with his new work: I’m sure he can start/leave early ?
The worst they can say is no
Would he prefer Christmas ,you stuck in a hotel? You’d probably never get over that ,in a relationship…

Joanne3112 · 23/12/2021 19:14

Fiance isn't gonna get you? Well I would be single by next year. I really hope you get home somehow

roses2 · 23/12/2021 19:15

Unless he works 24x7 surely he can come after work and drive through the night?

RedHot22 · 23/12/2021 19:18

He could drive down after work
Stay overnight and you could leave for home early the next morning

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SootBusters · 23/12/2021 19:21

As much as I feel sorry for you, It must be miserable. You cannot get on a train, wearing a mask will not stop you spreading the virus, everything you touch will be infected, there might be old people on the train you could literally kill them. Also these other passengers will branch off to their various destinations taking your virus with them. It's this kind of behaviour which causing further lockdowns. It's unfortunate, but the responsible thing to do is inform the hotel ask for meals to be left outside of the room, watch TV and get well, do not leave your room! As for your fiance, he is either being responsible or isn't that in to you, you can review that during the time your isolating. Most importantly; STAY IN YOUR ROOM!!

RedHot22 · 23/12/2021 19:26

Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do. My DH tested positive at work.
He couldn’t stay at work, he had gone by public transport. He had no other option but to get the train

andysgirl22 · 23/12/2021 19:27

Hi OP,
Are you still in Plymouth ? I am local to there and amongst other disabilities am also not fully sighted myself. Do you have a way of getting home ? Do you want to private message me to see if i can help you at all ? Unfortunately not able to offer you accompdation or a lift but could give directions, info about what may be on over Christmas (if your here) and could try to drop you off some supplies ?

Scottsy100 · 23/12/2021 19:36

Yeah sorry but even if he has to do it in two hour blocks and have a rest, paracetamol and stay hydrated he should absolutely be coming to get you right now, you are stranded !!! Tell him there is no other option and to grow a pair

Floralnomad · 23/12/2021 19:37

Agree with lots of other posters , new job or not , unless he’s actually working 24/7 there is time before work / after work / middle of the night to drive an collect you . I’d be seriously reconsidering an engagement .

Tigger1895 · 23/12/2021 19:46

@RNBrie

Mask up and go home. Keep as far away from people as possible even if that means moving seats on the train. Or can you go straight to your boyfriend's and isolate there? If he drives, can he come and collect you so you can isolate together?
Seriously? Your suggestion is part of the problem and definitely not the solution.
SootBusters · 23/12/2021 20:02

Get the train... are you mental? I agree it's unfortunate and a bit depressing but if you get the train you are helping to become a super spreader. You'll not just ruin your Christmas, you could ruin their families too by killing an elderly relative. The world is full of stupid, self obsessed people with a built in sense of self importance. Stay off off of public transport!

SeasonFinale · 23/12/2021 20:12

@medusawashere

Fiance is unwell and has to work from home. He is refusing to drive here
Wow! Assume he will soon be ex fiance then