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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:
AllTheWeetabix · 22/12/2021 11:52

Go home!!!!!

StruggleStreet · 22/12/2021 11:52

Oh dear, what a dilemma. Why will your fiancé not collect you, because he’s too unwell?
Can you afford to stay in the hotel for longer until he’s able to, or until you’re out of isolation. Is there anyone close by who could bring you supplies?
Do you drive? Perhaps there is a way to organise a contactless collection of a hire car.

Coughee · 22/12/2021 11:53

I'd speak to the hotel reception. You can't be the only guest to have had this issue in the last 18 months or so. They may have some ideas - perhaps a contact with a hire car firm who can drop a car off?

RidingMyBike · 22/12/2021 11:53

@NoBetterthanSheShouldBe

There is a hotel in Plymouth which is acting as a rehab for bed-blockers. (Dont know which, possibly FI?) Perhaps they could let you have a room, a normal hotel will evict you.

Who were you planning to spend Xmas with here?

Erm, bed lockers are people who need to be discharged from hospital but still awaiting a care package before they can return home or a place in a care home.

The last thing they need is someone Covid positive coming to stay!

StruggleStreet · 22/12/2021 11:53

Agree with PPs that it would be good to notify the hotel and see if they have any advice. Can’t be the first time they have had to deal with this eventuality.

Coughee · 22/12/2021 11:54

@AllTheWeetabix

Go home!!!!!
That's clearly what she wants to do but how without putting a train load of people at risk?!
Suprima · 22/12/2021 11:57

Your fiancé is being a massive shit here

You’re gonna marry someone who is well enough to work from home but won’t pick up the woman he loves from being stranded at a hotel? Really?

MolkosTeenageAngst · 22/12/2021 11:58

Who were you meant to be visiting in Plymouth? Might they be able to help if your fiancé is too I’ll to drive?

TheReluctantPhoenix · 22/12/2021 11:58

I think you may be stuck in the hotel.

The hotel cannot evict you. That is nonsense. You do need to tell them, so that they can delver food to the room.

It is ridiculous to tell an unwell person to drive 6 hours. Would you tell a drunk driver that he was selfish to refuse to drive? If you are feverish, you are just as much risk to other drivers.

Your only alternative (if you are well enough) is a rental car. Then you drive home and return it 10 days later, returning home (again) by train.

I am not sure it is really responsible to ask a stranger to drive you, although there definitely would be many if offered the right amount of money. The ethics of that one are up to you...

MojoDaysxx · 22/12/2021 12:00

If family or a good friend can't pick you up. Then, try and stay put. You could infect many people by travelling on public transport.
I hope you feel better soon.

diddl · 22/12/2021 12:00

If Op's fiance is also positive, shouldn't he be isolating?

WonderfulYou · 22/12/2021 12:01

Definitely don’t travel by public transport.

Have you told the hotel?
Do you have food in your room?

I would give it another day or two to see if you fiancé is feeling better and then get him to pick you up.

If you happen to break down I would have a family member on stand by to pick you up, who knows you are positive. It’s not fair to ask a break down service to do it.

Lokdok · 22/12/2021 12:01

@medusawashere

Fiance is unwell and has to work from home. He is refusing to drive here
Sorry but that is disgusting. I would do it for a friend let alone my fiancee! LTB. Hope you can find someone kind enough to give you a lift.
GreetingsAndSalutations · 22/12/2021 12:02

Please don’t get on a train or any other public transport. God knows how many people you’d infect doing that.

I’m genuinely shocked with how many people think it’s ok to do that!

SoupDragon · 22/12/2021 12:02

You’re gonna marry someone who is well enough to work from home but won’t pick up the woman he loves from being stranded at a hotel? Really?

Can people really not grasp the difference between sitting at a desk at home and spending 6 hours driving a car?

TheReluctantPhoenix · 22/12/2021 12:04

@Lokdok,

Do you know what unwell actually means?! Have you ever been properly unwell?

Why on earth is it disgusting for a sick person to refuse to drive six hours, with no break (they can't stop off at a cafe!).

What if he gets worse on the drive and cannot continue?

The only disgusting thing on this thread is people thinking it is ethical or sensible for an infectious sick person to embark on a 6 hour drive.

alienbaby · 22/12/2021 12:04

@SoupDragon
Sometimes in life you just have to grit your teeth and get on with it and this is one of those times IMO

WonderfulYou · 22/12/2021 12:05

Sorry but that is disgusting. I would do it for a friend let alone my fiancee! LTB.

I disagree.
I was off a few weeks ago because I was ill and it was awful. V&D every 20mins, headache and just feeling horrible.
My DD had to have time off as I couldn’t drive and it would have been dangerous for me to do so.

The fiancé may be well enough to be ok at home but driving 6 hours when you’re unwell is not fair on him or other drivers.

I’d expect him to as soon as he’s feeling a bit better though.

ChequerBoard · 22/12/2021 12:06

@NoBetterthanSheShouldBe

There is a hotel in Plymouth which is acting as a rehab for bed-blockers. (Dont know which, possibly FI?) Perhaps they could let you have a room, a normal hotel will evict you.

Who were you planning to spend Xmas with here?

Are you joking?

Great plan, let's spread Covid to the mostly elderly people waiting for social services to help them get back home.

Engage brain!

SquirtleSquad · 22/12/2021 12:06

Way too many unknowns to be sure but for fuck sake do not get on a train!

SoupDragon · 22/12/2021 12:06

[quote alienbaby]@SoupDragon
Sometimes in life you just have to grit your teeth and get on with it and this is one of those times IMO[/quote]
And sometimes it's bloody stupid and dangerous to be in charge of a car when you're not well! This could well be one of those times.

RichardMarxisinnocent · 22/12/2021 12:06

[quote alienbaby]@SoupDragon
Sometimes in life you just have to grit your teeth and get on with it and this is one of those times IMO[/quote]
But the fiance also has covid so isn't allowed to leave the house.

Clymene · 22/12/2021 12:07

@medusawashere

Fiance is unwell and has to work from home. He is refusing to drive here
Well he sounds like a prince Hmm
alienbaby · 22/12/2021 12:07

@SoupDragon
So what's your suggestion then?

SquirtleSquad · 22/12/2021 12:07

Trouble is with getting the fiancé to drive, what if he needs fuel? What if he breaks down? What if he is in an accident? Gets a flat? It's not a sure fire way of getting home with no contact with other people.

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