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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:
Clymene · 22/12/2021 12:23

Where the hell are you getting six hours from @gannett? It's an hour between Portsmouth and Bournemouth. And you have no idea whether the boyfriend is at death's door or just feeling a bit sniffly.

Hyperbole much?

notangelinajolie · 22/12/2021 12:23

@medusawashere

Fiance is unwell and has to work from home. He is refusing to drive here
He needs to put his big boy pants on and come and get you.

Being unable to drive because he is poorly is understandable but refusing to come because he is working is pretty damn selfish. His actions speak for themselves and I'd be seriously re thinking getting married.

TyrannosaurusRegina · 22/12/2021 12:25

People telling the OP to get on a train with covid, what an absolute disgrace.

PriamFarrl · 22/12/2021 12:25

@Clymene

Where the hell are you getting six hours from *@gannett*? It's an hour between Portsmouth and Bournemouth. And you have no idea whether the boyfriend is at death's door or just feeling a bit sniffly.

Hyperbole much?

If you look on Google maps it’s 3 hours.
EmmaGrundyForPM · 22/12/2021 12:27

@Clymene

Where the hell are you getting six hours from *@gannett*? It's an hour between Portsmouth and Bournemouth. And you have no idea whether the boyfriend is at death's door or just feeling a bit sniffly.

Hyperbole much?

Read the thread. She's in Plymouth, not Portsmouth.
toastofthetown · 22/12/2021 12:27

There’s a difference in being able to work from home and being able to drive. I’m feeling rotten after my booster, so I’m working from bed where I have my heated blanket, and I’m keeping an eye on emails and ticking some easy things off my to do list. That doesn’t mean I’d be up for a six hour round trip. Especially as he’d have to do the round trip after his day at work (as it’s not easy to book last minute holidays this time of year, if he has any annual leave remaining). He could just be lazy and uncaring, or he could be genuinely unable to safely make the journey. Is anyone else able to to take you home, OP?

Lokdok · 22/12/2021 12:27

[quote TheReluctantPhoenix]@Lokdok,

In the past (pre covid), I have gone into the office with a high fever and worked shivering and with the screens blurring from time to time. Working from home would be even easier.

If you are stoic, you can work through a lot. It does not make you safe to drive.[/quote]
It's unbelievably stupid and selfish to go into an office with a high fever. Most people do not do that, luckily.

Stravaig · 22/12/2021 12:27

You start by saying 'Does anyone have any bright ideas or am I stuck in a hotel room for ten days?'
Minutes later, it's 'Oh I have every intention of getting out of here. I don't want to put anyone at risk.'

Seems that you absolutely do intend to put other people at risk, you just want us to help make excuses for it. There are no excuses. Do not get on public transport. Do not put anyone else at risk. Do not kill someone. Do not hospitalise somone. Do not give someone a chronic illness. (Long Covid here, ill since the start of the pandemic.)

Don't fuck around with around with other people's lives.

Hire a car and drive yourself home, IF you feel well enough to do so safely. Otherwise, stay put. Unless someone offers, with full knowledge of the risk, to put themselves in a car with you, and drive you home. Self isolation can now end after 7 days with 2 negative LFD's.

Porcupineintherough · 22/12/2021 12:27

The OP is in Plymouth @Clymene. It's not an hour.

sparklefarts · 22/12/2021 12:29

@medusawashere

Fiance is unwell and has to work from home. He is refusing to drive here
He's refusing to come rescue you?

I'd be reconsidering that wedding

GatoradeMeBitch · 22/12/2021 12:30

Can you drive? The hire car idea would be my preference if I was in your shoes right now.

But if you're staying in the hotel you need to let them know you're sick and ask if they have any advice. I suppose takeaways can be dropped off outside your door, basic groceries too (I think Deliveroo operates in that area now.)

CheshireKitten123 · 22/12/2021 12:31

The isolation period has just been reduced from 10 days to 7 days.

www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/22/covid-self-isolation-cut-to-seven-days-for-jabbed-people-in-england

Grimchmas · 22/12/2021 12:31

I'm sorry you're in this situation OP. It sounds proper shit.

I'm sorry to say but you really, REALLY can't get on public transport, and you know you would be completely unreasonable to.

Either your fiancee can pull himself together enough to drive and get you, (not intended as a slur on him - if he too unwell then he's too unwell), or somebody else in your family who isn't worried about catching covid can come and get you, or you'll have to stay put for 10 days. It's shit, proper shit, but that's the risk you took when it comes to travelling close to Christmas.

gannett · 22/12/2021 12:31

@Clymene

Where the hell are you getting six hours from *@gannett*? It's an hour between Portsmouth and Bournemouth. And you have no idea whether the boyfriend is at death's door or just feeling a bit sniffly.

Hyperbole much?

Well neither do you or anyone else on this thread, or indeed anyone except the fiance himself. All we know is that he has Covid, which for many people means "too fatigued to drive safely".
strawberrymilk7 · 22/12/2021 12:31

He's refusing to drive there to collect you? What! Unless he is bed ridden he needs to get his arse in gear and go down for you

Jossbow · 22/12/2021 12:31

Ring round the local taxi companies. Ask if the have any London taxi type cabs and explain your predicament.

Drivers in that type of vehical are seperted by a partition, and both wearing masks with plenty of open window, you may find someone s willing

SleepingStandingUp · 22/12/2021 12:33

@Stravaig assuming it's a hotel that provides meals and is actually open over Christmas, surely she's still putting staff at risk? Or perhaps she could just starve for 10days in her room and then ask for a full tray of deep cleaning equipment before she leaves

Avonandice · 22/12/2021 12:33

Talk to reception as Housekeeping will need to know as cleaning protocols will be different for people isolating for Covid.

SquirtleSquad · 22/12/2021 12:34

Why are people being so hard on the fiancé? He should be isolating. He has covid!

What if he needs fuel? Gets a flat? Breaks down? Is that fair on the break down driver that could have to pick him up? What if he has an accident? Or generally just isn't well enough? He might feel ok now but what if half way through the drive he feels worse?

JuergenSchwarzwald · 22/12/2021 12:34

My goodness there are some seriously stupid people around. No wonder we have so many road accidents if so many people think it's safe and wise to do a six hour round trip when you are feeling ill. Yes you can be well enough to WFH but not well enough to drive. I have had a bad cold, gone to collect my husband from the station about 2 miles away and got him to drive back because I didn't really feel well enough. I hope that most of you are just being goady.

I'd risk the train. They are not heaving at the moment despite the claims upthread, and the chances are you can find an empty carriage. That said, you can't really go direct from Plymouth to Bournemouth and having to wander around multiple trains and stations wouldn't be great.

You are far more likely to kill someone if you drive while feeling unwell, than you are hiding away in an empty carriage on a train masked up and maybe put a scarf round your face too.

PoleFairy · 22/12/2021 12:35

It depends really on whether fiance is being mean. If he is really poorly then he cant really drive 3 hours each way without stopping (its 3 hours Plymouth to Bournemouth) but if he isnt too bad I think hes being mean. Unless of course there is something else at play (eg if he works for the government/the police/is a socitor/works in healthcare) there is potential for him to loose his job as well as spread covid if hes caught. I personally would hire a car from a national car hire place which allows you to drop it back at a branch local to you. Ask the hotel to drop the keys to your room and maybe amazon prime a shewee and food/drink/medical supplies to your room. Then you just do a single 3 hour trip without stopping

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Xenia · 22/12/2021 12:38

What was their original plan? How long they were staying in the hotel and who much has been paid and what refunds can be obtained?
Secondly as someone posted above on the first page there is a right and indeed expectation that if you cannot stay somewhere then you are allowed to move home. Obviously do it safely

SpeckledlyHen · 22/12/2021 12:38

@Clymene

Where the hell are you getting six hours from *@gannett*? It's an hour between Portsmouth and Bournemouth. And you have no idea whether the boyfriend is at death's door or just feeling a bit sniffly.

Hyperbole much?

But the OP is in Plymouth, not portsmouth..
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