To go on holiday with scabies?

[melonhen]

We have scabies and have been prescribed some cream to kill the scabies.
We have to treat everyone in the house at the same time and also have to clean all the sofas and bedding and towels and wash everything on a hot wash and hoover.
The mites die after 3 days of no human contact so I’m thinking rather than risk missing anything, we clean best we can and then we book into a holiday park, leaving the house and car for a week, doing the cream treatment while we are there and then come back to a quarantined home might be the most affective way.
We would be treated so not contagious while we were there.

This is exactly what happens. I worked in a launderette and we used to do washing for hotels and a holiday park. I've seen a lot 🤢

YUK !

I think this thread is amusing! WTF?!

Yes, and in fact I have shared accommodation with someone while they were treated for it. With a background in a relevant research, I was not concerned.

Rotten

you even asks

urgh

Maybe you could camp? Buy the cheapest tent and sleeping bags and literally set fire to them afterwards?

Eeeeew.

No.

It's a similar thread to the one who was going to smuggle her dog into a non-pet caravan.

It beggars belief.

Yeah, this. I avoided hotels due to germ anxiety for quite a few years, before I went on medication and got counselling. But threads like this make me think my fears weren't unreasonable!

That’s grim OP. Really, really unfair.

Camp in your living room for a week so the bedrooms are purged but obviously keep treating yourselves. Then you can have your bedrooms back but stay out of the living room for a week.

But do not travel on public transport to a different location and spread it around. That is selfish.

Thank you for answering. However I wouldn't want to.

Holiday parks need to reserve special accommodation for these people so that they can all use the same caravan and keep responsible people safe.

Large red or black cross painted on the door.

OP - really, I am sorry you are dealing with this, I would hate it.

But you can't go to any other accommodation knowing you are infected. It's just not right.

You do know that bedding isn't dry cleaned.... right?
Please stay at home.

Stay at home.Cant believe you are so self centred to even consider anything else.

I don’t even want to imagine 🫣😬

We’ve already had one lot of treatment and been back to work, college and school since that, the only person who has the rash has mostly cleared up already and so going away was just while we had the second cream you take a week later to make sure there were no new eggs or missed mites.
We informed the school that dc was going to be off for 24 hours after the first treatment and they said no they shouldn’t be as the policy is they can come straight back after the cream and you can’t argue with school when it comes to absences so went back the next day as told.
We have both been to work all week and are not contagious. We just want to make sure any stray in the house are gone once we have treated ourselves to prevent reinfestation.

For those making unnecessarily nasty comments, understand that scabies has nothing to do with hygiene, and anyone can get it

I completely understand wanting to be careful, but the medical advice for scabies doesn’t say you need to leave your house or quarantine it. Once treatment starts, people aren’t considered contagious after about 24 hours, and normal cleaning plus washing bedding and clothes is enough. If you go inside the 24hrs when you are still contagious, you could spread it to others so I would stay put.

It sounds like you’re putting yourselves under a lot of stress when the standard guidance is much simpler.

And this post summarises exactly how society going down the pan 🙄

It’s utterly selfish if you go ahead and go on holiday. You will potentially be spreading the scabies the holiday accommodation. It’s not just bedding, it’s any soft furnishing - sodas, curtains, carpets, cushions etc. Then also let’s be honest, you can’t count on the level of cleaning at the accommodation to be at the level of infection control.

Absolutely awful behaviour if you do this.

Hi

What’s in that screenshot is not standard medical guidance, even though it sounds authoritative at first glance. The following is:-

Why this advice looks “official” but isn’t standard medical practice.

The screenshot is giving a very exaggerated interpretation of one true fact:

• Scabies mites die after 2–3 days without human skin.

That part is correct.

But the conclusion — “leave your house for 3 days” — is not something recommended by reputable health authorities like the NHS, CDC, or dermatology guidelines.

Here’s what those trusted sources actually say:
✔ Treatment makes you non‑contagious after 24 hours
Once the prescribed cream is applied properly, people are generally considered safe to be around others the next day.
✔ Cleaning is simple
Wash bedding and clothes used in the last few days at 60°C.
Seal unwashable items for 3 days.
Vacuum normally.
✔ No need to leave the house
There is no recommendation to vacate your home, car, or environment.
You don’t need to “quarantine” anything.
✔ The key is treating everyone at the same time
That’s what prevents reinfection — not leaving the house.
⭐ So what’s going on with the advice they were given?
It’s likely:

• Someone has taken the “mites die in 2–3 days” fact
• …and turned it into a dramatic, unnecessary plan
• …that isn’t supported by medical guidelines

People often panic with scabies because it’s itchy, contagious, and misunderstood. That panic can lead to overkill advice that sounds logical but isn’t needed.

Oh my God, what an absolute shit house thing to even consider!!

You are being extremely unreasonable.

If you’re going camping, in your own tent or caravan. Absolutely. But no, not a holiday park. That’s a dick move. Unless you book it long enough for them to die in both places. Eg book for a week, go home half way through. Although I thought it was longer than 3 days.

I can’t believe anyone would be that selfish. It beggars belief.