I stayed in a quarantine hotel for two weeks AMA

Cissyandflora · 2021-02-15T21:29:19+00:00

I didn’t know whether to make a thread about this but I’ve been thinking that maybe people would be interested to know something of the experience. I was in Sydney and spent two weeks at the end of last year. If anyone has a question I’ll answer it!

manicinsomniac · 15/02/2021 21:58

Can you leave the room at all? Like, is there an exercise hard or something, like a cattery?!

BertieBotts · 15/02/2021 21:59

Ooh my friend is doing this at the moment but with 2 kids under 5 I am in awe of her.

Did the food get repetitive or was it just nice not to have to cook?

XenoBitch · 15/02/2021 22:00

Was there any mental health support?

Doyoumind · 15/02/2021 22:01

I think I would love this, as long as I was by myself Did you read a lot? That's what I would imagine myself doing.

PicsInRed · 15/02/2021 22:03

By the end, did you believe you were a hummingbird of some kind?

lljkk · 15/02/2021 22:04

How much choice did you get in food... I imagine I'd mostly stop eating. The stress of confinement would destroy my appetite plus so hard to get any exercise.

Did you have a vent if the toilet area got smelly? Could you open windows to outside; wondering if showers made room steamy. Did you think to bring enough clothes or could you send your laundry out?

Did you have plenty of material to clean your own loo, did they ever bring you clean sheets & towels, how did they wash your cutlery/plates, or was it all disposable?

How did you dispose of rubbish?

If you needed something like tampons or paper+pen, was it easy to get hold of, could you order food delivered from outside the hotel?

Did you do an in-room daily exercise routine and what was it?

Freetodowhatiwant · 15/02/2021 22:04

I would feel like I was going insane, I found it bad enough having to isolate for 14 days after returning from abroad in the summer. Having sold the family home and left dh we were in a basement Airbnb with limited belongings and STBXH bringing us supplies every day like some sort of jailer. It was really awful.

KitKat1985 · 15/02/2021 22:05

How did you do your laundry?

What was the food like? Did you get 'options' for meals or was it just a 'you get what you're given' style?

manicinsomniac · 15/02/2021 22:06

Could you order random Amazon deliveries to enrrtsin you?

manicinsomniac · 15/02/2021 22:06

*entertain

Eleoura · 15/02/2021 22:08

A friend did this in Tasmania. They were allowed outside in a specific garden area of the hotel once a day. The food provided was dreadful and in no way accomodated my friends dietary allergies and needs. They werent allowed to order room service, but could pay for a delivery. Problem was that reception staff often didnt bring the deliveries to their room in a reasonable time, so it was often cold. Their room had no miscrowave or cooking facilities either!

Was your hotel anything like the above? Better or worse?

CornishPastyDownUnder · 15/02/2021 22:11

Same here @Cissyandflora Ours was the Marriot in Brisbane late Oct-lovely 5* place(wouldve been amazing non-covid lol).
We were allowed out 2-3 times a day to walk around the pool which had a fab view over Storey Bridge/city-escorted from room by armed police or the army so we could get a little break from each other-some days we stayed out there for half an hour depending on the number of people walking laps around the pool/patio!
Amazing food, decent room, really kind staff-only had contact from fone in room(&many many mental health phone checks)it was ok, more worried about my teen DC mental health us all cooped up together but too focused on moving back to QLD and lots to plan/sort online...kids doing lessons with headphones on so it was kind of OK. 2weeks isnt long.
Life in QLD has been worth every minute of it-new house/great job&better pay and no covid or masks/restrictions where we are.

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Cissyandflora · 15/02/2021 22:41

@manicinsomniac

Can you leave the room at all? Like, is there an exercise hard or something, like a cattery?!

No outside area at all.

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Cissyandflora · 15/02/2021 22:42

@manicinsomniac

Could you order random Amazon deliveries to enrrtsin you?

Yes you could order anything you want and it would be brought to the room and left outside the door.

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AntiHop · 15/02/2021 22:43

Did the windows open?

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Cissyandflora · 15/02/2021 22:44

@Eleoura

A friend did this in Tasmania. They were allowed outside in a specific garden area of the hotel once a day. The food provided was dreadful and in no way accomodated my friends dietary allergies and needs. They werent allowed to order room service, but could pay for a delivery. Problem was that reception staff often didnt bring the deliveries to their room in a reasonable time, so it was often cold. Their room had no miscrowave or cooking facilities either!

Was your hotel anything like the above? Better or worse?

No cooking facilities. No room service. Dreadful food. We could order out but I only did that once. It was a great takeaway though! Best meal of the two weeks that’s for sure.

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Cissyandflora · 15/02/2021 22:44

@AntiHop

Did the windows open?

No. No fresh air at all.

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Cissyandflora · 15/02/2021 22:45

@CornishPastyDownUnder

Same here *@Cissyandflora Ours was the Marriot in Brisbane late Oct-lovely 5 place(wouldve been amazing non-covid lol). We were allowed out 2-3 times a day to walk around the pool which had a fab view over Storey Bridge/city-escorted from room by armed police or the army so we could get a little break from each other-some days we stayed out there for half an hour depending on the number of people walking laps around the pool/patio! Amazing food, decent room, really kind staff-only had contact from fone in room(&many many mental health phone checks)it was ok, more worried about my teen DC mental health us all cooped up together but too focused on moving back to QLD and lots to plan/sort online...kids doing lessons with headphones on so it was kind of OK. 2weeks isnt long. Life in QLD has been worth every minute of it-new house/great job&better pay and no covid or masks/restrictions where we are.

I was at the Marriott too. But yours sounds like a dream compared to mine. No walks for us.

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Cissyandflora · 15/02/2021 22:46

@KitKat1985

How did you do your laundry?

What was the food like? Did you get 'options' for meals or was it just a 'you get what you're given' style?

I washed my clothes in the bathtub. No options for meals or warning of what would be served. Awful food.

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Butterymuffin · 15/02/2021 22:46

So what food were you being given if it wasn't room service? From the hotel menu or an outside provider?

ShagMeRiggins · 15/02/2021 22:47

Who pays for the hotel?

ShagMeRiggins · 15/02/2021 22:47

And who pays for the food you’re given?

ThatsnotmyBorishishairistoneat · 15/02/2021 22:49

Sounds like hell

marriedtothevicar · 15/02/2021 22:50

DH did this last autumn in Sydney. He got a small suite, with a proper kitchen and a washing machine, and could open his window a few inches. He got a supermarket delivery so he could cook but actually found the food was quite good so ended up eating that. It was hard not getting any direct sunlight into the room to help with his jet lag, but his sleeping sorted itself out ok.

DS did it last September, and had a lovely hotel but a smaller room than DH with no kitchen or laundry facilities. He wasn't working but DH kept working for his quarantine period, which kept him quite busy.

EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 15/02/2021 22:51

there was an interview on the news today with someone that had just started isolating in a hotel.
I found all the "wow, how are you going to cope for TEN days?" questions a bit OTT - I know of several elderly/CEV people that haven't been outside small flats or had any visitors in almost a year.
I'm not saying it's not tough, but it's a measure I think should have been put in place early last year - not as we're now hearing about "the end of lockdown" coming soon.