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Self catering holiday - any special precautions

26 replies

Notagoodtime · 27/08/2021 12:54

Have been super careful throughout so a holiday is a bit out of my comfort zone. What cleaning would you do on arrival? How likely would it be to pick up from surfaces?

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VanishingWitch · 27/08/2021 19:21

I'm packing to go away for a few days. I'm taking cleaning cloths and a disinfectant spray. I will wipe down all surfaces on arrival, inc cupboard doors & handles, basins, loos etc - all surfaces we will touch. We plan to keep ourselves to ourselves and just go out for long walks and staying away from busy town areas.

Remmy123 · 27/08/2021 19:25

I wouid do no cleaning.

Enjoy your holiday and stop worrying

LilyPond2 · 27/08/2021 19:27

My understanding is that most scientists now believe that surfaces are not a major source of Covid transmission, and that most cases are caught through airborne transmission. I would personally pay more attention to opening the windows and making sure the property is thoroughly aired on arrival.

User5827372728 · 27/08/2021 19:27

None

Twickerhun · 27/08/2021 19:29

Open the windows on arrival and enjoy! You won’t get enough viral load from surfaces).

Peteycat · 27/08/2021 19:56

Just enjoy your holiday.

BarbaraofSeville · 27/08/2021 19:58

Don't lick the surfaces. Other than that, enjoy your holiday.

Oligodoodle · 27/08/2021 20:00

We stayed in a self catering place recently. I opened windows wide in all rooms as son as we got there and cleaned high touch places like door handles, light switches.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 27/08/2021 20:00

Hopefully the cottage will already be cleaned and the windows open on arrival- if not open them.

Enjoy your holiday.

Jasmine11 · 27/08/2021 20:10

Most places will have their covid cleaning procedures on their website. We've been away three times this summer to self catering places and it didn't even cross my mind to clean when we got there. Just relax and enjoy your holiday, else what's the point in going?

Scottishgirl85 · 27/08/2021 20:14

Been on 4 self catering holidays since start of covid, literally didn't think anything of it. Why would you clean on holiday? Just go and enjoy.

XenoBitch · 27/08/2021 20:14

None. I have been on 2 self catering breaks during the pandemic and both times, the accommodation was thoroughly cleaned and sealed prior to arrival. It didn't even cross my mind to give any part of it a clean again.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 27/08/2021 21:13

None. We've had a couple of self catering holidays, one in December last year between lock downs. I thought about cleaning and then thought sod it, I'm on holiday!

Reastie · 27/08/2021 21:34

We went on holiday and our house wasn’t cleaned to a good standard (despite being told rigorous covid protocols etc). We did things like mopped the floor (which obviously hadn’t been done before arrival), stuck the dishwasher on with the glasses etc, sprayed dettol spray (the one suitable for surfaces including fabrics) around door handles/light switches/sofa etc and opened all the windows. I took bleach and dettol with me. It helped me relax once I’d done this to
Minimise my risk

TempsPerdu · 27/08/2021 21:39

Nothing, other than maybe open some windows. Holidays are meant to be relaxing, and surface/fomite transmission is unlikely. Have a lovely holiday OP.

KeepScrapingBy · 27/08/2021 21:50

You shouldn’t need to do anything.

There are are extra cleaning protocols in place which should mean that your accommodation should be even cleaner than normal.

Arrival times are sometimes later and departure times earlier to allow for the extra cleaning.

BoomChicka · 27/08/2021 22:02

None, and I wouldn't give it a second thought.

katienana · 28/08/2021 08:38

You won't catch covid from a surface. I would clean if it was dirty.

BroccoliFloret · 28/08/2021 09:10

@Notagoodtime

Have been super careful throughout so a holiday is a bit out of my comfort zone. What cleaning would you do on arrival? How likely would it be to pick up from surfaces?
No extra cleaning. Properties are cleaned between lets.

Picking it up from surfaces is so unlikely as to be practically impossible.

Rosehip10 · 28/08/2021 09:16

Not sure why people are still obsessing over wiping down and using sanitizer, helps with general hygiene of course but is of limited to zero help for an airborne virus.

Mindymomo · 28/08/2021 16:24

We are at a holiday home, it is extremely clean. There is anti bac hand gel, spray bleach, we didn’t feel we needed to do anything else extra than would do at home.

Comefromaway · 28/08/2021 16:28

At the holiday home we recently stayed at we were asked not to wear shoes indoors and to wash hands on entering the house. On leaving we were asked to strip the beds so the owner could just put the streets straight in the wash we were warned the surfaces might appear wet on arrival and this was the anti viral spray they used. The windows were open when we arrived and we were asked to leave them open when we left.

I did clean inside cupboards before putting food in as that appeared to have been missed.

thedevilinablackdress · 28/08/2021 16:31

Open the windows if they weren't already. Otherwise nothing (assuming everything clean to a normal, decent standard). Surface transmission risk has been proven to be negligible.

rosesarered321 · 28/08/2021 16:57

I've got a cottage booked soon and I will just open the windows, nothing else.
I thought that the virus is only viable for a couple of minutes if someone coughs on something.

caughtinanet · 28/08/2021 17:05

Tbh I don't see how this thread will help you as the vast majority wouldn't do any cleaning at all as the risk of catching covid from a surface is so low it can be treated as zero but anyone who even considers asking the question doesn't believe the science so if covid theatre measures are what's needed for you to have a good holiday and you don't mind wasting your time on them you should do that