With a blog, that mentions travel in the name, I enjoy sharing about travel. The past 18 months have changed travel. Hence this week's Sunday Five.
1: Have you worn a face mask, for a long journey on public transit?
2: Have you been asked to prove vaccination status, or a negative test for admission to a public place?
3: Hotels are no longer doing daily housekeeping service, the room is cleaned before you check in, beyond that service is as requested only. How does this impact tipping for housekeepers?
4: Have restaurants reduced density of tables in your area?
5: Do you have any pending travel reservations?
My answers:
1: Have you worn a face mask, for a long journey on public transit? Yes, and the four hour return train trip took seven hours, a reason I will blog about soon.
2: Have you been asked to prove vaccination status, or a negative test for admission to a public place? Yes, New York City is requiring it in restaurants, theaters, museums.
3: Hotels are no longer doing daily housekeeping service, the room in cleaned before you check in, beyond that service is as requested only. How does this impact tipping for housekeepers? I have always been a generous tipper, I am interested in hearing other's input on this. I left a tip at the end that was the total of what I would have left, if I had left something each day. After all the housekeepers need to earn the same living.
4: Have restaurants reduced density of tables in your area? Yes, I hope they stay that way.
5: Do you have any pending travel reservations? Yes, airline tickets for late October, not sure what will happen with that.
Please share your answers in the comments.
1: Have you worn a face mask, for a long journey on public transit? Longest journey I’ve taken has been a half hour. Masks required here.
ReplyDelete2: Have you been asked to prove vaccination status, or a negative test for admission to a public place? No.
3: Hotels are no longer doing daily housekeeping service, the room is cleaned before you check in, beyond that service is as requested only. How does this impact tipping for housekeepers? Here in Spain, tipping is not as extreme (or expected), but I don’t know if standards have changed for cleaning rooms.
4: Have restaurants reduced density of tables in your area? Yes. Again, required.
5: Do you have any pending travel reservations? No.
I hope the restaurants leave the density lower
Delete1. How long is a long journey? An hour of face mask on a train, yes.
ReplyDelete2. No, but it is coming. I am fine with that.
3. I'm Australian. We don't tip and here room cleaning staff will be paid proper wages.
4. What? You can dine in and not just get takeaway?
5. No. Pointless as we are locked down. The day will come.
Had breakfast out with a friend yesterday,
Delete1: Have you worn a face mask, for a long journey on public transit? I haven't been on public transport in years, so .... no?
ReplyDelete2: Have you been asked to prove vaccination status, or a negative test for admission to a public place? Not yet, but we mask it all the time whenever we're out.
3: Hotels are no longer doing daily housekeeping service, the room is cleaned before you check in, beyond that service is as requested only. How does this impact tipping for housekeepers? I would tip the same amount. People gotta eat.
4: Have restaurants reduced density of tables in your area? Not in our small town, but we are heavily masked as we are a Blue Spot in a Red State.
5: Do you have any pending travel reservations? Next month, fingers crossed, we're off to the West Coast to see my Dad.
California dreaming.
Delete1. We haven't been anywhere but a car since November 2019. But I would be wearing a mask on subway, train, cab or plane, should that situation ever arise.
ReplyDelete2. I haven't been asked yet, but we rarely go anywhere public that isn't the grocery store or hiking. But I have pictures of both sides of my card that reside on my phone, just in case.
3. I think it would affect them. It would have to. Until we traveled this last month, I didn't even know that housekeeping wouldn't be daily - though that's fine. I usually don't want it daily.
4. I don't know. We went out to eat in DC and Baltimore and I can't say if seating was reduced but it was spaced adequately. We have not been out to eat in Cleveland, nor are planning on doing so anytime soon.
5. No plans. Even if we go somewhere it will be car and probably to an airbnb so we can take the dog. ....which means hikes and eating in. I'm fine with that.
Travel has changed, it will take time to go back. I heard yesterday that a friend is planning an in-person conference for spring, I hope she cut her projected attendance in half when she did her budgets.
Delete1: Have you worn a face mask, for a long journey on public transit? Yes, when I flew to California last week.
ReplyDelete2: Have you been asked to prove vaccination status, or a negative test for admission to a public place? Not yet but I'm sure I will when I go to NY.
3: Hotels are no longer doing daily housekeeping service, the room is cleaned before you check in, beyond that service is as requested only. How does this impact tipping for housekeepers? I will leave a good tip regardless.
4: Have restaurants reduced density of tables in your area? Some have and I like it.
5: Do you have any pending travel reservations? Yes, to NY in mid-October.
NY should be great fun
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ReplyDeletehere it goes again
yes; no; i don't tip; I don't go; I wonder if my November trip will happen.
Got it, thanks
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