re: How to travel with precautions as India opens up Quote:
Originally Posted by psbali I keep thinking about the safety aspect of all such hotels having a centralised air conditioning systems.
Is it safe to stay in a hotel with a centralised cooling system? |
Your concern is valid on the dangers of a centralized air conditioned facility in the present context, although having adequate filters in the air conditioning system can minimize the risk of spreading air borne contamination though the same. Filters rated MERV 13 or higher are known to work in this although more research is required, it is like a N95 mark put in the AC.
Most of the hotels we stay have individual AC installed in rooms but we make sure to ask and double check on this during booking.
We consciously avoid pulling our masks down in a centrally air conditioned facility like the restaurant of a resort, as such we prefer nowadays to have the food sent to the room. This results, at times in missing the breakfast or lunch buffet even if the hotel insist to avail that at the restaurant, we turn down such offers and have found hotels to be understanding so far. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tygerman How did you manage the tolls where Fastag did not work? Toll booths are potential risk zones. |
In the 3 accounts of travel posted earlier in this thread, there was only one toll plaza we encountered where Fastag did not work I had to put on mask, turn the wind flow of the car AC off and then pull down the glass only enough to slip my hand out in order to handover the toll fee and collect the receipt.
Some highway tolls plazas, like the one we encountered offers free hand sanitizers too on request. But you must make sure that after you put the cash and receipt somewhere separated than rest of the stuff, you do sanitize your hand before touching anything inside the car, even the window up switch or the lever as the case may be.
There is another way, like we see in parking exits in some malls, if you have a small light basket made of plastic or if you are fond of origami you can make a disposable paper bowl which you can hold out of the window to collect change and receipt apart from paying the cash in the first place. This way you avoid direct touching of currency and the receipt or even accidental touching of hands of the toll counter person. |