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There’s nothing more luxurious than arriving at a perfectly made-up hotel room after a long day of traveling. But in this era of COVID-19, you don’t have to be a germaphobe to worry about viruses and bacteria that may be lurking.
Hotels also pose potential health risks that predate the pandemic from down pillows, which can trigger an allergic reaction in some people, to the age-old problem of (sorry) bed bugs.
Before you panic, one good thing to come out of the pandemic is that many hotels are taking extra measures to safeguard guests’ health, such as improving ventilation in common areas and individual guest rooms and implementing more robust cleaning procedures.