Special Measures By Backpacker Hostels Ensuring No Spread Of COVID 19

The sudden outbreak of coronavirus has put the entire globe down. As the current situation of the world demands to take all necessary precautions to help combat the effects of coronavirus, different backpacker hostels are also recognizing the need to contain the virus, thereby following their government’s guidelines strictly. While ensuring their guest’s safety, the hostel staff is consistently taking all possible preventive measures to provide a safe and comfortable environment. This implies thorough cleaning schedules, sanitization, social distancing, and more.

In these difficult times, several popular hostels are giving you reassurance to come, stay with them and stay safe even when you are away from their home. Providing you the best of the experience, the hostels are making sure that you get a comfortable environment while adhering to all the possible guidelines and measures issued by their respective government. In regards to COVID 19, hostels have reinforced the procedures to meet health and safety standards such as:

Breakfast: Several popular hostels have great amenities including free breakfast, your favorite meal of the day! Big hostels often have space or mess hall for a buffet system for guests however, keeping in mind the current situation of COVID 19 buffets is no longer recommended. The hostel staff is now packing the breakfast and sending it to each of their guests ensuring no physical contact.

Check-in & Check-out: To avoid any rush at the reception, several hostels across Party Australia have changed their check-in and check-out timings. To avoid the gests moving at the same time, many hostels now have check-out time at 10 am and check-in time at 4 pm.

Kitchen: Hostels are known for their shared kitchen style. As you have access to the open kitchen, you have the liberty to cook anything anytime and also save on your food expenses. However, due to pandemic, shared kitchens now have limited access and have restricted the use of fridge and microwave. The kitchens are not completely closed, but only one person is allowed at a particular time.

Social distancing: Social distancing is the key to stop the spread of COVID 19. Thus, hostels have limited their capacity of their common areas to ensure that there is at least 2 meters distance between the guests living in the hostel, while also wearing masks. Even in the dorm rooms and bunked beds, hostels guarantee that there is enough distance maintained. Hostels that have the facility of private rooms are focusing on the booking of private rooms instead of dorm rooms.

Individual protection measures: For individual protection measures, the face masks are recommended as soon as you get out of your room, even in the common areas. Other than this, several notices are being put on hostel walls recommending washing your hands frequently, wear gloves, and sanitize your hands whenever you touch anything. Some popular hostels in Perth have also introduced cleaning of your luggage with a disinfector at the time of check-in.

Online booking and card payments: For any monetary transaction to be made, hostels are encouraging their guests to make online payments only instead of exchange currencies or paying in cash. Hostels are also promoting online booking instead of direct booking to have the least direct interaction. Online booking and card payments can ensure that there is no exchange of cash that may spread coronavirus.

No brochures or printed documentation: Often hostels may handover their brochure or other printed documentation to their customers. However, during the pandemic, the distribution of any papers, brochures, or documentation is curbed. Documentation of the exchange of any information is simply done online.

Disposable bedsheets: Another step that hostels are taking towards ensuring to stop the spread of coronavirus is using disposable bed sheets and covers. After each guest the hostel room, the hostels are disposing off the sheets and thoroughly cleaning up other linens.

Disseminate information through websites and social media: Any information that needs to be given to the guests of the hostels is given through updating it on the website and the social media pages. Hostels are posting all the important notice related to coronavirus directly on their website to assist their visitors.

Other measures: Hostels are carrying out cleaning of all common areas is carried out several times during the day. Disinfection and/or disinfectant soap is made available in all washrooms and in the entrance area. All staff members are also instructed to follow the recommendations given by the WHO and adhere to them strictly.

Note: If you are looking forward to staying in any of the hostels, Firstly you should find out how much your destination is affected by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and what is the travel procedure. You can get this information easily from your local or national health authorities or on the websites. In most countries, the foreign ministry is constantly issuing and updated travel recommendations.