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Room Seals??

JohnPaul

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In the latest update I see that HGVC will use “room seals” to assure us no one has entered since it was cleaned.

Perhaps some people will find this reassuring. It seems a little silly to me.

Thoughts?
 

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Its not bad, but i am not sure how solid this really is. I see them on some doors and storage on planes, but they often like they get reused which defeats the purpose.

overall its not something I dislike, just not sure that it adds that much. Will see how i feel once i start traveling again.
 

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@dayooper They are only offering the balcony shark tier in the sales offices. But there has been a rise in shark attacks so sales offices are closed until further notice. ;)
 
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@dayooper Sorry they are only offering the balcony shark tier in the sales offices. There has been a rise in shark attacks so sales offices are closed until further notice. ;)

I’ve heard you can still get a balcony shark if you are elite premier, but it will cost you an arm and a leg.
 

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I will bet the room seals make it harder changing rooms once you get into a room and something is wrong.
 

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Its not bad, but i am not sure how solid this really is. I see them on some doors and storage on planes, but they often like they get reused which defeats the purpose.

I've seen how easy it is to bypass these undetectably in any number of spy movies. Nope, not trusting this one... :)

Cheers.
 

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Just another 'feel good' item that makes management feel like they're doing something. Unlikely to have much- if any- effect. I can see it now. The maids will have a roll of Scotch Tape 'seals' so if a guest wants to move, they'll charge beaucoup bucks to 'sanitize' and put another piece of tape on the door.
 

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As long as the seal doesn't look like these below, I am good to go!

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I think I'd like a room penguin instead of a seal.


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I wonder if they will add Seal-y mattresses to coordinate with that front door decor?
 

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I'm a little more daring and trusting so I don't really care about the seal. However my significant other was never trusting even pre-COVID. She will do the normal, wash all the dining ware, put bed bug proof pillow case and mattress cover, and sanitize the table and counters. I am sure she will go DEFCON 1, by sanitizing the couch, the carpet, the door knobs, etc, with freebreze sanitizer. I can see the first night just cleaning/sanitizing the room. As I think about it, that might night be a bad idea.
 
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