Well! That was exciting!
May. 27th, 2022 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lsandersonI made it home last Saturday, May 21, after testing positive for COVID on Sunday, May 8. I was supposed to fly out on May 9. I only changed my departure three or four times which was great fun in itself. Fortunately, I usually had three BBC cable channels to keep me entertained while on eternal hold with Delta and Delta Vacations.
On May 11, the hotel I was staying/isolating in, Aloft Brussels Schuman, caught fire. I spent the next mumble days sweltering on the 8th floor of a nearby hotel, NH Hotel, that they moved us to after a rather long interval quite late night/early morning.
The night desk guy, who was quite friendly when I checked out at 4:45 am on Saturday, May 21, said that Aloft had called and asked for rooms — all the hotel rooms.
The first test I ran after testing positive on May 8, was on May 19, and I tested negative. I had to spring for an 'official' test at the Brussels airport to get out of Belgium, and got a CDC interview here after I got off the plane.
Waay too much fun. Fortunately, the beer I packed all made it home, and Allianz should cover most of the extended stay. I did abandon two bottles of Belgian beer in the last hotel. In retrospect, I probably could have packed it, but my luggage was heavy enough already.
On May 11, the hotel I was staying/isolating in, Aloft Brussels Schuman, caught fire. I spent the next mumble days sweltering on the 8th floor of a nearby hotel, NH Hotel, that they moved us to after a rather long interval quite late night/early morning.
The night desk guy, who was quite friendly when I checked out at 4:45 am on Saturday, May 21, said that Aloft had called and asked for rooms — all the hotel rooms.
The first test I ran after testing positive on May 8, was on May 19, and I tested negative. I had to spring for an 'official' test at the Brussels airport to get out of Belgium, and got a CDC interview here after I got off the plane.
Waay too much fun. Fortunately, the beer I packed all made it home, and Allianz should cover most of the extended stay. I did abandon two bottles of Belgian beer in the last hotel. In retrospect, I probably could have packed it, but my luggage was heavy enough already.
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Date: 2022-05-27 09:54 pm (UTC)I am about to spend a long weekend in Montreal in a couple of weeks. I hadn't considered buying travel insurance, but perhaps that might be a good idea.
It certainly was in my case
Date: 2022-05-27 10:41 pm (UTC)I have a long trip to NZ & Aus planned early next year, and the annual Allianz policy will cover both. I would recommend some kind of basic travel insurance as long as COVID is around and you need that negative test to get home or a doctor's note of recovery from COVIDS within 90 days. It's nice to be able to hole up for two weeks and not depend on the kindness of strangers when you may be contagious for 10 of those days. I guess I'll find out how happy I am after I get the claim filed and returned. They sure talk nice over the phone and email. With my Allianz policy, it's covered under Travel Interruption coverage ($5,000 or $250/day). It also covers medical and medi-vac coverage ($50,000?). But that's a bit high for a long weekend in Montreal. The following link is supposed be good for single trip travel insurance lookups: https://www.squaremouth.com/single-trip?aid=100&src=gad&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_4rAgZmb9wIVTsLCBB3kewGDEAAYASAAEgLg4_D_BwE&fbclid=IwAR3z_lcXuktg6jgVmYxX59e2hce03pPxJhpEP-d2gtIFJ71ycoTbKLFLpKc
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Date: 2022-05-28 12:52 am (UTC)P.
Thanks!
Date: 2022-05-28 01:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-05-28 03:04 pm (UTC)Thanks
Date: 2022-05-28 04:18 pm (UTC)Re: Thanks!
Date: 2022-05-28 06:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-05-28 10:25 pm (UTC)