Hotel quarantine has been a gruelling slog for most travellers, but a mum and her young son were surprised to snag a five-star dream.
They were sent at random to the five-star hotel for Singapore’s “quarantine lottery”.
“No one has any choice in where they go and bus drivers shuttling travellers from the airport won’t say where they are headed,” theAccording to the outlet, most travellers have to cough up about $1,600 per person per hotel room and COVID-19 test for the 14-day quarantine. The swanky stay Ms Van Dee and her son enjoyed, however, is reportedly valued at an even prettier penny; the cheapest room offered at the hotel for two weeks in early October is priced at almost $5,850 with taxes and fees.
The family’s quirky quarantine experience wasn’t quite the same as a stay at the Ritz in pre-pandemic times, however – people cannot leave their rooms, housekeeping does not visit and meals are left outside the bedrooms. It’s also a far cry from the experience of other quarantined travellers, including in Australia, where guests have complained about “prison-like”, terrible food,Since the pandemic began, more than half of Singapore’s 67,000 hotel rooms have been reassigned to quarantine-arriving travellers, as well as locals infected with COVID-19, Yahoo Lifestyle reports.
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