Comments on: Keeping hotel rooms safe for boomer travelers https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/ Explore new places and savor new tastes Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Irene S. Levine https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-16861 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:30:18 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-16861 In reply to Suzanne Fluhr (Boomeresque).

That’s a great point you make about travel clothes often being black and hard to see at night!

]]> By: Suzanne Fluhr (Boomeresque) https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-16812 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 04:15:25 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-16812 The flashlight is also a good idea for walking around outside at night. We are just back from a trip to New Mexico. Our Santa Fe B&B was about 6 blocks from the central Plaza area—definitely walking distance, but the streets were not well lit and the sidewalks were quite uneven. Our walks back to the B&B after dinner would have been more comfortable had we had a flashlight with us. I’ve also been places where we had to walk in poorly lit areas with NO sidewalks — definitely a time to have a flashlight and maybe a reflective vest. My travel clothes tend to be black.

]]> By: Suzanne Fluhr (Boomeresque) https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-16810 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 04:10:50 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-16810 In reply to Paul Marshman.

Yes! I totally don’t get when at least mid-scale hotels and B&B’s, don’t provide reading lights for BOTH sides of the bed for double rooms.

]]> By: Irene S. Levine https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-16013 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:17:33 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-16013 In reply to Arline Zatz.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, Arline! These requirements seem so basic so why aren’t they always there?:-)

]]> By: Irene S. Levine https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-16012 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:13:23 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-16012 In reply to Jean Vranic.

Leaving the bathroom light on at night is definitely a good idea!

]]> By: Jean Vranic https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-16009 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:06:22 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-16009 the checklist is a good idea for all hotels to adopt. My constant moan is that there are no grab rails in baths/showers or soap holders. Having had a bad slip in a bath and damaging my back I am extra careful to check this before I get in. One hotel had a “super jacuzzi bath” about 8 ft wide. Only snag – the taps were on the far corner and were impossible to reach unless you actually stood in the bath first. then it took 40 minutes to fill, but that’s another story…
Re torch, my husband – a frequent traveller – always carried one and was very grateful for it when there was a complete black out in Rome during the early hours of his morning departure. He had to pack holding his torch in his teeth.
We always leave the bathroom light on if possible with the door almost closed. As we change hotels often on our trips, it helps us get oriented for our night trips to the bathroom. Sometimes though there is a noisy extractor fan attached to the light, so we also carry a nightlight.

]]> By: Paul Marshman https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-15991 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:57:54 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-15991 Good point, Irene. I’ve been in many hotel rooms with features that made no sense for the traveller — lack of a usable reading light is a common one. Hotel chains should create a set of guidelines for making their properties boomer-friendly, and with our rising numbers, the time has come. Since hotel rooms seem to be designed using a standard cookie-cutter model, it shouldn’t be hard to spread good design right across the industry. The Travelling Boomer

]]> By: Irene S. Levine https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-15990 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:29:23 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-15990 In reply to Arline Zatz.

Thanks for stopping, by Arline! I agree completely. Bad lighting drives me batty!

]]> By: Arline Zatz https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-15986 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:04:28 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-15986 Good tips, Irene. Thank you. What I find very important when staying at a hotel is good lighting so I can read – especially in bed, and a nightlight in the bathroom so I can find my way to it if need be. Arline Zatz

]]> By: Irene S. Levine https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-15904 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:38:11 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-15904 In reply to Lisa @ Grandma’s Briefs.

Have a great time at the conference. It will be an opportunity to make new friends!

]]> By: Lisa @ Grandma's Briefs https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-15899 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:52:43 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-15899 An excellent and timely post for me to read. I head off to the AARP Life@50+ next week and I’ve been a tad concerned about going all alone and knowing no one there (for safety reasons, not socializing reasons). I was more concerned about good locks and such, but now I’ll consider the tips on your list, too. Thank you!

]]> By: Carol Cassara https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-15891 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:34:27 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-15891 I’ve heard more stories about hotel room injuries in the past two years than ever before. Great advice!

]]> By: Elizabeth https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-15882 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:25:16 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-15882 These are good tips for any hotel and for any age group. However, wow… I didn’t know I was that old and feeble at 51!

]]> By: Sheryl https://www.moretimetotravel.com/keeping-hotel-rooms-safe-for-boomer-travelers/#comment-15847 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:16:42 +0000 https://www.moretimetotravel.com/?p=4149#comment-15847 Your poor friend! I’ll bet she learned a (painful) lesson. Hotels should always leave a bar of soap INSIDE the shower, not OUTside.

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