As the holiday season approaches, you’ll likely be making arrangements to spend time with loved ones. The COVID-19 pandemic makes traveling a bit more of a challenge, from the travel itself to lodging accommodations. Making the proper preparations is essential to keeping yourself and your loved ones safe from the virus. Use these simple but effective techniques to reduce your risk this season.

A Guide to Safe Holiday Travel in 2020

1. Wear a Mask

Wearing a facial covering is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread. Keep a mask on hand at all times, and wear it to cover your nose and mouth in any public setting.

This includes taxis, airports, planes, and train stations. You can remove it when in the comfort of a hotel room with other healthy members of your household.

2. Get Separate Lodging

When visiting loved ones outside of your own household, maintain a distance of six feet and wear a mask. This keeps everyone safer from the spread.

It’s easier to maintain this distance if you’re not sharing their house by staying in the guest room or sleeping on the couch. Instead, stay in a hotel with the other members of your household. Choose an establishment that has adopted additional disinfecting measures to keep everyone safe. 

3. Wash or Sanitize Your Hands

You will touch a lot of common surfaces while traveling, such as gas pumps, doorknobs, and handles on public transportation. Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds after touching these surfaces.

Do this immediately when entering your private lodging or the household you’re visiting. You should also wash your hands before eating, touching your nose or mouth, or touching another person. Carry hand sanitizer to use when a sink and soap are unavailable.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites offers clean and comfortable lodging for your holiday plans to Johnson County, AR. Their staff members follow comprehensive cleaning and safety measures to reduce your exposure to COVID-19, from facial covering requirements to deep cleaning of high-touch surfaces. See their full list of procedures online, or call (479) 705-7600 to make a reservation.