Hotel Survival Kit...what do you carry

firefuzz · November 05, 2007, 07:42

This post may should have gone in GD but this looked like the better place.

What do you carry when traveling to clean your hotel room?

My 2nd ex-wife and I used to travel quite a bit and always stayed in mid-range hotels. She always sprayed the bed spreads and sheets with lysol and carried a bleach/water mix to wipe down the toilet, counter and shower in the room. She used to make up rooms in a hotel when she was younger and refused to sit on anything in the room until SHE had disinfected it.

With the holiday traveling coming up it might be something to ponder.

Rob

kerplode · November 05, 2007, 14:41

I just take a big black plastic bag to keep my clothes/luggage in so I don't bring home bedbugs.

**GOVT1911** · November 05, 2007, 15:28

Nothing.

I figure I've slept in worse places, so why bother?

firebrand 45 · November 05, 2007, 19:40

I have spent months living in mud and dirt, I have eaten little frogs out of mud puddles, and a multitude of bugs and rodents. A less than first class hotel is tits to me! But seriously, I don't bother to bring anything. If a room looks that bad, I ask for another, or have it cleaned again.b

firefuzz · November 05, 2007, 20:01

I slept in not the same bad places you have, but others very similar. What concerns me, learning thru her, is staff infection.

Sheets are changed with every new patron, bed spreads are not. Ever thought about what you've done on a hotel bed spread?

My niece recently had to have a piece of her thigh just below her butt check removed from a staff infection she caught off a toilet seat in the girls dressing room at her school. Nasty scar on a lovely young woman.

Just a thought.

Rob

gunseller · November 05, 2007, 23:25

I just bring a 1911. Works well to clean out a room.
Steve

TXscout · November 06, 2007, 01:14

Quote:

Originally posted by firebrand 45
I have spent months living in mud and dirt, I have eaten little frogs out of mud puddles, and a multitude of bugs and rodents. A less than first class hotel is tits to me! But seriously, I don't bother to bring anything. If a room looks that bad, I ask for another, or have it cleaned again.b

Isn't that why your show got into trouble, big fella?

firebrand 45 · November 06, 2007, 06:33

Quote:

Originally posted by TXscout

Isn't that why your show got into trouble, big fella?

firebrand 45 · November 06, 2007, 06:38

Quote:

Originally posted by firefuzz
I slept in not the same bad places you have, but others very similar. What concerns me, learning thru her, is staff infection.

Sheets are changed with every new patron, bed spreads are not. Ever thought about what you've done on a hotel bed spread?

My niece recently had to have a piece of her thigh just below her butt check removed from a staff infection she caught off a toilet seat in the girls dressing room at her school. Nasty scar on a lovely young woman.

Just a thought.

Rob

Well,, there is some truth to that. Lots O nasty crackwhores doin business in some of those places for sure. But in the end, can you really make a room like that safe ? I have gotten some pretty nasty infections from not being able to dress a wound in a timely fashion, and got over them ok, so I guess I never really considdered a hotel room to be a threat, real or percieved. Watch me get some horrific disease from a hotel bed now.....

ONG · November 06, 2007, 07:24

Water, couple cans of stew, flashlight, 100' nylon rope, gloves with rubber on the palms, matches, dust masks.

We always try to stay on the 2nd floor. Less trouble with breakins and fairly easy to crawl down the rope if neccessary.

Rick · November 06, 2007, 08:59

The illegals from south of the border are bringing in lots of infection. It's not politically correct to draw attention to this but true. Wash hands after going the bathroom? Not part of their culture. Mexico is a cespool and we're seeing the results of illgal immigration show up in our school locker rooms, hospitals, etc.

People entering the country need medical screening but the libs would have a cow at the very mention.

firebrand 45 · November 06, 2007, 09:19

Quote:

Originally posted by Rick
The illegals from south of the border are bringing in lots of infection. It's not politically correct to draw attention to this but true. Wash hands after going the bathroom? Not part of their culture. Mexico is a cespool and we're seeing the results of illgal immigration show up in our school locker rooms, hospitals, etc.

People entering the country need medical screening but the libs would have a cow at the very mention.

I supphose we could be better humanitarians, and welcome them at the border with the care they needed. I believe a lead ball innoculation is good for pretty much any disease they may have...No??

MtnWulf · November 06, 2007, 17:13

I always put a .45 under my pillow. Put my BOB by my bed for a quick "grab and go" egress. Maybe not smart, but I jam a chair under the door, and leave a night light on in the bath to light up anyone if they break in anyways.

Sig220 · November 06, 2007, 17:15

Quote:

Originally posted by MtnWulf
I always put a .45 under my pillow. Put my BOB by my bed for a quick "grab and go" egress. Maybe not smart, but I jam a chair under the door, and leave a night light on in the bath to light up anyone if they break in anyways.

Who ya foolin', MtnWulf........ya leave the light on for the same reason I do.......so ya can find the bathroom!!!

Either that or we are scared of the dark!!

**brunop** · November 06, 2007, 17:44

I'm in LA every week. There are some laws about knives that are different than Kalifornia state law - which are already kinda goofy. LA County doesn't issue CCW permits very often.

I have a GMHB with the usual stuff like: first aid, minimalist 'survival' pak, poncho, foil blanket, knife, razor knife, blades, water, food bars, $, etc. that comes in the hotel room. So does the 1911. Extra water, fuel, carbine (CA legal lever fudd gun - I actually like them, too) and ammo in the car (kinda hidden).

I've never used a public toilet seat that I didn't wash and wipe first. Hotel toilets depend on the hotel.

November 05, 2007, 07:42	#1
firefuzz Registered FALaholic #: 15340 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,647	Hotel Survival Kit...what do you carry This post may should have gone in GD but this looked like the better place. What do you carry when traveling to clean your hotel room? My 2nd ex-wife and I used to travel quite a bit and always stayed in mid-range hotels. She always sprayed the bed spreads and sheets with lysol and carried a bleach/water mix to wipe down the toilet, counter and shower in the room. She used to make up rooms in a hotel when she was younger and refused to sit on anything in the room until SHE had disinfected it. With the holiday traveling coming up it might be something to ponder. Rob __________________ May your rifle always shoot straight, your mag never run dry, you always have one more round than you have adversaries, and your good mate always be there to watch your back. I'm not anti-anything...but I am PRO Christian, PRO American, and I'm not ashamed of being white.

November 05, 2007, 15:28	#3
GOVT1911 Curio & Relic Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 9433 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raeford, NC Posts: 3,215	Nothing. I figure I've slept in worse places, so why bother? __________________ I don't make policy, I just enforce the last 300 Meters of it.

November 05, 2007, 20:01	#5
firefuzz Registered FALaholic #: 15340 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,647	I slept in not the same bad places you have, but others very similar. What concerns me, learning thru her, is staff infection. Sheets are changed with every new patron, bed spreads are not. Ever thought about what you've done on a hotel bed spread? My niece recently had to have a piece of her thigh just below her butt check removed from a staff infection she caught off a toilet seat in the girls dressing room at her school. Nasty scar on a lovely young woman. Just a thought. Rob __________________ May your rifle always shoot straight, your mag never run dry, you always have one more round than you have adversaries, and your good mate always be there to watch your back. I'm not anti-anything...but I am PRO Christian, PRO American, and I'm not ashamed of being white.

November 06, 2007, 07:24	#10
ONG Registered FALaholic #: 5775 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,334	Water, couple cans of stew, flashlight, 100' nylon rope, gloves with rubber on the palms, matches, dust masks. We always try to stay on the 2nd floor. Less trouble with breakins and fairly easy to crawl down the rope if neccessary. __________________ “I will keep my freedom my guns, my money. You can keep THE CHANGE.”

November 06, 2007, 17:44	#15
brunop Refresh Key Masher Platinum Contributor FALaholic #: 17136 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: oregon Posts: 6,482	I'm in LA every week. There are some laws about knives that are different than Kalifornia state law - which are already kinda goofy. LA County doesn't issue CCW permits very often. I have a GMHB with the usual stuff like: first aid, minimalist 'survival' pak, poncho, foil blanket, knife, razor knife, blades, water, food bars, $, etc. that comes in the hotel room. So does the 1911. Extra water, fuel, carbine (CA legal lever fudd gun - I actually like them, too) and ammo in the car (kinda hidden). I've never used a public toilet seat that I didn't wash and wipe first. Hotel toilets depend on the hotel. __________________ "I love you, Pluskat..." - brunop "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." - Thomas Jefferson "The constitutions of most of our states [and of the United States] assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property and freedom of the press." - Thomas Jefferson

November 05, 2007, 14:41	#2
kerplode Registered FALaholic #: 22374 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern Colorado Posts: 719	I just take a big black plastic bag to keep my clothes/luggage in so I don't bring home bedbugs.

November 05, 2007, 19:40	#4
firebrand 45 Registered FALaholic #: 32397 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ct. Posts: 8	I have spent months living in mud and dirt, I have eaten little frogs out of mud puddles, and a multitude of bugs and rodents. A less than first class hotel is tits to me! But seriously, I don't bother to bring anything. If a room looks that bad, I ask for another, or have it cleaned again.b

November 05, 2007, 23:25	#6
gunseller Registered FALaholic #: 10120 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,458	I just bring a 1911. Works well to clean out a room. Steve

November 06, 2007, 08:59	#11
Rick Registered FALaholic #: 74 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 1,033	The illegals from south of the border are bringing in lots of infection. It's not politically correct to draw attention to this but true. Wash hands after going the bathroom? Not part of their culture. Mexico is a cespool and we're seeing the results of illgal immigration show up in our school locker rooms, hospitals, etc. People entering the country need medical screening but the libs would have a cow at the very mention.

November 06, 2007, 17:13	#13
MtnWulf Registered FALaholic #: 21997 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Appalachia Posts: 861	I always put a .45 under my pillow. Put my BOB by my bed for a quick "grab and go" egress. Maybe not smart, but I jam a chair under the door, and leave a night light on in the bath to light up anyone if they break in anyways.

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