Staying overnight in hotel accommodation from w/c 12 April (educational reasons)

NittyGritty

as you can see this picture clearly shows step 3 for hotels it says anyones allowed in hotels on may 17th not just household in step 2

so why is it most hotel are not open from april 12th when clearly its saying they are for household only ?

Placitasgirl

From 12 April one household can stay in a completely self contained unit (eg a caravan/mobile home). They cannot do this with others from outside their household. 

My understanding is that hotels can't open at this time as they have communal areas (reception areas, corridors etc) where people from different households could come into contact or gather indoors, which is currently still not permitted. 

p00hsticks

Placitasgirl said:

From 12 April one household can stay in a completely self contained unit (eg a caravan/mobile home). They cannot do this with others from outside their household. 

My understanding is that hotels can't open at this time as they have communal areas (reception areas, corridors etc) where people from different households could come into contact or gather indoors, which is currently still not permitted. 

Yes, that's right. There's been another thread somewhere on the forum about someone who booked a holiday apartment, but because there are shared communal areas indoors (lobby, corridors etc) they are not allowed to take guests until Step 3 (no earlier than 17th May). It's only completely self contained accomodation such as holiday homes that are allowed from 12th April.

That's why I suggested further up that the OP look at air b'n'b's rather than hotels.

DiseasedBunny

Just do the 8 hr round trip, that’s what me and the mrs do when we drop off or pick up our daughter from uni

NittyGritty

so how come it shows on the list u can stay at hotels but only from same household, yet in may it shows anyone can stay from 17th may

Spendless

Placitasgirl said:

From 12 April one household can stay in a completely self contained unit (eg a caravan/mobile home). They cannot do this with others from outside their household. 

My understanding is that hotels can't open at this time as they have communal areas (reception areas, corridors etc) where people from different households could come into contact or gather indoors, which is currently still not permitted. 

You can stay in a hotel but not for a holiday. You can stay for the reasons given below. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do#staying-away-from-home-overnight

Mrsn

Spendless said:

Placitasgirl said:

From 12 April one household can stay in a completely self contained unit (eg a caravan/mobile home). They cannot do this with others from outside their household. 

My understanding is that hotels can't open at this time as they have communal areas (reception areas, corridors etc) where people from different households could come into contact or gather indoors, which is currently still not permitted. 

You can stay in a hotel but not for a holiday. You can stay for the reasons given below. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do#staying-away-from-home-overnight

We recently stopped at a premier inn to attend the funeral of my grandmother in law. What we were advised was to do the booking online as per usual and ring the hotel directly to confirm the reason for your stay.

I’m unsure whether a stop would be permitted or not but for the sake of a phone call could be worth asking?! Assuming of course there would be a premier inn within a reasonable distance!

Grumpy_chap

The way I understand the rules (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021/covid-19-response-spring-2021-summary) from Monday 12th April "Self-contained accommodation such as campsites and holiday lets, where indoor facilities are not shared with other households, can also reopen" you cannot stay in a hotel, but can stay in a holiday home / static caravan hire etc.

I know someone who has a static caravan and their park is opening but none of the communal shower blocks or dining areas etc.

If you were to find a hotel that is open and agrees you have a "permitted reason" to stay, will that trip then still be affected by all dining being outside?  Given the current weather, breakfast sitting on the patio does not seem appealing.

Spendless

Grumpy_chap said:

If you were to find a hotel that is open and agrees you have a "permitted reason" to stay, will that trip then still be affected by all dining being outside?  Given the current weather, breakfast sitting on the patio does not seem appealing.

With a teen happy to eat a maccys in a car and  is restricted where she eats her lunchtime sandwich at college plus a husband who has to work away o/night with his job and has been doing so for weeks (the reason I was aware hotels were still open) and orders a take away for his room and eats it from the picnic set he takes with him, bad weather wouldn't present a problem