{"id":1270,"date":"2018-09-26T22:39:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T05:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2023-09-29T10:25:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:25:27","slug":"healthier-hotel-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/healthier-hotel-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Make Your Next Hotel Stay Healthier"},"content":{"rendered":"
My husband and I have traveled a lot over the years.<\/p>\n
Mostly for business and we usually enjoyed it, but what we don’t enjoy are the hotels. Bleach cleaners, mold, carpeting, polyester (plastic) sheets, old pillows. It\u2019s a toxic load neither of us want on our bodies and neither of us look forward to. It\u2019s one of the pieces of our own journey that led us to start Healthy Vacation Club<\/a>, but we\u2019ve had to learn how to cope with what\u2019s available until we can cover the world with healthy vacation homes and hotels.<\/p>\n What do we do?<\/em><\/p>\n We\u2019ve tried a lot of hotels, unfortunately. We\u2019ve been to highly rated resorts that had been soaked in bleach and large brand hotels covered in mold. Don\u2019t be afraid to walk away, there are always more hotels. In our experience, we\u2019ve always gotten our money back\u2026 even if it one time took 6 months and multiple calls.<\/p>\n Our main hotel chain has ended up being Hilton, basically because we\u2019ve had the fewest problems there. Not surprisingly, we’ve learned that:<\/p>\n \u201cGary Collinge, general manager of the Hilton Vancouver Airport, says all Hilton hotels follow standards regarding eco-friendly cleaning solutions, including non-toxic, non-phosphate, non-chlorine and biodegradable products.\u201d – Hotelier Magazine<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Sometimes we\u2019ve also had good luck with Hyatt. Of course, they\u2019re all far from perfect, and I wouldn\u2019t call either of them \u201chealthy\u201d, but they are doing some good things that make it a bit easier for us to stay there compared to other hotels. I would love the opportunity to work with any of them to start pushing the hotel industry to a place more focused on wellness. For us, it\u2019s not about competing, it\u2019s about making change happen quickly in the vacation industry, because there’s such a great need for it.<\/p>\n1. We choose better hotels.<\/h3>\n
2. We cook our own food.<\/h3>\n