Re: [100attendees] Mold/mould

[Mary Barnes <[e-mail]>]

Thanks to folks that sent me feedback.  I am now sitting in one of the
newly refurbished rooms in the Swissotel. The lady has probably never seen
someone so happy to be shown to their room - I almost cried ;)   The room
is great, as they made wise choices in materials - wood floors with a small
carpeted area and then a kindof wood paneling on the walls.

So, second time today I've been happy - 1st in STIR and now in a hotel room
where I can sleep in a real bed for the first time in 4 days :)

Mary

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 12:26 AM, Mary Barnes <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> I'm just curious if anyone else is having problems with mold here.  I was
> over at the Hilton but they could not find me a room that was not moldy
> (I've been sleeping on the balcony for 3 days).  So, I booked at the
> Swissotel and was trying to move there today.   I've seen 3 rooms there and
> they all have issues. One had mold on the wallpaper and the padded wall.
> Another had a chunk of moldy drywall under the sink and then another had an
> area that looked like it could have had water intrusion and you could see
> that someone had vaccuumed or scraped something off the padded wall.  I am
> very sensitive to mold but statistically 25% of the population has a
> predisposition to become ill upon exposure to mold.  Symptoms can be really
> non-specific and with jet lag folks might not be able to separate some
> brain fog/fuzziness to jet lag and respiratory issues to catching a travel
> cold or allergies.   It's kindof too bad that meeting venue is about done
> as I think this is an important consideration.  I would actually like those
> that select venues to do inexpensive mold tests - you can do one test for
> around $150.
>
> I'm going to check out another room at Swissotel and if that doesn't work
> see if Fairmont has availability and then the Conrad.
>
> If there's anyone that thinks they have a pristine hotel room somewhere
> else, please let me know.  I really don't want to pay for another hotel
> room and sleep on the balcony although that's a nice backup at the
> Swissotel.
>
> I will also note that some of the meeting rooms have issues.  I'm having
> to wear an N95 mask in Orchard - one only has to look at the ceiling to see
> the reason.
>
> Regards,
> Mary.
>