Self food service would be a buffet or salad bar or even just a cookie tray if the guest is themselves taking the food off of the serving tray. Packaged food would not qualify. Soda and coffee stations probably would.Does no self food service mean.
you can't buy food items for villas at resort?
I have always handwashed the dishes we need right away, then put all the rest, including any utensils trays in the dishwasher and run a load. While they're in there, I use a disinfectant wipe to wipe down the shelves and door pulls. Sometimes it takes two loads. Call me paranoid, but in our many trips, we've never gotten sick. So COVID-19 wouldn't change it for us.
Doubt DVC falls in to hotel but they might do it anyways.
Free pots and pans set with each reservation lol.
There would have to be a work around to it. I am in the same mind that everything else that can't be put in the dishwasher is of bigger concern.
I second your agreement.So agree!
All these posts and not one person has yet to ask the obvious question. Why? Who in a dark hot place thought this was necessary and why? There's a lot going on that's absolutely stupid, but this has gotta climb into the top 10 in a hurry.
There is not one shred of evidence to support this mandate. If touching things matters that much by staff, then you may as well not open up at all. Or pick up a phone in a room. Or tun on a faucet.
We are creating pollution and using so much antibacterial stuff (before this virus, we were told not to use so much antibacterial stuff for fear of getting a super-germ).
Coffee makers? Those things that heat to boiling AKA a temperature that destroys every virus ever discovered?
Ok Florida.
i see this as a likely choice to. it still provides to the guest and can be sanitized once removed. but limits the amount of items that will be touched in the villasI am speculating that they may remove the items from the room, and provide them upon request. Upon check out, they are removed from the room to be cleaned/sanitized/etc.
I bet they put a stock a paper/plastic utensils, plates, bowls, cups, etc. in the villas. Then pots/pans/bakeware/etc will be provided upon request.
We always put dishes in the dishwasher in 1 and 2 bedrooms, as soon as we hit the door. This way we know they have been washed. The coffee pot deal, not sure about this one either. If they take them away, we will purchase a Black and Decker like we currently own, and keep in Owners Locker. Its not glass so no worry, but a morning without coffee on the balcony in WDW isn't a good morning at all for us. And the thoughts of the furniture, beds and such, yes, how will they sanitize those. So much has to happen before they can truly make these places as Covid-19 free as possible. And housekeeping, being under stress to turn rooms around, how truly germ free can and will they make it. Lots of questions.I am not sure I understand the concern about all of these household items - coffee makers, pots, pans, etc. - being of more concern and needing to be removed more than light switches, the refrigerator, the toilet,etc. Whenever we have gone into a hotel, we always wipe off items and wash dishes before using (or we don't). Why would they remove these things now? We are still sitting on the sofas, opening the doors, sleeping on the beds... I just don't understand the concern with the coffee maker and kitchen stuff.