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God Bless America One Story Of a Military Family By Tracy Renee Lee
How To Know If Your Florida Rental Property Has Been Properly Cleaned
Remember Military families as we enter this holiday season, and please offer assistance to them even if you think they are doing fine.
For your own safety, there should be a one to three day gap between rentals to ensure rooms are properly cleaned and ventilated. Before signing up for that great rental deal you’ve just seen online, look for signs that it’s been properly cleaned to protect you and your family from the Coronavirus. Here are a few tips from Marco & Danielle Cepeda, husband and wife who are super hosts with 142 reviews on Airbnb and their direct booking website. They have 3 short term furnished rentals and 7 long term rentals, all in the heart of Downtown Hollywood in Florida. Their company DMC Property Pro also manages other residential and commercial properties in Florida and New York. A dead giveaway at cleanliness are online reviews, if you see a pattern that should be of concern. New or unprofessional hosts tend to be lax about cleaning procedures. “It’s the little things that will give you an idea of how thorough they are at cleaning. The more professional they are in their process and approach from start to finish, the more likely they are From COVID, Page 9A
“This holiday season will be an especially difficult time for all Americans and our industry is no exception” said Chip Rogers, President and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. “Fewer people will be traveling and business travel remains nearly non-existent. That’s why it’s so important for Congress to pass a relief bill now. Millions of Americans are out of work and thousands of small businesses are struggling to keep their doors open. We
I attended a Veterans Day event this past week. A woman spoke about her son’s military service, her pride in his sacrifices, her fears for his safety and the sadness and insecurities brought on by the deaths of his fellow service members. She said that she attended the funerals, one by one, of his fallen buddies. As she stood at the cemetery of one of the services, she specifically told the honor guard that she never wanted one of those flags nor to hear the rifles fire in her son’s honor. To her good fortune, her son survived his service to our great nation. Several of his buddies, however, did not. I was a military wife. Fortunately, my husband also survived his service to our great nation and is now retired. The stress of having a loved one in harm’s way is excruciating. I can’t imagine the sorrow one experiences at the loss of a service member on distant shores. When my husband was serving in Desert Storm, I served his command as Ombudsman. One afternoon, I was in my kitchen
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This holiday season will be an especially difficult time for all Americans.
7 Out of 10 Americans Unlikely To Travel For Holidays A new national survey commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) shows that many Americans are not expected to travel this holiday season. Results show that 72% of Americans are unlikely to travel for Thanksgiving and 69% are unlikely to travel for Christmas, compounding the challenges for the hotel industry during this public health crisis. Business travel has been even more impacted. Only 8% of Americans say they have taken an overnight business trip since March and just 19% of respondents who are currently employed - or 8% of all adults expect to travel for business within the next six months. Sixty-
two percent (62%) of employed Americans have no plans to stay in a hotel for business. The survey of 2,200 adults was conducted November 2-4, 2020 by Morning Consult on behalf of AHLA. Key findings of the survey include the following: • Only 3 in 10 (32%) respondents have taken an overnight vacation or leisure trip since March • 21% of Americans say they are likely to travel for Thanksgiving, 24% are likely to travel for Christmas • Looking ahead to next year, 24% are likely to travel for spring break
vacation or leisure travel will be a year or more from now on or they have no plans to stay in a hotel
• 44% say their next hotel stay for
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