Footprint Travel Covid-19 Safety Checklist

Back to the old day, your schedule was full and active with a fast pace and long distance of traveling. Now things have changed due to the pandemic. Good news is your schedule is wide open, and you will be all ready for it. Having a safe vacation planned is something that you will look forward to. Hence, we have adopted the safe travel standards to offer a worry free travel experience for our future travelers.

Checklist before your trip:

Personal face masks,
Normal eye glasses which you can use in doors when facing someone,
Personal sanitary hand gel/hand wash,
Personal water bottle,
Personal medicines and personal toiletries.

While you are on the trip:

Use your mask when walking along in the public areas,
Clean your hand often,
Do not use your hand to touch your face,
Keep distance 1.5m from others.

What Footprint & our service providers are committed doing;

1, For Travel consultants and tour operators;

We will recommend our clients to travel off the beaten track, avoid big cities and sensitive areas.
We plan to use smaller hotels and smaller restaurants,
We plan to use as less public services as possible, such as buses,
We choose and recommend only good restaurants that offer cooked food.
We stop the water refill campaign for now.

2, For drivers & guides;

The car's seating capacity will be reduced to 50%
Driver and guide will always wear face masks during the tour and implement other precaution,
Try to keep a distance of 1,5 meter when talking, presenting and also use the speaker for noisy area and bigger group,
There will be face masks box on the cars
There will be hand wash facilities on the car
Car door handles will always be disinfected 3 - 4 times per day.
Daily temperature check
Daily cleaning and disinfection of vehicles,
Emergency number in case our guests have symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing, fever, ...

3, For restaurants;

Properties which have enough space and ideally a garden. We avoid to book a table in a small rooms
Always have the hand wash at the door, reception area, washing room,...
All kitchen staff must wear the face masks all the time,
All waitress have to wear face masks during the time they serve the food
We encourage our guests to not order fresh salads or the rare food from the menu. They are always recommended to eat well-cooked food.
The bowls, dishes, cutlery, etc. will be well heated before use
Food of unknown origin or without a food safety certification won´t be used
Credit card payments to avoid touches,
Daily cleaning and disinfection of tables & chairs,
Emergency number in case our guests have symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing, fever, …

4, For hotels / boat cruises;

Always have the hand wash at the door, reception area, washing room,...
Online check-in and credit card payments to avoid touches,
All staff have to wear face masks during working time, and implement other precaution
Hotel staff try to keep a distance of 1,5 meter,
Food of unknown origin or without a food safety certification won´t be used
Daily temperature check
Daily cleaning and disinfection of the rooms,
Emergency number in case our guests have symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing, fever, …

Author: Footprint Team

Always full of travel spirit and laughter. Our expertises are shown not only through knowledge of the destination but also experience working in the tourism industry for over 15 years.