Experts say the risk of catching COVID-19 during a hotel stay is low Sharing beds, silverware, and showers with strangers during a pandemic is understandably scary. That makes staying overnight in a hotel a no-no for many people these days. But according to two experts, the risk of catching COVID-19 during a hotel stay is low — as long as the rooms have been thoroughly cleaned. "Anything that we do that exposes us to other people is potentially risky, hotel stays included. But if proper precautions are taken, then it's unlikely that they're among the most risky things people could be doing," Caitlin Howell, a chemical and biomedical engineer at the University of Maine, told Business Insider. Howell, who studies disinfection methods on surfaces, said a hotel's public areas — like the restaurant or lobby — are riskier than individual rooms, since the coronavirus typically spreads via airborne droplets (and likely aerosols as well), rather than shared surfaces.
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