FROM TODAY YOU CAN BOOK YOUR MANDATORY 3 DAY HOTEL QUARANTINE - GATHER HERE!!!
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As mentioned on the government's website its the hotel's reponsibility to provide a unique rate code ascertaining to the GAA. Single meal plan is not the only difference, for instance the mandatory GAA plan includes the following which are not included in the regular plan : security, transportation, cleaning & disinfecting provisions, food safety, data reporting and maybe a presence of a PHAC inspection offical at the hotel. It's a compliance violation if you are using the regular room service in guise of the GAA.
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Just to help settle this. Here is someone's actual experience booking directly with the hotel under a cheaper "quarantine package" but ended up having an issue:
"Went to reception got to the counter immediately, they said that I had the wrong reservation and that they could keep it but I might get penalized by the government. Even though they had just told health Canada at the airport on the phone that my reservation was correct. They said if I didn’t change my reservation to a GAA reservation then they’d have to notify the government so I just switched it and the price went from $384 for 3 nights including meals to $1350 for 3 nights including meals for the exact same room."
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Based on the latest development, as reported by @kenziehere, it is crystal clear that the hotels are simply using government's policy to get more profits for the same service
Well, I am not saying I want to use the regular room service. However, those services you mentioned are usually provided by some hotels close to an airport even before the COVID-19 stuff. For instance, the provision of transport services, cleaning and disinfection are not just being done. The aspects of food safety and data reporting is what I don't understand. I guess data reporting is what one can do personally using the ArriveCan (correct me if I'm wrong). The PHAC inspection could be done even in any choice location of quarantine. Basically, I don't see any major difference safe for the meal plan. Those additional 'services' are just meant to inflate the price (my personal opinion). I maintain that there is no violation as long as one gets picked up at the airport straight to one's room, makes no contact with anybody pending the result of the test, have the ArriveCAn handy to do a daily report(if required). Again, this is my personal opinion, and I wouldn't make any response on this particular line of conversation again.
Based on the latest development, as reported by @kenziehere, it is crystal clear that the hotels are simply using government's policy to get more profits for the same service
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I guess they would still offer the same service but are only using the government's policy to get more profits for the same service. It's well.
This has just proven my thought.
I called Holiday Inn they are charging 329 CAD per night and it's not refundable even if the results came earlier. Also the food is included in the package. They said it's a standard package called GAA. They might have accidently booked you a normal room.
ArriveCan is a half-baked app. It will take any number as your reservation number and display the tick mark at the bottom. If you just want to travel, book any hotel online from the approved list, make sure you pay little extra to be able to cancel the booking even after landing.
My case I did a non-gaa booking at the YYZ Comfort inn for $350 and ArriveCan accepted the booking number. I was able to travel without issues
I doubt they would remove the 3-day requirement but if I were you, I would wait at least a week or two before booking hotel.
Yeah I second this. There is so much negative publicity and reports they are likely going to change some things. No upside to booking early.