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Originally Posted by kq76
Is this really something that happens a lot that you take one when you travel? I like to keep a pretty lengthy checklist for trips and I never even would have thought to get one. We like to go on cruises and often take a room next to a maintenance or engineering room. I wonder if there's any danger in that. |
You see stories like this occasionally in the news,
like this one.
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Though smoke alarms are normally required in American hotel rooms, no state and few hotel brands require in-room carbon monoxide detectors, which can be purchased for as little as $30.
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For $30, why take a chance? It fits in the small pocket on the front of my suitcase. So yes, wherever that suitcase goes, so goes the CO detector. And I have one for each family member room, as I mentioned.