The corona crisis hits restaurateurs and hoteliers.
When does it start again?
Not clear.
Stefan Grosse from the Hotel Blauer Bock came up with something: He rents out to students or newly separated.
Munich - "I'm just happy," says Manuela Mensing (38).
The florist moved straight to the hotel after their separation at the end of October.
"As difficult as my situation was, the more comfortable I felt that I had the opportunity to find accommodation so quickly and so easily." Manuela enjoys the hotel comfort on Sebastiansplatz, because she knows: "I would have got to Munich that quickly Housing market never found anything. ”Especially since viewings in the Corona time * are difficult.
Hotel Blauer Bock in Munich as a student dormitory - with room and meal
Stefan Grosse, on the other hand, has at least some income from the new rental type.
“Necessity makes you inventive,” he says.
“We are missing around 800,000 euros from 2020.
It is clear that we are happy for every euro. ”He planned the hygiene requirements * accordingly: For example, only students live on one of the four floors.
“We currently have three in the house,” says Grosse.
In addition to WiFi, you also get a warm meal from the hotel kitchen during the week.
The price: 750 to 1250 euros per month - depending on the size of the room.
“We can accept the offer by the end of the summer semester,” says Grosse.
After that, he hopes to be able to open again regularly.
Manuela Mensing would prefer to stay.
“The feeling of living in a hotel is a pleasure for the soul,” she says.
“The atmosphere here is so familiar that I immediately felt at home.
It's also crazy that I wouldn't pay less for a one- or two-room apartment.
If I can find one at all. ”The florist works across the street at the Viktualienmarkt.
“I currently have Munich's shortest commute,” she says and laughs.
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Stefan Grosse put up signs in front of the hotel to draw attention to his offer.
“This is also where we get most of the inquiries,” he says.
His offer to use the hotel room as an office during the day costs 99 euros per day.
If you book five days, you only pay four.
The whole month costs 1499 euros.
Over the next few months, Grosse is hoping for some easing - and a reopening when it gets warmer.
“We are currently in a very stressful situation.” The 40 employees in the hotel and restaurant are all on short-time work. “Fortunately, I didn't have to fire anyone”.
But the state aid has only partially arrived so far.
“That is inexplicable to me,” says Grosse.
Once a week he calls his employees to the conference.
“We are really only planning in the void.
But the main thing is to sit together and exchange ideas. "
Just like with the new guests, of whom more and more are arriving: At the Hotel Blauer Bock, which is now breaking new ground.
However, “worrying virus variants” are on the rise in Munich - the city gives relevant figures *.
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