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Clean and Healthy Travel

SUCCESS STORIES
Mompreneur Creates Product That Protects Against Airplane Germs

By Cassandra Wu
ntrepreneur Gina Hoensheid is on a also named on the prestigious Amazon.com
mission to make airplane travel clean “Choice List”.
Eand healthy. Conceived out of her home
“I wanted to create a product that was easy to
offi ce in Michigan, Seat Sitters has become a
use, eco-friendly and would give people peace
national phenomenon. Th is patented kit comes
of mind during travel,” Hoensheid explains.
complete with an eco-friendly seat cover,
“Aft er doing some research I realized just how
two sanitary wipes, a face mask, a sanitary
long germs can survive on surfaces and how
tray table cover and a “No Peanuts” sticker,
germy travel can be.”
which is priceless in bringing awareness of Gina Hoensheid, Founder of Seat Sitters
nut allergies to neighboring passengers and Th e FAA doesn't regulate or inspect aircraft
fl ight attendants. As airline budgets plummet, cleaning, so frequency and thoroughness are sizes Hoensheid. “It is about a healthy
they have less time and manpower to properly left up to the airlines themselves. As a rule of way to travel.” Business travelers who are
disinfect seats, tray tables, and bathrooms thumb, an aircraft is supposed to be completely going directly to a meeting in their suit can put
before the next stream of passengers boards wiped down aft er every 30 days of service or at the Seat Sitter over their seat and have confi -
the airplane. 100 fl ying-hour intervals. dence that there is a clean barrier against any
Hoensheid recommends wiping down the tray possible gunk that may have been left by the
Born out of necessity because she didn’t want
table, armrests and seatbelt buckle the second previous passenger.
one more vacation ruined from the kiddos or
you sit down. Her handy kit includes two wipes
her husband getting sick from the airplane trav- Hoensheid wants to change the face of trav-
and the perfect placemat for the tray table so
el, Seat Sitters has been featured on ABC World el, making it clean, healthy and fun. Th is
you can set down your peanuts and silverware
News Now, Forbes.com, Th e Boston Globe, Inc. eco-friendly product is sure to upgrade the
on a clean and sanitized surface.
com, Yahoo Finance and Th eKnot.com, just cleanliness and healthiness of airplane travel.
to name a few. Th is patent pending kit was “Th is kit isn’t just for germaphobes,” empha- Visit https://seatsitters.com/.

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