Heat in hotel rooms?

WhiteWalls

Why does it have to be so warm in hotel rooms? Is it anything to do with heat rising up through the floors if you were on the top floor? I hate staying in them for this reason

Stheno

Any hotel room I've stayed in has room temperature controls. have you checked for this?

weadick

Couldn't agree more. It seems to be a phenomenon particular to Irish hotels more than anywhere else.

Andrewf20

Yep, not too uncommon and it can be a divil for getting colds I find, especially if its cold outside and you are in and out - hot and cold.

The worst offenders I found were hotels on skiing trips in Europe. I remember a place in Andorra in particular - it must have been 25-30 degrees in the hotel corridors etc, as were the rooms when we 1st arrived. Ice cap melting stuff and simply unnecessary.

The One Doctor

Just open the window.

darkpagandeath

Don't bring a black light near the place.

cloud493

Well la di da mr I can afford hotel rooms. Some of us have to sleep in a box.

WhiteWalls

The One Doctor wrote: »

Just open the window.

Open all weekend and still sick heat

Duke O Smiley

Maybe the hotel doubles as a grow house and you just happen to have the room above the main grow room? Ask management they'll probably move you

thelad95

Normally I have this exact problem but I stayed in a Premier Inn in England a few years ago and it was heavenly cool.

Just cannot sleep in hotels at all. It takes 5 minutes to disentangle the duvet from the sheets and even then the duvet is always too heavy and the room is too warm.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Makes sex hot and sticky too.. Usually upon entering the room I'll turn down the heating, open the windows, shower then bed. My problem with hotel rooms is the sound, or lack of!.

I hate quiet hotel rooms, almost as bad as over heated. I loved the Crowne Plaza on Times Sq NYC, I could open the window slightly and listen to NY 43 floors below.

enniscorthy

hehe dont get me started i turn up the heat in hotel rooms if you know what i mean especially when they have good wifi signal and i'm broadcasting live on cam4 and smotri hehe

Pinch Flat

Heat doesn't rise

Turtyturd

Alaina Fierce Yogurt wrote: »

I hate quiet hotel rooms, almost as bad as over heated. I loved the Crowne Plaza on Times Sq NYC, I could open the window slightly and listen to NY 43 floors below.

Love that constant bustling sound. Although stayed in the Hotel Pennsylvania a few years back and it was freezing...colder inside than the minus temperatures and snow outside. Someone had also managed to write 'Ballymun' with their finger in the dirt on the outside of the room window...small world.

Copa Mundial

I can never sleep well in a hotel! The rooms are always roasting, aircon or not, and you can only ever open the window 4 inches.

WhiteWalls

When people say turn down the heat do they mean turn off the radiators? I'v never been in a hotel room where I could regulate it myself on a device or whatever

kneemos

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Heat doesn't rise

Why do they fill hot air balloons with it?

lulu1

Dont worry you are paying for it. Why open the window and throw it away. I would make sure if I was paying for something I would take it if I wanted it or not. Cant afford to put on heat here. Now where's me hot water bottle

mickdw

WhiteWalls wrote: »

When people say turn down the heat do they mean turn off the radiators? I'v never been in a hotel room where I could regulate it myself on a device or whatever

At a minimum, a hotel will have a temperature valve at the rad that can be really turned from hot to cold. If not that, you will have a temperature control on the wall.

delw

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Heat doesn't rise

Hot/warm air does

Pinch Flat

kneemos wrote: »

Why do they fill hot air balloons with it?

They fill hot air balloons with hot air which, being less dense than the cooler air surrounding it, rises.

Heat on the other hand is a transfer of thermal energy between two bodies and can operate in any direction - up, down, left or right

https://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/file/view/HeatMisconceptions.pdf

delw wrote: »

Hot/warm air does

Bingo

SpaceTime

weadick wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. It seems to be a phenomenon particular to Irish hotels more than anywhere else.

And British !

I find London shops are all totally overheated too.

calanus

I can remember being in the Hotel Marriot near Times Square where the windows were allowed to be open a sliver because of "dangers" ... i.e. - it is a suicide hotspot. Spent ****loads of money but spent my time sticky and uncomfortable even with the AC

kneemos

Pinch Flat wrote: »

They fill hot air balloons with hot air which, being less dense than the cooler air surrounding it, rises.

Heat on the other hand is a transfer of thermal energy between two bodies and can operate in any direction - up, down, left or right

https://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/file/view/HeatMisconceptions.pdf



Bingo

Bet your thrilled somebody contradicted you?

Canis Lupus

Pinch Flat wrote: »

They fill hot air balloons with hot air which, being less dense than the cooler air surrounding it, rises.

Heat on the other hand is a transfer of thermal energy between two bodies and can operate in any direction - up, down, left or right

https://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/file/view/HeatMisconceptions.pdf



Bingo

Pedantic much?

Flippyfloppy

And why is the air soooooo dry, Eugh cotton mouth to be got in the dry hot quiet hotels.

Charlie19

calanus wrote: »

I can remember being in the Hotel Marriot near Times Square where the windows were allowed to be open a sliver because of "dangers" ... i.e. - it is a suicide hotspot. Spent ****loads of money but spent my time sticky and uncomfortable even with the AC

You'll find most hotel windows only open a small bit, even on the ground floor.

You would think there be some sort of fire hazard by not allowing the windows to open fully.

suicide_circus

Yep really annoying, especially when you're in a hotel which restricts window opening to 4mm. I happened to have a phillips head screwdriver with me once and was able to remove the little bracket thing which was stopping the window from opening fully.

suicide_circus

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

And why is the air soooooo dry, Eugh cotton mouth to be got in the dry hot quiet hotels.

Combine this with inevitable over zealous hotel sex and hangover and you're in for an unpleasant morning. Not to worry, you can head down for breakfast and enjoy a thimble of orange juice!

I've just had the worst nights sleep in a hotel. So feckin warm and I think the air con is automatically controlled as I can't find any place to change it - the noise of it went through my brain though.
On the bright side, I can sleep all day all the pool if I want.

Pinch Flat

kneemos wrote: »

Bet your thrilled somebody contradicted you?

Apparently a few posters think they fill hot air balloons with heat. Maybe it's an Irish thing

http://youtu.be/52bna-tn_dY

kneemos

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Apparently a few posters think they fill hot air balloons with heat. Maybe it's an Irish thing

http://youtu.be/52bna-tn_dY

They do fill them with heat.

Greenmachine

Possibly the worst hotel I have ever stayed in, was a certain hotel in liffey valley that is apparently 4 stars. It was horrendously hot, windows did not open at all, blanket was ridiculously heavy in the beginning of June, staff were rude and food was poor.

biko

Stheno wrote: »

Any hotel room I've stayed in has room temperature controls. have you checked for this?

Same here, I always have to turn them down so have learned to check for them now.

Greenmachine

biko wrote: »

Same here, I always have to turn them down so have learned to check for them now.

Place I mentioned said there was no thermostat controls in the rooms, they said they had fans available, so I asked for one and was told none were available as other guest were using them.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I've just had the worst nights sleep in a hotel. So feckin warm and I think the air con is automatically controlled as I can't find any place to change it - the noise of it went through my brain though.
On the bright side, I can sleep all day all the pool if I want.

all the pool

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121021210129/simpsons/images/9/9f/%22Milpool%22_is_truly_fickle.png

Miaireland

I find most hotel rooms are very hot but thankfully more and more hotels not have control panels in the rooms to allow you adjust the heat yourself.

I asked a hotel in Killarney once why they had the heating on so high in the rooms and was told it was for the Americans.

BMJD

Its the pillows I can't stand in a hotel, one is always not enough and two is too much. Why must they torture me like this???!

Egginacup

Turtyturd wrote: »

Love that constant bustling sound. Although stayed in the Hotel Pennsylvania a few years back and it was freezing...colder inside than the minus temperatures and snow outside. Someone had also managed to write 'Ballymun' with their finger in the dirt on the outside of the room window...small world.

:pac:

Reminds me of a time when I was in Grenada in Spain walking round the town. Turned a corner and sprayed on the wall was "Edenmore A-O-K"

Menas

The One Doctor wrote: »

Just open the window.

Tried that once as the room was too warm and the noise of the air con was keeping me awake.
But the mosquitoes came in the open window and ended up having a royal feast on my arse that night. :mad:

Aidric

Miaireland wrote: »

I asked a hotel in Killarney once why they had the heating on so high in the rooms and was told it was for the Americans.

Stayed in the apartments attached to the Brehon over Christmas and the heat was oppressive. Leaving the windows open couldn't stem it.

murpho999

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Yep, not too uncommon and it can be a divil for getting colds I find, especially if its cold outside and you are in and out - hotand cold.

The worst offenders I found were hotels on skiing trips in Europe. I remember a place in Andorra in particular - it must have been 25-30 degrees in the hotel corridors etc, as were the rooms when we 1st arrived. Ice cap melting stuff and simply unnecessary.

This has to be a myth that people insist with.

Colds and flues are viruses spread by people and are nothing to do with temperatures despite it being referred to as a cold.

Go out in cold weather, inadequately dressed, you will certainly get cold but you won't have a cold at the end.

vienne86

I find hotel rooms always too hot, but these days the temperature controls usually work. But sometimes the corridors are bloody freezing.

starlit

It depends some can be very cool or very warm. Not all of them have temp controls that is my experience.

thelad95

murpho999 wrote: »

This has to be a myth that people insist with.

Colds and flues are viruses spread by people and are nothing to do with temperatures despite it being referred to as a cold.

Go out in cold weather, inadequately dressed, you will certainly get cold but you won't have a cold at the end.

Ahhh but you are more likely to get a cold in either too hot or too cold conditions. Obviously, germs thrive in warm moist conditions and when you're cold, your immune system isn't as sharp. The changeover from warm to cold doesn't strictly cause the cold though.

murpho999

thelad95 wrote: »

Ahhh but you are more likely to get a cold in either too hot or too cold conditions. Obviously, germs thrive in warm moist conditions and when you're cold, your immune system isn't as sharp. The changeover from warm to cold doesn't strictly cause the cold though.

That would be more related to climates than the temperature of a room.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I've just had the worst nights sleep in a hotel. So feckin warm and I think the air con is automatically controlled as I can't find any place to change it - the noise of it went through my brain though.
On the bright side, I can sleep all day all the pool if I want.

Sitting on the edge of the bed this morning looking at the time on the clock which was wrong, noticed that there were aircon control buttons on the clock. five nights in of seven night holiday. Why aren't they on the wall like everywhere else? :pac:

SpaceTime

Greenmachine wrote: »

Possibly the worst hotel I have ever stayed in, was a certain hotel in liffey valley that is apparently 4 stars. It was horrendously hot, windows did not open at all, blanket was ridiculously heavy in the beginning of June, staff were rude and food was poor.

I hope you reviewed them!

kylith

I love hotel rooms. I can be as toasty as I want without it costing me a penny! I generally walk in and immediately start slobbing around in my underwear. Tis the stuff holidays are made of

SpaceTime

The cold temperatures and cold virus attack link isn't actually as mythological as you might think.

There is evidence that your nasal passageways are less able to kill the viruses when they're running cold.

Article contains citations from real scientific journals.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6418802

Keeping your nose warm is important. So there's science behind wearing a scarf and a hat.

I suspect drying out your mucus membranes with dry hot air has a bad effect too though. Possibly reduces their ability to capture and destroy bugs.

Ihatecuddles

I love hotels. Id live in them if I could. We have a wedding coming up in march and I'm looking forward to the hotel more than anything else I don't have a bath at home so I'm probably going to live in that.