Heat in hotel rooms?

kneemos · 16-02-2015 01:05PM

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 · 16-02-2015 01:08PM

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 · 16-02-2015 01:28PM

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 · 16-02-2015 02:56PM

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.

16-02-2015 03:06PM

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 · 16-02-2015 03:11PM

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 · 16-02-2015 03:17PM

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 · 16-02-2015 05:15PM

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 · 16-02-2015 05:17PM

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 · 16-02-2015 05:33PM

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 · 16-02-2015 05:47PM

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 · 16-02-2015 06:51PM

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

starlit · 16-02-2015 08:01PM

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

thelad95 · 16-02-2015 08:28PM

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 · 16-02-2015 10:13PM

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.

19-02-2015 09:32AM

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 · 19-02-2015 09:44AM

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 · 19-02-2015 09:44AM

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 · 19-02-2015 09:50AM

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 · 19-02-2015 09:51AM

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.

19-02-2015 09:56AM

Yeh hotel rooms are class.

I've had new sheets twice already this week. My bed made every morning and turned down with a choccie on the pillow every evening. I could definitely stay here.

The bathroom is deadly too. Massive bath, one of those ones built into the walls with the taps on the side, and the shower is in a separate room and the toilet in another.

There's a nespresso machine and an iPod dock and a dressing gown and fluffy towels.

When I win the lotto.....

Aongus Von Bismarck · 19-02-2015 10:30AM

It's very much a case of getting what you pay for. A quality hotel will have air conditioning for each room.

I'll admit to being a fan of a good hotel suite. High quality linens, a selection of pillows, prompt and friendly room service, a steam shower. I don't like needless faffing though. I mean who needs a television in the bathroom?

Pinch Flat · 19-02-2015 12:29PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

It's very much a case of getting what you pay for. A quality hotel will have air conditioning for each room.

I'll admit to being a fan of a good hotel suite. High quality linens, a selection of pillows, prompt and friendly room service, a steam shower. I don't like needless faffing though. I mean who needs a television in the bathroom?

I've been in some decent more expensive hotels and found them to be overbearingly warm as well. They usually send a butler up with a fan though.

19-02-2015 12:32PM

I did a bold thing and left a card in the electricity thing and turned the aircon all the way down so it'll be only frozen when I get back. I like heat more than anything, but it's nice to sleep in a cool room.

Heat in hotel rooms?

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