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Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with conserving energy while not in use? Are you actually upset because you had to wait until it heats up?

The host should have set it to reach a normal temperature by check-in time.

It also suggests nobody stopped by the place to clean up and check to sure it was in good shape for op.

This. If someone is checking in at 4pm, someone should be in the place that morning to make sure it’s clean (not dust on all the surfaces or surprise mouse poop on the kitchen floor) and at that time, they can turn the heat up to 68. The fact that they didn’t is either cheap, rude, careless, or means they didn’t set foot in the house to prepare it and I’d expect to need to air out the sheets and towels unless you want to be inhaling dust.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with conserving energy while not in use? Are you actually upset because you had to wait until it heats up?

Yes I’m upset I had to wait 4-5 hours for it to warm up, and that no one in my family could shower. I was also upset that I had to unpack wearing a coat.

4-5 hours? Yeah, right!

Absolutely. It was 5 degrees out. It takes hours to heat a home including walls and furniture when it’s been 45 inside

5 degrees out? Are you in north pole?

In Europe it will be very low.

Anonymous wrote:45 degrees is insane- my heat went out during the holidays a few years ago and the temperature was that low. Why wouldn’t they just maintain a low-ish temperature like 68?

Yet another reason I don’t use Airbnb anymore. Too many weird owners, no quality control, and it’s hardly a “value.” They jumped the shark a long time ago.

lol that "lowish" temp is lower than our standard temp all winter. Agree 100% though that 45 on arrival is ridiculous

I’ve always been able to get the cleaning fee removed when I’ve had a reasonable complaint, which I think is better than a credit, so I would ask for that as compensation for the house not being occupy able for a number of hours.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes these hosts aren't reasonable. I once stayed with a group in a 4-bedroom house with a tiny little washer/dryer and they expected us to wash all the sheets and towels before our morning checkout.

This is why I say in hotels.

+2

Airbnb sucks.

45 degrees is insane- my heat went out during the holidays a few years ago and the temperature was that low. Why wouldn’t they just maintain a low-ish temperature like 68?

Yet another reason I don’t use Airbnb anymore. Too many weird owners, no quality control, and it’s hardly a “value.” They jumped the shark a long time ago.

Stayed in Paris in March in a nice Air BnB apartment.

They had a program (or remotely controlled) the temperature so my elderly mom's manual temperature settings (hold at) for the heating unit in her room shut off overnight. We were there for a week and noticed the temperature reset multiple times. There were no instructions. This was a licensed commercial rental.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with conserving energy while not in use? Are you actually upset because you had to wait until it heats up?

It takes more energy to heat up a house from 45 than to keep it at a lower temp like 65 and raise it to 68 or whatever

You are wrong, with a slight possibility of a rare exception.

—mechanical engineer

Anonymous wrote:Global warming/save energy not a thing any longer? This is so American. Always lecturing other from keyboard but when they actually have to do it, it doesn't apply!!

Highly doubt op was ever lecturing people to keep their thermostat at 45 but go off

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes these hosts aren't reasonable. I once stayed with a group in a 4-bedroom house with a tiny little washer/dryer and they expected us to wash all the sheets and towels before our morning checkout.

This is why I say in hotels.

45 is unacceptable. They should have it at least at 55, and more like 65 if they knew someone was coming.

Global warming/save energy not a thing any longer? This is so American. Always lecturing other from keyboard but when they actually have to do it, it doesn't apply!!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with conserving energy while not in use? Are you actually upset because you had to wait until it heats up?

It takes more energy to heat up a house from 45 than to keep it at a lower temp like 65 and raise it to 68 or whatever

This. It’s not energy efficient.

Don't play engineer when you are not one. That particular case is when you go out for a few hours (i.e., leave it instead of turning it off). This is a different case.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with conserving energy while not in use? Are you actually upset because you had to wait until it heats up?

It takes more energy to heat up a house from 45 than to keep it at a lower temp like 65 and raise it to 68 or whatever

This. It’s not energy efficient.

You are both wrong.