Anonymous
12/29/2025 06:54
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Renting an Airbnb and it’s well below freezing during the day. Arrived last night to find the house set on 45 degrees, and it took hours to heat the house. Instructions say to turn the heat down to 65 at night. The instructions acknowledge that the house is set on 45 when not in use.
Everyone was freezing cold for hours and I couldn’t bathe my kids after a long day of travel.
Is this acceptable?
No but you booked an Air B&B that is on you.
Who still does this?
In a lot of places this is the only option unless you want everyone in one hotel room.
Anonymous
12/29/2025 06:52
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Anonymous wrote:I would complain. You can’t really use the house until it is closer to 65. You didn’t pay for indoor camping. Either you have to leave the house until it wakes up or stay in the house and be freezing cold for hours. With AirBnB rates, I would complain for sure. It is up to the hosts to be sure the place is heated when you arrive.
This is what it was. Also we paid close to 6k for the week.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 20:03
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
I would complain. You can’t really use the house until it is closer to 65. You didn’t pay for indoor camping. Either you have to leave the house until it wakes up or stay in the house and be freezing cold for hours. With AirBnB rates, I would complain for sure. It is up to the hosts to be sure the place is heated when you arrive.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 20:01
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Not acceptable at all but don’t think you’ll get anywhere complaining about it.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 19:54
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Anonymous wrote:If they aren't able to come in and turn up the heat before each renter gets there, they need to instruct departing guests or the cleaning staff to leave the heat on 62 or 63 degrees. Then people can arrive and get it to heat up within an hour or so which is reasonable.
Honestly 45 degrees probably isn't good for the house.
Too hot and humid is bad for a house.
Why would 45 be bad for a house? Let's assume all pipes in exterior walls are very well insulated.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 18:08
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
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.
68 is way too high for an unoccupied house. For comparison, our daytime temp is set to 65, night to 64. 55-60 is appropriate for an unoccupied house.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 18:06
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Was the house temp 45, or was the house actually 45? Those are different things.
45 is low to set a house when unoccupied, but if there are space heaters, you can get the temp bumped up pretty quickly.
45 is low to set a house when unoccupied, but if there are space heaters, you can get the temp bumped up pretty quickly.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 17:55
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
If they aren't able to come in and turn up the heat before each renter gets there, they need to instruct departing guests or the cleaning staff to leave the heat on 62 or 63 degrees. Then people can arrive and get it to heat up within an hour or so which is reasonable.
Honestly 45 degrees probably isn't good for the house.
Honestly 45 degrees probably isn't good for the house.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 17:53
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Anonymous wrote: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.
I lived in a dorm in London that only had heat eight hours a day. I think they turned it on, IIRC, from like seven am to ten am and then from 3pm to 8pm. Or something like that. You were expected to sleep under a lot of blankets, I guess.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 17:34
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
NP in Vermont currently and it has been that cold a lot lately. Not just at dawn. By 6pm some evenings.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 17:32
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
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.
68 is not lowish. That's a normal temp for winter.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 17:09
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Anonymous wrote:Renting an Airbnb and it’s well below freezing during the day. Arrived last night to find the house set on 45 degrees, and it took hours to heat the house. Instructions say to turn the heat down to 65 at night. The instructions acknowledge that the house is set on 45 when not in use.
Everyone was freezing cold for hours and I couldn’t bathe my kids after a long day of travel.
Is this acceptable?
No but you booked an Air B&B that is on you.
Who still does this?
Anonymous
12/28/2025 17:08
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
In case this ever happens again, and if there is a laundry room, you can heat up some clothes and blankets in the dryer.
Sorry this happened, OP. I’d definitely mention it in your review.
Sorry this happened, OP. I’d definitely mention it in your review.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 14:00
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
It's an Airbnb.
This kind of thing comes with the territory.
This kind of thing comes with the territory.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 11:59
Subject: Airbnb not heated when arrived
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
That’s not that unusual a temp for evening arrivals in the northeast or places like Minnesota or Michigan. We don’t all live in South Carolina