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To think Premier Inn Rooms are too Hot?

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crunchymint · 27/02/2018 09:44

I really like Premier Inn but have stopped booking rooms there as there rooms are always so hot. They have no opening windows and the lowest temperature the temperature control goes to in the room, is too hot to sleep in. Anyone else find this?

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HardAsSnails · 27/02/2018 12:16

specialsubject the hub by Premier Inn hotels were designed to much higher eco credentials than usual (eg using air source heat pumps) - www.whitbread.co.uk/about-us/our-stories/hub-by-premier-inn-breeam-outstanding.html

theWarOnPeace · 27/02/2018 12:23

I’ve used the good night guarantee a few times over the years, one of those timed was when it was disgustingly hot and no opening windows. They literally just turned the money over without trying to quibble. They know it’s too hot, they must lose so much money in this way so why don’t they just give us air con?!

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DGRossetti · 27/02/2018 12:27

I’ve used the good night guarantee a few times over the years, one of those timed was when it was disgustingly hot and no opening windows. They literally just turned the money over without trying to quibble. They know it’s too hot, they must lose so much money in this way so why don’t they just give us air con?!

We use the same one when visiting friends (their house isn't very accessible). We were told in 2010 that they would be installing air con "next year".

Still no air con in 2016, but apparently they're installing it "next year". Be curious if we get a chance to visit this year ...

Mind you, having air con is no use if you can't actually work teh damn thing. We stayed at a Travelodge which did have air-con, but nobody knew how to work it. So it had to stay off.

BarbaraofSevillle · 27/02/2018 12:30

Most hotel rooms are far too hot, and the quilts are ridiculously thick.

At home our bedroom is about 18 or 19 C and we have a 4.5 tog quilt which is fine apart from the depths of winter or high summer, even this week its warm enough.

I can't sleep at all in hotels because I'm always far too hot.

HoarseMackerel · 27/02/2018 12:39

I've made a few complaints about it over the years!
By far the worst one was Ashby De La Zouch, where the window opened but it is right by the motorway and immediately above the smoking area. The smell was bad enough but there was people popping out all night and chatting.
The receptionist said that they were thinking about air con but as far as I know, they don't have any.
I'd never stay there again.

myusernamewastakenbyme · 27/02/2018 12:39

I stayed in one in Lincs a couple of years ago...it was during the summer and unbearably hot...when we checked we were advised the air con had broken and they'd put a fan in the room....worst nights sleep ever...i wish id complained...

DGRossetti · 27/02/2018 13:19

The receptionist said that they were thinking about air con

(after a night there, so was I Smile) - seems to be a stock response. Clearly they don't expect the repeat business that could call it out for a lie ....

k2p2k2tog · 27/02/2018 13:20

I find hotel rooms in general far too hot - we never have the heating on overnight at home even in teh depths of winter and at 20C during the day.

I can't sleep in 22C rooms, far too hot and far too stuffy.

MrsHathaway · 27/02/2018 13:29

Ugh. It's all hotels in my experience. 23 bastard degrees as a minimum? Sweltering.

specialsubject · 27/02/2018 13:42

Thanks, but theres a lot of greenwash. Air source heat pumps - run by unicorns on treadmills, I suppose?

Opening windows need no electricity. Heating is rarely needed in London (except today!) And if windows open you dont need stinky air con.

DGRossetti · 27/02/2018 13:50

Opening windows need no electricity.

But would you want to open a window that is next to the car park and smoking area ?

We didn't.

InspMorse · 27/02/2018 13:53

Rooms are too hot and corridors are even hotter.
The first thing I do is turn on the 'air cooler' (not air con often) it blows cool air at least. I leave it in. Must costa fortune!

InspMorse · 27/02/2018 13:53

Cost a

Amanduh · 27/02/2018 13:56

Have to say I’ve never had a problem even in summer

ArcheryAnnie · 27/02/2018 14:04

I bloody love Premier Inn, but agree with you that they are way too hot. It would make more sense for them to have the base temperature a bit lower, with the option of guests turning it up if they need to, instead of setting it at "boiling", with some guests with windows able to open them and (wastefully) let the heat out. It would presumably save the company money on their energy costs, too, which must be enormous.

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crunchymint · 27/02/2018 14:11

At home we have our rooms heated to 19 degrees during the day. At night we switch off our heating so it is always lower than this.
Other chains I have stayed in have had air con so its not been too bad, but it is a waste of the hotels money.
Agree they would be much better to turn the base heat down way lower and then people can turn it up if they want.

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ReelingLush18 · 27/02/2018 15:10

We had the same experience in a Travelodge last summer. We could only open the windows a couple of inches on very hot evenings. I usually sleep with the window flung open all year round, even in the middle of winter, so I was struggling to breathe I felt so stifled by the heat and lack of cool air.

Birdsgottafly · 27/02/2018 15:17

I always fill in the feedback email and state that the room was too hot.

I love the new Hubs, though.

As for opening a window, I've never stayed in one that the windows could open, since the smoking ban, people started smoking out of the windows.

RavenLG · 27/02/2018 15:40

Yeah they are roasting. We stayed at Brixton last week. Freezing outside, boiling inside. No opening windows and 19 was the minimum temperature the heating/aircon thing would go. We have our HEATING set to 18! Blagh!

MexicanBob · 27/02/2018 15:44

All hotels keep their rooms too hot in my view. One hotelier I know says it's because the Americans seem to expect a room to be at least 73F.

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crunchymint · 27/02/2018 16:27

73F is crazy hot. But I just want the ability to make it cooler. They can have it as hot as they like. Although an incredible waste of energy while at the same time urging us to reuse bath towels.

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PasDeDeux · 27/02/2018 16:37

I have stayed in quite a few premier inns and have never noticed this! Was in one 2 weeks ago in fact and found it cold, and couldnt get it to warm up either. This was in Sheffield.

Vitalogy · 27/02/2018 16:39

There's no more "good night guarantee" too many people taking the P maybe.

k2p2k2tog · 27/02/2018 16:43

it's because the Americans seem to expect a room to be at least 73F.

We were in America over the summer and in a self-catering apartment within a large block in Florida. Thermostat was set to 72F. You couldn't change it. Warnings all over the place about not trying to fiddle with the temperature. During the day it was OK but at night it was BAKING. And in Florida where it's so hot and humid overnight you can't open a window. 72F is over 22C, it was at least 5C too hot for me to sleep comfortably in.