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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by Ancien Maestro
As a commercial property landlord, HVAC issues is on the front burner constantly.. I've been in enough hotels to know that sometimes the system in the hotel room doesn't work as intended.
Yep, and let's not forget that this is the root cause for necessity to make any additional adjustments. Well, sometimes AC does work as intended, only these intentions are bad for hotel guests.
I have no qualms, adjusting the settings to balance different parts of the room. But taking the thermostat apart, that's where I draw the line, and call in hotel personnel to deal with it. Can't be dealt with, I just receive a nights' credit fo the room and move..
I would agree that making irreversible modifications or inflicting permanent physical damage is "over the line". Taking off the cover and placing it back before checkout hardly qualifies for such damage Moving to another room wouldn't help if / when all these thermostats are intentionally programmed in a bad way for guests or are simply of bad design.
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