Originally Posted by
howtofreetravel
honestly carrying a personal thermometer is a bit over the top
As I got older I found it harder and harder to sleep in warm hotel rooms. I also noticed that rooms seemed warmer than the thermostat indicated. I now travel (domestically) with an alarm clock that has a thermometer. I found that in a fair number of hotels, the room thermostat reads about much cooler than it really is. I've had this conversation with a tech sent to look at the A/C more than a few times
"The thermostat says it's 68 in here"
"It's actually 73" *points to thermometer*
"Uh, let me check the central system"
And that night the room is a lot cooler and the thermostat and the thermometer read the same temperature.