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>What are you getting kept from by doing it? A dozen extra minutes of terrible hotel TV? I don't go to a hotel to be in my room. If I am traveling there is a r

>What are you getting kept from by doing it? A dozen extra minutes of terrible hotel TV? I don't go to a hotel to be in my room. If I am traveling there is a reason to do so. All in all I think this paranoid fear of hotels and travel is something specific to US. I've never had issues with security in a hotel or even given it a a thought. In normal world you don't need to worry about this kind of stuff. My biggest worry in hotel rooms these days is how to rig the A/C to stay on while I'm out.

Scoundreller 4y ago
> My biggest worry in hotel rooms these days is how to rig the A/C to stay on while I'm out. Heated blanket on the thermostat? Or do they have timed-shutoffs or door-key based systems that cuts off the electricity when you leave? What do you do then?
- talliedthoughts 4y ago
  Ask for a second key and leave it in the slot?
  - Scoundreller 4y ago
    They get suspicious when I pay for X occupancy but request X+Y keys.
    - ghaff 4y ago
      Hotels routinely give me two cards when I check in--and certainly will if I ask. I usually stick one in my wallet and one in my bag or whatever so I'm less likely to accidentally leave the card in the room.
      - sawmurai 4y ago
        Usually you can stick anything that has the correct form into that slot. Even thin cardboard :)
  - kingofpandora 4y ago
    Those slots don't require a specific key. Put your library card in there and it'll work fine.
- nextlevelwizard 4y ago
  Most of them just have a slot for your room key to turn on the electricity and/or A/C, but many times it is a physical which i.e. it doesn't care what gets stuffed into the hole and often there is some kind of brochure that can be folded/ripped into card shape to trip the switch.
carlob 4y ago
- Scoundreller 4y ago
  It really varies. Some places have the bare minimum of air conditioning to say they have it, but underbuild the system such that there’s no chance of recovering if you get back during the day while it’s still sunny&hot outside.
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Charging devices, leaving the TV on to fake occupancy as the article suggests. Also AC is much more efficient if it keeps the room at a stable temperature rather than letting it heat up and then cooling it down again. I never set it that low myself but some hotels don't have a temp setting, that's true
  - carlob 4y ago
    AC might be comparatively more efficient at cooling the room 1 degree rather than 5, that doesn't mean that keeping that temperature for 8 hours will consume less energy than cooling it once you come back in. If it were really overall more efficient it would be cheaper for the hotel owner to just keep it on all the time, but clearly it's not.

Scoundreller 4y ago

> My biggest worry in hotel rooms these days is how to rig the A/C to stay on while I'm out. Heated blanket on the thermostat? Or do they have timed-shutoffs or door-key based systems that cuts off the electricity when you leave? What do you do then?

talliedthoughts 4y ago
Ask for a second key and leave it in the slot?
- Scoundreller 4y ago
  They get suspicious when I pay for X occupancy but request X+Y keys.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    Hotels routinely give me two cards when I check in--and certainly will if I ask. I usually stick one in my wallet and one in my bag or whatever so I'm less likely to accidentally leave the card in the room.
    - sawmurai 4y ago
      Usually you can stick anything that has the correct form into that slot. Even thin cardboard :)
- kingofpandora 4y ago
  Those slots don't require a specific key. Put your library card in there and it'll work fine.
nextlevelwizard 4y ago
Most of them just have a slot for your room key to turn on the electricity and/or A/C, but many times it is a physical which i.e. it doesn't care what gets stuffed into the hole and often there is some kind of brochure that can be folded/ripped into card shape to trip the switch.

carlob 4y ago

Scoundreller 4y ago
It really varies. Some places have the bare minimum of air conditioning to say they have it, but underbuild the system such that there’s no chance of recovering if you get back during the day while it’s still sunny&hot outside.
GekkePrutser 4y ago
Charging devices, leaving the TV on to fake occupancy as the article suggests. Also AC is much more efficient if it keeps the room at a stable temperature rather than letting it heat up and then cooling it down again. I never set it that low myself but some hotels don't have a temp setting, that's true
- carlob 4y ago
  AC might be comparatively more efficient at cooling the room 1 degree rather than 5, that doesn't mean that keeping that temperature for 8 hours will consume less energy than cooling it once you come back in. If it were really overall more efficient it would be cheaper for the hotel owner to just keep it on all the time, but clearly it's not.