I was shocked to find that this historical downtown institution was poorly equipped with a boiler that had to be at least 30 years old! When my buddy and I first entered the little hotel room, I first noticed that the hot, dry air inside was basically blasting at full power, and as my buddy and I opened the door a rush of tepid air came wooshing past, plus I could hear the sound of an old forced air heater chugging away at level 11
I’ve done a honorableamount of traveling in my life, not to brag or anything; By that I mean that my trips are not brag-worthy at all. Frankly, my travels are not the same ones you’ll see strewn across instagram plus other social media outlets, heralded as life changing experiences, i’m never lounging on some Italian beach or sipping cocktails on a private yacht in the Keys. Instead, my traveling normally includes 8-12 hour automobile rides without any breaks which ultimately culminate in staying at discount hotels for a few nights, if I’m lucky. I have stayed in so, so various poor hotels at this point. I could practically write a book on what to expect from each roadside bargain hotel chain. Most recently, however, I stayed in a non-franchise hotel that had the worst Heating plus A/C I’ve ever seen. I was shocked to find that this historical downtown institution was poorly equipped with a boiler that had to be at least 30 years old! When my buddy and I first entered the little hotel room, I first noticed that the hot, dry air inside was basically blasting at full power, and as my buddy and I opened the door a rush of tepid air came wooshing past, plus I could hear the sound of an old forced air heater chugging away at level 11. I went to the control device plus found that it consisted of two dials; an inaccurate “temperature setting” dial, plus a “speed” dial to modify the rate of air exhaustion, but these two controls were meant to operate the single overhead heating unit, which was basically a sizable hair dryer hanging from the ceiling. I’ve stayed in a lot of exhausting hotels, but this was absolutely the worst air quality I’ve ever seen.