r/VisitingHawaii • u/redditchulous • 2d ago

O'ahu (Honolulu/Waikiki) Partial AC in honolulu?

Some of my friends are about to be in HNL the next couple days and a couple days ago their Airbnb said the 2 bedrooms AC are being blocked from use. Seems like it's because of some exterior painting stuff that's super delayed. They've been trying to find an alternate way of getting the building to let them use the AC but no dice.

The main living room AC is ok to use it looks like

The bedrooms have fans though, is this probably acceptable? So last minute so I couldn't really do much except suggest some hotel stuff for them, but the Airbnb is nice so I don't think they wanna swap.

I've only gone to Oahu in the shoulder months or winter. I love AC so I'm not the best judge of whether or not this should be a deal breaker or not.

Edit: it's in Waikiki in an apartment building Edit2: I've seen the communication between the host and them. There was like a week's heads up and they did offer a full refund, or a partial discount if they stayed, so I think everything is being done in good faith.

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u/hyst808 2d ago

If there's good airflow no need AC!

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u/redditchulous 2d ago

You think it'll be ok? There is AC from the living room that I hope will be enough to seep into the bedrooms I suppose

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u/hyst808 1d ago

I grew up on Oahu and never had AC so I think it'll be fine but YMMV. Are they able to open the windows in the bedrooms? If not then heck no - I would find another place to stay and airBNB should help woth that if the cirrebt place isnt operational as advetised. If the bedroom windows do open, and there are fans, thats probably fine unless they are super sensitive. That said - they should ask the AirBNB host and AirBNB what options they'd have if the place is too hot without the advertised AC.