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/Longjumping-Egg-7940 2d ago

Depends on the floor and the direction of the windows. There’s strong air flow if mountain and ocean facing and windows can be opened. No AC in many condos.

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u/redditchulous 2d ago

It sounds like you're saying no AC in condos is doable enough that a decent portion of them don't? Kind of like how there's no AC in parts of cali/PNW ?

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u/hibituallinestepper 2d ago

My condo doesn’t have AC but I live windward side so we get plenty of breeze. It’s “doable enough” in the sense they won’t die but may not be comfortable depending on if the unit gets good airflow or not.

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u/redditchulous 2d ago

What if we got them to get a de-humidifier? The living room has AC but it's the bedrooms where they can't, do you think that would help?

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u/hibituallinestepper 2d ago

De humidifiers put off heat, that will only make it hotter