Stuck picking between two airbnbs for a weekend in Portland

One is $80 a night near Alberta Arts but has no AC, the other is $120 in Southeast and has a washer. Has anyone stayed in Portland during a heat wave without AC and regretted it?

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adams.henry6d ago

That comment about "no AC" really brings up a summer I spent in Portland back in 2016... it hit 100 degrees and I was sleeping on the bathroom floor because it was the only room with a tile floor. If you're planning on being out most of the day, you might be fine, but if you're the type that likes to lounge around the Airbnb, that $80 place will feel like an oven by 3PM.

sandragonzalez4d ago

Hit 104 in Seattle that same summer and my buddy's apartment had this little window unit that just COULDN'T keep up. Ended up spending my days at the mall just walking around the food court pretending to shop. That bowl of ice trick is REAL though - I did that with a cheap box fan and it dropped the temp in my bedroom by like 5 degrees. Honestly though, if the place has no AC at all and you're not a morning person who can be gone from 2 to 7 PM, you're just paying to suffer. I'd rather pay an extra 40 bucks and have a place I can actually hang out in without sweating through my shirt.

lucasking6d ago

Man, same here. I did a week in Phoenix last July with no AC and I thought I was gonna die. The place was cheap but the walls were basically cardboard and by noon you could feel the heat coming right through. I ended up buying a fan at the thrift store and pointing it at a bowl of ice just to get some relief at night. Portland 2016 was no joke either, I heard that was one of the worst summers they had. So yeah, unless you're planning to be out hiking or at the coast all day, I'd skip the no AC places. You ever tried that trick with a wet towel and a fan?