Automating Thermostat at Check In

[Michael Kader]

Hello All,

First post here. 

Getting our STR on the market and I was thinking about ways I could automate the thermostat to turn on 1 hour before check-in and right after check-out. Does anyone have any experience with this?

[Nathan Gesner]

Quote from @Michael Kader:

If check-in is 3pm, you open the app and adjust the temperature at 2pm. If the guest doesn't show up until 8pm, that's an extra six hours of heating before occupancy. What do you think that six hours of heat is costing you? The home probably costs less than $6 per day to heat, so six hours of heat in a vacant home will cost you around $1.50.

This doesn't seem worth the brain power or time to even consider.