Families book up hotel rooms as temperatures reach 35 degrees

Checking in purely for the air con! Hotels that promise cool rooms see bookings soar on Monday and Tuesday – as the Met Office warns of sweltering 30 degree night temperatures

• Hotels cash in as Brits snap up rooms with air con to avoid the extreme heat 
• Pet owners are also taking to walking their dogs in cool shopping malls
• Meanwhile, Brits who work in air-conditioned offices can’t hide their smugness

Hotel bookings have seen a boost in sales this week – with guests lured by the promise of air conditioning. 

As the Met Office issues a warning of extreme heat, hotels have begun to cash in from those desperate to avoid the heat.

Temperatures on Monday are expected to soar to over 40 degrees in some parts of the country – smashing previous records. 

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Brits are resorting to booking up hotel rooms with air con as a way to cope with the extreme heat

Many Brits are struggling to sleep in the extreme heat – even with windows wide open

The booking website, Hotels.com, is offering its 30,000 followers the chance to win a one-night stay with air con.

While Adrian Darling, 40, a product owner, has booked a Premier Inn hotel in Bedford for Monday and Tuesday costing £210 so he and and his young family can escape the soaring heat.

‘We were a bit concerned about how hot our house would get. We have three young children and a baby under one month old,’ said Mr Darling. 

A spokesman for Premier Inn said: ‘There is high demand for all our rooms at the moment.’ 

However, they added it was difficult to say whether this was specifically related to the heatwave or down to some other reason. 

Meanwhile, Brits were posting about their plans to escape the heat on social media.       

Chris Blackmore, @_chrisblackmore, wrote, ‘About 10 mins away from booking a hotel so I can sleep with air con.’

Many Brits have begun posting about their plans to escape the heat 

Some are booking into the Premier Inn hotel chain in a bid to be able to sleep at night in the cool

Others are complaining that hotels were cranking up their prices due to surging demand for air con

Another wrote, ‘Booking into the Premier Inn as we speak for a few days of air con.’

While Nick from London, at @bluemoonstar, tweeted, ‘Anyone in London want to go halves on a hotel with aircon Mon and Tues night?!’ 

Meanwhile, Michelle Shaughnessy @Michellesfunny complained that hotels were cashing in on the high demand and hiking their prices. 

She tweeted, ‘Booked a dodgy 2 star hotel behind some train tracks for the upcoming London heatwave because every semi nice place with air con has tripled (at minimum) their prices for the two hottest days of the year.’

The heatwave is affecting all areas of the country – from North Yorks to East Anglia

Temperatures in the east of the country are expected to rise to over 40 degrees

Some were just musing the idea of booking a hotel room – and hadn’t actually done it yet

But others had clearly taken the plunge and decided to book a room before they are all snapped up 

Others who already had bookings have been trying to ensure their rooms have air con

Meanwhile, those who have air conditioning at work were also posting decidedly smug messages.

On Twitter, Jess, at @jess_xray, an advanced practitioner at interventional radiology, wrote, in Liverpool, tweeted, ‘How many will seek refuge in radiology on Monday?’ – with a link to the forecast.

This radiologist of Liverpool was decidedly smug about having air con in her hospital unit 

Festivals don’t usually advertise that they have air conditioning – but they do now 

While events scheduled to take place were also advertising their cool credentials. 

The Refract Festival in Manchester, for instance, advertised its air conditioning alongside its other acts.

It isn’t just humans seeking out air con either. 

On Twitter, the owner of Miss Bella of Cardiff, posted a photo of her cockapoo at @missybellarose, saying,  ‘First day on Twitter. Shopping with the ladies.’ 

Others posted photos of their dogs lying in the coolest spot in the house, while some companies advertised their air conditioned kennels. 

This cockapoo of Cardiff was taken for her daily walk not around a park but around air conditioned shops 

This English pooch was also catching some zzzzs under some air con

Some companies have taken to social media to advertise air conditioned dog kennels 

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