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Damp room at Demodara after last night's leak — ask for a fan-dry or change rooms without turning it into a review

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Hamish Grant•111 rep

Sheets smell like monsoon stone. Ceiling had a drip at 2am. Host is kind. We are here two more nights. Not trying to extract a discount. Trying to sleep. 26 Aug, Demodara.

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Ask for a fan, dry sheets, and a bucket under the known drip. Leftover wet in a Demodara house is ordinary. Stone holds water. A room change if they have one, quietly. Do not invent a closure or a mould epidemic. Do not write a novel at breakfast. If it is still dripping on the bed, move. If it is just smell, fan and a walk.

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Yashodha Karunaratne•215 rep

They swapped the sheets and pointed a fan. Fine. We stayed.

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Hugo Navarro•159 rep

Pride demands a free night and then sleeps in a damp mood anyway.

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Aoife Brennan•99 rep

If the bed is wet, move. If the wall is cold, fan. Different problems.

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Yves Moreau•119 rep

We changed rooms. No speech. Fine.

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Pawel Nowak•139 rep

Kids: dry sheets matter more than a view. Ask.

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Ruwan Perera•197 rep

Do not invent a health emergency for a smell. Fan first.

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Praveen Rajapaksa•212 rep

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