Worst hotel you've ever stayed in?
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One in Birmingham. Woman at receptionist didn't like me or something because as soon as I went in this bed I was itching. God knows what that was.
Generic Motel off the strip in Las Vegas - fulfilled all the stereotypes of the movies(Baites), musky air-conditioned air from device on the exterior wall that would probably be condemned these days for legionnaire risk ... you wanted to go out for breakfast.
- business receipt must be somewhere, work didn't mind if you paid for some internal flights and took weekend trips.
- business receipt must be somewhere, work didn't mind if you paid for some internal flights and took weekend trips.
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Stayed in some bad hostels before, but you generally know what you're in for there.
Stayed in a B&B place that work booked and all the breakfast was laughable. We didn't bother after the first breakfast, the porridge i guess hadn't been ordered in 5yrs as it wasn't even on the menu and was questionable. My mate got the full english, it had a single diddy mushroom in the centre of the plate. It was like they tried to arrange the breakfast around it, it must have been a special mushroom.
At the same place in my room, as soon as i turned the light on the bulb exploded. We stayed a few nights and whilst they did manage to replace the bulb the next day, i still found a large glass shard under the duvet the next day.
Stayed in a B&B place that work booked and all the breakfast was laughable. We didn't bother after the first breakfast, the porridge i guess hadn't been ordered in 5yrs as it wasn't even on the menu and was questionable. My mate got the full english, it had a single diddy mushroom in the centre of the plate. It was like they tried to arrange the breakfast around it, it must have been a special mushroom.
At the same place in my room, as soon as i turned the light on the bulb exploded. We stayed a few nights and whilst they did manage to replace the bulb the next day, i still found a large glass shard under the duvet the next day.
You were the hooker?
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We stayed in the "Grand" Meropole hotel in Blackpool a couple of years ago and it was an absolute dump.
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Murcure Holland house in Bristol
Dirty. Coffee stains on the Carpet. Black mouldy shower sealant. about 5mm worth of dust on the back on the tv and stand. Sticky drink spillage on the wall and skirting boards..
left a 1 star google review with pictures. Pictures no longer seem to be there
Dirty. Coffee stains on the Carpet. Black mouldy shower sealant. about 5mm worth of dust on the back on the tv and stand. Sticky drink spillage on the wall and skirting boards..
left a 1 star google review with pictures. Pictures no longer seem to be there
Not a hotel but a guest house in Bournemouth we stayed in when I was a kid - there was something very uneasy feeling about the place. I don't really know how to describe it. Everyone felt it - was a very off and unwelcoming vibe and people would constantly get the sensation someone was standing behind them or just in the peripheral of their vision - I wouldn't quite say haunted but it was very odd.
I don't know whether it could be explained as due to something like a carbon monoxide leak as there was a horrific old boiler and the construction of the house was odd to say the least - with various bits looking like they should have been outside not inside like some rooms had floors which were just concrete, which looked weathered like it had been outside at some point, with a few rugs thrown down. Some internal doors were external style ones and some rooms had randomly placed windows on internal walls - one part was an extension onto the original house but that didn't cover it all.
There was an electric meter you had to put coins in but also every major appliance had a coin meter hardwired into it even the kettle - which just seemed odd to me as a kid.
The garden, which was nicely landscaped in the pictures, was shut in by overgrown trees and bushes with rotted out garden furniture which further added to the creepiness of the place.
Though overall it was clean no one enjoyed staying there.
I don't know whether it could be explained as due to something like a carbon monoxide leak as there was a horrific old boiler and the construction of the house was odd to say the least - with various bits looking like they should have been outside not inside like some rooms had floors which were just concrete, which looked weathered like it had been outside at some point, with a few rugs thrown down. Some internal doors were external style ones and some rooms had randomly placed windows on internal walls - one part was an extension onto the original house but that didn't cover it all.
There was an electric meter you had to put coins in but also every major appliance had a coin meter hardwired into it even the kettle - which just seemed odd to me as a kid.
The garden, which was nicely landscaped in the pictures, was shut in by overgrown trees and bushes with rotted out garden furniture which further added to the creepiness of the place.
Though overall it was clean no one enjoyed staying there.
Ibis Stevenage. Stayed overnight as had to troubleshoot an ongoing issue at works datacentre. There was a couple next door who were clearly off their nut on Charles; all I could hear all night was
"Where's my <insert profanity> corner?"
"You've had my <insert profanity> corner?"
"Order up up another <insert profanity> ticket!"
They were clearly smoking as all I could smell was nicotine which seemed to permeate through the walls. Reception staff were non-existent. Never ever again (Ibis or Stevenage).
"Where's my <insert profanity> corner?"
"You've had my <insert profanity> corner?"
"Order up up another <insert profanity> ticket!"
They were clearly smoking as all I could smell was nicotine which seemed to permeate through the walls. Reception staff were non-existent. Never ever again (Ibis or Stevenage).
That was supposed to be our little secret.
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Anyone stayed a Pontins recently? I've seen some videos showcasing sites at Sandbanks and it doesn't look like they've spent any money on place since they filmed Holiday On The Buses
It's quite common to eat horse meat in Belgium.
On that note, I stayed in a hotel at couple of times in Belgium which I found out was a sex hotel [it had been recommended as a standard hotel by a friend]. There were mirrors on the ceiling and free porn on the TV 24/7. I was going for a gig with a friend of mine who was quite a bit older than me. When we checked in for our individual rooms they said at the front desk, "so, are you together?". We had to politely correct them that no, we were not, in fact, shagging.
I still miss that hotel. Great place.
I've kind of messed with the topic title since I haven't really stayed in any bad hotels. That was just a hotel experience story that was mildly amusing.
Some dirt cheap hotel well away from the main tourist areas in some eastern European capital (cant remember which one as a group of us used to go away for lads drinking weekends as often as we could to wherever we could get to cheaply)
It was filthy, it was in a red light district with a sex shop opposite it and a brothel round the corner and we discovered on the room rates behind the door, that the hotel rents rooms out by the hour.
We all took our bags and checked out and went and found a better hotel.
It was filthy, it was in a red light district with a sex shop opposite it and a brothel round the corner and we discovered on the room rates behind the door, that the hotel rents rooms out by the hour.
We all took our bags and checked out and went and found a better hotel.
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LOL Which hotel was that? Only one i can think if is Jurys Inn but thats pretty new.
Some dump of a b&b in Llandudno for work. A really hot girl came down to the guest living room area briefly and then disappeared before the owner (a Danny Deveto looking guy with gold jewellery) started talking about how a lot of contractors get ripped off by prostitutes in the town etc etc for quite a while. I was only 17 so it didn't twig what he was hinting at until I was told the next day. If only I'd know! 
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A hotel in Whitby. Only two toilets between 20 girls. Boys urinated out from the windows. Got a rollcking every day as we needed the loo before going to wherever we were going. Then the evening meals were disgusting. The rooms were awful.
A hotel in Tossa Del Mar, Costa Brava, Spain. View from balcony was a stone wall with orange plastic fencing. Soup in restaurant was laughable. Every night it was a different soup. It was the same stuff each night. Plus on our last night, our transfer bus didn’t leave til 3:30am. Had no access to water after 12 and had to do strip washes in the toilets by reception as vacated rooms at 10am
Premier Inn in Newcastle Quayside. Right by a footings of Tyne Bridge. It was hot (30c) and my room had no aircon. Just some poxy 5 inch fan which did nothing to cool down. Unable to open the window as the Kittiwakes kept swarking all night. Plus going outside, their poo stank of fish, plus dive bombed. All around the footings it was white with their poo. Had to dodge the birds and their poo which was very slippery. Saw two people slip on and landed on it. Yuk.
A hotel in Tossa Del Mar, Costa Brava, Spain. View from balcony was a stone wall with orange plastic fencing. Soup in restaurant was laughable. Every night it was a different soup. It was the same stuff each night. Plus on our last night, our transfer bus didn’t leave til 3:30am. Had no access to water after 12 and had to do strip washes in the toilets by reception as vacated rooms at 10am
Premier Inn in Newcastle Quayside. Right by a footings of Tyne Bridge. It was hot (30c) and my room had no aircon. Just some poxy 5 inch fan which did nothing to cool down. Unable to open the window as the Kittiwakes kept swarking all night. Plus going outside, their poo stank of fish, plus dive bombed. All around the footings it was white with their poo. Had to dodge the birds and their poo which was very slippery. Saw two people slip on and landed on it. Yuk.
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