Terrible hotels/hostels you've stayed in

[Aberblue]

I'll start.

In 1997, I stayed at the Adelphi in Liverpool. I found bugs in my bed - it was literally crawling with bugs. I phoned reception, and they said that someone would come up. I waited for half an hour and nobody came. I phoned again and they said "Oh, I forgot which room you're in". When somebody eventually came, he said that he hated bedbugs, and I had to comfort him! I was eventually moved to another room. Breakfast was dire too.

A shame, at one time the Adelphi was regarded as one of the best hotels in the world, back in the early 20th century.

 

[4737carlin]

This one in Torquay, owner was a right crank

 

[Kurt.]

Stayed at yer mar’s once... smallest hotel in the world.... had to leave my bags outside

 

[verreauxi]

Don't want to talk about it...

 

[Aberblue]

No stories then?

 

[LocalNative]

I stayed in a hostel in a place called Tivat in Montenegro, only ago 4 years or so ago. I'd gone with a girl I was seeing at the time as we were meeting friends to do a bit of travelling around the Balkans.

Tivat is luxury, like fancy yachts belonging to A-Listers but there's not really much there at all to do, particularly for a those in their early 20's. Anyway, it's quite a mountainous region of the country just south of Bosnia and Croatia. We'd booked a double room in a hostel, turns out it was a double bed in a room with 3 other double beds (one occupied by another couple).

Room was in decent nick aside from that, basic, but a hostel at the end of the day. That night was the muggiest, most humid experience ever - no aircon. The room filled with mosquitos, could hear them buzzing around everywhere - the other couple were so spooked up all night trying to swat them. I went tried to get some air outside to no joy.

Sat up the whole night really, corker start to a bit of travelling.

Love a good hostel though, usually good vibes - except when you get lads shagging flat out in bunkbeds in a shared dorm.

 

[Lloydystark]

Working away about 10 years ago in Finchley and booked a reasonably priced room for me and my mate (nothings cheap down there) everything was good until I lay in my bed and looked the floor to see hundreds of ants crawling on the floor and bedside table, I soon got up and complained and got us moved to another room in the annex.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Stayed on a mattress on the floor with 2 strangers in a Bangkok hostel once.
Have spent nights in some hell holes. On the Perhentian islands in Malaysia (unbelievably beautiful place btw) couldn’t get anywhere to stay apart from this ‘jungle hostel’ shared a bed with a German guy. The shower was a corrugated iron shack out house. Was sitting out on the balcony thinking to myself ‘ah this isn’t so bad’ when I felt a presence to my right. I looked and it was a massive reptile tail. Looked up and a huge lizard is crawling over the ceiling above me. No sleep that night. No idea what kind of lizard it was.

 

[quasi modo]

The Shatt al-Arab hotel in Basra, back in 2003, locals weren't very friendly either.

 

[BNJ1878]

Went to a wedding in a town called Eshowe in SA about 4 years ago.

This place is quite rural, in the heart of Zululand.

At the time the only option was "The George Hotel", a colonial style building (1906) that had minimum maintenance since it was completed.

I had one of the better rooms, but when I entered I saw my sliding sash window was open. I tried to close it but It was jammed solid. I went to reception and said I had a problem with the window and was told "Yeah it's broken but the weather is nice this time of year, just enjoy the breeze."

I was fortunate to have an en suite room, one of only 3. The other (approx 10) rooms all shared a common bathroom. Bizarrely, as well as the en suite I had a basin in my bedroom. After a few beers that night I woke up thirsty, stumbled over and turned on the tap, only for water to gush straight out onto my feet and the carpet. The drain wasn't plumbed in.

Breakfast the following morning had clearly been cooked and left out. I went down at 8 and everything was stone cold, a few bemused guests looking at what was available and deciding to walk into town.

A couple of us mentioned the issues to the manager and he was genuinely confused as to what the problem was. We had a bed and a roof.

Nice building, cheap stay.

Won't be back.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

premier inn argyle street Glasgow.
Think there's 3 in the city centre and this one has been forgotten about.
Outside disgusting, and the car park facility is a fair walk away.
Restaurant understaffed as in 1 person serving and 1 chef.

 

[LEONARD]

Me and the wife went down to London for a theatre trip a few years ago.

We stayed in a hotel, close to the old BBC headquarters.

Upon arrival we were greeted (I use the word loosely) by a boy on reception who looked no older than 13!

Our room was situated in the basement, with a lovely view of the outside drains and garbage bins.

The 'double' room was so small that the gap between the bedsides and the wall was around 3 inches.

The shower was minging, and the the room stank.

Thankfully it's was just for the one night.

 

[kev]

shared a bed with a German guy

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[PaddyJames]

Went travelling to Eastern Europe in 2005. Got to Slovakia, met two stunning Eastern European chicks. I nailed one, my mate nailed the other. Next day they acted like completely different people and took us to a barn in the middle of nowhere. He's dead now and I've only got one arm.


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[ste d' indica]

Stayed in the only hotel in Holguin, small town in eastern Cuba, hotel was ... ok, but the room was grim, black with mold, broken window, roaches, bathroom would've given the CDC a fright.
I had a massive row with the manager til we got a better room.

He bought me a whisky in the bar later on, think he was glad of the break in the routine.