• What hotel leads the pack in appearances on TripAdvisor's dirtiest hotels list?
What budget hotel actually ADVERTISES being the worst in the world?
Here are 10 hotels around the world you wouldn't want to spend an hour in, much less a night.
10 – Tropicana Resort Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Here's an excerpt from a user review of the Tropicana Resort Hotel in Virginia Beach,
from a traveller who got a free upgrade to his room.
• “The jacuzzi leaked, the television had no cable, the carpet smelled, and there
was a mattress outside our door the whole weekend.”
• Other people have complained of broken elevators, a strange smell in the hallway,
and a total lack of anything resembling “service.”
9 – New York Inn, New York City • The New York Inn is one of the most run-down
hotels in the world.
It's not just that it's dirty, it's that it's in absolute disrepair.
• Reviewers have complained about the size of the room, the rotting, broken mattresses,
and of course, the rats eating out of the trash.
• Apparently, it also lacks a heater, which is actually a pretty serious issue in New
York City.
• Despite all this, it's not even the worst hotel in its own city.
8 – Whiteleaf Hotel, London, England • Unlike some of the hotels on this list,
this is a dirty hotel trying to pretend it's of mid-range quality.
• It's possible to pay over 100 British pounds for a room with broken beds full of
maggots.
• That's what at least one guest reported upon staying at the Whiteleaf.
• On the bright side, if you don't mind sleeping on maggots and waking up with strange
red rashes and bumps, it's located near downtown London.
7 – Hotel Namaskar, New Delhi, India • Indian budget hotels are, in general,
not the cleanest locations in the world.
• On the bright side, it's easy enough to find a place to sleep for 10 dollars a night.
• But even in this wild world of cheap and dirty hotels, the Hotel Namaskar manages to
be a regular on lists of the dirtiest and lowest- quality hotels in all of India.
• The trek to get there apparently involves a number of small, dark alleyways, at least
one of which contains an open urinal.
That doesn't help the whole cleanliness thing...
though it's at least better than people just peeing on the floor.
6 – Hotel Carter, New York City • The Hotel Carter has a great location
on Times Square, and a long-standing reputation for being the most disgusting hotel in New
York City.
• It is a regular near the top of TripAdvisor's list of “dirtiest hotels in America,”
and doesn't seem particularly interested in doing anything about it.
• Bedbugs are in the rooms more often than people are, and the average room looks basically
like the setting of a horror movie.
Probably one where torture is involved.
5 – Balmoral House, Brisbane, Australia • The Balmoral House in Brisbane, at one
point, featured zero positive reviews on TripAdvisor.
This was despite boasting a reasonable price and one of the best party locations in the
whole city.
• One guest said he arrived in a room where the window had no glass – only metal bars.
People also frequently complained about the owner, who was unresponsive to any requests
and once even demanded a guest clean the entire kitchen.
• It's doing a lot better now that it's been renovated and renamed the “Amelia Hotel.”
No word about whether it's also under new ownership... but it's probably safe to assume
it is.
4 – Aspinals Hotel, Singapore • The Aspinals Hotel in Singapore is the
kind of place where everything is kind of just falling apart.
• Wallpaper is gone from most of the walls, the ceiling is peeling, and the doors are
busted.
• Multiple people have complained about rude staff, and the tiny size of the rooms.
Some people didn't even have room for their bags.
• Basically, this is another crap hotel trying to skim business off the bottom because
it's in a good location.
3 – Centaur Hotel, New Delhi • The Centaur Hotel boasts a whopping 1.5
stars on TripAdvisor, on more than 230 reviews.
Only 16 percent of guests said their stay was at least “average.”
• Problem is, this appears to be an airport hotel that a lot of delayed travellers get
pushed off to when their Air India flights are delayed.
• So even though this hotel is terrible, they pretty much have a steady inflow of customers
from the airport.
• Cockroaches around the bed, mold in the bathroom, and a leaky roof are among the more
upsetting features.
2 – Town House Motel, Tupelo, Mississippi • It's a nice budget-priced motel near the
birthplace of Elvis Presley.
That's the good news.
• The bad news is that it appears the bed bugs are unavoidable, and one guest was welcomed
to his room by a puddle of fresh blood in front of his door.
• Numerous guests have complained of faulty wiring, barely-functional air conditioning,
and the likelihood that drug deals were going on outside.
• On a note that may or may not be related to those complaints, this place was recently
on fire.
1 – Hans Brinker Budget Hostel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• The worst hotel in the world is basically undisputed, because it's about the only hotel
that advertises being terrible.
• This is actually a hostel near Amsterdam's red-light district with taglines like “now
with beds in every room,” -- “More honesty.
Less of everything else,” and “Proudly ignoring standards since 1970.”
• The rooms are dirty, they come with basically no amenities, and there's very little of any
kind of service.
• But what do you want for 22 dollars a night in Amsterdam?
The price and the unusual honesty the hostel displays have actually made it a big hit with
young tourists and students, even though there's no hot water.
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