Your worst hotel...
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oldbanger said:
Worst hotel for me was in Gozo in a town called Xlendi.
Which one was it? We were out there around 2004, some friends of ours are dive instructors and lived in Xlendi for a couple of seasons. We hired an apartment but tended to have breakfast with them at the main hotel on the front, which always seemed ok. dazwalsh said:
8 years running lol
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/a-filthy-hovel-brit...
I've had the displeasure of staying in the weapons grade sithole on the photo.
My parents stayed there a couple of years ago, my mum rang me while they were there to tell how squalid it was. She had a seagull in the room too.https://news.sky.com/story/amp/a-filthy-hovel-brit...
I've had the displeasure of staying in the weapons grade sithole on the photo.
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
oldbanger said:
Worst hotel for me was in Gozo in a town called Xlendi.
Which one was it? We were out there around 2004, some friends of ours are dive instructors and lived in Xlendi for a couple of seasons. We hired an apartment but tended to have breakfast with them at the main hotel on the front, which always seemed ok. https://goo.gl/maps/Q3gv8Vc7hgyCsfzk6
Ah - a bit more googling found all this
http://web.archive.org/web/20080831073228/https://...
"Ten per cent of formal complaints submitted to the Malta Tourism Authority last year concerned the Serena Hotel in Xlendi - the vast majority filed by tourists claiming their credit card had been used without authorisation ... "
https://web.archive.org/web/20080924071632/https:/...
https://web.archive.org/web/20110128054909/http://...
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/shamed-xlen...
Xlendi is an absolutely amazing location though
Many years ago, I used to go to stay frequently had to stay over night/a few days in Kensington, London (not a bargain basement place).
My company always booked the same hotel and refused to change... Over the year or two I had to visit there:
My company always booked the same hotel and refused to change... Over the year or two I had to visit there:
- Terrible room, looked worse than a cheap B&B, returned there a week later, but given a much better room so must have been mid-refit,
- Noticed used plasters behind the curtain...
- Aircon would not shut off, kept switching on during the night
- Bed linen was definitely used or should have been burnt!
- lots of other incidents...
- Billing error, they messed up the booking, but said they had sorted it out I got a room, stayed 3 days, when I got back home, went into M&S the day after and tried to buy a shirt, credit card was refused which was a surprise to say the least!; due to the credit limit!!!! Called credit card people, did you stay in this hotel, yes total bill under £400, no we are seeing a bill of over £12,000. Thankfully credit card people told the hotel to jog on... Called Hotel, they said oh yes, we were only supposed to bill you £400, as if this was a joke...
My wife and I used to help organise and run national windsurfing events for quite a few years and as the association was perennially poor we had to do a lot of weekend stays in budget accommodation around the UK.
Cheapish B & B's and Travelodge's were normal fare with the occasional Premier Inn or nicer hotel if budget allowed, most of the places we stayed at were memorable for being particularly good or bad but a few stand out.
The Travelodge I booked in Swansea was nothing special upon arrival but when we went to go out for dinner a couple of bouncers had appeared on the door, we were told to make sure we had our room key as we wouldn't be allowed back in without it.
We planned on eating and getting an early night as we had an early start the next day, the streets were busy but people were well behaved when we found a steak house to eat in. By the time we headed back to the hotel there were drunks everywhere, there were policemen in riot gear and those chaplain chappies were tending to people who had thrown up, fallen over or been punched.
When we got back to the hotel we chatted to the bouncers and they said it was like this every weekend, one of them said come and look at this nightclub where his mate was on the door, it was only 10.30 pm and it was like a scene from the Jeremy Kyle Show waiting room.
We headed back to our room and had just got to sleep when all hell broke loose in the corridor outside, a couple of policemen were trying to control a drunken female who was trying to break down her bedroom door to kill her boyfriend who had apparently looked at another girl in the aforesaid nightclub
That weekend made the really skanky Butlins in Skegness and the faded and smelly B & B in Hunstanton that wanted to lock it's doors at 10.00 pm seem like palaces.
Cheapish B & B's and Travelodge's were normal fare with the occasional Premier Inn or nicer hotel if budget allowed, most of the places we stayed at were memorable for being particularly good or bad but a few stand out.
The Travelodge I booked in Swansea was nothing special upon arrival but when we went to go out for dinner a couple of bouncers had appeared on the door, we were told to make sure we had our room key as we wouldn't be allowed back in without it.
We planned on eating and getting an early night as we had an early start the next day, the streets were busy but people were well behaved when we found a steak house to eat in. By the time we headed back to the hotel there were drunks everywhere, there were policemen in riot gear and those chaplain chappies were tending to people who had thrown up, fallen over or been punched.
When we got back to the hotel we chatted to the bouncers and they said it was like this every weekend, one of them said come and look at this nightclub where his mate was on the door, it was only 10.30 pm and it was like a scene from the Jeremy Kyle Show waiting room.
We headed back to our room and had just got to sleep when all hell broke loose in the corridor outside, a couple of policemen were trying to control a drunken female who was trying to break down her bedroom door to kill her boyfriend who had apparently looked at another girl in the aforesaid nightclub
That weekend made the really skanky Butlins in Skegness and the faded and smelly B & B in Hunstanton that wanted to lock it's doors at 10.00 pm seem like palaces.
Not as bad as some on here, but 'Hotel du Monde' in Marseille
Football trip, think was the first hotel we got to after turning leftish from the train station. The guys we'd travelled with always went for cheapest hotel they could find, more cash for beer.
It's on the edge of the african/Arab quarter, got shown to room, beds looked to be ex-army metal framed affairs, sheet and army issue itchy blanket, too. Looked in bathroom and that made our mind up, coakroaches back stroking in the bath.
Me, old man & one mate got another hotel about 500 yds down the road for 2euro more a night and a world above in comfort.
Other mates, having 'saved' for their drinking fund, then learnt they had to be back by 11pm when they locked the place up for the night!
EtA, this was back in 1998/99, quick look around Marseilles, but can't see it.
I still think being tear gassed at the footy was preferable to staying in that hotel
Football trip, think was the first hotel we got to after turning leftish from the train station. The guys we'd travelled with always went for cheapest hotel they could find, more cash for beer.
It's on the edge of the african/Arab quarter, got shown to room, beds looked to be ex-army metal framed affairs, sheet and army issue itchy blanket, too. Looked in bathroom and that made our mind up, coakroaches back stroking in the bath.
Me, old man & one mate got another hotel about 500 yds down the road for 2euro more a night and a world above in comfort.
Other mates, having 'saved' for their drinking fund, then learnt they had to be back by 11pm when they locked the place up for the night!
EtA, this was back in 1998/99, quick look around Marseilles, but can't see it.
I still think being tear gassed at the footy was preferable to staying in that hotel
Edited by Pinkie15 on Wednesday 9th December 09:48
Edited by Pinkie15 on Wednesday 9th December 09:49
This one by far (emergency 1 night stay!)
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g186394...
A recent glowing review
Vile
"Disgusting. There are no words. Filthy stinking hovel. Fire alarm went off at 1.30am! TV didn't work bedding filthy and full of bed bugs. Couldn't wait get out of there fast enough. Stay well clear. Environmental health need to condemn the place."
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g186394...
A recent glowing review
Vile
"Disgusting. There are no words. Filthy stinking hovel. Fire alarm went off at 1.30am! TV didn't work bedding filthy and full of bed bugs. Couldn't wait get out of there fast enough. Stay well clear. Environmental health need to condemn the place."
Edited by CO2000 on Wednesday 9th December 16:44
CO2000 said:
Blimey, there are 11 worse hotels than that in Newcastle....shudder to think what they're like 
juice said:
CO2000 said:
Blimey, there are 11 worse hotels than that in Newcastle....shudder to think what they're like 
I stayed at a Britannia one in Folkestone, and seriously, it was f
king grim. They even had signs on the landings to various "wings" it was like a prison!
Utter sthole, cant recall it's name but IIRC it was designed (a long fking time ago) to look like a boat or ship?
Britannia have some proper st places now. They took over a couple of decent Marriotts couple of years back, sad, as they will make them st.
king grim. They even had signs on the landings to various "wings" it was like a prison! Utter s
thole, cant recall it's name but IIRC it was designed (a long fking time ago) to look like a boat or ship? Britannia have some proper s
t places now. They took over a couple of decent Marriotts couple of years back, sad, as they will make them st. juice said:
CO2000 said:
Blimey, there are 11 worse hotels than that in Newcastle....shudder to think what they're like I think all of the Britannia chain are bad, and after having the misfortune to stay at the Manchester Hotel I'd agree, the public areas and the outside look good, but the rooms have not seen a paint brush for 20 years, carpet that looked like someone had died on it, furniture on it's last legs, and just to put the final nail in the coffin, a night club downstairs.
Complained on departure but as we had prepaid we could only get a small refund at the desk, staff told us to try head office and this was fruitless, so they are now on my list of franchises to avoid.
More surprisingly I was very disappointed with Whittlebury Hall near Silverstone.
Took 3 room changes before we were in a room that was even 'acceptable' while not up to the Britannia's state of disrepair it was still 'past it's best', had a window that wouldn't shut in one room, unsafe electrical sockets in another, and all the rooms had badly stained carpets, had paid upfront for a meal package and this was nothing special, overall very 'average' for a premium price, it was handy for Silverstone the next day though.
Complained on departure but as we had prepaid we could only get a small refund at the desk, staff told us to try head office and this was fruitless, so they are now on my list of franchises to avoid.
More surprisingly I was very disappointed with Whittlebury Hall near Silverstone.
Took 3 room changes before we were in a room that was even 'acceptable' while not up to the Britannia's state of disrepair it was still 'past it's best', had a window that wouldn't shut in one room, unsafe electrical sockets in another, and all the rooms had badly stained carpets, had paid upfront for a meal package and this was nothing special, overall very 'average' for a premium price, it was handy for Silverstone the next day though.
talksthetorque said:
Hugo Stiglitz said:
Is that the same for adults only resorts in Ibiza? My sister in law stayed at one!
The ones full of sex people and the ones where the foyer is a mobility scooter car park.
Guess which one we got.
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