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Business travelers, recreational travelers, novice travelers, professional travelers, space travelers…they’ve all experienced at least once, the thrill of checking into a hotel room and seeing a slightly bleached but still clearly defined vomit puddle near the bathroom door. Or a speck of blood on the shower tile. Maybe the random collection of short curly hair behind the door. Possibly a Rorschach test pattern of white droplets and splatter on the sofa. Finally there’s a place to share these images without the social media stigma you might get from your children, parents or spiritual advisor who would look askance and ask “What the hell is wrong with you?” followed by “What kind of dumps do you stay in? Are you really that cheap?” At hotelnightmares.com we know that filth doesn’t operate by a star system and that nice hotels are just as likely to have a dookie stain on the bed spread as that joint your boss put you in near the New Orleans airport last week. So share, stare…we don’t care. It’s all about the ish at hotelnightmares.com
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“Things That Bug Me” for $500, Alex
From a visitor to a major weekend autoshow event that drew 200,000 people. to the Twin Cities. "There's nothing like stepping into the bathroom, turning on the coffee, turning on the water and then unrolling the bathmat to find a half inch long bug crawling around."
Moldy Hairdryers
From a flight attendant on layover in New York City, the Captain from the crew found a giant cockroach on the ceiling of his room.
I Think That’s Called “Brackish”
From a Holiday Inn brand in northwest Mississippi. The guest was informed on arrival that all of the water in town was brown because of cypress tree roots, but that it was fine to drink...as they loaded her up on bottled water.
That’s Reassuring
I once saw a sign outside a hotel elevator in Sao Paulo that said "Please insure that the elevator has arrived when the door opens". Signs like this are never posted unless at least once, the elevator wasn't and someone texting on their phone stepped into the abyss.
Water = Mold
A regular visitor to this site is an expert on water damage and the residual "stuff" that comes with it, and offers this treatise on water damage and the sometimes glib attitude that hotels have towards it: Like you I travel extensively. I should be around 250...
Toilet Phones
To paraphrase my 10th grade gym coach, "Who are these people?!" in reference to people who phone while they're on the can. At the Hotel Le Germain in Toronto.