Worst Hotel you’ve ever stayed at ..

[Southern Elk]

I’m a bit of a cheapskate, but my wife and I agreed that we are at a point in our lives that we can afford nice hotel rooms.

 

[TOGIE]

Green Mountain Motel in Jeffrey City, WY.
The dude running the “office” was perpetually drunk and repeated the same line to us each time we bumped into him. The room was disgusting. Camping in the parking lot under a tarp would’ve been a thousand times more sanitary. Never again.

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but dude, 4.5 stars!

musta been an off week, or you forgot you're actually just supposed to sleep in your tent on the lot.

 

[antlerradar]

Hands down the worst was motel 6 in Capital Heights MD. Right next DC

During the early 90's my wife to be and I went to Washington DC to see the sights. being broke collage kids we settled for motel 6. Good motels in DC were way out of our price range so we settled for motel 6. Just after dark a local "business lady" opened up in the room up stairs. She did a banging business all night long. Several times during the night people would pound on the door. We could hear them talking, "I know they are in there". I don't know if they wanted to rob us or just sell drugs, we never opened the door.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Steam Train Hotel in Antonito, Colorado. Place was decent enough, but their smoking policy is crazy. All rooms are non-smoking for cigarettes, but are weed friendly, so you can smoke weed in all of the rooms but not cigarettes.

 

[Nick87]

I’m a bit of a cheapskate, but my wife and I agreed that we are at a point in our lives that we can afford nice hotel rooms.

The bad ones ain't always cheap. The one I mentioned was $200 iirc. I've found it's hard to go wrong with holiday inn so far anyway.

 

[The_Jim]

My worst stay was at the Rodeway in Ft. Morgan. We rolled in about 1:00 am and the rooms were ok(75/night so you can't expect much). The problem was the crackhead at the front desk gave the next person behind us the same room and we were too tired to bother setting the manual latch on our door. I woke up at 2:30 to a woman standing in front of my bed. I'm not sure who was more scared . She ran out and I didn't sleep the rest of the night. Finally gave up at 5:00 am and got back on the road. My hunting partners only comment - "I heard you get up to pee once"

 

[Southern Elk]

The bad ones ain't always cheap. The one I mentioned was $200 iirc. I've found it's hard to go wrong with holiday inn so far anyway.

We try to look at reviews on hotels.com and only stay at the ones that are highly rated. So far, that’s been fairly accurate.

 

[Deleted member 27192]

Motel 6 in Portland Oregon. I had to go there for work a long time ago (sometime around 2004-2005). I had driven all day from my office in Missoula and was tired when I got there. I pull the dirty bed cover off to sleep on the sheets and they were covered in blood.... not sure if it was a murder/rape/or just a bad period night for someone... and it was dry blood, not stained. I wasnt staying there. I called my boss and told him to get me a nice place or he could fly someone back to pick up his work truck. Ended up getting a really nice suite across the staye line in WA. It was a week long work trip, so I was happy for the upgrade. Havent touched a Motel 6 or Portland since then.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Need the video clip!

Just checking for bedbugs and found this..

 

[Dave N]

I've stayed at some crumby places, but nothing to the degree some of you have!

I have walked in to some motels, paid for a room, went to the room, then instantly went back for a refund and found somewhere else to stay. One in Devils Lake, ND, and one in Ft. Meyers Florida.

Same.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Ive had better luck (both hunting and non-hunting travel) with airbnb and vrbo - especially in areas farther away from metro areas.

 

[WildWill]

Even nice hotels have their moments. When me and my wife stay in OKC we usually stay at the Skirvin by Hilton a pretty classy place. A few years ago we checked in for our anniversary and I went to put a few things in the safe in our room. Opened it up and there sat a large blue sex toy! Bit of a awkward call to the front desk but they handled it like pros and got us into another room instantly. Still get a laugh out of it with the staff when we stay.

 

[YukonGold]

I travel a lot with my dogs, which means pet-friendly hotels and no matter how good the reviews online, they always give you a "pet room" that you had to pay $25-100 extra for and which always, with no exception so far, reeks of urine.

 

[Phaseolus]

Han Guest House in Belize City 1982. We had bought our provisions for a week of camping on the Barrier Reef islands. Had to spend the night fending off the rats that wanted them. At least it was cheap.

 

[Deleted member 52098]

This hotel room in south fork Colorado on the way to wolf creek. Someone was definitely murdered here and it smelled like all holy hell

 

[Bowhuntrben]

Anybody afraid of tent camping in grizzly country needs to read this thread to alleviate any of their concerns.

 

[Doublecluck]

It’s a tie between Bieber motel in Bieber CA and “cabin 6” in Jordan Mt. To be clear I was perfectly happy truck camping in both situations, but was influenced by members of my hunting party seeking more luxurious accommodations. Against my gut feeling and better judgement in both situations. Bieber was my first experience sleeping on a bed where the springs actually came through the bed to help massage you to sleep. But hey they did have a bird cleaning station. Lol. In Jordan we pulled up and asked if they had any rooms available and guy says no but we got “the cabin”, I slept with a 9mm in fear of whatever creatures came alive under in and around that cabin when the lights turned off. Both were easily good beginnings to a horror movie.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Even nice hotels have their moments. When me and my wife stay in OKC we usually stay at the Skirvin by Hilton a pretty classy place. A few years ago we checked in for our anniversary and I went to put a few things in the safe in our room. Opened it up and there sat a large blue sex toy! Bit of a awkward call to the front desk but they handled it like pros and got us into another room instantly. Still get a laugh out of it with the staff when we stay.

"Hello, Front desk? This is room 69. No, the room is fine, thanks for asking. Listen, there's a giant blue double ended dong in the safe. It doesn't have the sanitary seal on it anymore."

Y'all haven't worked in a crew for an asphalt contractor and it shows.

 

[whiskeydog]

Dushanbe, Tajikistan...never again.

 

[Beignet]

Mine is Nephi Utah - the “Economy Inn & Suites” - holy shit.

I pulled into Nephi on the way back from an elk hunt. I was tired and it was a Morman town/name - figured all would be happy.

Saw a $55/ night hand written sign and figured it had to be good.

Receptionist was a heavily tattooed obvious drug king. As was his friend sitting with him.

Here’s a little video clip of of what I found under my mattress. I ended up putting all my belongings in my room, including my elk

I slept on my cot.

Good times.

Instead of chocolate on the pillow I think that's the check-in gift many hotels provide now.