Hotel SplendidoEnzyme writes, "what about awful hotels, B&Bs, or friends' houses where you've had no choice but to stay the night?"
What, the place in Oxford that had the mattresses encased in plastic (crinkly noises all night), the place in Blackpool where the night manager would drum to the music on his ipod on the corridor walls as he did his rounds, or the place in Lancaster where the two single beds(!) collapsed through metal fatigue?
Add your crappy hotel experiences to our list.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Jan 2008, 16:05)
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Wacken FestivalFew years agi I finally managed to save enough cash to get to Wacken fest. Being the dirty great metaler I am I was expecting great things.
A old friend who lives in germany was going too and had promised he could get us a room each for an extremely cheap price.
I get to Wakken and meet up and after a day of boozing, weed and loud music we head to the hotel he mentioned, apparently owned by " a friend of his dad's".
Get there and the place looks like a prison, broken glass cemented to the top of a 7ft wall all around the place. Front door is 3inch thick and made of steel.
The whole place is locked up tighter than a Nun's crotch and we never see any of the staff in person, everything is done behind screens and through microphones, constantly reminding me of all the WW2 movies I watched as a kid.
Spent the night on a cold, hard bed with what was literally a concrete mattress.
I get home and find out from said friend that the place used to be a Nazi compound for 'special' prisoners. And is jokingly referred to as 'der Hotel am besten Deutschland' which if I remember translates as "the best hotel in Germany".
This place has now acheived cult-status among friends & regulars who go to Wacken fest, the place is literally like living in a prison.
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 12:52, 1 reply)
To be honestYou would probably have been worse off in one of the campsites!
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 13:37, closed)
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