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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$2 a night – Krabi, ThailandThis was the homeward leg of our round the world trip – we were broke, having spent all my cash on xrays and tests for my (now ex) GF’s psychosomatic swallowing illness in Oz and we had been traveling by bus from Singapore. Arriving at Krabi town we went to the hotel we had booked into. It seemed OK, but was a little bit pricier than we were used to paying (and was quoted) as it was a more touristy area, however my premenstrual (and slightly psycho) missus went ballistic accusing the receptionist of ripping us off as we were not Thai. To be fair she was still angry at the toilet attendant at the coach stop charging her 10 baht to piss when the going rate for locals was 1 baht and didn’t appreciate me telling her she was wasting her time and energy arguing over about 15p!
Anyway off we stropped and spend the next three hours discovering that we had stormed out of the only half decent hotel in town with vacancies. It’s getting late and carrying our overfull rucksacks is becoming a pain however “we” are too proud to go back to the hotel and eventually find a room above a shop overlooking the quaint night market.
It was shocking. No aircon, amenities, lock or glass in the windows – just net. No ensuite however the shared toilet/washing facities was located conveniently located the other side of the paper thin wall. There was no toilet roll and no running water as such, just a large tank fed by a constant trickle of (rain?) water with a bucket in it to “flush” the toilet, wash etc. The bustling night market bustled all night right outside our nonexistent window and I’m not sure whether the net kept the mosquitoes inside or out.
Length - We stayed for two days as we overslept and missed the boats to lovely RaiLei but sure taught that receptionist a lesson!
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LOL!Yeh, it's usually not a good idea to piss off the folks providing the services if you're A: Limited in other choices and B: Desperate!
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