Hotel Nightmares

Zach Werblo
Jul 13, 2018

When travelling, not everyone can afford the glitz and glamour of five-star resort. However, the expectation of a clean bed, functioning television and a breakfast that provides eggs served above room temperature should be an expectation.

Everyone has stayed in a hotel that they cannot wait to leave the moment they enter their room to a light switch that does not work and a window view of a cement wall. We looked at some of the country’s worst accommodations for today’s photo series, taking a look at everything from the bug-infested to the uncooked meals.

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Money doesn’t buy what it used to but this still had a 3.2 on Orbitz!

The black out curtains were being washed….

 

This is more evidence of nightmare guests!

We might have cheated as this is more of a kitchen disaster, but this is still truly horrifying to have been served this.

The window with a view was extra!

Post Fourth Of July Patriotism at its finest!

The wrath has come to that hotel room.

The designer of this bathroom wanted to play a sick joke…

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This was a test to see if the room has been cleaned, and it won’t be the only failed test.

https://twitter.com/skylar_vaughan/status/997694471516098560

Hoodies of yesterday…or last year…

https://twitter.com/MissHMaclean/status/517079963242352640

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