It’s here again: America’s dirtiest hotels. And reviewers found dirt-caked bathtubs and mysterious stains at the grand champion of the top ten: The Grand Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
It led the list of the ten filthiest hotels, according to reviewers at the website TripAdvisor.
Overall, travel ratings for cleanliness are climbing but “some properties still need to clean up their act,” said Karen Drake, senior director of communications for TripAdvisor.
All hotels on the list were contacted and offered the chance to comment.
The dubious “winner” was Grand Resort Hotel, cited by reviewers for “chewing tobacco spit oozing down the halls and corridors; spiders actively making webs in every corner of your room,” and “carpeting so greasy and dirty you wouldn’t want to sit your luggage down, let alone walk around barefoot.” Photos uploaded to TripAdvisor by guests of the hotel show an unsettling tableau of bed stains, peeling paint and blackened refrigerators.
The runner-up on the list: the Jack London Inn in Oakland, Calif. Reviewers complained the parking lot “resembled a post-apocalyptic junk yard,” and noted hallways “reeked of cigarette smoke, body odor and failure.” Another recent guest deemed the hotel’s bed uninhabitable and opted instead to buy an air mattress.
See the list here:: Tripadvisor
