Trip Advisor's 2009 Top 10 Dirtiest Hotels

I have to admit, this headline sucked me in and I also have to admit, I’ve stayed in places like these before.  When you are desperate, any port in a storm, right?  Here’s a sample from the Hotel Carter…

I wouldn’t bother staying at Hotel Carter even if you paid me. My safety and health are worth much more than any price! Having inspected hotels all over the world for American Airlines for over a 15 year period I’ve seen my share of what a budget room should look like. I wouldn’t expect anything other than a comfortable and clean room! But, if I had to worry about bed bugs, black mold, umpteen safety and electrical codes not up to standard I would gladly stay elsewhere, even if the price was higher, and I would even consider sleeping outside with the homeless, for a cardboard box must be safer than this place.

This VirtualTourist.com review says Hotel Carter is ‘free from infestation’. I would beg to differ as most of their reviews stated.

AOL just yesterday did a front page expose on this property calling it the worst hotel in America.

Wikipedia says it has been voted the filthiest hotel in America for FOUR consecutive years. You can read all about the hotel history here.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Carter,_Manhattan

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…Yikes!