I'm with you on this one, snowboy. These people expect the place to look and be serviced like the Waldorf Astoria. Finding one tiny hair in your room should not make a person want to strangle the manager.
@@jessieball6195… You didn’t pay attention very well because she didn’t find just one tiny hair. She had dirty towels in the bathroom with hair in them. I don’t think you understand that her room wasn’t even cleaned. The bedsheets were not changed. The whole room did not receive housekeeping.
@msrain1235 I stay in a lot of hotels. I'm what is known as a Comercial Traveler.... a very high dollar hotel we use to stay in was nick named the Bed Bug Inn.
I’m missing something here …. I would have to say less than perfect, but do you expect perfect your entire life in everything… I only asked that because it’s important to know the life experience of the person doing the reviewing, as far as their experience as a reviewer , By myself have traveled around the world many times, so good places some terrible places some great places, but I can roll with the punches .. this video makes me think that you expect perfect all the time and unfortunately in this world I haven’t found it yet. Good luck to you good video thank you.
Oh you wouldn’t like my hotel, I’m a manager at a hotel in Atlanta, there are plenty of reasons why the rooms aren’t as you would expect. 1 is it’s a pain to keep housekeeping. When housekeeping doesn’t show, guess who has to go clean them rooms, management and GMs. And we have to get through them fast . Just last week I had 45 rooms dirty with no housekeeping. It’s not as easy as y’all think it is
This appears to be a scam - When she originally shows the room she shows the shower items, but later when she shows how disgusting it is, she shows a totally different shelf with different shower items, and later, over her shoulder, you can see the tops of shower items that don’t look like the ones in the first portrayal
seems like she's trashing the resort for views. My Wife and I stayed there in the fall of last year, everything was clean and in order. furthermore anything we needed was attended to by the Staff. so I gotta call bs
I watched the entire video. Here is the thing- If you see a bunch of negative reviews it's still possible to have a great experience. If you see a bunch of positive reviews it's still possible to have a negative experience. It's not that you cannot "trust" the reviewers. I've also had nothing but positive experiences with LaQuinta but that doesn't mean they don't have bad reviews and dirty rooms. It happens, especially the way things are currently with worker shortages and businesses pushing the remaining workers to do more and more with less and less. That's not to excuse the filth that she showed in that room. It was disgusting. What's most impressionable is that Holiday Inn Corporate did not make it right. THAT would make me stay away from them in the future- ALL of them, not just that specific location. And for that I am grateful, so that I can avoid such poor customer care in my future travels.
She's just being a whiny snowflake. It's called life and life will have imperfect moments. Social media has become nothing more than a platform to let the whole world know you found a couple bugs and a pubic hair. When we can start getting over all of that crap, you'd be amazed at how happy people can be.
It's like a typical narcissist. They always act superior to the help The help sucks blah blah, willing to ruin their whole trip to be right. And love the smear campaign. It alleviates their having to be with themselves.
IF, I'm driving I bring my own towels, lysol spray, clorox, etc. I just came back from Houston & I brought my own pillow cases & sheets...Thank God for Shrink BAGS. I was able to use Space Saver Bags to reduce the sheets, towels, etc.
The sheets you can request to change. We did that in Hawaii. No questions asked by the staff. But the room looks good. Rules when staying at hotels: (1) do not go barefoot on all floors especially in the bathrooms. Use a towel on the bathroom floor to step on. Ask for extra towels, they are free. Bring a pair of sandals to wear in the hotel, it's a no brainer. (2) You can always call housekeeping to change the sheets at any moment. Make sure you tip them at the end. (3) When you enter the room, look under the beds and window sills. Make sure there are no bodies or Chinese takeout food rotting. It happened to me (the Chinese food) in Boston one time. (4) Make sure you tip the housekeeping at the last day. I normally give $20 after 5 days stay.
Nothing is perfect. Even staying at the most expensive hotel anywhere you go is not perfect. If there are more positive reviews than negative ones, I'm gonna go by the more positive ones. If you're going to be picky. Don't travel.
You can tell you didn't bother to watch the video because it shows in your comment. If you aren't going to actually watch something then don't comment. Expecting to not have pubic hairs in bedding and showers/floors is pretty reasonable just saying.
At least the room is cleaner then her car LOL. Also why do guest don't leave tip in hotel for housekeeping staff who clean after themselves (and kids mess)? Its okay to give 20% tip to waiter at restaurant but not even $1-2 to hotel cleaning staff who also work at bare minimum?
Just an FYI regarding your idiotic comment..... Our can is actually filled due to us driving across County from FL to CA then back again to spend time while my Dad was going through Hospice then passed. Our total time gone away from home to be with him was about 2 months so yes that requires quite a bit of items. Also your ignorance shows in how you have no idea the difference in pay between servers (National Minimum wage is $2.13 because tips are common versus hotel workers far higher. Lastly my car is not being rented out to Stangers for over $100 for a 20 hr period. Next time do yourself a favor and think before typing it will save you from looking like a complete and total moron.
@adventureswithbecky Wow! Just by reading your comment I can tell you’re a very unhappy and bitter person. You did not have to call anyone an idiot/idiotic. Look at the way you treat others that you don’t even know. I get the feeling that you must be horrible to deal with at a restaurant. I feel bad for your next waiter/waitress. Most people in the comments are commenting against you because your complaining about such small issues. Whatever your response might be to me and no matter how rude you try to be, my feelings cannot be hurt by a stranger like yourself with such a damaged ego. You have already shown your true character through this video and in your comments. I hope God blesses you and softens your heart.
I always tip my housekeeping staff. $10 per day is the current minimum. I also pile my towels neatly in the bathroom and bundle my trash. I know that they work hard and most people don't tip. Those are the people who should stay home.
i bet odds her place is not perfect but then again no ones place is perfect. I understand her problem but i been in some good ones and some bad ones that happens everywhere you go.
A friend of mine was around there looking at a hotel purchase last year. A housekeeper told her prostitutes will go in together, 2-3 and rent a room. They only use it one day and night for clients. Most of the time the rooms get a quick vaccume after, tub and sinks are dried and towels are shaken out and rolled up again. Sheets are hand swept and bed is re made lol. She also said, if you take off the mattress cover, you will find blood stains everywhere. They are disgusting and usually have a zipper cover on them. The lady who told her was there for 10 yrs and said good luck keeping a housekeeping team! They barely ever show up.
You obviously haven’t seen a bad hotel. If that’s the worse you’re going to find in the Carolina’s I’d be happy. My husband and I are from RI/mass. We enjoy high end hotels w/turn down service. However, we also don’t have high expectations when in the Carolina’s. The Holiday Inns and Hampton inns in my location I find much cleaner. My 1st hotel choice had bedbugs, drug addicts and homeless people. Bad choice on my part but it was my 1st time traveling by car and alone going to my home in Naples, fl
While there were a couple of areas in the bathroom that they could’ve caught with some cleaner, it looks to me like some of the things you think are hairs are actually just black threads. I mean, if you put everything under a microscope, you’re going to find stuff. Are you sure that was hair on the sheets and towels?
Wow that is one thing that totally grosses me out is a dirty bathroom floor with hair and stuff all over. First things I always check is bathroom floors and then beds. I have had that happen to me a few times over the years on vacation where floors weren’t cleaned and it totally disgusted me and ruined my overnight stay. I have stayed in the beach town of Wildwood NJ many times where they have older privately owned motels from the 50s 60s but I can tell you every different one I stayed in they were so clean you could eat off the floor. They also had great reviews so that was why I booked. I will never forget one of the motels there we were waiting by the pool,for our room to be cleaned as we arrived early. I , saw the maid cleaning the room walk out and then another woman with a clipboard in her hand walks. She appeared to be inspecting the rooms after the maid is done. I was so happy to see that as I knew the room would be immaculate. I wish they did that at all the hotels.
She's just miserable and now Wyndham can sue her because she used their name instead of Best Western. Hair also falls from the maids heads. The problem with reviews, you can't trust whiners. Now bed bugs....that's a deal breaker!
Work in the Security and I've been to numerous hotels and motels. And none of them from Hilton types to motels 6. Comforters rarely get wash unless visibly dirty
@@Adventureswithbecky Bed bugs do not search for dirt, dust, or even food as other common pests do in unclean homes. As long as there are hiding places and humans to feed on nearby, bed bugs can infest even the most pristine home.
We went into a Super 8 motel and the room reeked of disinfectant and there was a HUGE stain on the floor...I told the clerk...oblivious reaction...told him nobody would stay in that room; better lose the carpeting! I stayed at a place in Kentucky...(only place in town, car broke down). The wooden exterior walkway to the room was so rotten, only their indoor/outdoor carpeting would save you from falling through random holes in the floor. I awoke in the middle of the night to use the john, and stepped on a huge roach; it ran away with its guts hanging out. The room had punch holes in the wall, creepy mirrors stuck diagonally to the wall, blankets and bedding with burn holes, and carpeting, bedding looked to be ancient. The bathtub had tiles missing and rotten greenboard exposed to water...the finish was coming off the tub and sink, toilet barely flushed.
Now i know where to find.....weird old off code stuff That doesn't sound dirty it sounds like it was not to code, like the lights flicker on and off, toilet is broken, inconsistent temperature in the shower etc etc I tried to shower at some place in Olypya WA in 2016? It kept fluctuating between boiling and freezing....at odd intervals lolol Good god
Oh im so sorry for your experience. It was sad because at first it seemed so nice! Looks like you are almost at 1k followers. We are coming to FL at the end of March! ~Sherii
I worked for a Hampton Inn years ago & they would inspext every room after they were cleaned to make sure no dirt or hair was left behind however we only washed comforters & blankets once a month so to me that was even more disgusting than leavimg a little dirt on the floor or shedding a few hairs from my ponytail while cleaning. ,,
My husband lived in a Holiday Inn in Alexandria for several months between September 2001 till early February 2022 in Alexandria Louisiana. He stayed in multiple hotels during a deployment with the Louisiana National Guard doing Covid orders. There were issues even with that hotel such as mold on the ceiling in a room. Some outlets were not working in another. By the time he was at the end of his deployment the hotel was starting to get renovated.
It is disgusting, but what you have to do is to go to the reception , tell them to change your room to a clean one, if they don"t, but I think they will, then talk with the manager. I remember in Mar del Plata, Argentina they assigned me a room with few alive flies, I went to the reception with the video and they changed me to another room.
Keep voting that moronic strokehead jokinJoe Bidumb and you'll get more alien messy shidholes in hotel rooms. Be glad those loose measles infected pubes didn't show up in your ice cream cone or pudding then in your diaper like Joe has happen.
I was staying 3 day weekend at a holiday inn near smokie mountain in Tennessee. Looked clean, but horrible stink. Told manager, they had it re cleaned while we went on day trip. Came back. Had obviously been cleaned again. Looked fantastic. Stink mixed with cleaning product smell. Took to investigate stink source. Discovered a previous guest had wiped a filthy butt on the window side of the curtains. A huge amount. Like enough to fill a taco salad shell. Told manager. She was speechless. I demanded a new set of curtains be installed immediately. She claimed holiday inn doesn't have replacement curtains at a moment notice. All the other rooms are occupied BTW. She says her only solution is to remove the curtains and tape some amazon boxs on the window for our privacy. Fine. Gave 2 of our 3 days comped. Stink still lingered...had soaked into my luggage. Had no option but to go to breakfast next day in stink clothes while the rest laundered out by holiday inn for me. Fine. At breakfast a guy's kid asks why does that person smell like a dirty diaper daddy? He said shush. They probably have a medical problem and poop in a bag. She said, like you put a dogs poop in a bag?? Yes honey. This person is like a dog would be. Kid looked at me all sad eyed. Fine... dehumanizing.... Wore a scowel on my face till i could go pick up my laundry. Hope they cleaned my bag too. Go to front desk to get non stink clothes. Different person on duty. Says they know nothing about a bag to send to laundry, the only bags were from a previous guest who had stayed in the room I'm in and had rushed off leaving all belongs. Requested they be packed up and he'd have FedEx pick them up at the desk. FedEx had just taken all the stuff 40 minutes ago. Wait...my laundry was sent with the previous guest things? Turned out it was. They sent my bag to Cincinnati. They comp my final day there. I had to buy replacement clothes. They refused to reimburse me. Guess ill have to track that previous guest down in Cincinnati. Maybe catch a Red’s game. Go to that place where my bag is. It's the principle of the thing now. Who wipes their butt on a curtain?? 🤬 Holiday Inn gets a C- On my stay. They did everything they could in an unreasonable circumstance. Now i gotta take matters into my own hands. I'll update Maybe...
Now you really had something to complain about, that person doing that and rushing off.......you'll never find your stuff. Fake address. Probably another company getting revenge. Sorry.....take that to a contingency lawyer.
I started laughing so hard when you shared the former guest wiped their butt on a curtain and it was enough to fill a taco shell! This is why we can’t have nice things in America! I doubt this would happen in other first world countries.
We no longer stay at HI Exp hotels because of all the dirt throughout the chain. About 10 years ago, they were wonderful. Now they are expensive and dirty. We are like you guys and travel for HOURS (12 to 18) so when you hit a hotel, you want extra clean and resources readily available. We no longer reserve on a travel website instead, we go to the app and reserve through the hotel. Hope the rest of your travel was far better than this leg of the journey.
@shilohwoods4516 thankfully our next stop we filmed in Florida was beautiful and much better. It is sad how many think this is acceptable service and they have no problem paying for dirty rooms. Will definitely use your tip on reserving via the hotel instead. Thanks for the tip!
The actual bathroom and towel yeah that was unacceptable. But then to go to a common area with extreme high traffic and TRY and she TRIED to pick at the floor. Don’t reach. It actually was clean for a high traffic area. 😊
If you are looking for a clean place to stay I highly recommend Hampton Inn because they are usually very clean and offer a complimentary breakfast each morning.
I’m a landlord and often disappointed how filthy tenants leave my unit and nag about their cleaning deposit back. Grime on cabinet tops Grime on top of the fridge Window sills filthy Trim filthy Floor registers not cleaned Carpet not deep cleaned but let them have cats All they seem to care about is getting out as fast as the could to wreck the next place. Gross
I used to pick up IT subcontract work for Choice Hotels, IHG (parent company of Holiday Inn Express, but also Candlewood and a few others), and Microtel. What a lot of people don't realize is a lot of this stuff can be caused by local managers and staff. I could tell which ones were under bad management at the time, because the management would literally forget that the parent company scheduled me to install or fix something, they were that uninterested in operating the place. As always read recent reviews of the local one you're planning to stay at (as it's something subject to change if current franchisers sell to others or get sold out of the business). So for this reason thanks for posting the location of it instead of just blaming IHG.
Agree 100% with everything you said! The sad thing is so many don't care that their crappy work ethic can destroy the name of who gave them a job in the first place. All goes back to an ungrateful heart.
@@Adventureswithbecky Yep, even though franchise owners are technically their own business owners to a certain degree, the corporate company is still bearing their name on a service the franchise owner is responsible for. A couple of the worse hotels I did work for used to be Econolodges, but after they sucked for a long time, even Econolodge was like "we don't want our name on it" and sold them out. Now they operate independently and have so little business that they rent long term to folks in desperate need for cheap apartments to supplement.
We have good luck and bad luck with the Holiday Inn Express. Our worst time was when Holiday Inn gave us a key and the key did not work till about 2 hours later. The whole hotel key system did not work.
That sucks! Been there that happened to us once when the kids were little and we were traveling. I kept thinking man I miss the old days with old school keys😉
Because of my job... I live in hotels for about half of the year. I check my room a lot better than what you did before I even lay my coat down or bring anything into a room. Dirty towel is bad... but that's mild to some of the stuff I've seem. 😅
Me too. I won’t even let my husband unload the car until I check the room thoroughly. One of my phobias is bed bugs so I do everything I can to not get them.
Someone give her a discount for grasping at straw trying find anything to be bothered about... Next bring your own rv or something... What a waste of time
Wait ! First you walked all around the motel room and said how beautiful it was and great refrigerator and coffee maker and coffee and how clean and nice it was and a nice bathroom and then all of a sudden it was awful? Must have been to tired to notice the first time!
Yeah, I thought that maybe she stayed in a clean hotel-then changed hotels (for some strange reason), and the second was the dirty one. What, the place became a pigpen overnight?
Did you report this to the head office? I had a similar experience at the hiexpress at Hilton head. I’ve never had a bad experience before but stayed there last year and the floors had obviously not been mopped in at least a month.
Wow, that must be a drag to lug all that bedding around with you. You know, not every hotel/motel you stay in will you feel the need to bring all that extra weight around.
I stayed at a holiday inn in Ashland Kentucky and there were dirty socks in the bed from the people before me. The cleaning guy was still there I made him give me clean bedding and made the bed myself. If I have to stay in a hotel I’m gonna bring cleaners and request sheets to just be laid on my bed. I’ll do it myself. PS I used to work at a holiday inn and they only change their comforter when it gets a visible stain on it. I asked why and they said because there’s not enough of them.
that answer is bs..because comforters can be washed and dried ..just visit the laundry room..and talk to the Head Housekeeper....be super nice..and she will make sure YOU are Taken Care Of.....a nice tip for your housekeeper..in cash..most of the time they never get their tips..the higher ups keep it, when its added to your bill
That Holiday Inn room wasn’t BAD at all. It wasn’t spotless, but wasn’t disgusting as you say. You could have easily asked them to refresh the linens and redo the bathroom.
She focused on the one lone hair (maybe just a thread), and started freaking out about a "dirty" hotel room/lounge. I have stayed in hotels more expensive than the one you stayed in, and they certainly weren''t what I would call sterile-but I certainly didn't think they were, what I would consider dirty. To each his own, I guess.
I wouldve just called management and asked them to send someone to clean. Room shouldve been clean before arrival but unfortunately some locations dont clean as well as you would like.
I’ve worked housekeeping. That room was not cleaned at all. They have serious issues if you leave hairs. They literally give the housekeepers tapes and special things to pick up the hairs.
Me and hubby stayed at a Holiday Inn in Columbia, SC and we were greet by a dead water bug. We tookk photos and took it to front desk. The manager came, inspected and sent in a cleaning crew. My hubby's retired military, so he made them pull all the furniture from the walls, etc. In the end we stayed because he supervised the cleaning and they made us stay for free when originally the rate was $105 per night. We canceled the rest if the wknd stay there and hit the road back home disappointed.
I'm glad they sent in cleaning and didn't charge for the night. Also thank you to your husband for his service and you for your sacrifice of him serving❤️
Uh, how many hotels do you know of that offer rooms equipped with a "grind-your-own-coffee beans coffee maker? (maybe in select 5 or 6 star hotels in Europe or Kuwait, maybe.
I think you meant to say they didn’t mop wash the floors and there is no excuse not to clean the bathroom properly so I would have called screaming to the front desk
This comment doesn't apply to this video because things could have been swept and mopped. But it irritates me when people check into a cheap hotel like Holiday Inn or Red Roof and complain about worn items. Things like the bath tub drain has a little rust stain around it, there's a mark on a wall or the wallpaper in the bath is a little dog-eared at the seam. Is your house perfect? You can expect that kind of perfection to detail if your at a Ritz-Carlton or Four Seasons and paid $350 and up a night, otherwise expect it to be clean, not perfect.
The trick to staying for more than a week in any place is to “break up” your hotel booking to different hotels - that way all your “eggs are not in one basket” so if you don’t like One hotel you booked, you know you’ll leave for another one. You ain’t stuck in one nasty hotel for all your vacation time.
We stayed at this one for one night after driving back from San Diego to Florida for my Dad's memorial service. We ended up just building out our Ford Excursion to travel in.
Went to Houston Texas in Holiday Inn Downtown hotel , I bought several items online but it didn’t arrived on time due to hurricane Harvey then I have to go back to Europe. Called the hotel they told me they will send me my items but they need to charge me for postage so the hotel staff asked for my card details. The hotel never send my items and I newly issued bank atm had been used several times to buy tickets on the USA while I am home in Europe. I sent the hotel an email told the manager M but never got a response. So yes , my money was stolen and so my items
I never ever use towels, hot water maker, glasses in hotels. I bring my own, even my own pillow case. Not being paranoid but e things that ppl do n how e things in e room r cleaned w w same towel that they clean floors! Disgusting! When I travel I prefer to be safer n use my own things.
If you thought that hotel was bad then you would definitely have a panic attack if you had to stay at the best western sunrise inn in Nashville TN. The room we bought smelled heavily like mold the second you walked in, had a two way mirror in the bathroom, and there were visible stains on the carpet. Not to mention that the shower flooded the entire bathroom because there was nothing but a flimsy curtain. Thankfully no bugs. Just absolutely super sketchy overall and in a pretty bad area. Had to stay there for my sister’s cheer comp on the way to Biloxi. In my honest opinion I would’ve much rather appreciated a stay there over not so best western. But hey at least I can say that the lady working breakfast was nice so I guess sometimes you just gotta count your blessings lmao 🙃🫠
I have stayed in several Marriott hotels, and never experienced anything remotely what this lady said she experienced. All my visits were pleasant, and the staff seemed friendly and helpful. I wouldn't right off an entire chain just because of one bad experience.
I really don't like hotels. I just posted a video of a rustic camping cabin, at a KOA, and said that I'd rather stay there, than at a 5 star hotel. This is exactly why. At the cabin, I use my own linens.
Really? Do you really think that the average "rustic" cabin is generally cleaner than a really nice 5-star hotel? Rustic usually equates to being in the woods, which equates to crickets getting in your cabin (or even frogs, sometimes-or even worse spiders).
I stayed a 4.5 star hotel in Richmond, VA. With fees and parking it was $250 a night. Filthiest place in my experience. Rot holes in the bathroom wall. Floor tiles were laid over dusty old floor tiles, moved under my feet. Looks like no one expects clean hotels anymore. I guess that's why conversion vans have doubled in price.
I worked at a hotel very briefly (6 months) and a couple nasty things happened that made me go... "huuuuuuh". 1: Cleaning lady was using toilet water (clean, but still.) to clean the mirrors in the bathrooms. She did get in trouble, but who knows who else is doing that. 2: They used white spray paint on the mattresses to cover up stains (sometimes blood) to avoid having to replace the mattress. Freak gross. I left not long after I witnessed those things. Also the job was just terrible. Mad respect to those who do it and do it correctly!
@@MononaNona I have stayed in plenty of all kinds of hotels (not the really cheap ones), and I have yet to see ONE bedbug in any of them (of course I don't walk around the hotel room with a magnifying glass checking the bed linen when I check in, but that's just me).
As of late, I have been having this same type of experience across the IHG brand. it's a shame because these are among only a few places where the property is decent and reasonably priced. O well, back to Hilton for me I guess. Additionally, there is very little good in Odessa Tx so this might have been top-tier for that city. I have literally never had a good experience there and I have been a fair few times.
My husband always thought that I was the only one that walked into a hotel and took pictures and video and I don’t have a RUclips channel to do that with but I will flip the sheets back and check for bedbugs and the toilets and stuff you know they don’t mop the floors and they wipe down the toilets and the faucets with the dirty towels just to make them look shiny. It doesn’t mean they’re sanitary. I have gloves and sanitizer or Lysol wipes, and my family knows to give me a half an hour whenever I check into a hotel because I’m going to do my thing. And to the above person who told you not to travel if you’re that picky, they may be - well I’m not gonna say it… I think they were rude to you and I’m sorry about that. My mother was a hotel executive for most of my life and I know better I even put towels down on the carpet. I have also heard lately that there has been fentanyl found in the rooms so I can’t imagine trying to be a housekeeper in this world either because people are just gross and inconsiderate.
I like the Hampton Inns and one like it or the Marriott, but even in Hilton Head this past September, the Marriott had broken this and that. Guests are nasty and make things impossible. Even in time shares.🤷♀
We stayed a few weeks ago in Midland at the Avid which is another brand of IHG and the shower was filthy...... I had to crack out the Tilex I keep in my bag. This Avid hotel is a brand spanking new hotel as well. I guess Maria @ 5:10 tells fibs. 🤦🏻♂Thanks for sharing this!
What a complainer looked like u already used the shower and walked on the towel. Plus had u pulled down the sheets and there was hair but looks like u already slept in the bed. But no the hair couldn't be from u because ur so perfect and odor free !
I stayed at a place long term and someone passed away from natural causes in their room. The people next door complained of the smell and front desk did nothing about it. About 3 weeks later front desk went to the room because of non payment and found him.
The hotel I stayed at in Munich, Germany, I did not use the coffee machine and the cups until I had cleaned them. The coffee machine was gritty (if that’s the right word) , the cups had coffee marks from coffee left-over that have dried up, the desk was dusty, I literally dusted up the furnitures and wipe the couch with Lysol wipes, which I brought with me. But I managed to stay there for 6 nights - first for 3 nts, and another 3 nights the before departing for home
Some people just don't know how to clean, or don't care. I could never work in a hotel i would be there till midnight every night making sure everything is done correctly. I bring my own towels and washcloths, some antibacterial spray and my own pillow and bedding. I know I'm a mess! 🙄
First thing..LOOK behind the bathroom door..if its dirty..so is the bathroom...strip the bed..look at the matteress pad..they never get changed..look at the matteress...look at the pillows,without the pillowcase on it..blankets and comforters dont get changed often either..if the headboard is attatched to wall...its gonna be a hotbed for bedbugs..also attatched artwork on the walls..always clean your coffee pots..check for dirt above door frames,ect..in room phones are often forgotten during cleaning..if you are gonna stay more than one night...dont trash your room...use the trash cans..and control your children...and be nice to the person who is your housekeeper that day...we are not slaves and your room is not the only room we clean that day..a cash tip on the pillow will also get your room extra clean, if you are a uncaring slob..just remember..we clean your room...
How about while she is at it, rolling up the carpet and checking for roaches, maybe? Or having the hotel staff apply a fresh coat of paint to the drywall?
I drove semis 42 years B/4 retiring 3 years ago the tractors were all day cabs. Roadway Express so a lot of times I had to stay in Motels hotels I hated doing bed jobs some of those places are NASTY!! I'd rather do a turn which means i'm sleeping in my own bed that night.
We used to love Holiday Inn but I agree the standard has gone down hill. We travel a lot both for vacation but also because of travel cheer and dance. It’s not horrible compared to some but the standard has gone down. We have switched over to Marriott brand and then Hilton. Even a lot of hiltons have gone downhill especially their Garden Inns. Marriott has been consistently the best the last few years. We are booked at a Holiday Inn resort property in Galveston for our upcoming cruise but the reviews and video reviews didn’t seem too bad. We have had to lower our standards which in and of itself is a bit sad. There are times we even had to go and buy a cheap broom and dust pan and Lysol wipes and re clean ourselves which is also sad.
We stayed at an HIE! It was horrible. I did a video about it if you want to See it; I don’t want to put a link but it’s called Holiday Inn Express - Plymouth NC - dirty toilet, bed smelled like urine and remote control not working, 3 room changes
She expects the cleaning crew to stay overtime at all times just to please some weary traveler. She wasn't on vacation she just needed a place to crash because she was visiting her sick father. Too many details all around. Now if you stayed there more than once and it continued to not be up to your standards then move on. No need to annihilate a company over 2 hairs and some dirt
They were disgusting! When we checked in there were a bunch of people, a couple of employees smoking by the front door so when we checked in, we had to go through all of the smoke.I first stayed a few times when they first opened . Not bad, " boutique" is another word for cheap & not much in amenities but still full price.. Then after about 3 years it started to get bad. The last time was the last straw as we were given a room by of all places, beside the lobby and front doors where everyone smoked. I complained as at night, it was loud as people would go out for a cigarette throughout the night. We stayed for 3 nights, complained about the smoking and noise but couldn't give us a different room..The amount of cigarette butts outside the front doors was disgusting! Wrote a couple of bad reviews because when I brought my complaints to the manager he didn't do anything and when we got home I sent an email on the company site only to be told that it wasn't dirty etc. pretty well called a liar so refuse to stay there ever again.
IHG especially holiday inn Express is one of my favorites because is usually fairly clean in my experience and good value. Always can be some problems at various ones depending on management. Often you get what you pay for. Anything less than $100 a night is generally going to be suspect for sure, which holiday inn express isn’t. I’m just saying often you get what you pay for and it’s a probably the cleanest 2- star u will find. Never been to one in TX but just one opinion based on my experience.
Paying less than 100 dollars a night for a room does not necessarily mean that the place will be a dive (so to speak)- often one can get a nice room in even a 4-star hotel if you book the room on non-peak days (no Fri or Sat). Also, there may even be that rare occasion where a guest may find something "objectionable" in a 5-star hotel- doesn't happen often, but it can. My point is, a person should do a little research on the hotel/motel they plan to visit before you get there. It may save you from having to complain about something later.
Yes! Some hotels r just dirty! I stayed in a hotel in Paris that looked ok but there was a pubic hair in e toilet!!!😮 I emailed this to w hotel but I’m sure they don’t care.
I bet it sucked to go in and think it was really nice only to find out it was that dirty. Man sorry to see you guys had to deal with that after driving that long. It sucks that the Manager didn't do what she said would do and didn't fix the problem. Thanks for a honest review and I can say we will never stay at that one.
It's a newly built Holiday Inn but it's built in the worst part of Statesboro. We ended up staying at the Hampton Inn only a few minutes down the road & they even gave us a discount because of Holiday Inns screw up!
It seems there’s a theme of not giving the cleaning folks enough time to properly clean rooms at some hotels. They rush previous guests out, barely give the staff any time to reset before the next person comes in. Maybe they were understaffed as well. Not enough workers to go around to tidy up properly.
That happened to us at Elvis’ Heartbreak Hotel. We had to have the cleaning service come in and clean the bathroom, and remove the PORN magazines from under the bed! That told us that the entire room WAS NOT cleaned at all. You can tell when this happens, it’s rude, foul and dishonest of the housekeeping staff and the hotel.
It looks like it was unfinished. Like a person started and was interrupted for some reason. Either they forgot to come back or thought their partner got it. Before getting upset I would contact the front desk
Ok that was just gross. I can't believe that girl actually put her name down on the card saying she cleaned the room! Customer service is so bad now after well you know.... at so many places.
@@mimiz7937aying we are short-staffed is not an excuse. I work in retail and we are extremely short staffed and when that happens, sometimes the job doesn't get done as it would if there were more people working. Can you imagine how many rooms the woman who put her name on that page has to clean? She's probably under stress from management to get as many cleaned as possible in a short time. So yes, telling someone we are short-staffed is definitely not just a lame excuse.
If the rooms cannot be properly cleaned and sanitized between guests then they can not list the room as available. Charging a guest for a dirty room is unacceptable there is no excuse.
Hotels in general are straightened. The housekeepers don’t really clean the rooms. They don’t have enough time. Most hotels make them “clean” 10-18 rooms in a shift.
It's a Holiday Inn that's like wanting a 5 star dining at McDonalds. Especially in Odessa.
I'm with you on this one, snowboy. These people expect the place to look and be serviced like the Waldorf Astoria. Finding one tiny hair in your room should not make a person want to strangle the manager.
@@jessieball6195… You didn’t pay attention very well because she didn’t find just one tiny hair. She had dirty towels in the bathroom with hair in them. I don’t think you understand that her room wasn’t even cleaned. The bedsheets were not changed. The whole room did not receive housekeeping.
Absolutely unacceptable. That room was NOT cleaned at all.
So because it's Holiday Inn, it's not supposed to be nice and clean?
@msrain1235 I stay in a lot of hotels. I'm what is known as a Comercial Traveler.... a very high dollar hotel we use to stay in was nick named the Bed Bug Inn.
I’m missing something here …. I would have to say less than perfect, but do you expect perfect your entire life in everything… I only asked that because it’s important to know the life experience of the person doing the reviewing, as far as their experience as a reviewer ,
By myself have traveled around the world many times, so good places some terrible places some great places, but I can roll with the punches .. this video makes me think that you expect perfect all the time and unfortunately in this world I haven’t found it yet. Good luck to you good video thank you.
Mental health evaluation is needed here
Oh you wouldn’t like my hotel, I’m a manager at a hotel in Atlanta, there are plenty of reasons why the rooms aren’t as you would expect. 1 is it’s a pain to keep housekeeping. When housekeeping doesn’t show, guess who has to go clean them rooms, management and GMs. And we have to get through them fast . Just last week I had 45 rooms dirty with no housekeeping. It’s not as easy as y’all think it is
Then don't offer a room if it's not up to par. Eat your losses.
Why you can’t keep housekeeping, if I may wonder?
No excuse----or list room as 1/2 price do to cleaning difficulty b[not paying for me to have to clean]
Agreed or don't rent the room at all if it cannot be cleaned.
@@BRIGRANSTROMthat’s not up to us , owners are greedy there are no losses only us managers lose our jobs
This appears to be a scam - When she originally shows the room she shows the shower items, but later when she shows how disgusting it is, she shows a totally different shelf with different shower items, and later, over her shoulder, you can see the tops of shower items that don’t look like the ones in the first portrayal
Just like she showed a bed that looks like she slept in for the night than films hairs on it the next day
seems like she's trashing the resort for views. My Wife and I stayed there in the fall of last year, everything was clean and in order. furthermore anything we needed was attended to by the Staff. so I gotta call bs
The first was a tour of the upgrade and the second is the one that they would’ve had
The dirtiest thing in a hotel is the remote control!
It’s nice I like it. It’s not disgusting. The Holiday Inn express Hotel is not disgusting.
I agree. Its good
Thank you . I work at a hoilday inn Express in Athens Ohio and our rooms are not dirty an we take care of our guess.
I watched the entire video. Here is the thing- If you see a bunch of negative reviews it's still possible to have a great experience. If you see a bunch of positive reviews it's still possible to have a negative experience.
It's not that you cannot "trust" the reviewers. I've also had nothing but positive experiences with LaQuinta but that doesn't mean they don't have bad reviews and dirty rooms. It happens, especially the way things are currently with worker shortages and businesses pushing the remaining workers to do more and more with less and less.
That's not to excuse the filth that she showed in that room. It was disgusting. What's most impressionable is that Holiday Inn Corporate did not make it right. THAT would make me stay away from them in the future- ALL of them, not just that specific location. And for that I am grateful, so that I can avoid such poor customer care in my future travels.
right? a few years ago i went to clearwater for a few days, went to some 2.5 star not brand name hotel and it was an amazing and clean expierence.
She's just being a whiny snowflake. It's called life and life will have imperfect moments. Social media has become nothing more than a platform to let the whole world know you found a couple bugs and a pubic hair. When we can start getting over all of that crap, you'd be amazed at how happy people can be.
!!!!!!!!!! AGREED
It's like a typical narcissist. They always act superior to the help
The help sucks blah blah, willing to ruin their whole trip to be right. And love the smear campaign. It alleviates their having to be with themselves.
IF, I'm driving I bring my own towels, lysol spray, clorox, etc.
I just came back from Houston & I brought my own pillow cases & sheets...Thank God for Shrink BAGS.
I was able to use Space Saver Bags to reduce the sheets, towels, etc.
The sheets you can request to change. We did that in Hawaii. No questions asked by the staff. But the room looks good.
Rules when staying at hotels:
(1) do not go barefoot on all floors especially in the bathrooms. Use a towel on the bathroom floor to step on. Ask for extra towels, they are free. Bring a pair of sandals to wear in the hotel, it's a no brainer.
(2) You can always call housekeeping to change the sheets at any moment. Make sure you tip them at the end.
(3) When you enter the room, look under the beds and window sills. Make sure there are no bodies or Chinese takeout food rotting. It happened to me (the Chinese food) in Boston one time.
(4) Make sure you tip the housekeeping at the last day. I normally give $20 after 5 days stay.
Well hawaii is a sh!t hole so....
I think it's reasonable to expect the floor to not be covered in pubes.
Yes exactly
Yes all nice and common sense, you would hope
Into each life a little rain must fall. Glad to see you survived.
Whatever that does not kill us makes us stronger- Friedrich N.
I truly empathize! Despicable! I refuse to accept pubic hair on bedsheets in any hotel or a dirty bathroom!
Nothing is perfect. Even staying at the most expensive hotel anywhere you go is not perfect. If there are more positive reviews than negative ones, I'm gonna go by the more positive ones. If you're going to be picky. Don't travel.
You can tell you didn't bother to watch the video because it shows in your comment. If you aren't going to actually watch something then don't comment. Expecting to not have pubic hairs in bedding and showers/floors is pretty reasonable just saying.
If you are staying at the most expensive hotel, then it should be perfect because you are paying for perfection.
@@qntkka As I said nothing is perfect. But I got your point.
There's ZERO excuse for lack of cleanliness especially for these huge money grubbing corporations.
@@Adventureswithbecky ac
At least the room is cleaner then her car LOL. Also why do guest don't leave tip in hotel for housekeeping staff who clean after themselves (and kids mess)? Its okay to give 20% tip to waiter at restaurant but not even $1-2 to hotel cleaning staff who also work at bare minimum?
Just an FYI regarding your idiotic comment..... Our can is actually filled due to us driving across County from FL to CA then back again to spend time while my Dad was going through Hospice then passed. Our total time gone away from home to be with him was about 2 months so yes that requires quite a bit of items. Also your ignorance shows in how you have no idea the difference in pay between servers (National Minimum wage is $2.13 because tips are common versus hotel workers far higher. Lastly my car is not being rented out to Stangers for over $100 for a 20 hr period. Next time do yourself a favor and think before typing it will save you from looking like a complete and total moron.
@adventureswithbecky Wow! Just by reading your comment I can tell you’re a very unhappy and bitter person. You did not have to call anyone an idiot/idiotic. Look at the way you treat others that you don’t even know. I get the feeling that you must be horrible to deal with at a restaurant. I feel bad for your next waiter/waitress. Most people in the comments are commenting against you because your complaining about such small issues. Whatever your response might be to me and no matter how rude you try to be, my feelings cannot be hurt by a stranger like yourself with such a damaged ego. You have already shown your true character through this video and in your comments. I hope God blesses you and softens your heart.
I always tip my housekeeping staff. $10 per day is the current minimum. I also pile my towels neatly in the bathroom and bundle my trash. I know that they work hard and most people don't tip. Those are the people who should stay home.
I always leave an envelope with a cash tip.
@@joeygarza4370Agreed, she puts it out but is quick to call people names. Seems the comments section disagrees with her about 80%.
i bet odds her place is not perfect but then again no ones place is perfect. I understand her problem but i been in some good ones and some bad ones that happens everywhere you go.
A friend of mine was around there looking at a hotel purchase last year. A housekeeper told her prostitutes will go in together, 2-3 and rent a room. They only use it one day and night for clients. Most of the time the rooms get a quick vaccume after, tub and sinks are dried and towels are shaken out and rolled up again. Sheets are hand swept and bed is re made lol. She also said, if you take off the mattress cover, you will find blood stains everywhere. They are disgusting and usually have a zipper cover on them. The lady who told her was there for 10 yrs and said good luck keeping a housekeeping team! They barely ever show up.
You obviously haven’t seen a bad hotel. If that’s the worse you’re going to find in the Carolina’s I’d be happy. My husband and I are from RI/mass. We enjoy high end hotels w/turn down service. However, we also don’t have high expectations when in the Carolina’s. The Holiday Inns and Hampton inns in my location I find much cleaner. My 1st hotel choice had bedbugs, drug addicts and homeless people. Bad choice on my part but it was my 1st time traveling by car and alone going to my home in Naples, fl
You go on and on... maybe we missed your point. Looked clearer in the daylight? Get to the point.
I was thinking the same !!!
While there were a couple of areas in the bathroom that they could’ve caught with some cleaner, it looks to me like some of the things you think are hairs are actually just black threads. I mean, if you put everything under a microscope, you’re going to find stuff. Are you sure that was hair on the sheets and towels?
Remember, there are individuals out there that place these thing prior to video submissions. Find little value in social media postings such as this.
Wow that is one thing that totally grosses me out is a dirty bathroom floor with hair and stuff all over. First things I always check is bathroom floors and then beds. I have had that happen to me a few times over the years on vacation where floors weren’t cleaned and it totally disgusted me and ruined my overnight stay. I have stayed in the beach town of Wildwood NJ many times where they have older privately owned motels from the 50s 60s but I can tell you every different one I stayed in they were so clean you could eat off the floor. They also had great reviews so that was why I booked. I will never forget one of the motels there we were waiting by the pool,for our room to be cleaned as we arrived early. I , saw the maid cleaning the room walk out and then another woman with a clipboard in her hand walks. She appeared to be inspecting the rooms after the maid is done. I was so happy to see that as I knew the room would be immaculate. I wish they did that at all the hotels.
Flip flops at all times people and remove the spread. I laugh because people that are terrible at home expect folks to be clean at a hotel.
You can't beat Wildwood privately owned hotels. I was always treated like family. Some of my fondest memories...
She's just miserable and now Wyndham can sue her because she used their name instead of Best Western. Hair also falls from the maids heads. The problem with reviews, you can't trust whiners. Now bed bugs....that's a deal breaker!
Work in the Security and I've been to numerous hotels and motels. And none of them from Hilton types to motels 6. Comforters rarely get wash unless visibly dirty
That is just plain nasty! No wonder why bed bugs and other things are problems at hotels these days.
@@Adventureswithbecky Bed bugs do not search for dirt, dust, or even food as other common pests do in unclean homes. As long as there are hiding places and humans to feed on nearby, bed bugs can infest even the most pristine home.
We went into a Super 8 motel and the room reeked of disinfectant and there was a HUGE stain on the floor...I told the clerk...oblivious reaction...told him nobody would stay in that room; better lose the carpeting!
I stayed at a place in Kentucky...(only place in town, car broke down). The wooden exterior walkway to the room was so rotten, only their indoor/outdoor carpeting would save you from falling through random holes in the floor. I awoke in the middle of the night to use the john, and stepped on a huge roach; it ran away with its guts hanging out. The room had punch holes in the wall, creepy mirrors stuck diagonally to the wall, blankets and bedding with burn holes, and carpeting, bedding looked to be ancient. The bathtub had tiles missing and rotten greenboard exposed to water...the finish was coming off the tub and sink, toilet barely flushed.
Now i know where to find.....weird old off code stuff
That doesn't sound dirty it sounds like it was not to code, like the lights flicker on and off, toilet is broken, inconsistent temperature in the shower etc etc
I tried to shower at some place in Olypya WA in 2016? It kept fluctuating between boiling and freezing....at odd intervals lolol
Good god
Super 8 is on my never stay there list. I stayed at one that smelled like 100 cats pissed in the AC.
I'm going to have nightmares after reading about this Super 8.
Oh im so sorry for your experience. It was sad because at first it seemed so nice!
Looks like you are almost at 1k followers. We are coming to FL at the end of March! ~Sherii
Nice that is pretty soon. Hope you have a safe trip down and a fun time visiting Florida!
Girl, let’s be real, I bet your own house isn’t half that clean. I get it, but also be realistic.
I worked for a Hampton Inn years ago & they would inspext every room after they were cleaned to make sure no dirt or hair was left behind however we only washed comforters & blankets once a month so to me that was even more disgusting than leavimg a little dirt on the floor or shedding a few hairs from my ponytail while cleaning. ,,
My husband lived in a Holiday Inn in Alexandria for several months between September 2001 till early February 2022 in Alexandria Louisiana. He stayed in multiple hotels during a deployment with the Louisiana National Guard doing Covid orders. There were issues even with that hotel such as mold on the ceiling in a room. Some outlets were not working in another. By the time he was at the end of his deployment the hotel was starting to get renovated.
That was a long stay.
For 21 years ??????
It is disgusting, but what you have to do is to go to the reception , tell them to change your room to a clean one, if they don"t, but I think they will, then talk with the manager. I remember in Mar del Plata, Argentina they assigned me a room with few alive flies, I went to the reception with the video and they changed me to another room.
Yes, I've only had one low budget hotel give me a hard time over a dirty room but I don't visit those type of places now that I'm grown.
Keep voting that moronic strokehead jokinJoe Bidumb and you'll get more alien messy shidholes in hotel rooms. Be glad those loose measles infected pubes didn't show up in your ice cream cone or pudding then in your diaper like Joe has happen.
I was staying 3 day weekend at a holiday inn near smokie mountain in Tennessee. Looked clean, but horrible stink. Told manager, they had it re cleaned while we went on day trip. Came back. Had obviously been cleaned again. Looked fantastic. Stink mixed with cleaning product smell. Took to investigate stink source. Discovered a previous guest had wiped a filthy butt on the window side of the curtains. A huge amount. Like enough to fill a taco salad shell.
Told manager. She was speechless. I demanded a new set of curtains be installed immediately. She claimed holiday inn doesn't have replacement curtains at a moment notice.
All the other rooms are occupied BTW.
She says her only solution is to remove the curtains and tape some amazon boxs on the window for our privacy.
Fine.
Gave 2 of our 3 days comped.
Stink still lingered...had soaked into my luggage.
Had no option but to go to breakfast next day in stink clothes while the rest laundered out by holiday inn for me.
Fine.
At breakfast a guy's kid asks why does that person smell like a dirty diaper daddy? He said shush. They probably have a medical problem and poop in a bag. She said, like you put a dogs poop in a bag?? Yes honey. This person is like a dog would be.
Kid looked at me all sad eyed.
Fine... dehumanizing....
Wore a scowel on my face till i could go pick up my laundry. Hope they cleaned my bag too.
Go to front desk to get non stink clothes.
Different person on duty. Says they know nothing about a bag to send to laundry, the only bags were from a previous guest who had stayed in the room I'm in and had rushed off leaving all belongs. Requested they be packed up and he'd have FedEx pick them up at the desk. FedEx had just taken all the stuff 40 minutes ago.
Wait...my laundry was sent with the previous guest things?
Turned out it was. They sent my bag to Cincinnati.
They comp my final day there. I had to buy replacement clothes. They refused to reimburse me.
Guess ill have to track that previous guest down in Cincinnati. Maybe catch a Red’s game. Go to that place where my bag is. It's the principle of the thing now. Who wipes their butt on a curtain?? 🤬
Holiday Inn gets a C- On my stay. They did everything they could in an unreasonable circumstance. Now i gotta take matters into my own hands.
I'll update Maybe...
Now you really had something to complain about, that person doing that and rushing off.......you'll never find your stuff. Fake address. Probably another company getting revenge. Sorry.....take that to a contingency lawyer.
I started laughing so hard when you shared the former guest wiped their butt on a curtain and it was enough to fill a taco shell! This is why we can’t have nice things in America! I doubt this would happen in other first world countries.
@@queenmin5902 oh it would happen.....ONCE!
I was so drawn into your experience like a movie. I feel like I need a sequel. So sorry this happened to you!!
Lying---your a fraud!
We no longer stay at HI Exp hotels because of all the dirt throughout the chain. About 10 years ago, they were wonderful. Now they are expensive and dirty. We are like you guys and travel for HOURS (12 to 18) so when you hit a hotel, you want extra clean and resources readily available. We no longer reserve on a travel website instead, we go to the app and reserve through the hotel. Hope the rest of your travel was far better than this leg of the journey.
@shilohwoods4516 thankfully our next stop we filmed in Florida was beautiful and much better. It is sad how many think this is acceptable service and they have no problem paying for dirty rooms. Will definitely use your tip on reserving via the hotel instead. Thanks for the tip!
bros complaining about towels 💀
The actual bathroom and towel yeah that was unacceptable. But then to go to a common area with extreme high traffic and TRY and she TRIED to pick at the floor. Don’t reach. It actually was clean for a high traffic area. 😊
indeed !!! i work in hotels and them guys are downstairs cleaning those common areas nonstop especially during the breakfast rush 😮💨
Upset about her dad.
Tbh floors don't require much cleaning like all u do is step on them why would u them super clean???
If you are looking for a clean place to stay I highly recommend Hampton Inn because they are usually very clean and offer a complimentary breakfast each morning.
Thank you for the suggestion!
Yes, the Hampton is great. I've never had a problem there.
I’m a landlord and often disappointed how filthy tenants leave my unit and nag about their cleaning deposit back.
Grime on cabinet tops
Grime on top of the
fridge
Window sills filthy
Trim filthy
Floor registers not cleaned
Carpet not deep cleaned but let them have cats
All they seem to care about is getting out as fast as the could to wreck the next place.
Gross
I used to pick up IT subcontract work for Choice Hotels, IHG (parent company of Holiday Inn Express, but also Candlewood and a few others), and Microtel. What a lot of people don't realize is a lot of this stuff can be caused by local managers and staff. I could tell which ones were under bad management at the time, because the management would literally forget that the parent company scheduled me to install or fix something, they were that uninterested in operating the place. As always read recent reviews of the local one you're planning to stay at (as it's something subject to change if current franchisers sell to others or get sold out of the business).
So for this reason thanks for posting the location of it instead of just blaming IHG.
Agree 100% with everything you said! The sad thing is so many don't care that their crappy work ethic can destroy the name of who gave them a job in the first place. All goes back to an ungrateful heart.
@@Adventureswithbecky Yep, even though franchise owners are technically their own business owners to a certain degree, the corporate company is still bearing their name on a service the franchise owner is responsible for.
A couple of the worse hotels I did work for used to be Econolodges, but after they sucked for a long time, even Econolodge was like "we don't want our name on it" and sold them out. Now they operate independently and have so little business that they rent long term to folks in desperate need for cheap apartments to supplement.
We have good luck and bad luck with the Holiday Inn Express. Our worst time was when Holiday Inn gave us a key and the key did not work till about 2 hours later. The whole hotel key system did not work.
That sucks! Been there that happened to us once when the kids were little and we were traveling. I kept thinking man I miss the old days with old school keys😉
What a complainer😢
Because of my job... I live in hotels for about half of the year. I check my room a lot better than what you did before I even lay my coat down or bring anything into a room. Dirty towel is bad... but that's mild to some of the stuff I've seem. 😅
Me too. I won’t even let my husband unload the car until I check the room thoroughly. One of my phobias is bed bugs so I do everything I can to not get them.
Someone give her a discount for grasping at straw trying find anything to be bothered about... Next bring your own rv or something... What a waste of time
Wait ! First you walked all around the motel room and said how beautiful it was and great refrigerator and coffee maker and coffee and how clean and nice it was and a nice bathroom and then all of a sudden it was awful? Must have been to tired to notice the first time!
Yeah, I thought that maybe she stayed in a clean hotel-then changed hotels (for some strange reason), and the second was the dirty one. What, the place became a pigpen overnight?
Did you report this to the head office? I had a similar experience at the hiexpress at Hilton head. I’ve never had a bad experience before but stayed there last year and the floors had obviously not been mopped in at least a month.
jeez room looks fine. what is your issue?
Exactly why I bring my own towel and sheets soon as I get to the hotel I Tare off the bedding and towels
Wow, that must be a drag to lug all that bedding around with you. You know, not every hotel/motel you stay in will you feel the need to bring all that extra weight around.
My grandparents stayed at this hotel because they couldn’t find a home yet and they enjoyed it!
Glad they had a better experience than we did there.
I stayed at a holiday inn in Ashland Kentucky and there were dirty socks in the bed from the people before me. The cleaning guy was still there I made him give me clean bedding and made the bed myself. If I have to stay in a hotel I’m gonna bring cleaners and request sheets to just be laid on my bed. I’ll do it myself. PS I used to work at a holiday inn and they only change their comforter when it gets a visible stain on it. I asked why and they said because there’s not enough of them.
Yikes that is nasty!!!!
that answer is bs..because comforters can be washed and dried ..just visit the laundry room..and talk to the Head Housekeeper....be super nice..and she will make sure YOU are Taken Care Of.....a nice tip for your housekeeper..in cash..most of the time they never get their tips..the higher ups keep it, when its added to your bill
That Holiday Inn room wasn’t BAD at all. It wasn’t spotless, but wasn’t disgusting as you say. You could have easily asked them to refresh the linens and redo the bathroom.
She focused on the one lone hair (maybe just a thread), and started freaking out about a "dirty" hotel room/lounge. I have stayed in hotels more expensive than the one you stayed in, and they certainly weren''t what I would call sterile-but I certainly didn't think they were, what I would consider dirty. To each his own, I guess.
I wouldve just called management and asked them to send someone to clean. Room shouldve been clean before arrival but unfortunately some locations dont clean as well as you would like.
It was around 2 am when we finally arrived so sadly that wasn't an option.
Bed looks already slept in
I’ve worked housekeeping. That room was not cleaned at all. They have serious issues if you leave hairs. They literally give the housekeepers tapes and special things to pick up the hairs.
I think she did a quick wipe and called it a day. I just can't get over these places that continue to raise the price and lower the quality so much.
Me and hubby stayed at a Holiday Inn in Columbia, SC and we were greet by a dead water bug. We tookk photos and took it to front desk. The manager came, inspected and sent in a cleaning crew.
My hubby's retired military, so he made them pull all the furniture from the walls, etc.
In the end we stayed because he supervised the cleaning and they made us stay for free when originally the rate was $105 per night. We canceled the rest if the wknd stay there and hit the road back home disappointed.
I'm glad they sent in cleaning and didn't charge for the night. Also thank you to your husband for his service and you for your sacrifice of him serving❤️
I'd demand a LIVE water bug if it was me
Did your hubby have them paint the walls as well? Maybe replace the carpeting?
pod-coffee is junk coffee. Good coffee comes from grinding your own whole bean just before steeping in hot water
Uh, how many hotels do you know of that offer rooms equipped with a "grind-your-own-coffee beans coffee maker? (maybe in select 5 or 6 star hotels in Europe or Kuwait, maybe.
Please you can do that at home 😂. I do! But I'm not going to expect that from a hotel. 1st world problems.
I think you meant to say they didn’t mop wash the floors and there is no excuse not to clean the bathroom properly so I would have called screaming to the front desk
This comment doesn't apply to this video because things could have been swept and mopped. But it irritates me when people check into a cheap hotel like Holiday Inn or Red Roof and complain about worn items. Things like the bath tub drain has a little rust stain around it, there's a mark on a wall or the wallpaper in the bath is a little dog-eared at the seam. Is your house perfect? You can expect that kind of perfection to detail if your at a Ritz-Carlton or Four Seasons and paid $350 and up a night, otherwise expect it to be clean, not perfect.
The trick to staying for more than a week in any place is to “break up” your hotel booking to different hotels - that way all your “eggs are not in one basket” so if you don’t like One hotel you booked, you know you’ll leave for another one. You ain’t stuck in one nasty hotel for all your vacation time.
We stayed at this one for one night after driving back from San Diego to Florida for my Dad's memorial service. We ended up just building out our Ford Excursion to travel in.
Went to Houston Texas in Holiday Inn Downtown hotel , I bought several items online but it didn’t arrived on time due to hurricane Harvey then I have to go back to Europe. Called the hotel they told me they will send me my items but they need to charge me for postage so the hotel staff asked for my card details. The hotel never send my items and I newly issued bank atm had been used several times to buy tickets on the USA while I am home in Europe.
I sent the hotel an email told the manager M but never got a response.
So yes , my money was stolen and so my items
So sorry to hear that!!!
I never ever use towels, hot water maker, glasses in hotels. I bring my own, even my own pillow case. Not being paranoid but e things that ppl do n how e things in e room r cleaned w w same towel that they clean floors! Disgusting! When I travel I prefer to be safer n use my own things.
If you thought that hotel was bad then you would definitely have a panic attack if you had to stay at the best western sunrise inn in Nashville TN. The room we bought smelled heavily like mold the second you walked in, had a two way mirror in the bathroom, and there were visible stains on the carpet. Not to mention that the shower flooded the entire bathroom because there was nothing but a flimsy curtain. Thankfully no bugs. Just absolutely super sketchy overall and in a pretty bad area. Had to stay there for my sister’s cheer comp on the way to Biloxi. In my honest opinion I would’ve much rather appreciated a stay there over not so best western. But hey at least I can say that the lady working breakfast was nice so I guess sometimes you just gotta count your blessings lmao 🙃🫠
'We promise... Clean means clean'... LOL! Right! I'm so sorry for your experience. I hate when my room is not clean. Yuk!
I know I felt like writing LIARS in big huge letters on the card and leaving it there.
One thing I’m noticing about Marriott and IHG is they do not focus on cleanliness!!! I wish I could post my video because it’s the exact same
So aggrivating isn't it!?!?!
I have stayed in several Marriott hotels, and never experienced anything remotely what this lady said she experienced. All my visits were pleasant, and the staff seemed friendly and helpful. I wouldn't right off an entire chain just because of one bad experience.
I really don't like hotels. I just posted a video of a rustic camping cabin, at a KOA, and said that I'd rather stay there, than at a 5 star hotel. This is exactly why. At the cabin, I use my own linens.
Really? Do you really think that the average "rustic" cabin is generally cleaner than a really nice 5-star hotel? Rustic usually equates to being in the woods, which equates to crickets getting in your cabin (or even frogs, sometimes-or even worse spiders).
I stayed a 4.5 star hotel in Richmond, VA. With fees and parking it was $250 a night. Filthiest place in my experience. Rot holes in the bathroom wall. Floor tiles were laid over dusty old floor tiles, moved under my feet.
Looks like no one expects clean hotels anymore.
I guess that's why conversion vans have doubled in price.
I worked at a hotel very briefly (6 months) and a couple nasty things happened that made me go...
"huuuuuuh".
1: Cleaning lady was using toilet water (clean, but still.) to clean the mirrors in the bathrooms. She did get in trouble, but who knows who else is doing that.
2: They used white spray paint on the mattresses to cover up stains (sometimes blood) to avoid having to replace the mattress. Freak gross.
I left not long after I witnessed those things. Also the job was just terrible.
Mad respect to those who do it and do it correctly!
That is disgusting 🫣
Look,at the seams of mattresses in hotels for
Bedbugs.
The cleanest, finest hotels have bed bugs as well.
@@MononaNona I have stayed in plenty of all kinds of hotels (not the really cheap ones), and I have yet to see ONE bedbug in any of them (of course I don't walk around the hotel room with a magnifying glass checking the bed linen when I check in, but that's just me).
As of late, I have been having this same type of experience across the IHG brand. it's a shame because these are among only a few places where the property is decent and reasonably priced. O well, back to Hilton for me I guess. Additionally, there is very little good in Odessa Tx so this might have been top-tier for that city. I have literally never had a good experience there and I have been a fair few times.
My husband always thought that I was the only one that walked into a hotel and took pictures and video and I don’t have a RUclips channel to do that with but I will flip the sheets back and check for bedbugs and the toilets and stuff you know they don’t mop the floors and they wipe down the toilets and the faucets with the dirty towels just to make them look shiny. It doesn’t mean they’re sanitary. I have gloves and sanitizer or Lysol wipes, and my family knows to give me a half an hour whenever I check into a hotel because I’m going to do my thing. And to the above person who told you not to travel if you’re that picky, they may be - well I’m not gonna say it… I think they were rude to you and I’m sorry about that. My mother was a hotel executive for most of my life and I know better I even put towels down on the carpet. I have also heard lately that there has been fentanyl found in the rooms so I can’t imagine trying to be a housekeeper in this world either because people are just gross and inconsiderate.
I can totally understand that and thank you for your sweet comment about the rude comment. There were quite a few.
May I add one hotel to Not Go? Do not stay at Sonesta Select Columbia, MD. It’s horrible place and management as well. It was a nightmare!!!
Thank you for the heads up!
I honestly feel that Holiday Inn is at the bottom of the "big name" hotels. I only stay there if i lack the funds for a higher end brand like Hilton.
I like the Hampton Inns and one like it or the Marriott, but even in Hilton Head this past September, the Marriott had broken this and that. Guests are nasty and make things impossible. Even in time shares.🤷♀
You're right. I've only stayed in one Holiday Inn, Fort Myers Beach. I had a nice weekend and it was clean, but could have been a little nicer inside.
I’ve stayed there 6+ times and it’s freaking expensive ! Never a break -$300 plus for the room next to the elevator ?
We stayed a few weeks ago in Midland at the Avid which is another brand of IHG and the shower was filthy...... I had to crack out the Tilex I keep in my bag. This Avid hotel is a brand spanking new hotel as well. I guess Maria @ 5:10 tells fibs. 🤦🏻♂Thanks for sharing this!
Isn't that aggrivating when you spend so much for less than a 24 hr period?
@@Adventureswithbecky Yes, it is.
I never sleep on their bedding. I bring my own but yeah hopefully they lived up to what they said about making it right and cleaning it again
San Diego, California,, as long as it's somewhat clean move I'm looking for the bed after a shower, I'll deal with the unpleasantness when I get up.
I take my own towels and sheets to all hotels I go to. If something is wrong, I pick up the phone.
I wish that people would learn the difference between an OUTLET and a PLUG.
What a complainer looked like u already used the shower and walked on the towel. Plus had u pulled down the sheets and there was hair but looks like u already slept in the bed. But no the hair couldn't be from u because ur so perfect and odor free !
I stayed at a place long term and someone passed away from natural causes in their room. The people next door complained of the smell and front desk did nothing about it. About 3 weeks later front desk went to the room because of non payment and found him.
Oh my gosh that is crazy
The hotel I stayed at in Munich, Germany, I did not use the coffee machine and the cups until I had cleaned them. The coffee machine was gritty (if that’s the right word) , the cups had coffee marks from coffee left-over that have dried up, the desk was dusty, I literally dusted up the furnitures and wipe the couch with Lysol wipes, which I brought with me. But I managed to stay there for 6 nights - first for 3 nts, and another 3 nights the before departing for home
Some people just don't know how to clean, or don't care. I could never work in a hotel i would be there till midnight every night making sure everything is done correctly. I bring my own towels and washcloths, some antibacterial spray and my own pillow and bedding. I know I'm a mess! 🙄
Sounds suspiciously like you may be a bit of a germophobe, maybe?
@@jessieball6195 yes I'm afraid so. 😞
@@jessieball6195 I get on my own nerves 😂
First thing..LOOK behind the bathroom door..if its dirty..so is the bathroom...strip the bed..look at the matteress pad..they never get changed..look at the matteress...look at the pillows,without the pillowcase on it..blankets and comforters dont get changed often either..if the headboard is attatched to wall...its gonna be a hotbed for bedbugs..also attatched artwork on the walls..always clean your coffee pots..check for dirt above door frames,ect..in room phones are often forgotten during cleaning..if you are gonna stay more than one night...dont trash your room...use the trash cans..and control your children...and be nice to the person who is your housekeeper that day...we are not slaves and your room is not the only room we clean that day..a cash tip on the pillow will also get your room extra clean, if you are a uncaring slob..just remember..we clean your room...
How about while she is at it, rolling up the carpet and checking for roaches, maybe? Or having the hotel staff apply a fresh coat of paint to the drywall?
I drove semis 42 years B/4 retiring 3 years ago the tractors were all day cabs.
Roadway Express so a lot of times I had to stay in Motels hotels I hated doing bed jobs some of those places are NASTY!! I'd rather do a turn which means i'm sleeping in my own bed that night.
We used to love Holiday Inn but I agree the standard has gone down hill. We travel a lot both for vacation but also because of travel cheer and dance. It’s not horrible compared to some but the standard has gone down. We have switched over to Marriott brand and then Hilton. Even a lot of hiltons have gone downhill especially their Garden Inns. Marriott has been consistently the best the last few years. We are booked at a Holiday Inn resort property in Galveston for our upcoming cruise but the reviews and video reviews didn’t seem too bad. We have had to lower our standards which in and of itself is a bit sad. There are times we even had to go and buy a cheap broom and dust pan and Lysol wipes and re clean ourselves which is also sad.
I agree especially with what they charge for not even a full 24 hrs.
We stayed at an HIE! It was horrible. I did a video about it if you want to
See it; I don’t want to put a link but it’s called Holiday Inn Express - Plymouth NC - dirty toilet, bed smelled like urine and remote control not working, 3 room changes
What does she expect. Somebody tell her is not at the Ritz Carlton!!!
She expects the cleaning crew to stay overtime at all times just to please some weary traveler. She wasn't on vacation she just needed a place to crash because she was visiting her sick father. Too many details all around. Now if you stayed there more than once and it continued to not be up to your standards then move on. No need to annihilate a company over 2 hairs and some dirt
Ok - the second half steers me back. Sorry, Becky.
No problem. Thanks for watching.
that's why when I hear about people scaming walmart and motels and such I know why... i stayed in a motel in Benson AZ off I-10 that seemed clean.
They were disgusting! When we checked in there were a bunch of people, a couple of employees smoking by the front door so when we checked in, we had to go through all of the smoke.I first stayed a few times when they first opened . Not bad,
" boutique" is another word for cheap & not much in amenities but still full price.. Then after about 3 years it started to get bad. The last time was the last straw as we were given a room by of all places, beside the lobby and front doors where everyone smoked. I complained as at night, it was loud as people would go out for a cigarette throughout the night. We stayed for 3 nights, complained about the smoking and noise but couldn't give us a different room..The amount of cigarette butts outside the front doors was disgusting! Wrote a couple of bad reviews because when I brought my complaints to the manager he didn't do anything and when we got home I sent an email on the company site only to be told that it wasn't dirty etc. pretty well called a liar so refuse to stay there ever again.
IHG especially holiday inn Express is one of my favorites because is usually fairly clean in my experience and good value. Always can be some problems at various ones depending on management. Often you get what you pay for. Anything less than $100 a night is generally going to be suspect for sure, which holiday inn express isn’t. I’m just saying often you get what you pay for and it’s a probably the cleanest 2- star u will find. Never been to one in TX but just one opinion based on my experience.
Paying less than 100 dollars a night for a room does not necessarily mean that the place will be a dive (so to speak)- often one can get a nice room in even a 4-star hotel if you book the room on non-peak days (no Fri or Sat). Also, there may even be that rare occasion where a guest may find something "objectionable" in a 5-star hotel- doesn't happen often, but it can. My point is, a person should do a little research on the hotel/motel they plan to visit before you get there. It may save you from having to complain about something later.
dude…. do you really expect everything to be perfect like a 1 billion hotel reservation? what do you expect dude?
Yes! Some hotels r just dirty! I stayed in a hotel in Paris that looked ok but there was a pubic hair in e toilet!!!😮 I emailed this to w hotel but I’m sure they don’t care.
I bet it sucked to go in and think it was really nice only to find out it was that dirty. Man sorry to see you guys had to deal with that after driving that long. It sucks that the Manager didn't do what she said would do and didn't fix the problem. Thanks for a honest review and I can say we will never stay at that one.
Yeah it did suck! I don't understand how they can charge what they charge and give such awful customer service and have such nasty rooms.
It's a newly built Holiday Inn but it's built in the worst part of Statesboro. We ended up staying at the Hampton Inn only a few minutes down the road & they even gave us a discount because of Holiday Inns screw up!
True dat. A place like this ruined her whole trip. They should reimburse the cost of the entire trip to make up for it.
So call the desk and get another room. Give her check list. Don't let this ruin your trip. Never trust the reviews.
It seems there’s a theme of not giving the cleaning folks enough time to properly clean rooms at some hotels. They rush previous guests out, barely give the staff any time to reset before the next person comes in. Maybe they were understaffed as well. Not enough workers to go around to tidy up properly.
Pubic hairs are definitely a deal breaker for me too. Thanks for posting.
Same I can deal with a lot but not that🤮
It's holiday inn so I'm not at all surprised.
Someone wants free hotel stays....
😂😂😂😂 definitely!
Just play a little trick.
The bed open already, maybe the hair comes from her
She said she talked with manager,and she wanna free 😅😂
That happened to us at Elvis’ Heartbreak Hotel. We had to have the cleaning service come in and clean the bathroom, and remove the PORN magazines from under the bed! That told us that the entire room WAS NOT cleaned at all. You can tell when this happens, it’s rude, foul and dishonest of the housekeeping staff and the hotel.
Man that is insane that happened to you!
It looks like it was unfinished. Like a person started and was interrupted for some reason. Either they forgot to come back or thought their partner got it. Before getting upset I would contact the front desk
As a hotel employee, don’t fk with people that control where you sleep.
@@indiana_bones5583 your comment just spoke volumes about your character......
Ok that was just gross. I can't believe that girl actually put her name down on the card saying she cleaned the room! Customer service is so bad now after well you know.... at so many places.
Can't agree more!
And they're is always an excuse. "We're short staffed." 😅
I ask what they pay their staff because you are gonna get what they pay for. Corporations are just greedy and want to save money. That’s capitalism.
@@mimiz7937aying we are short-staffed is not an excuse. I work in retail and we are extremely short staffed and when that happens, sometimes the job doesn't get done as it would if there were more people working. Can you imagine how many rooms the woman who put her name on that page has to clean? She's probably under stress from management to get as many cleaned as possible in a short time. So yes, telling someone we are short-staffed is definitely not just a lame excuse.
If the rooms cannot be properly cleaned and sanitized between guests then they can not list the room as available. Charging a guest for a dirty room is unacceptable there is no excuse.
When we stayed there therecwas literal dried period blood in our bed sheets so gross we left
who did that ? ??
Hotels in general are straightened. The housekeepers don’t really clean the rooms. They don’t have enough time. Most hotels make them “clean” 10-18 rooms in a shift.