Worst Hotel Ever? Check Hotel Reviews Before You Book

A few weeks ago a poster on Digg.com posted a link to this page of reviews on TripAdvisor.com, declaring that it was probably the worst hotel ever. He had a chorus of people agreeing with him--especially the parts about the bedbugs, dead mice, and the nightly invasion of cockroaches coming out of the bathroom drains (according to the hotel's manager, a rolled-up towel smashed under the bathroom door keeps them at bay).

I'm not sure about that claim, but I have definitely benefited from hotel and hostel rating sites by avoiding those establishments--in Europe and America--with the worst ratings.

For a good list of the top 10 hotel rating sites see: "Top 10 Internet Sites with Hotel Reviews: Value for your Money" by Mark Kahler at about.com.

For reviews of hostels see: www.BUG.co.uk; www.hostels.com; and www.hostelworld.com.