We have stayed at many, many hotels in the years we've been married.
I somewhat revel in the process of hotel selection -- looking for CHEAP, while also meeting the absolute requirements of CLEAN and SAFE.
My success percentage is well over 90%.
Maybe even 95%.
But, there have been some real doozies:
San Antonio TX Rodeway Inn: we found a bag of very questionable loose pills behind the dresser
St. Louis Days Inn (Airport): they assigned us to a room that was already occupied; we tried to open the door and the room lights came on
Super 8 Dubuque IA: dirty, broken, unloved; 'nuff said
Travelodge in Hannibal MO (now an "America's Best Value" hotel): carpet nasty
Howard Johnson Burlington IA: poop in pool; human? animal? GROSS
Best Western Flagstaff AZ: clean and safe..... but itty-bitty room with trains going by all night
Pere Marquette Lodge near Grafton IL: really thin walls -- really thin; no questions at all what was taking place in the room next to us; RAWWWWWR
I do not ever remember having to turn down a room because of bedbugs.
Honestly.... I don't know what's more gross -- bedbugs or pool poop.
At least pool poop can't travel home with us.
Out for now.......
Matt