What is the worst hotel you've ever encountered?

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Out of all of the ones I've stayed at over the years, one in particular stands out. After travelling a few hours from home to attend my stepson's wedding, my daughter, sister, and her 2 kids decided to spend a couple of nights at a local motel. A reservation had been made by phone. While I was standing in the receiving line, my niece (then 15) came through, and said something like "Oh Auntie, wait until you see where we're staying tonight ... it's awful." They'd checked in before the wedding. After a tiring day, my sister drove the fairly short distance from where the wedding was held to this 'motel.' I'd been dozing off, and awakened when the car stopped, wondering where we were. I could'nt believe my eyes, as she'd pulled up in front of a run down looking building, with overgrown grass and weeds choking the pathway to our room door. Things got even worse when we entered the room, as it was so filthy, with cobwebs in the corner, a bathroom that looked like it hadn't been cleaned in decades, complete with some 'creepy crawlies', and dirty sheets on the beds. There was no one on duty at the desk, and it was very late, so we slept on the top of the beds, and my nephew slept on a couple of chairs pushed together. At one point I woke up, and thought he was missing, but he'd actually fallen to the floor (yuck) off of the chairs. The next morning, we got out of there as fast as we could, and spent the next night in a lovely Inn, that was around the same price as we'd paid for that horrible place. There never was anyone at the desk that we saw, other than when my sister had checked in. All that was missing there was 'Norman Bates!' Have you ever had bad accomodations in your travels? How did you handle the situation, and what did you learn from the experience? Thanks for sharing your stories with us.