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[troutbreath]

After getting a laugh at the comments about the "skidmark inn" (I think I've been wearing their flag for some time now) thought it would be good to share some info on bad places to stay.


The one that tops my list was the 4 Seasons motel on the east side of Kamloops. $112 a night for a room that I had to air out all my belongings for a week when I got home because of the cigarette smoke smell impregnated into them. The room was a ramshackle version of a downtown Vancouver crack house. Drug deals are available in their parking lot from 6am on.

[Morty]

Kinaird B.C. (freezing cold February night) - none;  "it" was full so 2 of us had to sleep in a 1970 Gremlin parked behind a roadside billboard. 

[troutbreath]

It's hard to even find a clean glass in the Cobalt. Generations of cockroaches and bedbugs are the historic legacy of that place.

[coryandtrevor]

 In the 80's we would go to the Calgary Stampede every summer and one year dad thought it would be good to roll into town a night early to get a head start on the festivities. Well, every place within 50 miles of Calgary is booked solid durring the Stampede (  :-Xreally?) so after scouring all known lodging in the Cowtown area, we had to settle for what is now remebered as the Mo-hell.

It was early in the morning before we found this dump ( i cant remeber the name or what small villiage it was in), 1 hour outside Calgary, packrats scurrying for cover as we pulled in, the lobby smelled like a bums nuts**k and the guy at counter was real gem as I remember. The floor of the room was slanted in all directions, the toilet seat cracked in several places and lashed together poorly with electricians tape. My mom thought we would all be dead before we hit the pancake breakfast back in town.

The Calgary International was a kings palace after a night at the Mo-hell. 

[Fish Assassin]

Similar experience as Trouthbreath. I believe it was the Best Western in Chilliwack. We specifically asked for a no smoking room. The one we got reeked of stale smoke, linens also reeked of cigarette smoke. It will be cold day in Hell before I patronize that hotel again.

[Rp3Flyfisher]

Not a hotel/Motel, But the worst place BY a LOOOONG shot was at Loon lake resort. What a frigin DUMP.

Rick

[troutbreath]

That was probably High River coryandtrevor I still have a scar on my big toe from the persistant case of athletes foot that was surgically removed after staying in a Motel there. Can't remember the name though. Irish coffee in every room was there signature feature. I know what you mean by bad resorts  Rp3Flyfisher I stayed at one in Balfour that even that rats deserted. Too many leaks in the roof and using the shower required signing a waiver, also notifying next of kin.

[Ontario Guy]

I won't mention it's name but there is a "local" motel where by fishing buddy and I used to stay where we had to "plead" with them to give us more than 1 roll of toilet paper per day!  the bedsheets were never changed and were full of sand and probably other stuff... You could smell that previous guests BO still lingering in the room...
We got in trouble for cleaning fish in the room but I have to say that the room smelled much more refreshed after this!

[bentrod]

I was listening to the radio and the talk show host said he stayed in a place that had a sign in the bathroom saying "do not gut your deer in the tub". 

[veddereject]

Fishing the Vedder and need a place to stay?  Would advise not getting a room at the Trader's Inn on the other side of the highway!
The rooms are dirt cheap, but I imagine it's similiar to staying in a Turkish prison cell, minus the delight.

[Fish Assassin]

I was listening to the radio and the talk show host said he stayed in a place that had a sign in the bathroom saying "do not gut your deer in the tub". 

 

[Piranha]

every motel and hotel i've stayed in feels/looks dirty to me. no matter how clean the place is there was somebody sleeping there before you and who knows what they did in that place. 

Nothing beats camping. What a wonderful feeling is to wake up and crawl out of the tent and plant your bare feet right in the dirt.    The fresh air and the sounds of birds and cool breeze blowing through your hair is something you won't get at a hotel. And when nature calls there is nothing better than walking deep into the bush to find a nice spot where you do your thing in piece while still enjoying the scenary.    When eating at a picnic table you have ants crawl up your body all the way to your head to see what you are eating, chipmunks peak out from around trees hoping for that you share some food with them, wasps swarm above your food and try to steal your hot dogs, giant mosquito swarms try to take you away at night if you are not protected. It cannot get any better than that   

[troutbreath]

I'm partial to tent camping because you always choose your site and the view or whatever comes with the place. Fresh cool air to clear out the nasal cavities helps me sleep. The sound of nature right outside the fabric is intoxicating.  Bugs are free meals for the financially challenged.

[Terry Bodman]

I'm surprised that the guy who is famous for wearing a Maple Leaf Hat hasn't commented on his favorite accommodation in Yale.

[chris gadsden]

I'm surprised that the guy who is famous for wearing a Maple Leaf Hat hasn't commented on his favorite accommodation in Yale.

It was very nice thankyou, once I used a can of flea killer.

My best accommodation, sleeping in The Leaf Mobile.