HotelChatter - Stories about Hotel Carter

HotelChatter - Stories about Hotel Carter http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-16T04:02:47Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/170 New York: TripAdvisor Tells Us What We Already Knew About Hotel Carter http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/15/172720/847 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/carter_worst.png" class="imgborder">Seriously, how is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Carter/local/170">Hotel Carter</a> still open? We've been writing about the woes of doing NYC budget-style at this hotel for a few years now. From dead bodies under the bed to bedbugs, this place is pretty much a horror hotel. Thus, <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-c1">TripAdvisor</a> has named it the dirtiest hotel in the U.S. for the third year in a row. Coming in second place? The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ramada+Niagara+Falls+Ny/ian/148741">Ramada Inn</a> in Niagara Falls which was cited by travelers as having dirty pillowcases, spiderwebs and dried urine in the bathroom. Gag.In other cleaner news today:· <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--mgmmirage-resort0115jan15,0,7114820.story">MGM Mirage</a> is moving forward with the biggest hotel-casino plan yet for Atlantic City. The MGM Grand Atlantic City will open in 2012. · juliana 2008-01-15T17:31:03-05:00 40.757424 -73.988499 New York: Is the Hotel Carter Officially the Worst Hotel in NYC? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/31/102945/913 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif">A maid at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Carter/local/170">Hotel Carter</a> in Times Square undoubtedly had the worst day at work yesterday when she found the body of a young woman under a bed in one of the rooms. The New York Post reports:<blockquote>A chambermaid made a grisly discovery while cleaning a Times Square hotel room yesterday - the corpse of a young woman, bundled in black garbage bags and abandoned under the bed. Police tentatively identified the woman as a 22-year-old tourist from Washington, D.C. But how she met her death at the Hotel Carter on West 43rd Street - by murder or someone trying to hide the body after an accident or an overdose - remained a mystery. Police said juliana 2007-08-31T10:34:58-05:00 40.757894 -73.989290 New York: Bad Rate :: Filth and Bedbugs at Hotel Carter http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/17/101527/777 <![CDATA[[Ed. Note: This is the Bad Rate in our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature. Enjoy.]When booking a hotel, the rate doesn't tell the whole story. What looks like a bargain could turn out to be hell on Earth. When the hotel is pegged as one of "the 10 dirtiest hotels in the U.S.," it's really time to steer clear. Apparently that's the case with the <a href="http://www.carterhotel.com/">Hotel Carter</a> in New York City, which came in at #2 in the dirtiest category on <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070117/clw038.html?.v=77">TripAdvisor's new traveler survey</a>. [Publisher's Note: I moved the rest of this story including the photo after the jump--it is just too disgusting for the front page. Feel free to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/17/101527/777/hotels/Bad_Rate_Filth_and_Bedbugs_at_Hotel_Carter">go here to check it out</a>, Tim L. 2007-01-17T11:02:52-05:00 40.757424 -73.988499 New York: Hotel Carter: "Didn't Get Killed Mugged or Infected" http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/11/21/142143/73 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hotel_carter2.JPG"> The NY Times recently visited <a href="http://www.carterhotel.com/">Hotel Carter</a> one of our favorite Times Square "budget hotels", and we use that term very loosely. <blockquote> In the rooms upstairs, tales of lodging woe unfolded. One guest said his television played the sound from one channel but showed the picture from another. A couple in Room 500 said they were surprised to discover that they did not have a closet. And a businesswoman from Ukraine on the 23rd floor found that she liked her room better in the dark. "If the curtains close, light is off, it's not that bad," she said. </blockquote> It is not all bad news: <blockquote> The city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene markj 2005-11-21T14:34:29-05:00 40.757424 -73.988499 New York: Times Square Budget Hotel Was On Fire http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/10/28/11122/329 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hotel_carter.jpg" align="right"> Manhattan hotel prices are insane. So if you go budget in NYC these days what can you expect at a place like, say, Times Square's <a href="http://www.carterhotel.com/">Hotel Carter</a>? This morning the answer seems to be--a fire. An early morning fire on the 12th floor sent hundreds of guests outside. As a result, 43rd Street became packed with luggage, and 20 fire trucks. Of course we still don't know the scope of the fire, the cause, nor how many guests were effected. No injuries were reported, but fires are not exactly the best wake up calls. Fires asid, doesn't sound like recent guests have been thrilled with the Carter: <blockquote> The worst experience GEM0330 2005-10-28T12:28:53-05:00 40.757424 -73.988499 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/