The Worst Thing I’ve Seen In A Hotel Room. Period.

Who is this Andrew kid anyhow? This is the second review I've read of his and all he does is complain about something it seems like. He needs to be demoted to proof reader not blogger.

Those photos made me ill. If this happened at a reasonable hour (early evening) I would probably ask for a refund and move to another property. If late night (as here) there is no way I would accept that room - it would be the same as if they put me next to a noisy a/c compressor - and would demand a new room. I can't believe you accepted the room or even used the bathroom

Oh Andrew! These were gifts from the Lord! He thought you would bask in the holy bodily fluids after reading his dirty message card on the pillows.

Folks: While we spend endless posts parsing the lobby amenities or the concierge desk, lets never forget the basic elements of the contract between guests and hotels. One side provides clean room, clean bed, clean toilet, clean shower; all in a secure, safe, private space. The other party pays for these privileges. No exceptions or excuses are acceptable. Either side is required to deliver "specific performance" of their respective obligations. Each side is entitled, if not mandated, to report deficiencies so they may be corrected. An example: if your credit card we're declined, would the front desk hesitate to inform you? Could you even check in?

I just realised that this and the other post were written not by Ben, but by Andrew. This blog has always been written by experienced travellers, so if someone who has limited experience is writing, which applies to both posts, perhaps it would be best to clearly highlight this. I personally have no interest in reading complaints that weren't first addressed to the hotel to see how they were handled. To me that is much more interesting because in all hotels this unfortunately does happen sometimes. If this is a minor problem, say, one small very hard to see thing that's not too gross, you clean it up yourself and forget about it, if it is a majorly gross item or something very stupid like this, or an unflushed toilet etc, or worse, like used underwear inside the sheets which I'm sure we've all found once or twice, then call the housekeeping button on the phone and tell WHOEVER answers that you need it sorted immediately. Don't blog about it or write a TripAdvisor review without seeing the outcome, that's pathetic and it also makes you look like a total amateur. If you want to go to bed, then say that you need to get to sleep but that it really bothers you and say you don't want to move room unless it's literally next door, but then it will of course have been cleaned by the same person who probably was in a hurry. Personally if it was anything to do with the bed, I'd move room, but for this I'd go into the other room while they sorted this out. It's much more helpful to share this in the context of a full review, i.e. I booked at eleven pm and arrived at midnight, etc so we can know if it was perhaps turned by the guy at front desk in the first place, and if their normal housekeeping is more vigilant.