Pigeon Forge establishment named the 'dirtiest hotel in America'

**SBG** · January 26th, 2011, 03:55 AM

TripAdvisor?, the world's largest travel site, today announced the top 10 dirtiest hotels in America, according to traveler ratings for cleanliness on TripAdvisor. Now in its sixth year, and true to its promise to share the whole truth about hotels to help travelers plan their trips, TripAdvisor names and shames the nation's most hair-raising hotels.

This year, the tarnished title of America's dirtiest hotel goes to Grand Resort Hotel & Convention Center, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The southern belle hotel failed to charm TripAdvisor travelers; 87 percent of those who reviewed it recommended against staying there. The unpopular property elicited such hotel review titles as "Worst Hotel Stay of My Life," "Stay Anywhere Else But Here," and "Absolutely Horrible!"

Further excerpts: "If you are looking for a hotel with chewing tobacco spit oozing down the halls and corridors; spiders actively making webs in every corner of your room; carpeting so greasy and dirty you wouldn't want to sit your luggage down - let alone walk around barefoot...... by all means, stay at The Grand Resort."
According to the site 2011's Top 10 Dirtiest Hotels in the U.S.:
1. Grand Resort Hotel & Convention Center - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
2. Jack London Inn - Oakland, California
3. Desert Inn Resort - Daytona Beach, Florida
4. Hotel Carter - New York City, New York
5. Polynesian Beach & Golf Resort - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
6. Atlantic Beach Hotel - Miami Beach, Florida
7. Rodeway Inn - Williamsville, New York
8. Super 8 Estes Park - Denver, Colorado
9. Palm Grove Hotel and Suites - Virginia Beach, Virginia
10. Econo Lodge Newark International Airport - Elizabeth, New Jersey

Read the full report at the TripAdvisor? Web site.

http://timesnews.net/article.php?id=9029352

**centennialdawg** · January 26th, 2011, 10:35 AM

I saw that last night. The wife had wanted to stay there several times but we never did. I showed her the article and the reviews and needless to say, I am pretty certain she has decided against it. Not a lot of the motels in Pigeon Forge are much worth staying in.

**burton2019** · January 26th, 2011, 11:16 AM

All of pigeon forge is dirty imo.

**1inStripes** · January 26th, 2011, 11:22 AM

We about stayed there in November. Thank God that didn't happen. We went down late one Friday and decided not to fight traffic at stayed at the Fairfield Inn next to Bass Pro. Very nice. Also has a shuttle service to UT games during football season at the hotel. Very good deal. We generally rent a cabin from Eagles Ridge, and they are generally kept very well.

**steer** · January 26th, 2011, 11:32 AM

Cabins are the only way to go down there. Everything else is super dirty.

**imported_elp6n** · January 26th, 2011, 11:39 AM

Even then it's hit or miss.
Had a coworker rent a cabin down there, and it was a major FAIL. She said it was so dirty she couldnt set her kid down. They went to a motel instead.

**1inStripes** · January 26th, 2011, 11:40 AM

I agree, although that Fairfield was very nice, but its kind of expected and they weren't down in the heart of PF. We did use Cabins USA once. That was a mistake I won't make again.