I went for a week to New York with four friends of mine. We went for a two-day trip up north so stayed 3 +2 nights in Hotel Carter beginning of October.
Arriving in the lobby of the hotel, you have to hold your breath as the air condition is so old it smells sour.
Usually I'm quite easy going, but hotels anywhere else that I stayed (even in some smaller villages in Egypt) had better health standards.
The rooms were equipped with a relatively new TV (although I couldnt find a remote, but that might just be because there were no keys for the drawers), air conditioning, well sized beds. The bathroom was small and for some reason, noone thought of putting airconditioning in the windowless room. Accordingly mould was apparent on the ceiling and on some bits just roughly painted over. Towels were provided as well as soap (you would think), however seemed to have been lying in the mouldy room for a while already - smelly).
However, worst was the last night when I woke up with itchy spots on my arm and I then found a bedbug on the pillow. I didnt dare to look under the matress, but counting at least 30 bites now, I doubt it was only one. Once complaining, the person we were told was the manager seemed to have problems understanding English as she just repeated some sentences of cleaners coming in once a week in broken English. In the end we got a night's stay refunded.
I really think everyone should be aware of the standards in this hotel.
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