The world's dirtiest hotels

Every year, this popular travel review website combs through its user reviews and compiles the hotels that its users were thoroughly disgusted with during the previous year. There's a top ten list of “dirty hotels” for some of the most popular destinations in the world including the U.S., U.K., France, India, Italy, and Spain. (Canada isn't included, so we hope this speaks well for our country!)

Get ready to squirm -- Here's a sampling of the some of the dirtiest hotels in the world.

Hotel Carter, New York City, U.S.

You would think this hotel might have cleaned up its act by now. It's been hovering between the number 1 and 2 slot on TA's list since 2005. Of the current 814 reviews, only 44 rate this hotel above a three out of five. Reviews do praise the choice downtown location and the price (it's relatively inexpensive at an average $122 USD a night), but found no shortage of things to hate about the place.

Among the many offenses are blood stains on the sheets, insects feasting on the garbage left behind from last night's guests, offensive smells and rodents. Some reviewers said it might be okay if you only planned to sleep there, but other disagree -- they went home covered in insect bites. (Read the reviews).

Cromwell Crown, London, England

At $72 USD this hotel in central London is practically a steal -- but most reviewers still think the price is too high. Here TA members found bodily fluids in the sink, unknown stains on the furniture, underwear on the window ledge and layers of dirt and grime on the carpets and in the bathrooms. Reviewers report having to pay for the room upfront before they could see it, and found that staff members weren't helpful or sympathetic when they complained.