Is the Hotel Carter a dump?

[Bettyboy72]

Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#1

Posted: 8/18/09 at 1:56pm

It's $99 a night and close to theatres? What is wrong with this picture? Is the place a dump or too good to be true? Im trying to plan a trip in the fall.

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[trekchristi]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#2

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:03pm

I always check out tripadvisor.com because people show pictures of the room. Granted some people have different standards but for this hotel, I'd avoid it.

[Jon]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#2

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:04pm

It's been voted the filthiest hotel in New York.
Google it.
Updated On: 8/18/09 at 02:04 PM

[Anakela]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#3

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:10pm

I think it's been voted Filthiest Hotel in America, actually.
But yeah, there's a bunch of threads on here about it.

[Jordan Catalano]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#4

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:13pm

But it's always fun to play "Guess that Stain".

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#5

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:15pm

or "Find the dead body"?

[Gingersnap2]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#6

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:17pm

Speaking from personal experience, the place is disgusting. The smell alone was vile.

There's a recent thread about it on the off-topic board.

[Stage Door Sally]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#7

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:25pm

Yes it's dump. I have a TripAdvisor tee shirt with a quote about the Carter, "Rats, rats, rats."

[singalongsong2]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#8

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:27pm

Lovely

[TheatreFan4]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#9

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:31pm

Updated On: 8/18/09 at 02:31 PM

[singalongsong2]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#10

Posted: 8/18/09 at 2:34pm

...and to top it all off, they have bedbugs!! How luxurious.

[Kalimba]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#11

Posted: 8/18/09 at 3:54pm

Kalimba happened to spend a very romantic evening at the Hotel Carter some years ago.

[frontrowcentre2]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#12

Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:02pm

If you are looking for clean, basic, no frills accomodation try the Big Appel Hostel on 45th street. I looked at the Hotel Carter once and got as far as the lobby before backing off. It did not feel safe, nor clean. The location is pretty good but there's a reason why they haven't raised their prices in the last 10 years.

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[FlyingMonkey1223]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#13

Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:05pm

Kalimba and I had a wonderful, romantic time at the hotel some years back! We drank grape soda, played with the rats, and acted out scenes from "Once on this Island"....priceless.

[dramamama611]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#14

Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:10pm

Grossest hotel I've ever stayed at.....ever.

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[GlindatheGood22]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#15

Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:10pm

Yeah, I'd steer clear of the Carter. I remember the story about the prostitute who was found cut up and put into bags and shoved under one of the beds.

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[saveusmike]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#16

Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:19pm

Norman Bates liked the place

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[TheatreFan4]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#17

Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:21pm

Mrs. Bates thought it was a dump though. They fought for hours over it.

[jspaeth87]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#18

Posted: 8/18/09 at 4:25pm

if you don't need much space, look into the portland square hotel, it's only a little more and it's basically in the middle of times square

[tourboi]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#19

Posted: 8/18/09 at 6:04pm

It's not just A dump, it's THE dump.

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#20

Posted: 8/18/09 at 6:52pm

I can't imagine that it would actually be legal for them to offer the room pictured. Is it?

[DefyGravity777]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#21

Posted: 8/18/09 at 7:57pm

"If you are looking for clean, basic, no frills accomodation try the Big Appel Hostel on 45th street."

I agree with this. It is a hostel and you have to share a room and bathroom with people but it's cleaner than most hotels I been in. At anywhere from $32-45 a night you can't beat the price or the location. It's on 45th St. right in the heart of Times Square.

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[Gingersnap2]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#22

Posted: 8/18/09 at 8:56pm

"I can't imagine that it would actually be legal for them to offer the room pictured. Is it?"

Well, put it this way. I used to work in the apartment rental business. Nothing major. Just a few two-family properties that my relatives owned and I helped manage. If we had conditions like that in the units - and we never did except when bad tenants would trash the place - we'd have been sued by angry tenants and reported for violated the "warrant of habitability."

[singalongsong2]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#23

Posted: 8/18/09 at 9:05pm

So gross. There are almost 300 pics of the rooms on this website. Yuck!

http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g60763-d93421-Hotel_Carter-New_York_City_New_York.html

[Gingersnap2]

re: Is the Hotel Carter a dump?#24

Posted: 8/18/09 at 9:10pm

Just flicked through some of those pictures and all I can say is, wow, I must have had one of the better rooms. And that's not saying much.