cleaning crew didnt clean out under the bed, found a dirty wet sports bra.
went to room party with people I just met, one of them was waltzing around without any panties...and she had a goal of trying to suck some guys dick from the host club (he was gay).
friends stunk the room up so bad because some of the guests didnt leave the room, they stayed in there and drank.
someone broke my prop sword and hid it in the closet.
Ive never had an issue with employees though, theyre always really nice.

Had a hotel once that would not accept cash. They would not accept actual, physical money presented and counted to them right there. Luckily, my best friend works at the head building that owns the chain of hotels. Heres a recap, they also did not speak much english (america by the way)
>Money es $_____.
>Ok, heres the money.
>No take cash. Need card. $250 safety on hold for breaking of room.
>Count out $250 and put it infront of him with the hotel payment.
>No take money. Card only.
>Fine get me your manager.
>Only women who speaks english. Shes looks 7 months regnant and smells like smoke
>"We dont take cash. We only take cards, for saftey deposite"
>Explain we have enough cash for that and why they wont take cash
>"I dont gotta esplain to yous. No card no room", and begins speaking in spanish to the worker at counter, both laughing
>Best friend had enough, pulls out her identification from the chain owner and has exects shaking down the place for its shit workers the next day.

I understand having a policy, but when they ever came out and started acting like fucking slum trash and insulting us in spanish (speak small bits and know the insults when i hear them directed at me), then I'm done. Apperently they were dealing out of the back and room service hadnt actually been changing the sheets, they were just fucking partying in the back.

>Ikkicon ###, I can't remember
>Front desk people are surprisingly eager and excited to see all the con-goers
>General Manager spends the whole weekend on the floor and freaking out at people
>kicks people out of rooms for breaking capacity (even though the people at the door were counting and there weren't even people standing, everyone had a seat)
>wanders through the crowd, shoving people and being generally rude
>some of the housekeeping throws out an attendee's things, including GH controllers and planners

And that's how I met some of my current convention hook-ups. I vowed to never go to Ikkicon again, though I've heard they've really cleaned up.

Probably the lack of down pillows. I don't room with social rejects, you see.

>Convention and hotel regularly fight
>Last year the hotel randomly pulls out a new policy Thursday night
>Hotel has its own staff controlling the elevators
>Only people with wristbands can get on elevator, 4 wristbands per room
>Everyone else has to go up to floor 10 and take the elevator there, or go up all the stairs
>All this because some jackass was booking entire floors and cramming as many people as possible into rooms to make a profit
>Hotel found out, freaked out
>Guy who tried to buy those floors gets everyone freaked out, people start thinking the stairs will be locked
>The whole weekend there was a rumor going around that the city's fire marshal personally came to the con and demanded the doors unlocked

Goddamnit these people

>>7003471
i see you went to youmacon.
supposedly even people who were only there for saturday events and needed wheelchairs were told they couldn't ride elevators to the different floors for panels, but had to be CARRIED on the escalators (for those not familiar, the ren cen mariott in detroit has the stupidest hotel design in the history of anything) lest they, oh no, sneak to a friend's room. they also demanded you had to WEAR the wristbands, you couldn't simply keep them in your pocket, and it was so bad they had kitchen staff, who had better things to do, checking for wrist bands at the elevators.

>>7003481
The Marriott's design is stupid because it's not meant to really be hosting a convention this big. The speaking rooms and hotel are really just for GM.

But I remember the hotel staff basically stopped caring somewhere between Friday night and Saturday afternoon. I do remember a room key worked if your wristband didn't and my friends brought tape and scissors, while also putting on their wrist bands really wide. They're really paranoid about this year since the hotel supposedly checked everyone's room for room stuffing. I thought that was bullshit since that'd be something really impractical to do since they could only check so many rooms and often it'd be really hard to tell if there were a lot of guests or just a few people with a LOT of luggage

To be fair, my horror story has more to do with the con's shitty management and friends drama.
>arrive at hotel for check-in, told there are no more double bed rooms (what we reserved) and that we would be given a roll-away as comp.
>okay
>finally get to room, no roll-away
>call the front desk, they have no more roll-aways
>don't really want to complain/cause a stink because we don't want to get caught for room stuffing.
>spend 4 nights on the floor with my boyfriend, with only 2 pillows and a tiny blanket because my friend, lets call her Sarah, has "back problems" and needs the bed. By the end of the weekend my entire right side is bruised.
>Also in the hotel room is Jay, Sarah's ex-boyfriend
>Because I am the mutual friend, I have to deal with hearing both Sarah and Jay bitch about each other over the entire weekend, yay me.
> One day of the con, Sarah goes back to the hotel room to sleep, but she apparently "can't sleep" without locking the deadbolt.
>Jay and a few others go up to the room to change, can't get in because of deadbolt, and Sarah doesn't wake up
>Jay's group ends up having to go down to the front desk, getting the keys switched and going back only to finally have Sarah wake up and let them in.
>Later on, Jay's group locks the deadbolt when Sarah and her friend try to get in, as revenge
>Extensive bitching from Sarah
>A few days after con, Sarah texts me and Jay, ranting that the weekend was ruined by Jay, and that I'm a terrible friend because I always side with Jay yadda yadda yadda
>Go to confront Jay, talk problems out
>Find out that during the weekend, at some point Sarah and her friend had some random guys they met at the con inside of our room
>never told me, never asked me or anyone else if that was okay
>Find out they were looking through other friends stuff

>Ohayocon whatthefuckever
>Reserve room in May for January con at the Hyatt
> My fav hotel and perfect because it's connected
>People start getting emails saying they're being moved because the Hyatt is under rennovation
>Don't get one, must have registered early enough!
>Get up on Friday to drive to con
>Check email
>Email dated in body as September, but sent day of check in
>Sorry we have to move you across town to a different Hyatt
>But we're offering a shuttle!
>Get there and its full of a business conference
>Go upstairs, change into cosplay, come downstairs, businesswomen laugh and make fun of cosplayers in the lobby
>Wait for shuttle.
>30 minute wait in freezing weather
>Dressed as a sailor senshi
>Get on bus, it smells of BO and has loud KH yaoi 13 year old girls in the back
>They yell about yaoi and how it's so kawaii there
>Somehow they're there every time I want to ride the shuttle
>shuttle takes 30 minutes one way
>shuttle stops at midnight
>have to be back to hotel room before midnight or no ride
>If we drive there we have to pay $20 for our parking and $20 for con parking
>fuck

>vending at steampunk con
>somewhat badly run, room we are in is not marked on map and has no signage
>tables were the advertised 6 feet long, but only 1 foot wide, wtf
>no AC, halfway through second day someone drags in an ac unit and fan in because room is literally getting steamy
>Saturday night about 9, a hotelworker comes in, tells us we have to leave the room so it can be locked up
>but we have until 10! It says in the contract and brochure
>threatens to kick us out of hotel if we don't comply so we grab stuff and get out
>tablemates things still in room, several other vendors weren't even there and need to get their things so we have to go find a manager
>manager and a con staff guy both confused because neither ordered room closed
>neither have key to room
>guy who made us leave does not have key
>he fucking handed it to some random person who said they were a vendor, can't even give a description so we can find them
>luckily person shows up and really was a vendor so we all get in finally

Same con, same night
>con was split between two neighboring hotels, my group is staying at second and much nicer hotel
>double booked with teenage girl swim meet
>obnoxious 13 year olds hanging over balcony, throwing things and yelling extremely stupid insults at steampunkers
>no idea where their parents were, probably bar or hiding in rooms
>around 2 am that night, finally quiet and everyone sleeping
>wake up and see flashing lights
>faintly hear weird noise and shouting
>open door to look out and fucking assaulted with loud fire alarm
>get group up, we all have to run out in pjs and stand outside for a goddamn hour while hotel is investigated
>just a fire alarm pull prank
>coincidentally is alarm nearest the swim meets rooms

Also brilliant idea to have hotel rooms soundproofed and all the alarms outside in the main hotel.

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>ACen 2013, staying at a hotel down the road
>Free shuttle but the driver is horrid
>Constantly late, smacking on food while driving, lies to riders about going straight to the convention center, takes them on detours to pick up people from the airport
>One ride back to the hotel she begins arguing with a rider about why he looks so feminine (he was pretty androgynous but specifically said he was male)
>finally says he's FtM
>"He, she, it, thing, whatever you is"
>Everyone is silent for the rest of the ride
>Sunday, my friend and I had been waiting for the shuttle bus for 2 hours
>Everytime we call the hotel they said the driver said she had headed out a while ago and they didn't know why she wasn't there.
>Bus finally gets there and everyone who had only been waiting 10 minutes flood the bus while I hobble over in restrictive cosplay while carrying a 50lbs case of Magic cards
>Trip and wipe-out on the pavement, FtM guy is the only one to come help me
>Try to get on the bus and she tells me and my friend to get off
>"We've been waiting 2 hours"
>Shuts the door on my face and drives off
I honestly thought my ovaries were going to burst from being so enraged

>Have confirmation email
>hotel claimed room was cancelled
>end up in room on the top floor, not a double, king and pull away
>douchebag dating friends steal the king, won't let a third person in (it was huge and we're all small)
>pull out the worst bed I've ever slept on, floor would have been better
>oh well

>Saturday morning
>shower doesn't work
>"the pipe burst"
>no water all weekend.

Had to shower in a friend's room 15 floors closer to the ground level. No shower AND no toilet

Fuck you radisson.

Just a few short little things:

>Friends or acquaintances getting drunk and vomiting on cosplayers' things, almost collapsing on top of sleeping people, bringing in assholes/sluts to the room.
>Fire alarm con: The alarm went off 4 separate times in the same night, half of us said fuck it and stayed in the room prepared to burn versus climbing down and up 20 flights.
>Flood con: one of my last A-kon's the sprinkler system on our floor went off. Before we went to line up for masquerade we had to put all our luggage on the beds in case the water got to our door before we were back. It was steadily rising.

>At Newcon 2012
>First-year con, lots of partying
>At 18+ maid cafe
>Hotel has staff in room to make sure things don't get out of hand
>Cafe ends up with guy on table, shirt lifted up
>Syrup poured on his stomach, another guy licking it off him
>Everyone in panel is crowded around table, cheering them on
>Look around for hotel chaperone-dude
>See him in the middle of the crowd, fist in the air, cheering just as loud as everyone else
>Total bro, EverythingWentBetterThanExpected.png

>>7003442
>>7003471
Christ, that sounds horrible.

>>7003546
>Has back problems, must take bed.
Have a friend that says the same thing. Only reason I got a bed at Kumo was because I booked the room, and drove everyone up there.
>Has to lock the deadbolt.
That'd be my girlfriend... She has anxiety issues, and thinks someone's going to come in and kill her.

Right, don't normally post on this board, but here we go. An experience from about 7 years ago.

>Get tickets to a con a bit late
>All my friends have already got their accom
>An "aqquaintance" said he'll go halves on a double room with me.
>Get there... turns out I'm not the only one he offered this deal to.
>There are 6 of us in the same room.
>Some of these people are the biggest emotional retards I've ever met.
>Turns out, the guy who sorted out the room, was actually BANNED from attending the con.
>Room is cramped, smells a bit, gave up the bed so that a naive girl who never met any of us before could sleep on it. She was suffering enough as it was.
>Later I found out that another girl that was with us tried to molest said naive girl that night.
>Come back after the first day of the con, the room has been trashed by the deal offerer. His arms are covered in completely clean bandages.
>He claims that he had just stop a break in at a local estate agents by a knife wielding man.
>His arms are covered in 0.5mm thick cuts.
>There's a broken pen wit a sharp point in the bin.
>Escape so he can explain what happened to the room to the hotel owner.

---

On the plus side, that naive girl, is now my wife. :3

>First time staying at a hotel for a convention
>Packed up 10am Sunday morning
>Carrying 30lb of luggage to elevator
>Every single one that goes by is either full or going up
>My friends and I decide to just take the stairs down despite being on the 60th floor
>My brother has 50lb of cosplay with him decides to stay and wait for an elevator
>After about an hour we finally get down to the main floor
>My brother is there waiting for us
>"HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET DOWN FIRST"
>"Oh some staff guy came up with an elevator, let me on and after 5 floors just locked the thing"

Oh how naive I was

>>7003742
I had something similar happen to me.

>We (friend's sister, friend's (now ex-)girlfriend, and myself) were contemplating going to another set of elevators and switching elevators at a certain floor.
>start walking that way when a guy appears and begins to race us
>friend's ex takes off, but sister and I happen to see a hotel worker who offers to take us up on the staff elevator
>ride up the elevator with super cute worker and chat her up about what at the con she should go see while on her break (staff apparently gets a free pass if they work during that weekend)
>best-time-ever.png

>>7003725
That was one of the best "how i met my spouse" stories ive ever heard, props to you anon

This thread got me to call my hotel sooner to double check my reservations I made back in April for August. Had a minor scare when they said they couldn't find my reservation, but it's all good now. Found it and it should be all okay... Unless there are last minute changes? I'll call again closer to the date to confirm that there should be no troubles for my friends and I.

>>7003379
Aren't you not allowed to not take cash as a payment?

>>7003890
Even if you're legally not obligated to take cash, that sort of conduct is definitely enough to get you in hot water.

PAX East 2012 at the westin

>Screwed up our room
>5 of us
>Gave us one bed
>No roll away
>No couch
>No extra pillows or blankets
>No kitchonette
>Had to pay for wifi
>No breakfast or anything

Is it just me, or do less classy hotels offer you more? I was astounded that we payed so fucking much to stay there and got NOTHING.
The hotel we stayed at this year was a few miles away but on the shuttle path at least and was a million times nicer.

>>7003899
The one bed thing was a problem because we requested a double and the 'overbooked'. The entire hotel was packed and they seemed quie ill prepared for it.

>>7003899
Yeah, I've noticed that cheaper hotels have a lot more to them. Like when I went to comic con we stayed at a cheap Holiday Inn a few miles away that had free Wifi and free breakfasts

I've had good experience with room-mates fortunately.

However, one time, we unfolded one of the spare blankets provided and there was an enormous bloodstain on it. I don't even understand how anyone could have missed it, it was huge.

>>7003918
I think it's just rediculous that we spent around $800 for the weekend and then had almost nothing!
The kitchonette pissed me off personally because I bring food to cons so that I can save money and not buy the over priced convention center food.

>Book room, only one left is a king size
>Friends all say that I definitely will be sleeping on the bed no matter what
>Oh cool, no sleeping on the floor again! Yay!
>Nope, the three girls rooming with me take the bed because "EW ANON IM SORRY BUT I DONT WANT TO WAKE UP TO A BONER THEY'RE GROSS"
>Wind up on the floor anyways
>the other two people rooming with me snore really loudly
>Can't get pissy because one had to lend me some money when the hotel hit me with a hidden fee, one of the guys snoring is my 21 year old brother who still tells on his younger brother

>>7003899

The Westin is a piece of shit; they're the only option besides the intercontinental and shit half a mile away so they can dick over whoever they want. I can't wait for the extra two hotels they're zoning for right there get put up

>>7003890
The dollar is legal tender in america and you cannot refuse it as payment because some people have money, but not cards since you have to have customer loyalty to a bank, which (while sometimes it dosnt seem like it in america), is not required to get things. If the hotel had the policy before marriot bought them out, then they had hid it from them and were using the process of no cash secretly from the company.

The reason why we pushed it was because my friend worked at the parent company and she had never heard of this cash ban. Like >>7003896
said, it was the piss poor service and outright harassment that made us call in the corporate hit squad. By the end of it all, she demanded, even as an employee, that we get comped. Paid $50 a night for a $300 a night room.

>>7003899
I agree, there has been nice hotels a bit further away but if you don't mind walking or taking transit, it's worth it.

Such as around Seattle. So far I've been at Queen Anne Inn (vacation), Max Hotel (vacation, Priceline express deal), First Hill Apartments (PAX), Silver Cloud Hotel Broadway (vacation, P.E. deal again), and Renaissance Hotel (Sakuracon), and soon the Baroness Hotel for PAX.

I really enjoyed Queen Anne Inn and First Hill Apartments for the kitchenettes and free breakfast (it's not much but it's free at least), and I'm looking forward to using the Baroness Hotel. It will be a lot closer than First Hill, like a 10-min walk instead of 25~40min transit. Silver Cloud Hotel is pricier (thus P.E. deal) and very nice, complementary shuttle drop-off at Convention Center and other places, and pick-up too till 10:30pm or something.

>>7003899
We stayed at the Renaissance Mariott near the library in down town Seattle because an entire hotel got canceled for Sakura-con. Hotel staff...Fucking amazing group of people parking and wifi were free for the entire weekend because of us having to be shifted. Restaurant and bar staff were quite nice as well.

A smidge farther away than most hotels but you could take a shortcut to the convention center easy.

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My country has a lot of hostels, so whenever I go to a con outside of town I stay at a hostel. Few weeks ago had my first horror story...

>Book for me and my friend a cheap hostel (10€ per night) near the con
>Since I like to change in peace in my own room, book an all female room
>When friend gets there and she discovers it's a female room, she starts bitching because "girls are messy"
>All the other girls are korean tourists that are really quiet
>She bitches all weekend about how "messy" they are
>She wanted to stay at a mixed room...
>There is only one toilet and one shower per floor and there are around 50 people per floor
>Have to camp in the corridor to go to the toilet and to have a shower
>Really dirty shower with no place to put stuff, have to leave towel on the floor
>Constant fear of getting some kind of disease
>Friend keeps bitching about the girls in the room and how it would have been so much better to be in a guy's room
>mfthewholeweekend

If she had told me first I would have booked her on the guy's room, ffs

>>7003942
This also happened over the weekend:
>Brother introduces himself to the people we're staying with by only saying "hi, I'm Anon's brother"
>Apparently he assumed everyone staying with us would know his name due to being a facebook group chat a few weeks prior (even though a few people in it dropped out)
>The whole weekend, no one but me and another person rooming with us knows my brother's name
>"He didn't tell me his name! Fuck, what was it? All he said was 'hi I'm anon's brother'"
>Proceed to refer to him as "Anon's brother" the whole weekend
>he gets upset by this
>As a joke, I get the voice of Duke Nukem, Jon St John, to poke fun at him for that
>Send the video I took to him
>My brother is pissy for the rest of the con, tells my mother

He's still a little upset but is slowly beginning to be ok with it

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>decide to save money and stay at a hotel away from the con
>has two star reviews but figure it can't be that bad
>discover it's a Red Roof Inn that has lost its franchise and turned into the "Red Rock Inn" (the sign had the ck in a different font)
>get in, see this sign on the counter
>elevator drops a foot and shakes all the way up
>Room is clearly a smoking room turned into 'non smoking'
>carpet is vaguely wet
>shower leaves me standing in 5 inches of water (a big pet peeve of mine)
>go to check out the next morning
>FIND A PARTIAL BLOODY HANDPRINT ON THE WALL
>yeah

I sincerely hope that wasn't actual blood but like. I have no idea what else it could have been and I don't want to know. I have a really shitty blurry picture but irl it was clearly a handprint (fingerprints and all)

I only go to hotels to the biggest con in my country since I have friends almost all over the place and they offer to take me for free. First year I went everything was ok, but it was a bit far. For the next year, I decided to stay with 6 friends and my boyfriend at an inn which was only 10 minutes by foot, and a bit cheaper.
>semi-underground
>employee was an old man who almost kicks us out for making noise after 10PM the first night
>hot water was out if only one person went to the shower ( cold water showers in November )
>bathroom was outside the room
>sewer pipes noises all the fucking night
>employee almost kicks us out 3rd night because noise when we weren't making a sound
>boyfriend and I asked for a double room, they gave us a small room with 2 beds, each one at the other side on the room, couldn't even put them together
>no cellphone signal
>had to clean out own rooms
>no fucking towels ( they charged us for them )
Since then I always go to hotels even if I have to pay more. I only want a hot shower and a good sleep, goddamnit.

>>7003682
>Ignores rest of post where she and friends bring guys over and rummage through stuff
>And gets mad when OTHERS lock the deadbolt

Wake the fuck up Anon and realize your gf is a crazy bitch (if this is her)

>shitty little hotel in paris
>male staff catcalls everything female
>two small bathrooms for every floor
>many holes in the woman's bathroom stalls and showers
>we think it's funny at first, but fill the holes with paper and glue
>every morning the holes are uncovered/emptied
>tell staff
>they laugh and don't care
>one of my friends, who is the first to use the shower, gets nervous and wears a bathing suit
>sees "an old man's" eye looking through the hole
>get staff
>make a huge scene, staff suddenly pretends that they don't speak english
>threaten to call the police; get money back, GTFO as fast as we can

>>7003963
You can totally refuse cash payments at a hotel. It's a private business.

It's not like they're saying "your money's no good here cause you're black", they're saying "we need a credit card because people like to trash our rooms and skip out and we need to cover our asses."

Join 2013 and get a debit card that functions as a credit card, put the money in your account, and deal with it.

Motaku in KC a few years ago (I think it was '10 or '11) the whole con floor smelled like a sewer.

Anyone else remember how bad it smelled?

>>7003963
Actually, no establishment is legally required to take the dollar as currency.

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>Kitacon 2012
>Hotel has 'fire alarm tests' at 6am every Monday
Come the fuck on, 6 in the morning after a fucking weekend? I think everyone's figured out it's just to get everyone up and out of the hotel before they pass the check-out time.

>>7003899
Big brand hotels that have the locations the closest to the con centres usually skimp out on extra stuff like free WiFi, couches, no breakfast etc. because they know people will stay there just because it's so close

>roommate gets super drunk and pretty much begs to fuck me
>old food in the bathroom sink
>roommates drinking my liquor while I'm asleep
>bringing strangers into hotel room, onto my bed while I'm trying to sleep
>sleep anyway, with strangers drinking next to me on my bed

I don't party hard enough for my roommates. Will be looking at different ones this year.

>>7004192
different anon, but isn't it kinda wrong just to spring something like that on paying customers without any sort of warning? It's one thing to have it listed on a website or mentioned in a confirmation email, but to just suddenly make up a rule like that can be an inconvenience, especially to people who may be far away from the bank they use.

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>best friend is artist and gets invited to con
>her publisher gets her two tickets, we share a room in a VERY expensive hotel
>okay, this is a noble upperclass hotel, let's be extra nice, and let's not dress like weeaboos, we want to give a good impression
>at two times when we enter the front doors the concierge blocks our way and tells us to get lost
>hotel staff repeatedly tells us not to bring anyone in our room especially no "crazy halloween people" and "NO OLD MEN!"
>ask staff member about breakfast times
>she turns around and walks away
>ask someone else
>he does the same
>get repeatedly told not to "bother the real guests"
>maids enter the room all the fucking time without knocking and stare at us as if we would mess up the room and steal everything, leave without cleaning
>in general, everyone is horribly rude and treats us like garbage

Pretty Woman screenshot somewhat related?

>>7003471
John Fucking Wetzel aka omegagamer

That's the guy who caused all this shit. And later tried to cause a massive stink about how hotels are abusing attendees' 'rights' for not letting them room stuff etc.

Fucking hate that guy.

>>7004246
Didn't he try that shit again with Colossalcon this year? I remember someone posting about that a few months back

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I'll just leave it at this,

If you're going to throw a party with alcohol, make sure the executive director of the convention isn't in the room next to you.
Even if everyone is over 21. Fuck you Ikkicon 6.

>MFW very pissed off director at door.

>>7004255
It might have been a co-director/chairman... Can't remember.

>>7004254

Staff was aware and he didn't book any rooms, at least not under his own name.

>Con is near my friend's university, so I stay at her dorm
>Head back Friday night around 11pm
>Bus back to campus is filled with rowdy college kids all singing "happy birthday", all are likely drunk
>get back, go to sleep
>woken up by friend's roommate coming back at 1am, futon is in clear view of the door
>rise up, make rape face at the roommate, say "HOWDY"
>See someone else shambling in, laughing
>Wake up a bit later to my friend screaming "NO DO THAT SHIT SOMEWHERE ELSE I DONT FUCKING CARE WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU SLUTS"
>Roommate was having loud sex with a guy

heh, according to my friend, I missed out on this convo while I was asleep:
>"Uhhhhggg... yeahh.... Peter.... you're so fucking hot" (or some shit like that)
>"my name is Greg..."

Her roommates were the stereotypical college party girls who only seem to talk about booze and banging boys. My friend hates them so much to the point that she would come home every weekend just to not deal with their bullshit.

>>7004235

I doubt it was made up on the spot. I'm pretty sure you have to have a card to reserve a room nowadays--I have had to for every hotel I've stayed at, even if I was paying cash.

>>7004276
I just booked a room for a con few weeks back, and I had to give them a card. I'm pretty sure that's more to charge you for no-shows/damages but last year we paid in cash there.

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>>7004273
>>"my name is Greg..."

Does it count if I was probably someone elses' terrible hotel story? Oh well. Story time.

>Staying with a few friends of mine at the hotel even though I only live an hour away because they needed help paying for the room and I didn't mind
>The pair is an "on again, off again" couple and this particular weekend they were off again
>The girl brings another guy with her back to the room with us
>Suuuuper awkward
>Once we're all back in the room I decide to combat how awkward this is by drinking
>A lot
>A few hours later and I'm completely smashed in one of the party rooms, never been this drunk before or since and wearing a cosplay I didn't bring (Tifa)
>Stumble back to my room after knocking on the wrong door consistently for about a half hour only to have a girl angrily come out and shoo me.
>Can't go in the room because the couple is now on again and having sex loudly in the room
>This hotel had a deal where if like you had forgotten toiletries or something (like a toothbrush) they'd give you a cheap-o one and decide to use this to try and ask for toast so I could sober up while waiting for the friends to stop banging in the hotel
>The guy working the counter is very confused by my request for toast and goes to ask another employee what to do while I belligerently demand they meet my request
>Another employee comes over and says he likes my costume and that he'll see what he can do
>Gets me bread (no toaster) and I am appeased
>Stumble back into room and crawl into my bed even though they're still going at it
>Throw up on the floor out of protest and they stop
>I clean up everything in the morning but still get charged a ridiculous amount in fees because the guy didn't get his spray paint for his costume off the tub and neither pay me back for that
>I still have that Tifa costume and never found out who it belonged to
>I'm getting married to the hotel worker that gave me bread in 3 weeks so I guess it turned out okay

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i have one interesting story but its not about how terrible the hotel was or anything
>mtac 2010
>first day of the con fine, nice weather havin fun, meeting people
>second day its raining all day, super hard
>third day almost don't go because we can't see the road its raining so hard
>entire city of nashville gets flooded but me and my friend are still partying at this con
>get a week off school also, literally the most fun i've had in my life

>youth hostel in berlin
>first thing i do is get in shower
>turn it on, hardly any pressure
>finish shower
>the tiny bathroom is flooded 2 inches deep and there is no drainage
>me and the 4 other people in my party soak up the water with our towels
>spend rest of the week at hotel with a mouldy towel
>glad to return home
>a month passes
>fucking bedbug infestation

>>7003963
What the hell are you spouting about? I'd hate to deal with someone who has no idea about what they're talking about. Most hotels NEED a credit or debit card out of necessity. A $300 deposit is nowhere near enough to cover the damages in a nice room which can run up into the low to mid 1000's and cash leaves no trail for finding responsible parties. Also private businesses aren't obligated to do almost SHIT. They can straight up refuse to service you. Most of the times hotel accommodations or any "comps" are out of customer service rather than any real legal obligation. Common sense bro

>>7004276
This. Only rat infested shit holes take cash without a card, because it's usually deadbeats, crack whores, or people trying to "stay under the radar" refusing to use a credit card.

>at a con in early july this year
>too many people for one hotel
>takes forever to catch an elevator
>kids decide that it'd be fun to go jumping in the elevators
>they break 2 elevators
>congoers can't go more than 6 on the two working elevators again
>had to take stairs each day in cosplay

>>7003615
What an asshole. Really sorry you had to deal with that, anon. Bad bus/shuttle-drivers are the worst.

>>7004173
All anon said was that their girlfriend always has to lock the door. Stop projecting.

>>7004173
That was another Anon.
Mine may be crazy, but she's never really pulled shit at cons.

>>7004189
maybe it was some kind of local swinger club thing. sounds like glory holes

>>7004087
>men
>cleaner than girls
lmfao.
she just wanted the dick.

>>7003379
Jesus you sound like a dumb bitch. Its completely standard for hotels to only take cards. If someone fucks up a room, they need a way of keeping track of them.

I feel genuinely bad for anyone in retail that has to ever deal with you.

I can only think of one story right now and it's a good one, not a bad one:
>Wake up really early Sunday
>Good around in the game room before going back to pack
>Get kinda hungry, head towards the food court
>Drunk guy starts talking to me on the way there
>"You know what, kid? You're alright. I'm gonna buy you breakfast"

All he wanted was my hash browns and a sip of my coffee. He was awfully nice.

> Book a hotel room with three other girls, lets call them L, K, and A.
> Week Before Con A asks if he two guy friends (we'll call them C and G) and her boyfriend J can come.
>Me: "Yeah sure more people are great for price."
> Day of Con K invites her boyfriend whom we'll refer to as R along. Whatever I like R he's cool people.
> So have a room with 8 people, bit crowded but cool.
>Getting ourselves ready for bed the first night.
> J: "Well A and I get to have a bed because A paid first."
>Me: "It's my room. and you didn't pay until today, so you're on the floor since the arrangements were A and Me in one and L and K in the other."
>Everyone else was totally ok with this.. he continues to bitch to the point where we were just like "fuck it".

Day 2:
> A is cosplaying something skimpy J decides he hates all men because his girlfriend is being looked at by them.
> Doesn't go to convention at all and instead invites his brother and his brother's girlfriend to the room without my permission.
>return to hotel with beer soaked into carpet and two strangers there. So naturally I am like "wtf?"
> Say something get called a cunt.
> Proceed to just leave because fuck that.
> L texts me and mentions J's bitchiness. I agree and we both decide to just not mention it to A until he's not around.
>L meets a hot guy and he invites her to stay in his room for the night. It's sketch but she agrees if I can come along too.
>Go to other guy's room since J was such a douche.

Day 3:
> J invited more people over the night before and they damage the hotel room.
> Throws a fit when I say that he needs to give me money for the damages
> Everyone else is totally reasonable about it and hands the cash over no problem.


And when A finally dumped J for being a mega douche there is much rejoicing on facbook. But because I said her knew guy can't stay with us she backed out of our hotel room for Otakon literally today. Oh well looks like I won't have spending money at the con now.

>>7004552
Not that anon but you just sound ignorant as fuck. They weren't upset about not being able to use cash as much as they were with how they were treated. Plus if their friend was that high up on the food chain with the company, they probably knew that the hotel should have accepted cash, but was upset because for some reason that specific hotel in the chain didn't.

As someone who works retail I'd be more pissed off having to work with you. I prefer my employees and coworkers to handle any and all situation with a certain level of professionalism. You sound like a whiney teenager flaunting their knowledge around. Christ is summer almost over

>>7004583
Shit, please pardon my poor grammar English is not my main language

>>7004310
I don't know why, but I found this story hilarious.

I've had bad luck with roommates, with the two worst incidents taking place when I was in high school. Some fellow students/acquaintances offered to let me room at conventions with them and I said yes, since it'd be cheap and I would be able to do my own thing or whatever.
But....

First time:
>Girl roommate and her bf (both landwhale weeaboos) had sex a few times in room despite having three others room with them
>Roommates left their dirty clothing all over the floors
>Bought tons of fast food like pizza and left it out
>All previous items placed where I was supposed to sleep
>Me and another roomy they brought get stuck sleeping on the floor with no blankets or pillows (I got the closet, he took the bathtub)
>Leave me and this guy to pick everything up after them, and help them out with their terrible artist alley table throughout the entire weekend
>Girl roomy that invited me disappears for half the con, leaving me by myself in a hotel room with three guys
>Can't complain for shit because their parents brought me there (and also received a good scolding from friends about trusting these people to room with them in the first place)

Second time:
>roommates leave all lights on at nighttime
>also leave on television at near-max volume
>leave wet towels all over the bathroom/didn't clean the sink
>leave their cosplay and artist alley materials all over the floor
>leave chinese food out for over a day without refrigerating it (that fucking smell)

On the positive I've gotten way better when it comes to choosing people I go to cons with, it's something I should have looked into when I was younger. I probably could've avoided a lot of trouble. Maybe I'm too high-maintenance but I cannot stand staying with slobs who just trash the rooms.

>>7004273
man, that sounds familiar. was it conbust con this past year?

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Literally just happened, and the con hasn't even happened yet. I mad.

>I'm in charge of Otakon hotel room.
>7 people in the room, me, my two friends, my best friend, her bf, his 2 friends
>All is fine and dandy for about a month after they're all on board
>suddenly two days ago, one of the people (best friend's boyfriend's friend) asks if his girlfriend can come in the room.
>No, 7 is max capacity
>she throws a shit fit wanting to come, because she can't stand to be away from him for a weekend and has waited until now to throw a tantrum
>guy says he'll drop if he can't get his girlfriend in the room with us, bringing us down to 6
>at this point I'm more pissed by the princess attitude than the extra person
>I tell him that I have to see what the other roommates want; if they prefer less money per person (if the gf rooms with us) or more space for the weekend (if the guy drops if we say no to his gf)
>Other roommates can't afford to have someone drop
>I'm told guy's other friend rooming with us may drop too if I kick the guy out.
>I have no choice but to allow ms. princess to stay

>they say they're 'soo apologetic' over backing me into a corner like this

Fuck I'm still pissed over it. I told her straight though, if I get any complaints or princess attitude from either of them at Otakon, their shit's out the door. I don't even know how you could be "omg so sorry for the stress!" and yet continue to insist to be a bitch.

I said she doesn't get a bed or an air mattress, etiher. They promise they'll be no drama, and I plan to be nice just so it doesn't bring my weekend down, but god damn it.

>>7004583
You are aware this is an online forum, not a professional setting, right?

>>7004663
Keep firm, don't let them force the bed. If they try to "go to sleep early" and get on the bed, you wake their asses up and create the shit storm.

People like that thrive on people who don't want to create drama, times like this it's okay to be a cunt and tell them where to shove it. I would literally shove them right onto the floor and share a screaming match if someone tried that shit with me.

And get the money before they step foot in the room. No money, they can sleep in the parking garage.

>>7004663
>They promise they'll be no drama,

They'll be drama. I wish you luck fellow Anon.

>>7004679
So much this!

Or better yet start looking for 2 other people that can take over for them in case the boyfriend and the other guy drops out because no sense in risking getting kicked out of the hotel for room stuffing.

>going to cons age 16-19
>state law requires hotel room booked by someone 21+
>hotel rules require the booker to be the one to check in
>basically have to take my mother or my friend's mother
>both are massive cunts
>friend's mom takes all the room's complimentary waterpark passes and gives them to her friends

>>7004679
Oh yeah. I'm going to be really firm about it. I've had dramacons in the past and I'm pretty determined to nip any kind of conflict in the bud.

They already know I'm extremely firm and extremely blunt - I made it very clear how absolutely disappointed, disgusted, and pissed off I was with her behavior.

>>7004688
Thanks. If there's another thread like this around the time the con ends, maybe I'll relay what happens, if anything.

I remembered this one just now:

>Ikkicon, again
>take some friends, including lady!friend2
>lady!friend2 happens to be dating a guy who is at summer camp or someshit
>both the summer camp and the convention are in shitty reception zones for our phones
>none of us manage to receive texts for hours, if at all
>I go off to have fun at a panel, get a message from lady!friend2 asking me to find her in the cafe
>find her in a sobbing mess, literally crying her makeup off
>bf can't receive her messages/getting them at awkward interval, so he floods her phone with berating messages about how she "doesn't love [him]" and "is choosing [her] hobbies over [him]"
>ironic because our hobby took up three days, while his summer camp shit took up three weeks
>demand lady!friend2 give up her phone for the weekend and fix her makeup (she was competing in a few hours)
>lady!friend2 keeps the phone, keeps moping, doesn't place in the cosplay contest, stresses me out for hours

>>7004738
Guess that really wasn't about the hotel, but I'm very glad that hotels have very rarely given me trouble.

>A-Kon 2010
>Saturday night/Sunday morning there is an electrical fire in one of the rooms on the 4th or 6th floor
>evacuate entire hotel
>fire alarms malfunction and go off every half hour to hour from 3am to 6am
>last alarm is accompanied by a message from the hotel manager apologizing for the malfunction
>hear him cursing at the staff as he hangs up the phone

>>7004754
>Oni-con of same year
>going to con with college anime club because weeb
>3 rooms booked and a group of friends booked a double bed separate from the club rooms
>invited to stay in friend room with 4 people rather than 6
>get there and find out one of the guys gave his sister and her friend a ride because they were going to a concert that weekend
>neglected to tell us they would be sleeping in the room as well
>now have 7 people in one room that turned out to only have one bed
>sister and friend OF COURSE get one of the beds since they're only staying one night
>ask anime club if i can stay in one of their rooms instead
>have to sleep on a sleeping bag on the floor next to the FORTRESS of cup ramen boxes they brought with them

>>7004663
ooo i'm very interested to see how this turns out, keep us updated!

>>7004754
I remember that. Shit was annoying as fuck.

>SDCC 2013
>Staying with friends who always book the room
>It's about 15min away from convention, not bad, only $67 per person for a 4 night stay
>Get there, have to dodge a waterfall coming from the second floor because they have a hose running up there?
>Room obviously used to be a smoking room, carpet is damp, place smells like must and smoke
>Neighbors think that 5am is a good time to yell at each other
>Bugs of all sorts
>Everywhere
>Bugs
>By the end of the trip, I was good at kill and/or capturing them
>Ended up having a lot of fun pretending to be an entomologist whenever I'd need to take care of the bugs, trying to figure out what they were, why they were in the room, and how they got there

But it was only $67 a person, we all had ample bed space, and there was free wifi, so in the end I guess it wasn't so bad?

>>7004137
I… sorta want to see that handprint. And wow, no cake whatsoever, eh?

>go to con as brock samson
>buy some fake blood at magic store because why the fuck not its brock after all
>crimson from the elbows down
>have no idea how to put it on right so there is little flecks all over the bathroom and some stains on a towel i was using to clean up
>head out to con without cleaning it up because i am already late
>forget cuff watch, shit, head back up to room
>door is open, cleaning cart outside
>burst in anyway like an idiot covered in blood with what looks like a real bowie knife on my belt
>scare the shit out of the cleaning lady who doesn't understand english very well, try to explain myself but she starts reaching for her phone
>grab watch and get the fuck out before staff/police show up
>expect police to be waiting at my room when i get back from con
>nobody in the room, bed is made and bathroom spotless.
>not a word is said and i unclench my anus for the first time in a day

>>7004583
lol stop defending yourself okay

If you were really upset about being treated rudely, maybe the majority of the post shouldn't have been bitching about not accepting cash.

My friend Joanna arranged a hotel room for us but since we weren't 18 at the time and couldn't check in ourselves, our friend Emily's dad came and got a seperate hotel room. Joanna invited our kind-of-but-not-really friend Kathy to save money on the room. On the first day, Emily's dad brought us to check in while Joanna left on her own in her car but ended up stuck in the parking garage cause they only accepted credit cards as payment. Emily and her dad left me at the hotel with Kathy to get J. As soon as Emily leaves, Kathy starts telling me her life story, about her supposed depression and anxiety issues stemming from her abusive ex-boyfriend. I have no idea what to say because I barely fucking know this girl so I make a few comments now and then but try to drop a hint that I'm not quite interested in this conversation by going on my phone and playing with my DS.
After 30 minutes of this she tells me that I'm "such a great listener!" and pulled me in for a big hug. After that, Joanna came and once we were all settled in, Emily asks for the room money. It was only $50, but Kathy says she is unable to pay because of a lolita dress she bought. She only had about $50-70 left and Emily didn't want to take all her money for the weekend. I wouldn't have been so annoyed if the dress wasn't ugly and ita as shit - it was made out of like, latex and had this terrible lace all over it with a maxipad headpiece. Later Emily's dad offered to get us dinner so when it was delivered, 3 of us left to go to her dad's room to get the food. We specifically told Kathy to keep her ass in the room so we can get back in. What does she do? Walks right out of the room without a hotel key as the door slams behind her. We ended up having to get all new room keys. The entire weekend she just kept doing stupid shit like that. Not exactly a horror story but I remember dealing with her was just so goddamn annoying.

>>7004830
Hilarious, glad you didn't get into too deep of trouble. Did you get charged extra for the mess? I'd be surprised they got the red stuff out of the towels, which I assume are white.

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>>7004830
>not a word is said and i unclench my anus for the first time in a day

>>7004856
Nope, not a cent was taken out of my security deposit. I think she just thought it was less hassle to clean up the room move on with her life and never think about it again.

>>7004867
Maybe there wasn't enough or it was easy enough to clean that the hotel wouldn't give a fuck.
Reminds of this past AX. Went to a room party, a few of thd guys were wrestling and one got his nose busted(think it was an elbow to the nose) He was at the bottom of a dogpile so blood on the comforter and shhets which were all white. Thankfully a friend and I got the blood out for them with just some cold water and vodka.

>>7004239
I'm actually genuinely mad on your behalf. That's such bullshit

>Go with friends to ALA despite being broke as fuck
>Can barely pay them back for the room, sleep on the floor the entire time because i don't want to ask for a bed after my friends were nice enough to even let me come along
>Barely eat for the first day
>Cool Lelouch cosplayer gives me a slice of pizza in the elevator as he goes to his room
>Nice old lady at Denny's buys me a sandwich
>Everything went better than expected

>>7004849
But I'm not the person who posted the story?

>get a non-smoking room, share with 2 schoolmates
>am gone whole day, out doing con things
>come back, room smells like cigs and weed
>neither one owns up to doing it, have to pay fee to get the room cleaned
definitely not rooming with them again.

>>7004239
I have never had an issue except once when we booked 6 months in advance and they put us on the second floor of a 30 floor place. It was one of those shitty rooms they usually keep aside for budget guests or booked out by flights in case a plane is late and people miss there connector flight and they have to put them up somewhere for the night. My beta friends were content with just dealing with the shitty accommodations but I wasn't pleased seeing we stay at that fancy apartment company at least once or twice a year and we are charged the same amount as when we stay on the 20+ floor.

Went back downstairs right away and saw the lady at the front desk who booked us in. Put on my polite distinguished gentleman act before I got off the elevator. Explained that we were dissatisfied with the accommodations especially as we had booked well in advance, that we stay at an oaks at least a few times a year and have become accustomed (yes i actually said accustomed) to a certain standard of accommodations from previous stays at other oaks apartments. She apologies and said our original rooms were currently unserviceable due to a flood on one of the upper floors. I told her how unfortunate that was and I completely understand but we had driven for about 8 hours straight and we were so hoping to stay in a nice apartment and how it would put such a damper on the rest of our stay if we had to keep our current accommodations. If there was anything that could be done we would be so grateful to her. She said she would see what could be done, called upstairs, put down the phone and said if we could gather our bags and meet her downstairs she had organized for us to stay in the penthouse apartments at no extra cost for the inconvenience. I thanked her, said my friends would be so pleased and went off to grab my friends and luggage.

They couldn't believe me when I told them what I did, to this day they haven't let me hear the end of it. I was just surprised it worked.

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>>7004923
How professional and calm, good job anon!

>>7004192
>It's a private business.
What part of "legal tender for ALL debts" do you not fucking understand? You can choose to refuse plastic, I've been to plenty of businesses that do it, but NO, you cannot refuse cash. It's the official fucking currency of the fucking country.

How long do con hotels usually keep the deposit? I've never been to a hotel where they keep a deposit, so this is a bit new to me..Also, what to expect 1st time staying at con hotel? It will be just me and my boyfriend staying together, but I guess it's unusual to just have two people in a room during conventions?

>>7004930
Do you shitheads realize that you could just google "can businesses refuse cash" and all your fucking questions would be answered? Seriously, can we just have one fucking thread that doesnt end up getting derailed by completely pointless bullshit for once? I for one am actually really enjoying this.

>>7004384
I was also at MTAC when the flood hit. That was probably the best MTAC moment imo.

>>7004948
So far for me, around Washington (stayed at Seattle and Spokane), they take a deposit and when you check out they refund it. It's just a safety measure for them in case we screw up the room some how.
>By the way, it's a good idea to take pictures TIMESTAMPED of before and after your stay to show the condition of the room just as you had and left it.
>I have heard from experience of people getting screwed over by some hotel who charged them for the mess they left, but they had pictures to prove they did not leave that mess.
I clean up before we leave to check out, so I never had any troubles of getting back the deposit. Also it's fine to have just yourselves to the room, less trouble and worry over having strangers unless you can trust them enough. Often it's nicer to have the room with less people than more.

>>7004965
This is also good practice for renting apartments. Taking pictures and getting them notarized or something of existing damages so that you don't get suited for what was already there.

>>7004965
>>7004970
Thanks for the camera tip, I didn't even think of that!

This was a few years ago at Sakura Con, it was myself, my mother, a girl named Y and a girl named D.

>I’m dating girl named S. Break up with S.
>Y breaks up with boyfriend M.
>M and S hook up and start dating.
>S goes with girl named P to same con different hotel.
>Hear whispers from Y's friend that P and S are gonna be there.
>D is just friend there to spend time with her girlfriend N who is at another hotel.
>Everything good Thursday and Friday and most of Saturday.
>And then.
>S calls me at 11 at night during panel.
>S is drunk, barefoot and under age.
>Everyone but mom is underage.
I>’m still in love with S and decide to take her to hotel and hope everything is okay.
>P was in her hotel room inviting both men and women to hotel room and drinking/ sleeping with them.
>P is only 18 and got booze from her boyfriend whom she stole from her sister.
>S is actually here to attack Y for stealing back M.
>M broke up with S and M and Y are working it out.
>S calls P and M to come to hotel and say we’re holding her against her will.
>She sought safety at the hotel beforehand.
>P comes and Y is finally told what is happening.
>Mom calls S’s mom and tells her everything that happened.
>Cops come and get S out of our room and they take her back to their hotel.
>S’s mom picks her up from the hotel.
>Y decides to fuck everything and go to sleep early.
>Me and D hang out with people at the convention from 2-6 am Sunday.
>Y and me makeup after big heart to heart and we all leave happy as a clam.
>TFW we have to deal with P and S on Monday.

P is fatter than ever in college. Her sister pretty much disowned her after she found out she was sleeping with her boyfriend.

S has been having a lot of drama with Y and M and has been really stalker like.

>Dad used to work in a convention center as a celebratred chef
>Somewhat conservative and old world, but sweet and understanding (usually)
> weekend before big con, people/vendors arriving
> Pops comes home bewildered
>"Those freaky people with the cat ears and grown men in wigs? Ay Anon, they look like the ugly [anime] cartoons!"
> Daddy, I like those shows too..
>"DON'T HANG OUT WITH THE FREAKY PEOPLE!"

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>>7004137
Holy - what the fuck?
Have any more pictures from that hotel?

>>7003550
Fuckin' Hyatt at fuckin' Ohayocon

>The bar is always crowded. Most of these kids look under 21.
>The elevators are always overcrowded, making you almost consider taking the stairs. Almost.
>Speaking of, someone always punches a hole in the wall on the stairwell.

>>7004706
If there isn't, start one. I'm expecting a good finale to this story.

>>7005042
FFS, use fake names instead of letters if you have a fuckton of people involved. I'm here to read stories, not do fucking algebra.

>>7005042
I thought we all agreed to not use letters for names anymore... it tuns stories into an instant "tl;dr."

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Colossalcon 2013
>Due to last minute planning, we decide to book down the street since the Kalahari is full.
>See Maui Sands Resort, good reviews, had friends that had stayed before, no problem.
>Get to room, notice it's a bit hot in there but we turn the A/C on, and leave for the con.
>Come back, it's a bit cooler so we all decide to go to sleep.
>Friday morning it's like a sauna in the room, hotter inside than it is outside. Obviously the AC was not working
>Maintenance comes by, and they say it's fixed.
>Come back that night, room is definitely colder so we all think it's okay.
>Nope. Not even.
>Saturday morning a friend decides to get into very nice cosplay, but their props are literally sticking together due to the heat. Paint job ruined, some pieces are warped.
>Done.jpeg
>Complain at front desk, demand a discount and a room change, management doesn't even try to disagree.
>We get moved to another room, and get a 300 dollar discount, but it's not over yet.
>The water heater in the shower doesn't work, and the toilet is broken.
>Seriously upset by this point, luckily our room was close enough to the hotel toilets that we didn't have to go too far.
>The same maintenance guys say that they basically can't do anything.
At least I got to relieve my stress in the lovely swim up bar at the Kalahari, though.

>>7005107
>>7005093
Well fine, M is Mae, Y is Yvonne, D is Diana, S is Sara, P is Paige.

>>7005114
It doesn't work after the fact.

>>7003615
>harassing trans people
but why

>>7004549
Men's bathrooms are a good deal cleaner than women's, actually

>>7005151
Because they're different, and being different is wrong. Also see the .gif posted with it.

>>7004310
10/10

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I have a funny 'whatever' story

>be 17 [this was quite a few years ago]
>go to notorious kink/steampunk con in NJ
>room with fellow cosplayers I knew from meetups
>everybody is clean, nice, and pays their way
>one woman works as a domme to pay her rent
>go to sleep that night
>wake up the next day
>man in a leather dog mask and latex maid skirt is asleep in a dog cage right next to my face/bed.
>whatthehellwasiexpecting.jpg

nice dude, though. cleaned our room and helped us with our costumes as a thank you to his mistress

In this story, I was kind of the ass.

>be younger me
>sharing room with 1 other guy
>meet fun girl
>get back to my room
>i quickly text friend Girl in room sleep elsewhere
>No longer virgin
Friend ended up at the hentai showing and slept in a random room with people he met. I owed him big time and got him some stuff from the dealers room.

>>7005203
20/10

>>7005215
i lead a weird life.

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>>7005203
>wake up the next day
>man in a leather dog mask and latex maid skirt is asleep in a dog cage right next to my face/bed.
I would have probably flipped the fuck out

>>7005231
i honestly was more surprised that he wasn't dying from being in that tiny cage.

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>>7005203
>man in a leather dog mask and latex maid skirt is asleep in a dog cage right next to my face/bed.

this girl i stayed with once was a horror story of her own, i hope i can kind of do it justice
> go to con with best friend, other friend, and other friend's hambeast best friend
> hambeast, we came to find out later. never bathes. wears wigs to cover her greasy as fuck rats nest. she smells like vomit and shit. yellowing teeth. 300 pounds. the whole deal.
>great.
> prior to going, spent a night in their apartment finishing up last minute things for their artist tables.
> hambeast garbage sews for hours, not having anything done, but she had months to get her shit together before hand.
> keeps me and other friend up all night.
> brags that she got 27 little crappy toys done. theyre mostly basic shapes like stars, squares, "marshmellows". she plans to sell them for 15-20 dollars.
> i nap for a few hours before we head out.
> wake up to find out hambeast still hadn't finished actually anything so we miss the ferry we needed to take in order to get to the hotel several times in favor of her sewing.
>dont know why she couldnt have done it in the hotel. but i picked my battles.
> eventually get to hotel where my best friend had been waiting 8+ hours for us in the lobby alone because she can't check in.
> cant check in because hambeast booked hotel under her name, with friend's credit card. they dont let anyone in unless your name is on the reservation. she only put her name.
> stressed. mad. tired. get into the room, go to sleep.
> wake up next day. hambeast, even though she had all this fucking prep time, she never sewed in the eyes on her plush bullshit.
> go to con, she sits at an empty table "scouting out" the other tables because she has nothing to sell.
>aka wasting a whole fucking day and my friend's money who payed for her table
> not really my problem, bum around con meet people have fun ect

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>>7005203
I... Honestly don't know how I'd react.

>>7005241

> that night find out hambeast snores like a fucking wild pig.
>non stop all night. im not being dramatic it was fucking disgusting and annoying and loud.
>next day of con.
>tired. cranky.
>wake up, hambeast starts sewing the eyes into her things. whatever. me and best friend get into cosplay and do our thing.
>time to leave. friend has a suitcase of her things to sell, we have to bus it for 30-40 minutes, rather then waste money on a cab.
>no big deal, we understood that when we booked the hotel.
> hambeast says shes going to wait behind and finish up her sewing.
> standing at bus stop, hambeast calls and says shes calling a cab for herself
>pissed as fuck because friend had this huge suitcase, and we expected her to be longer then 10 minutes finish her shit?
> we have to drag everything to con while her princess ass sits in a cab with her bag of plushies to sell
> get to con and avoid her at all costs pretty much
>cool day go home
>more snoring and being disgusting
>find out she used every towel in the hotel to wash her nasty hair in the sink rather then just taking a shower like a normal person
>she hangs "do not disturb" sign on door because shes scared cleaners will steal her shit
>dont know why anyone would want her nasty anything or shitty crafts
> we dont realize it until the next day when we still have no fucking towels
>blow up at her because im done dealing with her being a slob and keeping us up all night with her snoring.

after that con i never saw her again. my friend dropped her after she fucked her out of a bunch of rent money and never payed utilities to the point my friend almost lost her gas and electricity. she had been lying the whole time she was a fucking disaster.

Not my horror story but I'm sure I made other people mad.
>room through friend's anime club every awa
>find out they booked a long-term stay hotel that is impossible to walk to and we only brought one car. Fuck
>guy who booked said he put us with 3 men
>for some fucking reason we can't get into our room even though it was 4 pm
>really wanted to save the bed for us and avoid the pull out
>wait an hour
>say fuck it we're missing the con and drive to the con, guy who booked it said he will make sure we get the bed
>friend with car didn't want to leave till midnight
>Fuck.
>come back drunk, the random men we're rooming with "stole" the bed
>I raise hell and be as loud as possible to let them know I as a woman am displeased
>friends shut me up after 20 minutes and we pull out couch.
>not big enough for all us so one friend is forced to sleep on the coffee table
>next morning find out it was actually 2 girls and 2 boys who stole our bed
>set my breakfast on fire somehow making the room reek
>get body paint all over the bathroom
>steal their bed and make them sleep on the couch the next night
I'm actually surprised these people didn't tell me off. I deserved it. I was upset at the amount I paid to get a room far from the con and stuffed with people. Poor people. Hope I never see them again.

>>7003481
I would have guessed KumoriCon since the exact same thing happened right down to the guys who booked a whole floor and the rumors of locked stairs.

I wandered into a party that I did not realize was a diaper party. There were about ten people, all in pretty impeccable lolita or dandy. Everyone was acting weird and giggling, and I slowly started to notice an increasingly foul feces scent. I finally said something, and everyone laughed heartily and explained to me what a diaper party was.
I got the heck out of that hotel room after that.

>>7004087
haha, sounds like she just wanted the d

AX 2013 was a good con for me but oh dear lord almighty I cannot stand the people I was dealing with.
>Going to AX with my boyfriend, and on the first night in LA, 2 of my friends are going to stay in the hotel with us
>4 days before we leave, a girl I was mutual friends with comes to me asking me for a ride to LA.
>"Yeah if you can pitch in gas money. That would be bueno."
>2 days before we leave, she calls us and asks us to pick her up. She lives 30 minutes away from us, and if we got her we would have to drive up, and then back down towards LA.
>"Look sorry man, but I'm not gonna chaperone you. Please get here on your own."
>She comes to the house the night before we leave
>brings a fucking huge suitcase, a big bag, and a backpack
>we are sharing trunk space among 5 people total
>wow ok this blows but whatever it's fine
>she comes in and she sees our living room, which is decorated with my boyfriend and my figurine collection. fyi we have been collecting for a long time, and our figurine collection's worth about $5000 and sits at about 450-500 figures
>ride moocher girl decides to tell me that she sees this shit all the time, how she has all these friends in japan, and how some of them are hikkimori and that they own 1:1 scale figures of kamen rider and this collection is no big deal
> ok.jpg
>she is also one of THOSE girls that needs to constantly remind you that she's lesbian and that she is not into the dicks
> spent 2 hours (not kidding) talking about the TONS of loser guys that try to add her on facebook and reads out loud their proclaimed "sad" love letters. Oh and how LOL I LIKE GIRLS SO NO TOO BAD
>also constantly reminds me about how I was drunk off my ass at a party half a year ago and i tried to cuddle/kiss her and how she would date me so hard if i didn't have a boyfriend
>oh yeah she's lesbian did you know


Continuing in another post

>otakon 2012
>luggage bag didnt protect against rain so luggage is wet, feel sick, with 2 other people, already miserable
>go into hotel to check in
>booked room back in January
>they dont have a room for us
>they blame priceline, said that priceline never confirmed the room with them, refuses to take blame or responsibility for anything
>hour long argument between me, hotel manager and priceline via speakerphone
>luckily one of my roommates had the priceline hotel confirmation to show evidence that we did indeed have a room booked
>we are waiting for two hours
>lady finally says we have a room but its a one bedder
>for three people
>room is gross, bathtub unwashed
>complain again, finally get a two bedder room at a reduced rate

>>7004384
holy shit, I live a couple hours east of Nashville. That was so crazy! The entire mall and Opryland Hotel was friggin' underwater!! They're just now getting everything back open...

>>7005361
Last bit sounds like my bf's ex, needed to remind everyone how bi she is and ask everything with tits to be in a threesome with whatever poor bastard she's roped in.

>>7004644
Nope, Shutocon

>>7005361
cont.

>wake up next morning to discover she has taken fucking panoramas, shelf photos, you name it of our living room and posted them to her facebook
>"OH MY GOD LOOK AT MY FRIEND'S COLLECTION IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND I CANT BELIIIIIEEEVE HOW AMAZING THIS IS"
>ohmygodwhy
>get ready to go and she drags her shit out, and we deal with her the whole car ride down
>she continues to tell my two friends in the back seat about the loser guys that ask her out on facebook and that she's a lesbian and that she doesn't like the dicks
>I ask her for gas money and she says "lol sorry i can't do it, i only have enough money for food"
>are you fucking kidding me
>get to hotel at 3-4 AM because of shitty construction clogging the road
>log onto facebook and see that she's whoring out my figure collection for Facebook likes/comments
>oh yeah she had to remind me before i go to bed that she thinks i'm hot/sexy and that whoops she's lesbian and i'm taken
>I find out later that she also borrowed cosplays throughout AX and i'm thanking the gods that it wasn't us that had to bring the rest of her goddamned wardrobe.

She stayed out of my hair after that but honestly she just made me want to strangle her and I have a very bad impression of her now.

Uh nothing too note worthy i guess, except a few light problems with the Westin at AX not waiting to take our room money IN CASH! they always put up a fight on taking cash from our con mom. She likes to pay everything cash since she doesn't trust banks too much. She still offers her CC for their insurance and hold policy, but she only lets them charge a min of $100.
As she states, "I AM GIVING THEM CASH, WHY WONT THEY TAKE IT! ITS CASH!" Although I think its her job as a CHP that makes her paranoid about banks and CCs sometimes.
I haven't been to many hotels with them over the years, we tend to stick to the same hotel, the only others I been to are The Maya when AX was in long beach that one year and I think it was the Sheraton at Anaheim in 2006 was it?

>>7005382
There is no federal law, nor any state laws (currently) requiring that businesses take payment in cash. All major airlines operate this way. Go and try to plonk down $600-700 in cash for a long distance flight, you'll have a great time.

>>7005400
In fact, wouldn't paying for things in large sums of cash immediately cause them to be suspicious of you being some sort of felon?

>>7004663
anon, where are you staying for otakon?

what a couple of shit heads. please stay true to your word and kick them out if they don't do as promised!

not con related but
>book an apartment for gothic festival
>pay 500€ 6 months in advance and casually mention the festival
>two days later my friend and I get the money back
>email them about it
>they tell us that the new rule is "only christian customers over that specific date!" and send us a pdf with some christian pamphlet
>mfw my friend and I are well-mannered oldfags and dress and act like completely normal human beings
>mfw people still buy into this "gothic people are satanists" thing in 2013 and we had to take our dirty heathen money elsewhere

>>7005338
wow, two different cons pulled this shit?

>>7005417
hahahahah what the fuck?

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>Small conventions from a couple years ago
>Rooming with people I've been friends with for years and years
>One friend has developed a huge crush on me
>Super awkward
>Like lots as a friend, but have said I'm not interested in a sexual way, besides, I'm already in a relationship
>We all take turns sleeping on the bed
>It's my night to have half of the bed, Crusher's eyes get this strange glint.
>That night, everyone except Crusher is back in the room as we start getting ready to sleep
>That glint in Crusher's eyes still bothers me, I offer the bed to another couple staying with us and they happily accept
>Sleep well
>Next morning am woken with a shout, turns out Crusher cuddled up to them in the middle of the night, thinking I was sleeping there
>Awkwardness extreme edition
>Feel bad for friends who I gave the bed to, but so thankful I wasn't in that bed

Details vague for vagueness' sake.

>Con a few years ago.
>managed to shove in with some con-friend-people, good number of people but not bad.
>Didn't get a key.
>Spends a majority of con not with the people in the room, that happens a lot with me.
>Can I have a key?
>You can go down and ask the desk for one.
>Goes down, it's late. They refuse to give me one.
>And... everyone in the room is asleep. I wait until one of the partiers in the room comes back to be let in.

That night actually ended better than it was going, but.

>Having a shitty saturday at the con.
>Friend from room tries to help cheer me up, I met some people, it helps a little.
>Decide to head back to room.
>There are twentyfuckingpeople in the room
>Some of these people have large props
>Some of these people are painted different colors
>Holyfuckingshit
>They forgot to inform the, like, one person in the room who wasn't involved that it was Panel Rehearsal Central

I think I ended up with someone else that night by mistake.

>>7005417
You probably could've sued. Having the pamphlet would guarantee a win, too.

Well these happened last year, when i went to the conv with a couple of friends:

>Make reservation for a small hotel

>1 week before the hotel close to make some repairs

>Get reservation in another hotel, bigger but is not as near as i would like

>Try my cosplay with my friends to be sure they are ready for the conv

>We go down to eat -still on cosplay-

>A group of douchebags start making fun of us

>After a while one girl of the group come to us and start talking shit

>then she comes back later and say she was kidding, she's using a slutty pikachu cosplay...

>Start flirting with me (i'm gay)

>Try to tell her in an indirect way that i'm not interested

>Her BF comes and start insulting me because i was flirting with her

>Insults me because i like to cosplay and that i should have stayed in my parents house...

>Start trying to pick a fight saying "Do you think you're a man!? do you think you can come and take my GF while using kids clothes! NERD!"

>Point out the fact that his GF is using a pikachu cosplay

>He says: "She's hot!, oohhh do you want to use a pikachu cosplay?! You fag!"

>Got really irritated, I kiss him and then say "Asshole don't come talking shit because your GF want to sleep with whoever she finds!, also you're the want that would like to use that pikachu cosplay!"

>All my friends are like "OHHHHHHHH!!" -childish but funny-

>Latter that night, someone rings the door of my room

>The same asshole, he's wearing a big jacket that covers him completely

>He's using his GF pikachu cosplay....

>Now he's my BF

>thatwentbetterthaniexpected.jpg

>He says: "Yes... i want to be Pikachu"... take out the jacket

>>7005702
The day was pretty shitty but it had the best end XD

>>7005702
The mixture of made-up and English-not-as-first-language is strong in this one.

>>7005710
Hahaha, yeah english is not my first language, and i'm happy to say is not made up

I decided last minute to go to ACEN a couple years back. (only decided to go the week before)

The main hotel had a couple open rooms.

Gobbled one up right quick and went by myself.

Room was really nice.

Although it was kind of expensive to go alone.

But having a king size bed to myself was magical.

If you were fairly close to the con hotel then it was probably stage blood from a careless zombie cosplayer or dumb kids trying to 'freak the mundanes'.

well this is not so much a horror story but

>Friends and I want to go to a con in Lisbon
>Everything is left for me to arrange, location and traveling
>Week before half of the people dropped out, ended up being me and 4 more people
>One of the boys suggests hostel, pretty cheap 12 euros a night
>Go to first day of convention, me plus one girl and three boys
>after we go to hotel and girl ditches our group to go sleep in a fat kids house
>End up sharing a room with the boys watching videos and funny shit on the internet thanks to free wifi
>everything went better than expected

>first time going to a convention and actually staying at a hotel
>friend's like yeah we got an awesome place and you only need to pay like $50 the whole weekend. wow sweet
>Know there will be room stuffing and figure there will be like 6 or 8 people there
>Get to the con with two other girls i know are also rooming and realize our friend isn't there, instead she's still at home working on her prop so we can't check in. "hehe sorry! I'll be there soon!"
>spend the next 4-5 hours wandering the con but put luggage in a holding area(thank god)
>walk over to hotel which is like a 20 minute walk down the road...hmm okay that kinda far but hey it looks like a really nice place can't be too bad right
>Room is really big and when the rest of the group arrive I suddenly realize why we only have to pay $50 each for such a nice place.
>11 fucking people....really...seriously?!
>Eh okay whatever. no one is really weird, everyone seems nice and there is a lot of space. me and my two gal pals get one of the beds one night too so aight whatever I just wanna have fun
>Fairly drama-free...going better than expected, have a blast regardless.

all in all not too bad all thing considering. everyone was pretty chill and nice actually. half the people took showers at night and the other half in the morning so getting ready wasn't bad either. it was just a shock with the number at first.

>>7005798
oh but there was one person that ticked me off that weekend

>One girl who dressed like Kakashi and was called by name as such (I never did learn her real name) give the sob story of "oh...I don't have money to pay..."
>friend's like "wat...pay me back later I guess" and then she comes back with a bunch of merch from the dealers hall. no money my ass. donno if she ever paid her back
>same person also took one of our i think 3 room keys even though they always went off on their own and my mini group was like "hey we should prolly have one since we'll be out late or come back early...." agh...

at one point we had like 13 people in the room because some's friends had no place to stay that night. cyberpunk raver girls but they were quiet and slept on the floor. we were a little irritated though...but it was okay

>>7004700
i would have thrown a bitch fit if the mom didnt pay for anything.
I NEVER let that kind of thing happen. Not in my town, not ever.

>>7005203
Wicked Faire? Has to be a Jeff Mach con, its the only things Jersey has.

>>7005869
bingbingbing!

haven't been to one since I was 19 but geez, is he still going?

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>>7005702
>>7005730

>>7005876
Never been to Wicked but went to SPWF last year and he was there, hung around to talk to our group for a bit because we were unhappy with our booth (I'm >>7003590 and for real that was the shittiest room)

>>7005368
did you go to the last mtac? i met someone briefly who said they lived east of nashville but still go every year

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>>7005522
hahahahahah! that's so awesome!!

>>7005378
>borrowed cosplays throughout AX
People do this?

>>7004239
My boyfriend wanted to book a room of one of those hotels for the next con. Good lord I stopped him on time. He's from a rich family and he's used to them, but there's no way I'm going inside one of those hotels in cosplay.

>>7005366
It didn't rain last year, how was everything wet?

>>7005378
Ugh this reminds me so much of this girl I know. She has a boyfriend but constantly talks about how she's a lesbian and hits on me a lot along with everything that moves. It's fucking awkward, plus i pay for all her shit.

This one stars like a a horror story, but turns out well.
>Anime North ##?
>Booking for the radisson, only a short walk away and some of the events are held there anyway
>feel super luck for booking it
>Split 6 ways, not bad
>a day before the con, someone backs out and another wants two more people brought in
>Someone has drama at home and can't pay their share but still wants to go. I end up spotting for them
>Someone else arrives in our room with their things? I was not informed of this. It's one of their girlfriends. At least she has cash to pay for it on the spot
>End up crowded as fuck in hotel room, but secure a relatively comfortable place under a chair (I'm a small person and I turn into a ball in my sleep anyway) Only problem is a leg is digging into my neck. Ah well.
>Trying hard to be chill about it, no one can ruin my con. Worked hard on my cosplay.
>Return the first night, why do I hear loud moaning? Oh.
>Chill at a Tims for a couple of hours exhausted with the rest of roommates before returning
>Mysterious wet mark on the jacket of my cosplay? Washed it furiously of course.
>Last day of con, wake up under my chair with a sticky note on my face. It said: "We're sorry"
>Bags of my favourite weeaboo snacks and the Aigis figma I was looking to buy but used that money to help pay for the other person in the room surround me on the floor. Roommates grinning at me.
>Roommates felt bad for stressing me out so they pooled for it

Way better than expected.

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Decide to go to fanime this year the week of the con. The only hotel with openings is a Sheraton four points. Think nbd I don't think it will be bad. We got a king suite for like $140 and it was just me and my mom and that bed was so blissfull.
The only downside were the weird guys from the bar I had to pass to get to the elevator that asked the usual questions. The story gets much worse from there and involves marshmallow fray boy Cupid and a koala. I'm about to take off from Boston to go back to LA but if people are curious I'll post later.
Pic related: it's the huge bed. For reference I'm 5'10"

>>7006455
Your friends care about you

>>7005370
oh cool your friend goes to MSU then? wewt wewt go spartans!