According to new research from online hotel reservation service hotel.info – the result of analysing the hotel ratings of over two million guests worldwide to provide a league table of the cleanest and dirtiest hotel destinations – if it’s a dirty weekend you’re after, then look no further than the Las Vegas of the north and the bright lights of Blackpool.
Brits don’t hesitate to tell tales on the state of their rooms: stained sheets, dusty tables and smoky smells were cited as the main gripes for guests, and it’s a case of beware of the coast as Blackpool, Brighton, Newport and Eastbourne all featured in the top 10 dirtiest UK hotel locations.
Top 10 dirtiest hotel locations in the UK
| Number | Location | Score /10 |
| 1. | Blackpool | 6.40 |
| 2. | Coventry | 6.50 |
| 3. | Wolverhampton | 6.52 |
| 4. | Brighton | 6.78 |
| 5. | Newport | 6.82 |
| 6. | Wilmslow | 6.83 |
| 7. | Eastbourne | 6.86 |
| 8. | Basingstoke | 6.89 |
| 9. | Worcester | 7.05 |
| 10. | Bracknell | 7.07 |
Conversely, the UK’s cleanest hotels can be found in the Berkshire village of Colnbrook, where sheets, towels, showers and staff are all presented beautifully and attention to detail is second-to-none.
Top 10 cleanest hotel locations in the UK
| Number | Location | Score /10 |
| 1. | Colnbrook | 9.48 |
| 2. | Weybridge | 9.28 |
| 3. | Harrogate | 8.87 |
| 4. | Peterborough | 8.68 |
| 5. | Chesterfield | 8.84 |
| 6. | Paisley | 8.63 |
| 7. | Inverness | 8.62 |
| 8. | Preston | 8.55 |
| 9. | Amesbury | 8.54 |
| 10. | Kegworth | 8.47 |
Andreas Klug, Country Manager for the UK for hotel.info said: “It looks like Brits looking for a dirty weekend in every sense of the term should be heading to the north west. Blackpool’s popularity as a holiday destination saw a resurgence as the staycation trend took hold a couple of years back, and it seems that the seaside spot has some catching up to do.
“The hotel ratings section of the hotel.info site is a great platform for users to give honest and open feedback about their hotel experiences, and what’s more, it gives the hoteliers themselves a great opportunity to learn from and improve their services in direct correlation with customer insight.
“When looking internationally at major worldwide cities, Edinburgh led the way for the UK (49th), followed closely by Manchester (56th) and London (70th).”
About hotel.info
www.hotel.info is a hotel reservation service for business and private customers offered free of charge. The service offers more than 250,000 hotels for electronic bookings around the world. Customers booking via hotel.info achieve significantly better prices in comparison with other booking channels. In addition, hotel.info shows all available room prices for each hotel, so that the customer can always select the cheapest or most suitable room price.
All bookings via hotel.info are transferred simultaneously, securely and directly to the respective hotel’s computer.
Using the experience of other hotel guests, customers seeking hotel rooms can base their decisions to book a room not only on the core information such as room price and hotel facilities, but also on the more than 2 million hotel evaluations and ratings submitted by hundreds of thousands of hotel guests from around the world. Compared with existing rating portals, hotel.info customers can rely on 100% genuine hotel ratings, since only customers who have booked and recently stayed in each hotel are asked for their opinion.