Worst hotel in the world?
Worst hotels in the world
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Bad hotels are the bane of the traveller, especially the traveller with no money, which is why online reviews teem with tips on places to avoid.
At least one hostel has taken the attitude that, if you can't beat 'em, keep their expectation low.
That's the apparent motto of the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel in Amsterdam, which launched a clever ad campaign in the 1990s geared towards keeping complaints to a minimum.
It declared itself the "Worst Hotel in the World", and it plastered the city with ads showing just how dirty, unfriendly and inconvenient it was. Now those ads have been collected in a book of the same name.
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