Submitted by "Hotel Carter" on 11/16/2008

14 november 2008 - 17 november 2008

I knew what I could expect at this hotel;low budget rooms.

When I entered the room I kinda thought it was ok, till the next day.
I experienced a lot of itching when I was sight seeing the finance district.

When I got back to my room I took off my shirt and looked in the mirror.

O MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew I was allergic to insect bites/stings, but this was beyond any previous experiences.
My back was covered with big red bubbles concentrated at locations on my back, (left) shoulder area and arm.
I instantly though of musquito bites, so I told my room mates not to open the window anymore. Next day I had more sting marks on my lower left leg and my left wrist, so I researched this stuff at the internet. I kinda got to this site and eventually on wikipedia.

BTW, my friends in the same room had some stings aswell, but the reaction wasn't that intense, and the amount of stings was more close to than to 100.

This hotel ruined my week in New York despite the things I did.

My advice to you: Don't visit this hotel, You should rather go to a more expensive one.

Submitted by "Hotel Carter Bed Bugs" on 11/15/2008

From October 30 to November 6, I stayed in rooms 1038 and then room 1506. The reason for 2 rooms is simple...when I came back to the hotel after being out most of the day, I discovered my room, 1028 had been cleaned and ALL of my things were gone. I complained to this amazingly inept Korean woman that works there and after finding my things she gave me another room, 1506. This is the room with the bed bugs...I swear I had over 100 bites on my arms, legs, and hands. The first room had mice too, didn\'t want to forget about them.

So...PLEASE listen to me...DO NOT STAY at this rat infested, bed-bug-riden, hole in the wall.

Thank you,

Have a good day.

Submitted by "Hotel Carter" on 10/13/2008

I stayed in the Hotel Carter on October 6th 2008 in room 1800. It was my last night of the round the world trip and having stayed here before I thought it was good value.

On my flight home the next day I noticed red lumps coming up on my arms and 2 days later I ended up in A&E for 15 hours with my arms, legs and face covered in huge itchy bed bug bites.

The doctors confirmed (having taken numerous blood tests) that it was a very aggressive case of bed bugs, or some similar lice on the bed.

Take my advice and do not stay here, as I'm still having an allergic reaction almost a week later.

Submitted by "Hotel Carter" on 09/22/2008

Please please listen to my advice: HOTEL CARTER is very dirty and HAS BED BUGS.

I traveled from San Francisco to New York City and stayed at the hotel on September 23-25, 2008. The address of the hotel is on 250 W 43rd St and we stayed on the 8th floor.

I got over twenty bed bug bites. They are painful and itchy!!!! In addition to bed bugs, there is no room service, the room we stayed in was very dirty, trash was left from previous occupants, and I had to spend a bunch of money to make sure I didn’t take the bugs with me to SF!!


Please, please, know that they have bed bugs!