appalling but at least I wasn't on the street
The hotel where I had been booked didn't have my reservation on file, so at 12:30am I was looking for a place to stay in Seattle - on a Saturday night in July. Half an hour and many phone calls later I found a room here. As soon as I arrived I spent another 20 minutes calling more hotels, but no luck, so I stayed. The hallway smelled of urine, the room smelled of stale booze. The carpet and easy chair were very stained. The bathroom looked like it belonged in a tenement. There was no hair dryer, no alarm clock, and no iron. And for the pleasure of not having to sleep in my car I paid $105. On the up side, the sheets were clean and the shower had decent water pressure and lots of scalding hot water. So keep this hotel in mind if you're ever stuck in Seattle with no hotel room on a weekend. They'll have a room.