It could have been worse
It could have been worse. We were lucky when we stayed at the Days Inn in New York City: unlike several other reviewers on this site, we did not encounter bed bugs in our room. But that is the only good thing I can say about this hotel. The room was tiny, with paint peeling from the walls; the plumbing worked most of the time, but the heat worked only sporatically (this was in January!).
I had made a reservation through the Days Inn web site, and I was offered what I considered to be a reasonable price. I do realize that one must expect a certain amount of shoddiness in a cheap hotel in New York. However, when we checked out, they refused to honor the price I had been given when I made the reservation. So now I have to dispute the higher charge with my credit-card company.
Still, that is not as bad as it would have been if we had been given one of their bed bug-infested rooms. So it could have been worse.