We’ve also had some horrible hotel stories. The worst was when we were passing through rural PA and planned on stopping for a night at a family member’s home. She lives alone in a three bedroom and insisted we stay with her. Two nights before, she called to say that she had booked us in a hotel. It turned out to be a super seedy motel - the lock on the door didn’t work, the carpets were black with mold, and there were people drinking in the car park right under our window. Turns out that there was some big sporting event happening near by and all the hotels within a 100 mile radius were booked. DH barricaded the door with a dresser and the drinking party in the car park turned into a 2 am drunken shouting match and a fight, when the manager went out to tell them to keep it down. Some guy threatened to get his gun, police were called, etc… Slept 0 minutes that night and then had another 12 hour drive to make the next day. In retrospect, we should have slept in the car behind the relative’s house!