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WORST RATED Hotel - The Britannia Hotel, Manchester

Walk With Me Tim
Walk With Me Tim
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👁️ 311K views📅 3 years ago⏱️ 14:52

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Editorial Summary

The creator visits the Britannia Hotel in Manchester to investigate its reputation as one of the worst rated hotels, noting that it has nearly 2,000 negative reviews. Upon arrival, the creator observes a magnificent and grand building featuring impressive chandeliers and opulent details. However, the interior presents a mix of luxury and neglect, with worn carpets, mismatched furniture, and signs of ongoing renovations including wet paint and new carpeting. The creator checks into a turret bedroom on the fifth floor, noting that while the room features unique oval windows and appears to have an updated bathroom, it is extremely hot and lacks a fan. Despite the negative online feedback regarding bed bugs and poor service, the creator finds the bedroom carpet to be clean and the bed comfortable. The tour continues through various parts of the hotel, including long corridors, a restaurant that only serves breakfast, and grand halls. The creator concludes that while the hotel is visually stunning and undergoing significant upgrades, the rooms are uncomfortably stuffy and hot during a heatwave.

Written by TripBacon from this video's transcript.

How This Review Compares

This review's score for Britannia
Mild Gripe
All-time creator consensus for Britannia
A Nibble

This review is more critical than the all-time creator consensus.

What This Creator Said
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Creator's Key Takeaways

I'm kind of scared about going in there um here's what some people are saying avoid all costs bed bugs that freaks me out

I'm actually sweating now there's not many hotels that I've walked into where it's taken my breath away honestly that grand entrance when you come in

the rooms are so stuffy and so hot I don't know how I'm going to sleep in here tonight

the hotel is absolutely beautiful but let's see some more Pirates of the Caribbean Vibe here

Creator's Tips & Advice

Ask for a fan if staying during a heat wave
Check room for bed bugs before settling in

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Bed bugsCheck reviews and inspect room, though this room seemed okay
Room temperatureRequest a fan, but may not be sufficient in extreme heat

Questions This Creator Answers

QIs the Britannia Hotel as bad as its reviews suggest?

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