If you had to identify the worst hotel room you have ever stayed in, where was it?

When we had to PCS to Nellis in 2005 we came to Las Vegas on the wrong weekend. There was some sort of big Las Vegas Rodeo going on and a big Car Show at the Convention Center. We arrived in the evening. They didn't have any rooms open at the Lodging on the base, so we had to find an alternate place to stay.

We were only allowed a certain amount of money for a room, the rest would have to be out of pocket expenses. Well, we ended up not finding any rooms at all after driving around, calling places, asking around. The prices were outrageous. We called our friend James and ended up staying at his tiny apartment that night.

I looked around online for rooms and they were all still pretty expensive, even for crappy motel rooms. So, I went to Priceline to find a room. We ended up getting a room not too far from the strip. In fact, it was right across from the Car Show Convention. It was actually a very nice place. I think it was called Marriott Courtyards, something like that. The room was a decent size, it was clean and we had an Internet connection. We stayed there for a few days until lodging opened.

OK, so it wasn't the worst hotel room I've stayed in. But, the room that we got from the base was a tiny crap hole. Technically it wasn't a hotel room. It was lodging though. It had a small room, small bathroom, small living room with a small couch with a fold out bed, tiny kitchen with a little round table and 4 chairs which you had to move if you wanted to unfold the bed . It kind of reminded me of a cabin at Bellows AB in Hawaii, which would have been fine if it had a beach right outside the door. In fact, I think Bellows cabins may be nicer then that. We definitely wanted to get out of there as soon as we could. We were cramped in there. So we went hunting for a couple days and found a nice house.

Air Force lodging isn't supposed to be luxurious or anything, but they don't have to be crappy either. I can't complain though, we did need a place to stay and after all that eating out, it was nice to have a stove to cook on.