TripAdvisor has announced America’s top 10 spookiest accommodations, based on properties featuring the greatest number of traveler comments referencing “ghosts” or “haunted” on TripAdvisor.com. With 17% of travelers maintaining they have had a ghostly or supernatural encounter in a hotel, these spirited properties put the host in “g-host” for specter-seekers and supernatural-skeptics alike. The top 10 spookiest accommodations, along with quotes from travelers:
1. 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa,
Eureka Springs, Arkansas – Average Nightly Rate: $91-$214. “I found it
to be the spookiest of all the ‘haunted’ hotels I have stayed at... I
was surprised to find many orbs in the photos we took.”
2. Hotel Queen Mary, Long Beach,
California – Average Nightly Rate: $89-$179. “I want to believe that
everything that we experienced was real. We did record some orbs flying
around our room while we slept. (We set up our video recorder on night
vision).”
3. Stanley Hotel, Estes Park,
Colorado – Average Nightly Rate: $142 - $291. “Had a lot of activity
from the playful spirits there. The closet door opened and closed
several times, the TV turned itself off and on, the covers were pulled
off of us in the night and there was audible whispering in the room.”
4. Copper Queen Hotel, Bisbee,
Arizona – Average Nightly Rate: $75 - $150. “If you want to try finding a
ghost ask for an ‘active’ room! We had an active room and let’s just
say I couldn’t quite explain all that I saw and heard!”
5. Marshall House, Savannah,
Georgia – Average Nightly Rate: $112 - $236. “Heard someone running in
the room above me. Upon telling the staff we were told the entire floor
above us was empty. So if you’re looking for a ghostly experience,
definitely consider this hotel.”
6. Admiral Fell Inn, Baltimore,
Maryland – Average Nightly Rate: $154 - $333. “If you are searching for
character, charm, great service and ghost history this is the place to
stay.”
7. The Menger Hotel, San Antonio,
Texas – Average Nightly Rate: $90 - $175. “Felt cold spots in several
places in and around the hotel and got plenty of goose bumps during our
stay, but I never once felt afraid.”
8. Bullock Hotel, Deadwood, South
Dakota – Average Nightly Rate: $100. “Heard tell of the ghost tour, but
didn’t need to go on it as we could feel Seth Bullock’s presence in the
hotel already!”
9. Place D’Armes Hotel, New
Orleans, Louisiana – Average Nightly Rate: $119 - $480. “My husband and
daughter said they heard children laughing and playing in the next room
and the ceiling fan came on all by itself. There was no next room, it
was a brick wall outside!”
10. Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, California – Average Nightly
Rate: $289 - $720. “I brought my K2 Meter (it’s believed the meter can
pick up the ‘magnetic fields’ of spirits). I actually got some ‘hits’ on
it while we were having breakfast in our room.”
