Would you sleep in a hotel that is haunted? Most importantly, would you pay for a good scare?
Some hotels have been capitalizing on the fact that their hotels are haunted or the place was just a setting for a ghost and suspense novel and movie. Bloomberg listed some of the hotels that profits for being scary.
The Stanley Hotel
The Shining, the Stephen King novel-turned-Stanley Kubrick cult film, is one of the reasons why staycationers spend few nights in The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The novel was about a creepy classic about a temporary caretaker who goes mad in a remote mountaintop hotel while staying at the Stanley. In fact, for its 20th anniversary, hotel owner John Cullen, installed a maze that recalls the topiary in The Shining's climactic finale.
David Cianci, general manager at the Stanley recalled, "For so many years, so many people have shown up and said, 'Where's the maze? I wanna go walk through the maze.'"
He also said that roughly 10 percent to 15 percent of hotel guests are vacationing in the hotel because of The Shining.
The Fairmont Banff Springs
Another hotel that has been rumored to have two in-house ghosts is Fairmont Banff Springs, a Canadian castle hotel. In fact, the hotel has packages for its haunted heritage which starts at C$399 per night. The package includes an in-depth walking tour of the hotel's two central ghost stories: former bellman Sam and the evocatively named Doomed Bride.
The Clown Motel
In the desert of Nevada stands a creepy motel that has 28 rooms filled with clown figurines. Its walls are lined with clown portraits also. And to top it all, the hotel is next to a cemetery. The motel has been praised by customers as being unique and peaceful.
Crescent Hotel
Crescent Hotel, a hotel that haunted by two former guests on rooms 218 and 419 and has a a former morgue in its basement is dubbed as The Most Haunted Hotel in America.
The hotel hosts ghost tours per night for groups of 25 guests and local travelers all year round.
Hotels serve as second home for travelers. And when they get pretty scary, sometimes it sparks curiosity and interest.
The big question is, would you be brave and stay in a haunted hotel alone for few nights?
