hellotraveler
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Its the same in India as is it everywhere else in the World, with hotels, you get what you pay for. If you're going to stay in a plush, expensive hotel, they are as luxurious in Mumbai as they are in LA, I should know, I've stayed in Hotels all over the World, at all sorts of levels of comfort. If you want a cheaper experience, you have to take greater care that you don't end up in a filthy hovel, research the place you're looking to stay in, use the internet and forums such as this to enquire about which budget hotels are the cleanest, safest, and the best value for money in the area. Personally, I've never encountered a dirty hotel in India, and I've stayed in a few cheaper ones, but I always research a cheaper hotel before I stay there, as much as I am able to.
Good to know. I've traveled to a lot of places (not India yet!), and what you say here is true. The cheaper the hotel, the more they usually try to cut corners, and the less cleanly the overall experience is. When I first started traveling around years ago, I made the mistake of trying to save money by staying at cheaper hotels. I definitely got what I paid for. Rashes, getting sick, and all. Ever since then, I've been really picky about what types of hotels I stay in and where. I haven't set an official travel date yet for India, but if I go, I'm going to refer back here to make sure I can bounce off a list of hotel names so that I know it's not going to be a creepy-crawly experience instead of a pleasant one.