Wanderlust World Wanderlust World According to The Haunted Accommodations Guide, Hotel Vendome in Prescott Arizona has been haunted by the former inn keeper Abby Byr and her cat since she died in 1921. Guests have felt her presence as she waits for her lost husband to return. Abby's story has appeared in numerous magazines, books and television shows. Hotel Vendome is well appointed, with period details and décor like claw-foot tubs, pull-chain toilets and iron radiators. This haunted hotel has 16 guest rooms, all with private baths. Four of the rooms are two-bedroom suites. The prices listed for 2010 are reasonable, ranging from $79 for weekend nights in a Classic Queen room to $199 for a two-bedroom unit for four on weekends. With a nominal $10 per night charge for an extra person, five people could stay in a two bedroom suite on the weekend for $41.80 per person per night.
Hotel Vendome
230 S. Cortez Street,
Prescott, Arizona 86303
888-468-3583
vendomehotel.com
Voted "Ottawa's Best Haunted Spot" in 2006 by Ottawa A Channel, the Ottawa Jail Hostel is the only North American tourist accommodation that operated as a jail for over a century. The Carleton County Gaol housed the man convicted of assassinating one of Canada's Fathers of Confederation --- Darcy McGee --- in the streets of Ottawa, and many others who were condemned to death. Guests ("inmates") receive on tours of the haunted, unrenovated eighth floor. Though the inn is called a hostel and is operated by Hostelling International, it operates like a budget hotel. Linens are included, and the many private rooms range from private, one person jail cells ($55/night/room), to a suite in the former Jail Warden's quarters with private bathroom ($150/night/room). Hostelling International members save $5 to $10 per night. The common self-catering kitchen (the former debtor's cell) has fridge space and cooking utensils for guests. There is a pub, laundry, library, luggage and bicycle storage, a barbecue and free Wi-Fi.
HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel
75 Nicholas Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B9
613-235-2595
866-299-1478
carletoncountygaol.com
On August 4, 1892, Andrew J. Borden and his wife were discovered brutally murdered in their two-and-a-half-story home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Their daughter, Lizzie, was tried and acquitted of their murders. Restored to its Victorian decor, the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast is the ideal cheap haunted hotel for groups of four to 20. Though the eight rooms have shared bathrooms, units on the second floor can be combined into one two-bedroom and one three-bedroom suite, both with adjoining bathrooms. The attic rooms share a standing shower. You receive the best deal when booking the entire hotel for a group of 20 people for $1,500 per night --- just $75 per person, including a breakfast like that served on August 4, 1892. Hold your own murder mystery weekend, business retreat or family reunion.
Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast
92 Second Street,
Fall River, MA 02721.
508-675-7333
lizzie-borden.com
Three hundred years of Leslie family ghosts, including Punch the dog, haunt the grounds of this Irish Castle. Castle Leslie Estate offers self-catering cottage options for guests looking for a budget haunted hotel experience. You can have all the excitement and benefits of staying at the main haunted castle hotel, without the expense. Several package specials, including Halloween, Autumn or Girl's Getaway themes, for the self-catering cottages and stable suites are good value for groups of four to 10. Prices for most packages in 2010 are between 37 and 100 euros per person per night and include a kitchen stocked with breakfast food.
Castle Leslie
Glaslough
County Monaghan, Ireland
011-353-47-88109
castleleslie.com