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The Best Episodes of Hotel Impossible

Every episode of Hotel Impossible ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Hotel Impossible!

Hotel Impossible is a reality television program from Travel Channel in which struggling hotels receive an extensive makeover by veteran hotel operator Anthony Melchiorri and...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Swamped: Roaring Gap, NC" is the best rated episode of "Hotel Impossible". It scored 8.9/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/19/2014. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Big Sleasy: New Orleans, LA".

  • Swamped: Roaring Gap, NC
    8.9/1010 votes
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    #1 - Swamped: Roaring Gap, NC

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 5/19/2014

    Anthony is in North Carolina to help the Peros family keep the High Meadows Inn & Nikola's Restaurant alive. The co-owner/father is a hopeless optimist, but Anthony gives him a needed reality check before he costs them everything.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Sleasy: New Orleans, LA
    8.7/1012 votes
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    #2 - The Big Sleasy: New Orleans, LA

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2015

    Anthony visits a boutique hotel in historic and tourist heavy New Orleans, and finds mistreated employees and ridiculous cost-cutting policies. Can Anthony urge a stubborn owner to sell the hotel to her sons for a fresh start?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Waterpark Bug-Out: Sandusky, OH
    8.7/108 votes
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    #3 - Waterpark Bug-Out: Sandusky, OH

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 11/13/2017

    Anthony Melchiorri visits Ohio to help a dilapidated indoor waterpark and hotel with the worst bedbug infestation he’s ever seen.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hotel Leger: Mokelumne Hill, CA
    8.6/1014 votes
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    #4 - The Hotel Leger: Mokelumne Hill, CA

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/7/2013

    Anthony is heading for the Hotel Leger in Calaveras County, CA, near the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Mokelumne Hill. The hotel has thirteen unique guest rooms, a saloon, a billiards room, and a pool. Ashley Canty purchased the hotel in 2004 and is trying to return it to its former glory as one of the oldest hotels in the area and the heart of the town.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Alaskan Heavyweights: Juneau, AK
    8.6/1014 votes
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    #5 - Alaskan Heavyweights: Juneau, AK

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/2014

    Anthony Melchiorri heads to Juneau, AK, to help a 100-yr-old hotel and bar. With a belligerent bar manager, feuding family owners, no security, a trespassing bear and a crushed designer, can he help keep this historic icon afloat?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Underwear, Under Where?: Gatlinburg, TN
    8.5/108 votes
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    #6 - Underwear, Under Where?: Gatlinburg, TN

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/2015

    At the 120-room Brookside Resort in Gatlinburg, TN, Anthony has to deal with a manager who doesn't like to confront guests, overworked housekeepers, and filthy rooms.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fiddler's Inn: Nashville, TN
    8.4/1012 votes
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    #7 - Fiddler's Inn: Nashville, TN

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/11/2012

    A Nashville hotel has been on the rocks for three years despite the fact it's across the street from the Grand Ole Opry. The owner claims he's been hit by the recession, but the real problems are a gift shop that takes up the entire lobby, filthy rooms, and a lack of identity, and Anthony comes in to make some changes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gardenia Resort: Negril, Jamaica
    8.4/1012 votes
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    #8 - Gardenia Resort: Negril, Jamaica

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/4/2013

    Anthony travels to the 75-room Gardenia Resort in Jamaica and finds himself up against dirty rooms and a general manager who isn't aggressive enough to get the job done.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rotting Woodstock: Woodstock, NY
    8.4/1011 votes
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    #9 - Rotting Woodstock: Woodstock, NY

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2014

    Anthony visits the cool and historic Woodstock, NY to get the struggling 35-room Woodstock Lodge back on its feet. But the owner's stubbornness and anger could force Anthony to leave before they can render any help at all.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Southern Oaks Inn: Branson, MO
    8.3/1011 votes
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    #10 - Southern Oaks Inn: Branson, MO

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/4/2012

    In Branson, MO, the Southern Oaks Hotel stands all but deserted due to bad marketing. Anthony must deal with slovenly housekeepers, a lobby filled with flyers, and a family business where the two men and two women can’t communicate.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Alpenhof Lodge: Mammoth Lakes, CA
    8.3/1011 votes
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    #11 - Alpenhof Lodge: Mammoth Lakes, CA

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/11/2013

    Anthony visits a picture-perfect ski lodge that he soon realizes has family management issues.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Stormy Wedding: Hood River, OR
    8.3/109 votes
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    #12 - Stormy Wedding: Hood River, OR

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 6/2/2014

    Anthony is in beautiful Hood River, OR to help the Vagabond Lodge. Anthony transforms this picturesque property into a profitable event space, but can they pull off a wedding in just 48 hours, despite the looming storm clouds?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Newport Inn: Newport, RI
    8.2/1013 votes
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    #13 - Newport Inn: Newport, RI

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/25/2012

    Anthony takes on a hotel whose clueless owner is more interested in buying up-to-date gym equipment then keeping his hotel in shape and his pool filled with water.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Curve: Palm Springs, CA
    8.2/108 votes
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    #14 - The Curve: Palm Springs, CA

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/11/2013

    Anthony is called in to convert a former economy motel into a boutique hotel, but discovers that the rooms are filthy and the lobby is a mess.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bromley Sun Lodge: Peru, VT
    8.2/1014 votes
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    #15 - Bromley Sun Lodge: Peru, VT

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/18/2013

    Anthony is called in to help the Bromley Sun Lodge, which suffers from poor maintenance and owners who are in over their heads after a fire almost destroyed the hotel.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shotgun Start: Water Gap, PA
    8.2/109 votes
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    #16 - Shotgun Start: Water Gap, PA

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/2013

    Anthony arrives at the Water Gap Country Club in Pennsylvania, which features a PGA golf course. But with new owners and a surprise wedding with enraged parents of the groom, can Anthony salvage the wedding along with the hotel?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Not ANice Hotel: Orlando, FL
    8.2/1016 votes
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    #17 - Not ANice Hotel: Orlando, FL

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2015

    Anthony visits Orlando, FL, where he discovers that the 350-room ANice Inn & Suites is anything but nice. After finding killer bees, bedbugs, mold & feral cats, can Anthony force an owner to invest in fixing all the issues?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Boss's Time Out: Bossier City, LA
    8.2/108 votes
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    #18 - Boss's Time Out: Bossier City, LA

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2016

    Anthony visits Bossier City, Louisiana, to help hotel staff with abusive owners.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chaos on the Cape: Cape Cod, MA
    8.2/107 votes
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    #19 - Chaos on the Cape: Cape Cod, MA

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 10/30/2017

    Anthony Melchiorri visits a motel in a beach town on Cape Cod where the employees are passionate about the property but the uninterested owner is looking to sell. With the help of the motel's general and assistant managers, Anthony works to convince the owner to take down the ominious For Sale sign and re-invest in his property.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Swinging for the Fences: State College, PA
    8.1/109 votes
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    #20 - Swinging for the Fences: State College, PA

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2014

    Anthony is in crisis mode when he finds out the 85-room Autoport Motel in State College, PA is in foreclosure. With the hotel's swinging reputation and lack of management, can he convince the bank the Autoport is worth saving?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dude Rancher Lodge: Billings, MT
    8.0/1014 votes
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    #21 - Dude Rancher Lodge: Billings, MT

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/9/2012

    In downtown Billings, MT, the Dude Rancher Lodge has a one-star rating, no business, and a decor that alternates between historical and present-day.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Glacier Bear Lodge: Yakutat, AK
    8.0/1014 votes
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    #22 - Glacier Bear Lodge: Yakutat, AK

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/2013

    Anthony travels to Alaska to bail out a fisherman's lodge that stinks of fish and has rotting wood floors and ceilings.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hollywood Nightmare: Hollywood, CA
    8.0/109 votes
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    #23 - Hollywood Nightmare: Hollywood, CA

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2014

    Anthony heads to Hollywood, CA to rehab the Liberty Hotel. With missing fire alarms, used syringes and plumbing & electrical issues, can Anthony save the hotel before the owners' potential happy ending becomes a tragedy?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Crash Course in Daytona: Daytona Beach, FL
    8.0/1013 votes
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    #24 - Crash Course in Daytona: Daytona Beach, FL

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2014

    Anthony is in Daytona Beach, FL, to save the historic 50-room Streamline Hotel. Can he leverage its NASCAR connection, steer the owner in a new direction and derail an inexperienced, hothead GM before the hotel crashes and burns?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • To Be or Not To Be: Cedar City, UT
    8.0/1013 votes
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    #25 - To Be or Not To Be: Cedar City, UT

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/2015

    Anthony travels to Cedar City, UT, to help the owners of the Stratford Court Hotel. Upon arrival, he discovers that they are already busy renovating the lobby... but haven't closed the hotel.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A