7.8/1010 votes#1 - Full Throttle in Sturgis: Sturgis, SD
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/2016
Anthony is on a mission to save three struggling hotels near Sturgis, S.D., challenging himself to fix all the issues at these properties before hundreds of thousands of bikers come rolling into town.
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- 7.2/109 votes
#2 - Fire Island Meltdown: Fire Island, NY
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2016
At Clegg's Hotel on Fire Island, New York, Anthony meets a controlling owner that needs to update his hotel, which has barely changed in 70 years. Will Anthony be able to get through to the owner?
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- 7.3/1010 votes
#3 - Lions, Tigers and Wasps, Oh My!: Eureka Springs, AR
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/2016
Anthony visits Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas where lodging takes a backseat to the animals. If Anthony can help the owners make lodging a priority, they could generate more money to save more animals.
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- 7.7/108 votes
#4 - Alarmed in Alaska: Soldotna, AK
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/2016
At Hooligan's Lodge in Soldotna, Alaska, Anthony meets an owner who won't comply with the local fire code. She doesn't pay her employees on time, and when she does, the checks bounce. Can Anthony give her a wake-up call before the place goes up in flames?
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- 7.0/107 votes
#5 - Rocky's Hot Tub Horror Show: Albany, NY
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/2016
Anthony visits a struggling hotel in Albany, New York, and discovers filthy rooms and very poor management. The owner wants to spend over a million dollars to rebuild from scratch, but Anthony tries to convince him to renovate instead. Anthony brings in a designer to help with room renovations while he helps rebuild the management staff and trains the owner on proper maintenance practices and management techniques. Will this be enough to bring the hotel up to acceptable standards?
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- 6.0/1010 votes
#6 - Jersey Shore Uproar: Wildwood, NJ
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2016
Anthony visits the White Caps Motel in Wildwood, New Jersey, the number one resort town on the Jersey Shore. After learning the business isn't really in financial trouble, Anthony discovers the owner is taking advantage of her underpaid general manager. Can Anthony fix the White Caps Motel's poor management before the employees decide they've had enough?
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- 5.6/107 votes
#7 - Lake Superior, Hotel Inferior: Bayfield, WI
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2016
Anthony visits Bayfield, Wisconsin, to try and help the struggling Greunke's First Street Inn and Restaurant. Owned by an overworked family, the underperforming hotel operation is being neglected in favor of an on-site restaurant and pizzeria. To get the inn running to its full potential, Anthony will have to convince the owner to agree to some major management changes and mend fences with her family.
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- 7.2/107 votes
#8 - Outer Banks-Ruptcy: Cape Hatteras, NC
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 10/2/2017
Anthony Melchiorri visits a beachfront motel in North Carolina and meets the owner, who wants to sell the property before facing foreclosure. The asking price is way too high, but convincing the owner to come down won't be easy.
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- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Kentucky Conundrum: Williamstown, KY
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 10/9/2017
Anthony visits Williamstown, Kentucky, where an amazing replica of Noah's Ark draws hundreds of thousands of visitors. The nearby Sunrise Inn, however, is beset by so many problems that it needs a miracle to survive.
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- 7.7/108 votes
#10 - Desert Disaster: Palm Springs, CA
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 10/16/2017
Anthony visits Palm Springs, California to help the Cambridge Inn. The inexperienced owner is running out of capital after just a few months, and her general managers are clashing and making bad security decisions with guests.
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- 8.2/107 votes
#11 - 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.
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - West Coast Wipe Out: San Clemente, CA
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 11/6/2017
Anthony Melchiorri visits a San Clemente, CA, hotel where the family of the deceased owner struggles to run the business in her honor. Upon arrival, Anthony immediately notices overflowing garbage cans, a cluttered outdoor common area with broken deck furniture and leaky gas stoves that could ignite a disaster. When the original owner's sister arrives to help out, Anthony is impressed with her competence, but will the family step back and relinquish control?
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- 8.7/108 votes
#13 - 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.
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The Best Episodes of Hotel Impossible Season 8
Every episode of Hotel Impossible Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hotel Impossible Season 8!
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...
Genre:Reality
Network:Travel Channel
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Full Throttle in Sturgis: Sturgis, SD" is the best rated episode of "Hotel Impossible" season 8. It scored 7.8/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/24/2016. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Fire Island Meltdown: Fire Island, NY".