Spookiest Stays: US Cities With the Most Haunted Hotels

Using data from Vio.com and TripAdvisor, we uncovered where ghostly encounters are more likely and which hotels are buzzing with eerie activity. Whether you’re drawn to spooky vibes or just curious about haunted history, these cities top the list for a hair-raising getaway.

Key Takeaways

• Savannah, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and New Orleans, Louisiana, are the cities with the most haunted hotels.
• More than 1 guest in every 200 staying in Orlando, Florida, mentioned haunted activity.
• 1 guest in every 200 staying in Baltimore, Maryland, mentioned paranormal activity.
• Savannah, Georgia, and Orlando, Florida, had the highest percentage of hotels considered haunted or paranormal (12.7%).
• On average, haunted hotels (7.7 out of 10) are rated lower than non-haunted hotels (8.1).
• On average, haunted hotels ($235) are cheaper to book per night than non-haunted hotels ($241).

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• Savannah, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and New Orleans, Louisiana, are the cities with the most haunted hotels.
• More than 1 guest in every 200 staying in Orlando, Florida, mentioned haunted activity.
• 1 guest in every 200 staying in Baltimore, Maryland, mentioned paranormal activity.
• Savannah, Georgia, and Orlando, Florida, had the highest percentage of hotels considered haunted or paranormal (12.7%).
• On average, haunted hotels (7.7 out of 10) are rated lower than non-haunted hotels (8.1).
• On average, haunted hotels ($235) are cheaper to book per night than non-haunted hotels ($241).
• On average, haunted hotels are cheaper to book on Halloween night ($218) than non-haunted hotels ($226).
• Key West, Florida ($498); Palm Springs, California ($450); and New Orleans, Louisiana ($421) have the most expensive haunted hotels based on nightly rate, on average.

Methodology

For this study, we leveraged Vio.com internal data and TripAdvisor review data to generate a ranking of the most haunted cities for hotels and the cities with the most haunted hotels. We gathered an extensive list of hotels available to book from Vio.com, along with the average rating and cost of booking for the night of Halloween.

We also scraped each hotel’s associated reviews from TripAdvisor and text analyzed them to identify the number of haunted and paranormal mentions based on the following terms:

• Haunted terms: haunted, eerie, ghostly, chilling, ominous, cursed, horror, haunting, terror, paranoia, fear
• Paranormal terms: ghost, demon, paranormal, psychic, vampire, werewolf, zombie, ghoul, witch, devil

A hotel within a city was deemed haunted or paranormal if there were at least 10 terms mentioned per 1,000 reviews.

About Vio.com

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