Quoted from Gatecrasher:In the future I would probably let the individuals book their own rooms at whatever hotel you all plan to attend. That way if anything gets screwed-up, you don't bear any of the blame. Just a suggestion. I don't see any real advantage of booking as a group other than if anything is screwed-up, all parties involved will have one person they can blame (even if it wasn't your fault).
We were traveling together as a group in a couple of vans, and cars - would have been a challenge if we scattered across different hotels.
There were more than just the 21 mentioned that he did the booking for, we booked separately (they managed to mess up my booking and initially refused to give me the pinfest rate)
Apart from the mess-ups and their very poor communication and lack of redress, not sure if the smell and the general run-down state of the place was mentioned - but we will not stay there again.