Vacationing is so much fun. Honestly, it’s the kind of thing that makes you realize life is worth living and makes your problems seem small in comparison to the wide world out there. That is, until you have to start booking flights and hotels.
The whole flight-booking process is already stressful enough, but when it comes to hotels and Airbnbs, you really have to be careful. Checking all the reviews is essential if you want to avoid ending up in the worst imaginable place. Unfortunately, some people still don’t, and that’s how we ended up with today’s list — one filled with photos of some truly hilarious hotel fails. So keep reading to see what not to do!
#1 My Non-Smoking Hotel Room Came With A Non-Smoking Ashtray
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#2 Me And My Business Partner Decided To Share A Hotel Room In Order To Save Some Money. We Weren’t Expecting This
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#3 The Vent In My Hotel Shower Doesn’t Seem To Be Working
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These days, you can never be too careful. Even if you do hours of research beforehand, there’s always a small risk that the room or apartment you eventually end up in won’t be what you expected.
According to global surveys, roughly 1 in 5 travelers (around 20%) have reported arriving at a hotel or apartment that immediately looked worse or different from the photos posted online. It’s never nice to feel like you’ve been catfished or essentially scammed by misleading pictures, but unfortunately, it happens more often than you’d think.
#4 I’m Beginning To Think Our Hotel In Cambodia Was A Little Dishonest On Their Flyer About The Amenities
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#5 The Sink In My Hotel Was A Bit… Complicated
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#6 The Door To My Hotel Balcony Is In The Shower Stall
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#7 The Room Numbers In This Hotel
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You may think reading reviews will shield you from disappointment, but that’s not always the case.
On platforms like Airbnb, the review system heavily skews positive. According to the website’s quality reports, 85% of all guest reviews receive a full five stars, while one-star reviews account for less than 1%. So it’s not necessarily that all these accommodations are great. Instead, the platform’s review system may make negative experiences harder to spot,
#8 I Reserved An Airbnb With Sea View…. Can’t Complain
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#9 The “Mattress” At My Airbnb
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#10 This Is On The Bed In My Hotel Room
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#11 I Saw This In A Hotel Office
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#12 This Hotel Doesn’t Allow You To Use Books For Their Intended Purpose
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#13 The Salt & Pepper Shakers In My Hotel Room
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#14 Mushrooms Growing In My Hotel Room. It’s A Novotel
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#15 And This Is Why You Check The Hotel Coffeemaker Before You Use It
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#16 In My Hotel Room, I Can Either Close The Closet Or The Bathroom, But Not Both At The Same Time
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#17 As A Frequent Traveler I Get Gifts At Hotels. Really?
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#18 My Hotel Has A Sitting Area With No Possible Way To Access It
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#19 When You’re Feeling Great But Your Hotel Mirror Puts You Back In Check
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#20 Hotel I’m Staying At Right Now, Who’s Job Was This? Go Go Gadget Arm!
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#21 Found This Note In My Hotel Bed Last Night
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#22 Welcome To The Hotel California!
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#23 This ‘Art’ Above My Hotel Toilet
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#24 This Hotel Forgot To Insert A Quote Into The Wall Decorations Text Sample
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#25 The Airbnb I’m Renting
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#26 Came Back To A Pitch Black Hotel Room Then Turned On The Light
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#27 The Mirror In My Hotel Bathroom Has An Antifog Section. Unfortunately, I’m 5’2″
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#28 Ah Yes, The Only Plugs In My Hotel Room – Fantastic
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#29 My Bed At A Hotle Im Staying In
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#30 Booked A Cheap Hotel In Lisbon With A Friend. The Pictures On The Booking Website Never Showed The Toilet And The Bed In The Same Picture
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#31 This Is The Hot Tub Of The Airbnb Which Was The Main Reason Why I Rented The Spot. Smelled Terrible And Was Obviously Not Cleaned In Forever
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#32 The Cleaning Ladies At My Hotel Left The Door Open To The Closet Where They Keep The Clean Bedsheets And Soaps
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#33 My Hotel’s “Pool Area”
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#34 These Stairs At Our Hotel
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#35 Don’t Wake Anybody Up If You’re Exiting The Motel During A Fire!
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#36 Apparently Our Hotel Took Our Request For A Mini-Fridge Very Literally. Banana For Scale
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#37 After A Beautiful Day At The Beach In Hawaii, My Cousin Went Back To Her Hotel Room To A Pleasant Surprise
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#38 Airbnb Description Said “Views Of The Main Church From The Bedroom Window”. Technically It Was Not A Lie
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#39 My Hotel Room Has Such A Nice View!! Wait A Minute
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#40 I Generally Gauge The Quality Of The Hotel I’m Staying At Based On The Number Of Bite Marks On The Toilet Flusher
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#41 Heat Lamp vs. Bathroom Door In My Hotel Room
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#42 The Fitness Room At The Hotel I Stayed At
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#43 End Of The Hallway In My Hotel
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#44 A Room I Booked In Belgium
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#45 The Placement Of The Knobs For This Hotel Sink
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#46 Exactly What You Do Not Want To See In A Cupboard As You Pack Out Of Your Airbnb
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#47 My Airbnb Host Said “The Keysafe Is Near The White Door… It Is Silver With Black Plastic”
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#49 Found A Pair Of Handcuffs Attached To A Leg Of The Bed In My Airbnb In Tijuana
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#50 Stayed At A Hotel With Giant Fleas On The Wallpaper…
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#51 View From Hotel Room, They Claimed We Would Get “City” Views
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#52 My Airbnb Assured Me They Have A “Very Safe” Baby Gate
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#53 At The Hotel I’m Staying At
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#54 A Motel Served Me This Breakfast Tray For $15 And Contains A Toaster, And A 2l Milk
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#55 The Hotel Tried To Make Our Stay Special… They Succeeded!
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#56 The Sink In My Hotel Room (Helsinki)
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#57 This Hotel Mural In The Breakfast Area
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#58 Taking A Shower In A Hotel In China
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#59 I’ve Never Seen A Hotel Pool Sign So Blunt Before
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#60 The Cleaner At The Hotel In Egypt, Made This Towel-Monkey, And Dressed It In My Used Boxers
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#61 Came Back To The Hotel Room And Found This. It’s The Thought That Counts
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#62 When You Just Want To Be Alone In Your Hotel Room But It Has A Window For No Reason
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#63 Don’t Stay In A Hotel With Bedbugs
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#64 Shower At The Hostel My Brother Is Staying At In China
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#65 Saw This In An Elevator Today In A Hotel. Took The Stairs Back Down
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#66 Stayed In A Questionable Hotel Last Night To Save Money. Found This Under The Sheets While Crawling Into Bed… Used Hair Extensions?
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#67 Ah, Thanks For The Remark!
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#68 View From My Window In My Hotel Room In Cambodia
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#69 Drove For 14 Hours To Sleep On This
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#70 My Hotel Towel Had A Pair Of Eyelashes On It
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#71 My Hotel Room Opens Into The Lobby Restaurant
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#72 Paid Extra For A “Tower” Room At Our Hotel And Were Told We’d Get A Nice View Of The River
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#73 The Hotel We’re Staying At Has Bright Lights On Outside All The Time. It’s 3am In This Pic
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#74 Hotel Room Has A Light Under The Bed That Can’t Turn Off Unless I Also Cut Power To The Sockets
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#75 Found A Camera In My Air B&b. It Was Halfway Behind The Painting With Only The Lens Peeking Out. Discovered It Because We Heard It Clicking After Me And My Girl Got Out Of The Shower
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#76 More Reasons To Hate Airbnb. I Went On A Trip Several Weeks Ago To New Orleans, And Our Airbnb Host Didn’t Tell Us Until We Landed That The Pool Was Unusable. The A/C In 80% Of The House Was Broken Too
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#77 Airbnb Wasn’t What We Were Expecting
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#78 Found This Camera In My Vacation Rental
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#79 This Knife At The Airbnb We Stayed At
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#80 Transylvania Is Often Associated With Blood-Thirsty Vampires, Vlad The Impaler And Other Creepy Images. But As This Picture From My Hotel Room Shows, It’s Actually Quite Pleasant (Cluj-Napoca, 2017)
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#81 Til You Can Change A Hotel Tvs Welcome Message
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#82 AC Wasn’t Cooling Effectively In My New Hostel Room. Maintenance People Didn’t Respond So Decided To Take A Look Myself. This Is The Filter
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#83 Includes A “Private Balcony.” Is Just A View Of The Wall Of The Next Building
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#84 The Running Hot Water From My $550/Night Paris Hotel Room
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#85 Was Staying At A Hotel In Canada. They Were Doing Construction And Didn’t Bother To Put Any Signs. So I Fell Down 3 Feet This Morning
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#86 Salad In Italian Restaurant In Egypt Hotel
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#87 What Is Wrong With My Hotel Aww Hell Nah
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#88 The Airbnb Has A Window From The Shower To The Living Room
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#89 What?
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#90 The Charcuterie Board At My Hotel
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#91 Air Quality Tests From My Airbnb Where The Host Claimed Not To Smell Any Mold (Control Test On Top). Support Refused My Refund
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#92 They Said There Was A Sea View At Our Airbnb
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#93 Disco Toilet In An Airbnb
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#94 My Airbnb Is A Joke. It Was Supposed To Be A Cozy Flat For A Couple And Now I Have To Stay Here For 3 Weeks Because No Other Option Is Available
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#95 My Airbnb Host Is Using T-Shirts As Pillow Cases & One Has A B.o. Smell. Guess I’ll Be Dreaming Of Sweaty Armpits Tonight…
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#96 The Word “Hot” In Hotel Caught On Fire
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#97 Just Found This At A Hotel I’m Staying. Nice Showcase
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#98 Staying At A Hotel In Dublin, This Made Me Giggle
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#99 My Hotel Likes This Painting So Much They Gave Me Two Of Them
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#100 The Hotel’s Cinema Room Spared No Expense
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#101 This Hotel Room In San Francisco
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#102 For Some Amazing Reason, My Hotel Room Is Lethal Weapon 2 Themed
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#103 Found The Most Useless Cabinet At My Hotel
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