35 Photos Of The Worst Hotel Fails People Have Had The Displeasure Of Experiencing


It’s becoming increasingly difficult to trust an online booking for accommodation when travelling. The number of times people have been mislead by a hotel or Airbnb booking makes one hesitant to take things at face value anymore. After all, who wants to waste time, effort and money on finding out that the hotel they reserved is the exact opposite of their expectations. People who have endured such unpleasant experiences have been sharing the most horrifying surprises they had to deal with. If you’re thinking stained sheets and dirty cups are bad, the following images will totally stun you. 

#1 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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#2 The Most Unsafe And Dangerous Design Feature I’ve Seen In A Hotel

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That path is about 30 feet below!

#3 View From My Window In My Hotel Room In Cambodia

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#4 My Hotel Towel Had A Pair Of Eyelashes On It

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It was fresh from the laundry but they were stuck to the towel pretty firmly.

#5 The Sink In My Hotel Room (Helsinki)

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#6 End Of The Hallway In My Hotel

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#7 Drove For 14 Hours To Sleep On This

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I drove for 14 hours and had a family member book a hotel for me while I was driving. Arrived at my hotel ready to crash and it was kinda gross. Decided to check for bedbugs and found this.

#8 My Hotel Room Opens Into The Lobby Restaurant

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Maybe I’m the one out of the loop but I’ve never seen this.

#9 The Pool At My Hotel In Birmingham, Alabama. Yes, Those Are Toilets

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#10 A Room I Booked In Belgium

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#11 Hotel Left This Upon My Arrival

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I came flew in from a 4 hour flight to be greeted with this.

#12 Just Checked In To My Hotel For The Night And It Looks Like Someone Left Their Sock

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#13 Checked In To A Hotel And Promptly Checked Out

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Smelled like black mold, lights didn’t work, bathroom door didn’t even shut. I was also offered [adult workers] and [illegal substances] before I even made it to my room.

#14 This Carpet In The Hotel Looks Like Splattered With Blood

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#15 Hotel Charging Cable That Requires You To Register An Account And Sign In With The Qr Code In Order To Work

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It gives you a 5-minute free trial and then requires a fee per hour of use.

#16 The Placement Of The Knobs For This Hotel Sink

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#17 The Hotel We’re Staying At Has Bright Lights On Outside All The Time. It’s 3 AM In This Picture

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#18 Found When I Checked Into A Holiday Inn In Florida. Guess I’ll Get A New Room

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#19 Hotel Room Light Switch Hidden Behind Pillows, So You Wake Up Inexplicably In The Middle Of The Night

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#20 Eating Breakfast At My Hotel This Morning When The Staff Quickly And Urgently Ushered Me And Some Other Customers Out Of The Lobby

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#21 Hotel I’m Staying In With My Mum Has The Shower Open To The Entire Room

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#22 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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So I’m staying at a hotel tonight and I go to turn off the lights and discover there is no independent switch for the light under the bed.

To turn it off I have to turn the main switch off in the room which also turns off the power for the sockets.

My choice is to now sleep with a light on or not charge my phone up over night. I’m travelling tomorrow so I kinda need my phone on full battery.

Why do hotels have the weirdest lighting setups. I’ve never been in one with a single overhead light. Instead the room is illuminated by 20 smaller wall lights each with their own switch combination.

#23 Four Star Hotel Was Doing Electrical Work At 1 Am, When They K**led The Power The Emergency Light Turned On. Stayed On Till 5:30 Am

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I’ve always slept in dark, dark rooms. Our current bedroom has blackout blinds.

#24 “Art” Installation Spotted In A Hotel Lobby

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#25 Got Bumped To A Different Room In A Seedy Motel I Hadn’t Requested. My Excitement Lasted For 3 Minutes Until I Read The Sign

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For anyone wondering, this place is in Edmonton, Canada.

#26 Hotel Shower Head Has Batteries

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Checked in to my fair field hotel after work took a shower wanted to change the water coming out the shower head to a jet messed around with it couldn’t get it to changed noticed a button looking thing pressed an out pops a battery pack… im like wtf the batteries are all gross and the turn the shower head an out comes a cup of rust water. What is going on… reporting to front desk.

#27 The Cleaning Staff At My Hotel Stole All Of My Prescription Medication

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#28 At A Hotel I Am Staying At In Johannesburg. Cool Idea, But S***s For Anyone In A Wheelchair

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#29 This Sign Went Up After Me And My Family Started Using The Pool At Our Hotel. Pic Two Is How Red It Made My Eyes

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#30 This TV In My Hotel

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#31 The Hotel I Booked Weeks Ahead Didn’t Have A Room For Us When We Checked In. Gave Us A Sofa Bed In A Conference Room

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Husband kept trying to get the tv to work, even though it was 30 feet away. Also – floor to ceiling windows do NOT block any noise and there was a fire station right across the street from us.

#32 This Hotel Room Has A Window Into The Bathroom

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#33 Never Thought I Would See The Infamous Carpeted Bathroom With My Own Two Eyes

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#34 They Way They Laid The Carpet In Our Hotel

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#35 The Wallpaper In The Women’s Restroom At The Hotel I’m Staying At

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