50 Times People Were Screwed Over By Their Hotels And Airbnbs (New Pics)
Interview With Expert
Like with everything else in life, when it comes to hotels and Airbnb, what you pay for is what you get. But every once in a while, travelers come across places to stay that exceed expectations in all the wrong ways.
So we’ve gathered some of the worst hotel and Airbnb experiences and failures that netizens simply had to shame online. We also got in touch with veteran traveler Monica Stott to learn a bit more. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the worst fails, and be sure to share your own ideas and stories in the comments section below.
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That Went From Horrifying To Unexpected Perk Rather Quickly
My Hotel View. It's Actually Nice To Have Quiet Neighbors
You Won't Be Getting Any Sleep There. Even With The Blinds Closed, You'll Know It's Watching
Bored Panda got in touch with veteran traveler Monica Stott and she was kind enough to share some of her experience with us. First and foremost, we wanted to hear what advice she would give her younger self in regards to traveling.
“You don’t need all that stuff! Find your favorite travel outfit and stick with it and forget about all the ‘just in case’ items. You never need them. But pay for extra cloud storage and backup your photos and videos. Those photos are priceless, look after them,” she added, and for good reason, every single country in the world has something beautiful to capture.
I Found A Pair Of Handcuffs Attached To A Leg Of The Bed In My Airbnb In Tijuana
While My Family With Young Kids Were Staying At This Airbnb, An Old Man Walked Into The Backyard And Started Draining The Pool
The pool was included in our stay. We also rented the whole house which in my mind should include privacy and no interruptions from the homeowner.
When it comes to hotels, everyone has their own philosophy. Some prefer to rough it out and save their money for tickets and activities, while others enjoy living in the lap of luxury. Naturally, given Monica’s experience, we wanted to hear her opinion on when to splurge and when to save.
AC Wasn't Cooling Effectively In My New Hostel Room. Maintenance People Didn't Respond, So I Decided To Take A Look Myself. This Is The Filter
They Said That Hotel Includes A "Private Balcony". It's Just A View Of The Wall Of The Next Building
My Airbnb Host Said: "The Lock Box Is Near The White Door. It Is Silver With Black Plastic"
“If we lived in a perfect world then we’d all have plenty of time and plenty of money and we’d be free to make the choice about which is most important to us. But we don’t live in a perfect world and it’s not normally a choice. Some of us have one or the other, most of us don’t have enough of either!”
The Running Hot Water At My $550/Night Hotel Room In Paris
Paris has old plumbing, so if there was an intervention on the street it's very likely to have ground/rust during the first 5-10 minutes. Edit : yes, plumbery, like I definitely needed coffee and glasses this morning :)
I Found This Camera In My Vacation Rental
I Stayed At Made Hotel In NYC, And This Was My View From The Bed
“Just remember that nothing has to be forever. You might prioritize time at one stage of your life (perhaps when your children are little) and then prioritize money for a while (perhaps in your 50s so you can retire young). There’s no right or wrong, we all just do what feels right at the time,” she shared with Bored Panda.
I Was Staying At A Hotel In Canada. They Were Doing Construction And Didn't Bother To Put Any Signs, So This Morning, I Fell Down 3 Feet
Salad In The Italian Restaurant In Egypt Hotel
My Hotel Window On The 8th Floor Has A Window That Opens From The Bottom And Opens Up Far Enough To Fall Through The Frame
“I definitely prefer traveling slowly and paying less to do so. But do I have 10 weeks to slowly travel around Europe by train? No, no I don’t. So, at the moment, I’ll be taking a quick flight every other weekend to European cities for a 2-night break!” After all, as this article shows, not all hotels are made equal, so it’s best to know what to look out for.
I Stayed At A Hotel With Giant Fleas On The Wallpaper
Welcome To The Underground
This Has Made Me Laugh
We also asked Monica to share her own tips on how to prepare for a trip. “I don’t like to over-prepare because it can take the joy out of stumbling upon things and enjoying the moment. There are a few things I like to do though: Book my accommodation, know how I’m getting from the airport/train station to my accommodation, and roughly know how much things will cost.”
View From The Hotel Room. They Claimed We Would Get City Views
The "City View" From My Hotel Room In Istanbul
I Tried To Open The AC Vent At The Airbnb I'm Staying At On Vacation And Found This
“Have a short list of things I want to see, a few restaurants I’d like to try and plot these places on Google Maps so I don’t get lost.” If you want to learn more travel tips, check out Monica’s Instagram as well as her blog. For those who weren’t turned off hotels and Airbnb from this article, check out some travel ideas for 2024.
My Airbnb Assured Me They Have A "Very Safe" Baby Gate
At The Hotel I’m Staying At. Definitely Not Suspicious
The Airbnb Has A Window From The Shower To The Living Room
I Saw The Full Mirror In My Hotel Room Randomly Shake And Discovered This Space In The Wall Behind It
Apparently, the hotel tried covering up damage done by a previous guest.
The Sheets At My Airbnb. Homeowner Wouldn't Answer The Phone Because It Was The Sabbath, And He Couldn't Work
The Staircase At My Hotel Room Just Drops Off
TV In My Hotel Room
First Day Of Vacation And Our Half Of The Hotel Doesn't Have Power. Guess Who Might Be Going Home Early
Why Hotels Do This
Never have the number of your room on the card! I hope it just was for this photo!
The Hotel Advertised Having A Balcony. This Is The Balcony
The Charcuterie Board At My Hotel
Hotel Manager Decided To Come Into My Room While I Was Still In There To Paint The Door That Didn't Even Need Painting, In My Opinion
Sprinklers In My Hotel Room
"Remove after installation" written on the cap.
Notice To Airbnb Guests
My Hotel Made The Walls Of The Bathroom Fully Transparent
$160 A Night In This Disgusting Hotel Room In Midwest USA
$160/night is expensive for even a Holiday inn or other chain motels in the Midwest, never mind this dump
Got An Airbnb Just For The Tub
I Found This Gem At A Hotel In Wisconsin
Me And My Girlfriend Stayed At The Hotel, Where The Valet Driver Decided To Take My Car For A Joy Ride And Ran My Car Up A Curb
Someone Urinated (I Think) In My Hotel Room's Bed
I’ve been sitting on top of the duvet for the past 3 hours. I showered, then pulled the covers back to find this… Smells funky.
Safety Precautions Inside A Hotel I Was Staying At In Bali
Yep, I'll Definitely Know What To Do "In Fire Emergency", Hilton Garden Inn Cherry Creek (Denver)
I'm Staying In A Hotel Room And Found This License Plate Hidden Under The Mattress
I Arrived At My Airbnb In Sao Paulo At 3 AM And Found This Mess
Airbnb Asking For Tips After Charging A Cleaning Fee
What In The World Is That?
The Hotel I Stayed At Last Night Said They Provided Free Breakfast
Hotels Should Make Blinds Useful Again
This would drive me crazy. I want my hotel room dark until I open the curtains/blinds.
This Hotel Provides Hair Dryers But Tells Their Guests Not To Use Them
Bad communication, but it clearly means do not plug an air drier in the outlet clearly marked "Shavers only". Those appliances are rated for a couple hundred watts, while an hair dryer goes easily into the 2000s. You are of course welcome to use the provided hair dryer, that has a properly connected inbuilt cable.
The Airbnb I'm Staying In Says It's A Laundry Room, So I'll Be Wearing Dirty Clothes All Week Because I For Sure Won't Be Going There
My Daughter's Budget Hotel View Over Liverpool
Airbnb Really?
Stop using Airbnb. I’ve found they often also advertise on ‘normal’ websites like booking.com for much cheaper.
I Paid 300 Bucks For 3 Nights At This Specific Hotel Because They Advertised Free Continental Breakfast. This Is Their "Continental Breakfast"
This Airbnb Host's Kitchen Rules
The Men's Restroom At My Hotel
I Paid Extra For A "Tower Room" At Our Hotel And Were Told We'd Get A Nice View Of The River
The Shower Drain In My Hotel
I Cannot Stop Laughing At The Vegetarian Starter My Friend Was Given In A Hotel
The Airbnb I'm At Has The Toilet So Close To The Sink That I Can Wash My Hands And Poop At The Same Time
My Parents Are Staying In A Hotel That Promised To Serve Them Breakfast During Their Stay. This Is The Breakfast They Were Given
They Said There Was A Sea View At Our Airbnb
You Can Now Poop While Showering
This Bathroom Mirror In My Hotel Room. I'm 5'2" And Can't Use The Bathroom Mirror. No Step Stool Provided
This Is Very Strange
Sometimes, Hotels Make The Weirdest Design Choices
The TV Remote In My Hotel Wasn't Working. It Felt Too Light, So I Checked The Batteries And Found This
The "I Ran Out Of Paint And Got Lazy" Aesthetic
The Light Switches In My Hotel Room. I Accidentally Turned The Lights On Twice While Sleeping
Salt And Pepper Shakers At My Hotel Room
can you shut up already I'm getting tired of seeing your comments
Load More Replies...Floor Lights In Front Of Hotel Elevator. It's Very Easy To Trip Over Them
I would argue it would take a certain type of person to trip over those. And I am that person.
The Highlight Of My Day Was When I Stood On The Bathroom Scale In My Hotel Room This Morning And It Literally Exploded
Hotel In Dublin Installed The Anti-Fog Mirror Upside Down
This Very Annoying Emergency Exit Light In My Room
Hotel Key Card That Doesn't Fit In Your Wallet
Apparently, Not Only My Room Wasn't Ready
On vacation with my kid, I went to check in at 2:30, and my hotel asked that I come back in an hour to pick up my key card because my room wasn't ready yet. Later, I came back to a long line with 100 more people behind me. They had only one single working bathroom and no water.
This happens all the time in hotels. Weddings, conferences, etc., everyone comes in at the same time to check in. If you come back in an hour the place would be empty. Hard to schedule employees to come in for 1-3 hours, they don't like it that much. Sometimes, you just have to wait.
Airbnb Is Getting Out Of Hand
This Hotel Elevator Won't Let Me Go Down
Impeccable Interior Design
Nice Idea But Badly Executed
Who Approved This "Artwork" At My Hotel?
Arbitrary Stairs In The Middle Of A Hallway
Wounder if there are anything under them, like sewer pipes or anything else?
My Hotel Room In North Carolina
It would have taken quite a bit less effort to just trim the towel bar to be shorter.
3 Cars Had All Of Their Tires Stolen In The Hotel Parking Lot Last Night
Is This Mold Caused By Water Infiltration? Found In An Airbnb, Unsure Whether Or Not To Report
This Shower That Doesn't Have A Door And Gets The Floor Soaked
These were at my hotel room in Peru. Soaked the hotel room floor.
Me And My Wife Stayed In This Room Where One Of Those Doors Conjoins With The Neighboring Room. The Little Kids Who Were There Kept Trying To Open It To Our Room The Whole Night
These Random Shower Tiles In The Hotel Where We Are Staying
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel In Guatemala
»Ritz-Carlton« and »Guatemela« are ruling each other out anyway...it's like a paradox, or rather an oxymoron...🙋🏽
I Reserved A Suite Months Ago For A Trip To San Diego, Only To Find Out During Check-In That Pool And Hot Tub Are Closed For Renovation
The Shower Drain In My Hotel Looks Like A Trap Door
I'm Glad I Paid For The "Deluxe Room" Upgrade In This 4-Star Hotel
Totally Gonna Use This Sink Water On The Coffee Machine In The Hotel Room
This Useless Half-Wall Nook In My Hotel Room. New Developments Really Just Love To Waste Materials
I Arrived In Prague. This Hotel Room Is Interesting
The Hotel I’m Staying At Forgot To Change Out Both Signs, Leaving Very Different Cleaning Fees
If you smoke near the wall it's $250, if you smoke in the middle of the room it's $100
A "Perfect" Fit For A TV (At An Airbnb My Girlfriend Stayed In)
I'm Currently In A Hotel And Need To Take A Shower. I'm Sure One Of These Turns The Water On. These Things Are Far More Complicated Than They Need To Be
My Mom's Shower At Her Hotel
I work at a hotel. This is a "handicap accessible" room. Ours are just like this therenis probably a fold down bench behind that curtain. The extra hand shower is so you can have a caregiver assist you while you still get to control where you want your water for comfort reasons.
The Curtains At This Hotel Are Not Movable, So We Couldn't Block Out Any Light
Hotel I'm At Just Charged Me 14 Bucks For A Couple Of Eggos And 10 Tater Tots
To The Guy Saying His Airbnb Had A Sink Too Close To The Toilet… I Wanted To Welcome Myself To The Club
You know, you could also just take a picture of the sink and the toilet from a profile view and we could skip seeing where your boys reside.
This Faucet In My Hotel Makes It Nearly Impossible To Wash Your Hands
I've seen these kinds of sinks way too often. They're usually really short too (I'm 6 ft) so I have to bend down :/
Stuff Like That, Can Give Me Dizziness
At least every other step of the carpet is off set so you can see the steps. Otherwise it would all blend in and look like one big step or no step at all.
These Charging Ports In A Hotel
A Monkey Broke Into My Friend's Hotel Room Next To Mine By Opening A Very Heavy Balcony Door, Which Was Closed But Not Locked
Apparently, the monkey emptied two tubes of powdered Celsius I had given my friend, so there's an insane macaque hopped up on Celsius.
This is not on the hotel or Airbnb owners. If you visit a place with monkeys as part of the wildlife, CLOSE EVERYTHING. Those monkeys know the hotel better than you, so lock all doors and windows. I've stayed in a hotel in Koh Chang, a Thai island, and one day the wild monkeys got in and stole a bowl of bananas. It should be written out on a sign, but this should just be common knowledge if you're travelling around SE Asia, like don't bring durian into rooms
The Hotel I'm Staying At Had A Broken Door, So I Fixed It For Them
How My Hotel Decided To Set Up The Bed And The Fridge
At least an ironing board is included... Can deal with the fridge -- beer will still fit.
Airbnb Host Asks This After A $350 Cleaning Fee While Being Asked To Strip All Sheets, Take Out All Trash And Run A Dishwasher
You Only Get Free Water At My Hotel If You Are "Elite"
Airbnb House, TV Is Hung Halfway Up A Two-Story High Fireplace, Nearly Level With The Upper Floor
Scary face comes on the TV: Welcome to my lair ! Don't try to leave...
This Light Switch That I Have Found In My Hotel Room
This Railing At A Hotel I Stayed At
Whoever installed the stone treads did an amazing job cutting in around the stair structure.
I'm Staying At A Hotel And Found This Next To The Basin. One Is Liquid Soap, And The Other One Is A Gift Left By The Previous Person
The Hotel Forgot To Put The Bedding On The Beds
A Hotel Room With "Sea View", Cape Town
My Hotel Room's TV. The Funny Thing Is That I Couldn't Focus As It Was Too Far Away. If You Are Too Close, It's Like Looking Up At The Sky While Playing
I Have Never Once Stayed At An Airbnb And Found Non-Stick Pans That Don't Look Like They've Been Sandblasted
I honestly wouldn’t keep replacing them either as people don’t care about the property of others and too many people are uneducated on the dangers of using cookware in this condition. Got my dad’s new pans for Christmas as all of his looked like this. By February two were cut into.
The TV At My Hotel Lobby Has Been Doing This For Over An Hour
The Beach Access Door At The Hotel I'm Staying At. People Without Cards Can Easily Open The Door
I’m In Los Angeles For Work And My Hotel Has The Worst Artwork
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Take advantage of modern technology in your hands: Check the surroundings on Google Maps, Streetview of various companies and the yearly updated aerial view on the site of the land management body.
I'm very happy to have my disability, it's a perfect excuse not to have to travel and stay in these places! My in-laws are crazy about family hotel vacations, and I'm happy to be excused.
Currently staying in an Airbnb guest house, chose it specifically so my dog could be off leash in the fenced yard. My non-aggressive poodle likes to bark, and the tenant of one of the houses who shares the yard has told me to keep her on a leash, since she barks at him when he comes out every time i took her out to the yard. Their three dogs run around off leash. Owner should have clarified that small, quiet, non-agressive dogs who don't go up to other people may be allowed off leash.
Bored Panda has removed all Ukraine flags from their bio. Look. Go fight your own war.
That's because they're a Putin propaganda machine now. Either out of greed or fear of getting killed when Russia invades Lithuania. Either way, they're soulless cowards.
Load More Replies... Take advantage of modern technology in your hands: Check the surroundings on Google Maps, Streetview of various companies and the yearly updated aerial view on the site of the land management body.
I'm very happy to have my disability, it's a perfect excuse not to have to travel and stay in these places! My in-laws are crazy about family hotel vacations, and I'm happy to be excused.
Currently staying in an Airbnb guest house, chose it specifically so my dog could be off leash in the fenced yard. My non-aggressive poodle likes to bark, and the tenant of one of the houses who shares the yard has told me to keep her on a leash, since she barks at him when he comes out every time i took her out to the yard. Their three dogs run around off leash. Owner should have clarified that small, quiet, non-agressive dogs who don't go up to other people may be allowed off leash.
Bored Panda has removed all Ukraine flags from their bio. Look. Go fight your own war.
That's because they're a Putin propaganda machine now. Either out of greed or fear of getting killed when Russia invades Lithuania. Either way, they're soulless cowards.
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