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40 Times Hotel And Airbnb Guests Were So Surprised By Their Hosts’ Fails That They Took A Picture (New Pics)
Get a good night's sleep and it'll make whatever problems you've had during the day less tiresome. Likewise, roll around until dawn without closing your eyes and everything will become even worse. So when you're planning a trip, finding the right accommodation is one of the most important tasks.
However, both hotels and Airbnbs aren't always giving us — their customers — the full picture. We book the place, thinking it's going to fulfill all of our needs but then arrive at the premises and find something a little extra. Like a bad smell and dirt in the hot tub. Or, on the contrary, find a crucial feature (such as access to the toilet) missing.
To remind you to keep a vigilant eye when making your next booking, we at Bored Panda put together a list of pictures that guests took when they felt like the hosts may have missed the mark on maintaining their property. Continue scrolling to view the gallery and be sure to check out the talk we had with travel writer and photographer Jon Miksis, who shares his adventures on the blog My Global Viewpoint.
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#1
I Got Locked Out Of My Hotel Room, So I Went To Find The Front Desk Lady, And This Was On The Counter
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#2
The Airbnb I'm Renting
Donkeywheel 3 years ago (edited)
😝 We have the same in my office. No one knows what they control. They may not be wired and put there for future needs.
#3
Hotel Alicja, Lodz, Poland. Advertisement vs. Reality
#4
I Came Back To A Pitch-Black Hotel Room, Then Turned On The Lights And Saw This
#5
It Looks Like John Wick Was At Our Hotel
#6
The Mirror In My Hotel Bathroom Has An Antifog Section. Unfortunately, I'm 5'2
#7
Worst Hotel Room Design Ever. What's Funny Is That The Bathroom Door Sill Has A Lock On It
#8
The Only Outlet In My Hotel Room
#9
My Bed At The Hotel I'm Staying
#10
This Hidden Camera Disguised As A Clock In My Airbnb
Zia Barrett 3 years ago
Hope they told Airbnb. The renter will be given a refund and a free hotel room, and the person who did this will be banned from Airbnb.
#11
I 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
I pray my friend doesn't have to go to the toilet tonight.
#12
The Main Reason I Rented This Airbnb Was Because Of The Hot Tub. However, It Was Dirty, And The Smell Was Terrible
OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago
Hot tubs not heated properly or kept up that are shared by random people are nothing more than pathogen soup cauldrons.
#13
I've Never Seen A Hotel Pool Sign So Blunt Before
#14
The Cleaning Ladies At My Hotel Left The Door Open To The Closet Where They Keep The Clean Bedsheets And Soaps
#15
Mushrooms Are Growing In My Hotel Room. It's A Novotel
#16
Why Do Hotel Rooms Insist On Making Me Watch My Partner Bathe? I'm Just Glad I'm Not Sharing The Room With A Friend Or Parent
#17
The Size Of This Hotel Key Chain That I Have To Carry Around Everywhere With Me For The Next Few Days
Donkeywheel 3 years ago
That’s precisely to prevent you from taking it out. Just leave it at reception.
#18
The Water In Our Airbnb Has Been Yellow And Tastes Metallic For A Week Now. The Owner Says They Can't Do Anything About It
#19
The Curtains In My Hotel Room Looks Like They're Blood-Stained
Mrs Irish Mom 3 years ago
Probley a mad amount of money to have these ugly curtins in every room in the hotel
#20
We Had An Uncleaned Vrbo Rental, And The Owner Tried To Bribe Us Into A Perfect Review
#21
You Have To Step Over The Bathtub To Get Between The Toilet And The Sink
#22
Striped Carpet On Hotel Stairs. Hard To Use Even After Two Weeks And Completely Sober
#23
The Carpet At My $250 Per Night Hotel In Disneyland
#24
I Got Back To The Hotel After Working 12 Hours And Found That The Staff Had Put All Of Our Stuff Into A Trash Bag And Gave Our Room Away
#25
My Airbnb Stairs. Every Step Is A Different Height, Width, And Depth
Libstak 3 years ago
Had a small set of stairs replaced at work and the handyman did something similar. After many near misses and me getting stink eye from Maintenance for having the audacity to complain, our night shift operations MANAGER who had also laughed at my concerns stepped out, misjudged and scraped half his face off plus sprained his ankle and dislocated his knee. This could not be more unsafe if it tried.
#26
Our Shower In Croatian Airbnb
We stayed at the Airbnb for a few months, and I used this to heat the bathroom. I didn't know if I would get electrocuted or barbecued. It did heat the bathroom pretty well, but it took up so much power in the apartment that you couldn't run anything else simultaneously, or it would trip the breaker.
#27
In Case Of The Hotel Fire, Move The Vending Machine
#28
The Shower In My Hotel Is A Glass Cube In The Center Of The Room
#29
I Went On A Trip Several Weeks Ago To New Orleans, And Our Airbnb Host Didn't Tell Us That The Pool Was Unusable And Air Conditioners Were Broken Too
#30
The Faucet Is Placed Further Than It Should Be
#31
The State Of This Oven During My First Shift Last Night At A Famous Hotel
#32
The Shower Head In A 4-Star Hotel
#33
My Girlfriend Forgot The Lock Was In Place And Opened The Door Fairly Gently. Lock Snapped Immediately. This Hotel Makes Me Feel Very Safe
#34
The Salt Shakers In My Hotel Room
#35
I'm Staying In The Hotel, And This Is My Bathroom
#36
The Built-In USB Charger In My Hotel Wasn't Working, So I Turned It Over To Take A Look, And This Is What I Saw
#37
This TV In My Hotel Room
Mrs Irish Mom 3 years ago
Hotel room looks a decent size, pitty about the teeeeney weeeeney tv
#38
This Closet In A German Hotel Needs Several Warnings. I Almost Hit My Head
Marcos Valencia 3 years ago
According to the scene in my mind, it's like some kung-fu training equipment.
#39
There's A Mirror Screwed Into The Ceiling Above The Toilet In My Airbnb
#40
My Pillow In My 120€ A Night Hotel
#41
What Kind Of Hotel Did We Book? That's Not A Mirror
#42
The Elevator Safety Placard In The Hotel
#43
I Wanted To Book A Hotel And Saw That This Hotel Advertises $95 Per Night But Tries To Sneak In That Extra $284 In The Total Cost
Donkeywheel 3 years ago
Impossible in the EU and pretty much anywhere in the world. The problem comes from the US culture, not from this hotel. Mandatory all inclusive prices: easy, convenient, no more scam.
#44
I Booked Airbnb For My Family. 5 Minutes Into Our Stay This Is What Our Socks Turned Into Just Walking Around. The Host Refuses To Cancel Or Refund
#45
Hotel Shower Has A Mode That Shoots One Ridiculously Powerful Horizontal Jet Of Water
#46
I Just Checked In At The Hotel, But My Room Doesn't Exist
#47
My Airbnb Host Is Using T-Shirts As Pillow Cases, And One Even Smells. Guess I'll Be Dreaming Of Sweaty Armpits Tonight
#48
My Airbnb Estimate. No Wonder Bookings Are Down
#49
This Knife At The Airbnb We Stayed At
#50
This Wall Socket At My Hotel. Yes, I Tried Moving The Bed, But It Is Screwed Into The Wall
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
This wouldn't just be an inconvenience, but would mean no sleeping for me. Can't really sleep for more than 1 hour at a time without the use of my CPAP
#51
A Friend Of Mine Was Staying At The Hotel And Sent Me This
#52
If You Needed Another Reason To Hate Airbnb. 2 Weeks Before Our Reservation, Our Hosts Tells Us He Overbooked
#53
This Is What I Found In My "Cleaned" Hotel Room
#54
My Hotel Room Light Switch Is Behind Pillows, So I Wake Up Inexplicably In The Middle Of The Night With Lights Turned On
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Maybe this is the same frickin hotel in Sweden that had someone else complain about it too
#55
The Toilet And The Paper Being On The Opposite Side Of The Room At A Hotel I'm Staying At
#56
The Breakfast Bar At The Hotel I'm Staying At Automatically Adds An "Optional" 18% Gratuity
#57
This Thermostat Is Mounted In A Hotel Room, Next To A Bed Where I'm Sleeping
#58
The Heavy Curtains In My Hotel Room Are On Smaller Tracks That Don't Allow Them To Cover The Window
Old Roadie 3 years ago
This is... absurd. It's also a breach of privacy that could lead to trouble for occupants.
#59
This Hotel Bathroom Has Shutters Instead Of A Wall, Allowing All Smells And Noise To Float Right On Through. I'm Loving My Romantic Vacation So Far
#60
Trying To Find Your Motel Room Be Like
#61
This Hotel Room Entrance
#62
This Knob Is On The Floor In Front Of The Toilet In My Hotel Room. I Think It Is Designed To Break My Toes
#63
I Just Stayed In The Hotel Room Where The Bathroom Door Would Not Close
#64
This Motel Heater Is Directly Underneath The Curtains
#65
My Hotel Kitchen. I'm Staying Here For 4 Months
#66
I Can't Close The Door In The Motel Room Because Bed Is In A Way
#67
The Hotel In Iceland. It's Supposed To Tell You Which Rooms Are On Which Floor. So Confusing
Praecordia 3 years ago
I think its 214 to 243 on floor 2, 314 to 343 on floor 3, 414 to 443 on floor 4 and 514 to 543 on floor 5 with floor 1 being the gym and spa.
#68
My Hotel Bathroom Has 12 Towel Hooks
#69
My Airbnb Host Wanted Me To Tip Housekeeping On Top Of The $200 Cleaning Fee
#70
This Was My Hotel This Weekend, And It Had Only One Light
FrostMoon Willow 3 years ago
bro imagine needing to get up for a p**s in the middle of the night and tripping over everything
#71
This Mirror Is In My Hotel Bathroom. Other Than That, Very Nice Hotel
#72
The Hotel Shower Has No Edges, So It Floods, And The Door Has Water Damages
#73
The Most Absurdly Thin Toilet Paper I Have Ever Seen. Found In My Airbnb
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Depends on where you are, but in some places that's the thickest you can flush down the toilet
#75
From The Hotel That Brought You "Bloodstained Curtains" Now Brings You "Poop-Stained Headboard"
#76
A Paint Job On A Hotel Wall That Looks Like Mold And A Lamp Just Above The Pillow. I Had To Unscrew The Light Bulb To Avoid The Risk Of Shattering It
#77
This TV At The Airbnb I'm Staying At
#78
Our Not Cheap Airbnb Has A Tip Jar
#79
Airbnb Host Wants To Stop Renting To Women
#80
This Hotel I Stayed At, Said It Was $40. I Knew That Couldn't Be True. I Paid $68 For 12 Hours With A $50 Deposit
I also had 40 lbs of luggage and had to carry up four flights of stairs because the elevator was broken.
#81
This Fire Extinguisher At My Hotel
#82
This Motion Sensor Thermostat In The Hotel Room Causes The Air Conditioning To Turn Off While You Sleep
#83
To Check-In Early, This Hotel Requires You To Give Them An Email So They Would Be Able To Send You Spam
Old Roadie 3 years ago
10 Minute Mail has been a thing since 2006. Hide my Email since 2021. This hotel is run by idjits.
#84
That's Why You Shouldn't Use The Coffee Maker In Your Hotel Room
#85
My Hotel In Seattle
#86
These Mirrors In My Hotel Room. I Tried To Fix It And Found Out They Were Glued Like This
#87
There Is A Light Switch On The Roof Of The Hotel I'm Staying
#88
Hotel Faucet. Hot And Also Hot
#89
I Found This In A Hungarian Hotel, And It's Just Too Relatable
#90
The Placement Of This Light Switch In A Stockholm Hotel. I Stayed In This Hotel Recently And Woke Up 3 Times Overnight By Turning The Light On
#91
Nearly Invisible Label Text On The Hotel Shower Dispenser Bottles. Which One Is Shampoo? Good Luck If You're Not Wearing Your Glasses
#92
These Hotel Floor Directions
#93
This Motel Light Switch
#94
I'm Staying In The Hotel Where Windows Are Blocked With Wooden Boards
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Recent tropical cyclone area? If not, you might not want to see what they're trying to cover with those
#95
This Marbled Shower At The Airbnb I Stayed In
#96
This Terrace In My Hotel Is Not Accessible
#97
A Simple Mistake, But 2 Years Later And I Still Think About This Sign From My Hotel Stairwell In NYC
#98
What A Great View From The Window Of My Hotel Room
ShellsBells 3 years ago
Double Tree hotel in Tampa has a balcony with a view similar to this. Except you can also see the interstate.
#99
My View From The Famous And Expensive Venetian Hotel In Las Vegas
#100
Bathroom Door At The Cheap Motel
#101
This Hotel Built A Wall Around The Window
#102
This Bathroom Has A Massive Window, But The Roll Down Blind Is See-Through
#103
This Is The First Thing I Saw When Checking Into The Hostel In London
#104
These Elevator Buttons In My Hotel
#105
The Toilet Paper Of The 4-Star Hotel I Am Staying At
#106
My Hotel Was Confusing
#107
The Toilet And The Toilet Paper In My Hotel Room
#108
Today I Found This In My Hotel Room
#109
This TV At The Resort I'm Staying In
#110
My Wife And I Decided To Get One Night Getaway Without The Kids. $260 A Night At The Hotel, And The Shower Door Opens On The Wrong Side
Cyber Returns 3 years ago
Go to tripadvisor and look up Croft Hotel 3 Stanley Road, Leicester LE2 1RF England Look for DCMOwner and read what I put. There is so much wrong with the place that it would not fit on Bored Panda. A true hotel horror story
#111
In This Hotel, Once I Take Out The Card Needed For The Door, It Will Cut The Power Off To My Room. So While I'm Gone, No Devices Will Be Charging
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talliloo 3 years ago
there was a time when i started considering getting an abnb when visiting places just for the convenience of being closer to where i wanted to go. also, since i often rent a chair due to disability it would be nice to get an electric one rather than a manual one as the latter can be folded if i had to take a cab. then, i started reading/seeing these posts of people thinking they are running a 5 star accommodation with all the fees added on. nope. will pay for the hotel, make sure i take my leather gloves, get that manual chair and wheel myself where ever i want to go knowing that i won't be gouged, my room will be cleaned, and the review i leave won't be leveraged against me.
Marilyn Helling 3 years ago
I know a few people who put things together like some of these places and it is just unbelievable. I ask them why and usually all I get is "Well it's cheaper" or "I'm saving time". Aren't you afraid someone might get hurt? Nah they just need to watch what they are doing. I just walk away shaking my head and tell them they missed to many days of shop and homec.
Rick Seiden 3 years ago
I travelled for work for 15 years or so. I stayed in hundreds of hotels, from four star to the dive at the corner (I'm looking at you, Motel 6). In all that time I never had a mouse in my room. I stayed at a hotel across the street from Madison Square Garden (I can't find the name) that was supposed to be 5 star. There was a mouse in my room. I called the desk and they really didn't care, but said they'd send someone up to catch it. I said I wanted a new room! So they moved me to a new room with a TV that was VERY VERY old, had a c**p picture, and wouldn't let me watch the game going on across the street.
talliloo 3 years ago
there was a time when i started considering getting an abnb when visiting places just for the convenience of being closer to where i wanted to go. also, since i often rent a chair due to disability it would be nice to get an electric one rather than a manual one as the latter can be folded if i had to take a cab. then, i started reading/seeing these posts of people thinking they are running a 5 star accommodation with all the fees added on. nope. will pay for the hotel, make sure i take my leather gloves, get that manual chair and wheel myself where ever i want to go knowing that i won't be gouged, my room will be cleaned, and the review i leave won't be leveraged against me.
Marilyn Helling 3 years ago
I know a few people who put things together like some of these places and it is just unbelievable. I ask them why and usually all I get is "Well it's cheaper" or "I'm saving time". Aren't you afraid someone might get hurt? Nah they just need to watch what they are doing. I just walk away shaking my head and tell them they missed to many days of shop and homec.
Rick Seiden 3 years ago
I travelled for work for 15 years or so. I stayed in hundreds of hotels, from four star to the dive at the corner (I'm looking at you, Motel 6). In all that time I never had a mouse in my room. I stayed at a hotel across the street from Madison Square Garden (I can't find the name) that was supposed to be 5 star. There was a mouse in my room. I called the desk and they really didn't care, but said they'd send someone up to catch it. I said I wanted a new room! So they moved me to a new room with a TV that was VERY VERY old, had a c**p picture, and wouldn't let me watch the game going on across the street.
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