40 Of The Weirdest And Funniest Travel Experiences People Shared For Fallon’s #TravelFail Challenge
Many things can go wrong when traveling. From overpriced airport snacks and an upset stomach, to realizing your Airbnb looks nothing like the photos and getting scammed at a tourist trap, nobody’s immune to failure when out and about somewhere abroad.
So when Jimmy Fallon announced another iconic “Hashtags Time!” asking people to describe their weirdest and funniest travel experiences, it hit close to home for many people out there. Jimmy himself wrote that “I was on a long trip with three transfers and was somehow next to a crying baby on every single flight,” which made me relate so much. In fact, when I board the plane and spot a baby on board, I know this is where my place is.
Scroll down through some of the most hilarious travel failures people endured and shared for the #TravelFail challenge.

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I bet Karen Conway is from Canada. Smarties in the US are small powdery tablet candy that comes in a roll. And my favorite! :o)
I like (US) Smarties too! They were some of my favorite candies growing up. They used to be pretty common in the mixed candy selections you'd see at school or festivals or whatnot. I rarely see them now. Also, thanks for pointing out the difference between American and Canadian... had no idea they had a different kind of Smarties... all this time, I thought my Canadian friends just enjoyed sweet/tart candies that came in rolls!
Load More Replies...I'm going to get down voted for this but : Maybe the dad was trying to make a point?My husband and myself would have eaten them ourselves too. Not because we wanted them but because we don't believe in giving sweets to children who are playing up, keeping them busy/distracted with activities, talking to them etc yes but giving sweets or other treats just sends the wrong message. I'm no judging or anything I'm just offering an idea of what the parent was thinking. I would always be annoyed when anyone offered treats when my children were playing up ( luckily not often).
That's fair, and I respect parents that do that. But on the other hand, I also don't judge parents who placate their kids out of fear that their kids are bothering strangers. We also almost never gave candy to our kid period(he's 13 now and buys his own junk food 😂), so in our case it -really- would have sent him the wrong message and been very counterproductive.
Load More Replies...I would have done the same thing. never pass up a chance to eat smarties
Me:"Will you be paying in cash or wire transfer ma'am?" Business lady: "for what?" Me: "I charge $130 per hour for PA services and an additional $25.00 service charge for imitating furniture ($40 if said furniture has sound effects)
I would have woke up saying "Get them off me! Get the bugs off me!" while tossing paper everywhere.
I would have made sure they were all over the cabin once I "stretched".
Business lady was like "Please don't wake up, please don't wake up.... no no no don't roll. Don't roll"
I would freak out too if I thought it was a child, and freak out more when it's actually a dummy.
My friend mother worked for CPS. We were in the car on a cold, rainy day. We saw a "kid" sitting in the horrible wearher on front steps of the house. Head tilted down like he was in trouble from parents. She was LIVID that someone put their 3 year old in that weather. She was getting ready to bang on the door and rip into parents(pre cell phones so no police call) my friend and I were laughing so hard which made it worse. We waited till she pulled right into their driveway and turned the car off before telling her it was one of those "new" life like dolls-not a human. Point being-dont EVER tick off a Sicilian woman! Thought she would kill us lol
Not sure this is true. Those overhead lockers are made to withstand turbulence and if it happened, wouldn’t the dummy fall on the seat below instead of the aisle?
To find out some tips for getting the most out of traveling, we spoke with Lillie Marshall, traveler, teacher, writer, and artist from Boston. You can call Lillie a serial traveler, with a solo trip around the world and countless trips stretching around 7 continents. She also traveled with a toddler, and despite having a family, she still relishes solo travel. Check out her adventures and lifestyle tips on AroundTheWorldL.com Travel and Life Blog.
It's no secret that often things go against the plan while traveling, but Lillie says it’s vital to embrace the adage, "The journey is the destination." “Flight get delayed? See that as part of the adventure and story!” she laughed. If you’re new to traveling, there are some common things you should know about. “A big mistake I've seen is trying to pack in too many things in too short a time. Go slow, don't try to do 15 sights in one day, and build in time for naps, reading, relaxing art, and just wandering.”
And even if they were the effing Beach Boys, they still had no right to cut into the line.
That is how I met When I'm Rome in NOLA! They were bent over a rail with asses sticking out. As I rubbed each one as I pushed through, I said, Well, someone thinks their asses are important!' Yup. They were signing autographs for the crowd on lower level of Hard Rock New Orleans. After being seated and ordering, they asked our table to join them. Super nice guys! They imvited us to VIP section of concert on them for being so rude! LMFAO. I wanted to die. I was so embarrassed. Then a flood hit and concert was cancelled from flooded roads. I love you, When I'm Rome
SW has boarding groups, and there is a group ahead of A group, the Beach Boys may have been the only ones in it.
I'm from Philadelphia. I would have yelled loudly "YO". That usually stops people from acting badly anywhere near me.
On the trip from hell coming back to San Diego from Seattle and this younger gal (20s) just nonchalantly joined the line about 15 feet from the gate. I was NOT having it. I looked at her and in a really loud voice said, "Um - excuse me? There's this whole line thing going on here and your place is back there" pointing to the end. She turned beet red. As she walked away, I got applause.
The Southwest jump between Burbank and Vegas is WILD. I've flown with Tone Loc, Eric Estrada, Noah Wyle (and family), and Luke Perry to name just a few.
As someone who once bombed a job interview by saying something easily misunderstood, I can totally see this happening.
maybe it has to do with your us of certain words in certain situations lol
Load More Replies...Yes it is, customs has the right to search your luggage thoroughly and even search you yourself.
Load More Replies...Haha. A tip, when traveling hot to cold(I'm Canadian too) ALWAYS bring your winter gear INTO the plane with your carry on.
This reminds me of coming back from our honey moon. We went to Puerto Rico in January and then to upstate NY to see family that couldn't come to the wedding. On our way HOME from Ny we got stopped because of sand in my husbands swim trunks. They field tested it THREE times!!! THREE people....sand. I was laughing so hard. It wasn't white sand either, it was sand sand. And the funniest part was A) when it dawned on me that we got through PR and NY the first time. It wasn't until the trip home. B) it was -6 degrees F and we had swimwear with sand. It was amazing.
I remember when my friends bought some sword replicas in Japan. They had to unpack them a bit and they were checked by magnets to verify they were not attempting to smuggle REAL swords.
Too bad you didn't have a Coke can, held it up, and said It's ok. I found it.
I'm not sure if screaming "I'm naked and vulnerable" at an unseen stranger in the middle of the woods is the wisest course of action
Better then opening the shower curtain to find it INSIDE the bathroom!
Depending on how isolated this cabin was DONT YELL that you are in one of the most vulnerable positions
Yeah... I thought about that, too. Good thing it was only a bear
Load More Replies...Are your friend a bit..harsh? I mean, if a bear breaking sounds like "knocking" to you?
Linda, i did call to tell you i would be taking the shower... that was might naughty of you
Maybe don't scream to a potential stranger at your door that you're currently naked and preoccupied in a loud shower that would basically make it easy as F**k for them to come in and harm you or rob you. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOURE IN A CABIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS WHERE THERES A SMALL CHANCE FOR VISITORS... you're lucky it was a fucken bear you idiot.
To be fair though, they might have been on a vacation with other people that they know.
Load More Replies...When asked whether people are getting more experienced in traveling and therefore are less prone to failure, Lillie said that “nowadays people aren't necessarily more experienced, but the internet has changed everything by giving us more background knowledge and the ability to look up maps and tips with the click of a button.”“Solo traveling is THE BEST,” Lillie argues. “My favorite tip about it is that it doesn't have to stop even after you're married and have kids! The 'Momcations' I've taken alone since giving birth have been some of the best travel experiences I've had,” she concluded.
Right? How could she just leave her child sick and puking alone with no help, had to rely on a stranger!
Load More Replies...You knew your kid had travel sickness but you didnt make sure you were next to him to help him through it? Instead of letting a random stranger deal with it the entire flight maybe you could have asked to switch seats to help your kid. Im sure said random stranger would have been more than happy to accommodate you. Smh.
Maybe the parent didn't want to be puked on? I'm surprised the cabin staff didn't intervene and tell the parent to do something.
Load More Replies...Why wouldn't you, at some point, ask the child "are your parents on the plane?" rather than just assume you need to be the one to help?
Ha ha it's a very common joke but it still makes me laugh. One evening the pilot said "look at the wonderful sunrise" and everybody freaked out. I talked to him afterwards and he said sadly "everybody missed the joke".
On my first ever flight the pilot said, "We will be flying at between 2 and 3 thousand feet" . I said to the man next to me, "I hope we don't fly at 2 feet for long". It felt like a very long flight.
That's funny! I remember my first time meeting with my surgeon and I was terrified. I was crying and upset over a diagnosis (bone disease) and he cracked me up by pulling out a silver bullet and said "don't worry! If it doesn't work, we'll just take you out back!" (Yes, this is Texas). I calmed down and he's been the best doctor. Couldn't ask for a better one
Damn, that's actually really good. xD I hope if I ever need something bigger done my doctor will be the same.
Load More Replies...My boyfriend is a retired pilot and he has said the same thing. It always gave the passengers a laugh and put them at ease.
It implies the pilot (the man who holds everyone's life in their hands) thinks it's morning. I think.
Load More Replies...Once my bus driver (for a long trip) said "Seatbelts are mandatory. This way you will be safer; especially with me. I have a problem with alcool and I don't have my licence anymore". He was for sure (I hope) joking as it was a very known bus company but still we all laugh AND obeyed ^o^
S friend of mine told me of a time she was at the airport and the ground stewardess pointed over to a man in uniform wearing dark glasses and walking with a white cane. "See that man over there she said, That's your pilot." People started freaking out until they realised the date. April 1st.
I was flying home with my wife from Beijing to Newark. While waiting for boarding I suddenly jumped up and ran to the store. My wife knows how much I hate spending money in airports and was surprised when I returned with ear plugs. Then she looked around and realized, as I did, that there were dozens of babies and toddlers that were going to be travelling with us. It helped, but did not drown out the choir.
having been the mother of screaming toddlers on a flight, when I was not with said children on a flight and there was a panicky mom with a screamer, I just said - Gimme the kid, It's not like I can go anywhere and you are too stressed to calm him. Baby fell asleep in about a minute and mom (and 65 other people) were so grateful...
And some people will ask why is this Florence in Italy is named after an american town.
If anyone doubts the lack of originality of a group of middle aged white men, look at American maps 😂 pretty much every state has the same town names repeated across the country and all named after somewhere else. Hell, here in Arkansas, they even gave up trying to think of names and just started giving out numbers lmao!
Load More Replies...And nobody wondered why the tickets were so cheap? Or did grandma embezzle the difference?
I can't believe I had to scroll this far down to find this comment. Grandma: (looks on line for flights to Florence, is pleasantly surprised)
Load More Replies...I call BS. The Cincinnati airport is in Hebron, KY, not Florence, and is actually coded for Covington.
And there’s a Florence in Texas, sth Carolina, Arizona, alabama and oregan!!!
Load More Replies...long before 911, a friend got on a flight to see a friend for the weekend in London, Ontario, a 4 hour flight. She woke up four hours later to discover she was on the plane to London, England.
My sister had us all hyped and organizing a trip to Naples based on an airfare she found for $49. Visions of an Italy vacation danced in our heads! That was until I checked the newspaper ad she had cut out, and found out it was $49 to Naples-Florida!
Similar story. I made a car reservation for my CFO in Houston, TX. The problem was, I didn't know there were two airports. His flight went to one and the reservation for the car was at the other. He ended up having to rent a 16 passenger white utility van because that was all that was left. I was really upset and he told me it was nothing compared to what his previous secretary did. She him to Charleston, North Carolina when he was suppose to fly to Charleston, West Virginia. Poor man didn't even notice until he had landed and went to baggage claim.
Decent man. He could have driven 2 blocks before brining you back to the same spot!
If ypu come to copenhagen station and ask to ve driven to tivoli, must times they WILL give a drive around the whole capitol, since tivoli is copenhagens neighbour.
Load More Replies...Some taxi drivers would have taken you on an hour-long tour of city streets, before pulling up at the hotel that had been across the street. Be very grateful.to that honest cabbie.
This is a win, not a fail. A fail would be if the cabbie took you around a block or two and charged you for it. Just finding out that your hotel is closer than you thought isn't a fail. You didn't lose any money or time, and weren't inconvenienced. Do these people know what "fail" means?
In Tahoe it was snowing & freezing I didn't want to walk to the bank 2 blocks away... I could SEE the bank … so we took a cab … big mistake! He drove us up through the hills & down…we were talking & didn't notice. When we got to the bank … He said the $ … I said … "scenic route price?" He then cut the $$ in half. We walked back.
this happened to me when i couldn't find my hotel after getting off the airport bus. i'd wandered around for ages, eventually i asked a taxi driver if he could take me, and he said it was literally around the corner (like 100ft), and gave me explicit directions. i finally found it! phew!
In Lyon France I was exhausted and wanted to take a cab a few blocks from the train to my hotel. Cabbies refused as it was too close.
My "not again!" moment at a hotel was when I called to say I've been bitten by tens of bedbugs (more than 100 bites and I had an allergic reaction and had to go to the doctor's). The exterminator came quickly and checked my luggage and gave me advice to not bring that horror to my home. The whole bed was brand new and the entire room had been treated with high temperature like one month before.
The traveler duo thinks the best way to learn about unbeaten paths is by simply exploring. "Ditch the hop-on-hop-off options and grab a city map (or just use digital maps on your phone) and go on an adventure. It's perfectly okay to want to see popular attractions but travel between them on foot if possible. It's the curious sights in-between that are so much more interesting and unusual. A cute family-run bistro, an obscure century-old shop, a friendly local with a story to tell," the wife and husband explained in a previous interview.
Looks like only the sweaters are the same.Certainly the shirts are different.
Not a travel fail but reminds me of my first international flight to Florida in the 80's. Flight attendant asked me if I wanted a drink. I asked for a Coke. Before he left, sweet innocent little me asked how much it would be as would need to ask the 'rents for money. Flight attendant said something along the lines of "Don't worry this one is on me". There's me thinking I'm sitting there drinking a free Coke without realising it was all included in the flight (back then)
Ooooo, that just bites. You can always ask flight attendant quietly. Now you probably have to pay for it.
Lots of people in business do, especially in NYC. They never know when they might have to travel internationally.
Load More Replies...How would they let you on an airplane if your so drunk you blacked out? Also congrats on your hard work
Oh my gosh what do you do after that? Do you call someone or what? I would be panicking
I think that depends on airport. I've been to at least one that has carts driving back and forth that anyone can ride on. I remember asking the driver before getting on, so I don't think I'm mistaken.
Because it's rather rude to practically "hijack" a dependants cart, thinking you're entitled to make staff drive you, not realising most people are walking? In this case the family was cool with it. But what if they had been uncomfortable?
Load More Replies...My mom put on her Facebook she's the mother of 3 wonderful boys... Must have mistaken her middle child is a female since birth
Load More Replies...o/ Middle child here. My parents did that to me, leaving their friends house. I stood in the picture window in the living room, waving forlornly to the car as they drove away down the long driveway. I have no memory of how long it took them to remember to turn back for me. There were 6 of us kids.
There’s 6 kids in our family and none of us were ver forgotten
Load More Replies...In my early 20s, my grandfather had just died and my grandma got us all tickets to fly to AZ for the funeral. I arrived at the airport and waited for my parents and sister to arrive so we could all go through together. I didn't have the ticket and assumed my parents did. A literal hour passes. The plane has been long gone. I'm absolutely hysterical, already distraught over my grandfather's death, and it's raining heavily, so I'm concerned they've been in a wreck on their way to MSP. I finally start calling highway patrol, from a pay phone because it was 2001. I'm not getting anywhere. I'm sobbing by this point, and as I hang up the phone, I look up to see freaking George Clinton and his companion *staring* at me. It was so surreal. I finally get ahold of my aunt, who says my family arrived twenty minutes earlier. They had gone through ticketing and to the gate without me, assuming I never showed up at the airport. Didn't even try the paging system. I'm still absolutely livid about it.
I would be, too. Holy crap. And you had to look at Bill Clinton, too! (But seriously - this is an example about how cellphones are not actually made by the devil)
Load More Replies...When I was little - maybe 5 or 6ish, my parents left me at the grocery store. They always let me go on the toy aisle and look while they shopped. (It was the early '60s) We knew all of the people that worked there pretty well. I got done looking at the toys and walked up to the front of the store and the workers instantly realized that my parents had left without me. Meanwhile they got home and walked into the house and my older sister asked where I was... (I am the youngest of three)
How many kids do they have that they didn't realize they'd forgotten one? I worked as a nanny for numerous families, and the most was 7 kids. I think six was the limit where it wasn't immediately obvious one was missing. But five or less, you can look without counting and see that one whole child is gone.
No mom's a lunatic. She'll get hers when the state troopers pull her over
Load More Replies...You're right, it's definitely miles and 100 mph is faster than most people have ever driven (most major highways in the U.S. have a speed limit of 65 mph and residential areas are typically 35 mph).
Load More Replies...Guilty. I get lost in music and totally don't pay attention to me speed.
Pretty dumb and dangerous. I hope you don't end up killing someone. Maybe consider not driviz, if you can't even be aware of what YOU do, much less of your surrounding.
Load More Replies...And when you got there you realised you'd left your wallet on the dresser.
Wait, this was a response from the....country of Israel? It's even got the official blue check!
Then you decided it took so long you may as well steal the land the Palastinians had already put their towels on?
You mean the Arabs that got 77% of the entire British mandate, weren't happy, attacked three times and lost?
Load More Replies...Palestine mid 1900, the state was supposed to have a little spot it ended invading the whole country
Conveniently forgot about the entire country of Jordan there, buddy. Makes up 77% of what was once the region (not country, mind you) of Palestine, which was a province of the Ottoman empire. You know, the empire that decided to join the wrong side during WWI and lost. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Load More Replies...Mom, litle bro and I were being given a walking tour of Kyoto by my cousin who lives there. Lots of walking and seeing a castle, etc. My cousin tells us to go into.a coffee shop NOW. We do, once seated 3 young punks pass by. Cousin said they're low level Yakuza and have trailing us for a while. Yikes
Been to Japan several times, and not the least worried about being anywhere in Japan at any time of night or day. Only people that concern me are other tourists!
It's an entertainment section of Japan that has illegal things that go on. The yakuza run it and protect their cash flow. Like the mafia
Load More Replies...The Yakuza are the Japanese mafia, but they have historically functioned differently in Japanese culture then within other cultures and untill recently were considered a relatively regulated part of Japan. They were considered more honorable then other mafias and often offered to do jobs that other Japanese did not want to do...
Load More Replies...I find this one a little dubious. Your father would have had to be extremely dense not to realize that he was given a bottle of hemorrhoid cream. The French translation of "hemorrhoid" is hémorroïde and it would have been written on the box. I mean if he got sunburn on his bum maybe it would make sense...
I call BS on that, hemorrhoid is hémorroïde in french, you wouldn't have "found out later" it's written on the box...
However it wouldn't scream that in big letters on the outside, as people are ashamed to buy it --- the packaging will be discreet. [Also it has to be 20+ y ago, now all instructions are multilingual in EU.]
Load More Replies...How difficult is it to show your sunburn? Or even just find the bottle of aloe vera yourself, they're pretty recognizable
He may have wanted hydrocortisone cream, not aloe vera. However, there are plenty of hair gels and even face washes and other beauty supplies that look like aloe vera (since aloe vera is often sold in green color instead of clear).
Load More Replies...Actually.... since hemorrhoid creme contains hydrocortisone..... it would have been right....
Gramma always covered the kids in butt cream, as they called it, when they were sun burnt. 🤣
Load More Replies...They knew what they were doing and did him a favour. This was grandmas secret remedy for sunburn. Part of what hemorrhoid cream does is ease the burning sensation.
Hemorrhoid cream actually does work for burns though so that should have been a learning experience.
A pack of Chihuahuas will shred you. If you had stepped out, it would have gone from The Grey to Piranha in a heartbeat.
once they smell the first drop of blood in the air... feeding frenzy!
Load More Replies...I had a chihuahua that resource guarded I can attest they will tear you up. He was rescue and I tried everything to help him overcome this. He was 9 when I adopted him so please no one be upset w me. I decided to let him live his life and just stayed away from his food dish when he ate. I loved him dearly he died two years ago at 15
It's awesome you adopted an older dog, and condolences on your loss. My brother has a rescue chihuahua who is similar but the little beast bonded with him & won't let anyone get near "HIS human". And my brother brings it with him to family get-togethers! I love dogs & cats, but jeez, leave them at home when you're going to someone else's house where there's gonna be a big crowd the animal has never met!
Load More Replies...I think id prefer the wolves to chihuahuas lol! Small dogs are vicious. I have experience as an owner of a shorkie. No one is safe haha.
Chihuahuas bite quicker than a wolf just bite the back of your heel until you fall. It's the nails that get you. They also pair up with larger dogs. The bigger dogs hear Chihuahuas and out they come. No joke we have 2 Chihuahuas and one pit bull the Chihuahuas hear something they tell the pit bull and we'll.......
That's even scarier! "You've come to the wrong neighborhood, m**********r."
At least it was only for breakfast. She could have been left Home Alone while the rest of the family went to Paris.
I know I was gonna say who could leave behind Suga 😭 Yoongi, army would never!!!!
Load More Replies...I could bring up how these are most likely on time occurrences… but the constant downvotes speak for themselves lmfao
Load More Replies...Explain how you forget you have more than one child with you? Is this common?
My mom used to forget me places frequently. Sounds bad? I was the youngest. She was in her early to mid twenties. They had 2 other bio children to take care of. Oldest one was a handful and had overwhelming mental health issues. They had 2 other non-bio children as well, named guardian simply because there was little extended family left and those kids (my cousins) had no where else to go. An uneducated 24 year old doesn't make a ton of money, so both parents worked 2 jobs just to get by taking care of 5 children (no support from anyone in the world). They were stretched beyond their means mentally, physically, and financially, but didn't want the kids to miss out on having a childhood, so went went places and did things like occasional dinners out and day trips. So they forgot me on occasion- it wasn't intentional, I'm still alive, and there's no resentment. My parents were awesome humans who would and have helped whomever they could. S**t happens.
Load More Replies...It could ended tragically especially if thats in a warm or tropical country! Although rarely, it did hsppens every now n then, todler(s) sometimes even older child left to dead when accidentally left (usually) asleep in a vehicle as the driver (caretaker, parents) totally forgotten about n left the car locked til mid-day! 😢 Nobody ever wanted to learned (let alone experience, with the guilty) about these but it still happens with the last one happened late last year (2021) in my country! Whatever punishment, horrors, guilt n etc, all been already too late by then. 😢😢😢
That's simply on all the people who were bothered but didn't say anything.
At least it was a true crime podcast, and not something else like erotica
I bet everyone was just as enthralled and were upset when you needed to get off because they wanted to know who dunnit.
How many people followed her out to hear the rest of the podcast?
On the flip side of that, I was at a sandwich shop and I couldn’t hear the person trying to take my order because the music was too loud. I got about two words into my comment about it before I realized my headphones were on and I was listening to my own music.
Was that United Airlines? Theyve sent my luggage on so many side trips it's better traveled than I am.
Yep! United is horrid about this. Went to the Caribbean in September with only a checked bag and had to sit at our resort for over 36 hours with no swimsuits or clothing, in the clothes we wore on the plane. That was the last time I’ll ever go without bringing a carry on.
Load More Replies...I was had a bag sent to the wrong destination. Since then, if I am travelling to destination A, I ask whomever is checking me in to send one bag to destination B and the other to destination C. When they say: "We don't do that." I reply that's what you did for me last time. Not lost a bag since. Thirty-six years.
They are better at losing luggage than knowing where they put it. However busses are much worse.
I once had a suitcase full of dirty laundry take a side trip to Lagos Nigeria on the way home to Wisconsin from Cancun.
Lol I've been skunked a few times as I live in the country on a farm and do my own critter removal. Nothing truly gets rid of that smell except time. Tomato juice with cut potatoes is something I've heard works. Vinegar is another. I just showered a bunch and used lotions and sprays.
Dawn dish liquid is what we scrubbed our dog with to get rid of the vomit inducing smell but basically you have to wait until it wears off. My dog smelled like skunk every-time he got wet for over a year. Had to throw our couch out and rip the carpet up in our first little home. I had never smelled skunk spray that up close before and I never knew it was that putrid. Burned my eyes and made me throw up.
Load More Replies...Tomato juice is an old wives tale. The only real way to get rid of skunk smell is 1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide (fresh), ¼ cup of baking soda, and 1-2 teaspoons of liquid dish soap. Itll chemically neutralize the skunk odor.
My cat recently got sprayed. 😹no more messing with the black and white cats for him 😹
Not, not really, you still stink but now you look like "Carrie!"
Load More Replies...Peroxide (bottle), baking soda (1/4 cup) and dawn dish soap (1 tsp) - put it on when it is still foaming - have used on dogs and removes 100% (use extra batch if needed).
I was driving in Utah and a mountain goat came out of nowhere raced me for about 50 feet and then ran straight up a cliff on the side of the road. It was awesome
Wow, that would be so cool to experience - I'm a bit jealous!
Load More Replies...They want the salt on your car. You're probably not the first, or last, car they've licked for salt. (And they're Bison!)
I remember reading about this last year - there was a lot of concern about the added chemicals in road salt that could be harmful to the animals. Apparently deer will do it too.
Load More Replies...Lived in an area with lots of Bison. They can get easily spooked and WILL charge your vehicle. Best to just pass through slowly and give them a wide berth otherwise. There are accounts of witless people thinking the wilderness is Disneyland, walking up to them and getting trampled. Do Not pet the fluffy cows!
Uuumm why didn't you wake him up and told him what happened and said that you were very sorry??
If it had been a man cleaning up his spilled food on a sleeping woman's lap he would be arrested. Just saying.
LMAO that's too funny. I can only imagine waking up with graham cracker crust in my lap and not knowing what's going on. Cheesecake is my favorite so I'd be real confused.
It's just some luggage that was forgotten. What's the problem.
Load More Replies...You got a new wardrobe but in Scottdale a swimsuit some shorts and tee are all that is needed. And of course shoes
I was traveling on business and instead of flying home I was meeting my husband to visit with our godson. He was driving, so I left my bag of casual clothes with him to bring. He picks me up at airport, and when we unload at the hotel I have no bag. He freaks, saying he left it sitting next to the car at the airport while he loaded my business bags. We go back to (small) airport, no luggage in garage. We go to security to see if someone turned in...nope. Now he thinks he left in the driveway, so we call a neighbor. Nope. We send another neighbor into our house, and the bag is sitting on the bed where I left it after packing. He. Never. Touched it.
Back in 1991, I won a trip to Hawaii. We went in mid-November & on the day we left, it was just below freezing & cloudy at home, so we were dressed in winter clothes. Landed in Hawaii & halfway thru unloading baggage from the plane, the conveyor broke down. The airline promised to deliver our luggage as soon as they could & gave us a free ride to the hotel. SO, my 11 year old son & I are in jeans, sweaters & winter jackets in 88F temps & sunshine with sweat pouring off. I had to hit a souvenir shop for t-shirts, shorts & sandals. We did get our luggage that evening around 10:30, but that taught me two things: always pack one set of clothes in a carry-on bag, & dress for your destination!
And that's why so many people are objecting against the massive touchscreens in cars that you even need to turn down the volume of the radio or control the airco.
So people are objecting to massive touchscreens because OTHER PEOPLE might want to see what's on their screens? If someone is that easily distracted while driving they shouldn't be driving.
Load More Replies..."Watching it with the sound off!" Yeah... NO FUCKEN S**T! It was playing in another fucken car!
Making a mistake doesn't make you a terrible parent. Hiding 2 kilos of coke in their backpack makes you a terrible parent. Wine makes you a parent that knows how to unwind.
Load More Replies...Why the hell did you do that?! Making a 5 year old your "wine mule", and joking about it
If you need to run that fast why didnt you pick up the child or get a trolley geez
Well duh- she'd have to carry the wine AND the kid!
Load More Replies...haha, I looked it up online... 1 full 1 liter glass bottle is about 1.5kg, or 3.3lbs, so their kid weighs about 13lbs
Load More Replies...In most airports you can't bring liquid in thrue the checking so why even try that??
You don't have to go thru the security check when going from one gate to another.
Load More Replies...I had kangaroo when I was in the Netherlands and when the waiter brought it, he said "there you go, one Skippy and chips". :D
That's not so bad. I was on a festival selling food once, completely forgot myself for a moment and went something like "piece of dead cow for you, and a dead cow sammich for you". Realising much much too late that I was serving customers, not my siblings lol
Load More Replies...Huh? O.o why? I think vegans don't eat meat, that includes reindeer.
Load More Replies...I visited friends in Alaska (I'm from the UK) and was served reindeer sausage. It was ok.
Also from the UK and also had reindeer sausage in Alaska. I agree, nothing spectacular.
Load More Replies...No i need my entire carryon allowance for stuff to amuse me on the flight
Load More Replies...That armrest has caught several cases… yet continues to be a menace…
But you were already wearing pants? Not shorts... so you would have been wearing clothes that weren't appropriate for the weather regardless...
Reminds me of that How I Met Your Mother episode where they take a road trip with 'I'm gonna be (500 Miles)' cassette stuck, and they end up loving, then hating, then loving it again. "It comes around!"
No one thought turn it down low that no one could hear it or turn it off?
If this was the USA, there are vast areas with no radio signal. Or worse, only a country station.
Load More Replies...Had this happen in my car years back with Warren Zevon in the stereo. It was Zevon or nothing. Still love that album on repeat!
For some reason my Dodge Journey plays the thumb drive playlist , though randomized, always starts with Warren Zevon and every third song returns to Warren Zevon. I know I can delete him from the list but we expect it now.
Load More Replies...Had a similar experience. I was driving alone and she was making me crazy. I finally screamed, "SHUT THE EFF UP!!!!" And the nice robot lady goes, "I may be artificial, but my feelings are very real." I. Lost. It.
I bet a whole bunch of Pandas won't get that one! LOL
Load More Replies...My wife used to rent a lot of cars because she traveled a lot for her last job. She generally only had that problem with Chrysler/Dodge, pretty much any other automaker didn't give her any difficulty when setting up her phone to sync with the car.
This reminds me of how occasionally my mom's car will say "pairing failed" out loud and we can't figure out why.
I’m sorry, but you are #36 out of 30 entries and this was the first time I laughed out loud. Now have a case of sporadic giggles.
Always take ear plugs. The baby doesn't understand the pressure change it scares them. When I flew with my babies I always had bottle of water and juice and formula. As well Snacks if they were old enough. Interaction tended to help to. If the person traveling with child is a first time parent they may not know these things. Be patient ask what parent needs sometimes just to get a bottle out. Try to remember they are frustrated and want to stop it too. Being calm helps the baby be calm they pick up on everyone's mood.
Again, always bring emergency clothes in the carry on. This goes double if you have a baby
There are some diaper changing mats that are portable and great for this purpose, I always had a couple of these and big zip bags on me when mine were babies because you never know when they'll have a blowout.
Load More Replies...I feel sorry for the travelers sitting next to you. The smell must have been terrible.
Yeah that's your fault for not bringing extras in a carry on. And checking your luggage to begin with.
And what exactly kept him from plonking his baby on the toilet seat during that flight?
The thought of running a leaking child through a plane full of people, spraying them with crap all the way?
Load More Replies...Then go to the airplane toilet, clean yourself and your child, get of as many clothes as possible and ask a flight attendant for a blanket, diapers, etc. Might be a bit embarrassing and uncomfortable, but there are people on that plane that didn't reproduce, paid as well and had to sit in the horrible smell of your child's diarrhea.
Hope they at least hit some of Portland Maine's best breweries. Lots of nationally and internationally acclaimed spirits are from the Portland, ME area.
I took my daughter to meet some of her friends in Portland, Ore, and jokingly said to my parents that I hope that I do not get into the situation as the OP describes... they just stared at me blankly. Turned out they managed to live in the US for 35 years and never realized there were two different Portlands!
As a recent transplant to Springfield, OR (about 1 1/2 hours south of Portland) I have to say that's not so bad. We love it here!
Geeee,,, maybe because the city's names are the same?
Load More Replies...And wouldn’t you know it, Portland, Oregon doesn’t have one, great , bar!
There's this brewpub, though. Beer's a bit weird, owners a bit quirky but the food's pretty good. Just never ask about the diamonds in the Christmas Tree!
Load More Replies...Avoiding the spew and getting to ride in the cockpit.. I say that is a travel win. :)
But Kitty's not one to let facts get in the way of a good whine.
Load More Replies...…there was no other way to get to the bridge? somehow i find that hard to believe
The story doesn't add up. You had an aisle seat in security? You were on the plane when the tech pulled it out of your bag? Also, not sure why the guy would need to take it out. Sounds made up.
two different points in time. x-ray tech was at security, then later when she was in her aisle seat in view of her seatmates and the aisle, she looked in her bag and pulled out the highly visible pink vibrator
Load More Replies...I almost missed my flight back from my DC trip in 7th grade bc I had pins in my leg and set off the metal detectors... my teacher yelled at me and left me behind as I was being physically patted down and swabbed. I would love for her to know what a s**t person she is. Had to run crying thru an airport looking for them.
Are you serious???? That is horrendous!! I hope your parents reported her and she got fired.
Load More Replies...i was on a bus crossing the windsor/detroit border and a passenger had had something similar that set off the radioactivity alarms. shut down the whole border for about half an hour while they confirmed her story.
Normally you get a letter from the doctor that does your procedure so the Border Agents don’t freak.
Load More Replies...I got a similar reaction from a lady in a Range Rover driving on the motorway at night, in the outside lane, with no lights on. I flashed my lights at her and even turned my own lights off and on again and got the fingers for my trouble. What annoys me most is that she would likely do more damage to whatever she hit than her own car.
Very grateful to ppl that flash me when i forget to turn my lights on
Load More Replies...they likely had a truck or something on top of their car and it fell out of the truck bed or off their car (edited to fix typo)
Load More Replies...I love flashing my brights real quick at on coming traffic to warn them of a herd of deer in the road only to have them leave theirs on to blind me while honking and flipping me off...
How do you drive for an hour without once looking at your rearview mirror?? #terribledriver
SMDH... A Greyhound Bus doesn't HAVE a rear view mirror !!!!
Load More Replies..."Gut instinct" said look out the back. And nobody else ever mentioned checking your rearview mirrors frequently?? Ever??
It'd be nice if you didn't leave a bunch of unassociated people in danger?
Load More Replies...Good for the driver, but sucks for the people on the bus. There was another story, I think it was in Japan but not sure. All the busdrivers went on strike, but still did their routes. They just didn't collect any fare from the travelers. That way they could be on strike without making people unable to get to work or the doctor
Mostly likely looked crazy suspicious to them because it was near the white house.
Load More Replies...I didn't get it at first but you meant the baby 🤣 🤣 🤣
Load More Replies...Not saying this is a lie, but it sounds extremely unlikely that this really happened
Yeah, I live about 15 blocks from the White House and you can't actually get that close to it by car, unless this happened before 2000.
Load More Replies...i can't imagine why anyone thought that a midwest to arizona bus ride with the whoooole family would be a good idea. I'd rather be in the luggage bins or on the roof
I'm looking at you striped shirt baby. You're the crying culprit. I know it! Can't even look at the camera.
Reminds me of when my family moved by car from Texas to South Carolina. I HAVE 10 SIBLINGS.
🤢 only $50? How did nobody not notice someone popping a poop squat in the aisle.. on an airplane?!
Honestly the rebate is more than I'd expect. Maybe I should poop in the aisle to get all the other passengers a little money back...
Bed bugs are a scurge. Once you take 1 home, the only way to get rid of them is heat treatment... thousands of dollars... in addition to having two sick children while being exposed to those things?? Dreadful.
Load More Replies...Travel constipation is fairly common... why would you give your kid exlax at a huge theme park? Giving your kid the sh!ts on a rollercoaster? Good idea, Mom. Try a stool softener instead of a laxative, it doesn't force poops.
Yeah, I think I prefer a child that has a little accident to one that is abused and raped and forced through a pregnancy.
Load More Replies...That happened to us before! Friend left her passport at home so my husband, who dropped us off and was already on the way home, drove 100mph to her apartment where she remotely let him in the complex's gate and her apartment. Thank goodness for her new remote door lock! He barely made it back in time for us to board, bless his soul!
My family is military, and we were living in the Netherlands once. We decided to take one of those cheap Ryan Air flights to Malta for the weekend. Now military people living overseas generally have two passports, regular tourist passports and government ones for moving stations. My mom packed five passports, but she packed two of someone's and none of my sister's. My dad had to drive home and get it and we barely made the flight.
This doesn't seem so much a travel fail to me. More like just an lol story that happened abroad.
I was on a 2-day trip with my friends, the first day we went hicking and it started to rain heavily. In time we got soacked even through the raincoats and when we arrived at the hotel, the shops were already closed, so we all blew dried our underwear. So I ask, if you have never blow dried your underwear in a hotel room, have you even lived?
I once hung all my undies on the ceiling fan to dry, then decided to speed up the process by turning it on. Bras and panties ALLLL over the room.
I did that in Florida once. Always know where your nearest Walmart/Target/Walgreens is in case of emergency, lol.
At least youdidnt dry them in the microwave and set them on fire like my godfather did on a business trip! 😆
Technically, all hotels in Tokyo are Japanese hotels... I know, I will show myself the way out.
Oh, now I get it. Well, it is an exit technically... Will the wonders of machine translation never cease?
Load More Replies...I don't know about you, but when I got the flu, it was the worst experience of my life. The only one worse than that? When I got Covid. It's not just a flu. It is so, so much worse. And I got a mild case! I was vaccinated and caught it from my unvaccinated brother. Just please, stop making it seem like Covid isn't that bad. It is. It is so bad.
Load More Replies...It's from the movie but also not funny nor a fail it's just a cut out of the creepy twins from the movie lol
Load More Replies...I was on a flight out of London's Heathrow to Los Angeles when there was loud bang and the plane shuddered then levelled off. Then the pilot made an announcement that they had lost an engine but couldn't return to land right away because the plane was full of fuel and too heavy to land. So we spent an hour circling farmlands with fuel spewing out of the wings. Longest hour of my life...
Wow I hate heights so I prob would have died but I wonder what caused that to happen
Load More Replies...Not a true story. Flight attendant here. Absolutely illegal to have a passenger even sit for a second on a jump seat.
Passengers ARE allowed in the jumpseat if they pass a few requirements and sign a few things online. It’s a privilege to sit in the front seat but takes some time before hand, signing waivers etc. But you are under no circumstances, allowed to get DRUNK in the jump seat. You are not allowed to talk below 10,000 feet and have to ask before doing anything like grabbing a book. And absolutely no phones
Load More Replies...Unless you happen to work for that airline this did not happen. Passengers are absolutely not allowed in the jump seat
Hey, I would LOVE to sit in the jump, but (i agree) probably not the best situation for the pilots.
They're prepaid foreign currency debit cards for travelling. The other big one is Travelex. Not credit cards, you have to pre-load them with money in the currency you want to use. It's less expensive than using, say, a U.S. credit card in Europe and paying the fees.
Load More Replies...That's not too bad, it's just an hour away and you could make it a nice day in Oxford
Anyone else remember the little kiosk-things they used to have in airports where you could buy pre-flight life insurance?
Lol, no way!! That was a thing?! That's kinda terrifying! 😆
Load More Replies...Cynical enough to think he'd need it THEN, or optimistic enough to think it would be good for later?
But you have to do it! There should be a place for moms to do this, I don't typically see changing stations on flights... maybe they've improved tho...
I agree. Get over it. Unless she smeared poop around, or it was on a table intended for eating it's not a big deal.
Load More Replies...Our honeymoon was my ex husband's first flight ever. He got a horrible head cold/sinus infection type thing from the altitude changes. Not a great way to start your honeymoon...
😆 hey they get bored too! In all seriousness, they may have had an issue that they fixed.
And cocktail purchases immediately skyrocketed... Or maybe that FA was drinking them already 😆
Maybe the hissy fit was that massive, that they got her extracted from the plane due to safety reasons ;)
Load More Replies...Had a drive out to Calgary with just me, my daughter and her grandad. For a good few hours she was silent. I thought she was just busy entertaining herself or napping, and enjoyed the quite. My dad didn't think much of it either. Until after the trip when he cleaned his car and saw all the masterpiece artwork of his granddaughter all over the door and seats lol.
Joint 18th birthday and high school graduation gift from my parents was a 2 week trip to Ireland, Scotland, and England. The trip was amazing but the first night there, in a tiny Irish town, my dad dared me to chug a huge glass of the darkest, thickest house stout I've ever seen. I, by the grace of some ancient local diety, managed not to vomit it all right back on to the pub floor, but I wasn't able to drink another beer for about 6 years 🍻
I got a UTI in Mexico. Went to a drugstore and did my best to explain the problem. They gave me diaper rash cream....
Went to NYC with my 74 yr old mom and 23 yr old niece, catching a midtown bus, the driver started moving before my mom was seated and the bus lurched forward, causing my mom to fall face first into a man's lap. I helped her up, got her seated, and the old guy she fell on exclaims "I've been a new Yorker my whole life and this is the best bus trip I've ever had". My mom was dying but I cracked up.
Blew out my calf muscle while doing my best Baywatch impression running into the sea at Daytona Beach. Bruised calf went completely black and spent the last 3-4 days having to hobble everywhere. Luckily it was my left leg and the hire car was an automatic so could still drive everywhere. Also got conjunctivitis halfway through a trip to Mexico which cleared up pretty quick with eye-drops.....Mexican drugs are awesome
My sister and I went on a repositioning cruise from LA to Vancouver in 2019. Flew down to LA and upon arrival I realised that the travel lock on my suitcase had a key and that key was sitting on my desk at home. So we had to find a home depot for some bolt cutters to get the lock off without destroying the suitcase. Plus side, now I have a fancy set of bolt cutters... which ended up getting confiscated on the cruise and not returned until we made port in Vancouver. >.>
I did this on holiday once, managed to snap it off using a screwdriver I borrowed. Then I found the key in my headphones case.
Load More Replies...Traveling home from the US to Sweden we were stuck in hurricane Sandy. No planes could fly. Had to stay at the airport for three days. Sleeping on the floor. No food, only water from the toilet. Yay.
My sister was on an overnight flight and fell asleep with her head on her husband’s lap. Hours later when they woke, she realized she had been cupping his man bits the whole time and anyone walking by could see!
I was at the San Diego, California zoo and bought some extra tour thing. Walked up to a guy standing in a line and asked if I was in the right spot. He replied, "Yes..... no.... maaaaaaaybbbeeeee? ..... I no speak English." He covered all his bases with that response. Turned out I was in the correct line so it ended okay.
Had a drive out to Calgary with just me, my daughter and her grandad. For a good few hours she was silent. I thought she was just busy entertaining herself or napping, and enjoyed the quite. My dad didn't think much of it either. Until after the trip when he cleaned his car and saw all the masterpiece artwork of his granddaughter all over the door and seats lol.
Joint 18th birthday and high school graduation gift from my parents was a 2 week trip to Ireland, Scotland, and England. The trip was amazing but the first night there, in a tiny Irish town, my dad dared me to chug a huge glass of the darkest, thickest house stout I've ever seen. I, by the grace of some ancient local diety, managed not to vomit it all right back on to the pub floor, but I wasn't able to drink another beer for about 6 years 🍻
I got a UTI in Mexico. Went to a drugstore and did my best to explain the problem. They gave me diaper rash cream....
Went to NYC with my 74 yr old mom and 23 yr old niece, catching a midtown bus, the driver started moving before my mom was seated and the bus lurched forward, causing my mom to fall face first into a man's lap. I helped her up, got her seated, and the old guy she fell on exclaims "I've been a new Yorker my whole life and this is the best bus trip I've ever had". My mom was dying but I cracked up.
Blew out my calf muscle while doing my best Baywatch impression running into the sea at Daytona Beach. Bruised calf went completely black and spent the last 3-4 days having to hobble everywhere. Luckily it was my left leg and the hire car was an automatic so could still drive everywhere. Also got conjunctivitis halfway through a trip to Mexico which cleared up pretty quick with eye-drops.....Mexican drugs are awesome
My sister and I went on a repositioning cruise from LA to Vancouver in 2019. Flew down to LA and upon arrival I realised that the travel lock on my suitcase had a key and that key was sitting on my desk at home. So we had to find a home depot for some bolt cutters to get the lock off without destroying the suitcase. Plus side, now I have a fancy set of bolt cutters... which ended up getting confiscated on the cruise and not returned until we made port in Vancouver. >.>
I did this on holiday once, managed to snap it off using a screwdriver I borrowed. Then I found the key in my headphones case.
Load More Replies...Traveling home from the US to Sweden we were stuck in hurricane Sandy. No planes could fly. Had to stay at the airport for three days. Sleeping on the floor. No food, only water from the toilet. Yay.
My sister was on an overnight flight and fell asleep with her head on her husband’s lap. Hours later when they woke, she realized she had been cupping his man bits the whole time and anyone walking by could see!
I was at the San Diego, California zoo and bought some extra tour thing. Walked up to a guy standing in a line and asked if I was in the right spot. He replied, "Yes..... no.... maaaaaaaybbbeeeee? ..... I no speak English." He covered all his bases with that response. Turned out I was in the correct line so it ended okay.
