It’s always nice to be pleasantly surprised by how an accommodation exceeds your expectations. You arrive at your hotel or Airbnb and realize you've got more than you bargained for in the best possible way, making your trip much more enjoyable.
However, things can also go the exact opposite way. This is what we’re focusing on for today, as we share photos of some of the worst rooms travelers had to endure. We’re talking about worn-out carpets, filthy, stained mattresses, and toilets next to beds.
Scroll through and see if you’ve encountered anything similar, or worse.
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View From My Window In My Hotel Room In Cambodia
End Of The Hallway In My Hotel
A Room I Booked In Belgium
Hotel Left This Upon My Arrival
I came flew in from a 4 hour flight to be greeted with this.
The Hotel We’re Staying At Has Bright Lights On Outside All The Time. It’s 3 AM In This Picture
The Most Unsafe And Dangerous Design Feature I've Seen In A Hotel
That path is about 30 feet below!
Checked In To A Hotel And Promptly Checked Out
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.
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
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.
Found When I Checked Into A Holiday Inn In Florida. Guess I’ll Get A New Room
The Cleaning Staff At My Hotel Stole All Of My Prescription Medication
Never Thought I Would See The Infamous Carpeted Bathroom With My Own Two Eyes
This Hotel Room Has A Window Into The Bathroom
Eating Breakfast At My Hotel This Morning When The Staff Quickly And Urgently Ushered Me And Some Other Customers Out Of The Lobby
The Wallpaper In The Women's Restroom At The Hotel I'm Staying At
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
For anyone wondering, this place is in Edmonton, Canada.
Hotel Room Light Switch Hidden Behind Pillows, So You Wake Up Inexplicably In The Middle Of The Night
This Carpet In The Hotel Looks Like Splattered With Blood
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
Hotel I'm Staying In With My Mum Has The Shower Open To The Entire Room
Hotel Charging Cable That Requires You To Register An Account And Sign In With The Qr Code In Order To Work
It gives you a 5-minute free trial and then requires a fee per hour of use.
Hotel Shower Head Has Batteries
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.
My Friend Is On Vacation. His Hotel Room Has A Sliding Door That Leads Directly To A Sure-Death Five Story Fall. Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?
Not Enough Space To Open The Pullout Sofa In My Hotel Suite
I was told by the front desk that this was a known issue in some of the rooms since their renovation. The phone in my room also doesn’t work- another known issue from the same reno. Staff didn’t seem to see it as a problem though? No compensation or even apology.
The Size Of The Pasta Dish I Ordered At (What I Am Told) Is The Fanciest Hotel In Gurgaon, India
Literally two bites.
This TV In My Hotel
Marriott Hotel Night Stand LED Aimed At My Face
Can't Put My Store-Bought Items In The Hotel Room Fridge Because It's Fully Stacked And Moving Anything Will Incur A Charge
This Closet In A German Hotel Needs Several Warnings... And I Still Almost Hit My Head
Hotel Mirror Blocks The Only Outlet In The Bathroom
Entire Hotel Numbers With Room Numbers At Random
The host told us to search for room 22, not by the small numbers.
Hotel I Stayed At Last Night Advertised "Free WiFi". This Was That Free WiFi
This is in rural australia too, so there's no mobile data reception to fall back on. Good thing I had some movies downloaded to keep me occupied.
Finding A Pin In A Hotel Towel
So I’ll give you a little update. I am here from germany for a nice relaxing vacation in Italy in a 4 star hotel (the 4 stars here would be more like 3 in Germany) This happened on our 3rd day after the cleaning staff had already cleaned the room a few times and provided new linen. I had first dried my hair with the towel and then my body, when I noticed a scratching on my side and then saw that there was a pin stuck in the towel. Luckily nothing more happened to me as the scratch didn’t really hurt anymore.
I immediatly took photos and a short video of this and went down to the reception. They told me that they couldn’t do anything because the laundry was handled by an external company, but they would let them know. I told them, that this could be so much worse for me or other guests and this should not, cannot happen again. They then told me to send them an email with the details, the photos and my contact informations so they could take care of it. I probably should have been a bit more persistent, but this had never happened to me before and I didn’t want to go full karen mode.
This is the answer I got from the hotel:
"Dear Mr. , We would like to apologize again for this incident. Our linen is supplied by the industrial laundry. Unfortunately, we are unable to lay out all the towels to check their condition as they are already folded and ready for use. We will forward photos and inform the laundry and ask them to take more care when packing and folding. We will also ask our staff to take more care when changing linen. Thank you for your understanding. Yours sincerely"
So now i am debating what to do. I would write that this is the least they have to do. And that I couldn’t care less how they do their laundry and bring it to the rooms. I give my money to the hotel for a reasonable stay and not to the cleaning company. And if they don’t accommodate me, I would take legal action.
The Pool At My Hotel In Birmingham, Alabama. Yes, Those Are Toilets
Drove For 14 Hours To Sleep On This
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.
My Hotel Towel Had A Pair Of Eyelashes On It
It was fresh from the laundry but they were stuck to the towel pretty firmly.
My Hotel Room Opens Into The Lobby Restaurant
Maybe I’m the one out of the loop but I’ve never seen this.
Paid Extra For A “Tower” Room At Our Hotel And Were Told We’d Get A Nice View Of The River
Just Checked In To My Hotel For The Night And It Looks Like Someone Left Their Sock
The Placement Of The Knobs For This Hotel Sink
Hotel Room Has A Light Under The Bed That Can’t Turn Off Unless I Also Cut Power To The Sockets
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.
