Take a vacation, they said, it will be fun, they said. Except if it’s not. Because the truth is, no matter what the pitch-perfect shots on social media show, what the travel blogs tell you, what the summer getaway packages promise you, no one is safe from their holiday going from ripe to sour in no time.
The same goes with holiday pictures. It’s no secret that part of the motive to travel is driven by a wish to have great photos. Something to put on your Facebook page, something to share on Instagram, something to show off to your friends and colleagues, because humans are vain and it doesn’t take a whole lot to feel good.
This post is a safe place to talk about hard things. So if you've ever seen your dream holiday pictures crashing down like a sand castle, know that you’re far from the only one. We have all looked like lost potatoheads and sunburnt crabs, been photobombed or betrayed by weather at some point of our vacation.
So Bored Panda has compiled this list of travel photo fails to soothe our holiday-hungry souls and remind us that we can always take our fedora and go on yet another trip to collect not just good, but the very best pics. Psst! More vacation photo fails can be found in our previous feature right here.
#21 A Nice Asian Family Asked My Son To Take A Picture Of Them. He Didn't Understand

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#22 Waited Forever For The Crowd To Dissipate To Take A Picture, Then This Happened

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#23 Guy Took Week Off Of Work To Climb Mountain Kilimanjaro And Raise Money For Charity. This Is The Picture His Guide Took At The Summit Before The Phone Died

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#24 I (Left) Was Excited To See The Tip Of Africa From Gibraltar But - Fog. Still The Closest I’ve Ever Been

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#25 The Only Photo I Have Of Myself On My Camera From My Only Overseas Trip

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#27 Went On A Hike Today Which Promised Stunning Views. My Pic Is On The Bottom

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#28 I Traveled From UK All The Way To Germany To Take Photos Of The Devil’s Eye, But When I Got There

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#29 This Is My Wife And I At The Highest Point On Skyline Drive, Overlooking The Majestic Shenandoah Valley

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#31 Missus Taking A Photo Of Me With A Llama vs. Me Taking A Photo Of Her. When The Llama's Rear Becomes Your New Hairstyle

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#32 I See Your Scenic Photos Ruined By The Weather And Present The Time I Fulfilled A Life Long Dream To Visit The Taj Mahal

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#33 Travelled Nearly 300 Miles To The Northernmost Point Of Vietnam So I Could See China - This Was The View

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#34 Told My Girlfriend To Use The Last Piece Of Film We Had With Us To Get A Picture Of Me In Front Of Some Mountains

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#35 Travelled 10,000 Km To See The Total Solar Eclipse In Chile. Heavy Rain And Low Clouds Blocked The Entire Show

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#37 Took My Buddy To The Grand Canyon For The First Time Today. Spectacular Views All Around

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#38 It Was Always A Personal Dream To Be Able To Go And Visit This Remarkable Oak Tree In The Shawshank Redemption

Turns out that people after the film released took away all those stones from the little wall that led to the tree away to their homes and lately in 2016 the tree fell in a thunderstorm.
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#39 Expectation vs. Reality. Travel Edition

First picture is me at the Mar Rosado En Galerazamba 2 years ago. The next pic is what it looks like in 2021. The final picture is me looking embarrassed because I hyped this place up to my friends, and it was beyond disappointing.
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#40 Unfortunately These Images Are Not An April Fools Joke. This Really Was Our View After Hiking The Famous Preikestolen. We Had To Rely On Google Images To See The View

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