A bed could be uncomfortable, the air conditioner might not work, or maybe there’s no hot water in the shower. These are some of the little annoyances most travelers have dealt with when staying at a hotel or Airbnb.
But have you ever found a four-page deep-cleaning checklist on the table that the host expects you to follow before leaving? Or walked into a rental only to find the toilet sitting right in the middle of a hallway near the stairs with zero privacy?
Some people have had the misfortune of experiencing these bizarre situations and more — and they immediately took pictures to share their pain with the world.
Bored Panda gathered up some of the funniest as well as the most frustrating booking fails to remind you that there really is no place like home.
#21 After A Couple Of Nights Of Back Pain And Poor Sleep (Airbnb), I Decided To Check What Was Under The Mattress
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These wildly baffling staycation fails prove one thing: travel will always be wonderfully unpredictable. On one vacation, you might find the sink directly placed in the shower. On another, you might have completely ridiculous art décor in the room.
Tell us about your absolute worst (and hilarious) accommodation horror stories in the comments below, and save someone else from making the same mistake.
#24 Airbnb Sheets Were Moldy From Their Moldy Washer. Host Mailed Us Cleaner To Clean His Washer For Him
Rented an Airbnb for a month. The sheets and towels smelled and were causing us to itch. When I went to wash them the washer smelled horrible and had black mold all over it. Host said he would buy something on Amazon that I could clean it with… so I get to clean his moldy dirty washer… Ugg.. after a test the thing is clogged so water just sits. Dishwasher is also broken lol
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#26 Booked An Airbnb For Vacation. This Is The View From The Shower
There is no way to cover it up.
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#28 Airbnb Host Tried To Charge $800 For A “Deep Clean” Based On These Pics…
We lost our house in a fire recently and have to stay in Airbnbs… on to our 11th. Recent host tried to take advantage of us because we have a dog. We travel with a large Dyson vacuum and cleaned the whole unit several times a week and morning before we left. Tried to charge us $800 extra for a deep clean based on these pics. Their unit was complete trash… melting old shades with high VOC levels, broken fridge, broken dishwasher, broken windows… we think the cleaners were mad at us because we didn’t use them for the 6 weeks we stayed?
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#30 Airbnb Requiring Users To "Pick The Image With Dice Adding Up To 14" Ten Times In Order To Log In
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#32 Our Airbnb Host Forgot To Mention The Roof Replacement In Our Attic Appartment
We were on holiday and for our entire four day stay, we had builders working from 8am till 7pm. As a result, contstant drilling and banging, dust all over the appartment and broken chunks of the ceiling littered over every room- lovely crunchy bedsheets!
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#33 This Is The Hot Tub Of The Airbnb Which Was The Main Reason Why I Rented The Spot. Smelled Terrible And Was Obviously Not Cleaned In Forever
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#34 Water Has Been Yellow And Metallic Tasting In Our Airbnb For A Week Now. Owner Says They Can’t Do Anything About It
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#35 Airbnb Host Told Me Soap Was Supplied
Just recently booked an AirBnB in Utah which quite honestly wasn’t bad at all. But you could clearly tell they cut corners. All of the sponges on the sink were very old/worn and dirty. They told us they had plenty of soap they supplied so no need to buy any. When we arrived initially we couldn’t find the soap in the bathroom. So we proceeded to check all the draws and cabinets and discovered the soap supplied...
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#37 App Needed To Use Airbnb Oven
Trying to turn on the oven to make my fries and I can’t turn it on without creating an account in this app.
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#39 It Looks Like The Hotel Cart Ran Someone Over And Is Tracking Their Blood Through The Halls
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#40 Came Back To The Hotel Room And Found This. It's The Thought That Counts
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