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103 Times Travelers Checked Into Their Hotel Or Airbnb And Instantly Regretted Every Life Choice
Funny,FailsNOV 10, 2026

103 Times Travelers Checked Into Their Hotel Or Airbnb And Instantly Regretted Every Life Choice

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Vacationing is so much fun. Honestly, it’s the kind of thing that makes you realize life is worth living and makes your problems seem small in comparison to the wide world out there. That is, until you have to start booking flights and hotels.
The whole flight-booking process is already stressful enough, but when it comes to hotels and Airbnbs, you really have to be careful. Checking all the reviews is essential if you want to avoid ending up in the worst imaginable place. Unfortunately, some people still don't, and that's how we ended up with today's list — one filled with photos of some truly hilarious hotel fails. So keep reading to see what not to do!

#61 Drove For 14 Hours To Sleep On This

Dirty mattress with large stains uncovered in a bad hotel room stay.
2points

#62 My Hotel Room Opens Into The Lobby Restaurant

View from a glass door leading directly into a busy restaurant at a hotel
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2points

#63 Paid Extra For A “Tower” Room At Our Hotel And Were Told We’d Get A Nice View Of The River

Disappointing view of a brick wall from a hotel room window
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2points

#64 Found A Camera In My Air B&b. It Was Halfway Behind The Painting With Only The Lens Peeking Out. Discovered It Because We Heard It Clicking After Me And My Girl Got Out Of The Shower

Hidden security camera found by travelers inside a rental room
2points

#65 More Reasons To Hate Airbnb. I Went On A Trip Several Weeks Ago To New Orleans, And Our Airbnb Host Didn't Tell Us Until We Landed That The Pool Was Unusable. The A/C In 80% Of The House Was Broken Too

Dirty green swimming pool in a back yard of a disappointed Airbnb rental
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2points

#66 Transylvania Is Often Associated With Blood-Thirsty Vampires, Vlad The Impaler And Other Creepy Images. But As This Picture From My Hotel Room Shows, It's Actually Quite Pleasant (Cluj-Napoca, 2017)

A view of a foggy cemetery outside a hotel window
2points

#67 Salad In Italian Restaurant In Egypt Hotel

Disappointing food served at a hotel featuring plain sliced cheese over tomato slices.
2points

#68 Stayed At A Hotel With Giant Fleas On The Wallpaper…

Unusual wallpaper pattern showing flea insects in a poorly decorated Airbnb room.
2points

#69 My Airbnb Assured Me They Have A “Very Safe” Baby Gate

Child safety gate poorly secured to a stack of DVDs in a hotel room.
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2points

#70 They Said There Was A Sea View At Our Airbnb

View from a hotel window showing nearby buildings and a small balcony
2points

#71 Just Found This At A Hotel I'm Staying. Nice Showcase

Single toilet paper roll displayed under a spotlight inside a bathroom niche
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2points

#72 The Hotel's Cinema Room Spared No Expense

Empty theater room inside a hotel with dark red seats and a small screen mounted on the wall.
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2points

#73 A Motel Served Me This Breakfast Tray For $15 And Contains A Toaster, And A 2l Milk

Simple breakfast tray in an Airbnb featuring a toaster, milk, cereal, bread, an apple, and spread packets.
2points

#74 For Some Amazing Reason, My Hotel Room Is Lethal Weapon 2 Themed

Small hotel room bed squeezed awkwardly beside a framed Lethal Weapon 2 movie poster.
2points

#75 My Hotel Has A Sitting Area With No Possible Way To Access It

A strange hotel lobby layout with an inaccessible mezzanine sitting area above the exit.
1point

#76 The Sink In My Hotel Room (Helsinki)

A poorly installed hotel bathroom sink tap where water misses the basin completely.
1point

#77 This 'Art' Above My Hotel Toilet

An unpleasant painting hanging directly above a hotel toilet, showing a traveler fail in room design.
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1point

#78 I’ve Never Seen A Hotel Pool Sign So Blunt Before

A sign near an indoor pool warning guests with diarrhea, illustrating hotel policy regret.
1point

#79 These Stairs At Our Hotel

Steep and strangely designed alternating tread wooden stairs at an Airbnb.
1point

#80 Ah, Thanks For The Remark!

A note under a hotel bed that reads, It is good to be curious! Yes-we do clean under here too.
1point
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