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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Trebekshorrishmom Report
jasonsmithatlanta Report
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.
OrcinusVienna Report
It was fresh from the laundry but they were stuck to the towel pretty firmly.
tauhou_ Report
Maybe I’m the one out of the loop but I’ve never seen this.
afk3 Report
bigb123b Report
I came flew in from a 4 hour flight to be greeted with this.
iHitAirplanes Report
justjokay Report
WestCoaster206 Report
cheftastic11 Report
DiceGottfried Report
That path is about 30 feet below!
Rougmeister Report
kerpowie Report
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.
SpiralGremlin Report
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.
gravityblast10 Report
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.
Llebanna Report
I’ve always slept in dark, dark rooms. Our current bedroom has blackout blinds.
wkarraker Report
Ancient_Chris Report
hmmmmmmpsu Report
Red_The_Russian Report
DonkeyTron42 Report
reddit.com Report
hybridginger Report
For anyone wondering, this place is in Edmonton, Canada.
reddit.com Report
philfr42 Report
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OhAces Report
bellbros Report
ManFromPerth Report
User-McUserface Report
Makewayfornoddynoddy Report
PretzelsThirst Report
Aaaaaaarrrrrggggghh Report
It gives you a 5-minute free trial and then requires a fee per hour of use.
nekomichi Report
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.
ballinOnABudget77 Report
saltysaturdays Report
judd_in_the_barn Report
Kanel0728 Report
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.
CaptainSprinklePants Report
Literally two bites.
marsovec Report
T47E Report
MCWoody1 Report
ZarathustraGlobulus Report
MichiWiegi Report
DaBrookePlayz Report
The host told us to search for room 22, not by the small numbers.
ChristianTheOne Report
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.
but_its_dez Report
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.
sub_mojo Report
Aurorastar73 Report
ate50eggs Report
There’s a stadium that connects to this specific hotel, and a lot of people from the conference (like me) are staying at the hotel.
Mel-is-a-dog Report
Drove 5 hours to get to a hotel at 1:30AM. Tried to take a bath to unwind before going to sleep. Handle was immediately loose and now the water won’t turn off. There’s only one person working the front desk who stated she doesn’t know what to do. She said she’ll try to page management but as far as she knows, they do not have someone on call who can fix it
Travmander Report
jbqd Report
ams5657 Report
2am I wake up to an itching on my finger that won’t go away. I developed 2 little welts that changed color. I strip the bed and find this little ba***rd. Show it to the front desk and they immediately throw it away. Tried telling me it was just a box elder bug baby. (Definitely not) Got my money back and moved to a different hotel at 3am. Stayed up until 6am washing all of my laundry and showering before I dared touch the new hotel bed.
ChumpDoc Report
TrevorJordan Report
I am traveling for work. This is shower installation in the hotel where I am staying.
mieke-gg Report
We hung our towels right next to the sign promoting less towel changes but room service took them away anyway. To make it a bit more infuriating: we didn’t even get replacement towels.
hn_ns Report
phantomfir3 Report
I always assume anyways, I just took a shower so hopefully I’m not crawling with parasites or something.
Masman_77 Report
cyberchief Report
FaultySage Report
Thank you Novotel. I suppose it’s one way to reduce their power bill - have a single accessible power outlet in the room that can’t be used with my power adapter/supply. Even then it’s on a bench that’s a metre high, so to use my laptop there I’d have to use it standing. There is a bench that I can sit at but with no power outlets - the desk lamp is even hardwired to the wall.
Darwinian999 Report
gumbywho Report
cunivs Report
I had been chatting back and forth with the front desk due to an issue with the tub drain stopper. At first I thought this tub setup was some kind of modern quirk because surely you didn’t really have multiple construction workers follow through with installing a bathtub completely backwards. But I’ve been here a few days now and curiosity got the best of me so I asked… and the answer did not disappoint 😂💀 What’s wild to me is that this hotel is five years old, housekeeping visits several times a week if not daily, maintenance had literally just been in my room the day before, and somehow I am the first one to ever bring this observation to their attention. What?!?
drummergirl2112 Report
Cthallborg Report
Ok, checked out (left a note in the drawer) for a few days, now back and in a different room on a different floor in a different wing. I have stayed here multiple times and all the desk set ups are the same. Nothing “rotates” or “swings out.”
i_believe_you_NOT Report
Lying down to finally sleep in my hotel and this thing scratches the c**p out of me.
poverturf Report
Former_Echidna_2146 Report
I just don’t use the drawers so I never check them. Now I know better I guess.
TacoRocco Report
ArcadeAmateur Report
ned993 Report
XMenPerseus56 Report
JealousVegemite Report
srlandand Report
Yachats123 Report
More like “95% city and 5% ocean view”. Waikiki O’ahu.
LucidOnMC Report
kyooks Report
ChristieIsBored Report
The hotel I’m staying at, always had the hot water on the right side, coffee on the left. Today for some reason, they were switched, and I poured at least 20% coffee into my cup noodles. I don’t even drink coffee.
Drakon56 Report
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Thanks_Naitsir Report
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