“We opened one bed to find the most spiders I had ever seen in one place.”
Recently, IaskedtheBuzzFeed Communityabout the wildest and worst hotel experiences they’ve had while traveling internationally.
Here are 11 of their top answers:
1.
I woke my wife in time for us to both watch a crack forming in the ceiling.
As we contemplated our predicament, the crack shot across the ceiling as dust particles fell.
My wife erupted from bed to snatch our youngest child.
From the safety of their room, we heard a roaring crescendo from inside ours.
We looked back into our room to see nearly the entire ceiling had fallen."
“Chards of plaster lay atop our pillows.
We were lucky to escape uninjured.”
radscissors76
2.
After your mom’s asleep.'"
“Then she walked to the elevators.
Needless to say, I did NOT knock on 303 that night.”
matchwolf
3.
“Australia 1996 or ‘97.
We were driving through the interior between Sydney and Surfer’sParadise.
We passed a perfectly nice-looking hotel but decided to go on just a little longer for the drive.
Hours and hours later, we finally came across another motel a cinderblock [chain hotel].
The walls, cinderblock inside, too, were growing mold.
We opened one bed to find the most spiders I had ever seen in one place.”
“My mom wanted to go back to the other place or just drive all night.
Dad snored all night.
He’s the only one besides the baby who slept.”
freyathwarrrior
4.
We came out to [the] patio for the big dinner they served nightly and were seated.
Then, dozens and dozens men came to [the] buffet and cut in front of me.
They were loud and cleared out all the food.
Our Kenyan guide told us to stay seated and say nothing.
He said he was yelling at the chef because he put our lives in danger."
“A local politician brought his ‘bully boys’ to eat the food for free.
They were his enforcers who would sometimes kill their political rivals on behalf of the politician.
That was one time they could have all that lemon pepper chicken.”
spiritedcowboy23
5.
“We were honeymooning in Greece, and the first place we stayed had a bathroom with no toilet.
It was a hole in the floor with foot pads for squatting.”
boringwolf75
6.
“I was visiting Istanbul with my mom a few years ago.
We were going to be in Istanbul for five days, and we stayed in one room.
My mom got the bed, and I was on a rollaway bed they made up for me.
Unfortunately, when we returned to our room, my bed had been taken away!”
Of course, I didnt!!"
sillylight62
7.
“[I was] in Prague for one night.
I got a room at a very nice old hotel that was opened in the early 1900s.
I got in around 10 p.m. and was leaving the next day for Vienna.
I got up to my room and discovered there was no lock on the door.
I called the desk, and they didn’t understand what I was complaining about.
They didn’t understand why I needed a lock?!?”
“I asked for another room, but they said they had no other rooms available.
There was a small dining table and two chairs in the room.
I took one of the chairs and wedged it against the door knob.
I didn’t sleep exactly well that night.”
brandonbear35
8.
When I walked in, there was a huge spider on the wall above my headboard.
Unforgettable, for sure!"
angrybubble67
9.We stayed in a bungalow on Koh Samui [in Thailand].
There was an entire paragraph about how the bungalow owners would murder each other to eliminate the competition.
kbbpll
10.
“This was in Bahrain.
So I rented a cheap room.
When I arrived, there was a full-on disco in the basement, with the whole building thudding.
The lift opened to a massive rat scampering merrily along the corridor.
“I lugged a heavy set of drawers to block the door.
nikkimadans
11.And finally: “I was in London many years ago with some friends.
We picked one with good ratings and checked in.
Went into our room.
Our ‘two queen bed room’ was two single beds on wheels and two single beds zipped together.
The two beds zipped together did not stay zipped…ever.”
“The window had no screen and was tied with a shoelace.
It frequently opened, and, one time, a pigeon flew into our room.
My pillow had blood on it.
When I told housekeeping, she said it was probably just hers and gave me another pillow.
I would have complained, but I’m pretty sure we were in one of the best rooms there.
We left a few days later.
Stayed in a hostel, [which was] infinitely better than the hotel room.”
bkomistr
Note: Some responses have been edited for length/clarity.
