People Share The Worst Vacation Experiences They’ve Ever Had

People look forward to going on vacation to relax and temporarily run away from the stresses in their lives. It’s nice to put work or school, your regular errands, and household responsibilities on the backburner while vacationing becomes your main priority. Likewise, traveling gives people the opportunity to explore the people, culture, sights, and cuisine of a location they don’t have everyday access to. People say that traveling is one of the best learning experiences to ever exist.

But, going on overnight trips can be expensive and cut into our daily lives. So, most of us only go on vacation once or a few times a year or so. The rare opportunities we do get to travel, we always look forward to it. We book a hotel, motel, cabin, vacation home, or campsite sometimes months in advance. Many of us also create intricate plans in regard to what we will eat, do, and see each day we’re on the trip.

However, just because we anticipate our vacation to go perfectly doesn’t mean we can’t come across some issues. Maybe your flight will get delayed, or your car will run out of gas along the way to your destination.

Your hotel room might not look as nice or clean as it looked like in the photos online.
It’s also possible that an attraction you were looking forward to visiting in the city is permanently closed.

Disappointments may arise during your vacation, which makes it important that you have a plan b for everything. Most of the time, we can shrug off the negatives of our trip because we know our vacation is only as good as we make it. With limited time, we must snap out of our bad mood and fully enjoy our time away from home. However, in the following vacation stories, your mind will be completely blown at how awful a trip can really go!
32. I Saw A Deceased Man When I Traveled Alone For The First Time

“When I was 18, I flew down to Texas to see my boyfriend graduate from BMT for the Air Force.

It was my first time traveling completely alone, so I was scared out of my mind, to begin with. The plane ride there went pleasant enough, but when I got there, things started to go downhill.

To start, I was switching from the Midwest to Texas in February, so I arrived in San Antonio in a t-shirt and jeans. It was 90 degrees outside, and I was too stupid to not change into anything else. I waited for the bus to come and pick me up, and I was on my way to my extraordinarily sh*tty, but very close-to-the-base motel. And when I say sh*tty, I mean that people reviewed this place by saying they saw bullet holes in the walls.

The bus ride was only supposed to take around 40 minutes, but I noticed that we were getting into some pretty heavy traffic and taking some pretty shady back roads. The places that were more main road began to get swarmed with police-they were absolutely everywhere. The hour mark passed by, then two, then three. I was pretty much ready to have a nervous breakdown by this point.

Suddenly, we drive past what I assumed to be the reason for all of the traffic: a pick-up truck had driven off the side of the highway. It didn’t seem like that big of a deal, but as we got nearer, I noticed that there was a dead man inside the truck, and my ***** went cold.

What was so unnerving about it was that there wasn’t much damage done to the car.
After about three and a half hours, we finally get to the base. To top off the sh*tty bus ride, I discovered I was on the wrong side of the base and walked two miles across with all of my luggage to get to the motel. As I was getting my identification checked, I overheard a conversation about the accident on the highway. It turns out that the man I saw had been a victim of a drive-by shooting. Being a fairly sheltered person from a small town and being so emotionally and mentally exhausted from 8+ hours of travel, I had to hold in tears.

It ended up being worth it to see my boyfriend graduate from BMT, but it was still ******* awful.” SomewhatSane
31. Our Vacation Was Ruined Because Of A Storm-Then My Grandma Passed Away

“I went to Florida with my parents because an uncle of mine offered a timeshare thing he had. Anyway, we were there to relax, and we first got lost on our way to the hotel. Not that big of a problem, the hotel wasn’t bad, and the beds were nice until later that night we realized the thermostat was stuck on the heater on high. It was also summer during this time, and for those overseas who don’t know what Florida is like, it’s humid and hot already.

I ended up catching a really nasty flu and needed a doctor and medicine. We managed to drive to Key West but then heard on the news on the radio that there was a huge storm coming. We turned around and abandoned any plans to go anywhere. On our way back, everything was pretty flooded, our rental car was pretty much bumper deep in water but we managed to get back to the hotel. Every attraction we wanted to see was basically closed because this storm was pretty nasty.

So, I was still sick, the hotel was blazing hot and management didn’t do **** about it, outside was essentially h*ll, and all our plans got canceled, what else could possibly go wrong? Got a call from a cousin back home that our grandmother passed away, my mom was now sobbing tears as much as there was water outside.

My mom desperately wanted to go back, so my dad and I had to book the next flight available when the storm cleared up (which was about another 4 days away). Worst vacation ever.” rx-pulse
30. I Slept In The Same Room With A Stranger Who Screamed In His Sleep

“Amsterdam, by myself. I’m not religious, but accidentally booked a hostel that turned out to be a Christian youth shelter. I came back casually high one night, the night before I was scheduled to return to the U.S. after five months in Europe, and passed out right away.

The room had five beds, but no people.

At 4 a.m., I woke up because some guy stumbled into the room, turned on the lights, and woke me up to ask if he could use my phone. I looked and saw his stuff was on one of the other beds, so I knew he was a fellow visitor. The guy was beyond blitzed. He went to his bed and laid down; then the night terrors started. He was screaming primal sounds like I’ve never heard uttered from a human being. This guy was tripping and sounded like he was in serious pain. I thought he was going to hurt himself.

And let me remind you, I was at a Christian hostel and didn’t feel comfortable in this place, to begin with.
I called out to him, tried to calm him down, but he barely acknowledged my presence. Occasionally my yelling would soothe him a bit, but he would always flare up again, completely out of control. I was glued to my bed the whole night because I thought approaching him would be dangerous.

After a solid two hours of this-probably the two longest hours of my life-he stood up, rushed to the corner of the room (a meter from my head), and vomited in the corner.

He went to sleep after that. Once I was sure he was asleep, I gathered my things and booked it. No one was behind the front desk as I left either. **** that place.” LordPancake1776
29. My Brother Accidentally Let Off A Firework, Burned A Building, And Went To Prison

All I want to know is, how do you accidentally light a firework?!

“When we were about to leave a Thai resort island, my oldest brother set off a firework outside that spiraled over, landed on the thatched roof of the departure terminal and burnt the entire thing to the ground. He was arrested and interrogated by Thai authorities for the entire day as they thought he was a *********.

Long story short, our dad managed to bargain his way out of having his eldest son locked away in a Thai prison for all eternity, and we left the island that night minus our dignity and a large sum of money.” cragr
28. Most Of Us Got Food Poisoning During Our Trip To Italy

“A few years ago on a group trip (approximately 30 people) to Italy, our bus stopped by a train station near Florence for their Easter brunch which was supposed to be really good. When we arrived there, me being somewhat of a picky eater decided that nothing looked overly appetizing and that I would settle for Redbull and ice cream.

A few other people at my table also decided that seemed like the better alternative as well.

Give it a few hours, and the group that we came with started to drop like flies. Everyone was starting to get severe stomach aches, and once we arrived at our hotel, the floor our group stayed on was like a crime scene. All you could hear all night was people puking and sh*tting their brains out and toilets constantly flushing.

In the morning, when I left my room, the hallway was littered with people wrapped in blankets and heaving into buckets, and they all looked like death.

The only four that didn’t get food poisoning were the ones that had the Redbull and ice cream. Finally, my bad eating habits paid off.” FengaPapit27
27. We Witnessed A Plane Crash In The Epcot Parking Lot

Oh man! This next story definitely involves a freak incident…But hey, at least Grandma and Grandpa’s car is still in one piece!

“Plane crashed in the Epcot parking lot, narrowly missing my grandparents’ car…all while we were on the monorail that was shut down due to part of the track being obliterated. 4 hours on a monorail with no A/C and a bunch of angry tourists. It was not the happiest place on Earth that day.” chaoticdreaming
26. We Had To Share A Cabin With Smelly People During Our Honeymoon

“Honeymoon trip to Paris. We get a wild hair and decide to take a train to Italy for a two-day visit.

Buy tickets, a ‘sleeper cabin,’ all set. Fun! Cozy sleeping room with the Mrs., happy times for sure.

Get to the station, enter the cabin, find a man reading the newspaper, refusing to make eye contact. I ask and find out we are sharing the cabin with other people. Yuck, but Italy, so heck, why not? Then two very, very, very large gentlemen insert themselves into the cabin. They are VERY friendly and sweet. They also have B.O. that is like DEFCON 7. I’m talking transcendentally, unfathomably unbreathable stuff…Beyond ‘stink’ to an entirely different olfactory experience. It literally burns my sinuses. And by now, it looks like we are stuck.

BUT-I scramble, manage to locate our luggage and return to my wife, who literally weeps with relief when I tell her **** the cost, we’re not doing this, and pull her out. Wound up getting partial refunds, happy ending, bullet dodged. Whew.” scorpious
25. Someone Drowned, And They Tied The Corpse To The Raft

“Not me, but a guy I know went on some kind of African safari trip thing. At one point, they all went white water rafting. During the course of this, a man went overboard and drowned. My friend said that they tied the corpse to the boat and had to carry on.

There was only one way out, and that was to finish the ‘ride.’ He said the man was there with his wife and a couple of kids. They had to endure about another hour of this, in tears, trying not to focus on the corpse of their husband and father tied to the back of the raft. He said it was very awkward.” alzybab
24. They Found Housekeepers Putting Their Toothbrushes In The Wrong Places

Only a sick person would do this!

“This didn’t happen to me but a friend. Back in the ’90s, a buddy took his wife to Jamaica. They stayed in an ok place by the water.

Back then, a lot of people used those disposable cameras. They took 2-3 on this trip. When they got back, they had the pictures developed. To their horror, there were a bunch of close-up pics of a guy with their toothbrushes in his backside, brush side in. Apparently, they had left a camera in the room, and a maintenance guy took pics with their toothbrushes when they were out.” Paul Roarke Jr.
23. Our Plane Almost Got Hijacked Right Before We Boarded

“My wife and I were coming back from our honeymoon in Costa Rica. We were boarding the plane when a stewardess physically started pushing people back and yelling at people to go back to the gate.

A swat team rushed into the plane after we sat back down in the waiting area.

Some guy from first class decided he wanted to try to hijack the plane while it was still sitting at the terminal, overpowered the stewardesses and tried to break down the door to the cockpit.

The plane was delayed a total of 4 hours, and we had to cancel a lunch with her family in Texas during our layover. But at least he didn’t try that in the air.” Deleted Reddit user
22. We Went To Disney World With My Dad’s Mistress

I don’t know if I should feel bad for the dad’s girlfriend or the kids…

“Ah, when I was young, my parents were in the process of splitting up when my dad proposed a trip to Disney World with us, his kids.

That seemed cool. Then, the morning of, he picked us up with this woman we had never seen before and her infant child. Turns out that was our new half-brother and my dad’s mistress.

We were then trapped in the car with this woman we hated and forced to go to Disney World with her. We would fight over who had to sit next to her on rides and get yelled at. We would squirm away from her in pictures, etc.

We were dragged to Disney World many times after that with this ‘new family.’ Every trip was horrible. I hate Disney World.

I cannot think of any place in the entire world I would dislike vacationing to more than Disney World.” tuna_pie
21. We Stayed In A Dangerous Hotel Next To A Sketchy Alley

This is the type of situation where you should sleep with one eye open.

“I went to Alaska with my family. Our flight was late. SURPRISE, surprise. So, since the flight was delayed, they gave our rental car away. So, we had to call a taxi. It was late, and we stayed at a sh*tty hotel. The first room we got was supposed to be non-smoking. It wasn’t. New room, in the back building.

That’s promising.

Our shoes stuck and peeled off the linoleum when we walked through. Paint drips on the toaster. A HUGE gap under the door that leads to a sketchy back alley. The toilet seat was a foamy one, but it had cracks, so the foam was poking out. The phone in the room didn’t even belong to the hotel, and the buttons stuck. The color tubes were out on the TV, so we watched Cast Away in blue. I slept in my clothes above the sheets. During the middle of the night, there was a fight in said alley. The couch was moved in front of the back door.

Continental breakfast? Coffee. But we got out and took a rental to Denali.” snapesnapeseverus
20. My Wife Got Hit In The Eye With A Bottle, Everyone Thought I Hit Her…

“Honeymoon in Mexico. Poolside. Resort workers playing miscellaneous games at the pool. Current game was trivia. Get the question wrong and they squirt liquor in your mouth from a sports bottle. One resort worker ran out of liquor in his bottle, so a resort worker on the opposite end of the pool threw their full bottle across the pool and accidentally hit my wife directly in the eye. The resort made no effort to make up for the mistake to my wife.

My wife spent her honeymoon in pain with a black eye. I spent my honeymoon with people thinking I’m a wife beater.” bigcountry5064
19. I Accidentally Ate Food Filled With Dead Mosquitoes In Cambodia

I’m sorry, but how do you confuse black pepper with mosquitos? That’s the most absurd thing I’ve heard all day.

“In Cambodia at the hotel during an outdoor dinner buffet, I realized all the food I was eating wasn’t dotted with pepper-upon closer inspection, they were dead mosquitoes drowned in all the sauces. Some of them had ***** in them. They’d been eating us, then landed on the food and got caught, drowned/cooked to death, and then we, in turn, were eating them.

Went into the bathroom to dry-heave, looked up and saw millions of mosquitoes in the light above us.” shoangore
18. Our Plane Was So Hot And Dry That We Could Hardly Breathe

“Was on a 10-hour plane trip, and the heating/cooling system went haywire. The cabin was about 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), and the air was drier than anything I have ever experienced. Keeping your eyes open would burn, and breathing was extremely painful. Everyone was complaining, and some people were crying. This was about 2 hours into a 10+ hour flight. There was nothing you could do except endure the pain and keep getting wet towels to breathe through.

The wet towels would dry out in about 10-15 minutes. I will never again complain about humidity. The opposite is much, much worse.” *****************
17. My 3-Year-Old Sister Fell Into Our Campfire

Always listen to your gut feeling (and never leave children unattended near a fire)!

“My family was camping in northwest New Jersey when I was about 10. My three-year-old sister was sitting on a flimsy folding chair toasting marshmallows in the fire. She was small, she had to sit on the edge of the chair. I kept telling her to sit on a log by the fire instead because the chair would collapse.

My parents, as usual, were in their own self-obsessed worlds and were not paying attention. I went into the trailer to go to the bathroom and heard screaming outside. Yeah, she fell into the fire. We spent the night in the hospital, and my father and I packed everything up at two in the morning to head home.” Deleted Reddit user
16. We Nearly Drowned While Deep-Sea Fishing In Mexico

“Went deep-sea fishing for the first time in Mexico at age 8. 2 hours in and 30 miles off-shore, our boat began to take on water. The life vests had never been used and needed to be set up, our crew hardly spoke English, and we couldn’t get a hold of any other boats.

Suddenly, the captain tells us to walk around the boat up to the bow. On our way there, the boat goes out of equilibrium, flips over to the side and capsizes, sending everyone flying underneath the boat. After sitting in the water-peeing my pants for about 30 minutes, hanging on to our spilled bait coolers in shark-infested waters, we were rescued by another boat. They took us back to shore, gave us a 40% refund and some free t-shirts. Best. Fishing. Trip. Ever.” LittletonLegend
15. I Spent Most Of My Trip With A Busted Knee And A Concussion

“Years ago now, I had a show in Melbourne with a friend of mine, and we decided to make a road trip of it and drive over from Adelaide with a couple of mates.

We figured we would drive overnight, so we would arrive early the next morning, and there happened to be a party just off the highway in the Adelaide Hills that same night. So, we stopped off at this thing on the way just in time to catch the talented and attractive Concord Dawn spinning.

After a bit, I went to go chill in the car park and was sitting on the bonnet (hood for you US folk) of the car when my posse came back and decided it was time to go. The driver also decided it would be funny to start driving while I’m still on the bonnet.

Now he wasn’t exactly flooring it, but I turned around and yelled something to the effect of “OI, ******* STOP THE CAR D*CKHEAD!” And he did. Very, very suddenly. I flew off the bonnet, majestically soared a good couple of meters and landed headfirst on the gravel while also taking out a sizeable chunk of my right knee. (You could see bits of fat, delicious.) Whatever, I felt a bit funny, and my knee was pretty mashed, but it’s cool. I’ll be alright; let’s just get to Melbourne. Stopped off at a roadhouse on the way, put some antiseptic on my knee, sorted!

***,* this is dragging on.

OK, so to cut to the chase, we got to Melbourne, I got on stage later that night and made it through maybe two minutes before my busted up knee gave way, and I had to hobble off dragging my leg like a zombie in front of a full house at the Hi-Fi. I promptly vomited all over a couch, passed out for a few minutes and then spent the rest of the weekend in bed nursing a concussion.

That was a bit ***.”* g-swift
14. I Had An Eight-Hour Delay For A One-Hour Flight

“Got to the airport to fly from JFK to Rochester (a 1-hour flight).

I’m there about an hour early. About 20 minutes before boarding, an announcement is made saying that a part on the plane has broken, and they’re trying to get a new one. About an hour goes by, and they make another announcement saying that they found a new part but have no way of getting it to the plane. They keep updating that same thing for the next few hours. Finally, after 8 hours of waiting at the airport, I get to board my plane. I could’ve driven there in the time it took me to wait for my plane. 8 hours of waiting for a 1-hour flight.” StormiNorman818
13. I Got Stung By A Jellyfish, Then I Landed On A Fire Ant Pile

This would be my luck!

“Worst one ever was camping on the Gulf Coast.

It was over 105 degrees the whole week. So, we got into the bay to cool down. Several of us were stung by jellyfish. Later that night, it was so unbearably hot; I left my sleeping gear outside, and after about 4 hours of trying, fell asleep. At some point, I rolled off my sleeping bag and landed on a fire ant hill. Woke up to searing pain. Got super nauseated due to heat and bites. Would not recommend a trip like this to anyone.” 7pharaohs
12. My Dog Had Diarrhea On Me. We Had Five More Hours To Drive…

“Parents, aunt, my dog and I went on a car trip to Las Vegas.

The ride was about 10 hours long. About half-way through, my dog is shaking slightly as she is standing in my lap with her head out of the window (sort of, this is a minivan and windows don’t open that wide, but she’s small, ~10 lbs). I was slightly perplexed about this behavior but brushed it off as her being slightly cold and hugged her a little closer.

Suddenly, she releases all the diarrhea she has been holding in since we left. All those days of walking her didn’t prepare me for this mess. On the grass, it seems a reasonable amount to clean up.

But on top of me, that was a massive flash flood of lumpy and watery godforsaken horror. To add insult to injury, I puked a little from the smell. My aunt was freaking out since she was sitting next to me and my dad nearly canceled the trip because he was so angry.

We ended up throwing out the entire second-row seat along with my soiled clothes. The multi-shaded seat belt remained (unfortunately), and my dog had to stay on the floor of the car for the rest of the trip.” 3liPunk
11. I Broke A Boy’s Gameboy, Then Someone Stole My Luggage With My Gameboy

“Karma story.

So basically, I was in Turkey on vacation with my family.

(I am from The Netherlands.) I must have been 10 years old. There were two other Dutch boys who also couldn’t stop playing on their Gameboy SP. The day before we leave, I dropped one of the boy’s Gameboy SP’s, and the drop erased his Pokémon saves, and there was a little crack in the corner of the screen. I dropped it because someone put a deflated ball on top of my head; I did not like that. True story.

So, once we were on the bus back to the airport, we had a little stop for some food and drinks. During the stop, we were told the bus would be locked.

But during the stop, thieves stole a couple of bags, including my bag with my Gameboy SP and all my SP games.

I’m 19 now. I still feel like an ******* for dropping that kid’s Gameboy SP and blaming it on someone else.” OxTox
10. I Had To Share A Hotel Bed With My Ex…

“My ex-boyfriend and I had booked a trip to Hawaii about 4 months in advance. We broke up two months before the vacation. Since two of our good friends were going as well, we tried to be amicable and just go and try to have fun even though things were difficult between us.

Of course, when we got there, the hotel messed up and booked us in a hotel with one bed rather than singles. They didn’t have any more rooms with singles. So, I was stuck with my super emotional ex every night bickering about why things will never go right between us/why we’re meant for each other. Needless to say, we kind of ruined the trip for our friends.” Unknown Reddit user
9. My Mom Threw Away My Only Pair Of Contacts On A Trip-I’m Legally Blind…

Her mom may have actually done her an accidental favor. Putting contact lenses in water is dangerous and could cause a serious eye infection.

“I was in Georgia with my family visiting my sister. I am legally blind and have contacts, and at that time, my insurance would cover only glasses or contacts. I had chosen contacts, but I was a little negligent and forgot my contact case and solution. So, for the night, I decided to put my contacts in water (never a good idea, but felt better than sleeping in them) in cups on my bedside table on the first night we were there.

My mom woke up and threw them down the sink because she thought they were just cups of water. The rest of my vacation, I saw vague shapes.” Unknown Reddit user
8. All We Had To Eat Was Boiled Eggs And Whipped Cream

I will never see boiled eggs and whipped cream the same way again!

“Flew down to Florida to meet my friend and join him on the road trip back to Seattle.

We stayed at his grandma’s apartment that she was just moving out of as she had gotten a new place at a retirement home a little way away. The only thing left in the apartment where we were staying to eat were some old boiled eggs she had left in the refrigerator and a can of whipped cream. I ate a couple of boiled eggs and my friend ate boiled eggs with whipped cream.

Flash forward a couple of hours, and he starts to have bad gas inside the car. We are on the freeway, traveling at 60+ MPH, and I have my head all the way out the passenger window, and I was still gagging because the smell was so atrocious.

Lesson learned.” RiverDriver83
7. My Girlfriend And I Broke Up During Our Vacation

“Went for a wedding and Carnival to Trinidad with the girlfriend (from Canada). Once Carnival and Juve and the street partying finished for 4 days, we broke up that 4th night. Next day, it was decided that it was best to leave. It was her friend’s wedding. I got to the airport, had to wait 36 hours and upgrade to a first class ticket for $500 just to leave the country. Got searched for customs for an hour for suspicion of ***** just to ice the cake. Oh, and I paid for the flights.” 24hourpleasure
6. I Was Forced To Go On A Trip To Europe With My Angry, Drunk Father

I got anxiety reading this story! Poor kid!

“With my father at the age of 14 traveling in Europe by car.

He would like to drink, drive and speed because he knows it scares me. Generally makes things easily much more unpleasant because he has problems. My mom calls to ask how things are going, and I say I am tired of driving in general but no big deal. He then hangs up the phone (cell) and nearly crashes pulling over on the freeway. Yells at me for being a manipulative, deceitful, and conniving *****. When we stayed at a hotel, he refused to turn down the AC, even though I had no warm clothes and only a thin sheet to cover myself with.

In general, one of the more sh*tty summers I was forced to spend with my dad. Begged my mom and grandma that I would rather never go to Europe again than with him. Still ended up going to Europe with him, except my mom would come along too. Did NOT improve the vacation at all.” tangy_fuppa
5. I Found Out My Girlfriend Was Cheating On Me While We Were Vacationing

“Took my girlfriend at the time to St Louis (I lived in Louisville at the time) for a weekend getaway. Got a pretty decent hotel room and made a bunch of plans. I paid for everything on this trip.

I figure out she’s cheating on me with her ex-boyfriend on the first of 3 days we are there and has been doing ***** behind my back. I tried to salvage the trip by telling myself it was all alright, but I was infuriated.

The big nail in the coffin? I carried all of our stuff out and asked her to grab my guitar. I get out to the car and pack everything. She comes out and shuts the trunk. I think she has my guitar in the trunk, so I drive off. Get home and realize she left it in the hotel room.

Beyond angry.” Black_Plazma
4. I Vomited While My Family Enjoyed Thanksgiving In South Padre

“My family and I all took a trip down to South Padre to spend Thanksgiving break in a beach house. The first night of the trip, we were at a nice restaurant, and I decided to be adventurous and try the snails.

Around midnight, my stomach decided that it was having none of that escargot ******** and spent the next few hours trying to remove all traces of snail from my body. I spent the next few days living off of Alka-Seltzer and crackers, and I could barely even keep that down.

Thanksgiving Day was spent alone in a beach house dry-heaving while the rest of my family went out for a pleasant feast.” iamintothat
3. I Almost Got Knocked Off A Ledge While Admiring The Eiffel Tower…

They don’t mess around in Paris!

“In France, I was watching the Eiffel Tower at night, admiring the pretty lights. I was sitting on the ledge of a building. On the other side, it was a long way down. While admiring the tower, I hear people shouting and then running, then it started to get louder. As I’m turning around, I see a police officer sprinting after a souvenir salesman.

He then proceeds to tackle him to the floor right under me, almost knocking me off the ledge! I was so confused as to what was going on. The salesman got on his feet, kicked the officer down and bolted off. The officer stood up and started smashing the guy’s merchandise.” ipunchkitties
2. We Had To Cancel Our Disneyland Trip Because I Got Chicken Pox

“Oh man…Trip to Palm Springs to see my aunt and uncle’s wedding. I was super excited for the trip. I was in first grade, and I had never flown in a plane before. Also, my family had tickets to Disneyland and all of the other things that you do when you are in California.

Anyways, the first night we are there, I experience my first earthquake in the middle of the night. Being from the Midwest, this was not a fun experience. The next day, I wake up, and I am getting on my swimsuit to head to the pool, and my mom asks what these spots are on my back…God d*mn chicken pox. I mean crazy chicken pox. I even had them in my mouth.

Apparently, my family thought it was necessary to cancel the Disneyland trip for everyone in the group because of me. I never got to go to the beach or do anything fun for that matter.

I remember I couldn’t even take a bath it hurt so much.” nuclear-penguin
1. The Motel I Reserved Burned Down The Night Before I Arrived

On the bright side, at least he didn’t arrive a day sooner…

“I had driven 700 miles and was exhausted and ready to lay my head on a pillow when I got to my destination and found that the reservation I had made at the motel didn’t matter because the motel had burned down the night before, killing the owner’s wife and child and injuring some of the guests. I was lucky to find another motel nearby, but the only thing they had left was a two-bedroom suite with a kitchen, and it cost twice as much as I was expecting to pay.” David Heino
These worst vacation stories were pretty outrageous! Some of these experiences are hilarious while others are downright scary.

Imagine getting excited about your annual summer trip but then getting traumatized during it to the point where you never want to vacation again. Yikes! What was your worst vacation experience?