Years ago I (30F -roughly- at the time) was staying in a hotel while on a work trip and the room had a sliding glass door to the bathroom. I didn't think anything of it and undressed in the main room and went in with nothing to take a shower.

At some point the sliding glass door wasn't on its track right anymore. I couldn't tell when I closed it. After I got out of my shower, I couldn't open the door. It was heavy, like 100lbs and there was no handle on the inside. It was just a tiny little metal indentation.

Needless to say I was stuck inside the bathroom for over 2 hours. Screaming and banging on the walls and door with one of the unused toilet paper rolls. FINALLY someone heard me and called for security. It took 3 of these big security guys to get the door off to let me out. I was incredibly disoriented from being stuck in the steamy bathroom for 2 hours.

The worst part was I only had 2 towels in the bathroom, and they weren't very big. So these big men had to see me basically naked to get me out. It was incredibly embarrassing and the one guy kept coming back into the room to tell me stuff after I told him I am putting the towels down and getting dressed.

Then they "moved my room" and said that was "complimentary" for my stay (they'd have to change my room anyway to fix the door... tf?). I tried to stay an extra day on my own expense because I was going to be too exhausted to drive home that morning, but they wanted to charge me their new (almost twice the price) rate for the next day (it was a Saturday, and apparently that much busier than a Friday night).

I will never go back there again. And to this day, I still never close the bathroom door if it's a sliding glass one when showering or bathing.

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Why would the shower have been steamy for 2 hours? Just turn off the water

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Had to travel to Turkey with an hour layover in Frankfurt and realised I had forgot my passport while in Frankfurt. Im from Portugal.

Edit: There's more! This made me lose my flight to Turkey. My gf shipped my passport to a nearby hotel the next morning,I booked another flight and got to the conference in time. When I went to do check in for the returning flight from Turkey to Portugal I got a message saying no booking found. Edreams had canceled my return flights since I missed the first one. All in all had to buy an hotel stay and two more flights out of pocket.

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I was in Kyoto, riding around touring the temples and dry gardens on my own and it was a bit after noon and I was getting hungry. I was kind of out in the middle of nowhere but the only restaurant on the map in the neighborhood was quite highly rated so I detoured over there, parked my bike and went in.

When traveling abroad, outside of the main tourist areas you find yourself in situations where nobody speaks your language. Now, I studied Japanese in highschool but that was a long time ago and my Japanese had mostly been reduced to courtesies. I was two weeks into the trip and become accustomed to working with the traveller's language of smiles and pointing. No problem.

Upon arriving, the host welcomed me and showed me to a low table and brought me a cup of tea. I sat down awaiting a menu and they brought me some little snacks -- sort of like Korean banchan. I thought this was lovely and started trying a few while they stepped away.

Somehow, though, their reaction was alarmed and they hurried back to try and the host started trying to patiently explain something to me entirely in Japanese. In my confusion, I looked around the restaurant and noticed a suspiciously large number of chest refrigerators along the wall.

In fact, I was not in a restaurant at all. I was in a high-end pickle store.

It took me another 30m of pickle sampling and about $50 in fancy pickles (nicely gift-wrapped) before I managed to make my escape, but the pickles were undeniably delicious and at least I managed to square away a few gifts to share with friends back home.

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What my country needs is high-end pickle stores.

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Departing holiday destination. Trains were delayed, so we took the bus to airport.

The problem was that the city has two different bus lines using the same code. They leave minutes apart from the same stop to the same direction. One goes to airport and the other doesn't. Not even the public transport website distinguishes the two.

Guess which bus we accidentally took?

We realized this at some point, but the next stop was minutes away, and then we had difficulties finding a cab. Basically my SO had to install some local taxi app and book one, which again took minutes to arrive.

Upon reaching the airport, we made a dash through priority security and even reached the gate 10 mins before departure. Yet the gate had been closed. Alas, one surplus night at the airport hotel.

Luckily, next day our new flight was delayed 3+ hours, so we got the comp money.

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I guess not having luggage is a bit of a red flag. I got stopped for extra questioning by French Customs, and I maybe should have been less honest than I was.

*"What do you do in America"*

*"I'm a University student"*

*"What do you study?"*

*"Biology and Psychology"*

*"Biology? Did you bring any microbes into the country?"*

*"...yes?"*

In retrospect, it was kinda neat to see the "extra questioning" room in the Charles de Gaulle airport.

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OP was lucky the "yes"-answer was understood as a smart-a*s answer of a young person trying to look cool. Don't do this outside of Central-/West-/North-Europe

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I'm on vacation as we speak.

Loaded our bikes the day before we left and put a bike padlock on them to make sure nobody could take them of carrier overnight.

Arrived at our destination only to find out I forgot the forgot the padlock key.

Luckily, park maintenance had an angle grinder and cut the lock. But yeah, that was pretty dumb and now I need to buy a new lock.

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I just read an article about a 40 yr old American couple that brought ammo on accident to a Caribbean island where if you bring in guns and ammo theres a mandatory 12yr prison sentence, and the US embassy specifically warn people not to bring guns or ammo, and they can't help you if you do. That's a pretty big blunder.

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Same like accidentially bringing d***s to Asian countries which execute death penalties or lifelong prison with 40 people, no beds, one hole as toilet in one room

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Booked a holiday to Ibiza from the uk whilst out at a rave. Discovered the next day that instead of flying Southampton to Ibiza I was actually flying Southampton to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Madrid, Madrid to Ibiza meaning what should have been a 2 hour flight took most of the day. Whoops.

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My da collapsed in Portugal and was hospitalised. To get to him I had to fly Dublin➡️Newcastle➡️ Leeds➡️Gatwick➡️Faro. All with Ryanair, so as you can imagine it wasn't just the flight schedule that was s**t.

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Overslept in St Maarten and missed my flight, had to spend a extra day. A good blunder in my case.

Another blunder- Decided to wander San Juan, PR late at night w/ 2 friends and got lost. We were on a cruise and this was a stop. Saw some people going in and out of building with no signage but it was obviously a bar of some sort. When we walked in everyone stopped and stared.
We walked up to the bar and asked for beers when a group of men approached us, 2 of them pistols in their belts, they all had knives on their belts as well. They were calm and asked us questions, "you're lost, yes?. You're American tourists, yes?" They were sizing us up but we just answered their questions, told them we were on a cruise and got lost, wanted to get a few drinks and find our way back. One of the guys I was with is a bartender and he offered to make drinks. They liked the idea and he made all kinds of shooters and mixed drinks with the old guy who was behind the bar. After about a hour we headed out with directions to get back to our ship. It was scary at first but it turned out alright.

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Entered Zambia illegally, didn't get a visa and they threatened to detain me when I was leaving.

I'd been on a safari through Botswana that ended in Victoria Falls. We stayed on the Zimbabwe side and crossed back and forth into Zambia for excursions. Each time we crossed, the driver took everyone's passports into immigration and got them stamped.

It came time to fly from the tiny Victoria Falls airport to my destination in Zambia and I didn't think about checking in with immigration. So off I went on a canoeing adventure on the Lower Zambezi River. It was fabulous!

At the end of the trip I went to another tiny airport in Zambia. Got to immigration and the guy asked me where my visa was. Ummm....I don't have one. I explained the border crossings in Victoria Falls and my failure to go to immigration. He was kind enough to let me go, another dumb tourist.

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Taking my stepdaughter and her *new* (well, 3 months) boyfriend on a camping trip in France. They basically fought the whole trip (he wanted to go back on the second day already) and they broke up shortly after that trip. Also turned out he was afraid of heights and we planned to do some alpine hiking...
It was hell for me, her and my wife.

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I spent one summer as a picker in Scotland. Girl and boy broke up two weeks in and dealt with it by completly ignoring each other, but had to share tent for remainder of the summer. That was awkward.

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Good friend and I (Canadians) went backpacking in Europe this past November/December.

We landed in Dublin on the night of the 23rd of November. For those of whom that are unaware, there were some pretty massive riots in city center that night including lighting a city bus and police car on fire.

We had to walk with our 20kg bags from the airport to our hostel in city center because none of the busses were willing to drive anywhere near Dublin. We walked past masked individuals with bags filled with clothing, shoes, electronics all with hangers and tags still on them. We’re both pretty big guys but it was definitely sketchy walking around with big backpacks while the vast majority of people around you are breaking into stores and looting.

Interesting night for sure, we got to the hostel safe and sound and our time in Dublin was fine afterwards, but it was certainly one of the crazier experiences I’ve had.

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I had gone to the DMV before my flight and managed to leave my driver's license with my packet of papers from there when I went to the airport. I cobbled together all the stuff in my wallet to use as ID and the TSA somehow let me through. Then I never got carded for drinks the whole trip.

I had some friends accidentally book a flight to San Jose, CA instead of San Jose, Puerto Rico. They made it all the way there before realizing their mistake.

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On my honeymoon in Portugal. Flew into Lisbon, went around the country for a while. Ended the trip in Porto and had to get back to Lisbon for our return flight. Had a train ticket booked months in advance. Everything in order. Getting back into Lisbon mid-day for a flight the next morning. No worries.

Until we boarded the train and I realized I booked the ticket for the wrong day. The ticket was for the following day (when our flight was scheduled)

Got kicked off the train. All the other trains were totally booked for the rest of the day.

Ended up getting an Uber to a car rental, paying like €500 for the only automatic transmission car they had (sorry, I don’t know how to drive manual) and had to drive from Porto to Lisbon.

Ended up making it and it’s a funny story to tell now, but at the time it was awful. Especially since it was 100% my fault.

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Went from germany to UK for a short trip, being broke af. Realized after I entered UK that they use different power outlets than germany. Fun Times with a half charged powerbank and your flight ticket only digitally.

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1 Missed a plane to Australia   


2 Double checked my departure times for a later flight, and accidentally remembered arrival time as departure time. Thank God it was a short hop and I meant to arrive ludicrously early. Almost missed that flight.  


3 thought I had a connected flight same day, turned out to be a day later  


4 booked a ticket for myself and a friend for the right day number but the wrong month number. Found out the night before the supposed flight. Had to buy two first class tickets instead. Short hop from Korea to Japan, so thankfully not insanely expensive. There are more.  


 I am uncharacteristically terrible at this.

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Early 20s, went to a bar/nightclub in Istanbul with my girlfriend. Throughout the night, stupidly ordered several of these half-bottles of champagne that were on the menu with no price listed. Of course when the bill came, it turned out they had either brought out the most expensive thing they had, or simply claimed that it was that expensive, and it was way more money than I could even pay if I wanted. 


They then threatened us, saying we don't understand how the police work there, it's not like America, we don't want them to call the police, etc. The line from Airplane, "have you ever seen the inside of a Turkish prison?" is running through my head the entire time. 


After a long standoff with them insisting I needed to draw all my money out of the ATM and me insisting I didn't have it, eventually they either believed me or gave up and settled the bill for some reasonable amount that I had on me.


Obviously they were trying to take advantage of me here but it was also very stupid of me to give them that chance by ordering unpriced items and not asking the price.

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On a train ride back to Rome from Venice, I had accidentally bought my ticket for the wrong day. The ticket checker said I had until Bologna to buy the correct ticket on my phone or I would have to get off in Bologna. Well I couldn't get my service to work so my brother and I switched hats and seats and sort of hid until we passed Bologna. I thought we were in the clear until the ticket checker came by again, and, being entertained by our disguise attempt, asked if I got the ticket. I told him no but I could pay for one in euros and he became visibly annoyed and pulled out his computer pad and started scrolling on it. After a while he looked around at the mostly empty train car, put his pad away, shrugged, and said "I don't want to do it. Call it a gift." And walked away and it was the most Italian thing that happened to me on that trip and I'm pretty sure I owe the mob a favor now.

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So, instead of thanking the conductor that graced you from a steep fine, seeing you are clearly a clueless tourist and already had paid for a ticket, you thank "the mob". Great thinking, buddy...

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Went to Vegas with my best friend and his then fiancé. Was gambling at the hard rock and there were burlesque dancers all throughout the hotel. His fiancé had a complete break down that there were women dancing in the hotel. First she screamed at him for well over an hour in public. Then we went to a show were she sat separate from all of us. Then turned her attention to me and started yelling I was trying to break them up by taking them to that casino. Longest 3 days of my life.

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hope that friend dropped her.

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At Berlin's old Tegel airport there was a security checkpoint by each gate, and you needed to pick up your checked bags at the gate before leaving.

I knew that, but in my rush to get off the plane I forgot. As soon as I was outside I realized my mistake, but they wouldn't let me back in to get my bag. I needed to wait several hours at customer service to get my bag, and so I just barely caught the last train to my destination and arrived around midnight.

By that point there weren't any taxis available so I ended up walking a few hours by phone flashlight through the German countryside.

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Going to Mexico from Vancouver with my roommate and her idiot boyfriend. 2 days before we go he says he cant find his passport.

Too late to cancel everything now, so we pack up to go anyways. He brings every piece of ID he can find, and literally anything he has with his name on it. His high school year book, newspaper clippings from his baseball team winning a tournament, his old student bus pass and ID.

We arrive at our local airport and obviously he gets taken into security at YVR and after about 45mins they actually let him out and he's allowed to board the flight. We get to PHX where we have to transfer and go through US security which results in another 45min, and then they just bring him to the gate where they have a drawer full of pre-notorized and signed declaration forms stating that someone has verified he is who he is, and he's allowed on the plane to Cabo.

We arrive at SJD and its show time. Can he get into Mexico.

My roommate and I get through without issue, and then he rocks up to the woman at the customs counter with his year book and newspaper clippings in hand. She looks at him like he has two heads, asks him on he is doing, and then motions for the security guard to come over.

Security meanwhile must have had a good gym day, as he is just stood in the corner looking at and flexing his own muscles (he was a BIG guy).

Customs official shouts and waves again.

More flexing, damn he's Mr Universe today.

Customs looks at the crowd of people on our newly arrived flight, looks at the line thats forming in her lane, rolls her eyes, and waves our friend through.

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My blunder was after traveling. I’m an American, who went to London, Paris, Rome and Munich over the span of two weeks. Back home and during a work meeting, someone asked me how it was. I said, “It was great…but it’s good to be back home, where everyone speaks English.”

We had a pretty culturally diverse team. So I said this in front of—among other people—a Chinese person, two Indian people, an Uzbekistani person, a Swedish person, and my boss, who was from Tanzania. It was a total foot-in-mouth moment. What I’d meant to say was, “It’s good to be back home, where I understand the language fully.”

For months after that, I feared they thought I was one of those entitled Americans who goes to other countries expecting people to cater to me.

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Forgot my IDP when i travelled to Japan last year. Couldn't switch to public transport as my itinerary was planned around places that were hard to reach

Had to forgo 2 nights of prebooked hotel + last min booking of 2 nights stay around Narita as i wait for my IDP to be couried over by DHL.

My IDP was kept in my locked vehicle and i stupidly brought the keys with me with no spares at home. Had to engage someone to break open my car door, retrieve the IDP from my glove box and hand it over to a family member to courier it over.

Initially DHL promised 24 hrs timeline but the next day was a national holiday so local couriers were not delivering.

Once IDP was received, quickly went to retrieved my rented vehicle (rental co promised to hold the vehicle for 2 days). Staff was shocked to see me as he didnt believe I would really courier the IDP over. Got my vehicle, drove straight to Toyama from Narita to catch up with my itinerary.

Now my IDP is permanently placed in my travel pouch.

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As I was checking into customs at Heathrow airport in London, I told the agent I "was on a missiong from God." I was changing planes there for a flight to Newquay. My end destination was Port Isaac. I said that because when I first saw Port Isaac on the TV show Doc Martin, I felt like God was telling me to go there. It was just so lovely and just resonated with me at the soul level. Never tell a customs agent you're on a mission from God. The Border patrol detained me for 8 hours before finally clearing me. I made it to Port Isaac in the end, but for a while there I was concerned. I had to fly to Paris after my visit to the UK, and when the customs agent asked me "purpose of visit" I had learned my lesson. I just said "tourism." That will be my go to from now on!

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