We've all been there. The meticulously planned holiday that suddenly goes wrong in every way possible. A delayed flight causing a mishap of scheduling problems, the unsettling realization that your luggage might be touring a completely different continent somewhere around the world, or that memorable moment when the 'cozy beachfront accommodation' you booked turned out to be a scam on Airbnb. However, these vacation fails, while frustrating at the time, often turn into the funniest stories in our ‘inventory’.
After all, it's not just the picture-perfect sunsets and good food that make a trip memorable. Sometimes, it's the unplanned detours and unexpected misadventures as some would describe them as 'fails' that end up defining our personal travel experiences, reminding us of the unpredictability of life!
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I Hiked A Mountain In Hot Weather. A Monkey Stole My Water At The Top Then Proceeded To Drink It In Front Of Me
My Friend Tried To Take An Underwater Photo Of His Wife During Their Honeymoon
I hate it when women pull that fish lips face whilst posing for pictures.
I Just Got Back From Iceland. I Was Going Through My Pictures And Found The Best Photobomb Of All Time
She Just Wanted A Cute Picture But Got This Instead
Perhaps she was annoyed about the human walking into frame.
On A Family Holiday To Scotland, We Spent Two Hours Walking To A Famous Cave, Expecting It To Go Underground And Everything. This Is The Cave
100-Year-Old Family Cabin Burned To The Ground On The First Day Of Vacation
She Was So Excited About The Romantic Amsterdam Canal Tour That She Couldn't Sleep The Night Before
Wife And I Took A Trip To Los Angeles
We Got Photobombed By A Spider Monkey On Vacation In The Dominican Republic
We Wanted To Take A Picture Under Water, But Dory Photobombed Us
Dory is a BP censor, covering up the girlfriend in case she shows to much skin.
Long Kayaking Trip And Belly Rolls Makes The Most Inconsistent Sunburns Ever
I Hiked 3000 Feet Of Elevation To A High Alpine Lake Only For A Mountain Goat To Eat My Fly Rod
I Always Pack Digestive Aids For The Holidays. 4 Days Ago, I Had Diarrhea And Remembered I Had Medication. It Turns Out I Brought Laxatives
My Friend Was Trying To Take A New Profile Picture In Front Of A Waterfall
I Went Hiking Over The Weekend To Blow Off Steam From The Finals Week And Got An Allergic Reaction From Something. Guess Who Has A Presentation Today?
To ease your nerves, just picture everyone in the audience with the same allergic reaction.
My Parents Went On Vacation And Asked This Gentleman To Take Their Picture, But He Was Holding The Camera Backwards
My First Trip To Houston. I Was Very Impressed At How Quickly The Locals Performed Pit Stops. Must Be A Lot Of Nascar Fans
The Soles Of My Shoes Fell Off In The Middle Of The Forest While I Was Hiking
That happened to me. I had to tie them to my feet with my shoe laces and try not to trip over the front of the sole flapping with each step. Fortunately I was only about half an hour from home, but still!! My mum gave me here boots as she never used them, and same thing happened!! Apparently the soles on walking boots perish after a few years!!!
I Reserved An Airbnb With A Sea View. I Can't Complain
There was a typo in the ad. It should have read, "See? A view."
When Your Rental Car Breaks Down And They Send Out A Tow Truck, But The Tow Truck Breaks Down And Needs Its Own Tow Truck
On The First Night Of Vacation, We Pulled Out The Sofa-Bed For The Kids But Heard A Loud Crunching Sound. Son's iPhone Fell And Got Caught In Hinges Of The Bed Frame
The View From My Hike Yesterday
Just zoom your camera in the picture and pretend the fog was never there.
I Traveled All This Way To See This Popular Place, Only To Be Disappointed
I Went To See The Famous Neuschwanstein Castle, And This Was Our View
the advantage of this photo is that you can say you went anywhere in the world
During Our Honeymoon In Greece, My Husband Had An Accident With A Scooter Going 10 Mph. He Broke His Wrist In Two Places, Dislocates His Shoulder And Got A Concussion
I Visited The Torii Gate In Hiroshima, Japan. What I Was Expecting vs. What I Saw
Perfect Way To Start The Honeymoon
Just explain to the wife that it doesn't always happen this quickly...
This Is The Only Photo My Mom Took Of Me And My Dad In Front Of The Liberty Bell
I'm On A Motorcycle Trip From Colorado Springs To Las Vegas. I Went South To Avoid The Snow, And Now I'm Stuck In Arizona With Over A Foot Of Snow
I live in Flagstaff and the 2022-2023 winter has been the 2ed biggest snow fall recorded in Flagstaff
I Broke My Foot In Cancun On The First Day Of My Honeymoon
Had a buddy go to Germany. Within the first hour of being there, stepped off a curb the wrong way and broke his foot.
I've Traveled Abroad And Brought My Drone To Record It. I Hiked To The Top Of This Hill And Realise That I Forgot The Batteries At Home
I'm About 1000 Miles Away On Vacation, And This Happened 2 Days Into My Trip
I Was Going On A Family Cruise Trip. Flight Got Delayed Three Times, And After All That, The Flight Got Canceled. Now We Missed The Cruise, And Waited At The Airport For 7 Hours
I Just Wanted To Shower In My Hotel After A Long Road Trip
We Did A Long Half Dome Hike. We Got To The Top And Realized The Guy Who Was Supposed To Pack The Food Packed A Single Sandwich Bag Of 4 Charred Wieners
A Photo I Took Last Year vs. The One I Took Today. I Thought I'd Drive And Hike There Because It Finally Snowed. What A Disappointment
The Waterfall I Went To See Seemed A Bit Dry
I thought he was giving the non waterfall the finger there.
Grand Canyon View After Renting A Car And Driving 3.5 Hours To See It
Expectation vs. Reality Of Traveling 2,874 Miles To See The Cliffs Of Moher
I actually had a win at the cliffs of Moher. It was awfully foggy and dismal but just clear enough to make out the cliff edge opposite. The photos came out extremely dramatic, like the cliffs were falling off the face of the Earth. Better than if it was sunny.
Day 2/18 At The Resort In Puerto Vallarta For Our Honeymoon, And I Walked Into The Balcony Door
My Daughter Went On A Boat Trip As A Graduation Gift. The Boat Have Been Stuck In The Mud Since They Arrived Yesterday. They're Supposed To Get Towed Out Today
Here Is My Fiancée Fulfilling Her Lifelong Dream To See The Mona Lisa In Person
Took Our 6-Month-Old Labrador On Our First Family Road Trip
I Forgot To Put Sunblock On My Legs During A Kayak Trip On The Lake
Note: this post originally had 102 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
So many of these are about the weather. The weather is what it is, it's not sentient, it does not raise a fog to inconvenience you.
Or people not doing some basic research beforehand.
It is not the inconvenience, it's the disappointment. If you are traveling a large distance and you know you will probably never be there again for the rest of your life and you get there you can't see it, that's terribly disappointing.
You met my in-laws, I see. When they decide some view will be "great"? It's guaranteed I'll need cold weather survival gear even if it's summer, b/c they always *always* find the place that's covered in fog, rain, sleet, snow, and at this rate, probably brimstone....
Love it when I get 12 notifications and they're all on comments that were cut off, and BP has removed any way to get to them. What's the point of making a list of anything past 50 (or more like usual, 30) if you're going to kill anything over that amount? Why would we want to comment on anything under 30? This is BP cutting off its' own dikc.
Exactly!
You can get you them if you click the notification and scroll down on the post, usually underneath the post it is says " this post had originally 50 images but was shortened... Click here to see the rest" or something in that vein. If you click it, it will go on to your comment. (Not always, but usually it does).
They seem to have removed that, at least for me… It used to say that at the bottom, but it hasn’t since last week or so.
Yes, same with me. It has been doing that for the last week. I wish they would fix it...
it says it now for me
Yes, it’s back!
WOOHOO!
That's been removed Debbie. That's why I'm complaining. It's been gone for about 2 weeks now.
It's back - at least for me
This list is the definition of first world problems
I never thought about before but your right.
But it’s list of vacation fails - isn’t that pretty much a given?
yes, hence the title "vacation fails" and not "my life is ruined forever"
So many of these are about the weather. The weather is what it is, it's not sentient, it does not raise a fog to inconvenience you.
Or people not doing some basic research beforehand.
It is not the inconvenience, it's the disappointment. If you are traveling a large distance and you know you will probably never be there again for the rest of your life and you get there you can't see it, that's terribly disappointing.
You met my in-laws, I see. When they decide some view will be "great"? It's guaranteed I'll need cold weather survival gear even if it's summer, b/c they always *always* find the place that's covered in fog, rain, sleet, snow, and at this rate, probably brimstone....
Love it when I get 12 notifications and they're all on comments that were cut off, and BP has removed any way to get to them. What's the point of making a list of anything past 50 (or more like usual, 30) if you're going to kill anything over that amount? Why would we want to comment on anything under 30? This is BP cutting off its' own dikc.
Exactly!
You can get you them if you click the notification and scroll down on the post, usually underneath the post it is says " this post had originally 50 images but was shortened... Click here to see the rest" or something in that vein. If you click it, it will go on to your comment. (Not always, but usually it does).
They seem to have removed that, at least for me… It used to say that at the bottom, but it hasn’t since last week or so.
Yes, same with me. It has been doing that for the last week. I wish they would fix it...
it says it now for me
Yes, it’s back!
WOOHOO!
That's been removed Debbie. That's why I'm complaining. It's been gone for about 2 weeks now.
It's back - at least for me
This list is the definition of first world problems
I never thought about before but your right.
But it’s list of vacation fails - isn’t that pretty much a given?
yes, hence the title "vacation fails" and not "my life is ruined forever"