Travelers Share Their Most Horrific True Travel Experiences

Before there were sites like Expedia and Yelp, people used to hire travel agents to handle all of the booking details of their trips out of town. And even then it was possible to end up at a seedy hotel that you would wish that you had never stepped foot in.

With modern technology it’s still possible to find yourself at a truly desolate out-of-the-way motel with one working light bulb and only a deadlock to keep you safe.

Reddit users have shared their real life experiences traveling to some of the lowest-rated hotels in the world and some of these stories are really harrowing.

Not a Light Sleeper

“A crazy guy busted into my hostel dorm room with knives in his hands. My friend and this other guy tackled him to the ground, then a couple of minutes later the police stormed into the room with weapons drawn and riot shields and stuff and grabbed the guy.

I pretty much slept through the whole thing.”

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The Floor Was Partially Damp

I booked this strange motel in advance for a business trip. The lobby was on the same level as the ground, but the first and only floor was up half a flight of stairs, and the furthest room back was about 400 square feet with no exits or entrances save for some fire exits.

Also, the floor was partially damp. It later dawned on me to wonder why I was put in the room furthest from the entrance to the motel when I had never heard or seen anyone and there were no cars in the parking lot…

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He Tried to Get Into Her Room

My mom was traveling for work and sat next to a man (fellow business traveler) on the plane. They had a casual conversation and exchanged business cards.

Later that evening she’s in her hotel watching TV and gets a phone call from the front desk that her husband is here and they want to know if they can give him a key to the room. Turns out, the creep on the plane was pretending to be her husband to try to get into her room.

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A Jack of All Trades

“A little hotel in London, I remember it being a couple of blocks away from King’s Cross. We got there late and there was only a reception guy, he told us about breakfast and internet services, etc.

“You can come back upstairs around 8 and the guy in charge of the Internet café will be back.” “The cook starts serving breakfast at 6” “The cleaning crew usually start cleaning rooms at 10”

Things like that. The creepy part? He was the only employee there. He was the cook, and the cleaning guy, and the one in charge of the computers but he has different personalities for each and spoke of “the others” in third person.

We only stayed there for a couple of nights and we were never really sure if he was crazy or just being funny.”

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