People are sharing their horror stories of their worst holidays – 21 traumatic trips

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We went on a girls’ trip to a Greek island where one friend got a kidney infection (and thus an injection in the butt), we accidentally caused a bar fight, then there was a forest fire, we self-evacuated, got a coach through flames, and slept on sun loungers.

— Pip (@PhilippaDunjay) August 13, 2024

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My parents were on the brink of divorce when we stayed at a French hotel near a motorway called ‘Formula 1’ on a family holiday. It was the peak of summer and all of the windows were sealed shut. The showers were communal. Pictured: the hotel. (My parents are no longer married.) https://t.co/9MYiylYuq9 pic.twitter.com/FNJ6eLhmpI

— Lotte Brundle (@LotteBrundle) August 13, 2024

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City break to Bilbao. We forgot to save any spending money so landed, entirely skint, to a rainstorm that lasted the whole of our trip – a joy exacerbated by a hole in my shoe. Spent 3 days walking around looking for free events with trenchfoot. Nearly killed each other. https://t.co/ycWps4uSPt

— The author, Séamas O’Reilly (@shockproofbeats) August 13, 2024

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An Airbnb in Paris which was 1) a former brothel 2) inside a covered market which was locked at 10pm and to which we had no key, rendering access only possible through the lobby of an adjoining hotel- which was, in essence, a cage- and whose night porter beat us with an umbrella. https://t.co/HfM9FReudN

— Fergus Butler-Gallie (@_F_B_G_) August 13, 2024

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I’m still haunted by a family holiday to the Amalfi Coast as a five-year-old boy, where I vomited twice on my shorts during the car journey alongside the twisty seaside vistas of Highway 163.

My parents still compelled me to complete our visit to the ruins of Pompeii. https://t.co/VJA8zsN4l6

— Charlie Baker (@CharlieFBBaker1) August 13, 2024

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Destination (according to Greek literature) hell. 2hrs in back of truck with lecherous dog; no running water; no fridge; scorpions; bits of roof that fell on me in the night; 6 mile round trip to only restaurant (the other tourists had the hire car); sea full of jellyfish

— Katy Walker (@thekatywalker) August 13, 2024

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probably the camping trip in rural Scotland where my parents decided to get divorced, now known as “the holiday from hell” in the Family Lore https://t.co/Y35Bs4N9Ij

— Louis Staples (@LouisStaples) August 13, 2024

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I stayed in a two-star hotel & was given a smoking room which stank. The windows were locked. I had the genius idea of leaving the shower running to clean the air, came back to realise I’d left it on hot, the air was thick with brown vapour, brown liquid running down the walls https://t.co/McUUlmdDhy

— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) August 14, 2024

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Gatwick, sat next to a drunk, brawling family.
“God, imagine if they were on our flight”
They were. Arrived in Spain.
“God, imagine if they were on the same coach.”
Yep.
“Imagine if the same hotel”
Of course they were.
Within 24hrs the dad was nicked for beating up the hotel rep. https://t.co/WcMxqsFA36

— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) August 13, 2024

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£99 teletext holiday (remember those!) to Rhodes. People getting dropped off at lovely hotels, we’re last on the bus, arrived at 3am in a roach ridden hole with rubble piled halfway up the patio door. 7 super loud lads staying next door. We slept on the beach during the day.

— Indiana Bones (@PopCyprus) August 13, 2024

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Mates trip to Spain. We’d been before. But this time the Irish lads we hung about with were deep in with the local coke trade. One of us got pneumonia & left early. Someone threw a pool ball at us from a moped. On the upside, we made friends with pre Man City Joe Hart. Nice chap

— Jamie Fewery (@jamiefewery) August 13, 2024

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