A family of 10 were excited about their trip to Orlando, Florida, but were left stunned when they walked into their ‘luxury villa’ and were met with something that resembled ‘Satan’s guest house’
When it comes to booking accommodation for a holiday, whether that’s a villa or a hotel, it can be hard to narrow down the best option. One family thought they had found the perfect “luxury villa”, but they were stunned when they discovered what was lurking inside.
In a post on Reddit about “bad holidays”, the traveller revealed that when they arrived at their villa in Orlando, they were met with “tobacco coloured walls” and “dead cockroaches”. With the trip booked for 10 people, it quickly turned into a holiday from hell.
They shared: “My father-in-law took us to Orlando in 2015. He paid for 10 people, a luxury villa and hired cars as he’s a generous guy. We get to our villa about maybe 9pm, and I’ve already clocked that it’s not in the nicest of areas.
“We unpack and go in to meet the rest of the family. The ‘luxury’ villa was a s**thole. It was all brown and green decor with tobacco coloured walls. We then realised that it was a f**king disgrace.
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“The games room was full of dead cockroaches, the kitchen had only enough stuff for 4 people and had broken glasses in the kitchen, we couldn’t open one of the doors to the pool as it was screwed shut, all the doors were mismatched, the smoke and fire alarms were all painted over, the chandelier was holding on by a thread, two chairs collapsed and the air conditioning only put out hot air.
“My eldest son called it ‘Satan’s guest house’. After wasting half of the first day, we got a replacement, but it was such a bl**dy palaver to even stay there overnight.”
The post was met with comments from concerned travellers, with some reflecting on their own experience in Florida. One holidaymaker said: “I went to Florida when I was 10 to do the Disney thing as a family.
“I remember my mum saying she’d never felt more unsafe than downtown Orlando. Fast forward 15 years and I live in the USA and finally understand what she meant! That place is f**king sketchy.”
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This is just one of the many disaster holiday stories shared online. Another detailed how when they were a teenager, they were left in “misery” after their parents surprised them with a family trip to Butlins – and it wasn’t the location or weather that ruined the getaway.
The traveller shared on Reddit: “When I was 14, my mum and stepdad packed us all into the car for a surprise holiday at Butlins (we didn’t find out until we were there).
“One small detail they also forgot to mention was that they also didn’t pay for me to actually go into the resort, so I had to get into the boot of our car at the closest petrol station, sleep on the floor of the chalet, and couldn’t use any of the facilities.”
They added: “It was just a week of misery, getting to watch my siblings have fun, whilst I couldn’t even bring a stack of books, because I didn’t know we were going away for a week in the first place.”
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