Vacation Nightmares

These real couples thought they'd be talking about their trips forever. And they will...just not for the reasons they'd hoped.

By TheNest.com Editors


We took an overnight train in Italy once, and another passenger brought a big dog on the train. In the morning, we found dog pee all over our shoes and bags that had been on the floor. --jackieo1309

We booked a hotel in Tennessee that we thought was reputable, but when we got there, the room was full of roaches. --1969june

My husband got food poisoning on an overnight flight from Toronto to England. He ended up wearing my clothes off the plane. --Aunds

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We rented a motorbike in Cozumel...and wrecked it! The left side of my body was bandaged for the whole rest of our honeymoon, and we had to pay for damages to the bike. --EmilyS2

This rotten kid at Disney kept poking us in line and bumping into us, and his parents never said anything! --cecora8488

We went on vacation with my parents, sister, and brother-in-law. On the first day, I broke the back taillight on my sister's vehicle by hitting a tree. Let's just say it made for a tense rest of the week. --okcgirl24

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We went on a cruise for our honeymoon, and it turned out no ships were allowed to stop in Cozumel, where we were headed, because there was a swine flu outbreak there. So we were stuck on the ship for a lot longer than we had planned. Not fun! --dvickers

We were evacuated from our honeymoon on Ambergris Caye, Belize, by a Category 5 hurricane. --nikinikinine

We took a long weekend to go camping. The first night, rain turned into snow with high-speed winds. Our tent leaked, our sleeping bags were soaked, and our lips were blue by the next morning. -- Jservadio


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