{"id":4086,"date":"2018-09-21T11:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T17:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2020-04-28T01:51:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T07:21:42","slug":"painfully-hilarious-hotel-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/painfully-hilarious-hotel-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"Painfully Hilarious Hotel Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/katangus\/hotels-that-are-unforgivable\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hotel-fails_2.jpeg\" alt=\"hotel fails\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hotel-fails_2.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hotel-fails_2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hotel-fails_2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hotel-fails_2-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hotel-fails_2-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Staying at a new hotel can be an adventure in itself.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">While most of the time your chosen hotels look great when booked, you never really know what your home away from home has in store for you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It might be totally transparent bathroom when you are sharing a room on a work trip. Or the most psychedelic carpeting ever created, making it impossible to walk straight even while sober.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">What separates the great hotels from the hotel fails is in the details. You will not be able to check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/katangus\/hotels-that-are-unforgivable\"><b>19 Infuriating Photos Of Hotels That Are Honestly Just Unforgivable<\/b><\/a> without a groan and a giggle. Because if we haven\u2019t been there, most of us have been somewhere equally trying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Give the full line up of hotel fails a read over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/katangus\/hotels-that-are-unforgivable\">BuzzFeed here<\/a> and PLEASE comment below with your own stories!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staying at a new hotel can be an adventure in itself. While most of the time your chosen hotels look great when booked, you never really know what your home away from home has in store for you. 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