People Are Sharing Their Worst Summer Vacation Fails And Some Are Plain Horrifying
By Mustafa GatollariUpdated Oct. 7 2018, 9:43 p.m. ET
When you're a kid, summer is everything. School's out. The weather's warm. All you want to do is get up as early as possible and spend all day outside sweating up a storm, chilling by the pool, and eating all sorts of sugary, iced treats.
When you're an adult, summer is slightly less "fun" because you don't have your folks taking care of everything for you. You have to plan the summer vacation while still going to work and staying on top of your kids to make sure they're not destroying the house while you're away.
But that doesn't mean you can't have a little fun, which is why you planned for a family getaway out of town so you can enjoy a new city, some new sites, new food and hopefully new and happy experiences.
Like all good things in life, however, your summer vacation will ultimately be tested. Things will come and try to ruin your fun and it's up to you to react to them accordingly and do whatever is possible to make sure that you and your family and friends end up having an amazing time.
Even if you manage to get a see-through bathroom.
Stayed at a hotel with an interesting addition in each room. We thought it was funny at first, until we all got a front row show of my dad rushing to the bathroom after eating Taco Bell. #SummerVacationFail pic.twitter.com/Cim9Rs5Xlx
— Perkinskiii (@abaldguytweets) June 20, 2018Or if you get arrested for accidentally sleeping in a room that doesn't belong to you.
#SummerVacationFail dad came a day late to our vacation. We gave him wrong room number as a joke. He shows up to other room, it’s unlocked, he goes in, eats food,does #2, falls asleep. They called the cops on him. We laughed, dad didn’t.
— Big Joe (@BIGJOEONTHEGO) June 19, 2018Because we're constantly thinking about what to do next and are juggling so many different requests in our heads simultaneously during a vacation, it's easy to let a few things go unnoticed.
When I was a kid my family went to Disney World and my parents thought they lost my sister so, of course, they start freaking out, calling her name, and scaring everyone around us, only to realize that she was sitting on my dad’s shoulders the whole time #SummerVacationFail
— Mollie LaFavers (@mklafavers) June 19, 2018Flying can get a big expensive, so packing into a huge old station wagon that's prone to overheating is an American family tradition.
Almost every summer vacation in the 80s. 9 kids, 1 overheated wagon, and 0 shirts on my dad. #SummerVacationFail pic.twitter.com/TeLD7WJ0UW
— Chrissy Staresinic (@chrissystarz) June 20, 2018This next story is why you should always bring a spare...of anything that's vital.
We saved up as a family for 10 years to go to Disney. The literal day before we arrive I lose my glasses in the ocean. I couldn’t see anything. My dad’s solution “Have your brother tell you what he’s seeing!” #SummerVacationFail
— Jeremiah Michael Stoneburner (@jmstoneburner) June 19, 2018And maybe check your surroundings before you relieve yourself.
I got into the wrong car after dinner at restaurant, same car wrong family, and it wasn't till I made myself comfortable by patting my belly and farting, that I realised...awkward. #SummerVacationFail
— Jasmine (@jasminebeck) June 19, 2018One wisecrack could definitely ruin the whole family trip, so choose your words wisely.
My mom gave my dad the silent treatment for an entire weekend after some random kid mistakenly waved at him and yelled "HEY DAD!" Without thinking dad looked at mom and said "not sure about the others but this ones for sure not mine." #SummerVacationFail
— Illisa (@Illisa88) June 20, 2018Just another reason why I hate camping.
One time when we were camping, my brother's marshmallow toasting "stick" turned out to be a poison ivy stem. He ate several toasted marshmallows before having to go to the ER. #SummerVacationFail
— Esmeralda (@Esmeralda8426) June 20, 2018This woman's thread is another compelling argument against camping.
#SummerVacationFail
When I was a kid, I was apart of a kids youth group for my church. We all went camping on a community camp ground, so they had port-a-potties which were very far from where the tents were at. So at night time, I had to pee really bad...
#SummerVacationFail
But there was a LOUD growling sort noise and an indent in mine and my cousins tent, so we are thinking "oh my goodness its a bear"... as im freaking out my bladder is yelling at me that I gotta let it out now, or suffer.
#SummerVacationFail
Welp.... I grabbed a cup about 20 oz, and I filled the whole thing with my pee inside the tent... so my pee was sitting in the tent until 6am ish
#SummerVacationFail I say around this time because my Uncle comes in and I ask him, if there were any bears outside because of the growling, and he looks at me and begins laughing because it was just some random man snoring.
— Angeles (@angelesjud) June 19, 2018Make sure you always secure your camper.
Our family was heading out on a long road trip, camper in tow. As we were heading down the interstate, I look to my left and see our camper riding along side us then veers off into the ditch #iBlameMyBrother #SummerVacationFail
— Sherri Thomas (@mackhemi) June 20, 2018Maybe don't mistake Disney characters as pinatas.
A year ago we had a Mickey Mouse pinata for my niece's birthday party. This summer we took her to Disneyland. She saw Mickey Mouse and began hitting him, pounding him. I grabbed her and said, "What're you doing?" She said, "I want candy!" My niece is seven. #SummerVacationFail
— S. H. Love (@AuthorSHLove) June 19, 2018If you're afraid of flying or can't afford a fancy trip to Europe, just go there on a stick.
#SUmmerVacationFail My sister Mary was afraid to fly so my sister, Mo put her head on a stick and we took her all over Italy with us!! She had a great time!! pic.twitter.com/7G8tXSYFQc
— Eileen Shay Casey (@shay_eileen) June 20, 2018Nothing like a broken face to ruin a perfectly nice vacation.
Was reading a book on the balcony at the hotel. Went back in and closed sliding glass door. Forgot my book so went back to get it but forgot the door was closed. Broke my nose and nearly passed out. #SummerVacationFail
— Christy Wells (@WellsChristy) June 19, 2018Trash bags are not a good substitute for luggage.
As a kid, my Mom used trash bags for dirty clothes & strapped them to roof of our station wagon. Coming home, they melted in hot sun, & our clothes flew all over 1-75, most notably our dirty underwear, now with REAL skid marks. #SummerVacationFail @FallonTonight @jimmyfallon
— DeWayneHamby (@DeWayneHamby) June 19, 2018Hurtling down sand dunes is never fun.
#SummerVacationFail a beach day that turned into me tripping on a rock and falling down the sand dune... 🤦🏼♀️😅 pic.twitter.com/QeUQJbCvML
— maddieッ (@MaddieGehring) June 19, 2018Old school camera problems.
We took this awesome vacation to Virginia Beach when I was young. Did a bunch of theme parks and even saw dolphins from our hotel. My dad was amazed at how many pictures his camera was taking until he realized there was no film in the camera #SummerVacationFail
— M'lady Callahan (@calimay82) June 19, 2018Contrary to what you thought as a little kid, scary things were happening outside the closet, not inside.
When I was 16 I met a girl on summer vacation and we decided to go back to her hotel room to kiss, as we were in the room her parents showed up and we hid in the closet, little did we know her parents would decide to have sex. #summervacationfail.
— UVA (@andycaul) June 19, 2018Yikes.
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