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Travellers share photos of hilarious hotel fails including willy-shaped pools and rooms you can’t get to

The photographs, taken by travellers around the world, also showed rooms with sex toys in the toilets and windows that faced walls

Kara Godfrey

Published: 15:51, 29 Jan 2019
Updated: 17:51, 29 Jan 2019

HOTEL guests who booked a break away from home are often looking for some luxury and relaxation.

Unluckily for some, not all hotels offer the high standards of service they may be looking for.

The biggest hotel fails have been revealed by guests

Thankfully, the failed attempts have been revealed in a series of pictures taken by amused guests staying at the hotel.

From rude designs, badly translated signs and stupid mistakes, the worst mistakes are guaranteed to cause a laugh.

1. Sea view or garden view?

One room had a spectacular view of a brick wall — One room had a spectacular view of a brick wallCredit: SNAP Viral

2. Shock to the cistern

A rather rude discovery was made in a toilet cistern — A rather rude discovery was made in a toilet cisternCredit: SNAP Viral

3. Strict sleeping arrangements

A hotel had some very strange rules on drugs and sleeping habits — A hotel had some very strange rules on drugs and sleeping habitsCredit: SNAP Viral

4. Toilet confusion

Someone didn't understand how toilet paper holders worked — Someone didn't understand how toilet paper holders workedCredit: SNAP Viral

5. Phallic construction

The hotel interior designer clearly didn't think the shape of the pool through — The hotel interior designer clearly didn't think the shape of the pool throughCredit: SNAP Viral

6. Strange handwash fragrance

Hopefully the soap dispenser has a spelling error instead of a rather unusual hand wash — Hopefully the soap dispenser has a spelling error instead of a rather unusual hand washCredit: SNAP Viral

7. Extra service

A hotel offered service above and beyond thanks to a spelling error — A hotel offered service above and beyond thanks to a spelling errorCredit: SNAP Viral

8. Communal showers

Guests may be reluctant to use the pool shower if it is shaped like this — Guests may be reluctant to use the pool shower if it is shaped like thisCredit: SNAP Viral

9. Double shower

A sprinkler in a shower is overkill — A sprinkler in a shower is overkillCredit: SNAP Viral

10. Weak bladder

Guests may want to avoid the pool if incontinence is the reason for closing — Guests may want to avoid the pool if incontinence is the reason for closingCredit: SNAP Viral

11. Private seating

Guests need to be good at long jump to sit here — Guests need to be good at long jump to sit hereCredit: SNAP Viral

12. Bodged repair job

Maintenance may need to rethink their repair methods for this holder — Maintenance may need to rethink their repair methods for this holderCredit: SNAP Viral

13. Not for couples

Couples need not stay at this hotel — Couples need not stay at this hotelCredit: SNAP Viral

14. Excessively clean

For when one tap is not enough

15. Lost in translation

Sadly the hotel's meaning was slightly lost in translation — Sadly the hotel's meaning was slightly lost in translationCredit: SNAP Viral

16. Trimmed bush

It's hard to believe this wasn't a prank from the gardener — It's hard to believe this wasn't a prank from the gardenerCredit: SNAP Viral

17. Beautiful view

The guests in this room were lucky to have such a beautiful view — The guests in this room were lucky to have such a beautiful viewCredit: SNAP Viral

18. Room for one

The room had a range of weird objects in it — The room had a range of weird objects in itCredit: SNAP Viral

19. Private screening

The cinema room could do with an upgrade — The cinema room could do with an upgradeCredit: SNAP Viral

20. Fancy towels

One guest was given a very warm welcome — One guest was given a very warm welcomeCredit: SNAP Viral

21. Two for one

The innovative design meant one door for two cupboards — The innovative design meant one door for two cupboardsCredit: SNAP Viral

22. Female anatomy 101

The design of the ship perhaps needed a rethink — The design of the ship perhaps needed a rethinkCredit: SNAP Viral

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