4 Bizarre Confessions by Hotel Guests

We’ve all read and heard stories from hotel staff about downright hilarious, horrible and creepy incidents that have occurred in hotels. Sometimes, guests take hospitality for granted – sometimes they’re just adorably clueless.

But sometimes, guests have their own interesting episodes to share. So check in with us, as we take you through some thoroughly bizarre anecdotes that guests have shared about their hotel experiences.

Welcome to the 4 bizarre confessions by hotel guests

“I Am Watching You”

A guest staying in a Las Vegas hotel did not have a very enjoyable stay – thanks to its previous owner. Now, we know what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas – but we didn’t know that extended to hotel rooms as well. Apparently, Mr. Markins, 30, who was staying in a Las Vegas hotel for a couple of days could not have a good sleep at night, thanks to the pranking antics of the guest before him. Hotel staff were befuddled when Markins came to the reception desk in the dead of night, complaining that the wall next to his bed read “I am watching you” in eerie green ink.

When hotel staff tried removing the offending words, they discovered it had been written in permanent invisible ink that glowed in the dark. In the end, Markins was given a new room to stay and the hotel staff had to repaint the entire room and ban invisible ink markers from the hotel premises. 

“Delivery for Mr. Fibbing”

Sometimes, marital disputes accompany guests to their hotel rooms. John Wainwright was a guilty party long before he entered a plush New Orleans hotel – on account of lying to his wife about a frivolous detail. The wife, not one to take things lying down, decided to get a little come-uppance of her own by booking his room under the name of ‘Mr. Fibbing”.

Suitably embarrassed, Mr. Wainwright/Fibbing tried to persuade hotel authorities to change his name, but the payment had been made under the hilarious name. He was forced to endure three days of being called to breakfast, offered room service and even invited for a hotel conference under Mr. Fibbing. Ah, the consequences of lying to your spouse…

“No, You Cannot Go Down That Path”

“We’d moved into a boutique bed-and-breakfast in Bedford for the weekend,” says Ms. Landing, “when the guests in the adjoining room started creating a fuss about not being able to walk down a certain path. As we’d been assigned small cottages with gardens in the back, there was plenty of privacy for all of us. But the path outside this particular guest’s cottage had been closed for refurbishment. When they learned of this, they decided to bring down the storm on the poor family that was running the establishment. Things became so ugly that the family was forced to halve their rent and offer them a complimentary meal for not being able to trace their footsteps down the mythical path.”

“Revenge is a Two-Sided Coin”

A pet-hotel in Oregon saw passive-aggressiveness to its full scale when a cold-hot war between two guests ignited over the issue of noise. Carl Jenkins, a student, was on vacation and like most young (and old) folks out there, enjoyed a little music in the night. Unfortunately for him, the couple next door did not appreciate music after 8 pm, when they went to sleep. After a few telling-offs and pleas from the hotel authorities, Carl Jenkins was forced to forego his music-listening, but decided to turn the tables.

The couple had brought their Cocker Spaniel along with them for the vacation, and while the dog was not a noisy one, he started barking incessantly at nights. The couple was at a loss to understand why their little pooch had suddenly turned into an insomniac dog singer. After facing numerous complaints from hotel authorities, guests and specifically Carl Jenkins, they decided to cut short the vacation by a day and left the hotel in awkward shame. Little did they know was that the reason for their dog’s uncharacteristic behaviour was the little dog whistle Jenkins was playing every night to rattle him. Now that is called cold-blooded revenge – and yes, dogs are collateral damage here.  

Have your own stories to add to this list? We’d love to hear them!