The author shares their negative experience with international travel, specifically a trip to the UK. They mention their dislike for the process of air travel and their fear of dying in a plane crash. The trip started off poorly due to a hotel room that looked like a "windowless jail cell" despite having good reviews, which were later discovered to be fake. The author and their travel partner then encountered bed bugs in their hotel room, which was a traumatic experience. The trip continued to be plagued by bad luck, including a lost receipt, food poisoning from eating jalapenos, and a flight delay that resulted in an extra connecting flight. The worst part of the trip was receiving news of a sudden and unexpected loss during the flight, which made all the previous mishaps seem insignificant. Despite the negative experience, the author invites viewers to share their worst travel experiences in the comments.
1. The narrator lives in Japan and has been doing a lot of international traveling.
2. They were planning a trip to the UK to see friends after finishing two back-to-back conventions.
3. The first hotel they booked in London had a room that looked like a windowless jail cell, despite having glowing reviews.
4. The narrator's friends, Sydney and Gar, helped them book a new hotel room.
5. The narrator's second hotel in Brighton had bed bugs.
6. The narrator found two fresh drops of blood on the mattress and discovered they had been bitten by bed bugs.
7. The hotel owner refunded them and apologized, but there were no other rooms available for the night.
8. Sydney and Gar helped the narrator and their partner, Daus, by letting them sleep in their guest room.
9. The narrator lost a receipt for an item Sydney needed to return, which caused them stress.
10. Daus got food poisoning from eating jalapenos at a restaurant.
11. Their flight was delayed, which caused them to miss their connecting flight to Tokyo.
12. They had to take three separate flights to get home, totaling 18 hours of flying.
13. The narrator and Daus received news of a sudden and unexpected loss during their second flight.
14. The narrator and Daus were exhausted and relieved when they finally made it home.