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TikToker shares hilarious Benidorm blunder – booking ‘prison-like’ hostel instead of luxe beachfront hotel

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A pair of TikTok stars who frequently holiday in Benidorm have suffered another hilarious blunder after attempting to book a cheap hotel.

Graham from Middlesbrough was left furious after his pal, Darren, booked them in what he thought was private accommodation on the beachfront.

After a long journey, the disastrous duo arrived at their destination however, they couldn’t believe their eyes when they discovered they would be sharing a room with four strangers.

Eventually, they realised they had booked Hostel Benidorm Beach instead of a private hotel – and put the debacle down to Darren misplacing his specs.

The pair shared the disaster on a TikTok live stream where thousands were left in stitches at their mistake and pointed out where things went wrong.

“I’ve never been to prison but the night before I watched a TV program about HMP Durham In the 90s and it just looked like that,” Graham said.

“It even had bars on the windows.

“I told the receptionist ‘I can’t sleep here – can I have a refund as my mate is just sat there laughing at me’.

“My mate just kept saying ‘I didn’t have my glasses on when I booked it’.

“Six bunk beds all next to each other with bars on the windows? Not for me.

“It was then 2 am and we were walking around Benidorm with suitcases looking for somewhere to stay I wasn’t staying in a hostel with random men.”

Darren, or ‘Dazza’ as he prefers to be called, suspected something was wrong as they were on a transfer bus from the airport and couldn’t find their destination on Google.

The pair, who regularly document their trips to the tourist destination on TikTok, shared their concerns with their 141,000 followers.

Viewers quickly realised where things went wrong and pointed out they had booked a hostel not a hotel.

Graham added: “We arrived at the old town but we don’t usually go there so I put my live stream on.

“There were 1,400 people watching so I asked if anyone heard of it and where it was.

“Hundreds of comments were coming through saying there’s a hostel Benidorm beach, not a hotel.

“I asked my mate to show me the confirmation but he couldn’t because his phone was flat.

“Finally some man told us the directions and when we get there it says Hostel Benidorm Beach.

“I just looked at my mate and said ‘are you winding me up?’.

“He said ‘I didn’t have my glasses on when I booked'.

“I got in the reception where it was very clean and didn’t look too bad to sleep in – well how wrong was!

“We got to the room and there was six bunk beds and swimming lockers.”

Although the pair forked out £190 for five nights in the hostel, they found humour in the situation and posted about their blunder on TikTok.

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