One of the worst things is being scammed. For example, you pay a lot for a brand trip thinking it'll be great, but it turns out to be a cheap and shoddy setup. Another bad thing is getting sick due to poor hygiene conditions during the trip.
Well, once I went on a brand - sponsored trip to a so - called 'luxury' resort. The rooms were dirty, the food was inedible, and the staff was extremely rude. It was a total nightmare.
One horror story is about a long delay. A passenger was on an Amtrak trip and the train got stuck in the middle of nowhere for hours due to a mechanical issue. There was no proper communication from the staff about when they would be moving again, and the food and water on the train started to run low.
One horror story could be getting lost in a dense forest during a field trip. The group strayed from the marked path and ended up in an area with no cell signal. They had to rely on basic survival skills to find their way back. Another might be encountering a wild and aggressive animal. A field trip to a safari - like area where a large and angry rhino charged at the group, causing panic. And the third could be getting trapped in an old, abandoned building that was part of the field trip exploration. The doors closed behind them and they were in the dark, with strange noises all around.
One of my trip horror stories was when I was camping. I heard strange noises all night. It turned out to be a wild animal prowling around my tent. I was so scared that I barely slept.
The toilets on the Amtrak train I took once were really dirty. There was a bad smell throughout the whole trip, and it made the journey quite unpleasant. It seemed like they hadn't been cleaned properly before the trip started.
The unknown is often the scariest. For example, in many horror trip stories, strange noises are a big part. You don't know what's making the noise, whether it's a supernatural entity or something more mundane but still menacing. Another element is isolation. If you're in a far - off place with no easy way to get help, that adds to the horror. Like being alone in a spooky old house in the middle of nowhere.
On a school trip to an old museum, some students reported seeing a figure that looked like a ghost in one of the restricted areas. The figure seemed to move and then disappear. It made everyone really scared. They later found out it was probably just a trick of the light, but at that moment it was truly horrifying. The students couldn't stop talking about it for weeks after the trip.
Well, there are stories about food poisoning. A tourist went to a small local eatery in Mexico. The food looked delicious, but after eating, they had severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. It turned out the place didn't follow proper hygiene standards. They spent days in their hotel room sick instead of enjoying their trip.
One field trip horror story is when a group of students went to a forest for a nature study field trip. It started to rain heavily and they got lost. Their phones had no signal and they were terrified. They huddled together under a big tree until a ranger luckily found them hours later.