A free hotel stay turned into a nightmare after influencer discovered she had said yes to a 32-square-foot room with shared bathrooms
Probably should have checked the whole thing
A woman regrets agreeing to a barter collaboration with a property after learning where she would be staying. In the opening of her TikTok video, Tara Lynn (taraswrld) said, “I just found out some crazy sh** about the hotel I’m supposed to be checking into today.” She said she would check out of her current hotel and check into the new one the same day, but after the reveal, she has “nowhere to go.”
Lynn described her initial reaction to the property representatives contacting her. She said, “They emailed me the other day while I was at Harry about this comp stay. So I, like, briefly looked at their website. Everything looked nice. I signed the contract.” However, she noted that a day before she was supposed to check in, she did a deep dive on the property’s website and found out she was checking into a hostel with rooms of about 32 square feet and shared bathrooms.
How did Lynn deal with the information? She got in touch with the hostel’s staff but, unfortunately, was disappointed. Speaking about how the conversation went, she said, “I emailed the person I was emailing with, and I was like, ‘Hi. I didn’t realize that this had shared bathrooms. I don’t feel comfortable with that due to, like, safety purposes.’ I was also like, ‘I have three suitcases. Like, I just physically can’t fit into a room that’s 32 square feet’…They said, no, babe, this is a hostel.”
Lynn ended her video by saying she didn’t have a hotel for the next three days. She also mentioned that three other influencers were in the city besides her, and they were staying in hotels charging them $1,800 a night. She said she didn’t know whether she should be spending that much on her stay.
“Do it for the plot”
Some commenters on Lynn’s post thought staying at the hostel was a good idea, with some noting it would be a unique experience worth documenting. One person wrote, “Do it for the plot.” Another said, “Hostel would make for good content.”
Ultimately, Lynn decided to listen to her followers. In later videos, she said she had canceled her booking but then chose to go to the Now Now hotel (the hostel she was staying in New York) after their encouragement. She noted the shared bathroom, explaining she wasn’t sharing it with just one person but with the entire floor. She also pointed out that her room lacked a ceiling, so she had to whisper while recording.
A few others in Lynn’s comments suggested she look for hotels, noting that many options were below $1,800. One person commented, “Um, there have to be hotels between hostel and $1,800.” Another remarked, “There is actually a super secret third option… a normal hotel that isn’t $1800.” A few others, on the other hand, did not think spending $1800 on a hotel was a bad decision. One person said, “Honestly, 1800 a night added to your debt probably isn’t the biggest deal in the world.”
In her latest video update, Lynn said she’d already spent a day at her hostel and was excited for the next day. She also expressed gratitude to her followers for their encouragement to stay there.
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