A young Australian woman has revealed a long list of failed vacations that threatened to derail her recent girls’ trip to Europe.
The list includes luggage, broken ankles, and pizza so bad the eight women still can’t talk about the disgusting cheese topping without gagging.
Izzy Fraser24, spent months planning the four-week dream vacation — but says everything that could go wrong.
She finds it funny to look back on but also wants others to learn from her mistakes.
She told FEMAIL while there were way more curveballs than she could have ever expected that she still had the best vacation of her life.
The novice traveler has only been abroad three times and said the trip hasn’t spoiled her will to explore — she’ll just keep going to avoid half the hassle next time.
The girls hadn’t even left Australia before their troubles started, something she now looks back on and laughs at.
Two members of the group had forgotten to book luggage on the flight there and had to pay an additional $250 to check in, she said on TikTok.
Izzy Fraser said the world seemed to turn against her and her seven friends on the journey — but despite a long list of avoidable challenges, she had the best time ever
At the first stop, Izzy, who had never been to Europe, had an allergic reaction or was bitten by bed bugs.
“I’m still not sure which one it was, but of course I blamed the lady at the property for bed bugs,” she added.
“That went on for five days, it was so uncomfortable,” she added.
The girls also “lost” their luggage for ten days during the trip – and because some of them didn’t keep their boarding passes, the inconvenience to their insurance companies was harder.
“I haven’t even tried that (insurance), because I literally couldn’t understand that abroad,” she said.
After that, the group had “really dodgy” accommodation in Zagreb, Croatia. The area felt unsafe, the staff were unhelpful and to make matters worse when they ordered pizza it was inedible.
“The cheese was, I can’t even talk about it,” she gagged, adding that she doesn’t think she’ll be able to eat Margherita pizza again.
The 24-year-old said the fact they were having a good time is hilarious considering how much ‘went wrong’
Everyone got some kind of virus on the trip, too, she explained, saying she was unwell before everyone else followed suit.
A near miss right after she bought a rental car rounded out the first of four videos, in which she goes through the bad things that happened on the trip.
The group also postponed the rest of their trip for a day and stayed an extra night in Zagreb after the airport said their luggage was likely to arrive by then.
“Obviously it wasn’t, so that was a waste of money,” she said.
She added that they changed places for the extra night because they no longer wanted to stay in the hood.
The delayed luggage gave the girls 45 minutes to shop for a five-day festival on day three of their trip.
“These are eight girls running around, like I was sweating, I was sprinting through this mall buying the craziest things,” she said.
They also got a parking ticket and said it took them three weeks to figure out how to pay for it.
During the journey there were numerous delayed buses and planes.
“Most of my flights were delayed, the buses were just super inconsistent,” she said.
She had the best time despite all the travel issues
Especially in Greece, where she added that they just drop by whenever they want.
In the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, the friends had more accommodation problems.
She described the man who worked at their shelter as super creepy and said she felt unsafe in the car as he sped through the streets while on his cell phone.
“I almost hit a car and then leaned over (and said) ‘I’ll keep you safe’ — well, I don’t feel safe love,” she said.
The accommodation was not what was pictured so the friends ran away and found something else.
“This was at midnight,” she said, explaining that they had also been ripped off €100 and laughed at in the street as they figured out what to do.
In part three, the young woman related that one day after a “really chaotic day,” the group was on a boat trip when another passenger broke an ankle.
She said the wife had to be carried off the boat and people had to take care of her kids, with the entire episode pushing the tour 30 minutes behind schedule.
“I was like OMG who could easily have been one of us, because of the track record.”
The group wasn’t even supposed to be on that boat, but the one they initially booked canceled five minutes before it was due to leave.
They also had a terrifying jet boat ride, “I didn’t expect to almost lose my life.”
The group also accidentally chose a 2 AM bus.
At the end of the trip, they lost their luggage again – only for two days.
Her friend also received a massive electric shock that caused her to shake and bounce on the bed. Her hand then hurt for days.
Two members of the group forgot to book luggage on the overflying flight and had to pay an additional $250 to check in
In the latest video, Izzy said she lost her AirPods right after she lost her luggage.
“I just wanted to listen to some music, could have cried,” she said.
The friend who was nearly electrocuted suffered another injury after trying to open a drink without a bottle opener.
The lid came off violently and hit her in the eye.
Izzy hurt herself twice in two days, the first time she was in the ocean when boats rushed past her, creating waves that slammed her against the rocks.
Then she fell over in the middle of the street with his backpack on, hurting her knee.
To her embarrassment, there was a very busy restaurant across the street and cars had to stop in front of her – which meant that there were far too many eyes in her direction.
She was also hungry for much of the trip as she was lactose intolerant and gluten free, making much of the food off limits.
Izzy said she was having the time of her life and wouldn’t change a thing.