Write about someone who books a bargain vacation, only to be told when they arrive that they need to share a hotel suite with a stranger.

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“Hostile in the hostel” by Lisa Wentworth

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Week 17 Write about someone who books a bargain vacation, only to be told when they arrive that they need to share a hotel suite with a stranger. Elise needed a getaway...someplace rich. Or at least with things to satisfy her rich tastes. She was living in the sticks without so much as a department store to get your retail therapy from, and it was getting old. There was no place to wear her designer gear, no shop for a makeover, no ladies who lunched...none of that. Just a hippie town with a lot of artisans that shunned labels and high...

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“I'm no Holmes” by Affair Writer

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“There’s someone here,” I called the recepsionist of the hotel where I’m staying right now. I was asleep and had just woken up due to the mysterious light and sound out of the shower. “Someone? It must be your imagination sir,” she said. “The toilet lights are on and I could hear the sound of a shower.” “Wait a minute sir, please let me check.” “Make it quick please-” I saw it, a finger turned the phone off. I then looked up, it was a man around his 30s. A naked blak haired man who had just c...

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“Complications” by Aiyana Henderson

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With a slump of her shoulders, Carol Jennifer Hardwin picked up her luggage and started to walk towards the front desk. Today was the day. She was finally going to have a hotel suite all to herself. There was no need for her to work in her processing job. The supervisor, Ida Mae Wahlberg, was a pretentious woman, and Carol did not use that word lightly. Her threatening, forest green, chipped, manicured nails were exhausting to look at; not to mention the fact that Carol was always insecure about how her nail buds hadn’t been done in a salon ...

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“Bargain Break” by C.M. Stevie

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“Bargain holiday,” the light from Isabelle’s laptop illuminated her face as she mumbled to herself, her gaze flitting across the screen as she read. Her eyes widened and a small smile crept onto her face. She turned the screen in my direction. “Look!” She exclaimed, her voice dripping with excitement. I drew my attention away from my phone. “What is it?” She jabbed her finger at the top of the page. In bold letters, it read: ‘Bargain holiday to Arnhem, Netherlands. Limited time deal. Get it while you can.’ “It’s perfect!” She squea...

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“A horrible beginning” by Rebbie IB

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My fingers tapped impatiently on the desk of the woman in front of me, she was ceaselessly clacking away at her computers doing whatever. I was waiting for her to answer to my plea, I desperately need this vacation or I swear I'll burn my office down and then myself. I was running on madness, exhaustation and coffee. I had earned my right to some time off which hereby calls for a vacation or so help me God... The woman looked at me an expression on her face that wasn't inviting to me. Please don't give me that look I'm about to go mad here. ...

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“How did you meet again?” by Margaret Keefe

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Mary Lou hadn’t been out of Vermont in 10 years since she moved there in retirement. It seemed like the kind of place an aging hippy would fit in, plenty of organic this and that and she even joined a drum circle. However, she had no idea how long the winters would be. She felt like she was living in a snow globe with daily snow showers and frigid temperatures, and her without all-wheel drive. Cabin fever set in sometime in early February. Thank God her small town just got high-speed internet and Mary Lou discovered the magic of th...

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“Paradox in Paradise” by Paula Dennison

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Sandra Harris sat in the hospital cafeteria reading the resort brochure that she had read the umpteenth time by now. “Come get away from those cold weather blues to our blue skies and water just waiting for you to lay back and take it all in. Hear nothing but the waves of the gulf washing softly upon the shores of the white sand beach.” The brochure went on to describe the many amenities of the Grand White Shores Beach Resort. Sandra looked across the cafeteria and her eyes were assaulted by a bright streak of sun glancing off three feet of ...

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“Remember Me” by Emerald Woods

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He is gone for good now. After hours of waiting for him to recover from his surgery, I walked towards the operating room. That was when I heard the doctors pronounce him dead. I collapsed to the floors, my mind flooded with denial. I couldn't believe he was gone. It amazed me how he only took his eyes off the road for a second, then he collided with a truck. His injuries were so severe, the doctors were positive he wouldn't survive the surgery, but they agreed to try. But as they expected, it failed miserably. My husband, Vincent Billings, ...

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“Dear Roger” by Maya Weatherall

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Dear Roger, If you would have told yourself that you would become best friends with a guy from another country, culture, and views – you would have been skeptical. You love meeting new people, that is why you’re becoming a pastor or so you thought. Living with a complete stranger for two weeks impacted your life. I am proud that you took a chance to go on vacation and find yourself because you weren’t happy before. You wanted to please your parents but didn’t really consider your emotions. I’m thankful as I’m writing this...

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“Fear and Loathing Made Easy” by Nikita Linivenko

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I imagine my deliverance coming in the form of a bottle of Klonopin I find in my pocket and take with me into the bathroom. Going out on a handful of ’90’s designer drugs, frothing at the mouth and thinking of pigeons and insects, millions of insects; fade to black, maybe white as a final electrical surge jolts through my occipital lobe in one last desperate bid, on the image of Piccadilly Circus as I saw it, chasing pigeons as Underworld’s “Born Slippy” pulses through my head. As such my prayers go unanswered, and we are only at the half-wa...

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“The Hotel Suite Mishap” by Evelyn Fick

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No. No. No. No. I can not be late. Can. Not. I paid for this vacation to escape from my crazy life. I absolutely deserve this vacation. My plane departs in fifteen minutes but from the other side of the airport. I have to run to make it but that means I have to look like that crazy woman who's late for their flight. Seriously. Running in high heels. Why? oh, why did I wear high heels to the airport?! I look down at my feet to see that I’m wearing different high heels. On my right foot, I have a pearl white 3 inch high heel, personally one of...

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“The Suitemate” by Jenni Wheeler

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Julie“Book Your Getaway! You Deserve a Break. Only $79/night.”The words beckon to me. I have so much stress from the loss of my job and now my brother’s news. The daily headaches are intensifying. I could use a break; that’s for sure. But that price seems awfully low. Especially for the gorgeous pictures I was currently scrolling through on my phone. I check the reviews to see what the catch is. Five Stars. Five Stars. Four point Five Stars, Four Stars. There are over a thousand reviews and most of them are four and five stars. I have j...

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“The killer in disguise ” by Hiba Irfan

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Hank got off the plane and took a breath of relief. His flight was 48 hours and the person next to him wasn’t exactly easy to deal with. All he wanted to do now was go and relax alone in his hotel room then enjoy the rest of his vacation for the next two weeks. He took a taxi to his hotel. He took in the sight of it. In the Caribbean breeze, the red letters flashed against the night sky. He walked into the very fancy lobby and went to the register to check-in. “I’m here to check in for Walters,” Hank said to the register lady. “Hank is it...

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“Room for Two” by Danika ɹǝƃɹǝquǝnǝ˥

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I checked my ticket again, flight 2771 east gate. I was surprised I even got a ticket, I bought one last minute with a coupon I had. An all-expenses-paid trip. I was surprised to see the package had such a low price. I was just happy to get out of the house. When I got to the gate I waited in line to board the plane. I grabbed my passport out for my bag and got it ready for the flight attendant. The line moved quickly and I soon reached the front. I handed the flight attendant my passport and ticket. She glanced at it and handed it back to...

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“Blue-Eyed Man ” by Mya Hope

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As the white noise of wet droplets immersed on my white paled skin, I laughed bawling out remorseless words like “why couldn't you ever appreciate my body for the way it was?”and “why'd you'd have to call me all those hateful names ?” then I broke with every scream cracking and both eyes flooding with downhearted salty tears. Months after Months I grieved of the green-eyed man with brown curly hair who had left me in our big grey house with nothing but myself and misery. As time passed and my confidence grew I decided I needed a break, ...

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Write about someone who books a bargain vacation, only to be told when they arrive that they need to share a hotel suite with a stranger.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 148 stories

“Hostile in the hostel” by Lisa Wentworth

“I'm no Holmes” by Affair Writer

“Complications” by Aiyana Henderson

“Bargain Break” by C.M. Stevie

“A horrible beginning” by Rebbie IB

“How did you meet again?” by Margaret Keefe

“Paradox in Paradise” by Paula Dennison

“Remember Me” by Emerald Woods

“Dear Roger” by Maya Weatherall

“Fear and Loathing Made Easy” by Nikita Linivenko

“The Hotel Suite Mishap” by Evelyn Fick

“The Suitemate” by Jenni Wheeler

“The killer in disguise ” by Hiba Irfan

“Room for Two” by Danika ɹǝƃɹǝquǝnǝ˥

“Blue-Eyed Man ” by Mya Hope

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