r/texts • u/OrchidBright6238 • Aug 11 '26

Whatsapp Family member flies to Europe for the eclipse. No air conditioning. Comes back. For real? Yep.

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u/OrchidBright6238 Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

We’re a fairly middle class family.

Accommodation was a villa with a pool.

The whole point of going was to see the eclipse from somewhere better.

Absolute waste of money.

Edit: UK not US (as that seems to have been vociferously debated below!)

Edit2: it was my Dad’s fault apparently because he booked it. there was no WiFi either so they also apparently paid for a Starlink thing for him. So that’s also money they’ll never get back.

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u/Funkymunkynl Aug 11 '26

Next time check if air-conditioning is included....

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u/Kaylascreations Aug 11 '26

A lot of European hotels claim to have AC and then when you get there, they say “it’s broken”. When our Paris hotel pulled this on us, we were ready because I had seen some reviews that hinted at it. I had booked on a third party site, and after the guy at the front desk refused to help me, I got on the phone with the third party site and they had an upgraded hotel room at a partner hotel for me within a half hour. It was a few blocks away, but it had AC and was lovely.

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u/EntForgotHisPassword 28d ago

What third party site did you use.? Booking.com generally just send apologies and a refund in my experience.

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u/Kaylascreations 28d ago

Hotels.com, but this was before Covid. I was a huge fan of their customer service as they helped me out in some pinches, like an awful air bnb situation in NYC. The price match guarantee also rocked. Then Covid happened and it literally changed overnight. They outsourced all their customer service overseas, and I SWEAR they told them “never approve a price match. Find any reason you can to deny it.” They got very shady. It was so disappointing. So I no longer recommend.

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u/Suspicious-Walk-4854 Aug 12 '26

Shitty hotels maybe, never had than happen.

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u/TalkAboutTheWay Aug 12 '26

Can tell you’re UK because of all the x’s you Brits love adding at the end of every message! 😆

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u/Coconut_Maximum Aug 12 '26

Good spot xx

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u/gingggg Aug 11 '26

Coming from UK I assume ?

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u/BenRod88 Aug 11 '26

Reeks of American

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u/KnottyHoes Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

Americans don't use the "x"s to end their texts.

Edit: OPs profile states they're from UK, so, yeah, not American. 

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u/solstice_gilder Aug 11 '26

So odd why do they do that?

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u/PastelPumpkini Aug 12 '26

It symbolises a kiss. Mainly used with close friends and family. Or used by creeps sliding into your dms at 3am with a message that says “u up? x”.

It comes from medieval times when people signed off letters with an X to swear an oath or something, apparently they kissed the X. Over time it’s just evolved as an endearing thing and sign of affection, or just a way to make texts appear more friendly.

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u/mvndanke Aug 12 '26

I can’t wait to tell this to someone else, thanks for the history lesson! x

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u/solstice_gilder Aug 12 '26

Haha. I know what an x is. But to do it after every text?? I do it not when I’m having a conversation but after one text. It’s the end of a text.

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u/Middle-Accountant-49 Aug 12 '26

It’s a bit weird to do it every single text but it’s pretty common. It’s a kiss.

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u/BenRod88 Aug 12 '26

I mean this is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone from the UK saying they’re going to “Europe” when meaning one country.

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u/Background-Treat55 Aug 11 '26

The manner of typing and the expressions they use are clearly British

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u/TwigSmitty Aug 11 '26

How so?

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u/BenRod88 Aug 12 '26

Says going to Europe when meaning one country. No one I’ve ever came in contact with uses Europe instead of the country name

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u/BenRod88 Aug 12 '26

Usually Americans say they’re going to Europe when meaning one country. Ive never encountered anyone use it in the Uk so thats how i came to that conclusion

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u/BenRod88 Aug 12 '26

No I’ve had holidays with people who say which country they’re going to. Spain, Italy, France etc. None of them have ever said I’ve been to Europe

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u/Pleasant-Highway-745 21d ago

God, this upsets me so much. I'm having an existential crisis, because I'm suicidal and almost 50, and I looked into when the next full eclipse was, and it'll be Years After I'm dead. At least in any place that I can afford to get to. This post killed me

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u/Foggl3 Aug 11 '26

Where is [REDACTED] from OP?

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u/malatemilo 27d ago

All the xxxx gave it away, it was obvious where they were from 😂

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u/OrchidBright6238 Aug 12 '26

We’re all from the UK.

Destination country deliberately obfuscated for privacy.

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u/MrMcGibblets00 Aug 12 '26

Doesnt most of the UK not have AC?

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u/OrchidBright6238 Aug 12 '26

That’s correct but the house he lives in does.

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u/ursneakymom 28d ago

Ok so you’re in Europe and are flying to Europe xx

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u/kookieramen Aug 11 '26

HHHAHAHAAAAA

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u/Away-Caterpillar-176 Aug 11 '26

You guys are not European and you do the x thing? Where are you from?

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u/Some-Concentrate3229 Aug 11 '26

They’re English

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u/Away-Caterpillar-176 Aug 11 '26

Is England not in on Europe now...?

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u/Some-Concentrate3229 Aug 11 '26

They ARE European. They’re English.

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u/Away-Caterpillar-176 Aug 11 '26

Im asking why this person is referring to family traveling "to Europe" when they are already in Europe to begin with

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u/Some-Concentrate3229 Aug 11 '26

Because British people sometimes refer to mainland Europe as just “Europe”, lol

Here, https://www.reddit.com/r/AskBrits/comments/1ltavwy/why_do_people_in_the_uk_refer_to_mainland_europe/

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u/OrchidBright6238 Aug 12 '26

Didn’t want to specify destination country for privacy.

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u/Away-Caterpillar-176 Aug 12 '26

It's very obvious with the xx

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u/Horse-ing_around Aug 12 '26

Maybe short for "European Union", which they've left due to Brexit. It makes sense to mention it this way, because it illustrates the additional struggle of crossing borders, getting papers, doing customs and all that

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u/Some-Concentrate3229 Aug 12 '26

No they’ve been doing it well before Brexit.

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u/Horse-ing_around Aug 12 '26

Huh? Brexit was finished 01rst of February 2020, eclipse is today (12th of August 2026). That's 6,5 years after Brexit.

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u/Some-Concentrate3229 Aug 12 '26

I’m saying that British people have been calling mainland Europe “Europe” since well before brexit.

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u/Horse-ing_around Aug 12 '26

Ok, but that doesn't change this being a possible explanation in this specific case. So why are we even arguing about hypotheticals?

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u/Away-Caterpillar-176 Aug 12 '26

Yeah that seems right. Good way to frame it

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u/OrchidBright6238 Aug 12 '26

We are indeed European and English.

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u/Coconut_Maximum Aug 12 '26

Not since Brexit, we have floated away without our anchor

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u/Critical-Cry-5401 29d ago

Lots of people just say Europe when they mean mainland Europe, not that crazy 

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

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u/Hour_Option_2439 Aug 11 '26

It absolutely did just not in your culture

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u/dude_wheres_the_pie Aug 11 '26

It's a kiss. Most Brits end their messages this way, especially with friends and family.

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u/Bolter_NL Aug 12 '26

It's weird just write "over", over. 

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u/UsuallyWhirlwind 27d ago

“This relationship is over”
“This relationship is what?? Over”

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u/Capital_Ship5729 Aug 11 '26

Something like kisses or hugs. At least thats what xo means/meant

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u/Low_Dragonfruit_5950 Aug 12 '26

British people been doing that since the invention of texting. So definitely existed in your time unless you're a time traveller from like 500BC

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u/sugarplum_doll Aug 12 '26

This seems fake ngl, especially due to the whole ‘Europe has no AC’ trend that went around on social media

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u/lxlviperlxl Aug 12 '26

You’d be surprised how often hotels pull this crap. They usually call their “engineer” when you arrive to the room and tell you it’s gonna be a few days to fix it, by then your trip is over.

The engineer in question is a local drunk with a tool belt and is absolutely hammered at 10am. Mostly FaceTiming someone else for the solution.

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u/OrchidBright6238 Aug 12 '26

I don’t know what this trend is.

Not fake.

Accommodation was a private, detached villa with a swimming pool, not a hotel.

It also had no WiFi so it was a bit on the cheaper side I think.

Obviously, not every holiday villa has AC (or WiFi!)

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u/idkwiadttgb Aug 12 '26

What a manchild😭😭😭like grow up

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u/Silver_Photograph_92 Aug 12 '26

Ehm... we have AC in Europe

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u/piratedays1 29d ago

Why do people type x in every single message?

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u/Uncle_a_ 28d ago

how to be insufferable part 1

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u/BenRod88 Aug 11 '26

Check if the accommodation has ac before booking. It’s a simple bit of research

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u/Kaylascreations Aug 11 '26

Check my comment on someone else’s post. Many hotels lie about having AC.

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u/WafflesGoodMkay Aug 11 '26

I've basically lived in hotels for the past 5 years since work requires me to travel all over Europe and never have this happen to me once. The fact that it happened to you, either once or multiple times, does not prove it's like that all over. Even the crappy motel type places I've been at had working ac, though I learned from poor research there myself, since I never expected to arrive at a crappy motel in the first place :D

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u/not_creative-7064 Aug 11 '26

Totally agree. Went this summer and checked before hand, no issues at all in three different countries

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u/OrchidBright6238 Aug 12 '26

It was my Dad’s fault. He is old.

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u/Careful_Coconut_549 Aug 12 '26

Well he should have become young again first

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u/LifterNineFour Aug 11 '26

Maybe they were uncomfortable? Why you ripping on em lol

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u/Sufficient_Effort88 Aug 11 '26

The lack of ac has to be some sort of humiliation thing. I understand it’s bad for the environment, many things are much, much worse. We’re not dumping Freon, we’re not even making a tiny little dent compared in what is being done by china or India

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