Two Australian holidaymakers posted a TikTok video on Thursday showing dozens of flies scattered across the bathroom walls and ceiling of a room they said had been booked as a five‑star hotel stay.
The footage, shared via the account @themidmessess by members of a travelling friend group identified in the post as Chlo, Rahnn, Luc and Char, shows insects on shower tiles and along the bathroom floor while one of the women declares, "Me and Lucy's room has a fly infestation, look at the wall. That is f****d!" Another woman is heard on the phone saying, "I'm not staying here." The clip was captioned, "pov you book a 5 star hotel & it has a fly infestation," and attracted more than 30,000 views and dozens of comments.
In the video the travellers keep their suitcases packed and stacked together in the room as they discuss options. Viewers responded with a range of reactions, some advising the group to find alternative accommodation or return home immediately, while others referenced the friends' recent viral content in which they realised they had accidentally booked a chapel run by nuns.
In that earlier clip, the group is shown knocking on a door and being greeted by a woman in traditional religious dress before being escorted through wide corridors to a room described by the travellers as unexpectedly decorated. That episode, which drew attention for its unusual setting and the friends' surprise, contributed to interest in the subsequent hotel footage.
The travellers did not detail the name or location of the hotel in the TikTok post, and the clip does not show hotel signage. The video also does not indicate how hotel staff responded on site or whether the guests requested a room change or a refund. Social media users noted hygiene concerns and some suggested the group might have been better off accepting the chapel lodging seen in the earlier video.
The posts are part of a growing body of travel content that documents on‑the‑ground experiences and problems that guests encounter, which can spread quickly on short‑form video platforms. Hospitality industry representatives and public health authorities advise guests to report pest sightings to management promptly and to document issues with photos or video if seeking remediation.
The TikTok account has posted other travel clips from the same trip. Neither the account holders nor the hotel have issued a public statement about the incident as of the posting of the video.