Kalash Rajvansh

I booked the wrong hostel on my first solo trip 😭

Story to be continued in episode 2 ✨




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Lesson learned 🤡

Always check twice before booking your hotels while travelling,
Specially when you’re broke 😭

I booked the wrong hostel on my first solo trip.



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Bro… the story actually gets worse 🥲

So before starting,
the owner tells me…

“Just submit a small security deposit.
We’ll return it once the work is done.”

And I don’t know why…
but I trusted him.

Paid the money.

Then I stayed there for a whole month.

Empty hotel.
Almost no people.
Just me… working every single day.

In that one month, I:
– made 25 reels
– edited 50 photos
– handled their full social media

Genuinely gave it everything I had.

And when it was finally time to leave…

I asked for my deposit back.

He looks at me and says,
“We’re not satisfied with the videos.”

And just like that…
he refused to return my money.

I didn’t even know what to say at first.

Then it hit me…
this wasn’t about content.

This was straight up wrong.

So I started fighting for it.

Calls, arguments… again and again for weeks.

At one point I even said,
“I’ll sue you.” 😭

And he goes,
“I have lawyers.”

I was like… bhai theek hai, dekh lenge.

And after 3–4 weeks of this back and forth…

He finally sent my money back.

⸻

But honestly?

That whole month…
felt less like work,
more like survival.

Man vs Wild… but it’s just me and a shady hotel owner.

Travel is not all sunshine and rainbows!
Atleast not for me 🥲

Feel down a mountain,
Got lost, got scammed etc etc.

All the bad things have happened almost one in my life for sure 👀

So why should i carry all that trauma with myself?
I’m ready to dump all of it on the internet now!

Because….why shouldn’t I?

So stay tuned for the first episode of
“Worst days of my life while travelling” 🧭

Posting tomorrow ✨

Lost my phone in a taxi while travelling 🥲

And even after I found out,
That my phone was left in a taxi.

I forgot to go back to the taxi to get my phone🤷🏻‍♂️

And because of this I was left 24 hours without a phone, without any money on a solo trip all alone in a mountain village in Himachal.

Honestly, I was feeling lile a caveman 🧙🏻‍♂️

That’s when i realised how worthless my life can feel without my phone 😭

Travel made EZ!! ✨

Volunteering basically means offering your skills like social media, content creation etc. in exchange for free stay and food.

You can find volunteering opportunities easily on ✨

Work in hostels, cafes, farms, schools and keep travelling :)

Solo birthday gift 🥱

I wanted to do something crazy on my birthday,
So guess what!! I got my first tattoo ✨

And since the tattoo artist I met was also travelling,
I decided to get the tattoo done in the balcony of the property we both were staying at 😂

Tbh, I love the tattoo 🫶🏻



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