Hotels around the world

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At holiday time, isn’t it helpful that hotels all around the world translate their signs into English for us?

And isn’t it hilarious when the translation goes a bit wrong?

See if you can read these without laughing out loud…

JAPAN

Air Conditioning: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.

Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing, please not to read notice.

Please to bathe inside the tub.

SWITZERLAND

Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose. 

AUSTRIA

Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.

ROMANIA

The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

SERBIA

To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

GERMANY

Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

FRANCE

Please leave your values at the front desk.

GREECE

Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9am and 11am daily.

MEXICO

The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

RUSSIA

If this is your first visit to Russia, you are welcome to it.

If you like these, take a look at our Wonderful Worldwide English post for more of the same sort of hilarity.