Two teenagers ended up in Barcelona after a drunken night out got out of hand and only realised what was going on as they were descending into the Spanish city.
Tara Hammersley, 19, was enjoying a night out in Crawley, Sussex, with her best friend Jack Messer, 19, when the pair took a trip to Gatwick airport to buy food. Which, let's be honest, is only going to end one way (well, hopefully a return ticket was purchased but still).
It was there that Jack, a retail worker, decided to book two tickets to Barcelona for a spontaneous trip abroad. I need more friends like Jack in my life.
Tara - who studies psychology at Nottingham Trent University - claims she can't remember anything from their airport escapade and woke up during their descent into Spain.
The pair spent four days in Barcelona, even though Tara had no clothes or money apart from the outfit she had been wearing on the night out, before returning to the UK on February 27.
Jack said: "We decided, as Tara was in need of some food, to head to Gatwick Airport for a cheeky McDonald's. It's only 15 minutes away from the club and it was the easiest place to go for food.
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"But as soon as we saw the planes, we decided to check out Skyscanner. That's when I decided to book our flight to Barcelona for a little spontaneous holiday."
The pair - feeling a little worse for wear - found the cheapest deal on Skyscanner and settled on Barcelona as their chosen destination.
Tara added: "Apparently when we got to the airport we decided it would be a great idea to go on holiday, we nearly went to Morocco.
"I don't remember this but Jack filled me in - the last thing I remember was being sick in the club toilets. Jack remembers booking the flights but can't remember anything after that.
"When I woke up on the flight I had no idea where I was - my initial thought was I had died and was on my way to heaven." I don't know about you but my idea of the journey to heaven is much more serene than a noisy budget airline flight with no leg room and Dave the smoker sat next to you itching for a fag.
Tara added: "After asking Jack multiple times where we are, he finally remembered we were going to Barcelona. I just said, oh my God what have we done, and eventually laughed it off."
The intoxicated pair caused trouble before even leaving the country, after nearly being refused entry to the plane. We can't possibly imagine why that was.
And the flight wasn't the end of the disaster - upon arriving in Barcelona, Tara found herself without money, clothes or cards, having not taken them with her on the night out. Typical Tara...
She added: "They nearly didn't let us on the flight as we were that drunk. I have no idea how we made it through airport security and on to the plane but somehow it happened.
"Thankfully Jack had his card so I had to use that for the whole trip - we also had no clothes apart from what we wore to the club that night.
"I had on a shiny, silver bodycon dress - not the best outfit to travel in. We had to buy some clothes and borrow some clothes off some friends we made at the hostel we were staying in.
"We decided to stay in Barcelona for a couple of days and try to make the most out of our drunken mistake. We spent most of the time chilling out on the beach and going out drinking at night.
"All in all we had a good holiday although I'm hoping that this doesn't happen again - my mum has confiscated my passport since!"
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It sounds like the pair of them need their passports burning.
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