A holidaymaker was stranded in Ibiza for four days after she lost her passport - only to realise it had been on the floor right in front of her all along after looking back at her photos from a night out.
Bobbie Cook, 21, had booked a trip to the party island with Loveholidays, and was due to fly with Thomas Cook.
However, the operator cancelled the trip just two days before they were due to jet off, meaning Bobbie and her mate Becca were left scrambling to book last minute flights and hotels.
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After finally arranging another plan of action, the first leg of their journey was delayed - meaning they missed their connecting flight from Barcelona to Ibiza.
Bobbie, from Essex, said: "Me and Becca booked our holiday with Loveholidays and we were flying with Thomas Cook.
"Just two days before we were supposed to go, they sent me an email telling us that they had cancelled our holiday and they will send over a refund.
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"I had to get a whole new hotel and flights package like a day before Ibiza! And the package we found didn't have a direct flight so we had to get off at Barcelona!
"And because the plane from Gatwick to Barcelona was delayed for an hour and a half, we missed our flight from Barcelona to Ibiza.
"We told the airline we was flying with that it wasn't our fault and they put us on the next plane, but that was five hours later!"
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But even after a five-hour wait, the streak of bad luck didn't end there.
On their second night, Bobbie and her friends went out to Pacha, when she realised her passport had gone missing.
Panicking, she started rummaging through her bag, searching high and low - but it was nowhere to be found.
Bobbie said: "I kept retracing my steps and checking the toilets, lost property, asking behind the bar and looking around that exact spot where we was taking photos and I couldn't find it at all!
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"I probably spent most of my night trying to find it.
"Becca kept telling me 'It's probably back at the hotel so there's no point in worrying,' but all I could think about was how was I supposed to get home. I leave in four days!"
Bobbie was forced to apply for an emergency passport, but had to wait another four days as it was a Friday and the British consulate did not process documents at weekends.
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This meant she would also miss her return flight on Monday.
Bobbie continued: "I was so scared I didn't know how I was gonna manage on my own!
"Becca wanted to stay with me but she couldn't because it was vital she went home for work, as she had too much time off already.
"Luckily one of my other friends I knew from back home said she would stay out there with me (she was already in Ibiza as well), which was a huge weight lifted from my shoulders.
"At least I knew she was gonna help me. I would have been useless on my own.
"I continued to stay out in Ibiza enjoying myself until Tuesday night, we changed hotels from San Antonio to Platja d'en Bossa and we booked the flights for Tuesday night, annoyingly they cost another £340 each!"
While Bobbie had enjoyed her extended stay in Ibiza, she was more than ready to leave on Tuesday night.
However, then another ordeal struck.
When Bobbie tried to check in at the airport, staff told her there was a payment issue on the ticket, and that she was unable to board the aircraft.
Bobbie said: "When we tried to check in one of the ladies from easyJet said there had been a payment issue and that we couldn't get on our flights.
"We felt hopeless. We just wanted to go home.
"We tried asking if we could repay to get on the flights and they said it was fully booked, and there were no flights until Friday.
"We were panicking to say the least. Luckily easyJet refunded us, but we had to go all the way back to Bossa and check into another hotel (this was my third hotel now).
"We didn't really go out partying much as all we wanted to do was just go home now.
"On the Wednesday we did go out and had a really good time despite being stranded in Ibiza for an extra four nights."
Then, to add insult to injury, when Bobbie was looking back through her Ibiza snaps on the last day, she came across a picture of her in Pacha - which revealed her missing passport had been right there on the floor in front of her all along.
She said: "On the last day of being there I was looking back at all the photos I'd taken this holiday.
"I came across the pictures I tweeted about and noticed the passport, I was in so much shock but couldn't help but laugh for ages.
"I was sending it to all my friends, posting it on my [Instagram] Stories and everyone found it hilarious. I just don't know how I didn't open my eyes.
"All of this could have been avoided if I just checked the photo after taking it and seen my passport lying there on the floor!"
Thankfully, Bobbie's been able to see the many positives that came out of the doomed holiday.
She added: "Even though I had so much bad luck happen this holiday, I had the best time and I will never forget this situation!"
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