Flight attendant discovers amazing hotel view is a royal scam

It was a view to a nil.A flight attendant felt royally duped after booking what she thought was a hotel with a “gorgeous” city view — only to realize she’d been vacational-ly catfished.The incident occurred while air hostess Angela Ruth Strong was on vacation with colleagues in Mexico, as Jam Press reported and also detailed in a TikTok video with 3 million views.“This was my first overnight in the city, and another flight attendant had told me that it [the unnamed hotel] was one of her favorites,” the crew member said of her hotel hornswoggling.Strong said she had especially big “expectations,” as her room was located on the ninth floor, the highest in the resort and situated far above her colleagues’ accommodations.Her coworkers even told her that her room was “the best” and a “penthouse,” Strong recalled.However, the vacationer quickly said hasta la vista.When she arrived in her quarters, she realized that her “gorgeous view” was anything but.

In the accompanying footage, the TikTokker can be seen walking toward the window in her room, which appears to overlook a sprawling city skyline with colonial-style buildings.However, upon closer inspection, it became apparent that the so-called metropolitan vista was actually a print on a shade.When she rolls up the blind, all that can be seen is a blank white wall with an austere-looking skylight.Strong said she found her predicament “both ridiculous and fitting,” recalling, “I think I was more entertained than anything, and I had to share.”TikTok viewers saw the funny side of Strong having the wool — er curtains — pulled over her eyes.“Smart to install those blinds lol,” quipped one viewer while another wrote, “They were going with a non-claustrophobic motif.”“The photo in the blinds told it all,” said a third.“You have to pay extra for the view,” joked one wit.Thankfully, Strong said she doesn’t feel too bad because she “paid nothing” for the hotel — a...