The inadvisable travel tattoo is a dangerous pitfall for backpackers.
Not being able to read the local language is seldom a barrier to getting some banalism inked in inked in Mandarin or Sanskrit characters onto their skin. Yet there is a high degree of trust, and risk in submitting yourself to such a tattoo.
Fortunately, the 'TID: We've Got Your Back' App promises to save the travelling tattoo enthusiast from being scarred for life. This spell checker advertises the ability to spot typos before they get indelibly written into the gullible traveller's skin.
What Ariana Grande would have given for one of these! Earlier this year the singer had "BBQ grill" tattooed in Japanese characters on her hand, thinking it was the name of her single "seven rings".
Sadly, this is definitely an April Fools' hoax.
The odd couple: split the difference with Bedshare. Photo / Travelodge
Travelodge takes 50-50 risk with 'Bedshare'
Bargain seekers would do anything for 50-per-cent off their holiday accommodation. Well, almost anything.
The hotel chain's post says it is halving costs "for guests willing to share 50 percent of their rooms and amenities with another guest."
In a fake blog post and odd-couple video the hotelliers walk through the concept, interviewing businessman Glenn and surf dude Jack who are sharing a room divided down the middle with blue electrical tape.
At least no one could accuse the prank of being half-arsed.
Flights from one dollarydoo. Photo / Webjet.com.au
Webjet's Brexit flash sale
The Aussie airline Webjet has been courting whinging Poms with a "Brexit escapes" flash sale.
The airline promises "one dollarydoo flights" to discontented Brits.
"Webjet Australia are here to help so you don't have to stay and deal with the no deal. Get out of the rain and come on over to sunny Australia on one of our $1 international flights, departing daily from all major UK cities!"
It's definitely an April Fools' prank but the "$1* flights" seem like a cheap shot at Poms who are looking for a break and a bargain flight away from it all.
Is there such a thing as too prepared? Photo / Kathmandu
Kathmandu's Gor-Tex wedding dress
Why let your big day be ruined by a downpour? Instead embrace the monsoon in what outdoor shop Kathmandu describes as the "world's first all-weather, all-terrain designer wedding dress."
"The Adapt Wedding Dress is the result of a collaboration between Kathmandu, New Zealand fashion designer Tanya Carlson and GORE-TEX fabric."
It promises storage pockets that "allow the bride to carry flowers, first-aid kits or bottles of water." How many weddings has this Ms Carlson actually been to?
The couple who turn up to the alter in this April Fools' hoax will surely have a marriage that'll be able to weather anything.
Duolingo language learning app throws in the owl
In a rather creepy advert the app pledges an unusual form of "positive reinforcement" to help language learners commit to daily practice.
For those in danger of lapsing on their French conjugations, the app threatens to send a large green owl "to remind you to practice so you never miss a day of language learning again."
Nothing says "have you done your verb tables?" like a pair of big, unblinking owl eyes.
We really hope this is a hoax.
Attack of the 30ft waxworks. Photo / Madame Tussauds, Sydney
Madame Tussauds Sydney giant waxwork
The Australian offshoot of the world-famous waxworks museum has been keeping something big under wraps.
It has finally announced that has got permission from the Australian "Department of Big Things" to install a giant open air waxwork in Australia's biggest city.
"The giant wax figure of an iconic Australian will grace an associated and equally iconic location, offering a unique photo opportunity like never before. This will transform the city, become an unmissable photo opportunity for the 'gram, and further enhance Sydney's reputation as the number one city in Australia."
Uber(po)Go
The taxi-hailing app has pledged to cut emissions and congestion with what it is calling the "future of micro-mobility".
Promising to send pogo sticks to beat rush-hour traffic, the app has jumped into this April Fools' hoax with both feet.
"By taking more cars off the road and getting more people onto the pogo stick, we can give cities another tool to help fight congestion, and therefore pollution."
