Typo Lands Tourist in Sidney, Montana, not Sydney, Australia.

Posted by Alex in Travel & Places on December 30, 2006 at 7:16 pm


A 21-year-old German tourist named Tobi Gutt learned the hard way the cost of a typo: he wanted to go to Sydney, Australia but bought tickets online to Sidney, Montana!

Seems Gutt had accidentally typed the wrong name into his web browser when he ordered his plane tickets online and wound up flying 13,000 miles to a place called Sidney, Montana.

The oil town only boasts about 5,000 souls and promises tourists such exciting events as "The Best of the West Beef Showcase," "The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial" and "The Lone Tree Gun Show."

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3 comments to "Typo Lands Tourist in Sidney, Montana, not Sydney, Australia."

  1. Tom
    December 31st, 2006 at 6:26 am

    Headline typo: should be Sidney Montana as per story.

  2. Alex
    December 31st, 2006 at 2:07 pm

    Hahaha, I'm embarrassed - a typo in a post about a typo! Thanks Tom - it's fixed now.

  3. leesouthern
    November 19th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    This type of thing happens all the time - here a woman ends up in Sydney Nova Scotia:
    http://www.gadling.com/2008/09/25/woman-ends-up-in-sydney-nova-scotia- by-mistake-she-wanted-aust/


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