Our vacation was a comedy of errors from start to finish.
comedy of errors
idiomA series of amusing or farcical events involving awkward missteps or other mistakes.
Origin
first recorded 16th c. disputed originFrom comedy + of + errors, probably coined by the English playwright William Shakespeare (c. 1564 – 1616) as the title of the play The Comedy of Errors (written c. 1594; published 1623), about two sets of identical twins separated at birth who are involved in a series of mistaken identities.
Between the lost luggage and the wrong hotel booking, our trip turned into a complete comedy of errors.
The entire wedding ceremony became a comedy of errors when the rings went missing and the officiant arrived at the wrong venue.