Bed Bugs on holidays.

Charlie kelly · 10-07-2025 05:16PM #1

I stayed at a hotel abroad and developed bedbug bites during my stay. A pest control company confirmed the infestation came from there and I’ve already spent nearly €700. I emailed the travel company in Ireland, but they say I won’t get any compensation unless the hotel admits to having bedbugs!!. This has caused a lot of stress and financial loss. The bites appeared two days before we left, I didn't know what they were until I went to the doctor when I came home and he confirmed it was bed bug bites. It has cost me a lot of money and still not sure if the bed bugs are fully gone. Has anyone dealt with this or have advice on what to do next?

Caranica · 10-07-2025 05:18PM

We had a similar experience in a hotel but had booked the hotel directly. Got a full refund on the stay when they finally admitted the issue but that didn't come close to covering costs incurred. Btw bed bug bites can take up to 2 weeks to appear. My OH actually spotted a bug just before we left the room to check out so we were vigilant after that

Charlie kelly · 10-07-2025 09:19PM

How did you get the hotel to admit it? I had a few spots leaving Spain but the rest appeared when we arrived home. The travel company are saying the bed bugs could have come from anywhere eg seat in a restaurant 🙈 I know we got them in the hotel bedroom

Any tips or advice? Thanks

Caranica · 10-07-2025 10:19PM

We had photos of the bug and then the spots were definitely bed bug bites. Several rooms on our floor reported them according to the TripAdvisor reviews

chiefwiggum · 10-07-2025 11:24PM

Back from Spain yesterday and convinced we had bed bugs. My wife had a few bites but I was destroyed. I'm still itching and bumps coming out all over my body. Will never be able to prove it was the accommodation though. Washed everything we had even stuff we didn't wear and fumigated the bags!

statto25 · 10-07-2025 11:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123622513#Comment_123622513

Dont rule out mosquitoes either. We were in Spain a few weeks ago and my missus was eaten alive by the feckers. She had to visit the chemist and they said it was one of the worst years in memory.

Oscar_Madison · 10-07-2025 11:38PM

Yeah- humidity really brings on the mosquitos - and it’s night time they attack - got a load of bites this year abroad -deffo not bed bugs - when in a shaded area outside one evening I felt my arm starting to get eaten alive 😀- they were midges I’d say but plenty of mosquito bites too

RockOrBog · 10-07-2025 11:42PM

Why do mosquitoes like some people more than others. I never had a problem with them when I was living abroad but I remember people out in lumps from them.

rossie1977 · 11-07-2025 11:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123622580#Comment_123622580

Taken from Pfizer site

"To help locate their prey, female mosquitoes use their antennae and palps, the organs between their antennae, to detect carbon dioxide and odor. That means people who have a high metabolic rate and emit more carbon dioxide, including those who are pregnant, working out, or drinking alcohol tend to be more attractive to mosquitoes"

Its also suggested O type blood might be more attractive to mosquitoes.

endofrainbow · 11-07-2025 01:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123622580#Comment_123622580

I get eaten alive and have broken out in blisters at times. I always travel with anti histimine tablets.

Apparently, people with type O blood are more susceptible , I've also heard pre-menstrual women tend to be bitten more.

Mosquitoes are more active at dawn and dusk.

RockOrBog · 11-07-2025 09:53PM

I would hear the mosquitoes buzzing around the room at night past my ear but I never once got bitten.

There was a Clare lad next door and he was riddled in bites, they would end up getting infected it was bad.

Bed Bugs on holidays.

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