Submitted by "Cecil Hotel" on 06/09/2008

Room 1209 May 28th to June 2nd

Got home from a business trip and over the next week developed bump after bump on my neck, arms, and chest. Thought I'd been bitten by mosquitoes at first, but after a few days it became obvious that I was suffering from something far worse. I've never had allergies but I was pretty sure that I had hives...until my business partner (and roommate while staying at the Cecil Hotel) called to report the same symptoms. We looked it up and YUP bedbugs.There were many warnings that it is incredibly easy to transfer these parasites from one location to another. Only extreme temperatures will kill all stages of bedbugs, so my linens and clothing are currently being shrunk in HOT water. (My dry cleaning is in the freezer.)

I came to find out that the Cecil Hotel knew about this problem for MONTHS before our stay, but still rented out the rooms. This place is a glorified slum.

Submitted by "Cecil Hotel is Bedbuged Out!" on 03/24/2008

I had gone to bed in room 539 in December 6, 2007
and was almost asleep when I felt something bite me. I got up and turned on the lights to find 4 or 5 bedbugs moving around in the bed. I got a newspaper and swatted them. When I sat in the chair I saw 2 more bedbugs on that. Then I noticed some more were comming under the door. This place sucks!