t didn't find anything, so we started searching the bed. The comforter was pulled off of the bed and sheets lifted up, still nothing was found, so we thought we were in the clear. Then we began searching the seams of the mattress and thats when we found the culprit. It was actually just laying dormant, but when we kicked the mattress, it started to move. Immediately we called the maids to look at it, and they saw what the issues were. I took a picture of the bug with my cell phone as proof. They told me go to the front desk and tell the clerk. After explaining the situation and showing pics, he apologized for the incident and said that this is the first time that they had heard of having bed bugs in their hotel and asked if we would like to stay in another room.

He took us to the next room and we told him to stand their while we did our own inspection. We literally tore the room/mattress/boxspring apart, and to no avail, found anything. Although we didn't find anything, we still didn't put our bags anywhere near the floor and had everything zipped up the entire time and had room service come put on fresh sheets while we watched them. I haven't observed or noticed any bite marks on my body, or had the itching start to occur, so I think it's safe to say that we escaped it this time around. But I'm sure that if they are in one room, they will be on the move to other rooms in the same hotel. Hotel management did nothing to try to comp us for the inconvenience besides give us another room and tell us that they didn't know about the problem, and will call the exterminator to fix it. I'm going to write a letter to HoJo's offices and let them know of the incident as well, although I'm sure it won't do anything. Currently I'm washing everything that went on the trip with me, as well as letting my bag and other belongings sit outside on the porch in the 34 degree weather.