a rising epidemic in hotels lately. We started researching and looking at bed bug bite pictures online and saw that the pictures of other people's bed bug bites very closely resembled the welts I had and were even in the same places the bites I had. Still, I didn't complain, but at this point I wish that I had. It's very uncomfortable and is an issue that needs to be resolved.

e had some welted bites on his back and sides - sort of like large mosqito bites. I did not get bitten at all.

We threw out our bed clothes and showered. We went downstairs to talk with the Manager. He followed us back up to our room to investigate. He saw the blood stains on the sheet and proceeded to check the edges of the matress and pulled the headboard off the wall to check behind it. He followed that up by saying that "they usually hide behind the headboard". I said, "usually?!" He said he didn't see anything and that we "should be fine". I said if there are no bedbugs, then what bit my husband and left the blood on the sheets? He had no answer.

We were so grossed out that we quickly gathered our things and left the room. Luckily, we were so tired when we arrived that we hadn't unpacked - our suitcase was on the coffe table all night. The Manager was very nice and refunded our stay and comped our parking. He never admitted that there was a bed bug problem. I asked him to be sure and spray the room before renting it to anyone else - he assured me that he would.