Submitted by "OnceBitten" on 03/21/2008

Howard Johnson Vancouver
1176 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Room 201

Stayed there for a concert on March 19th 2008. While sleeping I felt a slight sting on my forehead and brushed it a little. Then notice a bug crawling on my pillow. I grabbed it, thinking at first it was a tick! But it crushed easily. I stumbled to the bathroom and checked out my head, finding a sizable bite mark. The next morning I did a quick 'net search to confirm what bed bugs look like...sure enough. Luckily, within a few hours the bite mark reduced in size, and I was careful not to scratch it....even though it was itching like crazy at one point.

I told the hotel clerk about it, his response was "oh, sorry..." and knocked the 12 bucks for parking off of the bill. Not sure if he really believed me. But I told him I left the "body" on the night table to check out if he wished.