Miscellaneous: Today, my sister and I checked into our cheap hotel in Brussels...

By BuggedinBelgium - 24/09/2015 20:15

Today, my sister and I checked into our cheap hotel in Brussels as part of our month-long Europe trip. At 11pm we awoke to the sound of a mouse chewing through a bag of food we'd bought. At 3am we awoke to bedbugs. We slept in the bathroom. FML

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By Salzburg - 06/05/2019 12:00

Today, my sister and I got a room in the attic of an old hotel, while our parents got a room several floors down. We discovered the room was full of bugs. Our parents didn't believe us, so we brought them some as proof. They told us to get over it. We can't sleep. We've killed 50 and counting. FML

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By Sarah Ellsberry - 13/09/2017 16:00

Today, my girlfriend and I moved back in after over a month of couch hopping and $2,000 of heat and chemical treatments for a chronic bedbug issue. I just found bedbugs on my legs. We've used all our favors and have nowhere to go. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/06/2019 16:11

Today, my sister and I were sick of living with each other, so we'd decided to go on separate holidays. I get to my hotel, then an hour later she rocks up to the very same hotel to check in. She'd booked her holiday using a magazine she'd stolen from my room, and ended up in the exact same place. FML

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By maggotsinmycarpet - 12/07/2010 20:56 - United States

Today, I was cleaning my room when I found a nice surprise from my cat. While I was on vacation, she killed a mouse. By the time I found it, there were maggots crawling in my carpet. FML

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Bugging out

By Anonymous - 23/06/2013 04:10 - United States - Seattle

Today, while working the graveyard shift at my hotel, it felt a little chilly, so I grabbed a blanket out of the box we usually store old blankets in. Twenty minutes later, the live-in maintenance man casually remarked that those blankets are all infected with bed-bugs. FML

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By Elgrin - 17/06/2016 18:03 - United States - Fort Worth

Today, I woke up to something crawling on my leg. Thinking it might be a spider, I jumped out frantically to check. The good news: it's not a spider. The bad news: it's a bedbug. My apartment was just treated for them. FML

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By cacheson - 05/03/2020 03:02

Today, I checked into a hotel for a work trip. When I walked in, the sheets and bath mat were stained, and there was soap-encrusted hair stuck in my folded towel. When I got back later in the day, all my stuff was gone because they apparently thought I'd checked out. FML

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By Juanald - 05/11/2017 05:00

Today, after being moved to three different employer-provided apartments because they all had mold and electrical problems, I requested a bigger bed. The bed they delivered had bedbugs. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/07/2023 22:00 - Canada - Halifax

Today, at around 12 a.m. I went to bed, happy that I get to sleep in because I had nowhere be in the morning. Sadly that came to an end when I woke up around 7 a.m. to my mom coming home and screaming because she saw a mouse. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/10/2014 17:04 - United States - Louisville

Today, I woke up to a mouse sitting on my pillow and chewing on my hair. FML

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lex1459 38

Friday 25 September 2015 10:31

You get what you pay for! Hotels in Europe are definitely more expensive, but the cheap ones are always cheap for a very good reason.

DerrickJames 33

Friday 25 September 2015 10:36

Mouse? Not bad. Bed bugs? The creatures of hell. Don't cheap out next time, OP. Bed bugs are hellacious.

Comments

DrPaul 10

Friday 25 September 2015 19:43

Never ever go for a cheap hotel in Europe. It's just never worth it. Hope your trip gets bigger because Europe is an amazing place to visit!

worldclassrager 39

Friday 25 September 2015 20:02

Your key word here is cheap...I am not surprised...

homtravel 10

Friday 25 September 2015 20:20

How much did you pay for the hotel? There are some pretty decent budget hotels you're missing.

mrBearBear 11

Friday 25 September 2015 20:49

You admitted to getting a cheap hotel, so yeah that's your fault.

BeenIt 5

Friday 25 September 2015 21:16

Aaaaah making memories, huh? Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip.

MonstreBelle 29

Friday 25 September 2015 23:34

Be really careful with your luggage. Traveling is one of the most common ways bedbugs spread. Just like with lice, it only takes missing one for a re-infestation to happen. Wash all of your clothes in the hottest water possible and dry them on the hottest setting. Go out and buy a few clothing items and seal your other ones in air right plastic bags. Keeping them sealed for a month will suffocate them. It would probably be best to get a new suitcase since you can't wash and dry in the high temperatures that are necessary to kill them. Make sure you keep suitcase and any clothing up and off the floor. When you get home, thoroughly examine all of your luggage outside before bringing any of it inside your house. Honestly, it would be better to throw away what you can. You want to minimize the chance of an infestation in your house. Bedbugs ate a bitch to get rid of, not to mention expensive.