Bed Bugs DO Bite! (ask me how I know...)
Written: Jun 03 '08
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Pros: near airport;
relatively inexpensive;
national chain hotel
Cons: bedbugs;
not too clean;
did I mention BEDBUGS?
The Bottom Line: STAY AWAY from the Philadelphia Airport Microtel Inns & Suites!
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| cathyb53's Full Review: Microtel Inn N Suites Philadelphia |
I'm not kidding - BED BUGS!! While this hotel seemed marginally OK, I came home with BED BUG BITES! Yes! I'd read that they were becoming more common in the US & UK, but I honestly didn't expect to encounter them in a respectable national hotel chain. And I am not happy about it!
Rooms are expensive in Philly, and many places I would have preferred to stay during this last-minute trip were booked. I had had previous positive stays with Microtel hotels (though not this one), and so I went with this place, booked through Expedia. I should have kept looking!
Cleanliness here seemed kind of casual at best; I had noticed that my sheets were not changed daily (and my garbage wasn't even emptied daily, which should have been a tip-off), but I was in town because of a medical emergency with my daughter so I wasn't really paying that much attention to the hotel. The hallways always smelled of cheap food, even though there's no restaurant or coffee shop in the hotel, and it seemed to me that large groups of related people were living there on a long-term basis. OK, I thought, what do I care about what other guests are doing, as long as they aren't trying to jack me up? The front-desk staff were helpful about directions & calling taxis when I needed them, although I wasn't able to get any useful information out of them about the train into Center City, even though there was a train station very nearby. I had thought that all I needed was a safe, clean-enough, inexpensive-but-decent place to sleep.
But when I got home & discovered the painful, itchy rash covering my sides, arms & legs, and consulted with my doctor and internet resources, to learn that I had been bitten by bedbugs - well, it just makes my skin crawl! And of course the extra expense & nuisance of getting an accurate diagnosis (hey, at least it wasn't a rare flesh-eating bacteria as I had feared it might be!), repeated hot-water washing of everything that had been in my suitcase to be sure I wasn't bringing any bugs into my home, and the huge "Yuck Factor" all add up to make this an expensive as well as disgusting hotel stay. I won't forget it, that's for sure!
I will NEVER stay here again, or at any Microtel, and I recommend that you don't either. I have not yet contacted the management about the situation - I need to cool down a bit first - but you can bet I will do so. I would expect that I would receive a full refund, but somehow I doubt it will happen that way. (And no, I do NOT want an offer from them of a free night's stay....)
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Member: Cathy B.
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