BED BUGS!!! Thought we were getting a good deal...
A friend and I (two 25 year old girls) thought this was a great deal considering we only really needed a safe place to sleep for two nights during our 3-day Los Angeles area adventure. We got to Hollywood in the afternoon of April 11th. We decided to check around the neighborhoods of the hotel before we checked in to see if there was anywhere close we could grab dinner and a few drinks. No where close by that seemed safe and sanitary. Therefore, we chose to stay in the hotel that night. On a side night, the parking area was safe and very accessible. The room seemed okay and did have a flat screen tv. When we took showers we realized the towels were dirty and stained so asked housekeeping for a fresh set. Our room had been on the side of the street. This meant we didn't sleep past 7am because traffic was so loud with constant big trucks and ambulances flying by. When we checked out the desk clerk didn't even go as far as saying "hello" to us or "thanks for staying here." We decided it was $57/night so whatever. We returned home and nine days later (which was two days before I wrote this review) I woke up with 18 bug bites on my body. I freaked out and googled any possible causes. I read online that it generally takes 9 days for bed bug bites to appear on your body. I then read the reviews of previous guests and read that they also had experienced bed bugs!! I freaked out and sanitized my whole apartment, including washing the clothes i took on my trip three times. I also had more bite marks appear yesterday, which was the 9th night from staying there the last night we did (April 12th). I have yet to actually find that any of the bed bugs had joined me on our travels back. Regardless, I have done everything possible (without calling an exterminator) to prevent these bugs from taking over my apartment). I will be sure to comment back in case I do. Moral of the story, BED BUGS possibilities are not worth the STRESS, ANXIETY, and UGLY BITE MARKS that you may receive from saving a couple bucks to stay at the "Historic" (aka old furniture infested with bed bugs) hotel.