Hotel 81 Dickson in Singapore

BED BUGS ALERT!!! Room 418 - I stayed with my husband and 8 months baby. In the evening, after taking a shower I was feeding the baby in bed. I noticed severe itchiness in my left arm. I didn't realize what it was. I was scratching badly non stop. After a few mins, I noticed a bug. After a google search, I realized it was a bed bug. I developed several red spots, several bite bumps in my left shoulder. I was very worried and scared for my son who is a young baby. So we reached out to the front desk. Hairul, front office executive, also inspected our room and saw the bed bug. He did note that the bedsheets are regularly changed but bedbugs can come from other places like hidden crevices, AC vent, etc. He tried to blame it on us. But we could tell this is an existing problem at the hotel.

When we first checked in, we noticed what looked like a blood stain on the wall next to the bed. We didn't much of it then. But when researching about bed bugs, it stated that previous stain of smeared blood could be an indication of previous bed bug infestation.

The front desk executive offered another room.. We were not offered any laundry service or medical treatment or refund. But due to the safety of my baby, we decided to checkout early at midnight and left the hotel. This is our first visit to Singapore but this experience reallu disappointed us. this has caused several anxiety for me besides the bad experience with itchness from the bites and inconvenience for us as we had to spend a night with an infant outside. I have visited many countries in the past. But this is the first time, I dealt with bed bugs.

Convenient location and clean hotel. The downside includes no windows in most rooms. The AC kept resetting to frigid mode even though we kept adjusting it. I had to sleep with my only sweater I brought on my trip. It was supposed to be for trip to Singapore, not once I got there. I love to sleep in the cold too.