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On Nov 21 2012 On November 20, 2012 I stayed the night in room 215 and by the time I got back home the following afternoon I realized I had a painful rash on my back. I didn't think about checking the mattress for bed bugs while I was there because they are not prevalent where I live. I am going to call the hotel in the morning and speak with the manager.
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On Nov 20 2012 Stayed at the Opal for 3 nights last week. No issues whatsoever. Previously I read the reports from 2010 on this site, so I called the hotel manager. She told me they had changed their housekeeping processes and providers and had eliminated the problems, and she was right. The hotel was clean and comfortable, bathrooms well serviced, and no bedbugs.
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On Aug 14 2012 jpllover wrote, ...so many other hotels closer to where we wanted to be! The pillows were old and dead and we feared bed bugs, the sheets are old and dead and wearing thing. It was not a comfortable home away from home feeling. The oldness of the hotel definitely suits the age of the hotel, but does not create a comfortable ambience by any means. The staff although not enough of them were fabulous with answering questions...
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On Mar 22 2012 Stayed at the Opal 03/18/2012. We had NO bedbug problems whatsoever. Staff was helpful. Beds comfortable. Breakfast decent. Rooms were quiet!
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On Jul 28 2011 surfrok wrote, ...and with a good location. I have to admit I was a little worried after reading the reviews about bed bugs, thugs around the neighborhood etc etc, but bottom line it was not bad at all. Check in was friendly and fast, room was pretty big and yes, the bathroom was very small, only one person fit at a time but it was no biggie. The bed was neither comfortable or horrible to sleep, just ok. We checked...
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On Oct 25 2010 t_a_z_i_o wrote, We stayed at the Opal four nights October 6, 7, 8 and 9 this year and had no problems whatsoever.
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On Oct 19 2010 Bestbeancounter wrote, ...it was the cheapest option based on our standards. Initially we were somewhat weary because of the bed bug review we read awhile back, but either way we know it's a long shot that something like this could happen to people. We arrived Friday night and checked in. The lobby was nice, we were greeted by 2 friendly staff members and we were on our way to our suite. I didn't expect much from this hotel,...
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On Jun 29 2010 Cheyenne wrote, ...all over my face. (The second time I've stayed here and had this problem.) This time I found a bed bug. It just so happened that I found it as when there was a staff member in the room with me fixing the thermostat for the heat. (which was also broken) They comped the entire stay (5days) and pay to have all my belongings dry cleaned. Now if they could only explain this to my new employers which...
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On May 2 2010 belle wrote, ...fixtures, etc.). That would have been tolerable but the clincher was that the beds were full of bedbugs, both adult and baby bedbugs. My traveling companion received some nasty bites from them (and yes, I am certain that these were bedbugs after looking them up online and squashing one full of blood post-biting my friend's arm). When we checked out, we alerted the front desk to the bugs. The gentleman...
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On Apr 17 2010 Daria00 wrote, I too concur about the bedbugs. After a long drive up, all I wanted to do was curl up on the bed and rest. Moments after my initial plopping onto the mattress both legs began itching. Its a good thing that didn't transfer onto the under sheets or I would have checked out immediately. It is a shabby hotel at best. Don't let the hotel lobby fool you, as soon as we entered the room we were assigned, all...
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On Jan 25 2010 brechindo wrote, ...insect(s) in room 408. Now that I read reviews, i find many other people complaining about bedbugs at the Opal, including people unwittingly introducing the problem into their own homes. I was going to write the general manager, but apparently this is an old problem at the Opal so now I doubt my complaint would even fix anything. Do not stay at the Opal! Now Im worried and will be washing EVERYTHING...
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On Dec 18 2009 Stacy wrote, ...the first time but after another 2 weeks of waking up w bites, I tore my bed apart and found one bug. I did not have an infestation but I def. had bed bugs in my own home. I had to wash everything and had my brand new couches torn apart so he could spray them. I couldnt go home for 6 hrs after the spraying was done. It cost me 300.00. Thanks ____ I only lived in an apt otherwise it would have been...
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On Nov 12 2009 Chris wrote, Stayed at the Opal Hotel for 2 nights in Oct 2009. After the first night I noticed about 10 red marks on my skin, itchy red welts that I have never experienced before in my life. We checked the sheets and did not find any bugs or blood marks, yet I am certain these marks on my body are bed bug bites, due to the timing of their appearance the reports of bugs by previous travellers.
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On Oct 21 2009 JosephLosAngeles_CA wrote, ...when you walked near it. 5. I felt itchy just walking into the room. I'm glad we didn't get the bedbugs room that a previous reviewer got! 6. The air conditioning unit blew directly onto the bed - which led to me feeling too cold or, when the AC turned off, too hot. The AC also clicked a bit when turning on and off. 7. The more annoying sound was the elevator bell going off every time it passed...
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On Sep 29 2009 A. wrote, ...hand and ran into the bathroom to inspect. I discovered blood on my shirt and the dead body of a BED BUG. The hotel moved me and my coworker roomie to a new room and agreed to pay for dry and steam-cleaning of all of our belongings, even though they insisted they had never heard such a complaint before. The next night, I pulled back my comforter to see bloodstains on the sheets, which are the usual...
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On Aug 17 2009 La Quinta Inn and Suites San Francisco Downtown wrote, ...only checked room 328, which is the room I stayed in. He said the hotel called an exterminator and bed bugs WEREE FOUND BEHIND THE BED BOARD. Yes, they have bed bugs. I asked him why he did not check the rest of the hotel. His response was that only room 328 was reported with a problem (how could I report the rest of the hotel, since I was only in one room?)and it was not his job to inspect the...
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On Aug 10 2009 FrequenttravelerMD wrote, I have been severely bitten by bed bugs, which resulted from my stay at the Opal Hotel. I am under a doctors care and my house has been professionally exterminated as a result. (due to fear of bringing them back in my suitcase, etc.). The day I checked in I witnessed a guest complaining to Carlo (the person that checked me in) that she and her husband had several bites over their body. Carlo insisted...
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On Aug 3 2009 fivetenmale_9 wrote, I just want all who seek info on this establishment that I have had medical attention after I checked out due to bed bug bites on my head and both writs. They were not bad but none the less they were bed bug bites
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On Jul 30 2009 Boontis wrote, Thanks to the Opal my husband and I have now brought bed bugs into our house. It has been a very stressful and costly lesson to us. Please be aware of the risks of bed bugs when staying at the Opal.
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On Jul 29 2009 Itchy wrote, My husband I just returned from the Opal in San Francisco on July 21st and were noticing bites all over our bodies. I am assuming that they are bed bites but I am yet to find one in our bed or luggage.
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On Jul 22 2009 La Quinta Inn and Suites San Francisco Downtown wrote, ...see the stain when I went to bed tired, the night before. The second morning my roommate flicked a bug out of her sheets. The third morning I noticed blood in her sheets, we got suspicious, pulled the sheets back and noticed a few bugs, but mostly bloody streaks. We researched bed bugs on the internet and apparently they feed off your blood. We then reported it to management. They knew exactly what...
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On Jul 6 2009 La Quinta Inn and Suites San Francisco Downtown wrote, Monday July 6, 2009 I've been staying at the Opal hotel 1-2 nights per week for the past several months. I've noticed itchy bumps on my arms on several occasions during that time, but always attributed them to mosquito bites I got at home. I guess I should have realized this was unlikely in winter, but not impossible in California. Last Wednesday while lying on my bed watching TV, I discovered a small...
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On Jun 3 2009 The Opal wrote, I just stayed at The Opal a week ago and I came home with bug bites. It started spreading all over my body to the point I thought I had Chicken Pocks. Went to the doctor and he said it's bed bugs from a hotel. I just read another report from the same hotel!
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On Apr 20 2009 La Quinta Inn and Suites/Opal San Francisco Downtown wrote, ...I had phoned my mother and I spoke about these "spider bites" and she shared that they could be "bed bugs." So I googled them just so I would know what they looked like. I could not believe when I finally got home and pulled a piece of white paper out of my bag and there on the paper was what looked like a tick.and come to find out it was a bed bug. I am so ____ out because I do not want to have...
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On Dec 2 2007 vegirl wrote, ...fixtures, etc.). That would have been tolerable but the clincher was that the beds were full of bedbugs, both adult and baby bedbugs. My traveling companion received some nasty bites from them (and yes, I am certain that these were bedbugs after looking them up online and squashing one full of blood post-biting my friend's arm). When we checked out, we alerted the front desk to the bugs. The gentleman...
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