We wanted to enjoy our stay, but unfortunately, it turned into the worst Airbnb experience after we were bitten by bedbugs, and we had to book a hotel to stay instead.
We booked a 2 weeks stay at this Airbnb property (my friend and I work remotely). A few days into our stay, I noticed some insect bites on my legs. At first, I thought it was just mosquito bites, I didn’t think too much about it. It wasn’t until my friend also got bitten overnight, big red bites in clusters on her neck and her arms, then she caught a bedbug, we realized it was bed bugs. We contacted the host and Airbnb support immediately. We had to pack, move, and book a new place to stay. Also had to go through our entire suitcases, disinfecting all our belonging to make sure no bedbugs came into our suitcases. It was truly a nightmare.
I don’t know how bedbug issues have been handled over here in Portugal. In the U.S., if bedbugs were found at a property, Airbnb would shut down its listing for at least 2 weeks until the host shows proper proof that the property has been professionally disinfected. However, I saw this listing is live and ready to be booked 2 days after I checked out. This is really concerning. FYI. I checked out on August 21, 2022.
For the sake of other guests, I truly hope the host would take the proper measurement to disinfect the entire apartment, other than listing the apartment if the bedbug issues were not resolved. I hope the host can have the cleaning team take the extra steps when cleaning every time to check for bed bugs and spray insect spray, to prevent things like this from happening again. I don’t want any other guests to ever go through what we had to go through.