SUCKERS

Holiday operator offers measly compensation to family terrorised by eight nights of bed bugs in four-star Spanish hotel

“We paid for a four-star plus rated hotel, with good reviews and never ever expected to be sleeping with bed bugs for eight nights,” Gary told the Olive Press.

“We never expected to suffer like we did, this is not what we paid for.”

The Turners arrived at the Hotel Illa D’OR on Mallorca expecting a relaxing 14-day sunshine getaway.

But when Jutta and Gary started to notice bites on their hands and head after the third night, they assumed they were just from mosquitos. Only a week into the holiday did

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By Walter Finch

the pair turn on the bedroom light at 3am.

To their undying horror, they saw dozens of little brown bed bugs crawling all over the fabric headboard and even the bed sheets they were sleeping in. But the nightmare was only just beginning for the British - German couple. Apologetic staff at the hotel immediately brought insect spray to bear and moved the couple to another room where the bed had a wooden headboard.