Bellesie I'm glad you did not get bedbugs. I was not so fortunate. The Westin Rio Mar will live in infamy for me. I was badly bitten by bed bugs when I was there. The dermatologist here in New York diagnosed a severe bedbug assault. I had to go on prescription medication and it was one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my lifetime. I wasn't able to sleep for 3 nights due to severe itching. It was clearly bed bugs and not fleas - I was covered in sets of 3's (bedbugs bite you 3 times leaving a characteristic bite pattern called 'breakfast lunch and dessert') with a total of several hundred bites. To top it off the management was unappologetic and refused to even refund me my hotel bill for the week! Instead they offered me a free 3 night stay - AS IF I WOULD GO BACK! I told them where they could shove that offer. I also know for a fact that the Puerto Rico Department of Health visited the hotel - I have a contact here in New York so I got a copy of the report - unfortunately it does not say if they inspected the rooms - in the report they state "They made recommendations according to the standard procedure to the hotel. At this moment the hotel is improving these recommendations. [sic]" Anyone who intends to stay there would be wise to reconsider. I was lucky in that I did not bring any bugs home with me but I imagine others were not as lucky as I. On my return I discarded a number of personal items that I had with me in Puerto Rico.
