Jet2 holiday from hell as Lanzarote hotel's bed bug infestation follows Brits back home

Couple Manuela Johnson and hubby Stelian Johnson were connected a vacation successful Lanzarote, Spain, erstwhile they recovered their edifice was infested with furniture bugs, which followed their person home

A household were forced to propulsion distant luggage and fumigate their location aft a furniture bug infestation connected a Jet2 holiday which near them covered successful bites “followed” them backmost to the UK.

Manuela Johnson jetted disconnected to Lanzarote, Spain, to observe her day with her hubby Stelian Johnson, 53, and champion person Maria Henderson successful October. However, aft a fewer days the mates recovered marks connected their assemblage which a doctor confirmed wherever from bed bugs.

When the mates checked their country connected their instrumentality to the hotel, Manuela said they were shocked to find the furniture framework covered successful furniture bugs and eggs. They changed rooms and erstwhile they got location threw distant their luggage astatine the door. However, Maria had to person her location fumigated. Manuela, from Croydon successful South London, said: "The archetypal 2 days were astonishing but connected the 3rd time we began to acquisition bites connected our legs.

"It was archetypal my hubby and past they moved onto me. By the extremity of the holiday, I was besides covered caput to toed successful bites. I didn't person arsenic galore arsenic my husband. He had hundreds of bites each implicit him. The furniture bugs were connected the furniture frame. There were tons of furniture bugs and eggs each implicit it. The infirmary told america to spell and cheque our mattress.

"We opened the mattress and we saw them. I was shocked. Imagine sleeping connected this bed. It's unbelievable and it's not steadfast for each these bugs to beryllium crawling each implicit you astatine night. When they moved america to a antithetic country they didn't enactment immoderate attraction connected our luggage.

"A Jet2 cause came connected tract and spoke to the edifice manager and told america we needed to permission our belongings successful the room. [Before moving rooms] they said they were going to steam each our luggage but they didn't bash this truthful we brought the infestation with america [to the UK].

"My person was good during the holiday, nevertheless arsenic soon arsenic we arrived successful the UK she began to get bites connected her leg. We person conscionable moved into a caller spot and we had to propulsion distant each our luggage erstwhile we landed backmost successful the UK. It was the champion determination we made aft seeing what happened to my friend's house.”

Following their find she claims they reported the infestation to the edifice manager and a Jet2 cause who agreed to steam their belongings and determination them to different room. But aft changing rooms, she claims their bags were ne'er fumigated and believes this led to them taking the infestation backmost to the UK with them connected November 7th.

Maria, from Peckham successful London, said: "A fewer days aft I got backmost to the UK I started to get itchy. I'm not definite if I was bitten astatine location oregon connected vacation and they showed up later. Pest power came and they recovered furniture bugs successful my location and the attraction outgo maine a fortune. It was much costly than my holiday. It was £1,164. They had to bash a fumigation and steam treatment. I had respective bites each implicit my body.

"I'm truthful angry. They said it was 4 stars but it wasn't adjacent 1 star. It was filthy and dirty. I judge the furniture bugs came backmost successful my friend's luggage. Even present I person paranoia erstwhile I'm sleeping and I aftermath up successful the night. I privation my wealth back."

A Jet2 spokesperson said: "We tin corroborate that we are investigating this arsenic a substance of priority. As soon arsenic we were made aware, our teams did each they could to assistance including moving the customers to a antithetic room. As an award-winning company, we privation our customers to person the champion acquisition with us, truthful we are investigating afloat and volition respond to [Maria Henderson] straight erstwhile this probe is complete."