Recently returned from Paris with a case of some bites or some other cause. Not sure if bed bugs and I have not launched a complaint against the hotel which in fact is the newest Hilton joining the family, Le Concorde Opera, which I always stay at in Paris.

I will be a guest there soon again and will examine the beds closely this time before settling in. The key to finding bed bugs is usually in the mattress in its corners or under its overlapping stitching at the seams.

Then again the bed bugs could have been on my lie flat bed on the return flight.

All I know is I had a very bad rash on my chest (which moves around a bit) which as continued for several weeks but now seems under control. Rubbing alcohol and polysporin are all I have used.

Bed bugs are very common in hotels and other public seats. I had a colleague in Shanghai who was badly bitten in a hotel. That hotel a Radisson took immediate action.

In terms of compensation, I would think most major chains and airlines would offer some reasonable compensation to protect their reputation and to do so quickly and properly.