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Thank you for your review. I would like to make a few comments though. As you may have heard bedbugs have become a very common problem in hotels around North America. In response to this the Buchan Hotel has a very strict procedure we follow regarding bed bugs. First, our housekeeping staff have been trained to identify signs of bedbugs. If there is any indication in a room we immediately take that room out of service and a certified commercial pest control company inspects not only that room, but any rooms adjacent. If confirmed, the room is treated, and then kept out of service until a follow up inspection can be made. Once we have received an "all clear" from our pest control company (Orkin) or we have acted upon any recommendations the inspector might make, we will not rent that room.

Additionally, we have monitoring traps in literally hundreds of locations around the hotel. we have invested in mattress and boxspring covers recommended by professionals to prevent bedbugs.

This is the first report of bedbugs we have had at The Buchan Hotel this year, and all of our inspection reports are available for anyone to see upon request.

I am sorry you have had this experience, but I can assure you it was an isolated case and that The Buchan Hotel takes all measures regardless of cost to prevent this from happening.

This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia A woman invited bedbugs into her bed for five years, all in the name ofscience.

According to KCPQ, Regine Gries has been bitten by more than 1,000 bedbugs each week for the last five years.

180,000 bites later, her sacrifice has paid off.

Gries and her husband Gerhard, both biologist at Simon Fraiser University in Vancouver British Columbia, say they have figured out how to attract and repel the bloodsucking parasites.

After years of research, they foundthat histamine effectively repelled the tiny insects.

While histamine stops the bugs in their tracks, the scientists say they have five other odors that attract bedbugs and couldbe used to lurethem into traps.

They areworking on a formula that can be sold commercially, which means Griesis still feeding the bedbugs every week.

Im not too thrilled about this, she said, but knowing how much this technology will benefit so many people, its all worth it.

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Woman sleeps with bedbugs for 5 years in name of science

By giving blood weekly to her life partners bug experiment, SFU scientist Regine Gries has all but given us the gift of freedom from bed bug torture. Credit: Simon Fraser University, Greg Ehlers

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Regine Gries has been bitten by more than 1,000 bedbugs each week for the last five year and she allowed it to happen.

In fact, Gries welcomed the 180,000 bites.

Now her literal blood sacrifice has paid off. She and her husband Gerhard, both biologist at Simon Fraiser University in Vancouver British Columbia, say they have figured out how to attract and repel the bloodsucking parasites.

It turns out bed bugs communicate by odor. The researchers have been able to identify that histamine effectively repelled the creepy creatures.

They also discovered five odors that attract bedbugs and could be used to draw them into death traps.

Thats where Regine Gries blood comes back into the story. She sacrificed her own skin night after night as part of the experimentation process to feed the bugs they were using in their research.

But her blood, sweat and probably tears may all have been worth it for people plagued by the beasts.

A Victoria British Columbia company, Contech Enterprises, is now developing what is being called the first affordable bait and trap for detecting and monitoring infestations.

Contech expects it to be commercially available next year.

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Woman allows thousands of bedbugs to feed on her over 5 years, makes incredible discovery