1. 9 & 10 2009, my husband got bites both nights, we didn't know anything about bed bugs at the time or that columbus had a problem with them, my husband went to doctors for hives, which we now know were bed bug bites, it took us awhile to identify that our problem was bed bugs,the extermination process has been a nightmare, having to treat our new home with chemicals is heart breaking, had we known about bed bugs we would have quickly fled this hotel and run all our clothing to a hot dryer for at least 20 mins and knowing what I know now i would have pitched our suitcases and put our belongings in a plastic bag.