OB Beach Bungalow – Walk to Surf, Sun & Food

Yes, BED BUGS!! Over 3 weeks since the first batch of bites and I am still healing. I will have a permanent scar from this VRBO host. Family of 3 from east coast wanted a week to unwind. Sat to Sat stay (direct flight), when I woke w/ hives, knees down, on Tues. I thought maybe it was bug bites (certainly not BED BUGS!). When I found a live BED BUG Fri (our last night) while vacuuming, and verified it was BED BUGS, I immediately let the host know. I should have googled VRBO's policy on BED BUGS (shame on me) but they don't list them and instead you can read the horror stories from guests on Reddit. The host did NOT offer for us to stay elsewhere, but instead said they would spray the property (by this time it is 7pm and our flight is 6am next day). While the host was apologetic, the only remedy they told me was to spray the next day between 10-11am (checkout is 11 and there was NO way I would subject my family to pesticides, so our early flight worked in their favor). I had a sleepless Fri night to say the least!! I attempted to work w/ the host (not me the BED BUG primary host, as I found out when googling BED BUGS/remedies/allergic reactions/etc.), for financial compensation. I was offered 37% back, for one night. We had to strip in our driveway, sanitize our clothes, and I still live in fear of infesting my home. This review was avoidable. Their stance is they found no bugs after bombing. Convenient, no? I have nothing to gain from this review.

This was our 1st family vacation in years. The location is perfect to walk to beach, the home is very lovey, clean and dog friendly. We came to Ocean Beach with our 19 year old daughter & her 19 year old friend. They felt safe walking even at night AND being a MAGA supporter I wasn’t sure how I would like being in such a Liberal enclave but everyone was very respectful and nice. They do have a lot of homeless people there, but they’re not intrusive and they keep to themselves, I found it more God like to acknowledge them and pray God helps them. Ocean Beach and this very cute Villa are worth the stay.