Woman's TUI bedbug horror as bed sheets covered in bugs’ blood as one 'crawls in friend's ear'

Selina Dalglish and her friend booked a £1,300 holiday in Majorca to celebrate Selina's birthday - but found their beds were infested with disgusting bedbugs

A woman has slammed TUI after saying she woke up to bedsheets spattered with the blood of bedbugs.

Selina Dalglish, 41, said her friend was woken up by a bedbug crawling into her ear while they were on a £1,300 holiday to celebrate her birthday in Majorca. Selina said they both discovered "little red bugs" crawling on the sheets at the Sol Katmandu Park and Resort in Magaluf, adding that there were also "bloodstains" from the pests being killed.

The duo complained and claim that the hotel told them the creatures were most likely bedbugs. Horrified, they washed all their clothes and froze their shoes for a day in a desperate attempt to get rid of the persistent pests.

Their holiday began with a flight from Manchester Airport on September 14, and said that everything was "perfect" when they arrived at the resort. Two days later on Monday 16, Selina awoke to notice a bite on her arm, reports the Manchester Evening News.

"I assumed it was a mosquito bite and didn't think anything of it, although I've never been bitten before," she said. "Then I noticed a bug in the bathroom and just squished it, I thought it had probably just gotten through the doors."

The morning of Selina's birthday she claims her friend woke up to the feeling of something 'crawling in her ear'. She claims her pal managed to catch it and 'squish' it against the sheet, leaving a bloodstain.

"She then turned her phone torch on and found more bugs in the bed," she added. "Then I noticed there were more bloodspots on the bedding where we must have been squishing them overnight. So we went down to reception and told them, and eventually got hold of the housekeeper."

The pair claim they were then told they needed to wash all their clothes and even freeze their shoes for 24 hours to get rid of the bugs. They were provided with a new room, but Selina said they were left constantly 'on edge'.

"It ruined the holiday," she told the MEN. "It was horrible. I couldn't stop scratching and checking the bed every two minutes. We were counting down the days until we came home!"

After they returned to Salford, Selina submitted a complaint to TUI and was offered £50 compensation - despite the holiday having cost £1,300. She called the offer 'insulting' and was later offered an £100 voucher - but the complaint was closed before she could claim it.

Mirror affiliate the Manchester Evening News has contacted TUI and the Sol Katmandu Park and Resort for comment. Neither provided a comment following requests.