Cebu · Philippines
OTravel Hostel 5 Minutes from Mactan Airport
Bed bug reports
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Confirmed Hostelworld
BED BUGS DO NOT STAY HERE. Me and my friend stayed here for one night because it was close to the airport and we had an early flight the next morning. We didn’t sleep at all because once getting into bed, we found bed bugs crawling everywhere! We sat in reception all night as afraid to sleep in that bed and yet my friend has bugs all over her body. We have emailed O Travel many times, they have said they’ll issue us a refund which we are yet to recieve and it has been over 2 weeks.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
I ignored the warnings about bed bugs, and i ended up getting a bed bug infection. Bites all over me and was a pain in the ass to get my clothes and bags cleaned. Do not stay here. Also located in a strange location, in a building that is not labeled at all.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
BED BUGS! got bed bugs from here! Seems like they’ve had this issue for months based on the reviews and haven’t fixed it. Do not stay here
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Confirmed Hostelworld
As a few other people also wrote, I got bitten by Bed Bugs. Other than that the Hostel was ok, but taking Bed Bugs back home on your last night is really annoying... So I cannot recommend that accomodation
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Cockroaches in the room and was bitten lots in bed (bedbugs or other termites). Hostel was inside a building with no sign and the building itself was like being in the back rooms (iykyk). Only positives was the bed was comfortable and it’s close to the airport but we couldn’t sleep due the cockroaches and bugs in our pod.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
The place is infested with BED BUGS. I stayed there for two nights and got bitten several times - stay away from this place!!!!
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Vibe Analysis
OTravel is a Mactan Airport crash pad: close, pod-style, and mostly built for one short night between flights. The sleeping cabins can be spacious and private, with enough setup for charging, bags, and shutting the world out before an early departure. The tradeoff is not subtle. Recent bedbug problems are serious enough to make this a risky pick, even though the airport convenience and pod layout are useful. Cockroach and bathroom complaints sit in the same orbit, so this is not a place to book on autopilot. It is not a social hostel and the surrounding area is mostly practical, not fun. The entrance can be awkward to find inside an unlabeled or apartment-style building, and the best use case is very narrow: sleep, shower if the room checks out, then get to the airport.
Signals to check
- Recent bedbug problems are serious enough to treat as a safety issue.
- The building can be hard to find from the street.
- Bathrooms and showers can feel old, small, or dirty.