Bed bugs are being found more often in hotels and motels
We all know the old adage: "Good night, don't let the bed bugs bite." But who would imagine that there is a growing pest problem in some of the leading hotels where beg bugs are being identified and reported?
A new web site, www.bedbugregistry.com, is a useful tool to see up-to-date information from recent attacks at hotels and other locations around the country. The web site depends on visitors to report their bed bug experiences, sometimes even divulging the exact room number where the attack occured. The site lists bed bug attacks by city, area, hotel name, and even provides a new email alert sent to your personal website address when addresses near you report bed bugs.
Perusing over the site, there are well-known hotels in large cities that charge top dollar for their rooms that have reported recent bed bug attacks. Some report problems in college student dorms, apartments, hospitals, and condos, along with the date of the attack and how the management staff did (or did not) handle the complaint. A map shows the area where the building or hotel is located along with a list of nearby sites that have been identified with bed bugs.
For those who are new to bed bug attacks, the little red brown insects hide in mattresses, bedding, or headboards and usually bite humans at night. The bites are characterized as red welts that itch and burn and can be found all over your body after a night's sleep. Getting rid of the bed bugs can be difficult. The web site offers suggestions on how to be aware or rid yourself of bed bug outbreaks.
The problem was thought to be eradicated by the use of pesticides like DDT. But after it was banned in the U.S. in the 1970s, the problem has grown worse in the past year or two as bed bugs have traveled back to the U.S. Hotels are taking notice; later this month, the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association has scheduled a Web seminar on bed bugs. The Pest Control Technology Group has two seminars on the bed bug problem scheduled in August for Boston and Orlando, Florida with speakers, pest control manufacturers, liability and legal discussions, and other information.
For more info: Pest Control Technology Group, www.bedbugseminars.com
Bed Bug Resource is another good source: www.bedbugresource.com
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Another helpful resource is www.PestWorld.org where you can find travel tips and recent news about these resilient pests in the Bed Bug Hub. The Find a Pro feature will help you find a qualified pest professional in your area should you yourself need inspection or treatment services for bed bugs.
This is an interesting idea for a website, but what is to prevent people from posting false or misinformed reports of bedbugs?
Quality inn college park off old national in Atlanta GA has bed bugs really bad how can I report this? I am a flight attendant many crew members stay there the staff is very good to us but I cannot ever return there because of this. Really really BAD!!!
jlw12929@yahoo.com
La Quinta in Glen Rose TX has bed bug. For two years.
Stayed at Best Western on Harbor Blvd. in Anaheim, took family to Disney for Christmas. Holy Cow! Our house became so infested. Exterminators are expensive, but it is working. I am so angry!
Good Nite Inn in Calabasas CA.
SFO Travelodge North (NOT Travelodge South) is the worst dump with bed bugs GUARANTEED when you check in today!!! It is a so-called professional hotel company "Indian owned" and so you know what you expect from its also VERY RUDE, INDIFFERENT FRONT DESK STAFF AND MGMT!!!
econolodge
well when i was econolodge on chester road in ohio there is no BEDBUG ad thats great.
I'm not staying at hotels anymore. Screw travel until this situation gets resolved.
1201 Market Street, Philadelphia PA 19107
Marriott Hotel Downtown Philadelphia
BED BUGS!
I went there for 4 days and was eatten alive by bed bugs.
I did file a report and the hotel did investigate finding there
were bed bugs. However the hotel did nothing about it.
In fact the hotel staff was rude and could care less about
me being eatten alive by this nasty bugs. I have pictures
and showed the staff how bad I was attacked however it
did not matter to them.
stayed in a hotel had bed bugs, funny how the corporate office will not return calls about complaints of bed bugs
Holiday Inn on Baymeadows in Jacksonville, Fl
Unfortunately, bed bugs aren't limited to just hotels! I've also heard of many apartment complexes having issues. Bed bugs travel with you, so when you move to a new place, they usually come too! http://www.lightsoutexterminating.com/index.php
stayed at Imperial Place in Las Vegas and eas bitten over entire body. This was confirmed by 2 Physicians who I saw several days after the incident. Hotel has done nothing.
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