I absolutely agree that people should take care not to spread bed bugs and should make sure they are not carrying them on their person or in their stuff. And it is certainly true that hotel guests bring bed bugs into hotels.

But for every one person who does this, many others will likely stay in the room after them who did not bring bed bugs in, but will sleep in the room with them, and may leave with them.

Some of those will suffer greatly in the room, but they’re luckier than the unfortunate ones who carry them home and may spend thousands to eliminate the problem. A problem they picked up when they spent the night at a hotel.

It therefore seems like a large part of the responsibility of protecting those guests lies with the hotel management.

Unfortunately hotels get the bad rap always because bed bugs are bitting you.

Unless housekeepers or maintenance staff detect bugs in the rooms via on the side of matteresses, bed bugs can hide behind headboards and even pictures on the wall.

Sometimes these critters hide so descreetly that housekeepers don’t see them or are bitten by them.

Hotels don’t import bed bugs to bite their guests.

So check your luggage, your clothes etc. to be sure that the very bed bugs your complaining about are not being brought to the hotel by you.

Any So. Cal bedbug sufferers out there? I’m working on a television news story about Los Angeles area bed bugs and would love to hear from locals who are battling these beasts.

Oh. My. God.

We need something. A book, a movie, an HBO special.

This kind of insanity has got to be exposed!

The solace I’m taking right now is that The Consumerist is a huge website. When I went on, the story had been read by over 2,500 people. Probably a big bunch were business travelers, too.

So hey. At least the word is getting out.

It is so fascinating to watch this all unfold.

Hi this is “anonymous”

Jess if they did bring them home do you think they were in a suitcase?
Or in a Jar in a suitcase with lots of plastic wrapped undies???
Whole thing though was not funny–the story I mean nor the attached story. Aren’t we learning in the forums that some poisons lain down take up to two weeks to work … and then there are the eggs to have to DEAL with…
Sounds like a room and all adjacent rooms should be taken out for 4 weeks, so 2, full sprays can be done in all the rooms. Then a check for hatchlings can be done. IF found–that room should get another spraying.
In the long run–hotel could advertise as virtually bed bug free or your money back–they could also triple their rates by doing so.
God … if I only had the capitol….
Willow
(that time I did cut and paste)

Hi this is “anonymous”

Jess if they did bring them home do you think they were in a suitcase?
Or in a Jar in a suitcase with lots of plastic wrapped undies???
Whole thing though was not funny–the story I mean nor the attached story. Aren’t we learning in the forums that some poisons lain down take up to two weeks to work … and then there are the eggs to have to DEAL with…
Sounds like a room and all adjacent rooms should be taken out for 4 weeks, so 2, full sprays can be done in all the rooms. Then a check for hatchlings can be done. IF found–that room should get another spraying.
In the long run–hotel could advertise as virtually bed bug free or your money back–they could also triple their rates by doing so.
God … if I only had the capitol….
Willow