Category: travel
By nobugsonme on Mar 31, 2008 in bed bug history, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, cryonite, detroit, get rid of bed bugs, heat, how to get rid of bed bugs, mark sheperdigian, michigan, travel, troy | 6 Comments
Neal Rubin writes in a Detroit News Op-Ed column today that
At Rose Pest Solutions in Troy [Michigan], where Sheperdigian reigns as vice president for technical services, the number of bedbug jobs has risen from one or two in 2001 to about 160 last year, with continued rapid growth expected in 2008.
The article goes beyond the […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 15, 2008 in ISAN, Thailand, backpackers, backpackers and bed bugs, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bed bugs and travel, bedbugs, blame game, foreigners and bed bugs, immigrants, travel | 2 Comments
The bed bug blame game never ceases. Yesterday we heard about the Thai Isan trains infested with bed bugs.
Now the Thai railway company is blaming backpackers for bringing bed bugs to the trains, as the Bangkok Post reports in an article entitled, “Foreign Backpackers deny they’re bed bug spreaders.”
Foreign backpackers say they are […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 14, 2008 in Bangkok, Thai, Thai State Railway, Thailand, Ubon Ratchathani, artificial leather, bed bug infestation, bed bugs, bed bugs and travel, bedbugs, train seats, trains, travel | 5 Comments
The Bangkok Post reports today that trains on the Ubon Ratchathani-Bangkok lines in northeastern Thailand are being “cleaned” and “refurbished” after travelers complained of bed bugs.
Train carriages on northeastern lines are being refurbished at a cost of 17.5 million baht after they were found infested with bed bugs.
State Railway acting governor Nakorn Chantasorn said […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 13, 2008 in allergic to bed bugs, bed bugs, bed bugs and travel, bedbugs, how to avoid bed bugs while traveling, how to avoid spreading bed bugs, spring break, students, travel | 0 Comments
Myrtle Beach, SC Spring Break 2007 27
Originally uploaded by Curtis and Eric
Articles are now starting to appear warning students traveling over spring break that bed bugs are something to try and avoid. This article from the student paper the Daily Kansan, and this one in the About.com Student Travel Blog.
And remember Winston’s […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 6, 2008 in Bed Bug Dogs, bed bugs, bed bugs and hotels, bed bugs and travel, bedbugs, how to avoid bed bugs while traveling, travel | 1 Comment
Not as quickly as bed bugs, but still.
The MSNBC advice on avoiding bed bugs while traveling has been around since June 2006. We added our FAQ on how to avoid bed bugs while traveling in October of that year (just two weeks after Bedbugger.com was born). Lots have sprung up in the interim, […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 3, 2008 in Advanced K9 Detectives, Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug dog, bed bugs, bedbugs, how to avoid bed bugs, k9, travel | 2 Comments
Carl Massicott and Vince Mangano, bed bug dog handlers of Radar and Taz, who are regularly called to sniff in the New York area, were featured in this Daily News article Monday.
According to the article, it’s hard to keep up with demand for the doggy detectives.
But here’s what caught my eye in the article:
Experts say […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 12, 2008 in Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug compensation, bed bugs, bed bugs and travel, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, disney, florida, hotel guests, hotels, orange county, spread of bed bugs, travel | 0 Comments
This article reports that bed bugs are getting around in Orange County, Florida:
“Our inspectors are saying in recent months, even the last year, we’ve been seeing more complaints of bed bugs in our area,” said Dain Weister of the Orange County Health Department.
Even the most popular hotels are not immune.
WFTV channel 9 reports that one […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 10, 2008 in Paramount Pest Control, avoiding bed bugs, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs in ottawa, bedbugs, canada, david saunders, get rid of bed bugs, hotels, ontario, ottawa, travel, travel and bed bugs | 2 Comments
The spread of bed bugs in Ottawa, Ontario was the feature of a short article by Daniel Proussalidis with Kristi Soble on CFRA.com, the website of CFRA radio 580.
David Saunders from Paramount Pest Control tells CFRA News the [bed bug] problem is rampant in rooming houses and hostels.
But Saunders adds it’s just as […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 5, 2008 in 2008 presidential campaign, bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, blankets, campaign trail, des moines, how to avoid bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, iowa, iowa caucus, joe biden, motels, pointless, politicians, sheets, travel, usa | 1 Comment
Beverly Davis, a Huffington Post blogger, is embedded with campaigners at the Iowa Caucus. She reported on 12/31 in a post entitled “Biden’s Bedbug Problem” that Biden’s campaign workers had encountered bed bugs on the campaign trail, only weeks after we heard a similar story from Mary Cheney’s past.
Des Moines — “So what […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 3, 2008 in Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug dogs and hotels, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, boston globe, detecting bed bugs, finding bed bugs, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, jury's hotel, massachusetts, mattress encasements, omni parker house, prevent bed bugs, travel | 3 Comments
The Boston Globe has a new article about bed bugs, mainly focusing on how ten or so hotels in Boston are employing a bed bug dog to do regular walkthroughs.
In the 3 1/2 years it’s been open, Jurys Boston Hotel has never found bedbugs on its premises, nor have its guests complained about being bitten. […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 21, 2007 in bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, hotels, mary cheney, news, politics, travel | 1 Comment
Mary Cheney on sleeping with bed bugs during a campaign tour:
To stretch their funds, Cheney said, candidates and staff stay in pretty bad hotels when they’re on the road.
“There are some incredibly beautiful hotels in this country,” she said, “and if you are working on a political campaign, you will be staying in none of […]
By Nobugsonme on Dec 11, 2007 in NJ, Suncoast Tours, atlantic city, bed bugs, bed bugs bad for business, bedbugs, casino, hotels, new jersey, tourism, travel, travel industry, tropicana | 2 Comments
Tropicana struggles to rebuild public image (note: allegations of bed bugs = bad for business)
Travel agent elucidates how bed bugs are bad for hotel business: “One of my customers requested Tropicana. Knowing what I knew, I felt I must tell them. God forbid if they got there and there were bedbugs,” (Sis Butler, sales rep., […]