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Jay A.
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Posted 6 months ago
Thu May 21 2009 16:33:19
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I've never had a problem with any Fairfield Inns. No I don't work for them.
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spideyjg
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Posted 6 months ago
Thu May 21 2009 16:38:47
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I trust nothing except my own inspection.
Jim
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Well said Jim.
The only way to be certain is to look yourself and do so before you unpack and spend the night.
I would estimate that as many as 30% - 40% of all domestic bed bug encounters could be avoided had people know of the need to check and be proactive rather than be reactive when they are biten.
David
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Jay A.
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Posted 6 months ago
Thu May 21 2009 16:44:33
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Well obviously yes. But I've stayed at a bunch of Fairfield Inns and never seen one teeny problem.
And I can pick out a nymph bed bug the size of a pin head.I was wondering if the company that owns Fairfield Inns (Marriott) might be doing something about this. Does anyone know if Marriott got hit with a big bed bug lawsuit? Or are they just being responsible?
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MyWorstFear
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Posted 6 months ago
Fri May 22 2009 19:12:08
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Jay, sorry to burst your bubble, but if you go to the bed bug registry website, you will see many reports of bed bugs at Marriott hotels as well as some Fairfield Inns.
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bedbugdude
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Posted 6 months ago
Fri May 22 2009 20:32:12
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Jay A. - 1 day ago »
I've never had a problem with any Fairfield Inns. No I don't work for them.I never had a problem with any Fairfield Inns either. And no, I don't work for them :D
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buggyinsocal
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Posted 6 months ago
Fri May 22 2009 20:44:19
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I wish it were as easy as just saying that certain chains of hotels were safe. However, it's not, and it never will be.
Here's why.
Any guest who is infested and doesn't know it (or who knows it but doesn't know to follow strict precautions) could bring bugs with them to a hotel.
I've been back to the hotel that I suspect was the source of my problem. I stayed in a room with no signs this time around. No problems.
I am, in fact, typing this from another hotel in another state.
I stayed at several hotels while I was infested but before I knew I was. I stayed at several hotels immediately after my treatment.
Any hotel is almost certainly, in this day and age, engaged in some sort of pest control plan that is designed to catch infestations and minimize their effect.
But the fact that I might have stayed at tons of Doubletrees, or Hiltons, or Marriotts and never had a problem does not give us any useful information about hotel chains to avoid or frequent, because all it takes is one bug (an inseminated female) to hitch a ride, and, voila, infestation.
Drawing the conclusion that no Fairfield Inn you've ever stayed at has bed bugs, so Fairfield must have a special plan is like me saying that I've stayed at Doubletrees and never run into a bed bug (true), Hiltons, Marriotts, Radissons, etc. I have, in fact, stayed multiple times at all those hotels and never seen a bug. (In logic circles, looking at a small sample set and drawing a conclusion from that data is called a hasty generalization. Unfortunately, basing hotel decisions on anecdotal evidence won't protect people from bed bugs, and my time on the boards has pretty thoroughly convinced me that there is no magic bullet treatment for bed bugs.
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BugsInTO
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Posted 6 months ago
Sat May 23 2009 20:17:25
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Christmas past, my husband and I stayed at Holiday Inn. We packed all our inspection stuff and planned our arrival. The inspection took us more than an hour.
We found several spiders, a couple of carpet beetle castings, some snack food wrappers and 32 cents in change. No bedbugs, but we kept all our stuff in plastic bags anyway.
It was a bedbug free stay.
If I was going back to that same hotel, even to the same room again, I would do the same full inspection all over again.
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