Bed Bugs at Hotel !

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BeachBi

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For the last week I have been noticing bite marks / redness and itching. Earlier today I looked in the mirror. I sleep on my left side. Wow. Dozens of bites & marks ! Never a problem at this hotel. Not work related. Several Uber rides in past week ? I did check out for a day or two before noticing. On good terms with Owner & Staff. It's 4 A.M. Of course my luggage with work clothes etc were kept on the bed. First experience of this kind 😝
 

The thing about bed bugs is that you can get them in the luxury hotels as much as any other ones. You can get one in a doctor's waiting room or in a taxi cab and then you have many. They seem to come into my apartment building from thrift stores. So I stopped shopping at those. We just had to have a few apartments sprayed after a new person moved in and had them in her belongs and didn't know it.

I am very picky about whose apartment I ever go into and I always check the washers and dryers before I use them. I sprinkle lavender or peppermint essential outside my door and I don't know if it helps or not. But I have not had any in 2 or 3 years now. Preparing for them to come in and spray is a nightmare.
 
BeachBi said:
For the last week I have been noticing bite marks / redness and itching. Earlier today I looked in the mirror. I sleep on my left side. Wow. Dozens of bites & marks ! Never a problem at this hotel. Not work related. Several Uber rides in past week ? I did check out for a day or two before noticing. On good terms with Owner & Staff. It's 4 A.M. Of course my luggage with work clothes etc were kept on the bed. First experience of this kind 😝
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Whereabouts did this happen?
 
Anytime I travel before I even open my suitcase I strip the beds and pillow cases to inspect for bugs. I have never found any bugs but did once find a bed sheet with a huge brown stain on it, refused to stay there and had to fight for my money to be refunded.
 
katlupe said:
The thing about bed bugs is that you can get them in the luxury hotels as much as any other ones.
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No, the higher end hotels have professional exterminator come in to inspect/exterminate periodically. The lower end hotels/motels won't budget for this expense. Airbnb apartments are all owned by individual private owners, they lack the knowledge and/or won't spend the money to do the job. It is difficult for the guests to prove their bed bugs problems anyway.
 
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The place to check a bed for bedbugs is under the mattress and along the sides near the bottom. Brown stains. If you find one teeny tiny bug, you usually have more. They are horrible. They can survive for years without a blood meal and will go into electrical outlets, your electronics, in the wood work, etc.

You do not just get from hotels, you get them from people. Don't store anything under your beds. Less clutter too. I have researched this subject so much since I moved into an apartment building. Our building is sprayed often.
 
katlupe said:
You do not just get from hotels, you get them from people. Don't store anything under your beds. Less clutter too. I have researched this subject so much since I moved into an apartment building. Our building is sprayed often.
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What's worse, you bring them back to your car and house. Then everything needs to be treated.

Like you and @C50, I'm diligent about inspection hotels for those little reddish-brown telltale spots. Never found any, thank heavens, but I continue to check.
 
luckily for me Ive never had this problem - despite travelling quite a lot and sleeping in different beds. I store some things under my beds and I don't strip hotel beds or anything like that.
 

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