Because bed bugs can live anywhere that's warm and in close vicinity to sleeping humans, you'll also want to check the room's furniture. Don't forget to check the closet; remember, bed bugs hitchhike on luggage. If you see no bugs or fecal stains, the room is probably free of bed bugs.
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Before you book your hotel, head to the Bed Bug Registry, a site that collects reports of bed bugs from hotel guests. The Registry allows you to look up a particular hotel—or all hotels in a given city—and see where guests have reported encounters with bed bugs in a hotel or apartment building nearby.
Despite the statistics, the chance of encountering bedbugs in any given hotel room is “pretty darn unlikely,” said Michael Potter, a professor of entomology at the University of Kentucky.
Some people think that bed bugs are no more common in hotel rooms or vacation rentals than anywhere else. According to recent NPMA data, however, 80% of pest control companies surveyed reported that they had treated hotels and/or motels for bed bugs infestations within the past year.
Bed bugs can move as fast as 5 feet per minute but can move from room to room within an hour or two. Within an hour bed bugs can move as much as 100 feet! Bed bugs can spread even quicker if they hitch a ride onto clothes or luggage.
Everyone's worst nightmare is an encounter with bed bugs while traveling. Unfortunately, the average hotel faces about seven bed bug infestations every five years. If you're planning on staying at a hotel, you might already be planning to conduct a bed bug inspection of your own upon arrival.