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.
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The top three places where pest professionals report finding bed bugs are single-family homes (91 percent), apartments/condominiums (89 percent), and hotels/motels (68 percent).
Hotels regularly inspect for bed bugs, looking for signs such as live bugs, spots on sheets, and eggs or eggshells. Hotels also bug proof their beds using mattress or box spring encasements and bed bug interceptors (a kind of trap that wraps around the bed frame's legs). Hotels must isolate any affected rooms.