What kind of bugs can you get from a hotel?

Mice, rats, cockroaches, flies, and bed bugs are among the most common hotel pests. Accessibility to food, frequent turnover of travelers, and inadequate preventative measures create an environment where hotels are at an increased risk of attracting infestations.



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Checking into a hotel for a holiday vacation? Beware of bed bugs. Hotels and motels can be hot spots for infestations of the small reddish-brown insects, which can live happily in a bed and hitch a ride home on luggage and clothing. Bed bugs feed on the blood of people and animals, usually while they sleep.

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“It may surprise you that bed bugs are a common problem in hotels,” says Jordan Foster, Pest Management Expert at Fantastic Pest Control. “Infestations of bed bugs have nothing to do with sanitation or cleanliness. Bed bugs are not uncommon in hotels or motels of any star rating, from one-star to five-star.”

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If you find bed bugs, or signs of them, you should report the infestation to the hotel management team. If you get another room at the hotel, be sure it doesn't share a contiguous wall, floor, or ceiling with the infested room, says Puckett.

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A hotel can be found liable if it knew about the bed bug issue and chose not to fix it (such as refusing to clean the rooms after numerous reports from other guests), caused the infestation (by purchasing new sheets or used furniture and failing to inspect it or clean it), or was unaware of the issue yet should have ...

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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. Here are some simple steps you can take to make sure you don't run into bedbugs on your trip.

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Bedbugs are found in hotels but the vast majority of them are in apartments Some travelers take precautions to avoid bed bugs, but hotel-goers aren't the most at risk.

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