What happened with hotel bedbug infestations?

[EZEtoGRU]

I was in one of my favorite frequent flyer websites this morning and a traveler was relating a story on them recently being bitten 150 times by bedbugs during a Detroit to Shanghai Delta flight. I was kind of surprised to hear about this as all the stories we heard about bedbugs at hotels seem to have mostly gone away in the last 12 months. I remember in the 2008-2010 period you could hardly pick up a newspaper without reading about another hotel that had an infestation. There was a famous case of an opera singer who sued the New York Hilton after a bedbug attack during the night. Websites even popped up where you could review what hotels in each city had reports of bedbug complaints. Now we seem to not hear much of anything....with today's delta flight story being the exception.

 

My question is: Have they got the bedbug problems mostly under control now? or have bedbug infestations just ceased to be newsworthy? Perhaps if any posters are in the Hospitality industry, they might have some inside knowledge.

[+ Travis69]

News last night had a story of bed bugs at Univ. of Md. Story even mentioned how officials at the school were trying to keep the whole story quiet. Think most hotels are trying to keep the stories quiet too. Was at a confernece in NYC in 1990 and bed bugs were a problem for some attendees.

[+ deej]

Bedbugs and cockroaches will inherit the planet when humanity finally does itself in. They were here before us and they'll be here after us.

 

The hotel industry doesn't want you to know about bedbug problems. There really isn't much that can be done because the little fuckers are damned difficult to get rid of, and all it takes is one guest bringing them in on his suitcase (after picking them up in another hotel) and there they are again.

 

These stories go in cycles. Everyone gets their "ick" on, and then the stories go away for a while. But the bedbugs don't go anywhere.

[gcursor]

The bedbugs were actually made "legal voters" so they could vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Many of the bedbugs are now holding down jobs and supporting a family as well so they don't have time to do what they used to do.

[Lookin]

 

 

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[seeker630]

LOL, the bugs can't afford the rates anymore that hotels are charging lately.

 

Anton.

 

Good one!

[Steven_Draker]

I spend a lot of time in hotels and I've never had an encounter with a bed bug (so far). Either I've been lucky or bed bugs don't like me.

 

There was recently a documentary film on the French TV, that after New York bed bugs are now infesting hotels in Paris. As Deej mentioned above the hotel industry don't want you to know about bedbug problems even though they well and truly exist.

[EZEtoGRU]

Like Steven, I travel lots(and have many hotel stays)...and have been doing so for about 30 years. I have had only one bedbug encounter which was in a hotel in Rio.

 

I think it goes without saying that hotels would rather you didn't know about a bedbug problem they might be having. However in today's world of social media, flyertalk.com, tripadvisor.com, bedbug registry.com, etc, bedbug infestations at hotels are pretty hard to keep secret.

[Kippy]

In the 1950's every American housewife had a can of DDT under the kitchen sink just ready for such infestations. THIS is what what rid America of its bedbug problem! Now that "chemicals bad-organic good" rules-- we have paid the price. I say better living through chemistry. Bring on the DDT....

 

Peace,

 

Kipp

[+ Lucky]

Flying to Chicago last week, I noticed a dark spot on my arm. I had no idea how it got there, so I dabbed it with a napkin and realized that it was blood, along with a very tiny bug. No other bugs showed up than or since then.

[EZEtoGRU]

Flying to Chicago last week, I noticed a dark spot on my arm. I had no idea how it got there, so I dabbed it with a napkin and realized that it was blood, along with a very tiny bug. No other bugs showed up than or since then.

 

Hmmmm? Were you flying Delta lucky??

[+ Lucky]

American Airlines. The pilots showed up, so the bugs did too!

[EZEtoGRU]

American Airlines. The pilots showed up, so the bugs did too!

 

You were lucky you were on an AA flight that actually departed!!

[+ deej]

American Airlines. The pilots showed up, so the bugs did too!

 

Jokes about AA aside, I'd imagine flight crews are a prime vector for spreading bedbugs. They're often in different hotel rooms each night. They're almost guaranteed to pick the little fuckers up sooner or later.

[JoeyBryant]

Jokes about AA aside, I'd imagine flight crews are a prime vector for spreading bedbugs. They're often in different hotel rooms each night. They're almost guaranteed to pick the little fuckers up sooner or later.

 

Hey now, hey now...if a flight attendent forum was saying the same thing about traveling escorts, I'd be pretty offended.