What do hotels (in the US) do to control and erradicate bed bugs? How good are they?

4/1/2016 2:50:04 PM

I’ve been in Facility Management for over 20 years and have had to manage bed bugs form time to time. First off you can’t totally rely on the Bed Bug registry because some unhappy guest use that to be vindictive against the lodging provider.
Secondly an ultra violet certainly allows for better detection of bed bugs but a normal bright LED flashlight is a huge help as well.
Prevention and detection: Some of the name brand hotels will do a sweep of their rooms on a quartely schedule using a K9 that alerts to the smell of bed bugs. If bed bugs are found the most common treatments are chemical or heat. Heat is the best method. Bed bugs are attracted to the C02 that we exhale which is why they are commonly found aroaund the head of the bed.

7/6/2012 10:09:30 AM

I used to travel a lot. The bug registry is a good idea but far more important and really your first line of defence should be a thorough search of the hotel room. The Bug Girl’s blog has an excellent write-up on how to do this.

Contrary to what you may have read elsewhere an ultra-violet light does not make it easier to spot bedbugs. I have personally verified this! The Bug Girl was right on this detail. Follow her advice.

here is a link:
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/how-to-inspect-your-hotel-room-for-bed-bugs/

7/6/2012 5:46:30 AM

The main measure hotels do is regular washing of linen and bedclothes and regular cleaning of rooms. That is enough to ensure by far the majority of hotels do not have bed bug outbreaks. If it is a serious outbreak, they can call in the same bug removal contractors used by anyone who would have bed bugs in their house.

Probably the best answer would be to your concern about previous bed bug infestations – I’ve found http://bedbugregistry.com/ to be quite good at providing information on hotels who have had this issue. Overall, there’s no real way to tell how much effort a given hotel does or doesn’t put into ensuring they don’t have a pest problem other than either staying there or finding reports from other people who have stayed there.

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