Originally Posted by
smitherino
As someone who worked in a hotel I have a question. What do you think a hotel should be doing about bedbugs? We inspect rooms, have a bug detecting dog, put rooms out of order, deep clean & spray pesticides and then inspect again before putting the room back in order. Then the very next guest can bring in the bugs again. We've found bed bugs living behind headboards and living on the ceiling. The pest guy said they live behind outlets, in clocks & phones, behind drawers, under the carpet, behind walls. The health department was contacted after the first instance, her attitude was "welcome to the party." As long as you have a plan to deal with them after they are found, getting them is not a concern of theirs.
I expect mamagement to communicate with the guests invovled and also provide some sort of compensation. The hotel is providing a service for $$$ deal with it.
The dirty little secret in the hotel industry: every hotel has or is in between having bedbugs. All of them. You can't avoid staying in a hotel that has bedbugs. You have to try to reduce the risk of taking them home.
I don't believe that for a moment, what is your source for this information
Another question, how willing would people be to take the smell test? A hotel has to be certified bed bug free. Then before you check in a bedbug detecting dog sniffs you and your stuff. If bedbugs are found, no room for you. That way the hotel stays bedbug free and other guests can feel safe.
That works for me, I would like to know if I have bed bugs in my luggage so I think that would be a great service checking in ans well as cheking back out, bring it on
