<p>Ewwww…</p>
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<p>the worst part is that they can live for a year without eating, just lurking and waiting… yuk.</p>
<p>Yep, bad news! If I had not seen a real bedbug in my childhood, I would have never realized what kind of mystery insect crawled out of our room’s sofa at a fancy hotel…</p>
<p>Thanks for the update. We’ve haven’t had any experiences with them, thanks goodness, but it’s always good be aware just in case.</p>
<p>That sucks. >_< Over the summer at Cornell there was a bedbug infestation on one of the floors in the girls’ dorm…</p>
<p>There were quite a few girls who refused to use the laundry room in that dorm for the rest of the trip.</p>
<p>My S in NYC will only buy a used bed or sofa if he knows its pedigree. Last time I was in his apartment, he pointed proudly to a new mattress, “only one prior owner, Amherst Class of '05 in i-banking so it went right from the store to his place and no other.”</p>
<p>I asked him, “what the point of buying a mattress from a banker if there’s no money under it?” That’s when he told me this was bedbug-protection strategy.</p>
<p>I booked a room off of hotels.com for my mom, and only afterwards read older and recent customer reviews that included many references to bedbugs. Since it appeared the management wasn’t doing anything to resolve it, I asked for a refund from hotels.com and told them why, in case they thought they shouldn’t do business with such a place. They provided me a prompt refund. I didn’t look back to see if they dropped the hotel from their listings, though.</p>
<p>I’ve only encountered bedbugs once in my life - at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.</p>
<p>Again I say, “Ewwwww.” At least you had higher classed bedbugs!!!</p>
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<p>I must say I am surprised at that one. I thought those house bombs killed everything in the house.</p>
<p>Oooohhhh! I didn’t read that sentence in the article. The only thing worse is if they said the housebombs are bedbug fertility medicine!</p>
<p>According to people I know in the pest control industry, the bedbug situation is out of control. Treating for bedbugs is very involved - it involves stripping all bedding, emptying out all drawers, closets, shelves, etc., lots of laundry and cleaning, and then a treatment by a professional exterminator that should include a follow-up visit. The actual treatment itself is also very involved from what I understand and it is not something I would ever want to deal with.</p>
<p>This is why when your kids go away to school you need to invest (the good ones aren’t cheap) in airtight, allergy control type mattress and pillow covers. You should do this at home, too. But it’s really important in the dorms and off campus housing. I know they can still be around, but keeping them out of the mattress and pillows is a huge start. What I don’t understand, is why aren’t hotels using these protections?</p>