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shuke

shuke

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Maybe I am paranoid, but I am seeing more and more in the news about how bad the infestation is getting nationally. I travel quite a bit so am pretty concerned about bringing these things home.

How do I check a hotel room when I first get there?

Is there anything I can do when I get home to my luggage?

 
The one time I've dealt with bed bugs was at The Imperial Palace in Las Vegas. It was in a suite too. My girlfriend and I were lying in bed when I noticed a bug out of the corner of my eye. I jump up and she jumps up and we see a bunch of bugs on the bed. Neither of us got bitten, but it's a good thing I spotted it before we fell asleep. From what I hear, the bugs hide until they feel your body heat and then they come for you. So just lie on each bed as bait for half and hour and check if any come. If not, you should be safe to sleep. LoL

 
Harry Manback said:
You're being paranoid.
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Paranoid? I have heard this very thing from people in the bug treatment business. They are seeing this a lot in wealthier people's homes who travel a lot. Even high-end hotels are having an epidemic, but no one is publicizing the problem.
 
My buddy who travels a ton always takes his bag when he gets home and puts all the clothing in a big plastic bag and the folds the bag in as well and putc the whole thing in his hot attic for a couple of days

He then washes the lot

This seems to be a bit extreme to me, but I can see how it would be effectiive

 
If I traveled a lot, I'd put all my clothes in trash bags before going home and put them directly into the washing machine when I got home.

 
Pretty sure I got bit by one on my shoulder last night. I also got bit about a year ago. Made a thread about it...."Weird Red Spots"

 
iamsmilin said:
I heard people are finding them in movie theaters too.
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I just read an article yesterday about Cincinnati libraries being infested now. Yes, libraries. I guess the things are hiding in the book bindings. Then saw on the news tonight that NYC hotels are becoming a bed bug hot spot.
 
Radio Free Homer said:
I've heard more about bedbugs in the last month than I've heard in my entire life.
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Yup. Same here. Listened to an NPR spot on the way home from work today even. Also found out my brother had to deal with them a few weeks ago(he works in a convention center setting(lots of travelers from all over the country)).
 
My wife got bit about 30 times on our trip to Minneapolis 3 weeks ago. Contacted the hotels we stayed at and they all said they had the rooms swept and found nothing...

Luckily (for me), we had our 1 year old daughter in our room sleeping in her portable crib so we grab a queen size bed each. She selected the wrong one.

When we got home, we ran in and grabbed the laptop to search on what to do and we gathered all the clothes and thru them in the dryer as the only thing to kill them is heat.

Thank goodness that none has appeared in our home.

But it was strange because the week before we left, Howard Stern has been talking up a storm on bringing back DDT to fight the bugs.

It's scary stuff. Stern says he has dogs check furniture, etc before he allows it into his building. Not sure if there is any truth to that but I would be scared in a city like NY.

 
You might need to check your laptop too. I work on the 12th floor of a office building in Atlanta and out of the blue we started seeing these bugs. I have no clue how that's possible and we see several of them so I call maintenance. Guy comes and sprays but we still see them a few days later. Guy comes back and starts asking about the bug and what they look like and where we see them, etc. He then starts talking really low and tells me that somebody is transporting them from their home in to the office most likely from their work bag or laptop. So, I start playing Sherlock the Orkin Detective and come to the conclusion that the new contractor a few cubes down is bringing these things in to the office. I tell the guy what the maintenance worker said without telling him that I think he's the guy bringing them in. I still saw one occassionally until the guy's contract ran out and he was gone. After that day about two years ago I haven't seen a single one.

Oh, and Shuke, watch your ears - we don't want a repeat of the moth.

 
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We have guys at work who do inspections on hotels. No more bedbugs now than in the past. Just more people freaking out about them.

what everyone should be worried about is ticks, they actually do carry diseases. Bed bugs do not.

 
WVU Alum said:
We have guys at work who do inspections on hotels. No more bedbugs now than in the past. Just more people freaking out about them. what everyone should be worried about is ticks, they actually do carry diseases. Bed bugs do not.
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Bed bugs are up 500%. Your buddy's not very good at his job.
 
WVU Alum said:
We have guys at work who do inspections on hotels. No more bedbugs now than in the past. Just more people freaking out about them. what everyone should be worried about is ticks, they actually do carry diseases. Bed bugs do not.
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Bed Bugs are this summers sharks.
 
JuniorNB said:
WVU Alum said:
We have guys at work who do inspections on hotels. No more bedbugs now than in the past. Just more people freaking out about them. what everyone should be worried about is ticks, they actually do carry diseases. Bed bugs do not.
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Bed bugs are up 500%. Your buddy's not very good at his job.
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The people I have heard from in the business is claiming business is way up, in particular in expensive homes.
 
Maybe I am paranoid, but I am seeing more and more in the news about how bad the infestation is getting nationally. I travel quite a bit so am pretty concerned about bringing these things home.How do I check a hotel room when I first get there?Is there anything I can do when I get home to my luggage?
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You may be paranoid but you're not the only one. I have this discussion regularly with guys at work. The most paranoid of the bunch bought a small UV light online that supposedly can spot them. Brings it with him whenever he travels. Im pretty careful about trying to leave my bags not on the bed but on a luggage rack or some other elevated surface. It's a huge problem in NYC. We had a breakout in my condo not long a go, it took months to get rid of them from the building. The affected apartments we made public. A guy at work had them recently as well, and once people found out the guys in the adjacent offices had their offices moved. We haven't had them, but every time i get itchy or a bug bite i wonder about it. Sounds pretty miserable having to pretty much throw out everything you own and start over...
 
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I heard people are finding them in movie theaters too.
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I just read an article yesterday about Cincinnati libraries being infested now. Yes, libraries. I guess the things are hiding in the book bindings. Then saw on the news tonight that NYC hotels are becoming a bed bug hot spot.
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Yup. And by the way it isn't just the dives. The nice hotels have this problem too. And not just in NY.
 
This is an awesome thread to read before heading to Branson Mo for labor day weekend with the family. Just great....

 
John555 said:
JuniorNB said:
WVU Alum said:
We have guys at work who do inspections on hotels. No more bedbugs now than in the past. Just more people freaking out about them. what everyone should be worried about is ticks, they actually do carry diseases. Bed bugs do not.
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Bed bugs are up 500%. Your buddy's not very good at his job.
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The people I have heard from in the business is claiming business is way up, in particular in expensive homes.
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You'd be surprised how many people are embarrassed about bedbugs and won't go to exterminators. All the news reports make it "ok" to tell people. Bed bugs have always been in libraries, theaters, etc. The incident numbers are no higher now than in any previous year, we are just hearing about it more because it has been sensationalized.Also, these are co-workers, not buddies. These guys are trained professionals. If you cannot spot a bedbug infestation when there is one, then you are blind. They are very obvious if you have ever seen them before.Our infestation numbers are damn near identical to previous years. So, congratulations, you have bought into the new West Nile Virus, mosquito craze. This time it is called bedbugs. And again, unlike mosquitoes, bedbugs carry no diseases.
 
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MongoL3 said:
This is an awesome thread to read before heading to Branson Mo for labor day weekend with the family. Just great....
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:X This is an awesome thread to read two weeks before heading to NYC.A couple months ago we had to have our home treated for these suckers. I guess I picked them up due to my traveling for work, but I can't be certain - my MIL also returned from South America about the same time; she had borrowed one of our suitcases. My wife keeps our house as sterile as an operating room, so I'm pretty sure it was my fault.The bug guy told me to vacuum my suitcase when I get home, before I take it in the house and to run all my clothes in the dryer on the highest setting before I wash them.It was wierd though, the bugs would go for my wife's side of the bed, but never my side.My wife is going with me to NYC and she is freaked out. Almost canceled our trip due to the bed bug hysteria.
 
MongoL3 said:
This is an awesome thread to read before heading to Branson Mo for labor day weekend with the family. Just great....
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Oh, don't worry. The bed bugs we have here in Missouri are much nicer and far more friendly than their northern, uppity counterparts. You'll be fine.
 
We always keep our bags off the ground when we stay at hotels and never put the bags on the beds.

The scary thing about the bugs is that they can live up to a year without a meal. This last vacation I thought I was going to be all smart and immediately put my bags in the crawl space when I got home and then I found out that little fact--kind of defeated my plan.

 
This is almost as bad as the killer bee paranoia of the 80's. People are addicted to worry. How about the 7-8 bugs/spiders a year that crawl into your mouth while you're sleeping? No thread about them?

 
My wife has recently joined into the paranoia. We just got back from Quebec City and she was afraid we might have brought some back. Going to St. Louis in a couple weeks, at the Four Seasons, and she's already worried. She's already a bit germphobic and this sure as hell won't help.

These things are big enough to see though right? Don't they also leave shells and waste that is visible on bedsheets?

 
jamny said:
My wife has recently joined into the paranoia. We just got back from Quebec City and she was afraid we might have brought some back. Going to St. Louis in a couple weeks, at the Four Seasons, and she's already worried. She's already a bit germphobic and this sure as hell won't help.These things are big enough to see though right? Don't they also leave shells and waste that is visible on bedsheets?
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They are virtually invisible and leave no trace. They pose a threat to your very existence and cannot be effectively killed by any known poison. Once infected, there is little anyone can do to save you or your valuables. You must burn everything, including the home.I'm sorry.
 
shuke said:
iamsmilin said:
I heard people are finding them in movie theaters too.
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I just read an article yesterday about Cincinnati libraries being infested now. Yes, libraries. I guess the things are hiding in the book bindings. Then saw on the news tonight that NYC hotels are becoming a bed bug hot spot.
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Hotels and movie theaters I can see. I don't get the library infestation though.
 
Harry Manback said:
jamny said:
My wife has recently joined into the paranoia. We just got back from Quebec City and she was afraid we might have brought some back. Going to St. Louis in a couple weeks, at the Four Seasons, and she's already worried. She's already a bit germphobic and this sure as hell won't help.These things are big enough to see though right? Don't they also leave shells and waste that is visible on bedsheets?
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They are virtually invisible and leave no trace. They pose a threat to your very existence and cannot be effectively killed by any known poison. Once infected, there is little anyone can do to save you or your valuables. You must burn everything, including the home.I'm sorry.
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Jesus... :lmao: :lmao:
 
Harry Manback said:
jamny said:
My wife has recently joined into the paranoia. We just got back from Quebec City and she was afraid we might have brought some back. Going to St. Louis in a couple weeks, at the Four Seasons, and she's already worried. She's already a bit germphobic and this sure as hell won't help.These things are big enough to see though right? Don't they also leave shells and waste that is visible on bedsheets?
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They are virtually invisible and leave no trace. They pose a threat to your very existence and cannot be effectively killed by any known poison. Once infected, there is little anyone can do to save you or your valuables. You must burn everything, including the home.I'm sorry.
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Finally someone speaking the truth. :excited: :doh: :thumbup:
 
Hoart Petterson said:
How about the 7-8 bugs/spiders a year that crawl into your mouth while you're sleeping? No thread about them?
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1. I call BS2. The spiders and bugs, even if they went in your mouth, don't immediately infest your home and force you to literally throw out everything and start over. $$$$
 
I understand tarantulas eat them; so I'm going to bet with a couple of tarantulas from now on.

On the other hand, I do remember going to bed with a tarantula or two while I was in college. Hmmmmm....

 
Just have someone say the incantation: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite. That will protect you.

 
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