Bed bug alert - hotel listings

Tim Vasquez · 01-01-2007, 10:10 AM

As some of you may have heard, bed bugs are making a big comeback in the New York City and Boston area and have started spreading into much of the country. I've noticed many more reports of them in the Tripadvisor listings lately. They are definitely worth avoiding since they can be carried to your house and once established are extremely difficult to eliminate... there is already a discussion group on Yahoo with thousands of messages from a lot of desperate people. Personally I have never encountered them and most likely none of you have, either, so hopefully we can keep it that way.

A recent article in the Florida Times-Union said, "'The best way to keep bedbugs out is to be a savvy traveler, because hotels are a primary place where bedbugs "hitch rides" in the suitcases and clothing of guests', [a county extension technician] said. In September 2006, the American Hotel and Lodging Association joined the National Pest Management Association for a conference aimed at showing how hoteliers can identify signs of bedbugs."

In a few months many of us will be hopping from hotel to hotel for conferences and chase action. With that in mind, here's a list of places that should be researched before your stay. The listing does not confirm a bed bug infestation but simply indicates that reports are on Tripadvisor which are consistent with typical infestations.

OKLAHOMA
* Oklahoma City - Clarion Hotel Airport
* Oklahoma City - Hawthorn Suites (vague)
* Tulsa - La Quinta Central
* Norman - Travelodge (prob. fleas)

TEXAS
* Amarillo - Kiva Hotel
* Big Spring - Comfort Inn
* Cedar Park - Holiday Inn Express [travel.yahoo.com]
* Corpus Christi - Days Inn Beach
* DFW Metro - Quality Inn & Suites DFW Airport (Irving), Clarion Hotel, (Irving), Baylor Medical Plaza Hotel (Dallas)
* Lake Jackson - Super 8
* Longview - La Quinta [travel.yahoo.com]
* Lufkin - Comfort Suites
* San Antonio - Regency Inn & Suites, Motel 6 S.A. Northeast
* Sweetwater - Motel 6
* Texarkana - La Quinta

KANSAS
* Abilene - Diamond Motel
* Hutchinson - Grand Prairie Hotel & Convention Center
* Junction City - EconoLodge
* Kansas City - Hampton Inn Blue Springs Mo.
* Lawrence - Holiday Inn
* Lenexa - Days Inn
* Manhattan - Super 8 [travel.yahoo.com]
* Salina - Holiday Inn
* Topeka - Fairfield Inn
* Wichita - Cambridge Suites Downtown

NEBRASKA
* Lincoln - Best Western Villager
* Omaha - Crown Plaza Old Mill

COLORADO (PLAINS)
* Denver - Embassy Suites Aurora, Best Western Central, Brown Palace Hotel, White Swan Lakewood

NEW MEXICO
* Albuquerque - Rodeway Inn Midtown
* Abiquiu - Abiquiu Inn
* Deming - Days Inn
* Carlsbad - Comfort Inn
* Taos - Best Western Kachina

SOUTH DAKOTA
* Deadwood - Best Western Hickok House (vague)
* Pierre - Pierre Inn & Suites (vague)

IOWA
* Coralville - Econolodge (vague)
* Des Moines - Embassy Suites On The River (former site of Central Iowa NWA conference)

MINNESOTA
* Duluth - Hawthorn Suites
* Shakopee - Travelodge

For more information checking out a hotel, visit:
* http://travel.yahoo.com
* http://www.tripadvisor.com

mikegeukes · 08-22-2010, 12:21 PM

Couple of sites, that people have mention places that have bedbugs.
Check the dates on these reports, to see how current there are.

http://www.badbedbugs.com/hotel-bedbugs/
http://bedbugregistry.com/
http://www.bedbugreports.com/latest.php

State of Michigan has some bed bugs information
http://www.michigan.gov/emergingdise...7759--,00.html

Mike

Tim Vasquez · 08-22-2010, 10:55 PM

I forgot about this thread, but I'm glad chasers have been lucky so far.

I did find that on TripAdvisor.com you can put in a search like "bedbugs wichita" or "bedbugs amarillo" and it comes up with relevant posts for that given city. Of course it's a crapshoot whether the posts are accurate, but to me it's cheap insurance.

Tim

01-01-2007, 10:10 AM	#1
Tim Vasquez Site Administrator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norman, Oklahoma Posts: 2,853 Thanks: 11 Thanked 82 Times in 23 Posts	Bed bug alert - hotel listings As some of you may have heard, bed bugs are making a big comeback in the New York City and Boston area and have started spreading into much of the country. I've noticed many more reports of them in the Tripadvisor listings lately. They are definitely worth avoiding since they can be carried to your house and once established are extremely difficult to eliminate... there is already a discussion group on Yahoo with thousands of messages from a lot of desperate people. Personally I have never encountered them and most likely none of you have, either, so hopefully we can keep it that way. A recent article in the Florida Times-Union said, "'The best way to keep bedbugs out is to be a savvy traveler, because hotels are a primary place where bedbugs "hitch rides" in the suitcases and clothing of guests', [a county extension technician] said. In September 2006, the American Hotel and Lodging Association joined the National Pest Management Association for a conference aimed at showing how hoteliers can identify signs of bedbugs." In a few months many of us will be hopping from hotel to hotel for conferences and chase action. With that in mind, here's a list of places that should be researched before your stay. The listing does not confirm a bed bug infestation but simply indicates that reports are on Tripadvisor which are consistent with typical infestations. OKLAHOMA * Oklahoma City - Clarion Hotel Airport * Oklahoma City - Hawthorn Suites (vague) * Tulsa - La Quinta Central * Norman - Travelodge (prob. fleas) TEXAS * Amarillo - Kiva Hotel * Big Spring - Comfort Inn * Cedar Park - Holiday Inn Express [travel.yahoo.com] * Corpus Christi - Days Inn Beach * DFW Metro - Quality Inn & Suites DFW Airport (Irving), Clarion Hotel, (Irving), Baylor Medical Plaza Hotel (Dallas) * Lake Jackson - Super 8 * Longview - La Quinta [travel.yahoo.com] * Lufkin - Comfort Suites * San Antonio - Regency Inn & Suites, Motel 6 S.A. Northeast * Sweetwater - Motel 6 * Texarkana - La Quinta KANSAS * Abilene - Diamond Motel * Hutchinson - Grand Prairie Hotel & Convention Center * Junction City - EconoLodge * Kansas City - Hampton Inn Blue Springs Mo. * Lawrence - Holiday Inn * Lenexa - Days Inn * Manhattan - Super 8 [travel.yahoo.com] * Salina - Holiday Inn * Topeka - Fairfield Inn * Wichita - Cambridge Suites Downtown NEBRASKA * Lincoln - Best Western Villager * Omaha - Crown Plaza Old Mill COLORADO (PLAINS) * Denver - Embassy Suites Aurora, Best Western Central, Brown Palace Hotel, White Swan Lakewood NEW MEXICO * Albuquerque - Rodeway Inn Midtown * Abiquiu - Abiquiu Inn * Deming - Days Inn * Carlsbad - Comfort Inn * Taos - Best Western Kachina SOUTH DAKOTA * Deadwood - Best Western Hickok House (vague) * Pierre - Pierre Inn & Suites (vague) IOWA * Coralville - Econolodge (vague) * Des Moines - Embassy Suites On The River (former site of Central Iowa NWA conference) MINNESOTA * Duluth - Hawthorn Suites * Shakopee - Travelodge For more information checking out a hotel, visit: * http://travel.yahoo.com * http://www.tripadvisor.com

08-22-2010, 12:21 PM	#2
mikegeukes Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Lansing, Michigan Posts: 1,583 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts	Couple of sites, that people have mention places that have bedbugs. Check the dates on these reports, to see how current there are. http://www.badbedbugs.com/hotel-bedbugs/ http://bedbugregistry.com/ http://www.bedbugreports.com/latest.php State of Michigan has some bed bugs information http://www.michigan.gov/emergingdise...7759--,00.html Mike __________________ Weather Data/Links: http://geukesweather.blogspot.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mikegeukes

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08-22-2010, 10:55 PM	#3
Tim Vasquez Site Administrator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norman, Oklahoma Posts: 2,853 Thanks: 11 Thanked 82 Times in 23 Posts	I forgot about this thread, but I'm glad chasers have been lucky so far. I did find that on TripAdvisor.com you can put in a search like "bedbugs wichita" or "bedbugs amarillo" and it comes up with relevant posts for that given city. Of course it's a crapshoot whether the posts are accurate, but to me it's cheap insurance. Tim