Regionals and Bed Bugs
 

Time for the truth to be told! We should report any hotel no matter what airline. If they are not going to pay us what we are worth...at least we should be put in a decent hotel! C'mon union!!!

Bed bugs can happen anywhere, not just regional airline hotels.

Which airline was this for? Nobody should have to suffer being in a bed with bed bugs. If we are supposed to act like professional they should at least treat us like professional

Idk where you guys work but at first mention of bed bug we are out of that hotel.

Pittsburgh is the number one city I see mentioned for having bed bugs in multiple hotels.

Where I work when we say there are bed bugs they tell us that there aren't any bed bugs and we continue to stay there.

...or we should at least write like professional ;)

Bedbugs cause misery!

Put your suitcase in the tub, then check the mattress carefully for bugs. If you see anything that is suspicious move to a different room.

Pack all your clothes in ziplock bags. When you get home put everything directly into the dryer and nuke it. Then wash all the dirty clothes in the usual fashion.

Leave the suitcase out in the garage: do NOT bring it into the house, especially not into the bedroom. If you see any bugs you can slay individuals with rubbing alcohol (use a spray bottle), and prepare for an expensive eradication. The only effective was is to use heat: the insecticides do not work.

Actually, the professionals tend to employ a treatment of gaseous nitrogen to freeze and kill bed bugs after an infestation. Quite expensive I would imagine.

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The following technique is anecdotal. I have no first hand experience or scientific documentation that it works. I do it anyway.

We just got a company email that crews have seen bedbugs at the adam's mark in downtown BUF.

Several years ago, I had a problem with these hotels...Courtyard in BTV, Airport Marriott GSO and Courtyard in OMA. All were Marriott properties.

In OMA, I showed the front desk clerk a picture of welts on the back of my leg (sometimes a cell phone camera picture is worth more than a thousand words!). I told him I didn't have those when I went to bed the previous night. His eyes just about popped out of his head.

In GSO, the staff told me "those are tree spiders, not bedbugs." I told them I didn't care what they were, I wanted another room. They relocated me into another room. The following day, I received a call from the hotel manager and he wanted more information and also told me the room was out of service until they got an exterminator in there. He handled it well while his staff didn't.

I have to disagree Senior Skipper. With iphones, ipads, androids, and all manner of mobile devices today, it can become exceedingly laborious to ensure every i is dotted and t is crossed. Especially with that dastardly self correct thingy! For the purpose of a forum board, I would rather a guy contribute his point by pounding it out on his teeny-tiny touch screen during his one hour turn and hitting SEND, than risk losing it because he's too worried about proper spelling or grammar.

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Agreed. This thread is about HOTELS / LAYOVERS, not about the regionals.

BuggyBeds: Bed Bugs

They do sell Bed Bug eradication and detection products for those who travel. When I travel with my company we spend about 2 to 3 weeks per month living in hotels. I always have these with me and haven't had a problem yet.

And just to add... When I get home, my bags stay in the garage until all of my clothes are washed. Maybe not a bad idea either.

I have had bed bugs before. Where I live the washer/dryer are in the garage. I always leave my bags in the garage and wash my stuff as soon as I arrive. There is also a shower in our garage so I take I hot shower before I go inside. I haven't brought them into the house yet. Bed bugs can happen anywhere from the roach motel to the ritz carlton.

I've experienced bed bugs at our old hotel in DSM and PHF. I took pictures of the bed bugs and forwarded them to our union hotel guys. I also had a sandwich baggie handy so I put two of them in the baggie and took them to the front desk. We have an online hotel complaint form we can fill out as well. The room and the two rooms around it were shut down until the exterminator came in. Needless to say I washed all my clothes in hot water as soon as I got home. And I routinely check my bed. None of my stuff ever touches the floor anymore.

In Pittsburgh's defense they have an infestation of stink bugs which look similar and can be easily confused for bed bugs. Not much of a defense of the city I know, but stink bugs feed on fruits and vegetables not blood.

Watch out in hotels the military stays in. That's where I've found the most. They bring them back with them from overseas. I've also heard NYC has more bedbugs than any place in Murica. Doesn't matter if it's a 2 star or the Ritz. Only takes one guest with a dirty suitcase on the bed.