[momtothree]

My husband travels for his job. When he gets to the hotel room, he searches for the little devils. He will literally pull up the mattress and look under it. He will look in between any cracks and always behind the bed. Thus far... he hasn’t found any but one can’t be too careful. Even some of the high price hotel rooms have them. Oh yeah, when you enter the hotel room.. place your suitcases on top of the dresser before searching. It isn’t a guarantee but they are more likely in the carpet area than on top of a wood dresser.

[Ditter]

We always check hotel beds by pulling up the sheets and mattress covers when we first enter the room. We are going to Las Vegas in a few days, that is the first place I remember hearing about in connection to bed bugs.

My parents told me they rented a furnished house back in the 30’s when they were first married. It had bed bugs so they took the mattress and springs outside and set fire to them. My dad always was a kind of a practical take-charge kind of guy!

[2111USMC]

Thanks for the advice.

The little buggers are too small for me to blast with my 9mm!

[Dianna]

It isn’t a guarantee but they are more likely in the carpet area than on top of a wood dresser.

Actually bedbugs like wood. The most important factor isn't material (fabric vs wood) but distance from places where people spend time hanging out. Bedbugs are lazy and will stay very close to where their food hangs out. They only move away from beds, sofas and chairs when the colony has gotten large enough to push them out further. Dressers in hotel rooms tend to be just a foot or two from the bed.

The safest place would probably be the the closet area on top of one of those folding racks. Up off the carpet and also the furthest distance from the bed.