If you weren’t worried about encountering bed bugs before, these new results from recent surveys might change your mind. A discreet survey conducted by Hotel Interactive reveals that 57% of hotels have had to deal with bed bug infestations. Bed bugs are opportunistic feeders so you can be equally bitten in a 5 star resort or a low budget motel. Just this week, New York City’s posh Waldorf Astoria was slapped with their third bed bug related lawsuit within the past few months.
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) conducted a survey of pest control experts across the United States and the bed bug infestation numbers are staggering. According to their reports, 95% of pest control experts claim to have provided bed bug services to customers in the past 12 months. Of those provided, 52% report bed bug infestations in rural areas, 71% report infestations in urban areas, and 80% report infestation in suburban areas.
The NPMA is hosting the National Bed Bug Forum in Bloomfield, Colorado this week. Top experts are on hand to lend their expertise on bed bug infestations to over 500 attendees who have traveled from all over the US to attend the conference. Michael Potter is a well-known researcher at the University of Kentucky and is at the NPMA conference. According to the Denver Post he is quoted as saying, “Bedbugs are the hardest pest to control in America, despite stiff competition from ants, roaches and termites. Yes, they’re coming back. Infestation is inevitable. Infestation is unstoppable. The bedbug problem is going to be more difficult to deal with this time around.”
Sleep tight, and don’t let the bed bugs bite…but if they do, contact Allison Pest Control!
