{"id":1698,"date":"2012-12-26T11:43:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T16:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2012-12-26T11:43:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T16:43:55","slug":"bed-bugs-are-bad-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/26\/bed-bugs-are-bad-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Bed Bugs Are Bad For Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone that reads the internet or watches the news knows that bed bugs are a problem throughout the United States.\u00a0 When they first became an issue in New York City, people often believed that an infestation was caused by a person being dirty.\u00a0 Through education and experience with the pests, it is fairly well understood that bed bugs can be found anyplace that people frequent as they are hitchhikers that are attracted to blood\u2026preferably from the human kind.<\/p>\n<p>When a hotel, motel, or other type of business has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/bed-bugs\/index.php\">bed bugs<\/a>, they must protect their reputation, treat the problem head on, and give customers who have encountered the pests the respect they deserve, or face the wrath of the public.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.41nbc.com\/news\/local-news\/17953-visitors-discover-bed-bugs-in-\">December 21, 2012, 41WMGT reported<\/a> that a family booked three motel rooms at a Motel 6 in Macon, Georgia so they could attend a family funeral.\u00a0 Thrilled with the $25 Christmas special that was being offered by the motel, the family had no idea that the rooms were already occupied\u2026by creepy crawlers\u2026not humans!<\/p>\n<p>Upon check-in at the motel, the family found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/bed-bugs\/index.php\">bed bugs<\/a> and cockroaches throughout the rooms.\u00a0 Complaints to the motel management resulted in an offering of new rooms.\u00a0 According to reports, all seven of the rooms were also infested with the pests.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated with the situation and not feeling like they were receiving the results they needed, the family went out and bought over-the-counter pesticide products.\u00a0 Those of course did not work and only made matters worse.\u00a0 The family called the North Central Health District which decided to do an inspection of the motel.<\/p>\n<p>Their findings resulted in the motel receiving an 86 and bed bugs and cockroaches being found.\u00a0 After the inspection, the motel asked the family to leave their establishment.\u00a0 Reports are that they did refund the night of one room and gave a partial refund of the other two rooms.<\/p>\n<p>This is bad business no matter how you look at it!\u00a0 The motel should have had regular visits from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/bed-bugs\/index.php\">licensed pest control professional<\/a> to avoid this bad publicity and bad customer service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone that reads the internet or watches the news knows that bed bugs are a problem throughout the United States.\u00a0 When they first became an issue in New York City, people often believed that an infestation was caused by a person being dirty.\u00a0 Through education and experience with the pests, it is fairly well understood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[35,25],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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