Pest control company Orkin has a free, user-generated database that helps travelers check for bed bug activity at hotels across the U.S. and Canada. Travelers are advised to inspect hotel rooms upon ...

There are bed bugs in bedrooms, of course. They’re also in movie theaters, libraries, and, apparently, riding the N train through the tunnels of New York City’s subway system. And if you look hard ...

When it comes to insects, few are as insidious as the bed bug. They can live for more than a year without food. Their bodies are slim and flat, allowing them to squeeze into tiny spaces and hide. When ...

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If you're a savvy traveler, when you hunt for a hotel you probably search TripAdvisor for any mention of bed bugs. But here's the dirty secret behind those bed bug sightings: "The fact that roughly ...

Checking into a hotel for a holiday vacation? Beware of bed bugs. Hotels and motels can be hot spots for infestations of the small reddish-brown insects, which can live happily in a bed and hitch a ...

After a day of travel, many of us, upon arrival to a hotel room, will deposit our luggage on a luggage rack and flop onto the bed. And while this may be the most convenient—and comfortable—series of ...

Bed bugs and the itchy, red bites they impose are definitely not souvenirs you want to bring home after vacation. But, unfortunately, these hardy, fast-multiplying critters can hitchhike into ...

Bed bugs are the stuff of hotel nightmares. They often take up residence in hotel mattresses, can hitchhike on your luggage (and make their way back home with you), as well as make a home in other ...

Forget delayed flights, lost luggage, and crowded attractions—bringing home a bed bug from your vacation has to be one of the biggest travel nightmares facing most people. That's because bed bugs can ...