HotelChatter - Tag: Bedbugs

KS: Kansas To Stop Safety and Sanitary Inspections for Hotels

juliana — 2009-12-04T08:44:38-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/messyhotelbed.jpg" class="top"> Clean, kinda clean or unclean? That's the new guessing game you could playing the next time you're in Kansas. We almost seem to take for granted the safety and sanitary inspections that frequently take place in hotels and motels but upon hearing that the state of Kansas has halted its inspection program for licensed hotels, we're a little fearful that this could become an awful but necessary trend as governments struggle to balance their budgets.<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1609747.html">KansasCity.com</a> reports that the program was stopped after $300,000 cut from the Department of Agriculture (which randomly oversees hotel inspections.) <blockquote>The inspection program aimed to ensure the cleanliness and safety of guest rooms in the states nearly 1,000 licensed hotels. All currently

New York: Perhaps The Chelsea Really Does Let the BedBugs Bite

Jenna — 2008-09-29T16:14:10-05:00

Uh-oh. When the last woman wrote into the Living With Legends blog -- that little corner of the Internet that has been chronicling the drama at the Hotel Chelsea for fans of the famed establishment and the residents who have suffered from the management changes -- and said she had bedbugs, we sorta implied that maybe she was a bit of a nutter.

But a little glance into the comment thread beneath that particular post on the LL blog revealed another recent guest at the Chelsea coming forward with a similar problem.

New York: Have Bedbugs Moved Into The Hotel Chelsea?

Jenna — 2008-09-24T15:45:55-05:00

We weren't sure that things could get much more tumultuous for Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan -- whose management takeover has been an all-out, nonstop dramafest since the new folks in charge have butted heads with longtime residents of the storied Bohemian outpost -- but, alas, they have.

An irate guest of the hotel submitted an uncensored, unedited threatening-ish letter to our friends over at the Hotel Chelsea Blog reporting a hotel experience that was, uh, less than stellar.