HotelChatter

Luckily for all of us, a group of folks stand ready and willing to assist us in recruiting ninjas and the overall bed bug outing quest. So, we are turning to you to help us find these bed bugs, but remember, it is important you move fast when you spot these critters.

Here is how it works. If you happen to get a room where you notice bed bugs, email us immediately, like throwing a ninja steel star, and depending on your location, we may send some of our bed-bug-outing friends to your hotel room to document the nightmare--don't worry, they are nice people.

A couple caveats:

First, to hotels that say we are trying to create a big deal out of a problem that doesn't exist. If that is the case, folks won't send us any emails now will they? Also, if you are a hotel that takes extra care to make sure these critters don't invade your property, let us know about what you do.

Second, you have to be a guest at a U.S. hotel to take part in this experiment, sorry Londoners. Furthermore, since bed bug complaints are on such an upswing in New York, we highly encourage New York hotel guests to respond to this call.

Lastly, we can't guarantee that every bed bug horror story will be documented. But at the end of the day, all we are trying to do here is assist in solving this problem so that guests don't have to endure bed bugs, hotels get better at eradicating the bugs, and we don't have to write about bed bugs or look at pictures of bed bugs any longer. Hopefully by calling some attention to this problem, the offending hotels will put more of an effort into keeping the bugs out of the rooms, making life in hotels peaceful for everyone again.

Tags: Miscellaneous / Bed Bugs

by markj