I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb

Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by lotsofpulp on Friday November 01, 2013 @05:35PM (#6656626)

It is unrealistic to expect any dwelling, whether it be hotel or hostel, to be free of bed bugs, especially if you're in a region with lots of international travelers. There is no effective insecticide for them, they can be impossible to see, and they don't need to eat for months.

Now, any decent hotel will be doing periodic checks for bedbugs around the box spring and headboard, and any other wooden furniture. But there will always exist a small chance that the last person to be in the room brought a couple and you will get them.

Good news is they don't transmit any disease, and if they bite you, it just itches for a few days and goes away.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by gamblor956 on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:21PM (#6656905)

In nearly all US jurisdictions, hotels are required to maintain units free of vermin, including bedbugs. Private residences are not. Thus, if a hotel fails to keep the room free of bedbugs, they are generally (1) obligated to refund your room charges and (2) pay to replace any luggage or clothing rendered unusable by the pest infestation.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by KingMob on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:34PM (#6656969)

??? If there's no effective insecticide, how do you think we're killing them? The various -methrin-based compounds are generally pretty effective, though occasionally resistant subpopulations crop up.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by genwin on Friday November 01, 2013 @07:40PM (#6657315)

A shop vac removes them from a mattress.

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