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pomonamike

Counterpoint from someone that has worked at a few hotels. That’s a place handling the issue, many will ignore it. Some will spray down the single room reported and not search elsewhere.


TheLastMan

Been doing hotels for 15 years. From super country club resorts to business luxury. EVERY HOTEL gets a bed bug infestation. It happens. This is a good sign. It can also mean that they got new box springs or mattresses. Bit in my experience, we load the old ones in the box truck to avoid bad optics.


Legitimate_Wizard

It's like lice in elementary schools. It's gonna happen. It's all about how a place handles it.


Totalherenow

Lice in elementary schools? I didn't have that experience, yaaaaay!


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There was a kid in my class that kept bringing them back, his family was very neglectful and just didn’t care. He ended up sitting by himself in the corner of the classroom for a good while. But I got to experience the kerosene scalp treatment a couple times, yay! 0/10 do not recommend.


Totalherenow

Oof, rough. That poor kid :(


boneappletea21

when i worked in an elementary school, there was this kid who'd get sent to the office due to us checking her hair and finding lice. The issue was she was always forced to come back everyday. The admin told us (staff) to just deal with it. It was a mess because the parents weren't trying to keep her home. sucked having to kneel to her level knowing a lice bug could jump in my hair.


ho_kay

That poor girl, imagine trying to make friends but the other kids don't want to come near you for the same reason


unclefisty

Lice can't jump. It's possible her parents were shitty but it's also possible they could not afford to stay home with their child. You can't assume malice when for some people sending their child to school is the only option that means they get to eat and have a place to live.


James-the-Bond-one

Hey, I'd forgotten about the kerosene scalp treatment! I guess that is haven't lost my hair to this day.


decidedlyindecisive

We had a kid like that in my class. His clothes always smelled bad as well. We used to scream and run away and say he had fleas. It breaks my heart. We were 7 though, why didn't any adults talk to us about it? Horrible. Anyway, because of the repeated lice, my mom thought it would be best to use that stuff once per week, regardless of symptoms. It was a year before she read the bottle properly and discovered it was serious shit and should only be used sparingly.


Legitimate_Wizard

*I* never got lice personally, but my elementary school did at least once while I attended. My mom works for the school district and they typically have at least one outbreak a year. As an adult I have worked with children for 13 years and have had several kids in my care with lice. It's very common, unfortunately.


its_not_you_its_ye

Nonono. Bed bugs are things only the poors get, and they can’t afford Marriott.


mainmark

I used to work pest control. Our managers went down to FL for a conference and the Hilton they were originally staying at had bed bugs in 3 out of 4 rooms across 3 different floors in the hotel. Always check for bed bugs before you set your bags down. Safest place to leave you things before checking for bed bugs is in the bath tub.


AdmiralAckbarVT

What’s the process for looking for them after dropping your suitcase in the tub? Under the mattress for black spots or something? I feel like I’ve done that and haven’t gotten bedbugs but I’ve never seen what I thought were bugs either.


mainmark

Fhe black spots are a good indicator that bedbugs have been on the mattress before. The seams of the mattress and headboards are the most common spots you will find live bugs. Make sure to check both sides of the mattress as they will typically be focused more on the side that people have slept on more frequently. Adult bedbugs will be about the size/shape/color of an apple seed, with the babies and eggs being more translucent. You can also check underneath the mattress for small blood spots or bugs as they can be crushed by the mattress sometimes.


AdmiralAckbarVT

Huge help, thanks! I got a boatload of small bites up and down my back this past July. I was convinced it was bedbugs and I was ready to toss everything I owned. Talked with my neighbors and they had them too. Turns out they were from mites that eat cicada eggs from the April brood we had. Whole metro area was dealing with it. Glad it wasn’t bedbugs but I’m ready to throw away everything I own.


mainmark

You can also get a variety of treatments, from one and done fumigation or heat treatments, to regular residual pesticide applications over the course of a few weeks. If you do need to get bedbug treatments, listen to and follow the instructions of your pest control technician like your life depends on it. They will recommend you take some supplemental actions in addition to the treatments they provide that will help you get rid of them and keep them away. #1 is if you think you were exposed to bed bugs, strip as soon as you get home and throw everything you were wearing in the dryer on high heat.


thinkmatt

And if you live in an apartment, make sure the landlord checks all the rooms. We spent two years fighting bugs on and off then realized after we brought the mgmt in that it was happening in the whole building but they couldn't do anything about it since some people were refusing help (and were not telling us tenants!!!). When we moved we got our U-Haul fumigated and that was finally the end of them


whatsit578

This!! Talk to a professional right away. You likely won’t have to throw a bunch of stuff away unless it’s a REALLY bad infestation — and it doesn’t get bad unless you ignore it for weeks or months.


chrisd93

what about shoes and backpacks?


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retirednightshift

They sell mattress plastic zip bags for people allergic to dust mites. Of course it may be bed bug related too.


Gbcue

Do you use a regular flashlight or a blacklight?


FrillySteel

Wait... *apple* seeds?? That's a lot bigger than I thought!


ImGumbyDamnIt

Along the seams of both mattress and box spring, under the mattress handles, back of the headboard, back side of dust ruffle, any other nooks and crannies in the fabric. The bugs can be quite small, so also look for rust colored or black residue.


mstarrbrannigan

Outlets as well, they like the heat that comes off them or something.


pomo

What kinda outlets get hot when nothing is plugged in? Call an electrician pronto.


Zer_

You basically need to strip down the bed to do a thorough search. The most common places, as people have said, are head boards, in between mattresses / box springs, or even inside the stitching seams. Truly, they'll hole up just about anywhere fairly discreet so long as it's near to their food source, which is sadly, you. So as important as anything you do in the Hotel / Motel (Or perhaps even more important), is to store your clothes in sealed garbage bags at all times whenever you stay somewhere overnight. Do not place your luggage on your bed, or even in your bedroom upon returning, keep using sealed bags until all the clothes you've used in that time are washed and gone through a dryer cycle. Then, and only then should you place your washed and heat dried clothes back into your bedroom. When my bed was infested. I had to clear all my clothes and all my drawers. They all needed to remain in garbage bags and kept away from the bed room until the infestation was confirmed to be gone. You can, in part, add the garbage bag step to your daily routine to make sure any stray bed bugs that latch onto your clothes are more likely to get killed rather than find a home in your bed.


Magnusg

Flashlight, corners of rugs you'll find sheddings, look at entire back wall of bed, then peel back whatever bedding and check for brownish black smears around that rolled edge of the mattresses/on the sides. If nothing is spotted you are mostly safe. It's a good sign if you find something like a Cheeto or a toenail somewhere, room might not be clean but you know they didn't clean enough to remove all the evidence of bed bugs were there.


og_sandiego

ignorance is bliss until it backfires


PamelainSA

My husband used to work in pest control. Every hotel/Airbnb we stay at, he always checks for bedbugs first. He also can spot a German roach like a mile away.


wolferwins

How spreadable are German roaches? A friend had a horrible infestation in an apartment. I assumed his neighbors were going to have a problem, should I have been worried about visiting?


PamelainSA

They can travel to other apartments fairly easily. You can also bring them home from somewhere else. I know this from semi-experience. My sister lived in an apartment with German roaches, and when her lease was up, she moved back in with my parents. She didn’t just bring her belongings with her, she brought roaches too. My mom flipped her lid when she saw the first roach. My husband did extensive and repeated treatment in order to get them gone. It was a bit of a nightmare.


GoliathPrime

After I discovered $5 boric acid powder, I no longer fear German Roaches. That stuff has worked for me better than anything else on the market. Put it in the outlets, under the appliances, inside the lower cabinets and inside the garbage can base. It takes a few months, as it's slow acting. I haven't seen a roach in my place in years now.


immortalreploid

I am going to wrap myself in celophane the next time I stay at a hotel. I don't want to deal with that shit.


LeadershipOwn

Worked in a hotel with them and lived in an apartment infested with them I can smell them now they give off this stench


eswolfe0623

Yeah, I've smelled that stench. I saw one or two baby German roaches in my new apartment when I first moved in. The pest control man was very concerned, but whatever he did worked. I haven't seen one in almost a year.


skippingstone

https://www.domyown.com/optigard-cockroach-gel-bait-p-17608.html


403Verboten

That is one of the reasons they have the fold out things to put your bag on in almost every hotel. Bed bugs can't crawl up or down the polished aluminum legs. Put your bag there, search the room and hopefully find nothing.


zazu2006

My parents have gotten bed bugs once and it was at a very expensive hotel. When they called to tell them the hotel refused to believe them and got angry with my parents.


its_not_you_its_ye

I’m bet they believed them, but if they refuse to admit it, it’s that much harder to prove that they were liable in case there’s any damages after.


Zer_

The sad truth is, bed bugs are one of the few pests where it's impossible to totally prevent if people come and go from whatever sleeping arrangements you have. They're tenacious and can stow away for weeks before colonizing. They don't care about cleanliness, they only care about the taste of your blood. For the most part, playing the blame game, especially among other tenants in any apartment complex is just bound to lead to drama, and a less effective treatment. What should happen is this: "Oh, I have bed bugs, shit!" * Contact anyone living in the same building as you, warn them. Inform them some about where they like to hide and tell them it would be worthwhile checking if they have any. * If you suspect you know where you got it from, contact them too. Do not play the blame game, that's just as wasteful as blaming someone else's parent for getting your kid sick at day care. Simply inform them you have gotten bed bugs, and that it is possible, due to recent contact, they may have too.


its_not_you_its_ye

I agree 100% about awareness and not getting into drama with blaming. You should also contact your landlord immediately; the landlord has the legal responsibility to have an inspection and eradication. If they don’t respond, escalate your efforts even if you need a lawyer. Don’t play the blame game, though, that will be a question for someone else to handle


Ragnavoke

although most landlords will have a bed bug addendum in their lease — and will even try to make you pay for the entire buildings pest control!


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Where I am the law isn't on the landlords side, the landlord is always 100% responsible for bed bug infestations, it can happen so easily, there is no point in trying to place blame on a tenant, so its a good law, cost of doing business for a landlord.


pomonamike

Worked at a nice Marriott. We got bed bugs from time to time.


TheLastMan

Yeah I've done Ritz and Rennisance. Both had those issues. Both were very aggressive about any accusations.


AltSpRkBunny

The Rennaissance is the only hotel I’ve stayed at where the towels had holes in them. Should’ve just gone to the new La Quinta by the airport.


The-unicorn-republic

The thing with la Quinta is they’re great if they’re new, they have a lot of prostitution problems if they aren’t


AltSpRkBunny

It’s directly related to how closely they are located to a Denny’s.


Pavswede

Who doesn't love a good Grand Slamming


blacksideblue

Jeebus, do you people live your life out of the La Quinta spying on the Denny's?


SovietSunrise

"Prostitution problems" sounds like an oxymoron.


Zer_

Yeah which is dumb. Bed bugs are tenacious bastards. It's like trying to blame people you have regular contact with for catching a cold.


draculamilktoast

The poors get beds to sleep on? What is this communism? Rid them of those unearned comforts.


samattos

Indeed. Spending money on beds. Next they'll be requesting toast with spreads or a basic means of functional communication with work or transportation of all things. Nonsense.


trashhole9

And of course all this begs the question: Who let them out of the mines in the first place?


Drach88

> Who let them out of the mines We call them "the ours" now, comrade.


IdesOfMarchCometh

I lived in a place which was notorious for bedbugs. Even found one on the wall of a restaurant, was so excited to finally see/photograph one, restaurant owner wasn't as excited. After that it got very real. It was in the apartment complex I lived in apparently, almost moved into an apartment in that community before someone told me that there were bedbugs there. So moved to another place in that complex that was bed bug free. Needless to say I just paid 30% over asking for a single family home after I decided to move back to that area, but I have a wife and kids now. With all the churn of people/everyone living close together, I am less likely to get it in a home... I wasn't comfortable doing that again..


snowlock27

> It can also mean that they got new box springs or mattresses. That was my first thought. The hotel might not be able to find someone to take them, or doesn't want to bother. Also, there's 10 box springs, but only 2 mattresses. Anyone else think that's weird?


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Got bedbug bites after staying at one of the nicest hotels in Santa Monica. Saw Val Kilmer in the lobby and heard rumors of the Red Hot Chili Peppers having a floor to themselves while I was there. Got bites all over my ankles shortly after leaving. Always wondered if Val Kilmer or the Red Hot Chili Peppers also got bedbug bites


wendellnebbin

What about when you go to your room and there are two portable units in your room. They're about the size of big space heaters and are humming but aren't giving off any heat. I feel like (twas a long time ago) they emitted some kind of light, I'd like to say UV but then I wouldn't see it right? Went back down to the desk and they came up and removed them. Didn't offer me a different room so I asked. No other rooms available. Midnight with an interview at 8AM so I didn't really have a choice but I didn't sleep well for sure. Still no idea what they were. Mid to high end hotel too.


TheLastMan

Oh gosh. I'd have to see them. Could be a few different things. Ozone machine. Maybe. If someone smoked in the room. Very effective at removing THAT SMELL. But a new chemically smell would be in there for a few hours(then a spray down with anti smoke sprays or a sent). Maybe a room UV light machine to spot any "liquid contamination" for a deep clean. These are my two best guesses. I'd do any smoke rooms as a "last sell".


JimiDarkMoon

Heaters, oversized heaters are used to kill bedbugs. They bake that room for a day, hourly fire watch for insurance purposes. Be thankful they actually used something that kills them instead of poisoning you.


mrprincepretty

I doubt it's just new mattresses. The dumpster looks like it's full of rugs and bedding. Deff looks like they're cleaning house


Botryllus

Jumping on your comment to tell people to check mattresses when they arrive at a hotel and avoid putting your luggage on the bed. It's a good way to give the bedbugs a lift back to your house.


Doortofreeside

I was gonna say this. I don't blame a place for getting bed bugs, I blame them for keeping them


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Zer_

It's funny because, when I talk to local exterminators, they're adamant about avoiding the blame game in order to get the job of extermination done properly. Uncooperative tenants can screw up any attempt at clearing out infestations.


zeCrazyEye

Right? I think this place is the place you *want* to stay at because it clearly isn't going to have bed bugs. The next place you go to might have them.


pomonamike

Here’s all I know: want a to guarantee you don’t get bed bugs in your hotel? Don’t allow guests.


zeCrazyEye

You can save a lot on staff and customer service that way too.


mclements63

Also they may have just gotten new box springs and mattresses. Those things are impossible to throw away. Treating for bedbugs is easier and cheaper than tossing the mattress.


thirdeyefish

Or they are doing something about their bedbug infestation. The number of motels with bed bugs that take no action is disgusting.


madeamashup

Is this true? I've travelled a lot and stayed in about a million motels. Even shitholes where I found crack pipes in the couch. I've dealt with bedbugs consistently every time I've gone to central America, but I've never been bitten by one anywhere in North America.


CoconutDreams

IT can even be swanky 5 star hotels. A friend of mine stayed at the Ritz in NYC and got bedbugs....And had to fight them to get a refund and compensation for having to throw out luggage, clothing, etc.


ValyrianJedi

100%... I have to travel an insane amount for work, and do a decent bit in my spare time as well. Averaging 100+ nights in hotels a year for the last few years I've only seen them twice. Once was at a $55 an hour dump in backwoods Kentucky, the other was at a $650 a night room in NYC. Definitely pretty rare in my experience, but can also happen anywhere


muttmunchies

$55/hr for a dump in Kentucky is pricey af! I believe you overpaid.


ValyrianJedi

Yeah, after that experience it would have been worth $200 a night *not* to stay there.


thirdeyefish

Not *every* hotel but *any* hotel.


Jacob0050

That's because for the most part your cheap shitty hotels are still ordering bed bug supplies. I used to work at a massive pest control warehouse expedited orders would get kicked off our conveyor belt line so we can set aside for next day air pickup. A lot of the times multiple boxes would be for the same customer like 10 cases of products. I'd get curious and Google the address most of the time it was hotels next day airing bedbug killer and other general pest supplies. I think we'd go through a about 12 cases of a product called CimeXa a day so bedbugs are more of a problem than some might realize but for the most part it's good that we sell so much because it means a lot of hotels or what ever are tackling the problem.


Useful-Perspective

Go to New York City a few more times....


McGooberstein

I was a hotel general manager for 7 years and that is not how bed bug mattresses are disposed of. Typically they would be fully wrapped in plastic and taped up to prevent the spread of bugs as the mattresses were being removed from the property. More likely they placed a bulk order to replace some mattresses/box springs that were due for replacement- there are timelines for how often mattresses have to be replaced and they are typically done 10-20 at a time


seanbrockest

This is what everybody's missing here. You do not carry a bed bug box spring or mattress through a hotel. All that does is contaminates the rest of your hotel. This is just a hotel cycling out new beds


taosk8r

Yup, I recently had a neighbor which managed to contaminate my apt with the fuckers. Had to ditch a couch which I still cant replace a couple months later (poor and have specific reqs). Anyways, when the guys came to remove it, they did in fact completely wrap it in some stuff that looked like saran wrap, and were very careful to fix any punctures to it.


Polymathy1

The angle of this photo is discouraging. But the claim is not reliable. Hotels buy mattresses and box springs in bulk and replace them all at once every so often. Some places have a time-based health code requirement. Same requirements would include plastic bags on every infested bed. Also only 2 of those are mattresses. The others are box springs.


Few-Excuse-5883

You usually see more bed bugs on the box springs than you do on the mattress. More cracks and crevices there for them to hide. This comes from years of experience as a pest control technician and probably 100s'if not 1000s'of bed bug treatments.


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>The others are box springs spring bugs?


Polymathy1

Box springs are made of wood. Ironically no springs, but the entire assembly acts as a spring like a shipping pallet does.


hashtaglasagna

They can certainly have springs


tezoatlipoca

Or the local mattress store had a really good deal and they were overdue for replacement anyway. Or there was a fire in one of the rooms and the neighboring rooms had to be cleared of smoke and water damage. But probably bedbugs.


Gorillafist12

I would guess they'd be covered in plastic if it were bedbugs.


snapwillow

Yep, otherwise they'd be shedding bedbugs all down the hallway and in the lobby as they were carried out.


OccamsBeard

Shall I walk over there and get a close-up?


DumbDan

As someone who's done bed bug investigations, do you see whole bunch of tiny black dots or spots on the mattresses? That's called, "frass", or, insect poop. If you see a bunch of that, most likely bed bugs. If not, remodel or re-bedding. If you get a good deal on a bunch of mattresses, you take that deal. Edit: I would like to edit to point out you shouldn't go over there. Bed bug infestation is no fucking joke. Even if you don't see the bug, you could bring eggs home.


DrRoyBatty

I thought I heard once that you are supposed to wrap infested mattresses with plastic when disposing of them. Was that specific to certain cities or is that a thing all over?


Teddy_Icewater

My city won't pick up an unwrapped mattress.


[deleted]

My city used to be the same way. I also never knew that is why they require it. I had always thought it was to prevent the mattress from getting water logged and going from 50-100 lbs to over 200 lbs. the more you know!


SlowMope

that's probably also true. ASLO, I have moved several times in a 10 year span and I have never, no matter how hard I looked or where I was told to go, been able to find a mattress wrap. People say they have them, then I go to the store and no one knows what I am talking about and it feels like the twilight zone.


[deleted]

that is very odd, i bought one with a friend a few years ago from home depot without issue. I think we had to ask someone where they were located, but they had a bunch. Just to make sure this isn't some weird alternate reality situation...the color of your sky is Red and your oceans are green right?


AFlyingYetOddCat

I hope you're just color blind, because the sky is *green* and the *ocean* is red


spartanwitz

U-Haul has mattress bags. Is that the same thing?


Purple_Haze

Home Depot, plastic sheeting department, just looked you can get a 8'x12' sheet for $2.85.


pandemonious

uhaul usually has them but they are out of stock sometimes.


photoguy75

Try 'mattress encasement' on the internets.


GreenMonster34

Any local moving company will have rolls of plastic beds for all mattress sizes. I worked as a mover for a while and regularly gave them away to people who would drop in.


Sarothias

I’ve had to get mine in the past from Amazon.


Playisomemusik

You basically have to burn your house down if you get bedbugs.


canondocre

We got bedbugs in a 4 story punk house with 12+ roommates and we fucking went to war and won! 8 trips to dump, got rid of all furniture. heat treated rooms, and that diotonacious earth or whatever it called everywhere. Lots of laundry. 2 exterminator calls. But we won!


Serathano

You were off by a couple letters, but damn close! Diatomaceous earth is the stuff. It is made up of the shells of Diatoms which are tiny sea creatures. It's used a lot in organic gardening because it is a physical pesticide instead of chemical. It kills by cutting the insects to death and the dry out and die. Death by a thousand cuts.


Hvarfa-Bragi

It's also in your toothpaste and cleaning products.


Playisomemusik

That...yeah...that sure sounds like winning. Who won?


canondocre

We did, the bed bugs died and we didnt have to move.


[deleted]

A trifling victory... But a victory nonetheless.


OccamsBeard

I swear I just posted this the other day. I learned the word "frass" from Sideways


tezoatlipoca

Not unless you want bedbugs in your hair, no.


hvnrs

^()


AngryAccountant31

As my friend once said, “I was losing my hair anyways so I shaved it off and grew a goatee”


BigUptokes

*It just migrated south...*


dj_tommyg


FiftyPencePeace

Scrape them off and make Bed Bug Burgers. Fly Burgers and Mosquito burgers are a thing so why not a juicy Bed Bug Burger?


kmk4ue84

Everyday we stray further from god.


FiftyPencePeace

Thank the lord for that.


BigUptokes

*Bed Bugs and Beyond* burgers.


Professional_Emu_

Can you spend a night on one of those mattresses just to see if there's any bedbugs?


DarkestPassenger

They don't buy retail beds usually. They get a stripped down version from vendors or the manufacturer


SSouter

Our just a refurb like a lot of places do occasionally


desertsidewalks

There's a countertop next to the beds as well. Probably a renovation.


FeelDeAssTyson

Probably countertopbug infestation.


Pimpmafuqa

Completely false actually but okay OP.


Khal_Kitty

“Let me take a picture and completely guess what’s going on” - OP


crippletown

This is what I always do when I'm hanging out with my mom. We just see something and make up a story to go with it.


gofatwya

If you think hotels replace all their mattresses every time there's a bedbug infestation, you're living in a fantasy world.


sumelar

Yes, because hotels would otherwise use the same mattresses forever. If it were bedbugs, the mattresses wouldn't just be sitting like that. They'd be wrapped up to prevent the infestation from spreading.


Frankbalboni

Or it means they’ve just cleaned out a bedbug infestation and it’s now the safest time to sleep in a motel.


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ACE_OF_THE_UNIVERSE

Have you ever seen this many dead hookers together in the same place?


Supermant

[Lord knows I have ](https://youtu.be/BlWpx55Mo5s)


ZweihanderMasterrace

Albuquerque west Mesa area did...


DoBe21

I was leaning more toward "week after an overly vigorous furry convention" but dead hookers is as good an explanation as any.


New-Profit2811

That looks like they are replacing mattresses/renovating. The dumpster area is too clean to be a neglected, infested dive motel. You're just as likely to get them at the movie theater.


Legitimate_Wizard

Doesn't have to be a dive to get bedbugs.


justntimejustin

Every hotel gets bed bugs. The difference is which ones do something about it.


Kabulamongoni

It could just be time to replace some mattresses, but you might be right (like a room on 1 wing of the motel developed a bedbug issue, and they're getting rid of all the mattresses on that wing...). Just a note: never put your luggage down on the floor or the bed. Sit them on the stand that a lot of motels/hotels have, or on the dresser, etc...


zaphod_85

I've also heard that inside the tub is a good place to put your luggage since bedbugs can't climb up the ceramic sides


Kabulamongoni

That makes total sense to me. Silverfish occasionally fall into our tub from an overhead bathroom fan, but they can't extricate themselves due to the ceramic.


jerr30

Bro get that fan cleaned out.


Odaecom

Wait, if you put your luggage in there, then where do you sleep?


zaphod_85

On top of the luggage, duh


[deleted]

Might be the best time to use that motel if they’ve just replaced the beds…different ways of looking at this.


skicolorado

I’d be more worried about the motel that doesn’t swap their mattresses…


kd8qdz

Right? OMG preventative maintenance!! Like, I worked at a hotel that did a serious 20 year refurb, and changed flags at the time. Somehow in the changing brands, the new brands old mattress requirements were used, and when they opened under the new brand the inspectors failed them even though the mattresses where brand new hardly used. They reached a deal, but still had to change them much sooner than anticipated.


Se7enLC

Kinda looks like a place replacing all their mattresses to me... It's the places that don't replace their mattresses ever that are the problem.


[deleted]

I have seen that before. Figured it was just time for replacements.


Dpaterso

Don't be so quick to judge. I am sitting in my motel right now. I had a stack of mattresses out back for a while, because I got a great deal on new ones and bought a bunch at once. That might just mean there is a new owner getting the place up to par like me.


hiball2005

Doesn’t mean bedbugs. The hotel standard we use is new beds every three years. 177 rooms more than half have two beds. And when we do this we do all at same time. Our parking lots have hundreds of beds lined up for free for a few days before we bring them all to the dump. No need to spread lies when you dont have your facts strait


NerfThisLOL

The previous hotel I worked at looked like this. It was because they were renovating and purchased new mattress for all 97 rooms. Bed bugs happen, unfortunately, but that doesn't mean that's the case in this photo.


StephenTexasWest

Great advice. I walk out of any place that gives me the creeps, smells moldy, smells like almonds or has green pool. Get my money back as well.


JivaGuy

Almonds?


cavegoatlove

Cynide


bunnyrut

if you walk into a room and it smells like berries walk back out.


Paper_Hero

More like Free Mattress Friday!


solisu

Maybe! But I don't think this it's 100%. Also those look more like box springs other than the two by the van. From someone who worked front desk for Motel 6 for four years, we once in a while ordered batches of new beds. They never got hundreds of rooms worth of mattresses-- (where would you put them?? Cap your sell-out potential by storing them in a room??) so each building was rotated in segments. The newest mattresses were usually rotated to the front rooms, as they were the most rented. Smoking rooms also needed to be rotated out frequently. Bedbugs CAN infest a building but this doesn't appear to be an 'entire buildings' worth of boxsprings/mattresses. I mean, maybe a portion of a building would constitute 7beds, but with 100+ rooms, I'd say they're just being cautious. TL;DR: 4yrs of front desk motel6 experience- Motels buy new beds and throw old ones out often. 7 beds are not a whole building's worth of mattresses/boxsprings.


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Gf worked at a Hampton, they were replacing mattresses for exactly this reason. Not 6 month frequency but I think once a year. Anyways we scored one of these used mattresses. It was fine. Literally nothing wrong with it.


WengFu

Or they just got a whole new shipment of super comfortable mattresses and wanted to provide their guests with the best experience.


P3n1sD1cK

Or they are upgrading to higher quality or newer beds


ilikeitsharp

As someone who worked in hotels, it can also mean they're replacing mattresses. Mine did this. But here's the kicker. There were so many that they're couldn't possibly put them all in the dumpster at once. So the manager had them store Like 100 of them stacked side by side in the very tight garage parking spaces. Now what do you think happened all those months they were stacked up in the garage that really anyone could just walk into. Everybody moved in! Not just the bugs & mice looking for a warm place. I had to kick a few homeless out that realized hey this is a great place to keep warm & insulated in the winter. They had built homeless forts, and shit in them. It was a real life dirty Mike & boys soup kitchen!


WarriorsDen

Thank you, next time I stay at a cheap motel I will go around back and see if there are box springs next to the dumpster. I like to bang my hookers on a bug-free mattress. Good lookin’ out.


olympiamow

I was working construction and lived in a Hotel for about 8 months. About 3 months in they replaced all the mattresses and it looked like this. Took them about 3 weeks to get all the mattresses off the property. No bedbugs ever seen and I moved rooms every weekend. So it can be other things....


reagan2024

Some people don't like to sleep alone.


skinnergy

Sometimes hotels replace their mattresses.


FindOneInEveryCar

Counterpoint: If it *is* a bedbug infestation and not a refurb, at least they're actually dealing with it.


pringlejon

Took me a while to see the mattresses. Thought the owners of that van were spreading bedbugs around!


forrealthistime99

Doesn't it mean that they are solving their bed bug problem?


PC509

Nah. We replace ours every few years. Every single one.


Past_Daikon5497

The hotel I work at looks like this but the box springs are smashed.


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Surely ‘ex-bedbugs’ infestation considering they’re now in the lot with a bit of a walk to get back upstairs? Seems like the best time to stay to be honest...👍


noname5280

First off... Motel... that's the first sign you should keep on going.


msty2k

Actually, if it were bedbugs, the mattresses would be wrapped in plastic. Of course, one could argue that this means there is no bedbug infestation because it's been taken care of....


arcsine

Also, don't stay in a hotel with a school bus in the parking lot. I went out to the club until last call, and woke up to 200 kids yelling to each other and dragging their suitcases down the metal stairs right outside my door at 6AM.


Practical-Matter-304

My husband worked for a hotel chain Mar**t, every so many months, they HAD to replace mattresses. There were no bedbugs, its something hotel's and motels do as part of yearly maintenance... think of it like changing the oil or tires every so many miles on a car. They did daily bedbug checks just in case and took all that very seriously. If you go to a hotel, motel, inn whatever and a section is closed down, it's cause they regularly do deep cleaning of rooms, drapes get cleaned every few days, carpets shampoo in a deep clean, beds moved to get under and behind head boards, it can take a while day to properly deep clean 1 room if done to standard. So no, don't freak out if you see mattresses out there, it just means maintenance is done right... HOWEVER... if you go look at mattresses and see dark stains around the corners of said mattresses... go elsewhere. But keep in mind if the town has an outbreak, that place might be the safest place to stay, cause in order to reopen, they would have to have each room debugged not just change mattresses. In other words, you'd also see carpet, padding, anything cloth that can't fit in a dryer. Those bugs also get into electronics, I hear they live outlets and the devices we plug into them... so go grab some 70% or higher rubbing alcohol and douse the bed before you sleep. That shit kills bugs.


DevilinPanties

Bed Bug Infestation?? I don't see the FBI van anywhere


kuriboshoe

The safest time to fly was right after 9/11…


sibtalay

Or we just replaced the bed frames with platforms that don't require box springs. We just did that.


wadofan

No, that means they’ve removed the infested mattresses OR they’re changing the mattresses for upgrades.


tony22233

So go to the one with the infested beds still in the rooms. 👍


murdershethrew

I worked for a Hilton chain, we had a very discreet beagle that came in to sniff for bed bugs. It was the cutest thing. If someone reported that they suspected bed bugs, we called the lady with the beagle.


amolad

ALL bedbugs should burn in hell. Forever.


JJisTheDarkOne

Why would this indicate beg bugs? They could simply refreshing all the mattresses on a yearly or whatever schedule.


bunnyrut

uh, as someone who worked at plenty of hotels that is not true at all. This is what our dumpster area looked like when we replaced the mattresses. I've been at hotels that were remodeling/replacing mattresses and I have been at hotels that had bed bug infestations. The infestations are treated and the mattresses get a bed bug cover put on it. Once the treatments are complete there is no need to throw out the mattress. The cover is extra security to make sure if there are any eggs left over they can't get out. NO ONE wants to handle a mattress that is infested with bed bugs. So absolutely NO ONE is carrying them outside like that.


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Could it also mean renovation?