Bed Bug Infestation
Bed bug infestation problems are known to exist in over twenty-five percent of all the rooms offered by the US lodging industry. Of 4,402,466 rooms Only one percent are affected, but that still represents over 44,000 rooms. If you do a lot of traveling you are an odds on favorite to encounter bed bugs.
Apartment management companies have it much worse. A huge influx of renters from foreign countries where bed bugs are tolerated, has created an environment where total bed bug control is nearly impossible.
Bed bug control is a labor intensive endeavor and costs for treating a single hotel or one bedroom apartment can easily exceed $300 per treatment. Multiple that figure times hundreds of units and suddenly profits fly out the forecasting window. Major hotel and
apartment management firms are facing a gloomy financial future unless they can quickly bring this problem under control.
Our advice is to work closely with a professional pest control company that completely understands the pest. Arrange for the pest professional to present an "in-service" program for employees to teach them how to identify bed bugs and recognize the signs of bed bug activity. Your pest management professional should participate in formulating a written proceedure for inspecting rooms, reporting problems and acting agressively to stop and newly discovered infestations.