Bed Bugs

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

Bed Bugs back in the news.

Boom in tiny bedbugs is causing big trouble

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

This gives new meaning to the phrase "I'm itching to travel"....

[jlwquilter Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jlwquilter]

Not bed bugs but I just stayed overnight at Westgate River Ranch (FL)timeshare (studio unit - 9B) and the master bed had FLEAS. Found this charming fact out at midnight and had to call for a new room assignment... which they did after a staff member checked to make sure I wasn't making it up.

I wasn't.

[funtime2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close funtime2]

Not bed bugs but I just stayed overnight at Westgate River Ranch (FL)timeshare (studio unit - 9B) and the master bed had FLEAS. Found this charming fact out at midnight and had to call for a new room assignment... which they did after a staff member checked to make sure I wasn't making it up.

I wasn't.

That is not good...

[happymum Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close happymum]

Major ick!!

[CarolF Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CarolF]

Not bed bugs but I just stayed overnight at Westgate River Ranch (FL)timeshare (studio unit - 9B) and the master bed had FLEAS.

That's revolting. So how did they get there?? Are animals allowed in the rooms?

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

My college age son graciously brought them home from a friend's house, took > 6 months to eradicate and major $.

[jlwquilter Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jlwquilter]

I had no idea pets were allowed at this timeshare but apparently they are. I was told, when I asked that during the flea caper, that some rooms are designated to allow pets. In fact the other side of this unt had a barking dog in it for the first few hours of our stay (between 8-10pm-ish). The people came back and the barking stopped.

We have several more overnight stays booked at the resort as it's very convenient to where we ATV ride. Generally the timeshare rooms have been good. I will now have to call on Thursdays - when they do their room assigning - to request a non-pet room.

We've had to deal with flea infestations twice. Once in a house we had just bought (took a few months to realize the problem) and once recently when the renters moved out of our rental house. We buy this powder stuff from a store called Do It Yourself Pest Control. You have to "pound" the powder into the carpet using a stiff broom. Let it sit for several hours, then vacuum it up. Repeat treatment a few days later. It's time consuming to do EVERY carpet area in a house, but at least the stuff works. The flea bombs and such never worked at all for us.