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If you’re traveling, there are some precautions you may take.


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You’ll probably want to pack extra items in case of emergencies, and you may work extra hard in the weeks leading up to your trip to make sure you don’t get sick. But have you ever checked your hotel room for bed bugs? If you haven’t, you may want to start.





KTLA reports that
two guests of a Ventura hotel recently won a major payout when they sued the hotel for having bed bugs
. The Shores Inn was forced to pay the two visitors $2 million in what may be one of the largest bed bug-related lawsuit payouts to date.


Bedbugs inside a home just outside of Paris via CBS News


Alvaro Gutierrez and Ramiro Sanchez stayed in the hotel for one night in 2020. “The bed bugs latched onto the plaintiffs while they slept, sucked their blood until they were gorged, and resisted eradication,” says the lawsuit. The plaintiffs claimed that the hotel management was aware of the bed bugs through multiple online reviews but failed to solve the problem.


Gutierrez was awarded $400,000 and Sanchez was awarded $600,000 for charges like “pain”

Attorney for Bed Bug Infestations at Disney World Resorts






Do bed bug infestations occur at Disney World? Yes indeed. Although Disney World often goes above and beyond in providing excellent service, when infestations are overlooked, guests can be badly bitten and have their vacation ruined.  Disney vacations are often long awaited family experiences, and having one ruined can be devastating for families. If that happens to you, Whitney, LLP’s attorneys can help. We have represented hundreds of clients including families with ruined vacations due to bed bug bites from infested guest rooms.

Like many other tourist and vacation hotspot, Disney guests have found bed bugs and experienced bed bug infestations in their hotel and resort rooms, and have brought negligence claims and lawsuits as the result of the infestations.  These claims are often best handled by a law firm that has experience dealing with Disney. Whitney, LLP’s attorneys have represented victims of bed bug infestations and bites against the largest hotel and vacation rental companies in the world, and have experience obtaining significant compensation for ruined vacations and injuries cause

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Type1ofaKind said:


Yes, I am very aware of that. However, I’m just trying to find out if one DVC resort has more reports of bed bugs than others.

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I doubt that there’s any way to even find out this information, the so called registries don’t seem to get much traffic & are based on voluntary unverified reports - here’s a link though https://www.smartertravel.com/is-your-hotel-on-the-bedbug-registry/
You could search ‘bedbugs’ here on DIS which makes for interesting reading including the info. that Disney’s response to verified instances is swift & thorough, which is reassuring but doesn’t quantify the issue.
I’ve been lucky, I’ve traveled extensively through the years including annually to WDW staying at AKV or VGF (also in past decades CBR, POFQ, YC, Poly, BWV, GF) & so far haven’t run into the nasty little hitch hikers - & fingers crossed that my good luck continues



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Some great advice and travel tips from one of the absolute best in the business:
http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/hotel-impossible/video/resolve-hotel-bed-bug-problem



Goofyernmost said:


are usually brought in by someone in their luggage or clothing. Not an indication of cleanliness.

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^Exactly this. And ironically, the cleaner, better-rated, and more popular of a facility, the more likely you are to have bedbugs enter. More travelers coming through your doors = higher risk of unwanted luggage hitchhikers. So obviously WDW is a higher risk of having bedbugs than, say, Uncle Joe's Roadside Inn off exit 4056 in the middle of Nothingsville. Yet while any place that depends on guests as a source of revenue is at high risk of getting bedbugs...with the right professional procedures in action, any and every lodging facility, movie theater, hospital, or public aircraft can quickly evict these critters as quickly as they entered.

The bad news is, until we have a better educated public on the do's and don't's of bedbug-prevention travel habits (check thoroughly before cozying into your room, never just go in, thr