I've been on the fence on getting a class A. Last week went on a long trip to Texas. Upon arrival, got a hotel and checked for bedbugs. For the first time, check of mattress showed evidence of bedbugs!!! I left and tried two other motels with similiar results!!! Finally went down the road and found motel without bedbugs. Its getting frightening to travel.I think the recent increase of bedbugs will be a boon to RV industry. Now you can't travel using hotels without fear of bedbugs. Now I'm wondering if RV's for sale could have bedbugs too.

You checked the motel before renting a room.Check the RV for bed bugs before buying.Don't forget to tell us about the class A you buy. :)

CC58 wrote:I've been on the fence on getting a class A. Last week went on a long trip to Texas. Upon arrival, got a hotel and checked for bedbugs. For the first time, check of mattress showed evidence of bedbugs!!! I left and tried two other motels with similiar results!!! Finally went down the road and found motel without bedbugs. Its getting frightening to travel.I think the recent increase of bedbugs will be a boon to RV industry. Now you can't travel using hotels without fear of bedbugs. Now I'm wondering if RV's for sale could have bedbugs too.That is the nice thing about RVs, you can remove the mattress and buy a new one.Oh, we use our RV for traveling, not camping.

gbopp wrote:You checked the motel before renting a room.Check the RV for bed bugs before buying.Don't forget to tell us about the class A you buy. :)The scary thing is the young ones are not visible to the eye so not always possible to tell by looking. I've learned to look for their droppings on bare mattress (black clumps or looks like scattered black pepper) I was so upset at the hotel situation I didn't trust the clean hotel either. Took in set of clean clothes in a sealed plastic bag. Right before I left threw clothes on my back and shoes in the garbage, took a shower, and put on clean clothes in bathroom and hit the door.

wny_pat wrote:That is the nice thing about RVs, you can remove the mattress and buy a new one.Oh, we use our RV for traveling, not camping.Its not that easy. From what I've read, its very difficult to get rid of them once you get them. Can cost thousands. The only sure fire way is heat treatment of 130 degrees for a number of hours. Since they outlawed DDT there is nothing that can effectively kill them.

What kinds of hotels or motels are we talking about here? The $50 a night kind?

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CC58
Explorer
Sep 22, 2013
gbopp wrote:
You checked the motel before renting a room.
Check the RV for bed bugs before buying.
Don't forget to tell us about the class A you buy. :)

The scary thing is the young ones are not visible to the eye so not always possible to tell by looking. I've learned to look for their droppings on bare mattress (black clumps or looks like scattered black pepper) I was so upset at the hotel situation I didn't trust the clean hotel either. Took in set of clean clothes in a sealed plastic bag. Right before I left threw clothes on my back and shoes in the garbage, took a shower, and put on clean clothes in bathroom and hit the door.
wny_pat1
Explorer
Sep 22, 2013
CC58 wrote:
I've been on the fence on getting a class A. Last week went on a long trip to Texas. Upon arrival, got a hotel and checked for bedbugs. For the first time, check of mattress showed evidence of bedbugs!!! I left and tried two other motels with similiar results!!! Finally went down the road and found motel without bedbugs. Its getting frightening to travel.

I think the recent increase of bedbugs will be a boon to RV industry. Now you can't travel using hotels without fear of bedbugs.

Now I'm wondering if RV's for sale could have bedbugs too.
That is the nice thing about RVs, you can remove the mattress and buy a new one.

Oh, we use our RV for traveling, not camping.
gbopp
Explorer
Sep 22, 2013
You checked the motel before renting a room.
Check the RV for bed bugs before buying.
Don't forget to tell us about the class A you buy. :)

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