Should NJ and NYC hotels take the drastic measure of shutting down if bed bugs are found in a few of the rooms? The Econo Lodge was closed down by the Kansas Department of Health because several of the rooms had been infested with bed bugs.

Often hotels have the bed bug infested rooms treated by a professional pest control service and leave the hotel open. Some brazen hotel managers actually tell hotel guests that have complained about bed bugs in their room to leave. They blame the guests for bringing in the bed bugs and perhaps offer a severe frown and caustic comments.

The Kansas health department gave them an emergency order to temporally suspend their business. Indeed a drastic measure. Should NJ and NYC shut down hotels which have a few rooms infested with bed bugs? It’s a tough call. It will severely damage the hotel’s financial situation and the stigma of being shut down for bed bugs could be long lasting. However hotel guests won’t be attacked by bed bugs and unknowingly transport the critters to their homes and other locations.

If you have bed bugs call a NJ, NYC bed bugs pest control professional to eliminate them.