Imagine for a moment, you start your vacation and settle into your hotel bed. But an unpleasant surprise ruins everything. Your skin begins to itch and becomes covered in red patches. You understand that bedbugs are also in the living room and plan to complain about them to reception. Although hoteliers have no particular obligation to deal with pests, their intervention cannot be ruled out. Explanations.
No obligation for hoteliers to declare in the event of a bedbug infestation
Since the presence of bedbugs in France is relatively recent (1990s), there is currently no legal system forcing hotel management to declare their invasions. Only initiatives of a preventive nature exist. For example, there is the 3D union chamber (CS3D), an institution whose members are committed to an active fight against several types of pests. Despite this legal loophole, vacationers can find out if the hotel they are staying in is infested. All they need to do is consult recent internet reviews relating to the establishment.
Voluntary treatment of bedbugs by hoteliers
Although professional accommodation establishments have no obligation, they actively fight against this type of pest. Letting bedbugs proliferate in their hotels means losing their customers and, at the same time, their turnover.
Many people resort to natural methods to resolve the situation: washing and drying sheets and other fabrics at very high temperatures, vacuuming every corner and even on fabrics, etc. Careful and regular checks are also applied. Without forgetting the use of pest control professionals.