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[โ€“] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some decent advice right here. In many years of regular hotel stays, I have had exactly two encounters with them. There was no issue with cross-infestation. They don't travel that easily, as you say.

What gets me is that prevention is so easy-peasy, in theory:

  • no carpets
  • foam or other cavity-free mattress
  • impervious mattress cover

Done. And yet hotels still have these monstrous sprung mattresses, which accumulate dust and mites and are basically black boxes for infestation of all kinds. Usually protected by a single layer of dirty synthetic fiber. Yuck.

[โ€“] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The whole carpet thing also annoys the fuck out of me.

I mean, it was fashionable once upon a time.

But now? It stains easily, harbours bugs and mites, and is ridiculously labour intensive to clean. Tile, high quality vinyl or laminate please.