Hostel-Goers: Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  02.02.09 | 9:41 AM ET

A recent hostel-dwellers-have-scabies crack by one of my esteemed colleagues here at World Hum reminded me of that perennial fear for the regular hostel-dweller: bedbugs. Though in all my hosteling I’ve never been bitten myself, I do have friends who’ve had run-ins with the critters—and the aftermath was time-consuming, pricey and unpleasant.

Got bedbugs in your bunk? The Backpackers Guide to Bed Bugs offers some quick tips for hostel-bedbug triage; meanwhile, the Bedbug Blog (yes, there really is such a thing) offers everything you could ever want to know about an infestation, at home or abroad. And finally, this last link might set your hostel-going mind at ease: About.com lays to rest the myth that hostels are bedbug havens—turns out, you’re just as likely to come across them in hotels, too. (Feel better now?)

Tags: Budget Travel, Cheap Travel, Hostels, Travel Tips, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for Hostel-Goers: Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite

bedbugger 02.03.09 | 3:52 AM ET

Your reader may also find the following Bedbugger FAQS helpful—they’re about avoiding bed bugs when you travel:

http://bedbugger.com/faqs/travel

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