Don’t get a room with an eww.
NYC board-certified dermatologist Charles Puza , who studied at Harvard and Duke universities, is sharing four tips for staying in hotel rooms — check for bedbugs, avoid touching TV remotes and uncovered glassware, ignore the free toiletries, and say hi to your neighbors.
“No. 1, make sure your hotel is not on the Bed Bug Registry and always check the corners and under the bed for any signs,” Puza said in his TikTok , which has scared up 29,600 views since it was posted this month.
The Bed Bug Registry has collected about 20,000 reports of bedbugs at a total of 12,000 locations since it was created in 2006 — although it appears to be inactive, with broken links. Bed Bug Reports has more recent information.
Chicago, New York , and Philadelphia recently topped Orkin’s Top 50 Bed Bug Cities List , a January 2024 ranking of the metros with the most bedbugs.