Bed bugs found at 4 popular hotels on Las Vegas Strip

At slightest 4 guests staying successful the hotels encountered the pests successful their rooms betwixt September and January, reports say.

LAS VEGAS -- Some tourists staying astatine hotels connected the Las Vegas Strip whitethorn person returned location with unwanted guests: furniture bugs.

At slightest 4 guests staying successful fashionable hotels connected the Strip encountered the pests successful their rooms betwixt September and January, according to reports.

Health inspectors from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) confirmed furniture bug sightings astatine The Encore, The Venetian, The Mirage and the Excalibur Hotel & Casino.

A gaming and edifice advocacy radical released a connection saying, with 155,000 rooms and 41 cardinal yearly visitors, 4 rooms impacted implicit a 5-month play shows these are uncommon events.

How tin I debar furniture bugs erstwhile traveling?

According to SNHD, beryllium definite to cheque for furniture bugs right after entering your edifice room.

Place your luggage connected the rack. Officials said the metallic oregon integrative legs of the luggage rack marque it hard for furniture bugs to get into your suitcase. Also, support the rack distant from walls.

Check the mattress and headboard for signs of furniture bugs.

Pull sheets backmost and cheque for acheronian brownish spots connected the mattress. Also, cheque crevices and creases of mattress for shed skin, unrecorded insects oregon fecal matter.