http://bedbugregistry.com/
Does anyone know how accurate this site is? My parents are coming to visit us in a few months and are looking for a place to stay, and they are completely paranoid that they're going to end up in a hotel with bedbugs. They have checked several hotels and keep claiming that they are all on the bedbug registry, but every time I check the same hotels, I find no evidence of bedbugs. If you put a hotel name and city/state in the search engine, it will bring you a list of hotels in that city but then if you click on one of the specific locations, it will either say how many reports of bedbugs they have had, or that no bedbugs have been reported at that location. So far, all the hotels that they've mentioned have indicated that there have been no reports of bedbugs.
Anyway, the site seems pretty...fishy, anyway. In the FAQ, it even says that they have no way to guarantee accuracy of their information since the bedbug reports are submitted anonymously and are not verified by anyone. I don't see any reason why someone who wanted to be a jerk could report bedbugs at any old hotel even if they've never stayed there, and then that hotel would be flagged.
But my parents are completely freaking out and paranoid...does anyone have any advice on how to calm them down?
Does anyone know how accurate this site is? My parents are coming to visit us in a few months and are looking for a place to stay, and they are completely paranoid that they're going to end up in a hotel with bedbugs. They have checked several hotels and keep claiming that they are all on the bedbug registry, but every time I check the same hotels, I find no evidence of bedbugs. If you put a hotel name and city/state in the search engine, it will bring you a list of hotels in that city but then if you click on one of the specific locations, it will either say how many reports of bedbugs they have had, or that no bedbugs have been reported at that location. So far, all the hotels that they've mentioned have indicated that there have been no reports of bedbugs.
Anyway, the site seems pretty...fishy, anyway. In the FAQ, it even says that they have no way to guarantee accuracy of their information since the bedbug reports are submitted anonymously and are not verified by anyone. I don't see any reason why someone who wanted to be a jerk could report bedbugs at any old hotel even if they've never stayed there, and then that hotel would be flagged.
But my parents are completely freaking out and paranoid...does anyone have any advice on how to calm them down?
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