Reports of bed bugs in New York City’s hotels have increased more than 44% since this time last year — even at some of the city’s most expensive, five-star properties.
According to the Bedbug Registry, a database that records bed bug-related complaints and sightings, bed bugs have been seen (or felt) in 176 of the 272 hotels that are members of the Hotel Association of New York City.
The New York Daily News reports that guests had even complained of bed bugs in the glitzy rooms at the Waldorf Astoria, the Millennium Hilton and the New York Marriott Marquis (we like to picture those bed bugs driving tiny Bentleys right into the mattress folds).
Even one guest complaint places a property on the Bedbug Registry, but 18 hotels combined for 363 complaints, making up 42% of all of the bed bug sightings in the city.
Sources: Bedbug Registry and New York Daily News
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