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Bedbugs are ruining business for many Parisian hoteliers. (animatedfunk/Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Quelle horreur!
Bedbugs, usually thought of as an American nuisance, are driving Parisians crazy with their appearance in hotels.
One Paris hotel group conceded that even ritzy hotels are falling victim to the pests — and the problem is worsening.
“It’s traumatizing hotel managers. We talk about it among ourselves, but timidly,” Jean-Marc D’Orx, the general president of a French hotel union, told Le Parisien. “The hotelier is a victim in this kind of case. It’s not that the hotel is dirty, but it has welcomed people who have brought the bedbugs with them.”
And in 2018, there were 100,000 bedbug infestations just in Paris alone, according to the French Union for Pest Control.
Fearing massive financial losses and bad reputations, hotel managers also must shutter their establishments until the arrival of new beds and pest controls carry out inspections.
One TripAdvisor commenter, who allegedly stayed at a Paris hotel in November, stated, “Bedbugs, no handling of the matter and no treatment. You’re better off sleeping in your car.”