Only 29% of Americans can identify a bed bug, according to new survey. Here's 5 ways to spot these pests in your mattress ...

Bed bugs are the stuff of hotel nightmares. They often take up residence in hotel mattresses, can hitchhike on your luggage (and make their way back home with you), as well as make a home in other ...

Bed bugs in hotel mattresses can not only ruin your trip with uncomfortable bites, but if they get into your luggage, a hotel mattress bed bug problem can quickly become an at-home bed bug ...

Beware of bed bugs. Hotels and motels can be hot spots for ... Pull back the bed sheets and blankets and check the mattress and box spring seams for bugs, especially at the head of the bed.

However, knowing my luggage and my hotel mattress were prime real estate for bed bugs, I knew it was important to break the habit of a lifetime and start my vacation with some caution. 1.

Halee, who has worked in the hotel industry for 15 years, has shared how to inspect mattresses for any unwanted guests – we’re talking about those dreaded bed bugs. First, she cautions guests ...

But two weeks ago, when I lifted up the sheets and saw rust-colored spots speckling my hotel mattress ... since the bugs are less likely to attach to it than a fabric suitcase like mine.

Inspect the mattress seams, headboard, and nearby furniture for small, rust-colored stains, shed skins, or live bed bugs.

Hotels are also hot spots for bed bug infestations because of the constant ... "This is especially around the seams of mattresses – which is where they tend to hide," Nic said.