I love my sister, Megan. She’s fun, she’s funny, and she’s a wealth of hypochondriacal (is that even a word) information.
So it should come as no surprise that Megan, who is planning a trip to Orlando, found a website called www.bedbugregistry.com . If anyone was going to find this website, it would be my sister.
She went and checked on her hotel for her upcoming trip, and thank goodness – both for her sake and the hotel’s – they have not had any reports on bedbug problems.
“What hotel are you staying at?” she wants to know. Saratoga Springs, I tell her. And of course, being a Disney World resort hotel, loaded with magic and filled with pixie dust, there aren’t any bedbugs there. “You’d better check it out anyway.” And I do.
Ummm, oh. my. gosh.
While there are no reports at www.bedbugregistry.com regarding my specific resort, there are 23 reports relating to Walt Disney World resort hotels! 23!!! They include everywhere from Disney’s Value resorts (Pop Century and the All Stars), some of the moderates (Port Orleans is mentioned), deluxe resorts (the Polynesian), and even Disney Vacation Club properties (Kidani Village).
When I finished scratching myself from head to toe, I realized that this is a big problem – not just for Walt Disney World – but for hotels all over the United States. There are very few chains not affected, and it doesn’t look like any state in the country has been spared the resurgence.
I’m coming up with a list of things you can do to make sure you don’t end up suffering the consequences of bedbugs. While you go figure out a way to stop scratching, I’ll be right back with that list so we don’t all end up looking like this guy
