4 hotels on the Las Vegas Strip tested positive for bedbugs from February to August, inspections by the Southern Nevada Health District found.
The news was first reported by KLAS-TV and confirmed by the health district on Monday.
The Cosmopolitan, Resorts World, the Bellagio and Hilton Grand Vacation Club all had “one room each with a valid bed bug complaint,” Southern Nevada Health District spokesperson Jennifer Sizemore told SFGATE. It’s nothing to be overly concerned about, Sizemore added, considering there are “more than 150,000 hotel rooms in our community, and approximately 40 million people visit each year.”
Adult bedbugs are brown, flat and approximately the size of an apple seed. Rust-colored stains on a mattress or sheets can be evidence of their presence, and they tend to bite humans at night. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends checking your mattress and headboard upon check-in and keeping your luggage off the bed.
“Hotels maintain ongoing pest control as they have a vested interest in keeping their properties pest free as they want guests to return,” Sizemore said.