Bed Bug Infestations Plague Popular Montana Travel Sites

Don’t Let Bed Bugs Crash Your Montana Summer Vacation

Memorial Day is approaching quickly, marking the unofficial start of summer.

For the next few months, Montana residents will be doing plenty of traveling, but depending on where they are traveling to, they might be sharing their hotel rooms with bed bugs.

What Every Montana Traveler Should Know About Hotel Bed Bugs

This weekend plenty of people from all across America will be traveling; in fact, AAA is reporting over 45 million people will be traveling.

When traveling, you have plenty to worry about, such as ensuring you have your Real ID, packing your bags properly, and organizing your travel itinerary. The last thing you want to think about is bed bugs.

Sadly, bed bugs, even in luxury stays, are more of a problem than most people realize.

These U.S. Cities Are Teeming with Bed Bugs—Check Before You Travel

While bed bugs may not be as dangerous as some other pests we've written about, they are certainly unpleasant.

The CDC explains that the reason you wake up with blood on you and your bed is that bed bugs inject an anesthetic and anticoagulant into their human victims, and do so by biting you.

While most people will just develop some swelling and itching, some people's symptoms can even cause insomnia and anxiety.

The two worst things about bed bugs are how easily they'll travel back home with you and then how much it costs to get rid of them.

Most people will spend, on average, between $1,500 and $5,000 getting rid of these pests, according to "This Old House."

Before you finalize your summer travel plans, consider checking which cities in America are known to have the highest bedbug infestations.