Has anyone ever encountered bed bugs while in Chiang Mai? Either staying at a hotel or a long stay place or any other place for that matter. I am trying to avoid a potentially unpleasant experience and if anyone has encountered any bed bugs or maybe knows of places in chiang mai that are known for having them, I would appreciate any information so as to avoid those places.

There are plenty of places with bedbugs in Chiang Mai. They are a problem all over the world. What is the point of naming and shaming a few hotels when many more will also have them?

You should also be asking posters where did they stay afterwards. Since the guests are the "trasmitters/spreaders" of bedbugs, logically it would be important to know where else they have stayed and possibly spread the infestation.

Better approach would be: Can anyone recommend a place that no one has stayed before? - the answer is no.

Edited July 23, 201213 yr by CMSteve

Or, recommend a place where only guests stay with proper personal hygiene standards.

Or, recommend a place where only guests stay with proper personal hygiene standards.

Bedbug transmission is not a matter of personal hygiene. The bugs don't live on people. They just live off them, like mosquitoes. They generally get around by hiding themselves in clothing other personal effects and hitching a ride.

There is probably nowhere on the planet apart from under water that is free from bedbugs. If you really want to avoid them you would probably have to live in a bubble with rice paper on the floor ala Howard Hughes.

less chance of finding them in more expensive hotels

I would rather be staying with some bed bugs than having the room poisoned with pesticide. You know like some hotel did...

Edited July 23, 201213 yr by ARISTIDE

less chance of finding them in more expensive hotels

That is not true.... found in high and low end places all over the world, as already pointed out....

Jingjoks should take care of bedbugs over time. They like the dark and as night ends and the room starts to lighten they will hide in the darkest corners. If you have black jeans or a black bag lying around they will hide in the seams and folds of the fabric. You check-out go home and take them with you. I find them repulsive. I used to stay at a place in Taipei that was full of them and got to know their habits.

There is a company the name is Nanoglobal, Nong Paklang, Muang :

http://www.nanowhitecm.com/index.php/contact-nanowhite-chiang-mai/1-dome

I do not know the price but it is 100% safe and after 6 hours you can go back to the room.

they were some deaths before,but i think most hotels do not have or want bed bugs.alot cleaning is done in hotels beds included