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We've been on 44 cruises and, I guess, been lucky by not picking up bed bugs. Good friends of ours, on a recent trip, stayed in five star hotels and guess what - they came home with the little critters. Just check out your bed when you first get in your cabin. If they are there you'll probably see the blood stains.

But don't worry, if you come home with them, they can rid your home of these pest.

Don't worry? Do you know how hard it is and how expensive to eradicate these pests once inside your home??

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I have read where some people "claimed" there were bed bugs in their cabin bed. Proof?? None given.

So far we have never encountered them on a ship.

Perhaps there is no proof because the bites can take weeks to cause a reaction. I never dreamt to search my cabin for bedbugs, having been on 10+ cruises. But I sure as heck brought them home with me, where Ive been miserable for the past 6 weeks & it's costing thousands to get rid of them!

I fully realize that bed bugs are not a pretty discussion, nor is it a poor man's carrier. You can get bed bugs just going on a city bus or subway and bring them right on home or unfortunately, in a cab, straight onto a cruise. Was just curious if there's been any history. Thanks for the responses and oh yea, peeing in the hot tub would be bad but not as bad as bringing home bedbugs which can cost a good deal.

Hi. As I never thought I'd be a victim, I brought home bedbugs from a cruise I took in February. I don't know the stats, as cruise lines would probably deny any bed bugs onboard. But my exterminator told me that he has treated many homes whose owners have just returned from cruises. I'm at my wits end, I have been on over 10 cruises and never thought of this happening. It will cost me thousands of $ to rid my home of them.

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