Which city has the most hotel bed bug reports?

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Are hotel pest reports getting worse?

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Which cities have the most hotel pest reports?

192 hotels scanned · 95 cities · data refreshed 2026-11-13

We scanned the guest reviews of 192 hotels in 95 cities. 54 of 192 (28%) had at least one review mentioning bed bugs or another pest. Cities with enough hotels to compare are ranked below.

Hotel bed bug and pest reports: the overall picture

Bed bugs: 10 of 192 (5%) hotels (hotels with bed bugs). Cockroaches, mice and other pests: 49 of 192 (26%) hotels (cockroaches in hotel rooms).

Ratings are no shield either: 37 of 159 (23%) hotels rated 9.0 or higher on Booking.com had at least one review mentioning bed bugs or another pest.

Why some cities report more pests than others

Climate, building age and visitor volume all matter: warm, humid cities and dense historic centres see more pest reports.

A city figure describes the hotels we scanned there, not every hotel in the city.

Looking for a calm stay as well as a clean one? Quiet hotels by city uses the same reviews.

Browse researched hotels

Cities where every listed hotel has a full HotelShortlist review dossier:

Alytus Athens Barcelona Birštonas Bona Breuil-Cervinia Cervinia Cortina d'Ampezzo Davos-Klosters Dubai Gstaad Holzgau Jamaica Jennersdorf Kaunas Kitzbühel Kraków Kretinga Lisbon Madonna di Campiglio Magland Megève Milano Méribel Palanga Paris Pärnu Riga Rimini Rubuliai San Vigilio Sanya St. Anton am Arlberg St. Moritz Tartu Tauperlitz Trakai Trento Utzmannsbach Vilnius Vysoké Tatry Wagrain Warsaw Zakopane Zermatt Łódź Žiaukos

How we counted

We scanned the English-language guest reviews of 192 hotels in 95 cities for mentions of bed bugs and other pests (cockroaches, mice, ants, fleas and similar). Reviews that deny a problem ("no bed bugs") are excluded, and each hotel counts once however many reviews mention it.

A mention is a guest’s report, not an inspection result — it may be old, and the hotel may have dealt with it since. This page shows totals only and never names a hotel. If you represent a hotel and believe a figure is wrong, write to members@hotelshortlist.com and we will review it.

Questions

Which city has the most hotel bed bug reports?: We do not yet have enough hotels per city to compare.
Are hotel pest reports getting worse?: We report the current scan only. Each page shows the date the data was last refreshed.

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