While many travelers know to check for bed bugs in hotels beds before laying in them, not seeing any on the mattress, boxspring, or headboard does not mean there are not any in the room. Because, despite their name, beds are not the only place where the critters live.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), bed bugs tend to live within eight feet of where people sleep, including in all sorts of pieces of furniture, especially if they have cracks and crevices, including dressers. Instagram’s Dr.Jayson comfirms it in a recent video.
