BED BUGS : Is Paris safe right now ?
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2023
- Today we are going to be talking about the bed bug problem in Paris... I'm going to show you what is happening as well as the government's response and whether or not Paris is safe right now to travel to.
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Thanks for the update. I had to cancel my October trip b/c bedbugs! Friend’s house became infested. No regrets- better to be safe than sorry.
I'm visiting Paris next month. It's good to have this report from a resident. I'm definitely inspecting the hotel bed.
Good job reporting thank you Arielle!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤
We had a huge outbreak in Chicago,even in the high end 5 star hotels.Stores like Gucci,Prada,etc. would take clothes to the hotel for people to try and the rejected clothes brought the bed bugs back to the stores.Stores had to close for the treatment.Sadly,my daughters apartment got infected and it is a nightmare!
Oh wow who would have thought 😶
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Is this happening now in Chicago?? I have trip this weekend and am wondering if I should cancel.
Don't let your daughters home.
Good informative video. Gross mind you. I didn't realize those little buggers were so big. Hope this can all get cleaned up.
Very well informed video! Thanks for the warning❤️
Scary scary. Thank you for the update.
I once had to stay in a Super 8 hotel for an overnight with my ex-husbands Grandma. She insisted on this hotel--we were visiting a town for a wedding. I woke up itching and had bites all over my back. It was horrifying. Somehow, we managed not to bring them home with us. I never want to experience that again. It was disgusting. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. LOL
Why did Grandma insist on that hotel??
@@paulchezkari6952 Because she wanted to "treat"--yikes I would rather have paid for a nice hotel. :)
@@suzigemini that was sweet of her, but you're right!
I just got back from Paris and no one there was taking about it. I did not stay in a hotel or an AIR BNB I stayed with my family in their flat. I mostly rode the 10 line which has hard plastic seats. No hotels, cinema, hospitals or schools. When I was there no one was taking about it at all, no one in my family not the younger or the older generation. My niece is 18 and did not mention it either, she mentioned seeing a roach in her flat. My friends that live there also did not mention it either. As far as I know I do not have bed bugs. Did not see them, no bites and no itching. But funny my brother use to work in the hospital in Boulogne but he does not work there any more thank God. Agree that the costs should be payed for in the low income communities. After all it is a collective problem.
Diatumatious earth…..sprinkle it around…..something like 90% effective….
Bonjour Ariel. Coincidentally, I am visiting Paris this week. I get around on the Metro (Paris has a great public transit system). If people are avoiding the Metro, I would hate to see what it is like when things are normal. It’s always packed when I use it during the day.
Great video, thanks!
Thank you Ariel. Your a good journalist.
Thank you ☺️
I went to Paris (and Lille and Strasbourg) in June, travelled on lots of trains, and stayed at 4 different hotels. Maybe I’m quite glad I was blissfully unaware at the time. I think by now I’d have known if I’d brought anything back!
Good ways to get rid of bedbugs: Steam everything (especially clothes and furniture where the screws are, and get diatomaceous earth from a garden center or online. Put the diatomaceous earth around the legs of all furniture and sprinkle it wherever you can; it's safe for humans and it kills the bedbugs by drying them out. Heat alone won't work. It has to be direct steam.
I saw an exterminator on CZcams using this exact technique. The diatomaceous earth has to be applied in a very fine dusting so that the bugs walk through it. A regular hand clothing steamer works for the bed.
Thanks. I’ve been following the news and it’s nice to hear from someone “on the ground” so to speak. Do you know if there is a website that provides the name of hotels that have reported issues? I can’t imagine that if one were to call and ask the hotel they were planning to stay at if they had issues that the hotel would be totally transparent.
I’d like to know also… going in the end of October
Better than all the other reports - good job and good luck
Hi there be careful with buying used merchandise like furniture or clothes because they hide in there or in thrift store😊… I had a friend who had things kept in a storage place and when she bought these things to her apartment, it was immediately infested with bed bugs😊
Have you studied journalism or communication? Your report is so professionally prepared and presented, I'm impressed!
On the other hand, the subject matter totally grossed me out😂 I'm currently in Central Europe and wondering how long before we see those buggers here...
They're already there. The difference is that the problem is spoken about in France and so know to all.
We are traveling to Paris in a couple of weeks. Can you please give us an update on the bedbugs? Thanks
Doing just a mattress isn’t enough. The bed frame, sofas, chairs, luggage, behind picture frames… everywhere needs treatment.
Or must be thrown away😊
Really nice summary. I have brought the buggers home with me from holiday before and it was the worse experience i've ever had. I did the washing clothes thing too.
My advice to anyone would be a put your whole bag in a freezer for a week. Then you know everything is in straight away and no unpacking.
Ive got a train ticket to come in a few weeks but i am thinking of cancelling. Too much risk for a weekend away :( - i'm i being silly?
No ur being wise, it's unavoidable
Oh Gosh I have a trip planned to Paris in 3weeks. I hope they get some type of control by then, especially is public transportation & venues.
The problem is probably the same in your country's capital as it is in Paris, it's a global problem. The difference is that the problem is spoken about in France and so know to all.
@@zeynel13 it’s not!!
Look at all the articles when they actually ask experts, being it in London, Chicago, New York, Berlin, they ALL say the same : the problem is the same at home as in Paris, it's global, it's just the government in France is speaking about it. @@macmel2160
Great report! We're supposed to come to paris in march from toronto & saw a different person's vlog today saying the problem didn't exist. Your vlog seems like the truth to us!!
A colleague took a picture of a few they saw on a TGV train, he was going to another city from Paris. So it definitely is a problem.
Merci for this. Vraiment dégoûtant!……..🤗🇨🇦
We are coming in December and I heard they do not live in the cold! Is this true? Thank you for keeping us informed. Debra
Perhaps if they were in Canada 😬 I think that generally while bed bugs don’t like the cold, they don’t die unless exposed to -20 for days
Hi, I'll be there on the 16th 😟, is there any spray or what to buy in Farmacie in Paris to protect our body?
For B..B. There are small plastic traps. (Can show if your bed, room ect have the Bugs). Also good to put some catchers on the bed legs. 🌴🌴Aloha
The worst. Picked them up in St Augustine Fl staying at a bch hotel. Took months to get rid of. Be careful
They can also live in old book through the binding and be dormant. If you buy used books I keep them immediately zip locked in a plastic bag and keep it in the freezer for atleast 2 weeks to make sure anything hiding in it is dead
17:16
Thank you
I’m feeling itchy.
Me constantly right now 🥲
I'm very nervous for my upcoming trip, I am planning to check every inch of my belongings before coming back home and I will try to avoid fabric seats. I really really hope that will be enough!
Il sure it will ☺️ the most important is just to be aware !
Dust your suitcase with ***food grade*** diatomaceous earth. It cuts the exoskeleton of bugs, and they can't breathe and die. The food grade DE can be purchased online or at an animal feed store, where p is super cheap. A bag lasts a long time, share with others. You do not need to use a lot as it's a crystalline structure. Put a bit in your hands and clap them together to distribute the DE. Think of it like talc; a little goes a long way. Great for fleas. If you use too much, though, you can damage your vacuum cleaner filter.
A simple and easy way to get rid of bed bugs is to buy a heat gun and blow hot air to your bed and suspected places with daily like daily cleaning .
Bed bugs will gone completely.
"Bedbugs in Paris" was the name of the avante guarde film she went to see at le cinema
We had bed bugs in our condo in Florida and ended up hiring a company to exterminate them. Bed bugs love to hide and breed in the crevices of mattresses, sofas and curtains (those industrial synthetic fabrics) so put a plastic cover on your mattress, and put away your curtains in a sealed plastic bag if you have an infestation. The bed bugs used to bite my feet and legs so i wore socks and jogging pants to sleep and it worked in not getting bitten. Also have light linens so you can see them and kill them because theyre dark and dark linens help camouflage them. Strong rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle works great to kill them from my experience. And yeah keep the heat high when youre away and it will assist in killing them, as they will seek water and die from dehydration. They lay eggs so a new batch will appear soon thereafter. You have to stay on top of it until theyre gone.
Good tips thank you ! ☺️
Mark Rober has a good YT video on bed bugs
This report is lite touch. Well intentioned, but surely a health hazard of grand proportions, rightly reported to the world.
The Olympics will be under necessary scrutiny for guarantees to international tourists.
Gratitude for the coverage you have provided.
Good report. Because they are good hiders it's amazing that people got videos of them during the day on the metro. I can understand the cinema because of the darkness but seeing them in daytime is rare isn't it?
…It’s not that they are nocturnal, it’s just that they are attracted to the C02 emitted by humans and so they congregate near where humans sleep and feast on them wherever it’s easiest to access them (while they are sleeping), and thus their name. But that said, it could be anywhere and any time of day.
My MIL's apartment got infected, she was in the ER and somehow it got on her clothes. It was a nightmare to get rid. Because she didn't know she had them, until she went to the doctor. We had to hire one of the companies to come spray and clean the entire apartment.
How about the airports, like Roissy? Have they been spotted there too?
I heard a report on the news that yes, they have been spotted at Charles de Gaulle. I don't know where, exactly.
Hi Ariel
Love your channel. I am from outside Toronto .I am coming to Paris in December for a river cruise. I am staying for extention . I bought tickets to ballet and opera at Paris Opera house.If you had tickets would you risk going or not worth the risk and would skip the performance performances. Really appreciate your input. Wishing you serenity and calm during this challenging time. Again love your channel.
Shawn
Same here
Hi Shawn ☺️ thanks for the comment ! Right now, I wouldn’t buy tickets to any theatre in Paris. That being said, if I already had tickets I would definitely go, but would absolutely wash all of my clothes at 60 degrees once I got home. I don’t think this is cause to stop enjoying life all together, but I think it’s wise to take more precautionary measures than usual. People say that this is all being blown out of proportion but I can tell you with certainty that the amount of mattresses covered in bed bugs being thrown out on the streets in Paris right now it insane.
😱 Arriving in Paris for a 10 day stay in less than two weeks. Thanks for the warning.
They could use diatomaceous earth to kill the bedbugs and would need to quarantine the mattresses until all eggs have hatched. DE lices the exoskeleton and kills bugs. Fleas, roaches, etc. Don't need much as it's a crystalline structure and is razor sharp to them.
Bed bugs don’t transmit diseases or anything-like mosquitoes or fleas-if you do get bit try not to scratch, scratching causes the real issues. Likening it to Covid is a bit much, but I think I understand what you were trying to say with that.
No reason for panic, I do hope the city (cities) will act quickly & actually help people exterminate. Those gross little bugs do not go away on their own, so I hope they go exterminate every inch of the metro! We rode it and the RER everywhere when we were Paris back in April.
Small portion of the population is unfortunately severely allergic to the bites. Qute like covid - inconvenient to most, serious health threat to some.
Anybody know what is the current bed bug situation? Is it still bad?
I’m have trip planned for the end of October. At this point, I’m not sure if I should go or not. So many people tell me to cancel 😢
I'm trying to decide whether I cancel my mid November trip.
I have cancelled my trip but I only had a train booked by my friends will go without me. For me I know that I won't be able to relax because I've had them before. I think with the correct precautions you will be fine. Depends how far your traveling from. There are services that treat your luggage for peace of mind if it's an important trip for you. Or invest in a chest freezer and shove EVERYTHING in when your back
Those things are spread by everyone!!
this is not only paris now london and europe
Had them once. I Bombed, used Diatomaceous earth, sprayed the hell out of my mattress, box spring and room with diluted pine sol. Sealed the crevices of the floor and wall. Sprayed the hell out of everything with Peppermint oil. You can mix it with water (of course you have to shake it before spraying to mix it better).
Ill be in Paris in 3 weeks and I am freaking out 😢
Same 💀💀
Try not to worry too much ☺️ I think this is definitely a form of crisis but it doesn’t mean we should put our lives on stop completely. Just stay aware and perhaps take more precautions than usual like keeping your luggage away from the bed and carpet in your hotel and washing all your clothes at 60 degrees. I think it’s also wise to travel with a plastic suitcase as opposed to a fabric one as bed bugs dont burrow in to plastic so you’re less likely to bring them home !
Keep your suitcase in the bathtub at the hotel. Take the sheets off the bed and check the corners/seams of the mattress and the headboard.
I will be there on the 18th. 😢
Try not to stress ! Just stay aware and take extra precautions where you can ☺️
Ill be there in the 19th 😢
I'll Be there on the 16th 😟
😳😳Tourists travel to so many other countries
The cost of 1 designer bag xould eradicate every case reported
TS 5:15 Only one? i am thinking the TikTok er brought the bug on the metro to set up the shot. and to make a video. Bed Bugs were not a thing when i was your age in Paris. circa 1990. Paris was French then, not international.
Bed bugs in Paris, red whelts in blossom, Unending torture, under the sheets! Bed bugs in Paris, this is a feeling, No one can ever survive! I never knew a night of peace, Hoped they weren't near my face! I never knew my skin could sting, "Cause my blood they had to taste! Till bed bugs in Paris Where can I run to? What have they done to my life! 10/16/23
How much of this is real and how much is media hype in Paris?
Are bed bugs still a thing in 2024 ?
its getting a lot of attention internationally because of the Olympics !
Yes ! In some ways this is good because the government is more likely to take action :/
People who are more panicked are right to do so - once you have an infestation, it is an absolute nightmare to get rid of them.
Agreed ! But until you experience it, you don’t really know how awful it is 🥲
Could be because of the war
OMG, not this bullshit again
They need to maintain thier place and thier selves clean. If France people took shower everyday and clean thier homes daily it wouldn't happen. More dirtness more bugs.
That is completely not true. Bedbugs can be anywhere, whether very clean or not.
You have no idea what you're talking about. And you can't even spell.
Bed bug infest clean homes too🎉
If you’re so disgusting that you become a victim of bed bugs then you deserve it.
If people only were more cautious and not so stupid then we wouldn’t have these issues.
There was bedbugs in london uk too and on the trains disgusting I always wash my clothes after using the train it’s nasty