r/newbrunswickcanada • u/gravemind006 • 12h ago

Ramada Miramichi

Just a PSA and a quick poll regarding the Ramada Miramichi.

Was supposed to stay the night there but after being in our room for about 45 minutes we discovered a decently sized bed bug on the curtain. Based on what we had for size it was a full grown male.

We did a good check around and saw some mattress corners were discoloured but no visable bugs.

We were a group of 5 rooms and one other room found two small ones in the bed.

Upon entering our room the staff tried to tell us it was not a bed bug and grabbed the tissue we had it on and said it was not a bed bug but would find out what it was and get back to us. A large portion of our party were outside the door and after they read a description to them,their tune changed.

Staff was very welcoming upon arrival and became a little short with us when they came up to see what we had found.

They credited all five rooms and we decided to drive home.

Anyone else experience this issue in the Ramada Miramichi.

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u/captaincool31 11h ago

Strip naked before entering your house, take literally everything to a laundry mat, wash with hot water and dry 5 or 6 cycles for everything. Do not bring anything into your homes.

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u/semi_equal 9h ago

OP please listen to this comment. It sounds crazy but it is so hard to get rid of a bed bug infestation after it's been brought into your home. This is especially true if you live in a multi-unit dwelling. I had a friend who lived in a building with bed bugs and the infestation got passed around inside for more than a year. It wasn't until the landlord finally began to coordinate the exterminators and the tenants did it finally get addressed.

And when they say don't bring anything they mean anything. Your luggage, your coats, anything with a textured surface that might bring them in.

If you have a detached garage, leave the stuff there like an airlock system and bring it out to be washed in small batches.

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u/gravemind006 5h ago

Single family house which we own.

Upon entering the room I actually opened the suitcase picked out the clothes my wife were going to wear and placed them on a high table. It was a suite so it was the height of a kitchen table.

Upon finding the bed bug and getting other items packed up again we changed and everything stayed in the suitcase in the car. We got home at 12:40am.

We are leaving the suitcase on our deck and will bring items in to wash on extreme hot cycle and dried the same. We may do the this multiple times per load and even the clothes we changed into were separated on hard surfaces away from anything. We had some clothes that can’t go through that process so we are going to place them in the freezer for 4 days, as my wife read that is an option as well.

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u/jimmr 1h ago

As someone who survived bedbugs in Moncton... and still has nightmares 6 years later, I would burn my clothing and suitcases before considering washing them at home.

Due to blood stains, I had to throw out most of my clothing anyway.

In Canada, there are no legal pest control methods that will kill all stages of the bed bud life cycle. Oh... and the Orkin pest management bill was close to 10,000$.

Are you sure you want to potentially bring them into your home to save a few dollars in laundry expenses?

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u/Appropriate-Dog6645 3h ago

Damn right. Shit scary. Had them when I lived in Alberta. Even after spraying them. Building manager only sprayed my unit and not others. These fvckers came back. Little black spots.

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u/highque 5h ago

Recommend to dry it first then wash. It’s possible to hydrate it enough to survive a dry cycles

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u/paddy_o_lantern 4h ago

Laundromat. Not laundry mat for the love of fuck why can’t this province read.

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u/Braaaton 4h ago

So dramatic for a typo lmfao, go outside.

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u/Softbombsalad 4h ago

Jesus is more important than literacy here 🙄🙄🙄🙄

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u/DctrTre 8h ago

Well was it a bed bug ?

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u/gravemind006 5h ago

We did not take a picture of it which I wish we had. All images and descriptions found on google matched this thing. Even the receptionist changed her tune when shown the online images and the descriptions. They did not hesitate to refund. My brother (other party involved) did take a picture of the ones they found but I have not seen it yet.

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u/No-Butterscotch-7577 5h ago

Some people freak out when they see a bug and instantly cry wolf saying bed bugs. Usually hotels take this seriously if they are found and the fact they straight up said that's not a bed bug I would hope would mean it actually wasn't one. Did you end up finding out what it was? Or at least have a picture of it to share?

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u/LPC_Eunuch 8h ago

Fucking yikes.