If checking into your hotel is on your vacation itinerary, checking the mattress seams might be, too.<\/p>\n
A new data analysis has revealed the US destinations where travelers are most likely to come home with an unwanted souvenir: bed bugs.<\/a><\/p>\n The new study<\/a> by Casino.ca found that Michigan is America\u2019s biggest bed bug hotspot, where travelers face odds of roughly 1 in 57 of encountering the blood-sucking pests.\u00a0<\/p>\n That\u2019s about one unlucky traveler <\/a>on a packed coach bus.<\/p>\n The Midwest dominated the rankings,<\/a> with Ohio (1 in 59) and Maryland (1 in 60) close behind. In other words, the difference between first and third place is barely enough room to fit a bed bug.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania and Wisconsin rounded out the top five, followed by Texas, Illinois, New York and Washington, DC.<\/p>\n That means some of America\u2019s biggest travel destinations aren\u2019t just drawing tourists \u2014 they\u2019re apparently attracting tiny stowaways, too.<\/a><\/p>\n The rankings also show the Empire State isn\u2019t exactly bug-free.\u00a0<\/p>\n New York finished eighth overall, while Yonkers ranked as the country\u2019s fourth-riskiest city, with travelers facing odds of 1 in 69 of running into the creepy crawlers.<\/a><\/p>\n And if you thought bright lights meant fewer bites, think again.<\/p>\n Los Angeles also cracked the top 10 cities, with the study joking that visitors headed to the City of Angels \u201cmay have a better chance of encountering a bed bug than a celebrity\u201d \u2014 especially with tourism expected to surge ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n Michigan tops the list of America\u2019s biggest bed bug hotspots, while New York, Los Angeles and Yonkers also rank among the riskiest destinations. vasakna \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n At the city level, Warren, Michigan, claimed the dubious distinction of America\u2019s top bed bug hotspot, where travelers face odds of 1 in 59 of encountering the pests.<\/a><\/p>\n North Las Vegas wasn\u2019t far behind at 1 in 63.<\/p>\n \u201cUsually, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,\u201d the report quipped. \u201cBed bugs, unfortunately, have other plans.\u201d<\/p>\n Madison, Wisconsin landed in third place with odds of 1 in 65, followed by Yonkers and Flint, Michigan, giving the Wolverine State two cities in the national top five \u2014 a title no tourism board is rushing to advertise.<\/p>\n Cleveland, Huntington, West Virginia, Los Angeles, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Gaithersburg, Maryland rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n Fortunately, there\u2019s some good news for squeamish travelers.<\/p>\n