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This would be the perfect opportunity for Airbnb to throw a sales pitch at itchy politicians whom aren’t comforted by hotels’ suggestions for making sure the bugs don’t travel home with them.
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You think incumbent politicians are hard to get rid of? Try bedbugs.
The blood-sucking insects have made a resurgence in recent years, including reports of them at nine of the hotels being used for Democrats’ nominating convention this week in Charlotte.
Some convention-goers were fearful in the run-up to the convention, and state officials and exterminators said bedbug reports have been on the uptick in and around the Queen City.