After dozens of trips to Europe, we had our first experience with bedbugs in summer 2015. Visiting small towns, we have never encountered anything like this. But we did have an experience with bedbugs while visiting Venice. The good news is, they don’t carry disease, and they don’t live on the human body. Think of them like glitter — if you see one, there’s a million; easy to spread; very hard to get rid of; not dangerous in any way. But annoying. Very, very annoying. Oh, and also revolting.