puerto rico: We are considering a trip to Puerto Rico, but my wife has an immense terror of cockroaches. Especially the big flying type... What we want to know is the type of cockroaches in Puerto Rico, and more importantly, how often and where do you see them.|||I live here and there are cockroaches. The hotels, restaurants are clear of them, but they are a problem in many areas. The country, densspopulated communities are full of them. The come from tiny size to large and they do fly. Of many of the restaurants that I have visited in Old San Juan and Condado, I have not seen any nor rats or mice either due to constant inspections. But sincerly, they exist.|||I saw more roaches in atlanta in one year than in PR in the 22 years I lived there! :-) Report Abuse |||I'm from NYC so incomparision In Puerto Rico they do not have a roach problem.. like any where else when it rains you might see a water bug which flys but does no harm, it might be by the trash, in a laundry room or out by a damp hall but they do not increase and rarely see one. Report Abuse |||I've live in NYC, Philadelphia, Florida, Guyana and Puerto Rico the worst place was in Philadelphia plus I've been all over the big island and small ones i haven't seen any invasion of them you probably wont see them at all they do fly all over and are big Report Abuse |||I agree with the rest i also am from there and no its not a problem unless you are not clean. that is what they like! also remember that you are on tropical islands no matter where u go there gonna be somewhere. G/L i hope u decide to go there its beautiful!|||as far as i know puerto rico doesnt have a problem about roaches. i lived in puerto rico 10 years, im 15 now. i just came back from PR 2 days ago and while i was there i didnt see any. i only saw about 3 roaches when i lived there and only at night, in the street, and next to trash cans. so if ur planning on going to a major city i dont think you will see any roaches. =]|||I guess it depends where are You going...Hotel or Relatives house ..You won't see Roaches...country side outdoors...well maybe you 'll see common bugs...|||my husband and I went to Puerto Rica 6 month ago and we did not see any roaches ..so I dont think you are going to have a problem ...Puerto Rico is Beautiful enjoy your adventure . we went to Puerto Rico prior to retirement and we travel all over and we just retired in COSTA RICA and we are loving it ...... you should visit on your next vacation and tell your wife no roaches in Costa Rica .|||Oh God !! I hate them too ... I'm not only scared Im TERRIFIED of them !!! Specially the flying ones !!!\ Anyways ... Thank God ... we dont have a Problem with them over here in PR but if u do decide to go to the Ghetto side of PR or stay in a very country area then u might want to be pretty neat in your cleaning and use an insecticide like the other guy said! =o) Hope this helps and Have a Nice Trip !!! =o)|||I traveled to Puerto Rico numerous time and never encountered one. You will most likely see roaches in New York City before seeing one in Puerto Rico. Now if you are taking a vacation to a ghetto spot in PR, then most likely you will see them.|||Puerto Rico does have cochroaches, but they dont have a roach problem at all. The type of cochroach is similar to the american cochroach or palmetto bug. http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomo鈥?/a> They are big and ugly but you probably will not see even one. These are not the infesting type of roaches you see in some parts of the US. They do not live in packs of thousands inside walls. You might see one walking on an outdoor patio or outside usually around tash cans or occasionally one will get inside, but thats it. Tell your wife not to think about bugs, b/c PR has a very low bug population in comparison to most places.Puerto Rico is beautiful & you will both love it. ENJOY!|||Not an expert of cockroaches but we have a few species, different colors and sizes, and some of those do fly. Probably the cockroaches are as scarred from your wife as she of them. If you maintain your house (specially the kitchen) clean and use common insecticides (Raid for example) you will be fine. Also you may want to contract a pest control service to perform pest control once a month. Now, if you are comming for a trip only, and stay in a hotel, you may only would see a cockroach if walking by the streets near a large garbage dumpster at the back of a restaurant.