Carbon monoxide—that invisible, odorless silent killer—could be a risk in your hotel room. Unfortunately there’s no real way of knowing how protected you are unless you take precautions.

If you decide to buy a carbon monoxide detector — prices start at $15 on Amazon — make sure the device you select is certified as meeting standards set by Underwriters Laboratories (UL).

U.S. travelers who are booking domestic travel can easily travel with a plug-in CO detector, which are small devices that range in price from about $20 to $35 on Amazon, Home Depot or other retailers.

A UL-certified detector will bear the UL Mark, indicating that it has met specific quality and safety standards and is capable of accurately detecting carbon monoxide gas.

Brands like Kidde, First Alert and X-Sense maintain rigorous quality control standards and offer travel-specific carbon monoxide alarm models with appropriate sensitivity and portability features.

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"If I'm in my apartment, Airbnb, wherever I'm staying and the alarm goes off, I know that we're getting about 30 parts per million carbon monoxide," Malloy said.

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In the United States, carbon monoxide alarms often follow the UL 2034 safety standard, requirements to ensure the devices will make noise when a certain amount of the noxious gas is in the air ...

Carbon monoxide poisoning is rare, but it's not as rare as you may think in hotels and resorts. Here's why you should consider traveling with a portable carbon monoxide detector and which one to buy.