Very Useful Ideas on Bed Bug Pest Control Awareness and How to Be Safe Protected During Travel

Check for bed bugs as your travel and in hotels, and prevent an infestation in your home at the end of your travels.

Contact the hotel you are planning to stay in and ask about recent bed bug infestations. Ask how an infestation was managed (if there was one) and the dates when the most recent event occurred. This information can also be found on travel websites and online bed bug registries where travelers report infestations at hotels. Research alternate hotels nearby to use as back-ups in case you find bed bugs after you check-in.

Include luggage liners, sealable laundry bags and encased pillows with your luggage. Liners and bags will protect your clothes. Encased pillows can be used in lieu of pillows provided by airlines and hotels.

Check for bed bugs as you travel.

• Look for live bed bugs or for their skin sheddings. Also, check for brown or red stains that could be blood or fecal matter left by bed bugs after feeding.
• When flying or traveling by rental car, taxi, bus or train, examine you seat. If you find evidence of bed bugs, ask to move to another seat if you are on an airplane, bus or train. Ask for another car if you are renting a vehicle.
• In your hotel room, place your luggage on a luggage rack that you inspect for bed bugs first. If a luggage rack is not available, store your luggage on a hard, light colored surface such as the bathroom floor or in the bath tub so you can see bed bugs if they appear.
• Bed bugs do not come out in daylight, so keep the room dark and use a flashlight to check the bed. Pull back the bed sheets and examine the seams of the mattresses and pillows. Look for shedded skins, droppings, blood stains and live bugs on sheets, comforters, pillow cases, etc.
• Lift the mattress to check the box spring.
• Lift the box spring and check underneath it.
• Check the top of the frame and underneath.
• Search behind the headboard. Look for any cracks where bed bugs may hide.
• You should also check the curtains, any other upholstered furniture in the room such as a couch or chair, as well cracks in the walls, and pictures frames.
• If you discover bed bugs, ask for another room. If another room cannot be provided, relocate to a hotel that you researched during your trip planning.
• Before checking out of your hotel, check the room once again for signs of bed bugs. Check all of your luggage and clothes for bed bugs.

It is important to remember that in order for a new infestation to become established, bed bugs must first be introduced into the previously un-infested environment. The best way to prevent a bed bug infestation and proper pest control is to avoid the activities that place you at risk for an infestation. Some activities are easier than others to avoid.

Use of mattress and box spring encasements is one of the most economical and useful tools that can aid in the early detection of bed bugs. It is very important that the encasements have been specifically designed for bed bugs and have been scientifically tested to demonstrate their effectiveness.

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