Prevent Bed Bugs On Your Vacation

A suitcase is one of those items that everyone brings when they go on vacation. It contains everything you need for your journey and it’s where you pack the memories that you made on the trip. Suitcases bring a small piece of home with you as you go off to explore new places relax, or meet up with friends. Unfortunately, suitcases can pick up some unwanted bed bugs. This not your fault, bed bugs can be found anywhere people are located. 

Bed bugs are believed to carry diseases and this has lead them to be connected with dirty and unsanitary environments. The fact of the matter is that bed bugs do not carry diseases, however, they are painful pests. 

Bed bugs are found in North and South America, to Africa, Asia, and Europe. Anywhere there are humans, there are bed bugs. According to the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) at pestworld.org, bed bugs can be found in college dormitories, bus and train seats, restaurant booths, second-hand furniture stores and even doctor’s offices.

For information about how to find and identify bed bugs, please visit our FAQ page.

Here are some tips and steps you can take to protect your suitcase and vacation. The NPMA recommends the following:

• Do not rush when you check into a hotel or short-term rental. Take your time to inspect the room or house.

• Turn over bedding, including the bedspread and look for brown spots left by bed bugs. 

• Use your phone flashlight to look at the box spring.

• Never put your suitcase on the floor and always utilize hard surfaces, regardless of how clean beds look.

• Keep clothing off the floor and in plastic when possible.

As an extra measure of protection, you can put your suitcase and shoes in the bathtub to keep the bed bugs away. Bed bugs like places to hide after they feed and there are not hiding spots in the tub. 

If you just got home from a vacation and find signs of bed bugs or mysterious bites, immediately put everything in the dryer. Heat is a safe and chemical free way to kill bed bugs. But if you weren’t able to address the problem in time. Please give us a call. SOS Pest Control offers free inspections. 

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