{"id":728,"date":"2024-04-01T13:41:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T13:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2024-04-01T14:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T14:07:37","slug":"ready-for-summer-travel-tips-on-how-to-not-to-bring-bed-bugs-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Ready for Summer Travel? Tips on how to not to bring bed bugs home?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Traveling has encouraged bed bugs to spread globally. Bed bugs are best hitchhikers attaching to our bags and clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Columbus, Ohio is ranked 7th worst infected Bed Bug city in the country.<br>We have to prevent bed bugs from coming into our home! Following simple check lists when you are traveling can help reduce your risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Place your luggage in the bath tub after check into your room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pull sheets off the bed and start checking for blood spots on the mattress and signs of bed bug along the seams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check for bed bugs and eggs on head board and behind of bed frame<br>Check all upholstery including wood furniture\u2019s crack and seams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change your hotel room immediately if you see any sign of bed bugs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When you arrive home and have any concerns:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take off your clothes and place them in a plastic bag on a hard surface like wood before you step into your home after traveling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Empty your luggage and place clothes in a plastic bag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vacuum luggage and floor where you changed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take a hot shower and wash clothes from a plastic bag at hottest temperature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wash all your personnel things in hot soapy water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sticking to these tips will help save your family from a big headache. If you think you have an issue please call a professional like&nbsp;<strong>EnviroCare Pest Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traveling has encouraged bed bugs to spread globally. Bed bugs are best hitchhikers attaching to our bags and clothes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pest-control-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myenvirocare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}