Ready for Summer Travel? Tips on how to not to bring bed bugs home?
Traveling has encouraged bed bugs to spread globally. Bed bugs are best hitchhikers attaching to our bags and clothes.
Columbus, Ohio is ranked 7th worst infected Bed Bug city in the country.
We have to prevent bed bugs from coming into our home! Following simple check lists when you are traveling can help reduce your risks.
- Place your luggage in the bath tub after check into your room
- Pull sheets off the bed and start checking for blood spots on the mattress and signs of bed bug along the seams
- Check for bed bugs and eggs on head board and behind of bed frame
Check all upholstery including wood furniture’s crack and seams - Change your hotel room immediately if you see any sign of bed bugs
When you arrive home and have any concerns:
- 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
- Empty your luggage and place clothes in a plastic bag
- Vacuum luggage and floor where you changed
- Take a hot shower and wash clothes from a plastic bag at hottest temperature
- Wash all your personnel things in hot soapy water
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 EnviroCare Pest Solutions