Don’t Bring Home Bed Bugs From Your Vacation

Tips on preventing bed bugs from hitching a ride home from your vacation.

It’s possible bed bugs can hitch a ride from the flight. Wrap your luggage in heavy plastic or use anti-bed-bug sleeves.
When you arrive in the hotel take your bags directly into the bathroom where there is a tile or vinyl floor. Non-porous flooring such as tile are not bed bug friendly. This gives you time to inspect the hotel room and bedding.
Don’t place them on luggage racks, beds for floor. Those areas could be infested with bed bugs.
Before you start unpacking inspect the room. When inspecting start with the bed, under it, behind it and walls.
Check the linens, mattress and it’s seams, box spring, pillows and anything connected to the beds.
Don’t stop checking at the bed. Next check behind the headboard, night tables, carpeting, rugs and drapes. If possible check the carpeting, rugs, drapes and upholstered furniture and behind wall decor.
Don’t toss your clothing on the floor after you wear it, and any clothing you wear while in the room should go into a plastic bag when you’re done with it.
Before heading home you should consider washing or dry cleaning all your clothing just in-case you are carrying a few of those pests. Once done drop your clothing into plastic bags.
Your final inspection should be your suitcase before zipping it up.