Travel Clean: 6 Tips for Avoiding Hotel Bed Bugs

June 3, 2019

Summer travel season is here! Your hotel might look pristine, but what is lurking underneath? Bed bugs don’t care about the cleanliness or star-rating of a hotel, and they are found everywhere. While most hotels are doing what the can to keep a bug-free space, it's important that you protect yourself. Here are five tips for bed bug prevention you should make part of your travel clean routine.

• Inspect your room upon arrival. Pull back the sheets and inspect mattress seams. Bed bugs leave telltale stains and spots. Don’t stop there! Bed bugs don’t only hide in mattresses, but in furniture as well. Be sure to check for them in the headboard, side tables, and framed art above the bed.
• Use luggage racks! Do not store your bags on or under the bed. Bed bugs are great hitch-hikers and will climb into the crevices of your belongings.
• Keep your belongings off the floor, chairs, or dressers. Don’t leave your dirty clothes scattered around the room. Bed bugs like piles of clothes to hide in.
• If you see signs of bugs, immediately request a room change. Do not accept a room change into an adjacent space either to the side or above/below you.
• When you return home, wash all clothing from your suitcase in the hot water cycle even if you did not wear it. Dry with the highest heat setting your dryer has to ensure all bugs are killed. Vacuum your luggage, making sure to get all the seams. If you have one, steaming your bags with a handheld garment steamer is a great idea as bed bugs can’t survive heat.
• Call the Cincinnati bed bug professionals at TRS Extermination at the first sign of any bed bug infestation. The sooner you take a proactive response, the sooner all your bed bugs will be dead. You, your family, your friends, and everyone you interact with will appreciate your timely action. We respond to your bed bug infestation with emergency bed bug urgency.

Don’t let bed bugs ruin your summer trip memories! If you do come home to find bed bug bites and think the bugs might have infested your bed, call us at 513-604-6332 to find out why heat treating your home is the best way to safely and effectively eradicate them.

Our propane bed bug heaters are safe to structures and contents yet 100% lethal to all forms of insect pests including bed bugs. “Every living organism has a thermal death point” applies to every living organism— insects, as well as bacteria. Whether you’re a hotel guest who brought bed bugs back to Cincinnati or a hotel manager who receives a bed bug complaint, give us a call and we will have you bed bug free only 1 day. After at least three hours of 135°F heat we turn the heater off and load the equipment back into the trailer. If you think you see bed bugs call TRS Extermination at 513-604-6332. Your bed bugs will be dead. Guaranteed.

Don’t take our word for it

Ray came over for a suspected bed bug problem. He was very nice, thorough and helpful, went through each room and flipped mattresses and such, and found no evidence for them. This was a free inspection and I was honest that I just wasn’t sure and they came out and looked anyhow. I feel like these guys can be trusted to be honest and ethical. Thank you Ray for putting my mind at ease. Thanks to Glenn and Ryan for being patient with my scheduling issues. You guys will be my first call for any future pest services!

Sarah G
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January 15, 2019