Spring and summer brings with it perfect prospects for a nomadic life. Regrettably, some dwellings might set you up for an evil time once you get home and unpack your travel gear. Bedbugs, yes bedbugs - not an easy thing to spot even for a pro like me when you're staying at a hotel, motel or a B&B. If your accommodations have a bedbug or bedbugs, it’s likely that you won’t know until the following morning or once you get home. These insects come out at night and head right for your carbon dioxide, sweat and heat from your body or otherwise directly at your head and torso. Over 95 per cent of bedbugs spend their days waiting hidden away at the top of the mattress, headboard or around the general area of the head of the bed. They'll also instinctively know that if they get into your luggage, that they have a very good chance of starting a new colony in YOUR home. But hotel beds and the like aren’t the only places you can pick-up a bedbug, they are also waiting in libraries, school classroom, a doctor’s office, a hotel lobby, a taxi or on the guy that comes to fix your dishwasher. Because they can endure for months without a blood bath, almost like they were hibernating, they wait until a well-timed opportunity to hitchhike a lift on your suitcase or belongings. So, it's a noble notion to check your vacation room before unpacking your gear and rechecking it again when you get home. Some pre-emptive guidelines to keep in mind when travelling:
1) Look under the bed sheets for tiny red-brown or black spots, this is their feces
2) Look under the mattress and box spring as bedbugs like to hang out together.
3) Once you get home remove all of your belongings and inspect for bedbugs, then throw all your clothing in the washing machine and dryer at high heat.
