| Traveling, whether internationally or domestically, is | | | | The more things you will bring, the more items the said |
| already a part of everybody's life. With it though | | | | pests can hide into. And as much as possible, bring |
| comes the chance for bed bugs to start their | | | | only washable items. |
| infestation at your home. It's not just because they can | | | | Seal your mattress – After cleaning up and making |
| take over your place in your absence but because | | | | sure that no said bugs are in your bed, seal your |
| they can go back with you. | | | | mattress. This will prevent them from making a home |
| As you might already know, bed bugs are pests | | | | in there. There are plastic covers that can be |
| commonly seen in houses. However, those are not the | | | | purchased for this specific purpose. |
| only places that they can infest. To anywhere where | | | | Check your seat/room – During the travel, always |
| there could be a source of their meal, they can be | | | | check your seat or room first before settling in. If in a |
| present. And since they feed on blood and their | | | | bus or in a train, check the armrest, the back of your |
| primary hosts are humans, any place with large | | | | seat and joints and gaps in the chair. If in a hotel/motel |
| population can serve as their hiding and breeding spot. | | | | room, check the bed, the wall, the couch and all the |
| Other places where the said pests can be present are | | | | furniture for any sign of the said pests. Report if you |
| hotels, motels, inns and hospitals. They can even be | | | | have seen any bug or transfer to a different chair or |
| present in buses and trains. And so, when traveling and | | | | room. |
| have to be in these places and means of | | | | Inspect luggage – Before leaving your room, check |
| transportation, you have to be very careful. Since you | | | | your luggage and make sure no bug had crawled into. |
| can't eliminate bed bugs while in travel, you just have | | | | Wash items with hot water – All washable items |
| to take precautions. | | | | you brought in your travel must first be washed and |
| Your precautions must include steps to carry out | | | | dried in hot temperature before letting them in to your |
| before, during and after traveling. Though they may | | | | house. This will get rid of bed bugs of all stages if there |
| eat some of your time and may require you a bit of a | | | | were some of them that were able to hide and not |
| work, all is worth it. If you think of the troubles and | | | | seen. |
| expenses that the said pests' infestation can bring, | | | | With all these steps, you can prevent bed bugs |
| implementing simple precautions is nothing much | | | | infestation in your home. And of course, with that is the |
| compared to them. | | | | elimination of all the negative things that the said pests |
| Travel light – Bring only the things that you will need. | | | | can bring. |