Bed Bug Travel Prevention is a full service company that offers hardworking travelers peace of mind when they have to leave their home for an extended period of time. Bed bugs can live for months without feeding, so it’s important to be proactive about their presence in your home before traveling. While it is not easy to prevent bed bugs from invading your travel bags and luggage, we found this product to be very helpful in preventing them from entering your home. This product has been tested by the PackTite Customer Validation Lab and has been shown to kill over 99% of bedbugs within 48 hours. Whether you’re headed for a business trip, vacation or just visiting family, Bed Bug Travel Prevention can help you protect your home and family from the potential of bed bugs if you travel. We’ll help put your mind at ease and give you the confidence to travel worry free.

Bed Bug Travel Prevention

Introduction

As much as we might try to prevent them, bed bugs are still a fact of life that most people have to worry about. These blood-sucking insects can infest hotels and leave you with itchy bites and a whole lot of anxiety. While travelers often try their best to avoid bed bugs, sometimes they still come home with souvenirs in the form of bumps on their skin. However, there are some precautions that you can take.

Check your hotel room.

Check the mattress and box spring. Bed bugs can hide in crevices, in tiny holes, or between seams of upholstered furniture. Search for stains on the mattresses and linens that look like rust-colored dried blood spots. If you find signs of bed bugs, notify hotel management immediately: They will have professionals come in to inspect the room and take steps to eliminate any infestations.

If you do find evidence of bed bugs during a hotel stay, don’t panic—you won’t become ill from them if they’re not active at that moment (and even then it’s rare). But call the front desk right away so they can treat your room with insecticides or other chemicals before you return after your trip!

Don’t bring bed bugs home with you.

• Don’t bring used furniture from a hotel to your home. Bed bugs can live in any furniture made before the 1940s, so even if you buy new furniture at the store, they can hitch a ride on it and make it into your house.
• Don’t bring used clothing from a hotel to your home. Bed bugs hide in the seams of clothing and can stay there for several days without food or water, so if you purchase some new clothes that were worn by someone who was staying at an infested hotel, chances are pretty high that those little bugs will come along for the ride when you take them home with you (or even before).
• Don’t bring used bedding from a hotel to your home. If someone has been sleeping on top of their sheets every night for two weeks straight, then chances are good that they have brought some bed bugs along with them—and now those pesky little critters have found their way onto whatever blankets or pillows are being slept on at night!

When you return, put your clothing in sealed plastic bags.

After you return, put your clothing in sealed plastic bags. Seal the bag and freeze it for at least a week. If you don’t have room to store a large number of sealed bags, use the freezer or dryer method (see below).

If you’re not going to be able to wash all the clothes at once, consider putting them in a plastic bag in the freezer for two weeks or so and then washing them separately from other laundry when you get around to it.

You can also wash your clothes on high heat/warm temperature setting using very hot water (130°F – 140°F) with bleach added as needed for about 20 minutes. Dry them on high heat for about an hour after that if possible; otherwise just let them air dry because heat will kill bed bugs even if they’re still alive inside your clothes!

Wash everything that you can in hot water for at least 30 minutes.

Start by washing everything you can in hot water for at least 30 minutes. This includes blankets, sheets and pillowcases, hats, coats and jackets (even if you think they’re clean), shoes and other clothing items. Use detergent to get the job done because bed bugs aren’t known for their ability to hold onto clothing fibers very tightly and detergent helps dissolve that bond even more quickly. If you have an extra-large load of laundry going on or just don’t have time to wash your clothes before putting them away again—wash what you can!

If this sounds like too much work (or it doesn’t fit into your budget), then dry off everything that fits into a washing machine (or dishwasher) as best as possible before moving it into storage containers or sealed plastic bags until they’re washed later on down the road (like after traveling). Dry cleaning is also an option if the items can withstand high heat without breaking down over time; however, make sure they are completely dry before storing them in airtight containers or plastic bags since moisture attracts bed bugs.

It’s possible to take precautions to avoid bringing bed bugs home from a trip

Avoiding an infestation at home is almost entirely up to you. As a rule, don’t let your suitcase touch the ground or anything else that has been in contact with it. Don’t put it on the floor or on a bed or chair (or even near one), as these are all places where bed bugs could easily hide. In addition, if you’re especially concerned about bringing them back home with you, consider using “travel-size” bottles of insecticide in all rooms that aren’t being used for sleeping purposes; this way, if any bed bugs do come into contact with those surfaces while they’re exploring at night, they’ll likely be killed by the spray.

Conclusion

Bed bugs are a real concern for people who travel. However, there are things that you can do to avoid bringing them home with you. If you take the time to check your hotel room and follow these steps, it’s likely that you’ll return bed bug-free!