How To Keep Bed Bugs From Hitchhiking Home With You: 

Pest control in Delaware and Maryland has lately been an uprising problem. Part of the reason is that hotels and motels are some of their favorite hangout spots. So it is extremely important to take these precautions while traveling in order to prevent these nasty bugs from traveling home along with you. 

Bedbugs can very simply hide within your luggage, clothing, personal bedding and other personal items. So while you are traveling you do not want to carry your own personal pillows and sheets with you. This increases the chance of bedbugs gaining another place to hide and also increases the chance of them being able to come right home with you.

Pack some large sealable plastic garbage bags in case you need to separate any belongings while you are traveling on the road. 

Light or white colored plastic luggage is recommended, because bed bugs are meagerly attracted to plastic, plus the lighter color makes them much easier to identify. 

You will want to perform a complete inspection of the room before you bring in any of your luggage, pets or other personal items.

You do not want to place your luggage on or around the bed. Instead place your luggage on a tile floor (like in the kitchen or the bathroom), away from any upholstered surfaces within the room.
Make sure to inspect the sleeping area very thoroughly. You will want to lift up every corner of the mattress and examine all of the creases and edges of the entire mattress and box spring, including behind the headboard, the pillows, bed coverings and sheets, and the bed skirt. Make sure you don’t keep anything under the bed including your shoes, luggage, etc... 

If you do see any notification of any bedbugs, make sure that you quickly alert the staff at the front desk so that they can perform the proper bed bug treatment, and request another room, or make another reservation at a different location. If you do decide to change rooms within the same hotel, make sure that your new room is not directly next to the possibly infested room. 

If you are still concerned about bed bugs becoming a problem in your home, it is highly recommended that you contact the bed bug experts in Delaware, LBPM for a thorough inspection and to take control measures if necessary. For more information on bed bugs, our scent detection dogs and bed bug treatments for Delaware and Maryland make sure that you check out our website or contact your local exterminator in Delaware, Lady Bug Pest Management!