How To Avoid Hotel Bed Bugs
Last month Mobal Member Mary Watkins told me she'd heard bed bugs were making a Donny Osmond style come-back, and if I can could find out any information for her.
Well, I did a little reading around and found that the return of the bed bug is more than just rumour...
Bed bugs are back, and even in high-end hotels!!!
Why are bed bugs back?
Blame the mad scientists and tree huggers.
It seems that bed bugs were all but history as the old types of pesticides did a great job of killing every little creepy crawly that crossed their paths. But then environmentalist started saying this wasn’t fair, and forced the scientists started to create new types of pesticides just to kill the nastiest of the critters.
The bed bugs spotted their chance and made a new life for themselves, hitching around the world amongst the clothing of travelers.
Travelers who then stayed in nice hotels…
How to spot bed bugs
Bed bugs like to hang out in mattresses, carpets, cracks in wood, behind wallpaper and in clothing. They also like to hang out sucking your blood just before dawn. They’re a reddish-brown color, oval, wingless and can grow up to a quarter of an inch.
What to do if you’re bitten by a bed bug
A bed bug bite will be small, red and itchy, but the # 1 thing is don’t be a little baby about it. Bed bugs don’t carry any diseases so they’re not going to kill you. Put a brave face on. If you do have any discomfort then bites can be treated with tropical emollients, corticosteroids and antihistamine.
Bed bug bite spray
This healthcare website sells a spray to repel and calm bed bug bites
How to avoid bed bugs in the first place
I’ve looked around the web and you can buy a number of chemicals to eradicate bed bugs, but they’re not really the sort of thing you can carry around when you’re traveling. If you spot bed bugs then notify your hotel and ask to more rooms.
Disposable mattress covers:
One way that the travel experts help prevent bed bug bites is by using disposable mattress covers to keep contact with the bed to a minimum.
The same healthcare company also sells disposable mattress covers, check them out here
Well, I did a little reading around and found that the return of the bed bug is more than just rumour...
Bed bugs are back, and even in high-end hotels!!!
Why are bed bugs back?
Blame the mad scientists and tree huggers.
It seems that bed bugs were all but history as the old types of pesticides did a great job of killing every little creepy crawly that crossed their paths. But then environmentalist started saying this wasn’t fair, and forced the scientists started to create new types of pesticides just to kill the nastiest of the critters.
The bed bugs spotted their chance and made a new life for themselves, hitching around the world amongst the clothing of travelers.
Travelers who then stayed in nice hotels…
How to spot bed bugs
Bed bugs like to hang out in mattresses, carpets, cracks in wood, behind wallpaper and in clothing. They also like to hang out sucking your blood just before dawn. They’re a reddish-brown color, oval, wingless and can grow up to a quarter of an inch.
What to do if you’re bitten by a bed bug
A bed bug bite will be small, red and itchy, but the # 1 thing is don’t be a little baby about it. Bed bugs don’t carry any diseases so they’re not going to kill you. Put a brave face on. If you do have any discomfort then bites can be treated with tropical emollients, corticosteroids and antihistamine.
Bed bug bite spray
This healthcare website sells a spray to repel and calm bed bug bites
How to avoid bed bugs in the first place
I’ve looked around the web and you can buy a number of chemicals to eradicate bed bugs, but they’re not really the sort of thing you can carry around when you’re traveling. If you spot bed bugs then notify your hotel and ask to more rooms.
Disposable mattress covers:
One way that the travel experts help prevent bed bug bites is by using disposable mattress covers to keep contact with the bed to a minimum.
The same healthcare company also sells disposable mattress covers, check them out here
Got a travel topic you want to know about?
Email it to me at michael@mobalphone.com
Email it to me at michael@mobalphone.com
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