Where do bed bugs in hotels come from?
The fact is that bed bugs will quite happily travel round from place to place in luggage and clothing. This means that anyone who travels a lot could have additional passengers without even knowing it. The bed bugs can then disembark at the next stop whether it is another hotel room or the travelers home and there begins another infestation as the bed bugs breed and multiply. How can you avoid bed bugs in hotels? The best thing to do is immediately you arrive and BEFORE you open your luggage have a thorough look around the room. Check the mattress along seams and around any handles or buttons for live bugs, dark stains which could be bed bug faecal marks or blood smears where bed bugs have been squashed by previous occupants. Also check furniure – closets, drawers and so on. Have a look around the walls check any cracks or peeling wall paper or paint for signs of bugs. Again you may not actually see any live bugs but there will be evidence of activity from any faecal makes left round t
