Bed Bugs In Hotels - A Travellers Guide
Anyone who travels regularly for business or for pleasure should be aware of one important fact - there may be bed bugs in hotels! If you are at all concerned that there may be bed bugs present in your hotel room DO NOT UNPACK! This may cause you some inconvenience but it will prevent your luggage becoming infested with unwanted passengers! The best thing to do is keep all your belongings in your case, keep it zipped shut and off the floor. Don’t forget to take the same precautions with other, smaller luggage like for example handbags or laptop cases. Quite simply they hitch a ride in travellers luggage or clothing. People who regularly spend time in hotels like for example airline crew, salesmen etc. can quite innocently transfer these pests from place to place and even infect their own homes where the bed bugs will continue to breed and multiply.
A visit to the nearest drug store to purchase some cream such as hydrocortisone or antihistamine tablets should ease the itch. Avoid scratching the bites as this may cause them to become infected. In this instance medical treatment may be necessary. Secondly inform the management that they have a problem and leave as soon as possible. If you possibly can place all clothing, shoes etc. in sealed plastic bags before leaving the infected hotel room. Once you reach your destination remove clothing from the bags and launder on a hot cycle. Items which are not suitable for washing should be put in a tumble dryer on a hot setting for about 10 minutes. This should kill the bed bugs at all stages of development.
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