How to travel without being infested by bedbugs? How to protect yourself from them? Learn how to check a guest room l. What are your rights , how to approach the subject with the hotel management? The right reflexes to not bring bedbugs home.
How to protect yourself? How to act? What are your rights?
Like you, bedbugs love traveling by plane, boat, train, taxi ... Like you, they appreciate good addresses, whether it's a small inn, a mobile home, an Airbnb or a palace. They will travel without you knowing it in the bottom of your pocket or in a suitcase .
They are opportunistic, discreet and patient. At the first opportunity, they will attack to satisfy their vital need: to bite a sleeper to feed on its blood.
Summary
- You are traveling, some precautions to avoid being contaminated
- How to Detect Bed Bugs in a Hotel Room
- too late, you were bitten during the night: what to do, what are your rights
1. You are traveling, some precautions to avoid being contaminated:
- Prefer smooth suitcases and rigid. Avoid travel bags with zippers, multiple pockets and flaps.
- Before you leave , I recommend that you treat the inside and outside of your suitcase, computer case and handbag with 400 ml of Kapo Choc anti-bedbugs.
- You can also treat the clothes and shoes you will wear for this trip with a spray of BSI STOP Insects. Let dry before wearing them. BSI STOP Insects is less concentrated than Kapo Choc but it has the advantage of being completely odorless. Of course, at this concentration, these products are absolutely harmless to the health of young and old.
- Pack the travel anti-bedbug KIT in your luggage. The trick is to place the anti-bedbug tablet directly in a washcloth in your suitcase, you will be sure that no bedbugs will be able to get in. The BSI STOP Insects is a powerful insecticide that will allow you to treat the bed and your luggage before your return, and the Insect Free is a body repellent active for 8 hours. Also very active against mosquitoes and ticks.
- In public transport , airports, restaurants, avoid collective coat racks. Do not put your handbags and briefcases directly on the floor or on questionable sofas.
2. How to detect the presence of bedbugs in a hotel room
You can immediately detect if there are bed bugs in this unfamiliar room.
Like Tom Thumb sows stones, bedbugs leave behind tiny traces of blood, invisible to the naked eye. These traces will be instantly visible with the PROTECTA instant detector.
When you arrive in your room , do not put anything on the bed or on the armchairs. Leave your luggage in the bathroom. Bedbugs do not like water. The room inspection will take 5 minutes . It is made easier if you have a PROTECTA instant detector. It begins with a thorough check of the bedding. You look for droppings (small black scabs of one millimeter), eggs (one millimeter whitish and translucent pears), molts (light beige translucent and light), round or stretched blood stains (left by the bedbugs engorged with blood and crushed by the sleeper when he turns over), and dead or alive bedbugs. The places to check with the flashlight are the seams of the mattress above/below, the seams of the sheets and duvet and pillow covers, the box spring, the headboard if there is one. Remove the drawer from the nightstand, inspect it above/below. A quick look at the wardrobe and the bedside rug. Another clue to heavily contaminated rooms is an unpleasantly sweet and sour odor. If this inspection has not revealed any trace of bedbugs, I think you can rest assured . One last thing: place your anti-bedbug tablet between the box spring and the mattress, you will retrieve it when you leave. If unfortunately you have discovered the presence of bedbugs, the next chapter is for you.
3. Too late, you were bitten during the night: what to do, what are your rights?
I have written a complete article to know your rights in the event of contamination by bedbugs. The legislation is not the same if the origin of the infestation is in your main residence building, in a hotel room, at the cinema or on a train . It is very important to know what the law says, and the case law to defend your rights in each of these situations.
Excerpt: First, you need to establish proof of the infestation . Take as many precise photos as possible to prove the location of the infestation (this hotel room, this cinema, this train). Keep your transport tickets, hotel bills, and payment methods safe. Once you have these proof documents in your possession, you will be able to approach the negotiation more calmly . The sensitive point will be ... Infestation of bedbugs, cockroaches, WHO PAYS? Read the article
