Does bed bug spray work on luggage?

Protect your luggage from bed bugs by treating the outside seams with Ortho® Home Defense Max® Bed Bug Killer before you leave. When you arrive at you hotel, place your luggage in the bathtub or bathroom of your hotel room. Bed bugs are less effective at traveling up slippery surfaces like tile.



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Protect your luggage from bed bugs by treating the outside seams with Ortho® Home Defense Max® Bed Bug Killer before you leave. When you arrive at you hotel, place your luggage in the bathtub or bathroom of your hotel room. Bed bugs are less effective at traveling up slippery surfaces like tile.

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Use bags that can be sealed tightly for your used clothes, so that bed bugs don't have the chance to crawl into your clothing. Also, consider using a suitcase bag to protect it from bed bugs crawling into the seams and hidden crevices. Many companies have developed bags that you can purchase for this sole purpose.

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Once the items inside your suitcase have been taken care of, it's time to inspect your luggage. Use a flashlight to check seams, folds and pockets for bugs or eggs. Vacuum the suitcase using a brush and crevice tool attachment.

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Other places you are likely to come across bed bugs include your luggage. Since bed bugs spread quickly, suitcases could play a significant role in spreading an infestation.

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A representative from the company said that reports of bedbugs are extremely rare. “Nevertheless, we are vigilant and continually monitor our aircraft. ? The presence of bedbugs is an issue faced occasionally by hotels and airlines all over the world,” a spokesperson told Global News in an email.

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The top three places where pest professionals report finding bed bugs are single-family homes (91 percent), apartments/condominiums (89 percent), and hotels/motels (68 percent).

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You can essentially quarantine your luggage for 6 months in plastic. This allows the eggs and the live bed bugs to starve to death. But, your clothing cannot go into quarantine that long because you need it. Washing and drying your clothing on high temperatures will help.

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Chances are that you won't see any bugs at all, but if you see their poop trails, you know they are present. For a thorough bed bug examination, use a flashlight to look around the headboard, under the sheets and mattress pad, under the mattress and box springs, and around the base of the bed.

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Just because you think (or are even positive) the hotel had bed bugs does not necessarily mean that you brought them home with you. Granted, bed bugs are notoriously difficult to eradicate on your own, so it's a good idea to act as if you may have picked up a hitchhiking bed bug or two.

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