To avoid bringing home an infestation, the first thing you need to do is protect your luggage. Once bed bugs burrow themselves into the crevices and seams of your suitcase, they can stay alive without a feeding for up to four months.
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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.
To avoid bed bugs while travelling, you have a few simple options. Ziploc bags, for example, are a great way to protect the contents of your suitcases. Whenever possible, store used clothes in sealed bags to be cleaned easier once you get home.
They are attracted to warmth, carbon dioxide, and blood. The major way they are going to probably get to your luggage is transferring from you to your clothes, and finally into your luggage. And bed bugs can sense that same carbon dioxide on your dirty clothes even after you've taken them off.