Bed bugs are the peskiest and most annoying critters to deal with when you’re on vacation.
Your vacation is supposed to be time for you to relax and unwind – not worry about infestations.
Still, it’s in your best interest to take the necessary precautions that will keep you safe. Flight attendant @Cici.inthesky shared a video with some advice.
Cici starts her video by saying, “It’s more important now than ever to be checking your hotel room for bedbugs and I’m going to tell you why.
“I’m a flight attendant and I pretty much live in hotels. According to the EPA, there’s been an uptick in bedbugs.
“If you’ve traveled post-pandemic, then you know that housekeeping has completely changed in hotels. There are staff shortages in every industry.”
Reality check: If housekeepers aren’t properly getting hotel rooms cleaned or checking for bed bugs, here’s what you can do to make up for it.
Leave your luggage on hardwood
Cici’s first tip is about where you place your stuff. Before dragging your suitcase and bags onto the hotel room’s carpet, leave them on the hardwood floor near the entrance or bathroom instead.
NEVER put your luggage on the bed as soon as you walk into your hotel room.
Check every corner of the bed
Cici’s second tip is to check every corner of your hotel room bed. In the video, she peeled back the blanket, the sheets, and the mattress cover to reveal the bare mattress.
She explains, “I pulled them all off, look at them very carefully, and I check the creases. I do this when the lights are on and I use my flashlight when it’s dark.”
She also lifted the mattress up off of the boxspring to continue analyzing for any possible bedbug sightings.
Check the headboard and furniture
Another tip from Cici is to pay attention to the headboard of the bed. Since the headboard in the room she was analyzing was made out of wood, she explained that it was less of a concern.
It would matter more if the headboard was made out of fabric. She also suggests checking the creases of the couches in sofas in a hotel room if they’re made out of fabric.
The luggage rack is another place to check out for bedbugs before placing your belongings there.
Preventing bed bug infestations at home
Cici says, “Doing these things is 99% of the battle. The biggest thing is that you don’t want to bring them home. Don’t forget to wash all of your clothes, if you can, in hot water.”
Her tips aren’t meant to stress you out on vacation or ruin what’s meant to be a good time.
They’re simply meant to help prevent a more disastrous event from taking place when you get home.
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