Comments on: FAQ: How can I avoid bedbugs while traveling? http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:34:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Spring break bed bug warnings! http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-8573 Spring break bed bug warnings! Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:56:13 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-8573 [...] you travel that much, you may well have been exposed; you may be one of those who is not allergic. Bedbugger’s FAQ on how to avoid bed bugs while traveling. How to avoid spreading bed bugs if you have been [...] […] you travel that much, you may well have been exposed; you may be one of those who is not allergic. Bedbugger’s FAQ on how to avoid bed bugs while traveling. How to avoid spreading bed bugs if you have been […]

]]> By: Bed bug travel pracautions getting around http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-8501 Bed bug travel pracautions getting around Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:55:12 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-8501 [...] MSNBC advice on avoiding bed bugs while traveling has been around since June 2006. We added our FAQ on how to avoid bed bugs while traveling in October of that year (just two weeks after Bedbugger.com was born). Lots have sprung up in the [...] […] MSNBC advice on avoiding bed bugs while traveling has been around since June 2006. We added our FAQ on how to avoid bed bugs while traveling in October of that year (just two weeks after Bedbugger.com was born). Lots have sprung up in the […]

]]> By: buggy http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-8494 buggy Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:55:11 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-8494 Thank you for the excellent tips. I forwarded this page to my parents. They seem to think if a motel is "nice" or they "always stay there" that they don't have to worry. Thank you for the excellent tips. I forwarded this page to my parents. They seem to think if a motel is “nice” or they “always stay there” that they don’t have to worry.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-8194 nobugsonme Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:41:31 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-8194 Updated with David Saunders' idea. Updated with David Saunders’ idea.

]]> By: Bed bugs taking over Wales too; hospitals and bed bugs | bedbugger http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-6506 Bed bugs taking over Wales too; hospitals and bed bugs | bedbugger Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:35:11 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-6506 [...] do well to follow some of the recommendations in our travel FAQs for not bringing bed bugs home: here, and if you know you were in a place that had bed bugs, read this [...] […] do well to follow some of the recommendations in our travel FAQs for not bringing bed bugs home: here, and if you know you were in a place that had bed bugs, read this […]

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5920 nobugsonme Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:29:50 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5920 bedbugregistry.com takes reports of North American hotels and such. I would not use priceline simply because I like to screen hotels on tripadvisor.com before booking. No, nothing is being done, yet. We're in early stages of seeing anyone who does not have (and has not had) bed bugs giving a hoot about them, but I do believe that is shifting. Also, "inspection" isn't going to offer any security where hotels are concerned, unless they are being inspected after each guest leaves, and probably using a bed bug dog in addition to a human. Humans trying to spot a small infestation is very difficult. bedbugregistry.com takes reports of North American hotels and such.

I would not use priceline simply because I like to screen hotels on tripadvisor.com before booking.

No, nothing is being done, yet. We’re in early stages of seeing anyone who does not have (and has not had) bed bugs giving a hoot about them, but I do believe that is shifting.

Also, “inspection” isn’t going to offer any security where hotels are concerned, unless they are being inspected after each guest leaves, and probably using a bed bug dog in addition to a human. Humans trying to spot a small infestation is very difficult.

]]> By: handcuffed http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5917 handcuffed Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:07:29 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5917 And one more question, unrelated to the issue above - besides tripadviser and such, is there one site where people can report bedbug problems in hotels, with date, so one can instantly check whether a particular place is affected? I think this would be of tremendous value to the travlling community, and maybe even force hotel staffs to be more vigilant. How easily they can travel between rooms in vacuum cleaners, for instance. Are there products out there to prevent thaty, like pesticide treated cleaner bags? Any pressure on priceline to make sure their accomodations pass inspection? I have a feeling that some of the "deals" you get there are because people are cancelling reservations in infected places and am very afraid to use their services now. And one more question, unrelated to the issue above - besides tripadviser and such, is there one site where people can report bedbug problems in hotels, with date, so one can instantly check whether a particular place is affected? I think this would be of tremendous value to the travlling community, and maybe even force hotel staffs to be more vigilant. How easily they can travel between rooms in vacuum cleaners, for instance. Are there products out there to prevent thaty, like pesticide treated cleaner bags?

Any pressure on priceline to make sure their accomodations pass inspection? I have a feeling that some of the “deals” you get there are because people are cancelling reservations in infected places and am very afraid to use their services now.

]]> By: handcuffed http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5916 handcuffed Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:46:05 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5916 Yes, I am in a multi-unit building, and the adjoining apartments were not inspected. I had left for 2 months in the summer, and everything is still bagged. My roommate was here though, unpacked some things. She is not getting bitten though in her room, she claims. I don't quite trust her to really have thoroughly cleaned and inspected everything, washed everything. She is moving out October 1st. I keep imploring her to be thorough, so she doesn't take the problem with her and spread it. Once she is gone I will have her room sprayed again, throw out the mattress (which is encased, but just to be sure), the dresser, probably should also polyurethane the wooden floor which is full if cracks? Besides the bugs I am left with a big financial problem - which roommate wants to move into a place which had bedbugs? I will leave most of my stuff sealed for at least the next year, so the problem will be very obvious. Moving stuff into storage presents a big problem as well, since I live in a 5th floor walk-up and there is lots of heavy stuff like books. Moving to another place is not really a possibility with the sky-high rents in NYC. All of this because a pretty nice hotel in Gaithersburg didn't take care. After I was bitten there I washed everything before even returning home, sprayed the suitcase with insecticide, washed things again here, but obviously that wasn't enough. We proably never had many, at the height of it maybe 5 bites a week, but even 1 bug is too many and I just want to be rid of this problem. My life has been an absolute nightmare since January. Yes, I am in a multi-unit building, and the adjoining apartments were not inspected. I had left for 2 months in the summer, and everything is still bagged. My roommate was here though, unpacked some things. She is not getting bitten though in her room, she claims. I don’t quite trust her to really have thoroughly cleaned and inspected everything, washed everything. She is moving out October 1st. I keep imploring her to be thorough, so she doesn’t take the problem with her and spread it. Once she is gone I will have her room sprayed again, throw out the mattress (which is encased, but just to be sure), the dresser, probably should also polyurethane the wooden floor which is full if cracks? Besides the bugs I am left with a big financial problem - which roommate wants to move into a place which had bedbugs? I will leave most of my stuff sealed for at least the next year, so the problem will be very obvious. Moving stuff into storage presents a big problem as well, since I live in a 5th floor walk-up and there is lots of heavy stuff like books. Moving to another place is not really a possibility with the sky-high rents in NYC. All of this because a pretty nice hotel in Gaithersburg didn’t take care. After I was bitten there I washed everything before even returning home, sprayed the suitcase with insecticide, washed things again here, but obviously that wasn’t enough. We proably never had many, at the height of it maybe 5 bites a week, but even 1 bug is too many and I just want to be rid of this problem. My life has been an absolute nightmare since January.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5912 nobugsonme Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:43:26 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5912 handcuffed, I assume you're in a multi-unit building? If so, did the PCO carefully inspect every unit on top, under yours, and on every side? If activity ceased and then started again, there's a good chance they are coming from your neighbors. There's also a chance they were reintroduced IF you kept your stuff sealed a while and then returned it after treatment. You need the PCO to come back, and return at 10-14 day intervals until they're gone. And you really need all neighbors inspected. Even if they do not KNOW they have bed bugs, they may have bed bugs. handcuffed,

I assume you’re in a multi-unit building? If so, did the PCO carefully inspect every unit on top, under yours, and on every side? If activity ceased and then started again, there’s a good chance they are coming from your neighbors.

There’s also a chance they were reintroduced IF you kept your stuff sealed a while and then returned it after treatment.

You need the PCO to come back, and return at 10-14 day intervals until they’re gone. And you really need all neighbors inspected. Even if they do not KNOW they have bed bugs, they may have bed bugs.

]]> By: handcuffed http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5911 handcuffed Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:12:53 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/10/19/faq-how-can-i-avoid-bedbugs-while-traveling/#comment-5911 I noticed bedbugs 0 picked up from a hotel before I knew anything about them - in January and have been fighting the problem ever since. It took until May to even get the landlady to send in an exterminator, while I kept them at bay with Diatomaceous Earth and by wrapping my futon in extra-strength plastic. In addition to having to take everything to the laundromat, the exterminators required that EVERYTHING in my 5-room apartment (except for the kitchen and bathroom), my 100s of books and Cds, VHS tapes, etc, be taken off shelves and out of drawers, even if there was no activity. My living room now looks like a huge garbage dump, I can't find anything. When they finally came, they took about 40 minutes haphazardly spraying around the baseboards, moldings, the mattresses and the futon frame, a process which was repeated 3 weeks later. For 2 months we had peace, but now they are back, and seemingly coming from somewhere around my desk and computer equipment. I am not getting bitten in bed, but caught 3 craeling either on my desk or the carpet underneath in full light late in the evening. My bedroom is also my home office, full of furniture, an old carpet, lots of crevices in the everywhere. How am I EVER going to get rid of them? I noticed bedbugs 0 picked up from a hotel before I knew anything about them - in January and have been fighting the problem ever since. It took until May to even get the landlady to send in an exterminator, while I kept them at bay with Diatomaceous Earth and by wrapping my futon in extra-strength plastic. In addition to having to take everything to the laundromat, the exterminators required that EVERYTHING in my 5-room apartment (except for the kitchen and bathroom), my 100s of books and Cds, VHS tapes, etc, be taken off shelves and out of drawers, even if there was no activity. My living room now looks like a huge garbage dump, I can’t find anything. When they finally came, they took about 40 minutes haphazardly spraying around the baseboards, moldings, the mattresses and the futon frame, a process which was repeated 3 weeks later. For 2 months we had peace, but now they are back, and seemingly coming from somewhere around my desk and computer equipment. I am not getting bitten in bed, but caught 3 craeling either on my desk or the carpet underneath in full light late in the evening. My bedroom is also my home office, full of furniture, an old carpet, lots of crevices in the everywhere. How am I EVER going to get rid of them?

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