How To Inspect a Hotel Room for Bed Bugs

Modesto, CA Pest Control Company Helps Families on Vacation Stay Bed Bug Free

Yes, it's time to leave the comfort of your home in Modesto, CA and venture off to a much needed vacation. It's amazing time to create happy memories with family, friends, and the environment that surrounds you. Whether its a nature walk under towering trees at Redwood National Park, the warm sand from Seacliff State Beach that has found its way into your swimsuits, or the long journey to the east coast so you can visit a cartoon rodent - great memories will be made.

Our pest control team here in Modesto, CA want you to enjoy your vacation and to bring back happy memories. Unfortunately families have had these vacations ruined by bed bugs that are lurking in the deep dark areas of thier hotel room. Whether bed bugs have been feeding on your loved ones or have secretly hitchhiked their way into your luggage and found thier way into your Modesto, CA home.

We are a family owned pest control business that love talking about our past vacation memories, so our team has create a list you can use so your vacation cannot be ruined by those nasty bed bugs.

Hotel Bed Bug Inspection Tips

1. Where to put your luggage?

• Your luggage needs to be placed in a safe location until the inspection determines your room in indeed bed bug free.
• If you have the means, then you can keep your luggage in your vehicle.
• If you don't have a vehicle then place your luggage on the luggage rack or in the bathtub; it's the next safest place.
• Keep all luggage, backpacks, and purses closed until you complete the inspection is completed. 

2. Mattress Bed Bug Inspection.

• Pull back the covers and sheets from one corner of the bed, we start our bed bug inspection at the closes corner where someone will lay thier head.
• Bed Bugs are visible with a naked eye, use your mobile flashlight to help with the clarity in the areas you are looking.
• You can find active bed bugs, fecal matter, or blood around the mattress piping, seams, folds, and even tags on the mattress. 
• Using a credit card can help around the piping or hard folds in the mattress.
• Just continue to move along the mattress until you reach your starting point.
• Remove comforters, blankets and any other bed covers. Check the top sheet and bed sheet for bed bugs and stains.

3. Inspect Furniture for Bed Bugs

• Upholstered furniture, chairs, mirror, luggage rack, headboards, nightstands, and lamps also provide safe cover for bed bugs to rest.
  
• Keep a keen eye on folds and seams in the furniture.
• Bed bugs love tight dark areas, if your flashlight hits a bed bug you can easily see thier movement as they move aware from the bright light.
• If everything comes up clear, go ahead and unpack. It doesn’t hurt to be cautious, so keep luggage on a rack, closet shelf or somewhere up off the carpet.

4. Random Bed Bug Locations

• Coat Racks
• Closest
• Safe
• Thermostat
• Roll In Bed
• T.V.

One Bed Bug is Enough

If you find One Bed Bug make sure document your findings and take photos. Report your findings with a hotel staff members, request and new room and unfortunately restart your bed bug inspection again.