A Traveler’s Pest: Bed Bugs
By rsanchez. Filed in Travel News |
Ever heard of the saying, “Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.”? Well, not only does that pertain to children but also travelers who sleep in beds while on travel. If you’ll be away for more than a day, undoubtedly you’ll be looking for a hotel or at least a bed and breakfast. Besides the pricing and customer service, you also need to ensure that the place is clean enough for you to live in for the next few hours.
Bed bugs are bad bugs. Unfortunately, bed bugs are so small that it’s hard to see them with the naked eye, but you’ll definitely feel it when you wake up the next morning as you’ll have itchy red bumps when you wake up. Don’t worry they aren’t venomous nor do they carry any diseases. Those are a result of a numbing agent that they secrete to not wake you up while they’re biting and sucking your blood from you.
Is there no way to check if a place has bedbugs? If previous customers were bitten there, then they would be leaving some blood stains on the covers or there would be tiny brown spots on the bed or cover–they’re the bug’s droppings. So far they’re the only ways to detect them without actually getting bitten.
The best recourse of action here is to check in hotels or motels with a good reputation. They might not come cheap but at least you won’t be bitten nor will you be bring the bed bugs back home. If you have them already make sure that you go to a doctor and have your clothes cleaned before going back home.
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