The last thing on a person’s mind while traveling is that when they get to their destination, they need to check their surroundings—particularly the bed they’ll be sleeping in—for bed bugs.

What We Know About Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are expert hitchhikers. Female bed bugs can lay upwards of 500 eggs in their entire lifetime! All it takes is for one female to find her way onto an unsuspecting victim for her to be able to make a new home and create an entirely new infestation.

How to Detect Bed Bugs in Your Hotel Room

Here are a few tips to help you avoid being attacked by or accidentally picking up bed bugs:

• Do NOT put your bags/luggage on the bed or floor:

Store them in the bathtub or shower while you check for bed bugs. 

Usually, when you first walk into a hotel room after a long day of travel, all you want to do is drop your bags, flop on the bed, and unwind. By setting your bags aside first, you’re already taking an essential first step in avoiding bringing one of these nasty bugs home. 

• Check the Bed

Using a black light, be sure to examine the bed carefully. You'll want to inspect the headboard and nightstands, even peeking into the drawers. Check in and around any pillows, blankets, sheets, mattress padding, and finally, in the tight crevices of the mattress's lining.

• Check the furniture

What to Do If You Found Bed Bugs

Immediately alert the hotel staff and request a new room in the opposite wing. Also, check that room to make sure it is bed bug-free.

Even if you do not spot bed bugs, you can still travel with peace of mind by packing travel protection such as travel spray, natural bed bug killer traps, and luggage encasements to help keep your luggage safe from these invaders and ensure you don’t bring such an unwanted souvenir home.

Natural ingredients and essential oils make Bed Bug Patrol a great alternative to harsh pesticides and insecticides, which bed bugs increasingly resist.

You can check your hotel before you leave here.

Our natural, plant-based Bed Bug Patrol Killer Spray provides an all-natural solution to infestations of bed bugs, as well as fleas, spiders, and other common indoor bugs. Our 100% natural solution is made in the USA. It relies on the power of natural ingredients like citric acid, clove oil, and peppermint oil to naturally deter these bugs from living in your furnishings and upholstery. Just spray our solution on affected surfaces twice per day, and it will get to work on exterminating your bed bugs and preventing their return. To keep you safe from bed bugs on your travels, arm yourself with our Bed Bug Blasting Travel Spray, which comes in a handy, TSA-approved travel-size bottle for your convenience.

Enjoy