How to Keep from Bringing Bedbugs Home in Your Suitcase.

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | August 31, 2010

No. 501

An article in the New York Times about bedbugs tells us what one expert does after staying in a hotel.  In addition to tearing apart the bed, he keeps his luggage and clothes in the bathroom and gives the whole package a steam treatment.

So, before checking out, run the shower on hot for a few hours with the your luggage and clothes in the room and the door closed.  Then, just to make sure, repeat the process at home.

CLT

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