Bed bugs are often found in houses. They can cause several ill effects to your home and to every member of your family. However, you must protect yourself from them not only in your home but also in hotels.

While in travel, hotels are the primary options to stay in. They are clean and always in order. Nevertheless, being clean and in order is not an assurance of a bed bug free environment. And since they feed on human blood and since hotels are always packed with their food source, they are more likely to be always infested.

At home, you can protect yourself from the said pests by getting rid of them. In hotels though, you can't just carry out your own means to get rid of bed bugs. What you can do is to keep yourself away from them.

If you can’t keep yourself from having any contact with the said pests in your hotels, they can have you bitten. Apart from that, they can hide in your clothes and luggage and you can bring them back to your home where their infestation can cause you and other member of your family several ill effects.

So just what steps do you need to carry out to stay away from hotel bed bugs?

Pick well the hotel to stay in – Search the net to know which hotel or hotels had a history of bed bugs infestation and should be crushed out as one of your options. Customer complaints about the pests’ infestation are usually reported on the web so it will sure help you in making a choice.

Inspect the room – Leave your baggage outside the room before doing this. It will prevent the pests from getting into your things if they are indeed present. Look into the bed from its headboard to its mattress. Also check the surrounding area and items even the wall hangings.

Do not put your baggage directly into the floor – Put it in a rack or have it elevated. Though this will not directly help eliminate bed bugs, it sure will help prevent them from getting or crawling in to you bags.

Before leaving the room, inspect your things – This will let you know if any bed bug had gotten in to your bags. It will help you get rid of them early on thus possibly saving your home from the pests’ infestation.

Simple may these steps are, they are a big help in keeping bed bugs at a distance. So implement them and keep yourself protected from the said pests' ill effects.