Question: I stay in a lot of hotels for business. Are bedbugs a problem in hotels?

Answer: Absolutely, YES!  I hear from people every day that have bedbugs in their home and they got them from the last hotel that they stayed at. Every hotel is susceptible to bedbugs today because most aren't treating for them properly.

Years ago, the proper way to treat for bedbugs was to spray a chemical like DDT in every room and the bedbugs would be gone. Can't do that today because it was killing us as well as the bedbugs. Now, many companies use traps for roaches and other bugs instead of sprays. This is great for other bugs but not for bedbugs. Traps try to entice the bug to eat something and then die. Bedbugs only suck human blood for food so they never go to any of the traps.

Bedugs are on the rise and hotels are beginning to get sued right and left for the cases that their customers are catching.

When you travel you need to follow some basic guidelines:

1. Examine the room for bugs

2. Lift the sheets and look along the edges of the mattress for bedbug droppings

3. Never put your suitcase on the floor. Try to put it on the metal thing that folds out. Bedbugs can't crawl up slick surfaces and so they can't get up the legs of the metal platform.

4. Take a spray with you like the spray found at http://www.licescabiesandbedbugs.com. This is an all natural, non-toxic enzyme product called Kleen Free that is a concentrate. Take one ounce of this in an 8 ounce bottle and then when you get there, fill it with water. Use this as a spray to clean away any bugs on the bed, mattress and surrounding area.

5. Use the Kleen Free to spray the suitcase before you put your clothes back in it to go home. This will help get rid of any unwelcome visitors that might be trying to hitch a ride home.