Bed Bugs 101: If you suspect you have bed bugs, the first thing you should do is encase all your mattresses and box springs. However, encasements will rarely completely get rid of bed bugs. If bed bugs are in your bed then they are most definitely elsewhere in the room like walls, furniture and closets. If an infestation has gone undetected for a few weeks or more, then it is very likely that the bed bugs have spread to adjacent rooms where other people may be sleeping. This is how they spread so easily in apartment buildings, hotels and hospitals.

Early detection is the key to getting rid of bed bugs quickly. Encasements and monitors will allow you to detect bed bugs as soon as they enter your home. If you use a monitor then you will be able to catch live bed bugs to show to your landlord or exterminator. Monitors are also useful after treatment so you will know for sure if any bed bugs survived and attempt to feed on you at night. They will be caught in the trap before entering the bed so you can sleep peacefully knowing that you are not getting bitten by bed bugs anymore. If bites do persist after treatment and encasing your bedding, then you know that the bed bugs must be living somewhere in the bed frame itself.

Since many people catch bed bugs while travelling, many customers ask us how to prevent catching bed bugs again the next time they have to travel. We strongly recommend everyone use BugZip Luggage Encasements for any trip outside the home so you can keep bed bugs from coming home with you in your clothes or luggage.