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Bed Bug Travel Tips Part I Of II

Thanksgiving is once again upon us and with it comes the busiest travel and shopping season of the year.  Because bed bugs can be found in a multitude of locations from hotels, motels, retail stores, movie theaters, and even an unsuspecting relatives home, it’s important to keep a watchful eye out for the bloodsuckers so that you do not bring bed bugs back home with you.

Here are a few helpful tips to make your Thanksgiving travel bed bug free…

If you are staying at a hotel or motel, the be sure to check the Bedbugregistry.com to see if any bed bug infestations are reported in the hotel you are staying at.

Bed bugs like to hide in baseboards, the edges of wallpaper, and the edges of carpets so when you first arrive in a hotel room, check the entire perimeter for bed bug excrement, shed skins, and live or dead bed bugs.

The cracks and crevices of wood drawers in hotel rooms make perfect hiding places for bed bugs.  Check all drawers very carefully for any signs of bed bug excrement, shed skins, and live or dead bed bugs.  Removal of the drawers is helpful as they tend to hide on the underside of the drawers as well.

Experts recommend that you remove the headboard from a bed when you inspect a hotel room, but clearly this is not always possible as they are often bolted to the wall.  I find it helpful to bang on the headboard and take a large towel and run it along the back of the headboard (when possible).  Be sure to check carefully with a flashlight to see if any bed bugs or their skins have fallen to the ground behind the headboard.

Bed bugs are known for hiding in the seam areas of mattresses so checking the bed is a must.  The entire perimeter of the bed must be checked.  Peel back the sheets to expose the mattress.  Look for bed bug excrement, blood smears, shed skins, and live or dead bed bugs.  I found hidden bed bugs in a luxury hotel one time by running tweezers along the seam all the way around the bed.  The bed bugs were well embedded in the stitching and I did not initially see them upon doing my inspection.  Once I ran the tweezers over the stitching, many live bed bugs popped right out!  A thin credit card also works for this job.

Please check back on Wednesday for the conclusion.

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Protect Yourself From NYC Bed Bugs

In difficult economic times, many people are finding it necessary to turn to second hand stores or yard sales to find great deals on used furniture pieces.  Some people will even find it hard to resist the temptation of a “free” piece of furniture sitting curbside waiting to be picked up by the Sanitation Department.  In the past, a family may have had to worry about bringing home cockroaches, fleas, or perhaps a spider nest when obtaining used furniture.  Nowadays, there could be a pest like no other lurking in the cracks and crevices of any used furniture piece.  Bed bugs could easily be waiting to make your home, their new home.

The problem is that even for the trained eye, it is very difficult to detect bed bugs on some types of furniture…especially upholstered ones.   If you do choose to pick up used furniture you should not bring it into your home until you have had it inspected and/or treated by a pest control professional.  Another option would be to call in a bed bug sniffing dog which will be able to detect live bed bugs, dead bed bugs, bed bug eggs, fecal spots, and bed bug skins.

New York City has been under siege from nasty blood sucking bed bugs with no real end in sight.  In an effort to try to avoid transferring bed bugs to neighbors and sanitation workers, a new mattress disposal regulation will soon be implemented.  Beginning on December 3, 2010, all mattresses that are placed curbside must be completely encased in plastic so that there is no opportunity for bed bug transfers, even if you don’t have an infestation.  Those who violate this new policy will be fined a whopping $100 per occurrence.  Residents have a grace period until 1/3/11 before the city begins to issue the fines.  Wrapping a mattress in plastic is not easy.  To make it easier, you can use the Protect-A-Bed Storage or Disposal Bag that is available at Stern Environmental Group.  Despite the mattress being wrapped in plastic, there will be those who will still think it is a great find.  When disposing of a bed bug infested mattress, it’s a good idea to put a sign, write in permanent ink, or spray paint “bed bugs” on the mattress so that you too can help end the spread of these little vampires!

My theory is if it’s free, leave it be!  The amount of money you save on a free piece of furniture is not worth the costly expense and aggravation that is caused when your home becomes infested with bed bugs.

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How Can Stern Environmental Group Help You With Your Bed Bugs?

Stern Environmental Group offers the most up-to-date products, services, information, and articles to help you with your bed bug infestation issues.

Stop by our website to view the vast amount of information that we have collected about bed bugs.  We are often asked what bed bug bites look like.  Click on our photo link to see how these painful and itchy welts can affect you if you are unlucky enough to encounter the bugs.  You will also find valuable photographs of actual bed bug infestations that will assist you in your travels so that you know what you should be looking for when you check into your hotel room or if you think you might have a bed bug infestation at your home.

Many people think that having bed bugs means that they must throw out their bed bug infested mattress.  Stern Environmental Group and Protect-A-Bed allows you the opportunity to save your expensive mattress instead.  Click on the Encasement Info link on our website to find out how these state-of-the-art mattress encasements will seal bed bugs, and their eggs, in forever so that you will not have to go through the expense of purchasing a new mattress!

Stern Environmental Group offers the best bed bug services as well.  Cryonite is the newest and most effective treatment in bed bugs.  This innovative product is non-toxic and will kill pesky pesticide resistant bed bugs (and other bugs too) by rapidly freezing them!  This amazing treatment even works on bed bug eggs!  Another great tool in Stern’s arsenal is the bed bug sniffing dog.  Sniffer dogs work fast and with incredible accuracy.  Bed bug sniffing dogs are able to detect large amounts of bed bugs, bed bugs eggs, and even just one single bed bug that is hiding in the most obscure location.

Stop by our website to see how Stern Environmental Group can help you!  We are a licensed pest control specialist who provides services to Secaucus, New Jersey, the Greater New York City Metro and Connecticut Regions.  Give us a call today!

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Vacation Follies: Are You Kidding Me, MY Hotel Room Has Bed Bugs! Part II Of III

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Continuing from Monday…

I took note of the fact that the hotel did not use a Climbup Insect Interceptor or a Mattress Encasement, both of which could help protect customers from bed bugs.

It was then time to tackle the bed.  It was a beautiful pillow top bed, covered in a white goose down comforter and white sheets.  I flipped all of the bedding to the center of the bed and began my inspection.  I quickly realized that I was in trouble…there was a suspicious pile of black pepper like debris sandwiched in between the pillow top layers near the foot of the bed.

Despite what I saw, and all that I know about bed bugs, I was in denial about the fact that I was likely looking at a pile of bed bug excrement.  I took a piece of cardboard advertisement from the room and folded it up like a box and began to gather the pieces of my find with tweezers.  Still in denial, I tried to convince myself that what I was picking up was some sort of crumbs…only how could they have gotten under the sheet in between the pillow top?  Logic prevailed and I continued my search in hopes of finding an actual bed bug to confront the hotel management with.  It did not take long for me to unearth several bed bugs, in several different stages of their life cycle.  The bugs clearly had a face and legs.  One was dead, several were alive.  I folded up my evidence, gathered my belongings, and quickly exited the once pristine room.

On the way to the lobby a nice lady in a suit entered the elevator.  She asked me if I was leaving the hotel.  I said “no, I just arrived”.  Just then the doors opened and more people boarded the elevator.  She looked at me with a confused look and asked “Is there a problem with your room?” I told her “Yes, but you might want to speak to me in private.”  We silently rode to the bottom and she asked if I could follow her to a private location.  It was then that I told her that I worked in the pest control industry.  I also told her that I am a writer.

Please check back on Friday for the conclusion.

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Is A Bed Bug Infestation Getting You Down in New York or New Jersey? Part II Of II

Continuing from Tuesday…

When you have a bed bug infestation, you must then decide on the best way to rid yourself of the pesky bugs.  Do you try to treat them yourself (this rarely works!).  Do you hire an exterminator to fumigate?  Do you hire an exterminator that uses heat treatment?  Do you use steam treatment?  How about freezing the bed bugs?  People also wonder if bed bug sniffing dogs are really worth hiring to try to treat bed bugs (absolutely, they are amazing!).  You must also purchase mattress encasements to make certain that you save your expensive mattress, but where can you find them?

There are many decisions to be made and much work to do when you have a bed bug infestation.

The fact is that most people are overwhelmed by the entire bed bug infestation experience, and rightly so.  A bed bug infestation will disrupt every aspect of your life!  Without proper assistance, the bed bug nightmare can and will linger for quite some time.  The good news is that help is available.  It is critical that you hire an experienced bed bug expert who has the most up-to-date products and services available to their customers in order to reach complete eradication.

Stern Environmental Group provides fast, discreet and professional bed bug services to Secaucus, New Jersey, the Greater New York City Metro and Connecticut Regions.  We service both businesses and homes.  Give us a call today!