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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-10 11:46 AM
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4. but then I guess you toss your nightclothes ? Sleep nekkid?
Don't sit anywhere in the room while dressed? (ew - b/c I KNOW hotel room furniture is NOT sanitary).

We have to go to NYC in a week or so and I'm trying not to freak out. In fact, almost anything upholstered is worrying me, including the train seats; I've also heard cargo holds in planes are absolutely filled with bedbugs. What about plane seats? The nasty critters like upholstered materials - if a person's items are infested, what about their clothes, then passing the bugs along to seating, etc.?

Ack! Heard part of a story on NPR about bedbugs yesterday and really have the willies about going anywhere ...
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  -So what are some manageable ways to avoid bed bugs when traveling? liberalpragmatist  Aug-21-10 06:39 PM   #0 
  - The thing I remember most is keep your luggage in the bathroom.  VenusRising   Aug-21-10 06:44 PM   #1 
  - that's cute that's amusing v. cute  pitohui   Aug-22-10 11:11 PM   #22 
     - I was relpying to what the OP had mentioned specifically...  VenusRising   Aug-23-10 05:45 PM   #31 
        - sorry but it raised a chuckle because it just doesn't work  pitohui   Aug-23-10 07:02 PM   #32 
  - First thing you do in the hotel is lift up the bedclothes and the mattress covers  pink-o   Aug-21-10 06:50 PM   #2 
  - Tiny correction  XemaSab   Aug-22-10 01:24 PM   #10 
     - Thanx, I realized after I posted it that I was wrong about that.  pink-o   Aug-22-10 06:33 PM   #12 
  - The expert on the Tv had some good advice. He said bedbugs hate smooth hard  applegrove   Aug-21-10 09:10 PM   #3 
  - but then I guess you toss your nightclothes ? Sleep nekkid?  Flaxbee   Aug-22-10 11:46 AM   #4 
     - The article says seal night clothes in a plastic bag to prevent transfer.  Gormy Cuss   Aug-22-10 12:24 PM   #7 
     - I'm thinking of getting a non-upholstered suitcase  liberalpragmatist   Aug-22-10 12:57 PM   #9 
     - My brother in law travels a lot and he brought home bedbugs to my sister's house. She had to wash  applegrove   Aug-22-10 07:38 PM   #13 
        - Washing and/or steaming in extremely high heat kills.  WinkyDink   Aug-23-10 05:26 PM   #29 
  - I've seen that you can buy a dense fabric sleeping sacks  ThomCat   Aug-22-10 12:00 PM   #5 
  - it's silk its miserable you canNOT sleep in those things  pitohui   Aug-22-10 11:10 PM   #21 
  - Replace your talcum powder with boric acid.  rug   Aug-22-10 12:01 PM   #6 
  - Or a baryon sweep of the rooms.  Call Me Wesley   Aug-22-10 12:39 PM   #8 
  - Sleep with the lights on... the HATE light and will run away  JCMach1   Aug-22-10 01:54 PM   #11 
  - thousands of dollars to eliminate bedbug infestation is a worthy concern for most income levels  stray cat   Aug-22-10 08:29 PM   #14 
  - Easier than any of this if you happen to have a chest freezer,  Curmudgeoness   Aug-22-10 08:48 PM   #15 
  - Boy thats cold ;)  RandomThoughts   Aug-22-10 08:53 PM   #16 
  - My company  quakerboy   Aug-22-10 09:32 PM   #17 
  - after reading your post, I went and vacuumed my house and mattresses hah  carlyhippy   Aug-22-10 09:50 PM   #18 
  - Everything you ever wanted to know about  DoBotherMe   Aug-22-10 10:35 PM   #19 
  - dont go to new york or ohio other than that clear sailing  pitohui   Aug-22-10 11:09 PM   #20 
  - I always thought bed bugs didn't exist.  RandomThoughts   Aug-22-10 11:12 PM   #23 
  - how would you know? do you travel? ask other travelers!!!  pitohui   Aug-22-10 11:15 PM   #24 
  - I seriously have never heard of them  RandomThoughts   Aug-22-10 11:19 PM   #25 
  - Local govt reports. But hey, you go on to NYC.  WinkyDink   Aug-23-10 05:24 PM   #28 
  - Not true. Portland OR  quakerboy   Aug-23-10 05:35 PM   #30 
     - yikes it's spreading...  pitohui   Aug-23-10 07:04 PM   #33 
        - I dunno.  quakerboy   Aug-23-10 09:03 PM   #36 
  - Give me love. Give me love.  tourivers83   Aug-23-10 05:49 AM   #26 
  - inspect your room carefully  unpossibles   Aug-23-10 12:13 PM   #27 
  - they just said they're in the empire state bldg!  pitohui   Aug-23-10 07:05 PM   #34 
     - OMG it's spreading in NYC!  carlyhippy   Aug-23-10 10:48 PM   #37 
  - Burning Bed?  RandomThoughts   Aug-23-10 07:06 PM   #35 
 

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