What can I do to prevent bed bugs in my home?
Preventing bed bugs
Bed bugs reach homes the same way they reach hotels: they travel with people, luggage and secondhand items, not because of poor cleanliness. The most effective prevention happens around travel and purchases.
When you stay somewhere uncertified, keep luggage off the bed and floor and inspect the bed and headboard on arrival. When you return, wash travel clothes at 60°C and check your bags before unpacking. And inspect secondhand furniture and clothing before bringing them inside.
The biggest single risk is carrying bed bugs home from a stay, which is why the surest protection is booking a Valpas-certified hotel, where permanent, pesticide-free SafeSleep technology stops a bed bug on the first night and every room's bed bug-safe status is verified live and independently confirmed by Bureau Veritas. A certified stay protects your trip, and your home after it.