Lovely Weekend - except..

It's not a pandemic!

We’re on a river boat so I’m hoping they can’t swim 😂😂

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In the 16 years we lived ( on &off) with bed bugs I never saw one in a shoe 🤷‍♀️ but saw plenty in their favourite hiding places: the seams in your mattress.

I have had absolutely no evidence of bed bugs since I got home so think everything is ok.
But as I was feeling a bit paranoid I did strip my bed on Monday and washed all the sheets, pillowcases, mattress and pillow protectors on a hot wash with disinfectants. I also (which I read was good to kill and prevent bedbugs) sprinkled the mattress with bicarbonate of soda and lavender essential oil mixed together left for the day then throughly vacuumed off.
Not sure you could do that in a hotel though, best of luck Polar22 hope you have a great time.

Amazon have pages of sprays and insecticides for bed bugs - worth a try!

I don't live in London but just a little further north and we have had a resurgence of mosquitoes recently ( possibly due to recent warm weather) -so if you were staying near a pond or water the other customers bites might have been mosquito bites- but best to be cautious!! I read bedbugs can also be killed by leaving things that (eg can't be washed) in the freezer for several days. I don't know what that would do to shoes!

That sounds awful. What a worry. I hope you absolutely didn't bring any back with you. Better safe than sorry though so best carry out all those suggestions. Good luck.

We're going to Paris soon! I'm wondering if there are precautions I can take? Are there any sprays we can use in advance?

Thank you Oopsadaisy1 for your advice. I did think of my shoes today so washed and sprayed them as well. I don’t think any cosmetics or toiletries touched any surfaces.
Hope I am just being a bit paranoid.

Don’t forget your shoes, cosmetics, anything that was in the room with (potentially) bed bugs.

DGS got them in Europe this summer, they were a pain to get rid of. He was covered in bites.

Put all of the washing on a high heat (tumble dryer) for 45 minutes.

Anything that the cases have touched ie in the car or the floor of your house could also be infected. Hoover all the nooks and crannies and wash and high heat dry as well. Special sprays must exist for carpets I would think.

The bugs will live in your car and house for a long time.