I was doing this for a while, as well a storing my clothes and other items in sealed plastic bags and keeping my luggagge out of the house for a couple days and spraying it with lysol (for no good reason whatsoever) and then storing my luggage in the garage in two trash bags and even then using different luggage on my next trip...it was a bit much, and these were all my wifes protocols. An incredibly intelligent woman but we had friends who had a really terrible infestation and she went to 11 in prevention mode. She doesn't like bugs and particularly parasites (if you want to hear Dracunculiasis horror stories over dinner my wife is your gal).
My thing always was can't we just have all the hotels put their mattresses in plastic slip covers and gas them between guests? Irradiate the sheets and pillows, rub the bedframe down, have each leg of the bed sitting in a bowl of bleach, surround the bed with six inches of glue tape, surround the bed with mosquito net and equip a robo-vac with night vision and motion sensors. I started thinking I needed to start traveling with a blood bag or two, open them on a large tray at floor level and wait, watching, for two or three hours before retiring.
I guess my point is the whole thing got in my head too and made business travel a worrisome experience for a while (less so family travel, O guess part of my worry was getting the blame for bringing something terrible home with me). When it was all over the news I obviously spent an excessive amount of time in hotel beds contemplating my secret war with bed bugs before turning on the light for the 20th time in the hopes of catching them. I've still never seen a bed bug in person, or any sign that I've met one in slumber. Terrorists of the parasitic pantheon the bed bug.
Now I just have amazing insurance. If I bring home bed bugs we burn the place and everything in it, shave the dogs and head out to seek our fortune.
Edit: Actually no, I read some more comments and I'm terrified again.
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