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Bed bugs are being discovered on a daily basis here in the Middle Tennessee region. In houses, apartments, hotels and even retail outlets, it appears that everyone is a target. Bed bugs have been feeding on humans since the beginning of recorded history. The bed bugs were nearly eliminated from the United States until the past ten years. Now we hear reports of them on a daily basis. I am going to discuss how you may transport the bed bugs, ways you can identify the bed bugs, and steps you can take to help prevent an infestation.

First, we need to be able to identify a bed bug. The bed bug is nocturnal, or active at night. They hide in cracks and crevices until the lights go out, then they come out and hunt for a blood meal. The bed bugs do leave behind signs that they are present. If you pull back the bedding on a mattress or bedspring, you want to look for rust colored staining on the mattress, usually along the seams and edges, or between the mattress and boxspring. You also may see live, active bed bugs when you are searching! Also, look at the cracks and crevices around the headboard. You may end up staring one in the eyes! If you find bed bugs at a hotel, I would request a different room immediately. If bed bugs are discovered at your home, it is time to call in the professionals.

A few tips on traveling to a hotel: A. Dont place your luggage on the bed, keep it on the opposite wall away from the bed. B. Check the mattress and headboard as described above as soon as you arrive at the room. C. Leave, with your bags, as soon as you find evidence of bedbugs. You might even take a few photos with your phone to document what you find as management may need to see proof.

Now, let us talk transportation. How are you going to move these bed bugs into your home? Unfortunately, the bed bug is a master at hitching a ride. The bed bug can be transported in a purse, on electronics, in clothing, bedding, personal belongings, and even in your car. We have had reports of bed bugs joining the party by traveling to a sleepover in a sleeping bag or backpack of young children. I suggest that you are very careful about buying used furniture, clothing, and appliances from thrift stores, yard sales, or as a gift from a friend. Unless you know the place is bed bug free, you are taking a huge risk. We have heard from many customers stories of a friend or relative moving in and bringing an infestation of bed bugs with them. Or, they say how they got a great deal on a bedroom set, just to find out they now have a bed bug infestation. Saving a few dollars on the front end may cost you thousands later. Be careful and fully inspect the items before you take possession of them.

I receive questions about how to rid a home or room of bed bugs. While it can be done, it is tough to do it as a homeowner. A professional will have the proper tools, training, and products on hand to have the best success eliminating the bed bug infestation. It is always easiest to solve a bed bug problem when it first presents itself, so dont wait a few weeks or months to see if they just go away. The Bug Man has trained technicians ready to protect your home from bed bugs. Contact us for more information.

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After having been away for five decades years in the developed world, bed bugs have marched back to take control of our hotel and motel rooms, our homes and our rooms, and for many of us only the services of a Tennessee bed bug control company can save us. Considering that bed bugs make their living by biting warm-blooded creatures in order to drink their blood, it should not be much of a shock to anyone that we do not want to have any bed bugs anywhere near us.

These insects are not merely a hungry guest. They can harm our bodies by their feeding upon our blood. Some of the badness they are responsible for are skin rashes and allergies. There is even a single particular breed that prefers to drink human blood above that of our furry pets. And, the problem is that once they settle in place it can time a whole lot of time, effort and money to get them under control and to kill them.

Additionally, bed bugs are more than a threat to a familys physical well being; they are also a genuine danger to the health of their mental state. Living a life where one is always suffering from rashes and not able to sleep a solid sleep is not easy. Additionally, it is embarrassing to live in a home that has so many pests that friends and family are afraid to come over. Surely, if any of your friends or family members have been through a bed bug infestation, you are already well aware of how damaging these parasitic guys are.

Historically, bug control companies used powerful chemicals to get at the bed bugs in a persons home. Eradicating bed bugs in this manner was expensive and difficult to do and did was not always effective since in many cases the chemicals did not get to the bed bugs and eggs that were deeply hidden within mattresses or other pieces of furniture.

There is some good news here in our region regarding the controlling of these pests: the use of heat Tennessee bed bug extermination purposes. To this end, all a Tennessee bed bug control service does is replace chemicals with heat to draw the insects out of their hiding places so that they can killed. ThermalRid, which can be finished in a single day, is one of the monikers of this heating to kill bed bugs services in our area,

Saves all your expensive furniture and possessions with Tennessee bed bug control or Tennessee bed bug extermination.

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1 of 5 stars Pending review Do not stay in this resort!!!!! They have bed bugs. We stayed in room 6265. Security confrimed several bed bugs found in the mattresses after we complained about bites we ...

On 8/6/2016 I woke up with several bites on my right arm. I went down to the desk at 930 to show them and the woman told me they looked like spider bites. And that because we were close to the mountai...

We stayed in the mountain view building top floor. We stayed April 3 and 4 2016. The room had bed bugs in it that hitched a ride home with us....

We stayed last Friday night and left saturday. We seen a large bed bug on the bed, my daughter has bites all over her. ...

Stayed 5-16 and was to leave on 5-18 but found a bed bug on top of my husbands luggage so we packed up immediately and left. Squished it with a rag and it splattered blood which is a signature indicat...

was nasty and found 2 bedbugs alive...

Stayed 9/8/16 room 631 had bedbug spotting in multiple locations on king box spring. No live found hotel notified about issue....

On 4-6-15 we stayed at the Edgewster Hotel in Gatlinburg, TN where bed bugs bit me in room 435. I spent hours waiting at Urgent Care to get the diagnoses. I reported this to the Hotel & Heslth Dept. T...

We stayed for 6 nights in this townhouse. My youngest daughter (13) had a couple of spots on her, but we thought they were just mosquito bites. The day after we left she really started breaking out, ...

7..20..17 first they denied it; after maintenance check, and agreed that it was bed bugs dropping the hotel refund only one night, moved us too room 433, this room was inspect didn't find any bed bugs...

Sister-in-law showed bites all over her arms and legs. Bug exterminator was called in and confirmed infestation. Hotel moved out party to room A101 and I started showing up with bed bug bites 2 days...

Woke up with about 50 bites on 9-19-18 on myself. Management just dismissed it like it was nothing. Very non courteous. DONT STAY HERE!!!!...

Thursday, October 12,2017... Found bed bugs & left early hours of October 13, 2017... Was told I would receive a full refund but it has not went through after a week. I was bitten. 6-7 bed bugs seen...

We stayed there in September, 2018. At first the room was nice, until we turned down the sheets and seen few spots of blood on sheets. Had them changed and thought everything was ok..we were wrong wo...

My family and I stayed here in December 2014. We didn't discover the bugs the first night, but thankfully we did discover them the second night. My daughters bed was infested. The manager had taken pr...

Stayed 9/17/16 - woke up to traces of blood on sheets. We checked out and then I began breaking out with bed bug bites. My arms and hands are covered as well as my neck and legs. I called the motel an...

found bedbug crawling in bed so grabbed it with tissue and took with me to hotel office where I was told it wasn't a bedbug. I than showed office what bedbug looked like per Google on my phone, exactl...

We stayed in this room on Friday Feb 12 and we stayed the first night and when we woke up that morning my wife had little bites all over her body and my Brother in law had bites on his face and should...

We stayed at Baskins Creek Nestle Inn at room 203 only for one night. I woke up at 4 am with a rash and bites on my arms. We were leaving at 11:00 am and packing our things when we saw the bed bug on ...

I found bedbug in townhouse apartment on Monday, August 22. The staff was nice and washed all our clothes and refunded my money. I had been staying with them for 18 years and never had any issues befo...

Stayed at Mountain cascades owned by cabins for you. Woke up on the 5th night while getting bit by bed bugs. I caught one and put it in a baggy for proof. My mom called management and they sent pest c...

Bed bugs! Do not stay here unless you want to get bitten. We stayed in room 102 and the first night my husband had three small bites on his ankle. I didnt think much of it, searched the room but di...

Arrived 12/29/18. Room had a musty BO smell. Reported to front desk. Next day found a bed bug. Reported. They moved us but led my husband to believe we would get a refund. . Said they never ha...

Worst experience Ive ever had staying somewhere. Checked in on December 1sr 2017 and Found bed bugs in our room after getting ready for bed then spent 3 hours throwing clothes and our stuff in the dr...

Recommended tips after hotel check-in: 1. Pick up the mattresses in the rooms and look under it. Check around the edges of the box springs. 2. Check under the box spring. 3. Lift up each headboard an lie it on the bed. Carefully inspect the hole where the headboard was lifted out of. Also, inspect all niches and corners of the headboard. 4. If you decide to stay in the hotel, do not put any clothes in dressers. Keep them in your luggage and your dirty clothes in plastic bags.

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I just got off the phone with an Environmental Health Department investigator. I called the Health Department for the area. I spoke with the gentleman who actually inspects the Wilderness At the Smokies. There has been one report of bed bugs a number of years ago in their Stone Hill lodge building. Upon inspection, no evidence was found. After speaking with the family who reported they were uncertain it was indeed a bed bug. The last inspection was May 2014.

I want to add that when a complaint comes in the actual room is inspected plus both rooms on either side. A few random rooms will also be checked. Other than that, two surprise inspections are done each year.

Now, he said the whole building (River Lodge) connected to the waterpark is considered "condos" or "condo hotels" and they have no jurisdiction in those types of buildings. He has had a number of calls, but since they do not inspect these buildings he cannot confirm or deny these reports.

I did ask if any hotel or resort is required to report any sightings or complaints and they are not, nor are they obligated to tell a person when they ask. The extermination company that does any treatments is also not obligated to tell anyone.

He did also say that most times bed bugs will be found in the bed, under the sheets, between the mattresses, etc. Go inside the room, check the seams of the mattress for black dots or markings. Especially check around the head board. Pull it away from the wall. They can often be spotted hanging out between the wall and boards. It is not often that a room will be so infested that you will see one crawling on the curtains or walking across the walls. Not that it doesn't happen, but a number of these sightings may in fact be other bugs.

Needless to say I still feel quite uncomfortable about our upcoming stay and need to decide what to do. Is anybody itching yet? I am.

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If you own a hotel, nursing home, school, or daycare, then chances are your worst nightmare is having bed bugs. Similar to your pet and home having fleas, bed bugs require a professional treatment. Most bed bug treatments must be done several times in a row, they often require replacing furniture or mattresses, and sometimes the room has to be evacuated for days or months.

Bed Bug Heat Treatments

Forgo these traditional treatments, and opt for Nashville Bed Bugs Heat Treatment. This all-natural, non-toxic, and eco-friendly treatment is safe and effective. Instead of having to repeat the treatment several times, heat treatment will work fast and be a one-time job. Once the heat treatment has been done, the room will be operational within hours, and there is no need to replace mattresses or furniture.

Without the heat treatment, toxic chemicals have to be used in your home. This treatment avoids the use of any destructive or dangerous chemicals that could damage your furniture or home. Not to mention, chemicals can cause allergic reactions, cancer, or even birth defects or infertility. Chemical treatments for bed bugs arent always 100% effective either. The pesticides may kill most of the bed bugs, but they arent strong enough to kill the eggs, meaning once they hatch, there will be a new infestation. Heat treatment is 100% effective at killing beg bugs and their eggs.

The heat treatment raises the temperature of the affected area to a level that is proven to kill bed bugs. Nashville Bed Bugs use Convectex heaters. The affected area will be heated to 140-160 degrees for 6-8 hours, and then monitored to make sure no heat can escape the affected area. Most bed bugs are killed in 15 minutes in temperatures over 113 degrees. Eggs require an hour to be killed. Bugs hidden inside furniture, walls or flooring may take longer, but if held at 6-8 hours, the heat will be sure to get every bed bug in your home.

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Nashville Bed Bugs has advanced heat temperature probes that are monitored from the computer and show when the right heat temperature has been reached. This allows for much faster treatment.

Nashville Bed Bugs will only treat the affected room, so you dont have to pay for the entire house to be treated.

Perhaps the best perk of allNashville Bed Bugs uses discrete, unmarked vehicles so that neighbors or hotel guests will be unaware of your bed bug problem.

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