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Yes, that's true, but this method can help reduce the risk. Whenever bites show up, the heat treatment will be easier if the isolation technique has been maintained. I'm pretty sure my bites show up within 24 hours, now that I've been bitten a few times.The problem is that bites may not appear for up to two weeks after you are bitten.
Excellent advice as usual @C clearly but I think the airtight aspect could be relaxed. Plastic bags could rip easily and the dry bag may be unneeded expense. I don't see how bed bugs can get through a tightly woven nylon cloth. I would use a large nylon bag in a bright safety color and closed tightly at the top. The draw strings could even be used in some cases to hang the bag. The reason for the color? -- I would also have reflective tape sewn onto the bag and then it can be draped over the pack for safety if walking in the dark.At night put your backpack and everything you can, into a large airtight bag (either plastic garbage bag or a roll top dry bag).
You could use silk linen, or just a few drops of Lavendel oil ....Hi, everyone! I am walking the Camino del Norte in March and meeting my husband early April in Oviedo to walk the Camino Primitivo to Santiago. We walked the Camino Frances in 2015 and got bed bugs in Sarria. We'd like to avoid them if at all possible this time.
I ordered a travel-sized bed bug killer spray called EcoRaider I plan to spray our backpacks with. Besides that, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on preventing bed bugs, or if there are any specific accommodations along the Primitivo we should avoid?
Any info is appreciated. Thanks!
What would you do with them, that is known to be effective against bed bugs?You could use silk linen, or just a few drops of Lavendel oil ....
I agree (and sometimes use a fabric bag to hold damp things at night). But the problem is that fabric seams and the closing structure/drawstring need to be carefully checked for all places a bug could enter and HIDE. Even adding the reflective tape creates nooks and crannies. It just gets harder to manage. That's why I simplify and have dedicated dry bags.but I think the airtight aspect could be relaxed
So I suppose we should sleep outside for a couple of weeks when we get home. Just joking, obviously, but it does give us one more little nagging worry that we may bring bedbugs into our homes and now know it till they are well-installed. But I suppose that's also true if you get bit on a plane or anywhere else, so the best thing is probably not to worry. Or do you have some tricks to help with that C_clearly?Yes, that's true, but this method can help reduce the risk. Whenever bites show up, the heat treatment will be easier if the isolation technique has been maintained. I'm pretty sure my bites show up within 24 hours, now that I've been bitten a few times.
No. I just try to reduce the risks when walking the camino (especially the Frances) as the camino is the only place I've encountered them.Or do you have some tricks to help with that C_clearly?
Yes, I have no doubt they can be found many places. I simply try to minimize my risk in a place where they are quite common (i.e. the Camino) by using some easy safe techniques. I occasionally check hotel beds elsewhere. I am certainly NOT ready to stop taking buses or borrowing books from the library, because bedbugs have been found there upon occasion.I have "read" that one can pick up bedbugs on a bus, train, plane, etc., or even our luggage can be compromised in the holding areas.
I'm going to take your advice. Thanks for sharing.At night put your backpack and everything you can, into a large airtight bag (either plastic garbage bag or a roll top dry bag). Then (and this is important!) in the morning, put all of your night things that were exposed into another airtight bag inside your pack. If bites appear during the day, you will know that you must look for a dryer, but at least the decontamination will be simpler.
Keep up that isolation technique, and I think you will reduce the chances of carrying bedbugs, and if you encounter them, it will be easier to manage.
Great idea! I’m doing this! Many thanks!My method of preventing bring BB back to my home after Camino: Before I leave to my Camino trip, I put a set of clean clothings in my garden shed. After I come home from my Camino trip, I dont bring anything into my house. I go straight to the garden shed (it is a stand alone structure) and change into the fresh set of clothings that I left there. I put my Camino pack into a sealed garbage bag and leave it in the shed. The only thing that come back to the house is my house key, left over Euros and my passport. I usually take my Camino pack to a big laundry place, wash & dry items in high heat. I hope this helps.
What do you use the bedbugsheetbag for? Do you sleep in it?I have never met bedbugs but the last years I have been treating most of my gear with permethrin before leaving home, bring a bedbugsheetbag, 2 sheets sewn together to a bag, and a treated silk linen as well. I treat my backpack before going as well. I do so on any other trip I do, so may be I am a freak on this matter. My fear is not getting a bit on the camino, I live in heavy mosquitoarea in the north of Norway, my fear is bringing them into my home when I come back.
Yes,with a silk linen inside.What do you use the bedbugsheetbag for? Do you sleep in it?
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