How to Kill Bed Bugs in Suitcases

Suitcases remain a notorious hiding spot for bed bugs looking to conceal themselves and hitch a free ride to a new destination. This is how bed bugs travel from one city to another,and how they wind up hotel rooms where some lie in wait for another guest with another suitcase. Protect your suitcases in plastic encasements while traveling, to protect against bed bugs. Rid the suitcase of the pests if you discover a bed bug infestation already in it, using either extreme heat or cold.

Latex/rubber gloves
Vacuum cleaner with crevice attachment
Plastic bags
Vehicle
Freezer

Instructions

- 1
  Put on latex or rubber gloves. Vacuum out the suitcase with the crevice attachment on a vacuum cleaner. Target the cracks and crevices where the bedbugs hide.
- 2
  Remove the vacuum cleaner bag and place it in a plastic bag, immediately after vacuuming. Dispose of the plastic bag in an outside garbage can.
- 3
  Seal each piece of luggage separately in a plastic bag. Set the luggage outside in the heat, in direct sunlight, or inside a vehicle, with all the windows rolled up. Leave the luggage there for at least one day.
- 4
  Seal each piece of luggage separately in a plastic bag and place the luggage in a freezer, with the temperature below 32 degrees, at least. Leave the luggage there for several days or longer to kill the bed bugs.

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