Hotel Pest Control Sydney

Bed bugs are becoming a significant problem in Australia and around the world. Bed bugs are easily spread and difficult to treat, which is resulting in a rapid growth in the number of bed bug outbreaks. While there are steps you can take to reduce the risk of infestation.

PNP Pest Control recommends a professional pest control service as soon as you discover them in your hotel.

No bed bugs treatment is 100% effective and there is no way to guarantee that bed bugs are completely gone, and it is for this reasons that the bed bug situation is challenging for the hospitality industry, where a hotel chain’s reputation can be jeopardised by a single bed bug incident.

Sydney Hotel Bed Bug Treatment

Having your hotel reported and/or reviews left on TripAdvisor as having a bed bug infestation requires a rapid and public response.

If your hotel does not have bed bug action plan, you are at risk of losing your reputation and a lawsuit.

There is no way to stop bed bugs from being brought into a hotel. New guests are arriving every day from all over the world and bringing their potentially infested luggage with them. Your hotel can be bed bug free one day and infested in multiple rooms the next.

So, prevention, is early detection!

Bed bugs must be detected very quickly after they are brought in, hopefully, before they bite someone. To facilitate this early bed bug detection, all hotel employees should receive some bed bug identification training.

This includes the reception staff, maids, facilities personnel, hotel managers, event planners, maintenance staff, catering staff, bell hops, cooks, janitors, and absolutely everyone else.

Why everyone? Because your employees are located all over the hotel, and if everybody is looking for bed bugs there is greater chance that you will discover them quickly.

Keep in mind that guests are not the only people capable of bringing bed bugs into your facility.

Do Not:

• Ignore guest complaints of bites or bugs.
• Let a room go out of service for a few weeks and expect the bed bugs to disappear
• Try to control bed bugs without an experienced pest management professional
• Ignore rooms adjacent to (as well as above and below) those with a bed bug problem.
• Put a room back in service until reasonably sure that the bed bugs have been eliminated.

If you do not have a bedbug plan in place PNP Pest Control are here to help!

Be Proactive and develop a written “bed bug action plan” with specific policies, directions, and responsibilities such as:

Staff Training

Education always must be the first point of call

• Ensure your staff & cleaners are educated on bedbugs
• what signs to look out for
• what to do if they find any

Confidentiality

• A confidentiality form should be signed to ensure that any bug or insect infestation is kept under wraps.
• Infestations of bedbugs or other pests could harm your reputation & your business.

Quarantine

Immediate action should be taken as soon as bedbugs are confirmed.

The affected room and rooms joining and across from the affected room should be closed off.

Even if it means closing for a day, the profits you will lose in one day will be more of a benefit than continuing business and risking your entire reputation

Call in the experts

Do not waste your time and your money by trying do it yourself treatments. They will not work, by delaying calling in the professionals you are allowing the infestation to increase which will make eradication harder.

Do Not Panic

While bedbug infestations can be difficult to control and eradicate PNP Pest Control are experts when it comes to bedbug treatments.

We can take care of all your bedbug needs, advise on prevention and guide you through the preparation steps.

PNP Pest control is an insured & licensed pest control company in Sydney servicing hotels, motels, student dorms, Airbnb & other short-term accommodation properties.

We take pride in assisting agents achieve a bedbug free environment for their guests

PNP Pest Control can offer you a range of pest control solutions specifically designed to suit the needs of your property.

As each property & location is different, a pest control management solution should be designed based on your needs

Please give us a call now on 1300 296 964 or get in contact with us via the contact form