Don't Bring Bed Bugs Home: A Paddington W2 Traveller's Checklist

Paddington W2 is one of London's busiest gateways — and one of the easiest places to pick up a bed bug stowaway. This is the exact 5-minute hotel-room and suitcase routine our technicians use after every job.

We also cover nearby: Emergency Heat Treatment W3, Emergency Heat Treatment W2, Emergency Heat Treatment W4.

Bed bugs found inside the seam of a cap — the kind of hitchhiker travellers bring back to Paddington W2
Bed bugs found inside the seam of a cap — the kind of hitchhiker travellers bring back to Paddington W2

The 5-minute hotel-room check

1. Leave your suitcase in the bathtub on arrival (smooth surface, easy to inspect) 2. Pull back the bedding and check the mattress piping and seams with your phone torch 3. Lift the corners of the mattress and look at the bed frame joints 4. Check the headboard if it lifts off the wall 5. Look behind the bedside table

If you see fecal spotting, shed skins or live bugs — request a room change on a different floor, not next door.

When you get home to Paddington W2

  • Unpack your suitcase outside or in the bathroom, not the bedroom
  • Wash all clothes (worn or not) on the hottest cycle they will tolerate
  • Tumble dry on high for 30 minutes — heat is what kills bed bugs, not wash temperature alone
  • Vacuum the suitcase interior and seams

If it's too late

Call 0204 569 0701 for same-day heat treatment in Paddington W2 and across Westminster.

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