Short version: hotel in China had bed bugs, took extreme precautions, found single worrying bug at new hotel. How to go home safely?
My girlfriend and I are traveling in China. A few days ago we stayed at a hotel with bedbugs. There were quite a few adults and nymphs, and we are confident about our ID. The hotel staff did not understand how serious and spreadable the problem was, bit were very nice and moved us to a new hotel.
Once there, we tried to isolate our baggage in the bathroom, but we found an adult and a nymph - confirming that they came with us.
We went into full isolation mode. Due to being in China, our clothes could not be adequately dried, so we threw those and our luggage away. We kept only our most highly valued items (a few clothes, electronics) and sealed them in double-bagged ziplock with tape over the outer zipper.
We bought minimal new clothes and a new room in a (third) hotel. Before entering, we carefully inspected all the plastic bags, and put just those bags into the room. We then entered the room, sealed our clothes in more bags, and showered and put on new clean clothes from a sealed bag.
We had to move to a new city, and are now in a fourth hotel. Inspected the room, seemed clean, but later found a possible 1st stage instar (squished as we attempted to ID it).
How do we go home? Current plan is to bag everything we have on us, store it until it can be heat-treated, get a hotel at home and re-do the seal clothes and shower.
Is this enough? We were so careful, but still found that worrying bug in the fourth room.
Thanks so much!