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My Spanish Bedbug Experience

So my European travel adventures continue… as I mentioned in my post about Italy, Ibiza was our next destination. I had a wonderful time on the sunny Spanish island and stuffed myself silly with Tapas washed down with Sangria. The seven days of absolute luxury was great until the bed bugs crawled out the woodwork.

The Downside Of Labor Day Weekend

Ok, so Labor Day is approaching and I decided to do a quick search on what exactly Labor Day means.  According to Wikipedia: “Labor Day was first celebrated in New York City. In the aftermath of the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the [...]

Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite!

According to the press there is officially a bed bug epidemic. Not only in hotels, motels and hostels, but in high end stores and businesses too, no one is exempt from these wee creatures. The USA is having a tough time dealing with them, and with every new day comes a new bed bug invasion [...]

What Working In Pest Control Has Done To My Kids

I wanted to share a bit of a humorous pest control story with our blog readers.  I have two children, a boy aged 11 and a daughter, who is 14.  Certainly, in our business there’s always an interesting dinner time story… the bed bug fumigation, the rodent in someone’s toilet, etc. A few weeks ago, [...]

Bed Bugs And Me

When you first start working somewhere, you have no idea how your employer may impact on your life outside the office. Let me give you an example of how working for Rentokil has made me change my habits…. I went to France with a colleague who was doing some research on bed bug treatments as [...]