Operating a hotel or resort entails careful attention to detail and an assurance of safety and security for your guests. Cleanliness is one of the most important factors that guests consider when booking a hotel, and it is also the main factor of their positive or negative reviews. It’s not enough that rooms are cleaned on a daily basis or common areas are maintained and inspected regularly. One thing essential for hospitality establishments is regular pest management.

Without proper pest control mechanisms in place, hotels risk of having the worst pest problems-a major reason of guest complaints and bad reviews.

What are the top most common hotel pest problems in the Philippines?

1. Cockroaches and flies

Some 1 to 2-star hotels in the Philippines are still infested with small cockroaches and different species of flies. Houseflies and fruit flies are attracted to the scent of food, while drain flies inhabit in clogged and grimy kitchen and bathroom drain pipes and sinkholes. On the other hand, cockroaches love decaying food and matter. The live in filth and darkness, so they naturally are carriers of germs and viruses that can cause serious diseases. Even a single tiny cockroach crawling around the corners of a hotel room can hurt the hotel’s reputation.

This is the top most common pest problem in hotels, especially those that do not have regular pest control check ups. To avoid this, training of cleaning crew is also important in order to detect and identify the gravity of infestation as well as areas affected.

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2. Bed bugs

Old hotels and resorts are the usual victims of bed bugs or “surot” in Filipino. Aged beds and furniture are perfect habitats for bed bugs. If you don’t regularly retire old beds, blankets, cushions, chairs and other furnishings, you might risk having bed bugs in your midst.

Bed bugs feed on human blood glucose. You won’t just find them in beds alone, but in couches, chairs, cracks in walls, socket wall plates, and tables or seats close to the bed.

If you notice some traces of bloodstains in bedsheets, discarded bug skin particles and tiny black marks, it’s a clear sign of bed bug infestation. However, early detection and elimination is key, so don’t wait for a customer complaint for bed bug rashes. Seek advice from Mc Ace Service Provider to exterminate these bed bugs, considering that it would take complicated processes.

3. Rodents

Although not most commonly seen in rooms, mice and rats are still prevalent in hotels and resorts especially within the surroundings near the kitchen, waste storage areas, and yards or gardens. Rodents are easy to spot because they leave obvious proof of infestation. They leave behind droppings and sometimes aggressively rummage food in the dark.

If your hotel management staff notice these tell-tale signs, ensure the safety of food storages. Make sure to use secure the food in the kitchen and seal off holes and cracks in windows, screens, and walls. Store food in impenetrable airtight containers and ensure proper waste management.

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Hotels, resorts and other hospitality and accommodation establishments have cleanliness standards, and pest problems are a no-no for guests. Avoid bad reviews from disgruntled guests by working with professional pest control providers like us to minimize the risks of pest infestation in your place of business.

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Fleas, or pulgas in Filipino, are one of the most dreaded pests of pet lovers and pet owners. In the event that you notice fleas at home, especially on the floors, carpets, walls, bedsheets, or rugs, it’s mostly likely that there is a presence of them in your dogs or cats as well.

It’s an unfortunate thought having to deal with fleas because it affects the well-being of your pets, and flea bites in humans can cause skin allergies, itching and inflammation. Though flea bites may not often have serious impacts on human health, fleas can be carriers of diseases and parasites. If you have flea infestation in your house, it’s definitely a must to initiate treatment immediately.

Quick facts about fleas

Fleas are one of the oldest living pests in the world as well, having been around for millions of years. They rely on one thing for food: blood. They are blood-sucking insects that rely on hosts to survive. In an average house, five percent of fleas are on pets or animals, while ten percent are still in cocoons, tucked hidden in your carpets, rugs or even couches. The rest, or the majority, are still mostly in their larvae stages and unborn in eggs. This is the most important fact in their lifecycle. Fleas lay 40-50 eggs per day, and a single female flea can produce up to 2,000 eggs in her lifetime.

In order to prevent flea infestations, homeowners and managers must eliminate the fleas in all stages of their lifecycle, hence the need for series of treatments or spraying

How to spot fleas at home

Although dogs and cats naturally just love scratching, one of the easiest signs of flea infestation among your pests is their constant scratching. If they often look irritated and seems like wanting to bite their own skin, there could be some fleas feeding on their blood. If you notice these signs, you have to immediately check. Just comb through their fur, with your hands or with a comb, onto a clean white paper. Tiny black dots could be fleas. To verify, wet the paper and if these dots turn red, they are definitely adult fleas. Flea larvae and eggs are difficult to spot, and it’s best to just begin getting rid of these pests when you confirm their presence.

How to get rid of fleas permanently

1. Prepare for cleaning and treatment. Pinpoint the areas where your pests spend most of the time in. These are the places where immature fleas and flea eggs are most likely found. Before cleaning and treating the area, it’s most important to treat your pets first with on-animal flea sprays. Consult your veterinarian for the best flea treatment for your dog or cat, to exterminate all mature fleas already feeding on your pet’s blood. However, after treatment, make sure not to return them in your untreated house yet until there is complete extermination of flea larvae and eggs.
2. Conduct general cleaning with vacuum

Next step is to thoroughly clean both the indoor and outdoor areas of your home. Sweep and mop the floors, wash and wipe all surfaces, and if you can, wash your things with hot water.  For all fabric and textile materials, make sure to vacuum every inch and corner of these pieces, be it rugs, carpets, curtains, couches, cushions, upholsteries, and even beds and pillows. You will also have to clean and wash all pet beddings, cages, dishes and toys. If you have a yard, make sure to cut the lawn grasses and remove dirt and debris. All food items, medicines and ingestibles must be well sealed and kept in safe spaces such as refrigerators or tightly closed cupboards.

3. Treat with spraying for fleas

People and animals must be removed from the area before spraying professional quality flea control spray. It is important that you do this with the help of professional pest control providers. Spraying requires extensive, regular work until there is complete and permanent extermination of the fleas. Even if there are myriads of information on the Internet, conducting treatments for pests requires expertise in implementation and monitoring.

After-treatment and monitoring

Once you are done with these first steps of getting rid of fleas, make sure that you keep on regularly cleaning and vacuuming the areas to pick up dead fleas and eggs. You may need to do this after every few days.

You may or may not see adult fleas still present, but it is perfectly normal. These may be those fleas that were still in pupal stage when you had treatments, and they can be exterminated again with follow-up treatments that are usually perfectly done when the eggs and larvae have already potentially matured into adult fleas. Consult your pest control technicians as to the schedule of follow-up services.

If you need flea control treatments at home, feel free to contact us at 0917-852-6444.

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