How they got here (it’s not dirt)
Bed bugs are hitchhikers — hotels, guests, secondhand furniture, the apartment next door. Infestation has nothing to do with cleanliness and everything to do with opportunity, which is why we skip the judgment and go straight to the map of where they’re harboring. Savannah’s tourism economy means the arrival routes stay busy year-round; vacation rentals and historic-district guest rooms see it constantly.
Why one treatment never ends it
Bed bug eggs shrug off treatments that kill adults, and they hatch in roughly ten days. Any plan without a follow-up is a plan to do this again in three weeks. The sequence that works: thorough first treatment, disciplined prep between visits, and a second pass timed to the hatch cycle. Severe or multi-room infestations may add a third. You’ll hear the honest scope after inspection — priced once, in writing.
What you can do tonight
Strip and bag the bedding straight into the washer — hot wash, high-heat dry. Pull the bed six inches from the wall. Stop sleeping on the couch (it spreads them). Don’t fog the room — it scatters them deeper. Then call; the inspection tells you exactly what you’re dealing with, and the written quote tells you exactly what ending it costs.