OutSMART Missy: click through her house-hunting journey, going room-to-room to find entrances, escape routes, hiding places and mouse-mischief.

You can try retail sprays, citronella candles or bug-zapping devices, but they all treat the symptoms not the root cause of why they’re hanging around.

Bed bugs don’t discriminate against who they bite, where they bite them, and how they get around. Inspecting your own home is easy, but you need a little extra caution while on vacation.