When guests visit your hotel, they’re expecting a safe, enjoyable, and pest-free experience. As the owner, it’s your job to make sure that’s exactly what they get.
But buzzing, biting nuisances can quickly get in the way.
Getting rid of these pests is no easy feat, especially since hotels and resorts are often prime targets for flies and mosquitoes.
That’s where we come in.
In this blog post, we’ll go over the importance of fly control for resorts and hotels, how pests enter your hotel, and how Flowtron resort bug control can help.
Let’s get started!
The Importance of Hotel Pest Control
Insects are more than just buzzing biters – they can also pose a serious threat to your hotel operations:
- Disease Risk: Pests spread diseases, bacteria, germs, viruses, and other pathogens that can make your employees and guests sick, resulting in decreased productivity and unhappy guests.
- Reputation Damage: Disgruntled guests spreading the word about your infestation via word of mouth or bad reviews can cause you to lose business.
- Legal Issues: If the infestation gets bad enough, you may fail to meet inspection and regulatory requirements, resulting in potential litigation and/or penalties in severe cases.
Effective Resort Bug Control Strategies
Train Staff
First things first, make sure your staff is trained in recognizing early signs of infestation. Kitchens, guest rooms, storage spaces, and laundry rooms are common infestation sites, so ensure staff pays special attention to those areas.
Housekeeping
Flies are attracted to dirty areas, so make sure to keep everything spick and span, focusing especially on kitchens, laundry and storage rooms, dining rooms, and guest rooms. Make sure trash is kept far away from the building and regularly disposed of, immediately throw away any expired foods, and place trash cans around the building to encourage guests to properly dispose of waste. Pay special attention to floor mats, beverage dispensers, and tray conveyers.
Maintenance
One of the best mosquito control solutions is ensuring they never enter your hotel in the first place. Seal off any entry points by keeping windows and doors closed when not in use, repairing any holes, addressing leaks, and keeping brick, concrete, and woodwork sound. You’ll also want to ensure there is suitable lighting, heating, ventilation, and drainage, and place floor drains on a regular cleaning schedule to remove organic debris that may support small flies.
Last but certainly not least, consider adding some Flowtron Bug Zappers to your layout. Outside the hotel, outdoor bug zappers use a powerful combination of UV light and octenol attractant to effectively lure bugs up to 2 acres away, instantly zapping and killing them with a 5600V killing grid. Thanks to their unobtrusive design and lack of pesticides, these eco-friendly pest control solutions will keep the bugs at bay without disturbing your guests.
Our indoor bug zappers like the 80W Indoor Sconce Fly Killer or 30W Portable Indoor Fly Killer deliver sure, silent capture with a potent combination of fly pheromones (Fly Sex Lure) and a hidden, no-escape adhesive board that traps flies and other flying insects in a radius up to 1200 square feet wide.
Their appealing design matches any décor, while their silent operation makes them an excellent, unobtrusive option for hallways, lobbies, or meeting rooms.
For something a little stronger, the 80W Indoor Commercial Bug Zapper and 120W Indoor/Outdoor Zapper combine Fly Sex Lure and a powerful UV light to zap and kill insects in an even wider radius, up to 2000 square feet wide.
Super effective and chemical-free, these are great hotel pest control options for your kitchen or storage spaces.
Final Thoughts
When you’re running a hotel, pest infestations can often feel like an inevitability.
But they don’t have to be.
With a little help from Flowtron Bug Zappers and the helpful mosquito control solutions listed here, you can create a pest-free experience that will create a positive buzz amongst guests in no time!
