Roaches on vacation?

[billski]

This would be May, so I guess I should plan on seeing them. And won't have the benefit of the cold to leave the luggage out in when I get home either. The thought of bringing them home with me is terrifying.

You should probably get a handle on what the probability is of bringing them home.
I really doubt you'd bring home eggs on the bottom of your shoes.
While roaches are one of the few creatures still alive since prehistoric times (they seem to survive everything), the overwhelming majority of people visit and never bring any back. This is what I really hate about the net and mass media. They can magnify a few dozen events in disconnected places into a pandemic, without looking at the statistics which bear out the real facts.

If you're really concerned, keep your luggage closed when you're there, shake out everything before you repack for the trip home, then wash it as soon as you get home. It's no guarantee, but it will make you feel better.

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

This would be May, so I guess I should plan on seeing them. And won't have the benefit of the cold to leave the luggage out in when I get home either. The thought of bringing them home with me is terrifying.

Honestly i think thats slim to none for bringing them home i wouldnt worry about that too much, and May your coming well ya you might run into a few, and they are like spiders where theres one theres usually a family, theres something about water they like when i lived in orlando for 2yrs i only saw one once, as soon as i went out to st pete a surrounded by water on all sides i saw one i sprayed under cabinets etc and about 5more came out i guess they couldnt handle the fumes, ever since then i only ever see them when its hot and after it rains, i know your a bug phob but they really dont want anything to do with u and they dont bother you, you should be more concerned about the lizards and iguanas

 

[severine]

I used to have an iguana for a pet. They don't scare me!

 

[drjeff]

Worse case scenario if you come across some critters, wrap them in bacon and deep fry them, since they'll be deader than dead and anything tastes good wrapped in bacon and deep fried! :lol:

Frankly though when I've been in the greater Cancun/Cozumel area on past vacations, I've been more worried about drinking the water than the bugs!

 

[noski]

Get some "Space Bags"- the kind you can squeeze the air out of. Then you can store your clothes in the big zip lock bag while at your lodging, and squeeze out all the air so you have room for souvenirs in your suitcase when you pack. When you get home, dump your clothes straight into the washer.

 

[Greg]

For Sev:

 

[drjeff]

For Sev:

Awww, baby ones! How cute

 

[severine]

You're mean, Greg! I don't know how you can eat lobster... it's like eating a huge cockroach!

Have you taken the girls to the Bronx Zoo? In the Madagascar building, they have an exhibit that you sort of walk into and you're surrounded by them. YUCK!

I was thinking today, however, about the time Brian went to the Epic ETU at Stowe when I was pregnant... we brought our dog along since I couldn't ski anyway and stayed at some hotel on the road leading up to Stowe that specialized in dogs...and came home with fleas. Not fun.

 

[billski]

For those who are really a bit buggy, the Harvard Museum of Natural History has an enormous collection of Arthropods. They are all neatly displayed on tiny little needle skewers. Kind of like hors d'ouvres!

 

[severine]

I've decided that reviews that mention bedbugs are far worse than cockroaches. ::shudder:: My sister-in-law stayed at an upscale hotel and some of those buggers hitchiked home with her. You don't even want to know what she had to go through to get rid of them afterward... Not fun, nor cheap.