A guest who finds a bed bug or a mouse in their room usually tells more people than the front desk. Ehlers provides hotel pest control in Milwaukee and across Southeastern Wisconsin, with inspections and ongoing service that help you catch problems early.
We work with hotels, motels and resorts in our service area, and every account starts with an inspection by a certified technician.
High guest turnover, frequent deliveries, and constant foot traffic create more entry points for pests than almost any other type of property. Bed bugs travel in luggage. Rodents follow food service areas. Cockroaches thrive in warm, humid spaces behind walls and under equipment.
The pest problems hotels see most often follow a pattern, which means ongoing service can catch most of them early.
Every hotel account starts with an inspection. A certified technician looks at guest rooms, laundry and storage areas, kitchens and the outside of the building to find where pests are coming from and how much activity there is.
From there, we recommend a plan that fits your property and your occupancy, and we plan treatment around your guests and staff.
Ehlers uses an Integrated Pest Management approach for all commercial pest control services in the Milwaukee area. IPM isn’t a single treatment method. It’s an ongoing process that prioritizes finding the root cause of a pest problem and addressing it in the most targeted, effective way possible, using chemical treatments only when necessary.
We start by learning about your property, your operations, and what you're dealing with so we can build the right plan for your facility.
We inspect your property to identify what pests are present, where they're coming from, and how significant the problem is.
We implement the right combination of treatments and preventative measures to eliminate active pests and stop more from getting in.
We review the results, monitor for new activity and adjust the approach as needed.
Bed bugs are one of the most common and most damaging pest problems hotels face. They travel easily between rooms, they hide in places that are easy to miss, and by the time a guest notices one, the problem is rarely contained to a single room.
If you find or suspect bed bugs at your property, don’t wait. The sooner it’s addressed, the easier and less disruptive the treatment process will be.
Common hiding spots to check: mattresses and box springs, carpeting, upholstered furniture, and electronics near sleeping areas.
Ehlers will inspect your property, confirm the extent of the problem, and treat it thoroughly while keeping disruption to your guests to a minimum.
Pest proofing, also called exclusion, seals the gaps pests use to get in. In hotels, the usual trouble spots are loading areas, kitchens, gaps where utilities enter the building and ground-floor room entries. The technician will point these out during the inspection, and sealing them is available as a separate service when it makes sense for your property.
Bed bugs are one of the most common hotel pests, with hotels being one of the top three most common places pest control professionals find bed bugs, according to pestworld.org.
Yes, and they’re unlikely to go away on their own. The combination of frequent new guests and the way bed bugs travel makes hotels particularly difficult to keep clear without a proactive, ongoing pest management plan.
Regular inspections, staff who know the early signs and pest proofing work best together. Catching bed bugs early keeps treatment smaller and less disruptive for your guests.
