easiest way to get rid of ticks?

On you, or in the house? Ticks don't really live indoors, so inside it's the pet - a proper vet tick treatment on the dog or cat, not the supermarket collars, then bedding washed hot and the hoover bag binned. In the garden: short grass, cut back the long stuff at the edges, a gravel strip between lawn and any trees or hedge. Out walking: trousers tucked in, check yourselves after, and pull any you find straight out with fine tweezers right at the skin. No twisting, no burning, no vaseline.