Checking into a hotel often begins with excitement — you set down your suitcase, look around, and get ready to unwind. But travel and pest-control experts warn that your first move may also be the riskiest. Before unpacking, the safest temporary place for your luggage isn’t the luggage rack or the floor — it’s actually the bathtub.
The reasoning comes down to one persistent travel threat: bedbugs. Even clean, reputable hotels can harbor these tiny pests. They hide in mattresses, bed frames, upholstered furniture, and carpets, and they can easily crawl into suitcases left on beds or floors.
