When I started working as a hotel housekeeper, I noticed something unusual.<\/p>\n
Several guests placed their suitcases inside the bathtub instead of using the luggage rack or leaving them on the bed. At first, I assumed they were worried about dirty carpets or spills.<\/p>\n
One afternoon, I asked a guest whether she wanted me to move her suitcase while I cleaned the bathroom.<\/p>\n
She immediately replied, \u201cDon\u2019t touch it. It\u2019s there for a reason.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her reaction made me curious, so later I asked my supervisor.<\/p>\n
She explained that experienced travelers often place their luggage inside a dry bathtub when they first enter a hotel room. The reason is simple: bedbugs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Bedbugs are more likely to hide around mattresses, headboards, carpets, upholstered furniture, and luggage racks. A bathtub has a smooth surface with fewer hiding places, making it a safer temporary spot for bags.<\/p>\n Guests usually leave their luggage there while inspecting the mattress seams, sheets, headboard, and nearby furniture for dark spots, shed skins, or live insects.<\/p>\n The woman wasn\u2019t hiding anything suspicious. She was simply protecting her belongings before unpacking.<\/p>\n From that day on, whenever I stayed at a hotel, I stopped placing my suitcase on the bed.<\/p>\n I put it in the bathtub first and checked the room carefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I started working as a hotel housekeeper, I noticed something unusual. Several guests placed their suitcases inside the bathtub instead of using the luggage rack or leaving them on the bed. At first, I assumed they were worried about dirty carpets or spills. One afternoon, I asked a guest whether she wanted me to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dsfdsf-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10390,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10388\/revisions\/10390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}