Former vice president of public relations for the National Pest Control Association, Missy Henriksen, told me where to keep a suitcase in a hotel so as not to take bedbugs with me.
According to the expert, bed bugs are very common – both in budget hotels and luxury ones. If you do not want to bring them to your home, the suitcase should be kept in the bathroom – pests do not like the slippery and smooth surface of the plates. Most often they live in carpets and bedding.
To protect yourself upon arrival home, Henriksen recommends carefully inspecting things and, just in case, washing the entire contents of the suitcase.