{"id":22945,"date":"2025-12-08T01:11:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T01:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=22945"},"modified":"2025-12-08T01:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T01:11:47","slug":"why-the-bathtub-is-safest-spot-in-hotel-room-to-store-luggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=22945","title":{"rendered":"Why the bathtub is safest spot in hotel room to store luggage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Travel experts say the safest place to put your suitcase in a hotel room isn\u2019t the bed, floor, or luggage rack \u2014 it\u2019s the bathtub. Bedbugs thrive in soft, warm areas like mattresses, carpets, and upholstered furniture, and they can easily crawl into bags left nearby. But they struggle to climb smooth surfaces, and bathrooms are cleaned more thoroughly, making the tub the least likely place for an infestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before settling in, specialists recommend inspecting the room for signs of bedbugs, keeping luggage elevated, and storing clothes in sealed bags. Even in clean hotels, bedbugs are expert hitchhikers who can survive for months without feeding, so keeping your suitcase in the tub minimizes the risk of bringing unwanted guests home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel experts say the safest place to put your suitcase in a hotel room isn\u2019t the bed, floor, or luggage rack \u2014 it\u2019s the bathtub. Bedbugs thrive&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":133,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22947,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22945\/revisions\/22947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}