You’ve just checked into your hotel room. Passport? Safe. Sunscreen? On. Suitcase… in the bathtub? Wait what? It might sound bizarre, but placing your luggage in the bathtub when you travel is actually a smart move. Why? Because no one loves hanging out in hotel rooms more than parasites and this trick helps keep them out of your bags.

If you wake up in the morning to find yourself pockmarked with the “ breakfast, lunch, and dinner sign ,” that’s a good indicator you’ve been nibbled by bedbugs. This sign is the result of the way bedbugs map the skin looking for the best feeding sites.

Bedbugs are one of the world’s major pests that love to dine on the blood of humans, among other animals. The most common culprits in homes and hotels are Cimex lectularius and C. hemipterus , and on

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