Stupid shit in Medellin

[Fun Luvr]

It is probably the simplest way to keep your luggage away from bedbugs.

I suppose you are correct because as Huacho pointed out, you will have to buy all new things, including luggage, so bedbugs shouldn't be in the new things.

[Mr Enternational]

If your luggage is in a bathtub before you check in, then you forgot your fucken luggage at the last hotel. And if that happens in Colombia, you will never get it back, and will lose all your shit, and have to buy a new suitcase too. But, you won't get bedbugs.

Must depend on the hotel. My second or third time in Colombia I was leaving the hotel on the way to the airport and my card would not go through to pay the hotel. My mortgage had been taken out twice for some reason and there was no more money in the account. I ended up leaving my suitcase instead of paying and told them I would pay the money next time I came. The next time I paid the money I owed and got my suitcase.

[Zeos1]

Rather dubious advice. Here is one piece of advice from that article: "However, you can also prevent them by putting your luggage in a bathtub before checking into a hotel." Anyone want to explain that?

It is probably the simplest way to keep your luggage away from bedbugs. As others pointed out there may be other reasonable options too. Hard surfaces especially metallic. Luggage rack with metal legs would be great as long as it is out from the wall a bit I suppose.

Bedbugs are more of a problem in more temperate parts of globe, not so much in the tropics.

[Huacho]

Rather dubious advice. Here is one piece of advice from that article: "However, you can also prevent them by putting your luggage in a bathtub before checking into a hotel." Anyone want to explain that?

Sure. It's pretty obvious. If your luggage is in a bathtub before you check in, then you forgot your fucken luggage at the last hotel. And if that happens in Colombia, you will never get it back, and will lose all your shit, and have to buy a new suitcase too. But, you won't get bedbugs.

Make sense now?

[Mr Enternational]

I didn't doubt the girl and her advice until now. It appears she, and my initial instincts about her advice, were correct. https://luggagein.com/learning-guide...ge-in-bathtub/.

Not at all. There are tons of websites and most just need some kind of content to try to keep them somewhat interesting as seemed to be the case with this one. The guy acted like there are only 2 options for your bag; the bed or the bathtub. He ignored every other place that I named earlier. Like hotels spend all this money on luggage stands for nothing.

This article left me saying huh? I could not tell what he meant by half the stuff he wrote.

"Don't Put Your Luggage in Rack:

I don't know why so many people are putting their suitcases on top of their beds and racks, but the truth is, there's nothing wrong with it. I'm not sure why so many people think it's weird, but I don't mind. I think it's pretty cool. ".

[Fun Luvr]

I didn't doubt the girl and her advice until now. It appears she, and my initial instincts about her advice, were correct. https://luggagein.com/learning-guide...ge-in-bathtub/.

Rather dubious advice. Here is one piece of advice from that article: "However, you can also prevent them by putting your luggage in a bathtub before checking into a hotel." Anyone want to explain that?

[Knowledge]

I didn't doubt the girl and her advice until now. It appears she, and my initial instincts about her advice, were correct. https://luggagein.com/learning-guide...ge-in-bathtub/.

Yes, they are also uncommon out on the balcony, on top of the dresser, and on the luggage rack too. I am just saying someone wanted to make her look like a nut by telling her that and her doing it in front of other people, as so happened in this case. He should have asked well where are people supposed to put the bag when they want to take a shower or when the tub is wet. Or I would have even asked who told you that bullshit?

[DontSayMuch]

Yes, they are also uncommon out on the balcony, on top of the dresser, and on the luggage rack too. I am just saying someone wanted to make her look like a nut by telling her that and her doing it in front of other people, as so happened in this case. He should have asked well where are people supposed to put the bag when they want to take a shower or when the tub is wet. Or I would have even asked who told you that bullshit?

I was given this same information and traveled with a woman who convinced me to do it as well. It's not that inconvenient and I haven't gotten bedbugs (knock on wood). Don't take my word for it though. Google it. Check Snopes as well. Both resources will back up this practice.

Happy Travels.

[Huacho]

The bathtub may just be the most convenient hard surface. It's not like there is a lot of open counter space and if it's just on the bathroom floor it's probably still in the way in most hotel bathrooms. Seems like a good idea to me.

[Mr Enternational]

Bedbugs are very uncommon in the bathroom as they thrive on human blood. Many pest control experts will tell you they've never seen one there.

Yes, they are also uncommon out on the balcony, on top of the dresser, and on the luggage rack too. I am just saying someone wanted to make her look like a nut by telling her that and her doing it in front of other people, as so happened in this case. He should have asked well where are people supposed to put the bag when they want to take a shower or when the tub is wet. Or I would have even asked who told you that bullshit?

[Knowledge]

I understood it to be about the hard surface versus mattresses, carpet, and other fabric covered furniture. It seems bedbugs don't deal with hard surfaces. Writing about this makes me itch.

Either she is new or when she started they played a joke on her by telling her that and until this day she still believes it. If not that, then definitely out of her mind.

[Paulie97]

Either she is new or when she started they played a joke on her by telling her that and until this day she still believes it. If not that, then definitely out of her mind.

Bedbugs are very uncommon in the bathroom as they thrive on human blood. Many pest control experts will tell you they've never seen one there. They also are known to have trouble climbing slippery surfaces as are found in the bathroom. Given that they are skilled hitchhikers, it makes sense to keep your luggage there as opposed to by the bed. One should also check for an infestation when they first enter the room by examining the mattress and headboards.

https://www.newser.com/story/279038/...ising-one.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoj0hwIW2vw&t=2s

[Mr Enternational]

A flight attendant I dated for a time explained to me the only way to consistently avoid bringing bedbugs back him in your luggage is to keep your suitcase in the hotel room bathtub overnight. The first time I saw her do it I thought she was out of her mind until she explained what it was about. Their risk is much higher because they are in different hotel rooms every couple of days.

Either she is new or when she started they played a joke on her by telling her that and until this day she still believes it. If not that, then definitely out of her mind.

[Knowledge]

A flight attendant I dated for a time explained to me the only way to consistently avoid bringing bedbugs back him in your luggage is to keep your suitcase in the hotel room bathtub overnight. The first time I saw her do it I thought she was out of her mind until she explained what it was about. Their risk is much higher because they are in different hotel rooms every couple of days.

Forget about roaches and start worrying about bedbugs. #1 if you stay in a room with two beds, do NOT put your suitcase on the spare bed even if it seems handy. #2 keep any chicas' backpacks (yours too of course) or purses off your beds or couches. Keep all that stuff on hard surfaces. Roaches, I just plan on using a full can of Raid on arrival and buggering off for several hours, then sweeping the fuckers out into the hallway. I have never had a rat in a hotel room but once I rented an apartment in Buenos Aires and a rat ran across my face while I was sleeping. That was very disturbing. Turned out they were living in the window air conditioner and eventually got hungry enough to eat through the insulation so papa rat could squeeze through the louvers and get some food. A day or two later I succeeded in chasing him up into the drop ceiling but later that day I had a hooker over and we were have a post coital snack and the rat fell through the drop ceiling and landed about foot from us, then buggered off under my bed. Did not really faze the hooker, whom I had known for years. This was all over a long holiday weekend and the rental agency was unavailable. I could not deal with the rat under the bed so I went to a hotel for two nights and the agency finally sent some paraguayan dude over and he dismantled the AC and there was a whole nest of baby rats and a big fat momma rat in there. And a whole trail of food and styrofoam insulation. They were definitely getting ready to move right in. I remember him walking out of that apartment with a canvas bag full of squirming rats. I couldn't eat for a couple of days and had to hire someone else to clean up all the rat shit and spilled food because that was not in his job description. The agency said they would send someone in the 'next day or two' but I couldn't sleep with rat shit either.

[Knowledge]

I once saw a disgusting documentary about the rat capabilities you describe. It turns out they can fit their entire bodies through any opening that is at least as large as their heads. They can climb walls and run across thin electrical cables at high speed. They can jump distances of up 1. 5 meters. Roach infestations are not limited by altitude either. I discovered this on the 25th floor of a Shanghai hotel.

Some people seem to think that the higher you are the fewer rats but my experience was on the 8th floor in a building with 4 meter ceilings. I was also not aware that rats can climb walls. I knew little about rats at the time of the incident but have since learned much. They can collapse the exoskeleton and flatten themselves to enter things like your air conditioning unit. Know your enemy. Because when a rat uses its claws to traverse your face in the night, it is bad ju ju. I instinctively knew what had happened but tried to convince myself it was a bird. I really knew it was not but then I saw the big fat rat. Just sayin' here.