Snopes cites Extension video about searching hotel rooms for bedbugs
In a story about why people place their luggage in the bathtub in their hotel and motel rooms when they arrive, Snopes cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video about how to check those rooms for bedbugs. According to the report, people place luggage in the bathtub before checking their rooms for bedbugs, a practice Jim Dill, a UMaine Extension pest management specialist, recommended in the video.