I started to have an identity crisis about my personal travel style but then realized infestations can happen anywhere.

Travelers can make or buy a spray to use ontheir suitcasethat’ll act as a repellent.

On our return home, I immediately washed every item of clothing from our bags.

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Having not found anything suspicious, we put our suitcases away and put it out of our minds.

Luckily, no other signs of bugs were found.

Yes, I now enjoy a luxury stay here and there, obviously.

), eschewing more affordable stays is not how I want to travel.

Its the people I met and the places I saw that made the most impact.

The temporary inconvenience of insect anxiety I experienced then is long gone.

And my most recent bout of the same soon will be too.