Do you unpack your suitcase and use the drawers, closet, etc? with poll

[MinnesotaMouseketeers]

The only time I live out of the suitcase is if it's a one to two night trip.
I don't like having to always pull the luggage out, sometimes for just one item. And I would probably be pulling it out several times during the day.

 

[paults]

we use the drawers if the resort (DVC) we stay at has any.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

First thing I do is unpack all my clothes and use the drawers. All organized shirts in one, shorts in another etc. I also hang up dress shirts and pants in closet. As I wear them, I fold and put the dirty clothes back in the suitcase but I lay a garbage bag in there so I don’t stink it up. At the end of the trip I’m all packed. Now my wife likes to leave everything in her suitcases. I don’t argue with her because I’m smart

 

[bakerworld]

We mostly live out of our suitcase but hang several items upon arrival. The iron board hanger makes an excellent night clothes hook. We do pack so outfits are in the suitcase as they should be worn. I really cannot deal with some of the outfit selections DH will put together on his own - a blue top and green shorts with the top being 'mostly' white is NOT OK.

We've lost items over the years so we limit our 'spread out'.

 

[Childs1stTime2Disney]

Don't do anything at all. We seldom remember to even check the bed. All I do is unpack when we get home, nothing else. The person at the GF who currently has bedbugs may have brought them with them from their transportation mode.

I guess that is possible but supposedly the couch bed was infested with them, which I think would take longer than a few days. I heard her talking (she was naturally very upset). She was saying the couch bed (when looked under the cushions) had many visible bugs.

 

[Childs1stTime2Disney]

I use the ziplock bags for DGD too. Always have. I put everything needed in each bag, from the skin out. So all I have to do is toss her a bag and she can get dressed. It was quite the depressing day when she got so big we had to graduate out of the gallon bags and start using the oversized ones., LOL



Add me to the list with over 20 trips and never a bug. The odds are so minuscule it's not worth concern. We've never looked, don't plan to start. Thousands stay at Disney and handfuls have anything. Even those who think they see one are wrong more often than they are right. The sight of the dog means nothing. They conduct checks. What you need to watch for is the heater they use. If you see that then you know they've been found.
Actually, the bed, cloth/fabric is where you'll have the most problems, not a drawer. So as I said, unless you sleep naked and never put clothing anything in the room, your odds are the same. Small, basically unmeasurable.
Are you driving or flying? As mentioned above, you have as big a risk to get them flying as you do at Disney. Are you taking precautions for flying too?

We fly. There is nothing i can do about that. i do look over my luggage when getting it back into my possession. It was not just the sight of the bedbug dog. It was a resort guest in Gasparilla's telling many people the story of the bedbugs in their room at the present and what Disney was doing/not doing regarding their trip being ruined. I also saw the bedbug dog (a beagle) being walked on resort grounds by someone in uniform, which was consistent with what I was over hearing in Gasparilla's. This was last year.

 

[JZCubed]

Just curious how many people actually unpack their suitcase and use the drawers, closet etc? Do you use the drawers under the bed, in the dresser, etc?

eta- I just added a 4th choice, for those who prefer that option.

We use the safe too.

 

[Childs1stTime2Disney]

You take bed bug precautions when you are traveling and when you get home. It's a both/and situation, not an either/or. In hotel rooms the largest threat is the bed followed by other areas highly "trafficked" with bags and/or clothes. Keep your suitcase off the bed and off the suitcase rack unless it's metal. Bedbugs don't like to be "on" moving people in the light, they are attracted to carbon dioxide, hence head toward where humans are breathing when sleeping (the bed in other words). Usually they are brought in via bags, which means they can hitch a ride in folded clothes. Infestations are on the rise in the US, and the bugs are notoriously hard to get rid of, so the best thing to do is to take just a few minutes and a few precautions and don't get them in the first place. I've known two people personally that have had them, one in their apartment and one at their place of work. They were found recently in a nearby movie theater as well. They do happen in Disney. It's just an extra reason I don't unpack at any hotel. And, yes, the bathtub is the safest place. lol

Having said that, I've just never unpacked even before we had the uptick in bed bug issues in the US. I don't view a hotel room as mine I guess, and I'd rather have my stuff in my own suitcase, I know where that suitcase has been.

This is also my thought process.

 

[verleniahall]

We use the dresser, but we always wipe it down with clorox wipes first

 

[AngiTN]

We fly. There is nothing i can do about that. i do look over my luggage when getting it back into my possession. It was not just the sight of the bedbug dog. It was a resort guest in Gasparilla's telling many people the story of the bedbugs in their room at the present and what Disney was doing/not doing regarding their trip being ruined. I also saw the bedbug dog (a beagle) being walked on resort grounds by someone in uniform, which was consistent with what I was over hearing in Gasparilla's. This was last year.

Sure there is. They sell bags to seal your suitcase in. If the bugs concern you as much as they seem to in your room, and to the point that you dry everything in high heat once at home, you are missing out on a huge source on infestation by not doing a thing about your bags on the flight. I venture the odds of getting there are greater than a hotel room because the plane is never going to treat for them if there's been a report. The hotel is.

 

[captaindavidhook]

We unpack as soon as we arrive. I hate digging through luggage for stuff.

what she said

 

[Childs1stTime2Disney]

Sure there is. They sell bags to seal your suitcase in. If the bugs concern you as much as they seem to in your room, and to the point that you dry everything in high heat once at home, you are missing out on a huge source on infestation by not doing a thing about your bags on the flight. I venture the odds of getting there are greater than a hotel room because the plane is never going to treat for them if there's been a report. The hotel is.

I don't agree with that. The risk does exist, of course. Hard sided luggage decreases this risk slightly. But as someone above said, BedBugs reproduce where they can have a blood meal and are attracted to Carbon Dioxide as a person sleeps and breathes. On an airplane the bugs may travel, but they won't be reproducing on the level that they would in a hotel room, near or on a bed, next to a blood source nightly. And on an airplane my luggage is out of my hands for 3 hours, which does not compare to my luggage being in a hotel room for 10 days, where families sleep, congregate and unload their home belongings that are packed in their suitcase.

 

[Childs1stTime2Disney]

I use the empty suitcase - zipped partially so it stands in a corner as a dirty clothes hamper. Keeps the room neat and allows for fast packing at the end.

I check the room for bedbugs - but if you think keeping things in your suitcase will help think again. They will get in your suitcase and in the wheels of them. The lack of carpet in many rooms helps some - when I traveled for work I would lift my bags into the bath area until I checked the bed corners. In a room 5 days a week 48 weeks out of the year and had one instance - odds are not good.

What did you mean re odds are not good? Odds of getting them or not getting them?

 

[starousse]

Most of the time I prefer hanging up my stuff up in the closet and keeping socks/underwear and the kids clothes in the suitcases, which is kept on the table or luggage rack. My husband doesn't care and uses all of the drawers. The past few trips I have brought Lysol wipes to clean out the drawers beforehand. I wouldn't be lying if I'm a little schkeeved hearing that people are putting their dirty clothes in the drawers and using them as a hamper. In good conscience, I couldn't do that. Dirty clothes should go into a big plastic bag (provided in the closets) or back into the suitcase. That's just nasty.

 

[sadliltear]

It depends. I will hang some stuff up in the closets if the stay is longer than 5-6 days. Anything shorter, I will leave stuff in my suitcase on the luggage rack. I only use the drawers for dirty clothes, and I only use the open shelves if that’s available. That way I won’t forget that I put something away and leave it in the room.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

We unpack and use both the closet and the drawers-we wipe out the drawers with Lysol wipes before using them, and just like checking the bed for bugs, we check the drawers as well.

 

[Toolulu22]

We tend to move around on our vacations to a few different places in one trip. That and I don’t want to even open a hotel drawer. We’ll use the closet, but everything else stays in our suitcases. Over the years, I’ve learned to pack a lot LESS things and just buy if need be.

 

[Lisann]

If we don't unpack, it doesn't feel like we're 'there', more like just passing through another motel on the road.

Bill From PA

My sentiments exactly.

 

[vanjust14]

This is so funny because DH and I just had this discussion last week while in Disney. He always uses the drawers to unpack everything and I never do! I like leaving it all in my suitcase. Then I don't have to pack again, lol. I do, however, use the closet to hang up nicer shirts/dresses.

 

[buzznina]

I voted for only using the closet, we hang up most of our shirts (adults) and leave everything else in our suitcases. We do use the drawers, but only for dirty clothes. I tend to do this everywhere, not just at Disney.

Okay, am I the only one that finds this gross? Please use a laundry bag and not the drawers. And this is why we bring clorox wipes.