I washed my holiday clothes at 30°C the moment I got home just to be safe: the week I looked under the suitcase seams, I understood what the warm cycle had never killed
That reassuring warm wash cycle isn’t protecting you from bed bugs—it’s practically a spa day for them. The suitcase seams tell the real story of what survives your laundry, and the threshold that actually works is far hotter than most travelers realize.