10 Common Travel Scams (And How To Avoid Them)


	10 Common Travel Scams (And How To Avoid Them)

mmcnatt

11-9-2007 12:36 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/863a939a-91d7-4c66-9a71-d7ef8d279e4b/4E5A2FD3-0FFA-47E0-93DB-A9D6196B3A5C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/" href="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bravenewtraveler.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><H2 id="post-308"><A rel="bookmark" href="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/">10 Common Travel Scams (And How To Avoid Them)</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bravenewtraveler.com/img/3AAE44C1-C7C8-4006-8936-E00248875CFC" alt="Common Travel Scams" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>1. Great deals at the airport or bus station</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>2. Fake cabs</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>3. Phony police</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>4. Distract and grab</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>5. Over priced food and drinks</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>6. Spiked drinks</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>7. The hotel needs your credit card information</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>8. Lost wallets</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><STRONG>9. The phone call in the middle of the night</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/09/20/10-common-travel-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them/"><P><STRONG>10. Car troubles</STRONG></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4E5A2FD3-0FFA-47E0-93DB-A9D6196B3A5C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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