scams

The more people that visit a city, the number of scams and scammers go up exponentially. Now, when I talk about scams here, I’m not talking about pickpockets or purse-snatchers,…

Uber drivers have figured out all sorts of unethical ways to get more money from their passengers: Vomit fraud Taking a longer route to get to the destination, which made…

I got a chance to try out Lyft instead of Uber on a visit to New York. While most of my Lyft rides were for business, I did use the…

We’ve only stayed at an Airbnb once, back in 2016. It was down in Miami, for the night before we had an early morning flight to Havana. I suppose the…

Although there are currently 80-something countries that don’t require any special paperwork for U.S. citizens to enter their respective land, there are well over 30 countries that require them to…

I’ve read many stories about shady practices used by some Uber drivers. We’ve written about some of them here. There’s when a driver reports you threw up in their car,…

Imagine if you saw an ad for a 235-room hotel that boasted luxury suites, an Olympic-sized pool, a casino, and restaurants that offered fine dining experiences. It might sound pretty…

When Joe and I travel internationally, we rarely use cash anymore. There are very few places that are “cash only,” so we use credit cards for virtually all of our…

One of the members of our Facebook group recently brought this reported hotel scam to our attention. I saw some holes in it, so I decided to do some investigating.

Happy Wednesday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like,…