There’s nothing worse than getting scammed while traveling. Nothing will dampen your vacation quite like having your phone or wallet stolen or losing money because you fell prey to a scam. And with increasingly sophisticated technology, travel scams are becoming even more commonplace. You can get scammed while traveling anywhere in the world, although Paris …

We have all been tricked before, but when it happens on vacation it adds to a whole other level of misery. Many Americans make their way to Mexico’s finest beaches for the time of their lives. For some, it’s an annual getaway. To others, it may be your first time and you may not quite …

Nothing can spoil a trip quite like falling victim to a scam. They’re nothing new to traveling, and the experienced among us probably believe that we know many of the main ones, but it always pays to stay up to speed with the most common scams of the present moment. Insurance company InsureandGo recently put …

“A New Frontier for Travel Scammers” is the title of the New York Times article that came out last week. In it are images of the onslaught of AI-generated travel guides suddenly flooding Amazon.  The travel writers behind them? Not the experienced travelers their author profiles make them out to be. Instead, they’re robot wordsmiths …

As travelers continue to flock to Mexico’s finest coastlines, two of them are seeing increasingly common scams. Cancun and Cabo tourists are being warned not to become victims when booking their dreamy beach getaway. These scams range from hotel fraud to beggars. Travelers need to be vigilant and not allow themselves to fall for fraudulent …

Nowadays, when it comes to booking our travels, it’s mostly done online. Ironically, the times we are most likely to carry cash are while we’re traveling. Whether it’s an Airbnb, an all-inclusive resort, or airfare that seems to keep going up, most likely, we are browsing online to make our final purchase. In fact, one …