Travel Scams

Avoid travel booking scams and holiday fraud with our guide to spotting fake websites and untrustworthy operators. Discover how to book safely and what protection your payment method offers.

Avoid Getting Scammed Abroad: Protect Yourself!

When you’re on holiday and having fun, you tend to feel more relaxed and that’s why holidaymakers are prime targets for scammers looking to make an easy...

Avoiding Currency Exchange Scams

It looks like toy money, you’re unfamiliar with it, and what’s more you’re on holiday so you are more relaxed and less vigilant. It means that people a...

Booking a Villa or Apartment That Doesn't Exist

Don’t be scammed while you’re looking for the perfect place to rent out for your holiday. It’s easy to get caught out online by emails from companies o...

Bus Accident Scam

Once a scam has been around for a few months you can almost guarantee that some enterprising soul will come up with a variation on it. That’s been the case...

Holiday Club Scam

The holiday club is a good idea. Or, perhaps, it used to be a good idea, until the scammers muscled their way into the market. Now it's becoming difficult to...

Holiday Scams

Your summer holiday should be a time to relax. Instead, from the time you book, the scammers are looking for your money, and you need to be on your guard. Th...

Safe Travel Gigolos

The gigolo is hardly a new phenomenon. The man who courts women, usually older than himself, and lets them pay for his needs - and possibly even pay him - in...

Scammed by a Holiday Romance?

It’s one of those things all single people probably think of when going on holiday – the ubiquitous holiday romance. But in some cases, a fun filled fort...

Scams And Seniors

Scam artists are always eager to take advantage of people. But they're particularly happy to find older victims who can seem like easy targets. These are som...

The Bogus Travel Companies and How to Avoid Them

In recession hit times, we are all looking out for the deals that are too good to miss, whether we’re shopping online for a holiday or a credit card. Unfor...

Timeshare Property Scam

On the face of it, timeshares can seem like a good idea. You're not buying an entire property at a holiday location, merely a share in one that allows you to...