This scheme usually involves a legitimate travel club company that sends its scouts down to the cruise port to collect potential "victims." The lure in this scheme is a free day pass to a beautiful ...

Fraud is especially high in car rentals, taxis, and food services, with cities like Cancun, Bangkok, and Los Angeles reporting the most incidents. Mastercard recommends using credit cards with fraud ...

LAFAYETTE, LA. (KLFY)– Thieves are posing as travel advisors, targeting those booking their vacations online. Maegan Sonnier, owner of Travel Machine, a local, full-service travel agency, said they ...

As millions of Americans plan their 2025 vacations, sophisticated scammers are exploiting unsuspecting travelers with increasingly clever schemes that have cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars ...

Consumers looking to score a deal on travel expenses beware: Travel scams are skyrocketing. In fact, during an interview with BBC, a Booking.com executive said that their site has experienced between ...

One in five Americans has experienced a travel scam while booking a trip Of those who fell victim to a scam, nearly a quarter (23%) lost money — 13% lost over $500, and 5% lost more than $1,000 65% of ...

CHICO — With Thanksgiving right around the corner and I myself getting ready to go on vacation for the week, I figured it’s time for the annual reminder to avoid travel scams this holiday season.

With the economy slowing and the cost of living still very steep across the country, travelers are searching for bargains this summer to make vacation dreams a reality. The effort to scale back travel ...