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Beware of fake online consumer reviews
Online reviews can help identify the best and worst products, but they can also be deceptive. The fact is, not every review can be trusted -- some are downright fake. Recently, one retailer was exposed for offering money for good reviews on his merchandise. He was offering 100% rebates to ...
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Prevent unfair rental car damage fees
Renting a car soon? Here's a simple, effective tip to protect yourself from damage charges...and save you on insurance fees at the same time. Don't get ripped off.
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Avoid paying new hotel "gotcha" fees
Hotels are coming up with more and more gotcha fees for unsuspecting travelers. Find out what some of the common ones, and how to avoid them.
Paying just $1 for a timeshare may still be too much
If you go to eBay and you type "timeshares" in their search bar, you'll see tons of search results advertising timeshares in beautiful beach locations, desert spots or mountain hideaways being sold for $1 or $39... or even one penny! What's going on here? Simply put, the timeshare business is ...
Beware of these hotel fees
Hotels are coming up with more and more gotcha fees for unsuspecting travelers. I want to outline some of the most common ones I've avoided in recent weeks on the road. The hotel industry is desperate with how soft revenue has been so they're looking for any way to spring ...
Pay phones at the center of a travel ripoff
RIP-OFF ALERT: Pay phones have re-emerged as the center of a new rip-off that's plaguing travelers in airports across the nation. One in three Americans now has a smart phone and travels with it regularly. Many of those smart phones are Androids, which have notoriously short battery life spans. It's ...
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Rip-off Alert: Pay phone scam
In the world of telecomm scams, what's old is new again. A veteran pay phone scam has made a comeback in the age of cell phones.
Bogus pizza leaflet scam still operating
RIP-OFF ALERT: Criminals who distribute bogus leaflets for non-existent pizza joints in an effort to solicit tourists' credit card numbers are operating unchecked in Central Florida. I first told you about this scam some months ago when I got wind that it was gaining momentum in Orlando. Here's how it ...
Vacation clubs are being pushed as the new timeshares
RIP-OFF ALERT: Now that the timeshare industry has become a completely broken and discredited one, marketers have come up with new terminology that they hope will trick you into getting involved with these notorious money pits. What's being called "vacation clubbing" is all the rage these days. With vacation clubbing, ...
Marriott getting out of the timeshare business
Timeshares have been so damaged in the public's mind that now companies that sell timeshares use terms like interval ownership, vacation ownership or the color coded system. Anything but calling it "timeshare." But a timeshare by any other name is still a timeshare…and it still stinks for your wallet. The ...
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