![]() ![]() Radford urges travelers to plan ahead, research their options and avoid last-minute decisions. People taking trips to the coast in North Carolina have become victims of some of these travel scams, according to the BBB. ![]() They might call you early in the morning or late in the evening and try to re-verify your credit card information even when they're not actually part of the hotel, but they're pretending to be,” Radford said. “They do things like call you and pretend to be at the front desk. Sometimes, the scam artist will try to take advantage of a person who has been traveling all day. "You always want to make sure that you're aware of the costs for accommodations, flights, anything involved in a trip that you are offered," Radford said. ![]() "If you ever are offered a free trip without entering a contest, you should be very suspicious of that because it may not be real." “Often, they involve extra fees that you don't necessarily know about upfront unless you ask," she said. "So those con artists try to lure vacationers with the promise of really low fees or great opportunities that seem a little too good to be true."įree vacation scams are also common, targeting people booking cruises. “One of the most common scams is a vacation rental scam that involves postings of vacation rentals that don’t actually exist, or they aren't really for rent or they're significantly different than pictured," Radford said. ![]() Meredith Radford with the BBB says there are three scams travelers should know about.
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