TRAVEL TALES IBD

Sinopse

Travel Tales: Cons, Scams & Ripoffsáis a collectionáof tales ofáschemes perpetrated against travelers. If youâÇÖre conned or scammed in your travels we hope you escape them with only minoráinconveniences. Thisábook collects a variety ofáschemes that happen to travelers, but mostly these wonâÇÖt happen to you. YouâÇÖll read examplesáofáoften elaboratelyáorchestrated schemes that unscrupulous actors create and carry out on you if youâÇÖre unwary.áThis book includes commonáschemes designed to separate you from your money. Although scammed victims will often credit con artists with undo creativity, most oftenávictims would just as soon not beávictimsáto begin with. Indeed, the stories áin this book run the gamut of clever ruses played out on unwary travelers. Even the manufacturers of alluring beautiful carpets for sale in the Middle Eastásee you coming! How easy they fool you. Travelers pay ridiculous pricesáfor items they couldâÇÖve paid far less. Is bargaining so distasteful, or have they not bargained nearly long enough? Scams have been around since time immemorial. Other cons lure unsuspecting victims into bars. And gambling cons are run on tourists looking for quick and easy wins, too trusting players, and unwitting losers.There are countless stories of ripoffs involving taxis, camels, rickshaws, boats, and what have you, whereby travelers wouldâÇÖve been much better off had they negotiated fares in advance. 'Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate'áweâÇÖre told before getting in cabs. YouâÇÖd be surprised how many travelers still fail to do this! People love to be fooled by clever magicians. Americans are often easily conned into taking for granted so-called self-styled âÇÖexperts,âÇÖáwho fool you into believing they really know what theyâÇÖre doing when clearly they do not. ItâÇÖs no surprise that some river guide âÇÖexpertsâÇÖáhave fallen victim, themselves, to crocodile and hippo attacks while guiding travelers on jungle rivers. This book isáthe place to read abou the perpetrators and the victims of cons and scams to get a good idea of what some are and how to avoid them. YouâÇÖll gain a healthyárespect for what it is to be the victim of one of the seemingly endlessávariety of schemes designed to lure the unwary traveler. And with a better knowledge ofádangers of falling victim to these cons and scams through reading the accounts of others, hopefully, youâÇÖll gain a better sense of safety, security,áenjoyment, and appreciation of your travels.áThis book includes many examples of bad things that can happen to the unwary traveler. But bad things DO happen, and the best thing is toáavoid them in altogether. We should tryáour best toáescape them. While thereâÇÖs no easyámiracle fix for dealing with the seemingly endless variety of cons and scams, there are, nevertheless, meaningful takeaway strategies in thisábook that should betteráenable you to make you more aware of the schemes in travel to help you reduce the risks of succumbing to them.áWhile many of the cons and scams are not particularly dangerous, many are about difficult, embarrassing, and otherwise annoying nuisances that weâÇÖd all do very well to avoid.áSome of the cons, scams, and ripoffsámay surprise you, and some would never likely even occur to you. Indeed, such misadventures may never happen to you, but reading about them should at leastágive you some pause. Who knows, maybe youâÇÖll never suffer the indignity and inconvenience of aácon game or scam after all.áSure, youâÇÖll read the stories thatâÇÖll alert you to situations youâÇÖve never heard of, but if you avoid even one con or scam through reading thisábook, then IâÇÖll have accomplished a very useful purpose.