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Other travel scams
Other travel scams
In other scams, a consumer is offered a "dream vacation" for an incredibly low price. After the consumer agrees and discloses his credit card number, he learns the catch: To qualify he has to buy a second round-trip fare at "regular price" -- only this price may cost two or three times more than it would if he bought his ticket in advance or from an airline or reputable travel agency.
In other instances the salesperson fails to mention that the "free" vacation doesn't include meals, taxes, deposits or surcharges.
In a similar scam, consumers win a "free" vacation when they pay several hundred dollars to join a travel club. The problem? When the consumer picks dates and tries to book the trip, he is told all of those dates are unavailable or already booked.
A similar twist played by some con artists involves selling consumers "discount travel packages." What the consumer actually buys, however, may be a book containing coupons and discounts available for free to all vacationers from chambers of commerce and business promoters.
The end result in vacation scams is when you finally are ready to take the trip, the company has disconnected its phones, moved or closed without notifying you or issuing a refund.
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