17
Oct
2012
By Calvin at 09:11 GMT, 13 years ago
I thought this new TV program might interest those of you who are planning for some autumn sun around the equator or in the southern hemisphere – just to cheer you up as you get all excited about the forthcoming trip.
The program looks at a large number of common scams being perpetrated against tourists in many of the popular tourist cities around the world and so should prove an interesting watch. Follow this link: for more information: http://natgeotv.com/uk/scam-city
I’ve just started putting a whole new section together for this website looking at security abroad and I would highly recommend the Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office website for advice on travelling and living abroad. The site provides detailed and up-to-date information for all the known crime risks and threats in each country. Follow this link: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/
A Tip
Being a person who’s travelled to some of the scam cities featured in the program I’ll give you a tip. Whenever you can do try and pre-book your airport to hotel transfer through the hotel. It’ll cost you more than the honest taxi driver (but not always) but it’ll reduce the chances of being scammed enormously! I did this for my trip to Delhi and the driver was so good that my friends and I ended up employing him for the entire five day stay. In Manila, the transfer driver was employed by the hotel and whilst we spent 25% more using the hotel car we went on to use the same driver for a couple of day trips at 50% lower than the published cost of the trips.
Bon voyage
