![]() 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. ![]() Travel-related fraud cost Americans more than $105 million in 2022.According to the BBB's scam tracker, people taking trips to the coast in North Carolina have become victims of some of these frauds.The Better Business Bureau says travelers to be wary of free vacation scams, rental scams and hotel scams. ![]()
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