Tips To Avoid Being Bamboozled During Your Vacations

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Hold on tight to your most prized possession, because theirs at least ONE person whose going to try to steal something from you and make your life a living hell.

  1. Barcelona - Your safe walking anywhere but if you encounter a stranger and become a little to friendly be aware. Don’t hug anybody you don’t know because pickpockets are the main techniques to throw people off. Barcelona police department have their own special unit for big crowed areas to disguise as tourist.
  2. Cancun - Jewelry vedors tend to lie about their product (real silver & gold) and start their bid around $20. Police there say their jewelry tend to loose its value afer 2 weeks
  3. Las Vegas - Need a ride from the airport to the strip, cabs tend to jake up fars by taking longer routes, in vagas this is called “long haul.”
  4. London - Always take the old fashion black cabs which are registered by the city. Never take “minicabs” that are always waiting outside theaters, reastaurants and bars. In 2006 Average of 10 women a month were assulted by minicab drivers.
  5. Montreal - Cars in Montreal are often target and highjacked. Thefts tend to take stereos, laptops, ipods and GPS navigation. Police tell tourist to put their belongings in the trunk when you park and exspecialy lock the doors or you will get fined $30. WOW!
  6. New Orleans - If a stanger tries to play a little betting game, keep walking and dont say a word. Responding to these scams encourages them to harass you even more.
  7. Orlando - At themeparks, people tend to resell tickets and if you get caught with one by the police, your doomed!
  8. Philidelphia - Driving around witha GPS in your car. Try not to leave it around in open site when leaving your car.
  9. Washington, D.C. - Police remind people to lock their car doors at gas stations. Unattedned items tend to get stolen. Be alert in metro stations beacuse there are many robberies that take place in that area.

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  1. meh you cant scout tickets anywere not just orlando…and most of the time the tickets are good and well below retail price. and the cancun jewelry most of it is real just low quilaty and the try to sell for 100 dollars but then after bargainin end ups sellin for 20….beware of over pushy sellers on the carribean islands also

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