5 New Cruise Scams that Could Ruin Your Trip
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The creator discusses various scams and potential pitfalls that cruise passengers may encounter both in ports of call and online. The first type of scam involves individuals in Caribbean or Mexican ports claiming to be former ship staff to lure tourists into family-owned shops or restaurants. Online, the creator identifies a new scam within Facebook roll call groups where individuals request money for slot pools before the cruise begins. Another online threat is the romance scam, where fake profiles targeting women engage in conversation before moving to private messages. The creator also warns about cruise-themed product scams where users share links to merchandise within social media groups. Finally, the video addresses a medical cautionary tale regarding local hospitals in port cities. The creator suggests that passengers should prioritize ship medical facilities whenever possible and advises everyone to save the emergency contact number for their ship before departing for the day to avoid being taken advantage of during medical emergencies.
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I was your waiter and basically what Cruisers are saying is that they've been in Cruise ports of call and as they've walked down the street or through the markets that they've had somebody come up to them to say hi I was your Waiter on the cruise ship do you remember me
what it is is a man approximately in his early 50s perhaps and he's commenting to many of the women on my Facebook page
he was told that possibly at some of the hospitals sometimes they can take advantage of the vulnerable situation that tourists can be in
you were always better off to get in touch with the cruise ship and most of the time you want to actually have your medical needs taken care of by the cruise ship
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