5 Worst Cruise Cruise Ship Scams To Avoid
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The creator provides a guide to five common scams that travelers may encounter while visiting ports of call during a cruise. The first is the free gift scam, where individuals are offered trinkets to lure them into high pressure sales environments or to create staged confrontations. The second involves excursion scams, where unverified local companies may divert travelers to various locations to force additional spending. The third category covers taxi scams involving unofficial drivers who may charge excessive rates. The fourth is the travel club scam, which uses the promise of free resort access to trap victims into signing potentially binding contracts after they have been intoxicated. Finally, the creator warns against free spa scams that may involve spiked drinks or aggressive sales tactics for expensive products. To avoid these issues, the creator emphasizes the importance of doing due diligence, researching local vendors, and confirming prices before committing to any services or transportation.
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scammers are everywhere ready to steal from you or or manipulate you into giving them all of your money
if you should accept this gift what will happen is the person that gave you that bracelet or trinket or free gift will then cause a scene saying that you allegedly stole from them
you've never heard of these Excursion companies nor did you do research on them you just decide to go with one and instead of them taking you directly to the Excursion and back to the ship they are now bringing you to multiple restaurants and locations
they immediately start giving you drinks with pretty heavy pores and tell you that in order to indulge in the rest of the resort and the drinks you just simply need to watch a quick presentation
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