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Travel Dangers and How to Avoid Them
By Paul Jorgensen

Traveling is an amazing and eye-opening experience that will impact you forever, and I hope that everybody has the courage to travel to new places and experience what they have to offer. Travel is usually a safe activity if you take some basic precautions and do your homework a little bit beforehand. Part of taking precautions is to know what kind of dangers are out there so you can be prepared for them in the event they do happen. But I hope you don't dwell on these dangers but rather be aware of them, because oftentimes simply being aware will keep you out of danger. Let's take a look at some common travel scams to beware of.

One common scam when traveling is for your taxi driver to intentionally take you to the wrong destination. For example, you catch a taxi from the airport and tell the driver the name and address of your hotel, but while en route he informs you that your hotel is now closed but that he knows a hotel that is open and has space. Don't believe him, he's lying. He wants to take you to a hotel that gives him a commission for bringing guests. Tell him to take you to your intended hotel even if it's closed, and if he takes you anywhere else, get out and refuse to pay.

Another common scam is for tourists to be overcharged. This is probably the most common scam of all. It is easy to avoid this by doing some research about basic prices before your trip. You should know beforehand how much a bottle of water will cost, how much a meal on the street will typically cost, how much a taxi ride between important destinations will cost, and so on. You can do this research with travel guidebooks, and also on travel forums such as Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree. If you know the standard price, vendors and taxi drivers will see that and will give you the standard price, or something close to it. And if they don't? Walk away. Then they will probably call you back and give you the standard price.
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