Planning your vacation online can lead to fraudulent traps! How to recognize dubious travel agencies.
As our cooperation partner Watchlist Internet reports, this article shows what you need to consider when booking accommodation and what dangers there can be when applying for entry permits.
When looking for cheap accommodation, consumers may come across dubious agencies. They offer rooms in good locations at reasonable prices. If they book beds for their stay, they lose their money and have no accommodation on site because there is neither the agency nor the accommodation.
Example: Warning about Travel Planet Amsterdam
To avoid falling for fraudulent websites that offer cheap accommodation as a decoy offer, always find out more about the agency before booking. If you find no or negative feedback from others, please refrain from placing an order. Further indications of a dubious company are conspicuously low prices and only paying for accommodation in advance.
Beware of fraudulent Airbnb listings
Platforms such as Airbnb represent an alternative way to book accommodation abroad. They enable travelers to contact apartment landlords directly. If consumers fall victim to criminals, they lose their money and again have no accommodation on site.
Example: Criminals cheat airbnb.com users Example
: Book safely on airbnb.com
When booking on Airbnb, it is important that you only use the airbnb.com website to contact and book. This ensures security and prevents you from falling victim to fraudsters. They therefore always want you to conduct correspondence via alternative email addresses or via social networks such as WhatsApp. You should transfer the costs for the overnight stay abroad without ultimately receiving anything in return.
Expensive electronic entry permits
If consumers travel to the USA, Canada or Turkey, they need an electronic entry permit. The cheapest way to apply is on the official state government websites. On other websites there is a risk that travelers will pay significantly more money for the same service and transmit their personal data to unknown persons.
Example: Making money with ESTA applications
Example: Making money with e-visas for Turkey
Example: Making money with eTA applications for Canada
So that you don't have to pass on your data to strangers and pay a lot of money to dubious agencies, we recommend that you go to the Austrian Foreign Ministry's website to find out how you can officially obtain your electronic entry permit. This is the safest and cheapest way to do it!
The Internet Watchlist recommends:
Before you book your vacation, find out about your contractual partner. This can help in time to avoid losing money and avoid disappointment on the spot!
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