Travelers Warn of Possible Taxi Payment Scam at SFO Airport If you’ve flown into San Francisco International Airport (SFO) lately, you’ve probably noticed something interesting at the taxi stand. It’s almost too easy. You walk out of baggage claim, follow… Johnny Jet , May 6, 2026
Watch Out: Bank of America Warns Travelers About These 3 Growing Scams I just received an email from Bank of America with the subject line: “Watch out for these 3 scams.” At first, I assumed it was a repeat of the same… Johnny Jet , April 25, 2026
Bank of America Warns About Trending Travel Scams and Offers Tips For Staying Safe Traveling is exciting but it can also be stressful when there’s so many scams can pop up anywhere from airport lounges to vacation rentals. Unfortunately, I’ve had my share of… Johnny Jet , September 16, 2025
The New Airport Scam Every Traveler Needs to Know There are so many scams involving travelers that it makes my head spin. Everywhere you go and everything you do these days, it seems like you have to be on… Johnny Jet , August 22, 2025
Watch Out for These Sneaky Restaurant Scams While Traveling I debated writing this for a few reasons: I don’t want to single out a waiter or a restaurant, and I don’t want to get flack for being cheap, but… Johnny Jet , August 7, 2025
Caught on Camera: Real Travel Scams and How to Protect Yourself This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet , July 10, 2025
Is Your Hotel Scamming You? How to Spot This Hidden Fee One thing that irks me about staying in hotels is how they always seem to try and sucker you. First, it started with outrageously overpriced phone calls but then technology… Johnny Jet , April 26, 2025
U.S. government warns travelers not to fall for this TSA PreCheck scam If you’re a seasoned traveler from the U.S. then hopefully you already have TSA PreCheck. If you don’t, what are you waiting for? TSA PreCheck and Global Entry are definitely… Johnny Jet , November 15, 2024
Don’t fall for the common travel scam that targets tourists all over the world, including the U.S. I was scrolling through social media recently and came across the video embedded below, of a person exposing a common travel scam that’s well known to frequent travelers but not… Johnny Jet , October 17, 2024
American Airlines passenger goes on rampage with hammer at airport ticket counter over fake ticket scam There’s an old saying: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” This phrase is a warning to be cautious of deals or offers that seem unrealistic… Johnny Jet , August 30, 2024
Alert: Don’t Fall For This Scam at Airports There’s nothing new about New York City’s illegal taxi drivers milling around the exit doors at JFK, trying to solicit business. However, these days, they’ve upped their game so things… Johnny Jet , February 2, 2024
Notorious European Travel Scams to Know Before You Go I know a lot of Americans and Canadians are planning on traveling to Europe this summer. My wife (a Canuck) and I are one of them. We’ve been to Europe… Johnny Jet , June 1, 2023
Don’t Fall For These Hotel Scams I recently wrote about the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) advice for avoiding vacation rental scams. Since that was so popular, I’m following up with tips for not getting scammed when… Johnny Jet , June 1, 2023
FBI Warns Travelers Not to Do This – Here’s What to Do Instead Savvy travelers know that when they travel, they have to be on guard, always on the lookout for an endless array of scams and scammers. I’ve written about many scams,… Johnny Jet , April 11, 2023
This New Travel Scam is Costing People Hundreds of Dollars I am a savvy traveler who, I’d like to think, wouldn’t fall for any scams but sadly, that’s not always the case. I’ve fallen for multiple scams, mostly years ago… Johnny Jet , August 11, 2021
