It’s vacation rental horror story season.
RIP-OFF
Exchange rate rip-offs, and how to avoid them
As Jay Berman and his wife were checking out of the Henley House in London last month, a clerk asked if they wanted to pay their bill in dollars. It seemed like a good idea at the time, because they’d avoid Bank of America’s three percent foreign transaction fee.
Or so they thought.
Do taxi drivers prey on tourists?

It happened again to Peter Lawton last week. He got scammed by another cab driver, he says.