11.09.22 A Hard Lesson in Hotel Booking / Scam ALERTS

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Clark shares a wild story about a hotel booking gone terribly wrong, and how to protect yourself when booking with third party sites. Plus, Clark’s longtime creed: Save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. Today - spotlight on a myriad of ripoffs proliferating right now and how to avoid them. Hotel Booking Wisdom: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Scam Alerts: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: 5 Steps To Getting a Good Deal on a Hotel Room Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card Review 2022: What You Should Know Scammers are posing as your TV and internet company The Washington Post] That customer service number? It could be a scam. Why You Should Never Click on Random Text Messages How To Prevent, Report and Repair Identity Theft New IRS Online Security Process: Is It Safe? Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show where our mission is to serve
0:09.2	you and empower you to make better financial decisions in your life.
0:14.0	Up first on this episode, a ridiculously wild story about a hotel booking gone wrong.
0:21.8	You're just not going to believe it.
0:24.0	You know how you can protect yourself when booking travel.
0:31.0	Usually I know how to do that.
0:33.8	I also have several scam warnings.
0:36.1	One should be on the lookout for things that are popping up a lot right now that seem
0:42.7	legit when you see them later.
0:47.0	So the New York Times has a column called Tripped Up.
0:53.0	It's where people, it's like they have an on-budsmine who goes to work for people who something
0:59.8	has really gone bad wrong with a travel experience.
1:04.0	And there's an unbelievable story.
1:07.4	It was the New York Times recently about a woman who was several months pregnant flies
1:14.8	into LaGuardia Airport had booked a hotel on booking.com and I didn't really know how
1:23.3	to use a hotel booking site.
1:26.4	Gets to the hotel and the hotel no longer exists because it had become a homeless shelter.
1:35.8	The neighborhood it was in was when she shouldn't have been in the first place.
1:42.2	That happened next with booking.com which by the way is the parent company of Priceline
1:48.4	was beyond horribly ridiculous.
1:53.0	Customer no service blew her off left her stranded in this bad neighborhood.
2:00.8	She took an Uber back to LaGuardia Airport because she didn't know where to go.
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