Comments on: The telltale signs of a fake travel website

By: Darren Cronian

Darren Cronian — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:05:40 +0000

@ Donna

I am just about to send you an email, will let you know what I think.

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:02:25 +0000

I want to book a hotel in Italy but the hotel has two different websites, using the same pictures but different layout and text the sites are powered by by two different reputable companies but online reservations prices are very different from each other. Is this normal ? Thanks x

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By: Pingback - Flexholidays

Pingback - Flexholidays — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:03:24 +0000

[...] Cronian from Travel Rants, the very popular consumer issues travel blog has done an article on how to spot a fake holiday booking website. An example of how some scammers are able to con the travelling public out of thousands of pounds [...]

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By: Pingback - Villa Parade

Pingback - Villa Parade — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:06:56 +0000

[...] you’re booking with a reputable company. Travel Rants did a great post a few weeks ago about spotting fake websites which sheds some light on those tell-tale signs of websites to steer clear from. But I’d like [...]

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:09:22 +0000

Great tips! Ive seen some dodgy sites trying to get credit card bookings without the https security. I think thats a tell-tale sign of crappiness. (not sure if they were legit, but dont ever put your credit card details on a web site that doesnt have proper SSL certificates!)

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