Travel Advisory How to Avoid Thefts Cons and Street Scams eBook Bambi Vincent Bob Arno
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"This book is simply amazing in providing what many books on the subject do not and cannot, because most writers do not have the depth and breadth of personal knowledge required. Bambi Vincent & Bob Arno have done an extraordinary amount of research, covering many countries over many years. The wealth of details gives the reader what are possibly the best weapons against the many cons covered in this extensive advisory - education and awareness."—George H. Sutherland.
"Bob and Bambi masterfully lay out the world of professional cons, rip-off artists, and the pejorative and prolific street thief. In incident after incident they show the mind of you, the unsuspecting victim and more importantly, the mind of the thief. Read "Travel Advisory" and you will soon understand the techniques of thieves, their M.O. and why you, looking like a tourist, acting like a tourist, are like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming Peterbuilt."—Allan M. Gathercoal.
Don't become a victim! Next time you a plan a trip, arm yourself with the most comprehensive travel safety guide on the market. Renowned travel experts Bambi Vincent and Bob Arno give you the inside look at today's con games, credit card scams, distraction schemes, and identity thefts plaguing unaware travelers everywhere. Know what a thief looks like? This book has 60 photos of them, from grandfathers, to children, to men who look like your brother. Chapters focus on researching your trip, traveling there, hotel risks, opportunist thieves, strategist thieves, con artists, and identity thieves. Each ends with a bullet-list of hot tips and myth-busting advice.
In the places people love to visit most, the authors find, follow, film, and interview the thieves who target travelers. Why do the criminals spill their guts? What do they say? And how can we avoid their trickery? Based on ten years of trekking through paradise with hidden cameras, this book explores the risks, exposes the methods and motivations of the perpetrators, and teaches travelers how to avoid becoming a victim.
"Each chapter of this book, standing alone, would be worth the price of the book. The photographs, alone, would be worth the price of the book. Where else could you find so many photographs of pickpockets and street scam artists in action? Do not let the word "Travel" in the title fool you. This is a must-read for anyone who goes out in crowds, even in their own home town. Pickpockets work at sporting events, concerts, shopping centers or anywhere they can blend in anonymously with the crowd. Help put pickpockets, hotel thieves and street scam artists out of business. Buy this book."—Carolyn Randall.
"The bad guys are very, very good. This book shows how to make sure that they practice their arts on some other poor sucker, and not you."—D. D. LeDu "Wanderer"
"This book is a must-read for anyone travelling further than their front door.…Moreover, it's also highly entertaining, and in places, very funny indeed."—The Vampire Parrot.
"So, do yourself a favor before you travel get a copy of Travel Advisory. When you consider the cost and stress and inconvenience of a stolen bag, it could easily be the best few bucks you spend."
Travel Advisory How to Avoid Thefts Cons and Street Scams eBook Bambi Vincent Bob Arno
As an international traveler, I found the practical, experience-based advice in this book to be very valuable. It has changed several of my habits, and generally made me much more aware of my surroundings when I travel. It also helps destroy the "It'll never happen to me" attitude that most novice travelers have. Rather than believing you'll never be a victim, this book shows why it is much better to simply be prepared to recover when you *are* a victim.The book is organized topically, which makes it easy to read only the sections which are relevant to you. I still chose to read the entire book, and am glad I did. The last section, on credit card scams, is even applicable (and perhaps especially so) to the non-traveler.
Each chapter contains personal stories and anecdotes which explain the dangers, how travelers are exploited, and how to avoid these problems. Then the last page or two of each chapter is a summary of the chapter's suggestions, in easy list-form. These lists would make for a handy travel companion, if you don't want to carry the whole book with you (and if you raen't reading the book on a Kindle).
If you will be traveling anywhere, but especially to a foreign country/culture, be sure to read this book--or at least the sections relevant to the type of traveling you'll be doing.
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Travel Advisory How to Avoid Thefts Cons and Street Scams eBook Bambi Vincent Bob Arno Reviews
I currently live in Europe, and this book alone has probably saved me countless headaches that pickpockets and other con-artists would've scammed out of me. Bob and Bambi are amazing, and I applaud them for writing this book and doing the research necessary to provide helpful and insightful tips to thwart pickpockets and thieves. Most people think that simply stuffing your wallet, documents, etc into your front pocket is efficient. Oh how thieves have evolved!
I've been all over Europe and seen the pickpockets work. Everything that Bob and Bambi have written has been 100% accurate and correct. Barcelona, Rome, London... it can happen everyone.
Don't let this book ruin or scare you from coming to Europe. Europe is safe and has amazing histories that are worth visiting. But as anywhere, have some common sense, use the guidelines listed in this book, and have fun.
I use a money belt that I tuck inside my pants... yeah sounds weird, but as least I know that I won't get robbed without somebody robbing my passport, Euro, and my credit cards. I can concentrate my attention on the sites and my camera.
Bottom line, definitely buy if you are heading to Europe as this will save you so much in the terms of time, money and headaches involved if pickpocketed or robbed.
My wife and I travel to Europe and the Americas four months of each year. We consider ourselves "savvy" travelers. As such, we found about 80% of this book reinforced our own knowledge and practices. However, the other 20% was like a burst of bright light.
Not only does this book provide practical instruction on how to protect yourself and your goodies, but offers an insight into the world and minds of the creeps out there.
The book is well-written and illustrated. It is a "must read" for travelers of all levels of experience, but especially for those making their initial excursions into unknown cultures.
We have already modified some of our equipment and clothing using suggestions in Travel Advisory, and will definitely change some of our behaviours. We have thwarted pickpocket attempts, but with the knowledge gained from the book, we hope to totally avoid similar situations in the future.
The bad guys are very, very good. This book shows how to make sure that they practice their arts on some other poor sucker, and not you.
This book is simply amazing in providing what many books on the subject do not and cannot, because most writers do not have the depth and breadth of personal knowledge required. Bambi Vincent & Bob Arno have done an extraordinary amount of research, covering many countries over many years. The wealth of details gives the reader what are possibly the best weapons against the many cons covered in this extensive advisory - education and awareness.
I needed something to help me really understand what I might be up against, and Bambi Vincent and Bob Arno's work has it in spades. The book is well written, well documented (including photos of crimes in progress), entertaining, and above all, educational. The amount of background work they have done to prepare this book is remarkable; the research is all-original, leather-on-pavement, with a very ballsy personal commitment. It was done not for a few months like most well-researched books, but over decades.
This book covers details of many varieties of con that are only hinted at in other work on this subject, evidently because the authors have spent many years researching, walking, talking to con men and their victims, and living on the road while looking for cons to record - in print, on film and in videos. It is possibly the definitive work on this type of crime, although I would be hard put to say precisely what that covers. There are many categories involved and the word 'con' is about as good as I can do to describe them. Preparing me to meet them effectively, mostly through awareness and continuous vigilance, is the job the authors have taken upon themselves. After reading this book, I think I am as ready as I can be.
Perhaps if I spent years learning and practicing the techniques myself, as Bob Arno has done for his work as an entertainer, I could do better. But getting this much information into an easy-reading book is by itself a major accomplishment, and Bambi Vincent deserves great credit as the primary author. Very strongly recommended for anyone who travels, whether it's to a foreign country or the other side of their own city.
I will make one suggestion. I would like to see this couple develop and market punitive pocket/purse devices for travelers. Perhaps a wallet that when opened sprays a permanent dye, or potent, disgusting, long-lasting odor spray. Perhaps leather that contains deadly tetrodotoxin, poison arrow frog poison, or at a minimum a pocket mousetrap (possibly with an upgrade to amputate an uninvited fingertip, with further option to deposit infective bacteria)--something cruel to ruin the thieves' holiday much as they ruin those of their victims. Sort of a miniature Charles-Bronson-in-a-Pocket.
Six stars out of five.
As an international traveler, I found the practical, experience-based advice in this book to be very valuable. It has changed several of my habits, and generally made me much more aware of my surroundings when I travel. It also helps destroy the "It'll never happen to me" attitude that most novice travelers have. Rather than believing you'll never be a victim, this book shows why it is much better to simply be prepared to recover when you *are* a victim.
The book is organized topically, which makes it easy to read only the sections which are relevant to you. I still chose to read the entire book, and am glad I did. The last section, on credit card scams, is even applicable (and perhaps especially so) to the non-traveler.
Each chapter contains personal stories and anecdotes which explain the dangers, how travelers are exploited, and how to avoid these problems. Then the last page or two of each chapter is a summary of the chapter's suggestions, in easy list-form. These lists would make for a handy travel companion, if you don't want to carry the whole book with you (and if you raen't reading the book on a ).
If you will be traveling anywhere, but especially to a foreign country/culture, be sure to read this book--or at least the sections relevant to the type of traveling you'll be doing.
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