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Date of upload: Jun 3, 2023 ^^
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My then fiancee (now wife) visited Kerala back in 2007. We stayed in a really nice hotel near Kovalam beach. Even back then we were prepared for the touts and scammers. Being fair skinned English people we were constantly accosted down at the beach, but a firm "no" usually did the trick. We found a couple of restaurants that didn't employ touts so made a bee-line for them regularly. Best food ever! It was so cheap, too!
If you can see past the people trying to rip you off, India is an amazing country, with amazing people and amazing things to see.
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All Indian scamsters recognise you now bro 😅 😜 0:26 The photo guy was excited🤩 to see a foreign tourist but his smile turned to frown when he noticed that you were filming📸 hence he couldn't scam y
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Honestly, I’m so sick of always being scammed because you’re a foreigner. I’d rather not eat out, buy anything from anyone and just go to a supermarket, cook and eat my own food.
I’ve always said, if you were actually honest, you’d have more customers instead of ripping off one person for the short term gain and ruin your reputation.
But recently I’m Africa I didn’t check my docket at a small supermarket and walked out… When I realised the check out lady scanned the most expensive item twice. Might have been a simple mistake but now I always double check the receipt. Your tips are useful for tourists in more places than just India.
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Thank you Karl for advising people how to be smart in Restuarant and in eatery in India. I was once scammed like this in a restuarant of my home town in India. I was billed an extra of Rs. 350.00 of one dish that we didn't order at all. I just checked bill while waiting for waiter to come back with change. I read all dishes names and suddenly noticed uneaten dish name. Then went to waiter to talk about it but he mentioned other worker who managed accounts and bills so, I told him that not to repeat this again to anyone and forgave him as he said it was a mistake. I don't think it was a mistake but it is there tips of money making way. Need to stop these people. I will try that same restuarant again and will see. That next time will be not a mistake but a problem. It is very bad and sad.
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I used to think these videos of “how to avoid scams in India” were a “just in case” scenarios to be aware of; about any country in fact. Until I visited India last month for the first time. I’ve been to numerous countries, but sadly India is the only country (I’ve visited so far) you have to be on guard as soon as you step into to the country. The harassing and overcharging is real and constant. Don’t believe the “that’s in any country” comments lol.
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Great vid Karl. I did solo travel in India for 3 whole years. It was AMAZING at times but I had difficulties too esp with money and police. Re a landlord got all weird with me and I moved out. He wanted rent money for 7 extra days despite me moving out. (No contract) I didn't pay for those extra days so he kidnapped me and took me to several ATMs to try and get the money from me. All my money was in my savings account so I couldn't access money from any ATM at that point. To cut a long story short I got home and my current landord dealt with the fiasco. But my former landlord spent several months paying off the police to harass me. It was a big game and a big fight that he was having with my current landlord as they were relatives and I was being used in their fight. It was lockdown time so I couldnt move on. Many people in the community were corrupting lockdown tourists in those days. Since then iv travelled on 40hr trains and had the time of my life in India. There have been other issues along the way but I was relatively safe and I would return to India. I dream about meeting you Karl and discussing my crazy stories of India with you as a Solo female traveler. The wonderful thing is that a lot of people in India are very nice. And it's always good to avoid places of mass tourism. I think I will always be traumatized by what happened to me on lockdown as a foreign woman but I have the power to not allow it to affect me and my enjoyment of India ❤
Namaste and Blessings
Kas
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Never been to India, but travelled around South East Asia… the countries that try to rip you off the most are the Philippines and Thailand… there’s always someone trying to scam you, and it makes your experience just a little sour, they’re nice countries, but the fact that someone is always trying to scam you, honestly sucks.
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It's sad when happens because people just want to enjoy the vacation... and these people are just trying to take advantage of tourists, to screw them. Sometimes it happens in Italian touristic venues as well, the main art cities, to see very few restaurant owners trying to take advantage of tourists, by charging them more than the actual prices. The most important is checking the prices before hand.
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@KarlRock
10 months ago
Have you ever been ripped off at a tourist restaurant? What happened? I need to make a video on petrol stations too. I’m riding in remote areas so I’m tired and I keep forgetting to check they’ve zeroed the metre 😞 Don't miss our honeymoon getaway in Nashik https://youtu.be/dGjQQrP5Mpo
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