5 Biggest tourist scams in goa you should know about
Rental taxi and bike scams in goa
If you are planning to visit goa and you don’t have your private vehicle then you have to rely on rental taxi or rental bike services in goa. And if you do this, then there are high chances of you getting caught by scams in goa. This is how you will be looted.
Once you rent any vehicle (which is used by many tourists and is already full a number of scratches )they will ask you to deposit some security amount (which is usually 400 ₹ for 2 wheelers and 2000₹ to 3000₹ for 4 wheelers) and when yours rental period is over they will show you any old scratch and accuse you that it is made by you so they will not return you your security amount and you can’t do anything now because you are already late for your flight.
How to avoid:Best way to avoid this scam is that you should shoot a detailed video of the vehicle and mention all the dents and scratches on it before receiving the key.
Rental vehicle yellow number plate scams :
This is not a direct scams in goa but it will cause you some money. You should know that only those vehicles which have yellow number plates are allowed to be rented. So if you rent a vehicle it should have a yellow number plate otherwise police will charge you with some heavy fine and you will become another victim of Goa secret scams.
Tattoo scams in goa:
This is how this scam is done. Someone will approach you and ask you if you want to have a temporary tattoo and because you are in go there is a chance that you will be interested in his offer.So he will tell you that it will charge only like 50 ₹ per inch. You will think that pricing is ok.
So then when you visit his shop he will show you some samples and ask you to choose one of them. Suppose you choose a 6 inches tattoo (thinking it will cost you 50 X 6= 300 ₹ ). Once the tattoo is done he will ask for 1200 ₹ and you will be shocked that this is even possible.
He will finally tell you that the price of the tattoo was 50 ₹ per square inch and that the tattoo he made was 6 inches in length and 4 inches in width so it is 6X 4 =24 square inches hence you have to pay him 24 X 50 = 1200₹. So to avoid this scam you should keep it in mind that the price of the tattoo is 50 ₹ per square inch.
Hotel scams:
Here is another Dark side of goa. Chances of this hotel scams in south goa are lesser as compared to north goa. What happens is that when you book your hotel room using some online method and reach to your hotel to get your room keys but they will refuse to do so and say that your room has already been rented to someone else due to any xyz reasons and there are no vacant rooms left in that hotel and now you are nowhere to go.
The main reason for this scam is that during peak season time in Goa, if someone asks the hotel staff for a room, then they will charge him/her higher than your online booking payment and give him your room. If you don’t want to be stuck in such a position then you must call your hotel staff and ask for the availability or the condition of your room before checking in, especially during peak season of goa.
Goa night clubs scams:
Again north goa scams are higher as compared to south goa scams in this category. When you enter a night club in Goa, some girls will approach you or may dance with you and ask you to buy drinks for them. If you are thinking that this is your lucky day and What happens in goa stays in goa then you are already trapped in this scam. Now they will drink a number of shots (you don’t know whether there is alcohol in it or it is just sprite) and you will end up paying a high bill.
Now the scam is this : those girls were hired by the clubs so that you will spend a good amount of money in their clubs, and also the shots you offered to those girls were just filled with sprite. So this was one of the few Things to avoid in Goa.
So this was a complete guide to avoid top 5 scams in goa. We discuss the dark side of Goa in this article. A few goa secrets you should know about were revealed. Now you know about the things to avoid in goa and places to avoid in goa and how to save your money from scammers. If you know someone planning their trip to goa, sharing this article with them will be really helpful. And if you know about some other kind of north or south goa scams then comment box is open for you, thanks for your time.
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