Michelle Couch-Friedman

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Travelers typically do not contact me for help in real-time. But on Valentine's Day this year, I received a panicked call from an American Airlines passenger.

A cruise passenger agreed to purchase a $3,100 device during a port stop in Puerto Plata and suffered instant buyer's remorse. Now what?

Quick summary Travel scams are becoming more sophisticated, with criminals leveraging artificial intelligence to target travelers through phone calls, texts and online platforms.

Discover how Vrbo's extenuating circumstances policy works and what protections are in place for vacation rental guests (and what aren't).

Hertz says a customer filled his rental car with the wrong gas and destroyed its engine. But something is very fishy about this $9,000 claim.

Extreme summer heat can disrupt your travel plans in surprising and unpleasant ways.

In this devious Zelle scam, victims come face to face with the bold criminal(s), disguised as kids collecting donations to support sports.

A Canadian couple say Costco Travel told them that they did not need visas to take a cruise to Brazil. But when they arrived at the pier in Buenos Aires on

Costco Travel gave a Canadian couple the wrong visa information in writing for their cruise. That mistake got them denied boarding and they lost $13,000.