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Whoop, maker of the screenless Whoop 5.0 fitness-tracking wristband, announced on Friday that it’s expanding its member experience by connecting your health data to the real world. Soon, all Whoop memberships will include AI-focused features and a slew of other updates, including one that connects you to on-demand doctors.
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Apple may be the world's largest consumer tech company, but even it sometimes has to look elsewhere when items on its shopping list are simply unavailable. The company looks like it may be a step closer to filling its cart with Intel-manufactured chips, if a report in Friday's Wall Street Journal is correct. The update…
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Pay the safe way: Always use a credit card not a debit card, wire transfer, bank draft, or payment app outside the booking platform.
Vet the listing: Read negative reviews first, be cautious with brand-new listings, Google the address, and reverse image search the photos.
Watch for red flags: Large upfront deposits, off-platform damage fees, too-perfect reviews, or prices far cheaper than the same property on other sites should make you pause.
Summer travel season is ramping up, and so are vacation rental .
A new investigation from Consumers Checkbook found widespread problems on major vacation rental platforms, including fake listings, stolen deposits, canceled reservations, and travelers struggling to get refunds from sites like Booking.com and Vrbo.
In one case highlighted by the report, a traveler paid more than $1,100 for a Venice apartment listed on Booking.com that didnt actually exist. In another, a family reunion rental booked through Vrbo was canceled after more than $7,000 had already been charged.
The worrisome part is that many of the listings looked completely legitimate and even had positive reviews.
Heres how summer travelers can avoid turning a dream vacation into a financial nightmare.
Always pay with a credit card
This is the single biggest protection travelers have.
The investigation found that travelers who paid with debit cards or bank transfers often struggled to recover their money after being scammed. If you use a credit card you have a much better chance to recover your money via chargebacks and fraud disputes.
Avoid:
Debit cards Wire transfers Bank drafts Payment apps outside the booking platform
If a host asks you to pay outside the booking platform, that should raise a major red flag in your head.
Be suspicious of listings with few or brand-new reviews
According to the report, fake listings often appear as new properties with very limited review history, and some scammers even create fake reviews to make listings appear legitimate.
Before booking:
Read the negative reviews first. Look for reviews going back several months. Be cautious if every review sounds overly perfect. Google the propertys address separately.
Pro tip: If something feels off, try copying part of the listing description and plug it into a Google search for those exact words with quotation marks.
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