The Clever Travel Companion Updates

  • The Clever Travel Companion Updates

The Eiffel Tower... Pickpocket heaven?

  The Eiffel Tower in Paris is one of the sites that is probably on every single person's bucket list, at least every single avid traveler's. It's an engineering marvel and an iconic tower, representing France and known by all around the world. Something people perhaps don't quite know however is the plague of pickpockets that have used The Eiffel Tower as their area of operations for years now. They're...

Travel Scams Updated: Top 50!

The top tourist scams has been updated for 2017! Direct Travel UK has researched the top 50 most common and most dangerous scams that travelers and tourists are likely to run into and where. As an update on our previously posted Top 40 Travel Scams, there are a number that make a repeat appearance. It seems authorities haven't been able to crack down on these as much as we'd hope...

7 Africa Travel Safety Tips (That work for the rest of the world too!)

A few years ago I spent 7 months backpacking Africa, by myself, using only public transportation. Out of all the places I've traveled in the world, Africa has become my favorite. It's not too dangerous or unsafe either. By following the backpacking tips below, I navigated the entire continent as a solo girl without any problems.    Keep Your Money/Valuables Hidden on You. I was never robbed, thankfully, but even...

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