Travel scams: Always have your wits about you

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12/08/20 • 42 min

Have you really travelled if you’ve never been scammed or ripped off? This week, our guests are entertaining you with their criminal encounters from Turkey, South Africa and Cuba.

Plus Sav drops in her own grocery scam featuring DJ Saki in Fiji.

Special thanks to our guests this week - Shmick, Joel and Mard Hun! You can find Shmick and Joel’s other stories in the first episode - “The world’s your oyster”.

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Have you really travelled if you’ve never been scammed or ripped off? This week, our guests are entertaining you with their criminal encounters from Turkey, South Africa and Cuba.

Plus Sav drops in her own grocery scam featuring DJ Saki in Fiji.

Special thanks to our guests this week - Shmick, Joel and Mard Hun! You can find Shmick and Joel’s other stories in the first episode - “The world’s your oyster”.

Oh, and if you have a crazy travel story, tell us about it!

TELL US your story: [email protected] or

HIT US UP on Instagram: @onenightinbkkpodcast

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BONUS - Don't get squashed by a tree

Emma Mickle was in a freak accident while hiking in NZ that changed her life forever and we are so grateful to be able to share her story with you.

On 10 December, she embarks on an epic 1000km (620 miles) bike ride to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries (SCIs). All money raised goes to SpinalCure Australia, a not-for-profit organisation advocating for grants to fund research on a cure for SCIs. Did you know that around 250,000 - 500,000 people suffer an SCI every year? In Australia alone, there’s 1 new case every day on average. Experts say that a cure could be as close as 5-7 years away so every dollar counts right now!

We know Emma’s journey will inspire you as much as it did us; please join us in donating whatever you can to her SpinalCure Australia fundraiser at the below link:

Riding for Spinal Cure Australia
Follow Emma’s journey on her Instagram - @mickles.pickle

You can learn more at the below links:
SpinalCure Australia - @spinalcure
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Special thanks to Emma for being so candid and generous in sharing her experience!

If you enjoyed listening to this, we would love for you to hit Follow/Subscribe, leave a rating/review or simply share it with a friend! Our podcast is 100% independent and this helps other travellers find us, plus it gives us all the happy vibes.

Next Episode

Travel & drugs: Trampoline high and Dracula's proposition

What happens when your backpacking adventure turns into the "trip" of a lifetime? We travel to India this week where a yoghurt drink sends our guest down a 5-day rabbit hole.

Plus, Charlie shares her tales of Colombia including the time she was propositioned to "make some good money together".

Special thanks to our guest this week - Josh!

Oh, and if you have a crazy travel story, tell us about it!

TELL US your story: [email protected] or

HIT US UP on Instagram: @onenightinbkkpodcast