Episode 3

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Duration: 1 hour

Consumer travel series in which Matt Allwright re-creates popular scams on unsuspecting tourists abroad.

Matt demonstrates how tourists can fall for the scenic taxi route and why passports mean cash for con artists.

The Murray family from Surrey travel to a hotel in Tunisia and find dirty rooms and fire hazards, while Carole Machin travels to the Spanish Island of Lanzarote to examine why swimming pools pose a danger for families on holiday

The Secret Tourist team has the holiday from hell, so you don't have to.

Last on

Wed 18 Aug 2010 22:45 BBC One only on Scotland

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Credits

Presenter
Matt Allwright
Participant
Carole Machin
Producer
Michelle Chappell
Executive Producer
Bridget Boseley

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