10 Biggest Tourist SCAMS in Spain
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These tips are applicable wherever you travel. The scams may change slightly, but overall they're the same throughout the world.
Totally
Not where I live. Not at all. We live in safe, crime free Muscat, Oman.
@@davidjma7226 Perhaps, but that's not exactly a tourist destination.
@j.joseph5353 Actually you are quite wrong. Tourism here is a large % of GDP after oil and gas and is up 35% year on year with 2024 projected to be 24% up on 2023. Faster than Dubai and most mediterranian countries.
@@davidjma7226 You're trying too hard.
The best way I've found to fight off scammers is simply to laugh when they approach me, shake my head and walk pass them. This signals that I know what they're doing and ythat I'm not going to fall for it. Every single time they change course and don't even bother with me. Another tip is to not make eye contact, if you accidentally look at them simply look away, laugh, shake your head and walk pass. Works like a charm every time.
Good one
If you would prefer not to spend anything on your museum tickets, go in the last two hours of the day. It's free at he Prado, Sofia Reina and the Thyssein-Bornemisza museums. That's long enough to walk around a museum and you can go back again the next evening to see another section.
Yes, I did exactly that at the Prado when I was in Madrid and I went in for free. A lot of people don't seem to know this.
James, I wish I had seen this before my trip! This is an important video for any travelers. May 25, in Seville, Jardines de Catalina de Ribera, I got hit by the bird poop pickpocket. That [glass bowl] sprayed a ton of stuff on my wife and me. I should have caught on, that there aren't eagles with upset stomachs flying around Spain. He took me for €150, plus two of my credit cards. Disgust is a powerful distraction.
Very helpful, every bit of this video. I used Welcome Pickups on my last trip to Barcelona at the suggestion of my hotel. Upon my arrival, the driver was in the Welcome area outside the baggage claim area with my name on his iPad, and the pickup was easy and pleasant. On my return, the Welcome Pickup driver arrived at my hotel right on time and was also pleasant and helpful. I paid for both trips in advance, and so no money was exchanged. I plan to use them again whenever I can.
I got honey trapped in a bar in Málaga on my first night of my holiday(I visit several times a year) I was held up at knife point on the way back to my apartment and he stole my bag with my money, phone & bank cards. I was lucky the police got me into my apartment where my iPad and other bank card’s were. I couldn’t cancel my bank card because I couldn’t call the bank, when I got home (the next day after paying a fortune for another flight) he had tried to withdraw money from my bank several times but got nothing! Cost me a fortune to be robbed for nothing of value 😮💨
I was "scammed" at O'Hare Airport in Chicago while using a ticket machine. A big guy on the next machine asked me what I needed and paid for it with his own card. Then he said "welcome to America"
It absolutely made my trip ❤
Yeah! I got approached by the rosemary scammers in Sevilla. I bought a bocadillo with jamon and sat down to eat it by the Cathedral. As I was about to eat I got approached and she held out a rosemary. I said “no gracias”, but she was insistent. So I took it and from that point she asked for my hand to do a palm reading. After she was done she asked for money. I said I just have some change and she was like “ no, I only take paper. I’ll give you change” she said. I was like “well that’s all I have, you can take it or leave it.” Boy was she mad afterwards 😂😂😂
A mi madre se lo hicieron y ella es española😂
Sounds like some good advice James.
Thank you for sharing👍❤️
These tips are very good to remember but it is not only Spain it is all over the World.
Thank you, well done!!
Excellent "dynamic summarising what to come introduction walking towards the camera and the camera backs" to the background of Plaza Mayor! Bonsoir from Paris, where the same advices are applicable 10/10
*I would definitely NOT ask for tap water in Spain - free or not.*
I live in Southern Spain, and I have a water filtration system at home to take the 'impurities' out of the tap water. The state of the filters when I change them is disgusting...disturbing, even. If you need a drink of water - and in Spain during the summer, you'll need lots - always, _ALWAYS!_ go for bottled water...whatever the cost.
_The locals drink bottled water - you should too._
I salute you, enjoying my tap water. Right now in Madrid, but I usually travel around the country. I will enjoy saluting you every time I drink tap water! Which usually happens every day...
@@DavinciWhite Your reply is bordering on 'odd', but here's what I have gleaned from it...
_"Thank you for your sage advice regarding drinking tap water in Southern Spain, and your concern for the health of travellers, tourists, and residents alike. However, I must inform you, and anyone reading your post, that drinking tap water in Madrid seems to be perfectly safe - for me, at least"._
I've lived in London. I think the same you. The wáter un London is unhealthy Disgusting.
@@chrissmurray255En el Sur de España el agua del grifo es perfecta. Como todo el Sur. Yo he vivido en Inglaterra, si no han muerto bebiendo su agua no se preocupen, pueden beber cualquier agua del mundo sin problemas.
Tap water is as safe in Spain as any other EU country - whether or not you like the taste is a different thing,but it is extremely unlikely that you will become ill because of drinking it because it is regularly checked in labs under EU law. Bottled water has had a fair few issues with quality control so it isn't a panacea.
Great watch as always and very useful 👊🏿
All GREAT tips!!! Just shared this vid w/ my sister who leaves w/ her fam to Spain tomorrow 😅
There's the one you may encounter while driving your car: people waving at you from another car as if something is wrong with it, and gesturing to follow them to a parking lot. What happens next can be guessed...
I assume oral sex.
Great video with tons of useful tips. Thanks for sharing
Awesome info! Thank you!
Thanks James! Great tips and as other commenters have mentioned, these apply whether your are travelling in the world. ❤ to you, Yoly and the little one!
Great advice. As far as carrying cash, I’ve noticed that most of the restaurants I’ve been to in Spain will take a credit card but I’ve been into a few in Portugal that didn’t. I brought some friends to a small local spot and when the bill came, luckily I had cash on me because no one else did. And until here recently, I’ve always had to carry cash for taxis in places like Seville.
Another excellent video! What sorts of videos are coming soon? I'll be in Madrid in August (I know how hot it'll be!)
Great video! Thank you.
Very interesting video 😊
Thanks. Really helpful! 🤩
9:42 It took me so long to figure out how to ask for non-bottled water. Asking for "un vaso de agua" will do the trick, but just "agua" refers to bottled water. Not the case in the US or France.
ATMs are fine if you decline conversion, you'll just pay your own bank's fees. At least if you're using a US bank and have a travel card, it's the cheapest way to get cash. I tend to keep about 200 Euro or so and never exchange it back to USD. I like having some paper money in my pocket as soon as I land and not having to get to an ATM in an airport or the like.
Hi James and yolo, awesome tips. thanks
Sooo good that you create this video scam dictionary 👍❤ For me also car rentals are wide ocean...
Hola Jaime, I'm a coffee addict and would love to see a "Places to have good coffee" in Madrid and other major cities like BCN, Valencia and Sevilla. I don't want to default to Starbucks as a known quantity vs risking a poor coffee somewhere.
Thanks James for information 👍❤️
When we went to Spain, 2 years ago, we were almost scammed/robbed in Barcelona (Madrid was perfect) - first in the subway, a lady tried to get my husband's wallet from his front pocket. I raised my voice and ensured everyone knew she was a pickpocket, she got out swiftly at the first station. Then a taxi that picked up at the train station to our hotel tried to shortchanged me for 10 euros. I live in Mexico and know that one very well lol - so I took the change and the time to count it very clearly in front of the driver before putting it in my bag, he went "oh sorry!" and gave me my 10 euros. :D
Thanks for the tips.
I got caught with the Bracelet one while visiting Madrid (Right in Plaza Mayor where you opened the video actually!). My girlfriend and her mum were showing me around as that's their hometown. Got stopped by one guy who opened by complimenting my shoes, naturally I said thanks and that was it, I was in the conversation. Initially he told me the bracelet was free, then after I was trying to leave, he then changed his mind, asked for €10, then €5. Then tried to tell me he was trying to feed his kids. Thankfully he wasn't physically pushy or aggressive and my girlfriend and her mum knew exactly what was going on. You definitely have to know how to exit these conversations easily or completely avoid them. Thanks for bringing this up!
A guy came up to me and my buddy's table while we were drinking beers on La Rambla, was very smooth when he chatted and placed a bracelet on my wrist - I was impressed by the boldness - luckily I have no awkwardness to call people out on their strange or abnormal behavior, and thought it was quite funny actually. I think he knew I wasn't going to accept or budge on his attempt and he quickly left. I did respect his hustle, but I will never pay for something I don't want
Buenísimo!
We got "scammed" by the flower guy last weekend in the Plaza de Santa Ana. Saw it coming, but his unique approach still got us. In the end we were out 2 Euros (which he probably needed more than we did) and went home with 2 plastic flowers. And I agree, very little need for a ton of cash now adays. Ten years ago, sure, but COVID helped change that. Just keep enough to pay for those less than 5 Euros cafe bills.
I hope they were nice flowers at least! :)
He didn't needed them, his organised crime boss did
@@spainrevealedDo a collaboration video with Rick Steves
Very nice video
Finally some really helpful taxi and restaurant tips! 9:42 What about tap water in three/four star hotels of Spain? Is it drinkable? They filter and reuse the shower water, hence the question.
There definitely are restaurant scams in Spain.
From "accidentally" adding extra drinks to your final bill or turning a €9.95 menu del día into a €13.95 a la carte one. Or substituting more expensive drinks for what you actually had.
No true. You are a liar.
I never leave home cause I hate to get scammed.
I love your new shirt James! Kinda nice to see something besides the brown plaid. ;)
Thank you! I hate shopping, as you can tell! haha
Occasionally, in restaurants - they just put prices on the menu with the mark "tax not included" at the bottom using the smallest font possible :) Also, charging an extra % when sitting on the terrace is common in tourist places.
It's a useful video; and I had the subway ticket scam pulled on me in Paris - I was only saved by my friend. These days I don't travel... especially in tourist hot-spots. As Miyagi-san said in Karate kid, "Best defence - no be there".
James, the camerawork has gone up a notch in this video and so has the editing. Is it a new team working with you? Kudos guys.
Thank you! I’m now working with a camera operator :) Same great editor!
Look at 9.00, the Lady in the background placed her Packpack over the chair😂
Haha. I saw that too! It was actually on the chair from the start of that segment....but she puts it back up there around 8:59 or so. There may have been an edit in filming to catch this twice?
Luckily I don’t carry any cash nowadays and as a general rule I never give any stranger money anyway
Very good tips, thank you, but sometimes they are washed with every waters, as we say in Germany, means they know every trick to get you. I´m very careful, but years ago i stumbled about the rosemary trick, but at that time with roses. They got only some coines but it make me angry. Greetings from Hamburg
Uber didn't work in Alicante last year. We booked through a local taxi app to go to the airport at 4am & they cancelled late evening before & we had to catch last bus to the airport around midnight for 6am flight. Not a scam but very frustrating! Alicante Airport said shuttle bus to city was 24 hours, it wasn't!
We in Lihuania normally calling for taxi firm, never using taxis which just stay somewhere. Except you are very rich.
I had a rosemary scam in Madrid & Andalusia.
I use Monzo for foreign payment as they have a pretty good rate
This people is from leste countries like Romenia , hungria ,etc ....
What if we decided not to tolerate this cultural quirk, and - instead - baited & then confronted these scammers? Ridicule, humiliate, even threaten
My advice as a latin american person (first scams on these video): Say "No Gracias" to the scammer, don't make eye contact and KEEP walking, the scammer needs you stop walking to steal your wallet or ask you for money/info. Say "No Gracias", in a confident way and keep walking without making eye contact.
Looks like you were filming in the Plaza Mayor during San Isidro festivities as I recognized the stage for the orchestra. We were there the weekend before San Isidro and were on our way back to our hotel from Cava Baja when we heard music coming from the Plaza Mayor. They were playing Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol. It was fabulous! Looks like I missed seeing you by just a little bit!
Oye Kiwi - me gusta la Calle Cuba en Wellington NZ - se celebran los carnevales en esa Calle como en Cuba
Which cities have reliable public transportation connections between peripheral airports/train stations and city centers?
great advice, I would definitely recommend getting a Wise card and air tags.
Awesome! I’ve put a link to wise in the description . Safe travels!
Revolut is a better option as it’s official in Spain now.
@@vboyz21 better in what way? Wise gives you a Belgian IBAN, Spain is part of the EU and businesses are obliged to accept payment from Belgian IBANs.
@@Bartrum in my experience, it has better prices/exchange rates and better customers services. It also gives you a Spanish IBAN now, before it was based in Lithuania. Plus if your mates and or partner has it too then you can easily create groups to split bills. Right now the majority of my money is in USD so with my plan I'm able to convert 10k making everyday purchases for 9$ a month. Well worth it in my opinion but then again I used Wise for about a month in 2021 so I'm not sure how it is now.
@@spainrevealed Does an air tag work for non apple products?
Try not to look like a tourist, socks with sandals, hats and caps, safari bermudas, etc...
In other words, don't look like an American. 😂
You talk about the day trips. They look great. Could you do a video on how to Travel in Spain? You arrive in Madrid at the Airport with a bunch of suitcases. How do you get to Toledo? Valencia? Seville? How do the trains work? Do trains go to airports? Is it easier to rent a car? Are there other options? I have flown into Madrid, but I never went anywhere outside of Madrid because I don't know the travel methods.
Each city has a local transport provider for which you can check on the internet (often they have an app). Otherwise,for trains,you can buy them from the RENFE website or the app. A couple of things to be aware of with RENFE - they have two apps,one for local trains and one for long distance trains and you can only buy point to point tickets (no through connections,you need to buy separate tickets for each leg) so plan your journey somewhere else such as herewego. They do accept foreign credit cards. If you register on their website,some of the emails you get will be in Spanish so a little Spanish knowledge is helpful. There are other private companies too,both train and bus,such as Flixbus, Ouigo and Irya
Sometimes I just look at their eyes with a blank stare without saying a word and walk pass them...
Barcelona last year in May was hell. Police every day chasing thieves all over the city.
In Madrid (past April) we felt very safe allover the city.
I went to a restaurant and gave the lady our credit card. I said I’d like to pay with euros and she insisted we had to pay in US dollars, saying the restaurant would have to pay fees if we paid with euros. Is that legal? Great video as always.
You pulled your phone out of your back pocket multiple times in this video lol. Good stuff!
noticed that too....made me chuckle!
In Barcelona there's also quite a bit of violent robbery, where you're just pulled into an alley and robbed at knife point. Particularly in Barri Gotic, Rambla region. Don't walk there with a flashy watch or purse.
It's now known as the most dangerous part of Spain. Full of Africans and Romanis. A once beautiful área destroyed by migrants.
I was in la pineda about 5 months ago safest place i have been to. For familes and so on. Beautiful beaches. 😍 I live in sweden and I know what is expensive I had no scams no problems anything. Go to the local shops if you want to buy something they are so friendly and always smiling despite the heat. But I had one problem only hahaha it was the restaurant like 50 dollars for a dry burger with bad 🍟. They asked their boss if we talked Spanish or English and I understood. It was my fault also but yeah la pineda great place and very safe Beautiful beach Beautiful people
Only ask for tap water if you see others doing it. In Catalunya and Comunidad Valenciana the flavour is awful. Some places now have filtered water but they charge as it was a bottle of water.
I've drunk from many public fountains in Spain and it has always seemed fine to me. This is somewhat a matter of taste but it is definitely safe to drink.
Soy español y siempre he pensado que los bares están obligados por ley a darte agua si la pides. Sin embargo estuve investigando y no encontré una respuesta clara. Tú que lo mencionas, ¿estás 100% seguro de que es así?
Love your videos, but was that Colleen from Les Frenchies in your clipboard shot?
Maybe James was also a cameo in Les Frenchies video on Scams in Paris.
@@siphonsnobHa! Maybe!
@9.55 - she has her backpack on the back of the chair!
Partner had her purse stolen Barcelona at Montjuic station and Rome near Spanish Stepps train. Bird poo con tried on me in Barcelona on way to bus station and guy offered to take me to his apartment to clean but my partner had tissues to clean me anyway, but two guys who threw the muck followed us until i turned and glowered at them. Couldn't wait to get on bus to airport quick enough!
The bottom line is to ignore anyone who is nice to you for no obvious reason.
Are service charges applicable in UK but not in Espana?
For spending,one card isn't enough. For cash machine withdrawals in Spain,I use a UK Santander debit card as this allows free withdrawals (at the prevaling exchange rate,without a loading fee) at their machines which are very common in all parts of Spain. Otherwise,I use Starling,as that charges no fees either to withdraw or loading anywhere in the world (unless as above the local ATM provider charges). Wise is not the worst but these are better
Yep, happened to me in Madrid last month, I told her/them to fuck off, in ENGLISH. They understood.
I was in Budapest and a women tried to spill beer on me, she was sitting way to close. She didn't manage to get any on me but she did get a nice forceful shove and was told to get the fuck away from me, every one understands what that word means.
Whenever traveling, I only have the things in my wallet that I need.
Meaning, if I don’t drive a car, I don’t bring my drivers license.
And I don’t keep all my credit cards in my wallet.
Sometimes I even keep a little cash in my wallet, and my credit card in another pocket.
Occasionally, if I go to a disco, where you have a drink card and pay at exit, I put a large bank note into one of my sock (in case I lose my wallet)
Discos are notorious for pickpockets.
Así es, mucho. Cuidado, y no vayáis por zonas solitarias.
The water tastes like pool water in the Barcelona area
It´s even worse in Valencia.
Yes, avoid all tap water in Barcelona and stick to bottled water.
Their hygienic standards are just not there yet.
@@youssef16844 The water is hygenic - it just tastes different because it contains a lot of minerals.
You can't imagine the poison of London.
I saw Colleen from Les Frenchies in the video
Yes! I used some of their footage of similar situations.
And number 11: Paellador. Avoid like the bubonic plague, which might be one of its ingredients.
🤣
Please explain
Dunno if this is a Madrid thing or those thiefs are scanning for tourist-looking people, but never in my life have I had an issue with theft or pickpocketing in a terraza
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Keep it up!
As I'm watching this when a woman has put her backpack on the back of her chair.... behind you in the restaurant at around 8:51 time stamp .. you see her do it again at 9:00... something you just warned people not to do a few minutes earlier in the video!😅
11) Rumanian pick pockets
(Best in the world)
I also thought Spain was a safe country until I experienced the corrupt and liar police in Spain. Crime can happen in any country but what matters is the role of the police there. At the airport in Valencia, under many CCTV cameras, a group of Eastern European men and women stole our bag and a woman hid in the toilet with our bag, while most of the group members were sitting outside the toilet. I started calling the police for help but my screams were completely ignored and the police did not come to help. Finally, my wife and I ran to the police office which was located on the second floor. The door of the police office was locked from inside. When I rang the doorbell, two policemen came out angrily and started scolding us for no reason. The behaviour of the police was disrespectful to us as if we had committed a crime by coming to the police office. We requested the immediate help of the police as it was possible to nab the gang of thieves and recover the stolen bags with quick action by the police. But the police made a condition for immediate help that until we write the details of the crime, the details of the stolen goods and the details of our identity on the paper provided by the police, the police will not help. Instead of helping immediately, the police were wasting time to give the group of thieves a chance to escape. When my wife told the police that the thieves would run away, a policeman very rudely scolded her to keep her mouth shut. After writing all the details on two papers, instead of giving practical help, the police ordered that now the office hours are over, leave the office. The police have received the report of the theft and now the police will inform us after completing the investigation. I asked the police to show me the CCTV recording so that I could tell the police who was in the group of thieves. It was important to identify the thieves. The police said it is impossible to show the CCTV recording for the next 24 hours. Come back after 24 hours to see the CCTV recording. After 24 hours when we reached this police office, instead of showing the CCTV recording, they picked up a CD and pretended to go from one room to another, but we remained seated despite waiting for a long time, finally. The police said that the CD of the CCTV recording is defective, so come again sometime. We returned to Denmark from Spain. In our bag were two iPhones, an iPad, about 5000 Euros, bank, credit and ID cards etc. A few days later, when our correspondent in Spain reached the police office, the police told him that the police had the CCTV recording of the crime and that the police had identified the criminals and were now looking for them. The police cannot show the CCTV recording because the police are afraid that we may not detect any harm to the criminals. Now there is no need to come to the police office about this case again. I wrote to the Valencia Airport authority about this CCTV recording and they replied that on that date no such crime was reported. And nor the police asked them for this CCTV recording. And now this CCTV recording is not available as they had deleted it. After knowing that the police were lying, I wrote a complaint to the Ombudsman. The Director General of the Police replied to the Ombudsman that police are investigating the crime according to the law and no one is allowed to interfere or instruct in the police investigation. After this reply from the Director General of the Police, the Ombudsman in Spain finalize the complaint without identifying the Corruption of the police. #VisitSpain #Spain #Policia #Valencia
The poop thing actually happened to a friend of mine in Milan, they were so angry lmap
Happened to me 2 years ago in that Madrid park, luckely i grabbed my wallet back and held on to the girl and called the police
My wife got scammed in Maastricht in the market she gave stall holder 50 euro for a top that was 10 euro he went off to get change and didn’t come back another man came no English pretended he knew nothing 😡
Cash is king no matter what they tell you..... Tony cuenca
5:00 Now here comes my scam… 😊
What those scammers are doing is not really far off of what you’re doing. Trying to get people to fork out their hard earned for a completely useless product.
NOW you tell me. Viví en España durante la dictadura y me da mucha pena tener que decir que se vivía mejor en España en esa época que ahora. Estuve hace dos meses y las ciudades asquerosas y llenas de grafitti, la gente especialmente en el área de servicios muy antipática y desagradable. Para el colmo me robaron el pasaporte y arruinaron nuestras vacaciones. You can keep the country, we're never going back. ¡Viva Durruti!
Does Spains large police force show any interest in stopping this?
Patrulla Ciudadana Barcelona's youtube channel (and those similar) are useful for finding out more about how pickpockets operate.
Just wondering why you blurred the faces of the scammers? Should they not be shown as what they are doing is wrong? Why are they getting privacy and respect for scamming tourists? If there's a reason I've not considered, I would honestly like to know.
Good question. In my mind, this video is not about avoiding any specific person, it's about helping tourists avoid certain scam situations, not people. Also, to "out" people in a video is not my responsibility or something I'm comfortable doing. But by showing the scam situations, people know how to avoid these situations. That's the purpose of the video. It's also possible that some of the people who commit scams are victims themselves of mafia and mistreatment, and I wouldn't want to bring more harm on them.
It is illegal in the EU to record/photograph someone and share the video/photograph without their consent, and that privacy right does not get revoked because you are doing something suspicious or even illegal.
Can u not used ur personal Alarm
Wow
have you thought on making some day a video in spanish? dont know what the topic would be, i just think it would be interesting to hear you express yourself in spanish for a whole video, but i understand spanish people are not your primary audience xD
y no se por qué digo esto en inglés, si sé que sabes español la verdad xd
I’ve thought about it, but it’s true that the audience is mainly English speaking so I’m not sure of the value for them (even subtitled). Or maybe I’m just scared! 😂
Where are the police😤