Fake Hotel Websites

Travel site E-Turbo News (www.eturbonews.com) has a frightening report out today about fake hotel websites that have been popping up, mostly targeting customers of large hotel chains in the USA. A staggering 71,000 people a month have been a victim of redirects to these fake hotel sites. The largest hotel chains affected include many of those in the Wyndham hotel family (Super 8, Days Inn, Ramada, Travelodge, and Wyndham hotels) and the Choice hotel family (Comfort Inn and EconoLodge), as well as the Red Roof Inn, Hyatt, and Clarion chains. According to E-Turbo,

... the Internet scam combines advanced online advertising, bogus hotel locators, third-party reservation systems, and an Internet browser virus to redirect hotel guest traffic to fake versions of well-known hotel chain websites.

The moral of the story: When booking a hotel through a website, always be sure it’s a reputable one. Better still, you can always be extra-safe by contacting us to book a hotel room for you.