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Munich, Germany
10 reported scam patterns travellers run into in Munich, what they look like, and how to sidestep them.
Resold festival tent reservations and event tickets sold at markups that carry no admission privilege at all.
Festival-period accommodation listings taking large deposits for properties that do not exist, a seasonal spike every autumn.
Festival-season venues and city-centre bars adding undisclosed service and table charges, and items not ordered, to bills.
Pickpocketing at the beer festival grounds and on the transport routes serving them, where crowd density and drinking make bags easy targets.
Theft of phones and wallets left on beer-hall tables during festival season.
Unofficial 'festival tour' packages sold online that include no reservation and no guaranteed entry.
Dynamic currency conversion at card terminals and independent cash machines at poor rates.
Counterfeit branded goods and 'traditional' dress sold as authentic at market stalls.
Fake charity collectors and clipboard petitioners working the central pedestrian streets and the main square.
Drivers taking extended routes from the airport where the train is direct, and applying surcharges outside applicable hours.
