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Consumer travel series. Matt Allwright demonstrates how con artists distract tourists to steal a handbag, and how your shopping could be substituted for inferior goods.

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

Matt Allwright re-creates popular scams on unsuspecting tourists abroad. In this episode, he demonstrates how con artists distract tourists to steal a handbag and how your shopping could be substituted for inferior goods.

Plus a family of Secret Tourists investigate a typical package holiday. The Barkass family from Newcastle go undercover in a 4-star hotel in Egypt and discover a series of shocking health and safety hazards. How will the hotel management react when Matt Allwright arrives to confront them with the family's findings?

Carole Machin investigates the safety of holiday activities and exposes unscrupulous jet bike hirers in Cyprus.

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

1 hour

Last on

Thu 26 Aug 201022:35

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMatt Allwright
ParticipantCarole Machin
Executive ProducerBridget Boseley

Broadcasts

  • Wed 18 Aug 201021:00
  • Thu 26 Aug 201022:35