iPatrol Travel Advice

***As featured in USAToday: The essential App for Summer Travel 2012***

Travel safe with iPatrol Travel Advice!

iPatrol Travel Advice warns you about various tourist scams and cons played on travellers around the world. This ideal travel buddy will keep you informed and help protect your valuables. It is based on most visited world destinations which makes it easy to look up the one YOU need right now. You are one click away from the travel guides that will help to keep you and your family safe and secure.

iPatrol Travel Advice currently covers 50 countries listing most common tourist scams & warnings. It already has a database of top 100 world destinations including Rome, London, Berlin, Paris, Beijing, Barcelona, Prague, Istanbul, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, New York and more than 20 other destinations in USA only. All scams & warnings are carefully collected, reviewed and sorted for your easy and quick access. Find your destination and see the full list of different scam or assault scenarios to avoid.

iPatrol Travel Advice WORKS OFFLINE. There is no need for an Internet connection while using the app, as everything is stored on your iPhone..Therefore, you will not be charged for expensive data roaming and application is fast to use.

Some classic scams are used widely around the globe; but some are very specific to an area.

Example A: “The Splatter”: Mustard / Ketchup / Bird Poo / Dirty Water/ Scam is a widely used scam:

“A scam that relies on travellers disgust at having a foul-smelling / weird looking substance that suddenly appears on them. Scammer secretly spills ‘the something’ on trusting tourists, and then offers to help them clean it off. While helping he steals valuables off of the tourist without tourist even noticing it.”

Example B: A Camel Ride Scam– specific to countries such as Egypt or Morocco:

"Close to touristic areas you often see camel owners who offer camel ride for free. When you mounted the animal you realize the camel does not obey you. Now you are in power of its owner a couple of meters above the surface of the earth without a chance of escape. Usually you are brought some meters away from your bus. Away from your fellow tourists the camel owner starts to negotiate the price for you to get down. Either you will pay and the camels owner will order the animal to kneel down or you will need to jump down charge-free. FYI, the average height of a camel is 7 feet (2.15m)."

The MAIN FEATURES ARE:

* View Scams & Warnings relevant to your current location
- Check if there are Scams & Warnings that were reported in where you are right now. Be aware and prepared!

* Browse by Destination
- Look up by specific destination. You can view the list by: most popular destinations, the city or the country.

* Browse by Scams & Warnings
- Want to know more about a specific scam? See full list of scams & warnings. You can view the list by most common scams & warnings or by the alphabetical order.

* Create a list of Scams & Warnings to remember
- If there is a destination or scams & warnings you want to bookmark, simply add it to your starred items list. All starred items are easily accessed from your home screen.

* Search by Keyword
- Search by relevant Keywords to find exactly what you need!

and remember: ...“A danger foreseen is half avoided.”