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Tourist Trap: Beware The Sexy Ladies!
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  • When walking through Soho, central London, you may be approached by very scantly clad ladies who want to take you somewhere (its not usually certain where you're going). They will proceed to take you to a strip club or a brothel, and once you're in its hard to get out without your wallet being considerably lighter than when you went in.

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    At Least Do This: My best advice on this subject is that if you're approached by one of these 'ladies', just say that you're not interested and keep on walking. If you end up inside a club or brothel that you dont want to be in, let it be known that you're not going to be spending any money and try to get out.
    Alternative: If you enjoy the pleasures that these places offer, and you want to visit one, opt for the larger establishments rather than the small, backstreet ones. At least you wont get stripped off all your hard earned cash if you dont want to be. I suggest Stringfellows.
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    Tourist Trap: Soho Again
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  • Again in Soho, you may be approached by grubby looking men who want to take you to the 'women'. If you let them take you to a stripclub or brothel, they will then inform you that they require a finders fee, and you will not get away from them until they've got something off you.

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    At Least Do This: Avoid at all costs!
    Alternative: If you want to find a stripclub etc, do it yourself. Alternatively, stay away from Soho at night, it can be a dangerous place!
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    Tourist Trap: Train Station Urchins
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  • At the larger train stations in London, such as Victoria and Euston, there are young men that are looking for tourists using the ticket machines. They will wait until you are about to buy a ticket, then they will approach you and act as if they want to help you buy the right ticket. However, they will wait until your money if in the machine, then lean across the machine, secretly pressing the 'cancel' button, and pocket your cash. They will then quickly disappear, leaving you not knowing what happened.

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    At Least Do This: Do not accept any ticket buying advice from anybody without a uniform. Do not put money in a machine when there are young people near it.
    Alternative: The way to completely avoid this trap is to buy your ticket from the ticket counters, where you will be served by a member of staff
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    Comments for luke850 about London
    Kitty82 Mon Jul 2, 2007 23:48 UTC
     Hi! Great London page! Hope to visit one day!
    travlnsolo Sat Jun 23, 2007 15:43 UTC
     Thank you!
    idesignkansas Thu Mar 3, 2005 20:34 UTC
     Great pages thanks for the interesting and helpfull tips.i will be in London in may with 2 of my sons, ages 20 and 18. I was happy to read your pages with them in mind. Greetings from Kansas
    Dialing Mon Oct 4, 2004 18:09 UTC
     Hi Luke! Amazingly informative and bright pages for London!!! and Barcelona which is my favourite city too :) Cheers!
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