Hotels try to pad your bill with overpriced extras and ancillary fees; here's how to avoid them

Avoid the scandalously high prices of the hotel minbar

Avoid the scandalously high cost of making a phone call from your hotel room

The hotel garage will often be far costlier than a nearby public garage or other parking option

Breakfast at a B&B is lovely—but at a standard hotel, you probably won't be getting your money's worth

Hotel laundry services are obscenely overpriced

From dishonest taxi drivers to thieving restaurant waiters—you won't run into too many scams in Britain, but here are a few common rip-offs to watch out for

Oh, waiter! There's a scam in my soup!

Always use official, licensed cabs or trusted car services—and watch that meter

Just use ATMs and banks, carefully count your change until you get used to the local cash, and stay away from gray market money changers

Scams and rip-offs at the hotel—many of them perfectly legal. Avoid the minibar, phone, laundry service, and parking garage

Not all local advice is honest advice

If it's one of the seven deadly sins—gluttony (booze; food), greed (gambling), sloth (spas), extravagance (shore excursions)—it's how a cruise lines makes all its profit