- Tell us about getting ripped off on holiday #TravelCorkboard for Sat Guardian - mine was paying £8 for a punnet of strawberries in Russia!
http://twitter.com/GemmaTravel/status/164323814732349441
— Gemma Bowes (@GemmaTravel)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel Ashamed to say I fell for the 'cheap' menu, beers (no menu) 8E each when I first started travelling. #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/RagazzaDelTreno/status/164320056459792384
— Girl in Train (@RagazzaDelTreno)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GemmaTravel @GuardianTravel taxi in Budapest same journey ranging from 600HUF to 2600HUF #TravelCorkboard agree a price in advance
http://twitter.com/ciaracarroll/status/164325034402394112
— Ciara Carroll (@ciaracarroll)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel I paid about £8 for a henna foot tattoo in Marrakech-she wanted £30! Always check the price before. #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/caits__/status/164325196566769664
— Caitlin Rushby (@caits__)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GemmaTravel on eastern european food topics... mine was paying $16 for a cauliflower in Ukraine #TravelCorkboard @GuardianTravel
http://twitter.com/littlemissmoi/status/164325899318206464
— Brooke @ LMM (@littlemissmoi)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel I paid £9 for a coke in Rome! Although we did enjoy the atmosphere. #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/EilirHaf/status/164326887852736513
— Tirion Jenkins (@EilirHaf)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel assistant confused me with Kenyan shillings and I paid £20 for an ornament which I thought cost £2! #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/tfl89/status/164327064831393792
— Tom Line (@tfl89)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel I got charged €30 for 6 bits of 'free' tapas in a Lisbon bar. The waiter then forgot how to speak English! #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/zapatastash/status/164327767687696384
— zapatastash (@zapatastash)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GemmaTravel @GuardianTravel 200baht for a motorbike ride in thailand he "got lost"& tried to charge me 300, settled on 250 #travelcorkboard
http://twitter.com/AdventuRide/status/164329419475918848
— Sherri Horton (@AdventuRide)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel I paid £5 for a postcard in Costa Rica. Avoided sending it to anyone when I realised my error! #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/debtope/status/164330107283062784
— Deborah Tope (@debtope)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - "@tfl89: @GuardianTravel #TravelCorkboard paid €30 for a tasty blackbean&rice on 1st night in barcelona.oranges&cheap sangria last few days
http://twitter.com/elisham_m/status/164330128111976448
— elisha (@elisham_m)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel taxi from thai border to siem reap stopped 6 times trying to make us buy things from friends. TAKE THE BUS! #travelcorkboard
http://twitter.com/AdventuRide/status/164330801390026753
— Sherri Horton (@AdventuRide)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GemmaTravel @GuardianTravel paying £30 for one beer and one mediocre cocktail on the Champs Elysses. Not worth it! #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/hcscarr/status/164331030403223552
— Helen Scarr (@hcscarr)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GemmaTravel @GuardianTravel £60 for 6 mohitos in Havana-was slightly drunk & jetlagged & got screwed over by dual currency #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/sionpw/status/164331191770693633
— Sion PennantWilliams (@sionpw)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - £16 for two bowls of coco pops at a B&B in Marseille. The bill came after we'd eaten. Bit of a shock... #TravelCorkboard @GuardianTravel
http://twitter.com/beckybarnicoat/status/164331412424622080
— Becky Barnicoat (@beckybarnicoat)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel Spent 11€ for tiny bottle of water in Ibiza in a club. Realised later Beer cost 10€ #TravelCorkBoard
http://twitter.com/ChandniJumani/status/164331808333377536
— Chandni Jumani (@ChandniJumani)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - $200 for a bottle of vodka at Nikki Beach, Miami. Saw same bottle in airport next day for $14... #TravelCorkboard @GuardianTravel
http://twitter.com/rob_f_1/status/164331972439715841
— Rob F (@rob_f_1)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - Paying UK travel reps at hotels in Sharm £50 or more extra for the same excursion, same quality #TravelCorkboard @GuardianTravel by locals
http://twitter.com/GlobetrotterSam/status/164332151024783361
— Saumil Mehta (@GlobetrotterSam)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel bought 1st class o/night train ticket to Sapa. Reality: 2nd class, no electricity, 4am arrival (2hrs early) #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/clairemorganUK/status/164332333464420352
— Claire Morgan (@clairemorganUK)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel We were charged 40euro for a taxi to literally go round the corner in Barcelona we were drunk though #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/carolcassidy/status/164332836638306304
— Carol Cassidy (@carolcassidy)Tue, Jan 31 2012 13:02:56 - @GuardianTravel 60Euros on breakfast for 2 in Paris..1 of us had food poisoning so only had a tiny but pricey bread roll #travelcorkboard
http://twitter.com/Furners78/status/164334414443200513
— Clare Furnival (@Furners78)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel paid €22 for a vodka lemonade at the club Space Ibiza. Smirnoff vodka in the airport €11 a bottle! #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/GeneralLatham/status/164334463260692480
— Garry Latham (@GeneralLatham)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel Lost in 'Nam- jumped on the back of local's mtrbikes,drove around in circles & dropped where we started- £5 #TravelCorkboard
http://twitter.com/berti01/status/164335177324167168
— Stephanie Bertolone (@berti01)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08 - @GuardianTravel #Travelcorkboard Paid US$110 for champagne in Scottsdale, Arizona. Per glass. That's Scottsdale for ya.
http://twitter.com/sendchampagne/status/164335091760381952
— Annette Freeman (@sendchampagne)Tue, Jan 31 2012 13:11:53 - @GemmaTravel @GuardianTravel £15 for a regular whooper meal at Burger King at Istanbul airport #ripoff #travelcorkboard
http://twitter.com/AllyBurt/status/164335283532349440
— Ally Burt (@AllyBurt)Wed, Feb 01 2012 22:25:08
