Angela Hall finds cameras pointed at the bed in her Hawaii vacation rental. She checks out, and Vrbo offers to refund her for a hotel and the remainder of her stay. But it never does. What’s going on?

Cameras – some as small as the point of a pen – can be hidden virtually anywhere in motels, vacation rentals and even cruises that criminals use for sexual gratification or financial extortion. One in ...

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Wirecutter privacy and security editor Thorin Klosowski about how to detect hidden cameras in vacation rentals and hotel rooms. Summer travel season is in full swing, which ...

Q: On the first night staying at our vacation rental in Hawaii, I found cameras pointing directly at the bed in the master bedroom. I immediately contacted Vrbo and cited their surveillance policy, ...

Nearly 60% of Americans said they were worried about hidden cameras in Airbnb homes in 2019. And 11% of vacation home renters said they had discovered a hidden camera during a stay, according to a ...

Angela Hall finds cameras pointed at the bed in her Hawaii vacation rental. She checks out and Vrbo offers to refund her for a hotel and the remainder of her stay. But it never does. What’s going on?

Summer travel season is in full swing, which means hotel, Airbnb and Vrbo reservations are picking up. And along with that, for some guests, there's concern - to paraphrase that old song - that ...

DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: On the first night of our vacation rental in Hawaii, I found cameras pointing directly at the bed in our master bedroom. I immediately contacted Vrbo and cited their ...