A family booked a Tahoe getaway but never made it there due to a blizzard making their Airbnb inaccessible. Yet, they still got stuck with the bill.
While travel insurance can protect your vacation, be sure to read the fine print -- disasters may not be covered.
Travel advisers say wait and see what happens, but tourists with vacations coming up want to know -- should I stay or should I go?
"It's just very easy now for them to put a customer in the discard pile based on this tech information that they're using and buying. So far it's not really helping the consumer," said one consumer advocate.
"I trust nothing that the bank sends me right now. Like nothing," the scam victim said.
One Bay Area woman is stunned to find out her car won't start because of a small rhinestone "bling ring" she stuck on to decorate.