German teens traveled to US 'under false pretenses' and 'intended to work': Border Patrol
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The teens claimed CBP targeted them because they hadn’t booked hotels for their entire stay in Hawaii.

“They found it suspicious that we hadn’t fully booked our accommodations for the entire five weeks in Hawaii,” Pohl said. “We wanted to travel spontaneously. Just like we had done in Thailand and New Zealand.”

  • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    354·
    11 hours ago

    Apart from work trips, I can’t think of the last time I had accommodation all booked. I don’t really see the point of travelling if you don’t make plans after being there a while and getting to know good info from locals. A lot of the time locations or weather just sucks, so I keep on and adventure somewhere else instead. That’s kind of normal outside of resort holidaying.

      • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        73·
        8 hours ago

        Assumptions will rarely end up in your favour.

        You perhaps didn’t read they were teen backpackers? Of all the travellers in the world, find me a majority in the financial position to book all their accommodation with the confidence that no matter what, it’s going to be great because that’s the assurance of such a travel style and the price tag it comes with.

        It’s not like you’re going to find the best deals online in a place with a hundred places to stay. Or maybe you can and that’s the irony of your assumption.

        • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
          12·
          6 hours ago

          I was talking about you. That’s why i used the word “you” in my comment replying to you.

      • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
        32·
        7 hours ago

        You mean hostel and Greyhound bus money as opposed to just hostel money for one place?

    • cRazi_man@lemm.eeEnglish
      1010·
      11 hours ago

      I wonder what passport people like you hold? This sounds like passport privilege. Those with “good” passports get to travel where they want without a thought.

      There are many countries where they scrutinise where you’re going to be staying and how you’re going to pay. You can’t apply for any visa without giving proof of accommodation bookings and showing bank statements.

      I’ve been to America before Trump and there were plenty of questions at the border about where I was going and to see my confirmed hotel bookings, and I went with a “good” passport (UK) at the Canadian border.