Avoid Hustlers at the Pyramids! How not to get scammed and what to expect!

thank you in this video I'm going to be showing you some of the hustles and scams that happen at the pyramids now this video is primarily aimed at solo Travelers as in people who won't have a guide at the pyramids but do bear in mind that not everyone is a hustler and not everyone's trying to scam you some people are just trying to make a living so if you like this video please don't forget to subscribe let's get started I don't want to go there it's okay it's okay [Music] I know if you're walking around the pyramid without a guide these guys will constantly keep coming up to you they try to confuse you by telling you that you're going the wrong way and out of the complex all they're really trying to do is get you to follow them so that they can take some pictures of you with the pyramids and charge you an extortionate amount so just say no and keep walking there are only two exits to a pyramids complex so you can't really go wrong we're now approaching our second classic hustle at the pyramids a bit closer to the pyramid no no it's okay the whistle hustle is probably one of my favorite ones these guys will just come up blow their whistle at you in points and you assume that they're in Authority because they have a whistle and most people will tend to just follow them but again all they're trying to do is to take you somewhere to show you something very quickly and then charge you for it not everyone that approaches you is a bad person a lot of the times you're going to get locals and especially children coming up to you and asking for photos as a tourist for some of the kids seeing a foreign person is a novelty and perhaps it's the first time they've seen a foreigner so they like to take a photo to remember the occasion in this case I agree to have my photo taken with these kids but don't be shy to say no if you're uncomfortable especially if there's big groups of them it can feel quite intimidating so just bear that in mind hello okay London you look like Egyptian brother I have half Egyptian have a gift can have London yeah thank you it's a good tattoo Andrea thank you okay so you follow the roads around and now I'm coming up to the middle pyramid where I'm going to meet up with my guide not today my friend thank you as a wish thank you the guys in the camels will quite often come up to you and try and chat to you as you can see there is a very friendly approach and he tried to use some familiarities really all he's trying to do is get you to ride his camel but just be aware as he did at the end when he said take a picture of me if you do take a picture you're gonna have to pay him and if you want to go on a camera ride make sure to negotiate and agree return price I say return price because sometimes it can take you out into the desert and ask you to pay again to return so just bear that in mind America welcome England English English yeah I'm okay I was here yesterday thank you you too thank you and as I said at the start not everyone has a hustler at the pyramids some people are just trying to make a living like this guy was here as you can see a very friendly approach unlike the next chap unfortunately there are some sellers who have very different tactics to the last guy and you'll see this now foreign but as you know nothing is free in this world even if they say to you it's a gift keep it for good luck or whatever it's not free so just bear that in mind they will sometimes even come up and put things on your shoulder and just walk off so go back to them straight away if you don't want it something you should know is that this video is actually filmed on two different occasions with around six to seven months in between the visits but nothing really changes at the pyramids and before the final hustle I just want to say that not everyone in Egypt is bad don't take this as an example of what everyone is like the pyramids are extremely touristy unlike anywhere in the world where there's tourist attraction there's always these kind of people that hang around there I've experienced similar things at the Eiffel Tower and in Rome so I hope you enjoyed this video and you've learned a few things before going to Egypt and as I said at the start if you have a guide this won't really happen to you the last hustle again is another whistle Hustle but it's quite funny because if you watch the guy he's actually just waving around at nothing when he's blowing his whistle again to look like an authority okay [Music] like a dog was fine I was hoping that the whistle wouldn't happen to me again but there you go it just did so you see what I did there he saw me coming he gets up starts blowing his whistle and kind of randomly waving then it's kind of direct traffic or something pretend to be an authority and then he comes up to me goes oh you want to show you the temple

Channel: Sam Mayfair

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Length: 5min 56sec (356 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 01 2023