For some reason, in addition to the increase in nutcase mass shootings, there are more and more news stories of other drooling idiots. They creep and crouch around to sneak snarky foto snaps.

They target women in dresses in airports, aboard flights and in busy malls. If it happens to you or a companion, don’t endanger your safety by confronting or taking a photo of the offender. Immediately report the incident to security or police.

Hmmmm, so on a future visit to Scotland, should your travel4seniors.com editor be extra careful of where I point my camera?

It happens often to wandering seniors. Your cruise sails tomorrow, but you’ve hit port a day early and need a place to sleep. Or you’ve arrived for your daughter’s family reunion, but all beds and sofas in the house are already full of relatives. You ponder: a hotel room will help me make it thru the night.

The answer is to go thru websites advertising last-minute hotel room availability in the area at a fair price. One is HotelTonight.com, offering choices of everything from shared hostel rooms to top-floor resort suites.

With the ever-increasing sophistication of computers, it’s now easier for crooks to imitate legitimate travel-related websites to raid individual credit cards and bank accounts .

When booking your trip with travel agencies, airlines, cruise lines, hotels and other travel websites, be absolutely sure you’re dealing with the real sources. Further, it makes good financial safety sense to totally ignore all unsolicited travel-related phone calls and online pitches. www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2019/08/05/fake-travel-sites-scam-consumers

Changi Airport in Singapore is considered one of the world’s most beautiful,  and an interesting place to wander. However, if you must be there for more than six hours, consider visiting the sparkling city.

The no-cost tour includes city sights, such as Chinatown, Little India, Marina Bay Financial Center and the Singapore Flyer Ferris Wheel. When your expected or unexpected schedule may require that long airport waiting time for connecting flights, check out Singapore tour details on changairport.com