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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

Ghost booking: The tactic travellers are using to ease US border control fears

A ‘ghost booking’ is when a traveller makes a reservation for a hotel room with no intention of showing up - (Getty Images)

Travellers are using a new tactic to ease anxiety at US border control – “ghost booking” – after a series of arrests for alleged visa violations, including insufficient proof of accommodation.

On 18 March, two German teenagers were denied entry to Hawaii and detained by border officers who called their trip “suspicious”.

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