Grand Star Tours
attraction — 353 Oasis Street
Trap score: 50/100 (orange)
Grand Star Tours is a Tours popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Mexico City
Reports (24)
- unsafe (severity 2/5) — 2026-04: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2026-03: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- overcharge (severity 3/5) — 2026-03: They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- taxi_meter (severity 1/5) — 2026-02: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- theft (severity 1/5) — 2026-01: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-12: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- theft (severity 2/5) — 2025-12: Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- harassment (severity 4/5) — 2025-10: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- theft (severity 2/5) — 2025-11: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2025-09: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5) — 2025-10: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- harassment (severity 2/5) — 2025-07: Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2025-06: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- fake_listing (severity 4/5) — 2025-06: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2025-05: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- theft (severity 5/5) — 2025-06: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- bait_switch (severity 5/5) — 2025-05: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- overcharge (severity 1/5) — 2024-12: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- harassment (severity 4/5) — 2025-02: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- fake_reviews (severity 2/5) — 2025-02: Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- other (severity 1/5) — 2024-12: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- other (severity 2/5) — 2024-11: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2024-08: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2024-05: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.