Have you ever thought about vacationing in Orlando, Florida? Maybe you’ve thought about renting a vacation home someplace. Why not rent a vacation home in Orlando? The weather is always great year round and theyve got some great attractions as well.

If you’re interested in Orlando vacation home rental, check out www.MoreMouse.com. You can book your vacation home right through their website. A vacation home gives a unique experience as apposed to just staying at a hotel. It feels like youre at home away from home.

A few days ago I mentioned that we are planning to go down to Orlando, Florida sometime this summer to visit my girlfriends family. The original plan was to get Universal Studios tickets, but I think I might have changed my mind after looking at some of the Disney World packages available. I’ve actually never been to Disney World and have really wanted to go every since I was a young child.

I came across a website that offers some very reasonable prices on packages, from 2 days, 3 days, up to 7 day packages, or you can even customize your package for even more days if thats what youre looking for. The website is called OrlandoVacation.com, but they don’t just offer Disney World packages, they have a variety of other attractions such as top rated golf courses as well.

This vacation is looking more promising everyday.

A few months ago I received a call from Discover, they said there was some suspicious activity on my account. They Proceeded to list the most recent charges so that I could verify whether a charge was fraudulent or legitimate. There was several miscellaneous charges, such as two $30.00 gas charges within a 10 minute time period, and many other fraudulent small charges that added up to alot of money. One of the biggest charges was in Orlando, Florida. I have never in my life been to Orlando, much less used my credit card there. This leads me to beleive that my card was copied or reproduced and sold. I got that card cancelled, got a new account number and a new card.

Shortly after that, I transfered the balance from Discover over to my Visa card and stopped using my Discover card. Well, guess what? It happened again. I got a call today from Visa saying they found what appeared to be abnormal use and they went over the most recent charges with me, much like when it happened with Discover. This time, the biggest charge was $2,350. Yes, I will repeat that. The biggest charge was for two thousand, three hundred and fifty dollars.

When it happened with Discover, I made a point of keeping the list of charges handy, in case it ever happened again, and It’s a good thing I did. After comparing the most recent charges on both cards leading up to the fraudulent use, the common factor between the two seemed to be Wendys fast food drive thru.

A few days before the incident with my Discover card, I had been to Wendys and paid at the drive thru using the card. I noticed the same thing on my Visa, Wendys drive thru, followed by the fraudulent charges within about a week. I try and always make a point of not letting my credit cards leave my sight. But I could not avoid this at the Wendys drive thru.

I beleive someone working at my local Wendys is writing down credit card information or copying the strip, reproducing and selling them. I especially beleive this after speaking with Visa. They informed me that there have been numerous acts of credit card fraud originating from fast food drive thru charges.

Some of you may have noticed that a few fast food places now have a device that allows you to swipe your card right at the window rather than handing them the card. This is due to all of the credit card fraud originating at fast food drive thru’s.

When you hand your credit card to someone at a drive thru window, you are essentially trusting your credit card with a complete stranger. You wouldnt let someone take your credit card and walk away with it for as little as 30 seconds anyplace else, so why should it be tolerated at a drive thru? Do yourself a favor and refrain from using your credit card at fast food drive thru’s that still don’t use the window swiping machine. If you want it bad enough, walk inside to order and swipe your card. It’s worth it, trust me.

I didn’t think this could happen to me, and it has happened twice within a few months, on two different cards. Getting all of this straightened out is becoming a real headache. I have subscriptions and other things that automatically get charged to my credit card every month, such as the hosting for this website. Now I have to contact every place, explain what happened and give them my new updated credit card information.

Credit card fraud is very real and it happens everyday. Learn from my mistake and dont let it happen to you.

My girlfriend wants me to buy some Discount Universal Studios Tickets so we can fly down to Orlando, Florida this summer to see her family and go to see some of the major attractions.

I think im going to go ahead and purchase the tickets since I found them at a discount rate on OrlandoFunTickets.com. They also have deals on tickets for other attractions like Walt Disney World, SeaWorld and others, so we might have a nice little vacation this summer!

I just hope that she doesnt expect me to buy tickets for her whole family. That will probably be my luck. Come Christmas time when she doesnt have any presents under the tree, I’ll just have to remind her about our vacation.