Yukon Motorhome Rental Offer Could be Scam

A web site that promises great deals--including motorhome rentals--for Yukon visitors is being investigated by Canadian RCMP officials as a possible fraud operation. Operators of yukonvacation.com are said to be advertising all sorts of come-ons for travel packages without the consent of the legitimate companies who--without their consent--are listed on the website.

According to a story on cbcnews.ca, the outfit has outraged dozens of legitimate tourism outfits who say they've never heard of the internet company, nor made any agreements to work with them. What's worrisome about the site is that a "reservation form" fill-out on the site asks for personal information, including credit card numbers. However, elsewhere on the site a disclaimer indicates the form is "not a reservation confirmation or a reservation document."

The site's web page advertising motorhome rentals has the 'look and feel' of a legitimate RV rental firm's site. The company here is "Whitehorse Motorhome/Camper Rental" complete with quoted rates and photos. However, a search of operators in the area doesn't raise any firm by that name.

While the RCMP has managed to track down a post office box address in Washington state associated with the firm, but no direct contact has yet been made.

Canadian Cat Kato Creates Chaos With RVing Couple

Imagine the life of Dick and Diane Forde of Kamloops, B.C. The Forde's adult son has been seriously ill, and after he began a recovery, he finally convinced his parents who had been caring for him to take a break. So the Fordes loaded up their rig and headed south to Palm Springs for some of that coveted winter sunshine.

On the return home, they needed some hitch repair done to their coach, so they availed themselves of a shop in Yucca Valley, not too far north of Palm Springs. It was after the couple had crossed into Canada when 'the light came on.' Their furry friend Kato, a Himalayan cat, was missing in action. Visions of a coyote with a big grin and bits of white Himalyan fur around his chops were just too much for the Fordes to bear.

But Kato, it seems, had other plans. Sometime during the stopover in Yucca Valley, Kato had evidently decided to do a little exploring and wound up snoozing in one of the shop employee's cars. When Dick and Diane thought about their route, they called the shop, and sure enough, found that Kato had taken up temporary residence as a muffler shop mascot.

It wasn't long after the call that the Fordes were crossing the international border again, headed back to Yucca Valley. Shop owner Dave Totten told the High Desert Star newspaper, “My wife [Odetta] is a total animal lover. She wasn’t going to let anything happen to that cat or any animal.”