Booking a summer trip? Here's what you're giving scammers

You found the flight, booked a hotel, and gave them your name, passport details and everything else they asked for. At this point, most of us close the laptop and start counting down the days.

But nobody warns you that the moment you hit "confirm," your trip stops being only yours. Just this spring, hundreds of thousands of travelers learned the hard way what happens when the personal details you share with those companies get out (and how easily they get out).

Some got a scam text...