Category "beggars"

How should I deal with beggars in India?

I have heard that it is unsafe to show money or help someone in India. Are there any rules I should respect in order to avoid getting into trouble? How should

Is it bad to give money to beggars in India?

What is the best policy to adopt with regards to beggars in India? Is it ok to give them money/food? If not, are there any charities to which

What's the deal with the "string people" in central Paris?

I've taken my fiancée to Paris twice - first for our 1st anniversary, and again for our 4th - and both times we had troubles with guys bothering us aroun

How do you deal with beggars? [duplicate]

Where I live, there are hardly any beggars. But wherever I travel (big cities, small cities -- really anywhere) I keep occasionally running in

Is there a way to prevent "looking like a tourist" in order to not be harassed?

Disclaimer - the title of this post is probably not the best On my way to visit family in Belarus and Poland, I had a long layover in Paris, so I decided to sp

Why do I see so few homeless people / beggars in cities in the Netherlands? [closed]

This summer I went on a trip to the Netherlands visiting cities of various sizes throughout the country from south east to north west. The mai

Will my New York-style panhandler-handling tactics get me in trouble elsewhere? [closed]

There are tons of panhandlers in New York (where I live). It's easy to shrug them off because New York is so busy they if they don't think the