The travel industry seems transparent these days—real people will give you the scoop on your hotel on TripAdvisor, you can compare fares yourself with flight-search websites, and it's pretty much impossible for a terrible tour provider to hide its reputation on the Internet. But there are still a few tricks of the trade that travel insiders and providers don't want to share. Here are seven little secrets you're not supposed to know about.

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