Southern California couple charged nearly $30,000 for Uber ride while on vacation

It was supposed to be a romantic vacation of a lifetime to renew their vows, but one Riverside couple was left trapped in a real-life nightmare.

Douglas Ordonez and Dominique Adams were excited to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary in Guatemala, but an Uber charge for nearly $30,000 left them without money while stranded in a foreign country. 

"I took an Uber, everything was fine,” Adams recalled. “It was like a 30-minute ride. I didn't think twice about it.”

As soon as she arrived at the airport in Costa Rica, her husband called her saying his credit card got declined while he was trying to purchase a cup of coffee. It turned out, that 30-minute ride ended up costing nearly $30,000.

KTLA's John Fenoglio reports on July 15, 2023.

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