http://www.expertcruiser.com/advice/when-complimentary-doesnt-mean-free/ Where savvy cruisers search Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.expertcruiser.com/advice/when-complimentary-doesnt-mean-free/#comment-1583 ted platt Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:47:26 +0000 http://www.expertcruiser.com/advice/when-complimentary-doesnt-mean-free/#comment-1583 I too was seduced by the lure of 50% off on travel. Aruba, Venice ect... I found the presentation interesting, slick and was told to save questions till after the video portion, we were never given the opportunity to ask those questions, but were,instead wisked away to another room to meet with OUR travel consultant "Tony". The one time fee of $8995.00, plus $399.00 administration fees, plus a yearly $199.00 fee for dues. What A DEAL! I told Tony (was never given his last name despite asking for it ). In fact no one had name tags, no Company names were shown to me or my wife during the more than 90 minutes we were there, on paper work or elsewhere while we were there.Tony seemed not to know much about the Company he worked for other than he worked for them 1 1/2 months. I questioned him about Company ownership, consumer satisifaction ratings,and Dunn and Bradstreet ratings, other small items, like talking with Travel to Go members, AT this point "Clarissa" was summoned to assist him. The prices started to fall when Clarissa, no name tag either, first several thousand $ finally ending at $2995 . At this point I told them that I was interested but I had to do my investigation of the Company before I signed or $ changed hands. I was then told the DEALS that we were just told about would not be available any longer. We then wisked away to yet another un named individual who gave us "vouchers" to use for car rental they required a up front fee of $75.oo to activiate, and another voucher for airline tickets most likely, worthless also. I too was seduced by the lure of 50% off on travel. Aruba, Venice ect… I found the presentation interesting, slick and was told to save questions till after the video portion, we were never given the opportunity to ask those questions, but were,instead wisked away to another room to meet with OUR travel consultant “Tony”. The one time fee of $8995.00, plus $399.00 administration fees, plus a yearly $199.00 fee for dues. What A DEAL! I told Tony (was never given his last name despite asking for it ). In fact no one had name tags, no Company names were shown to me or my wife during the more than 90 minutes we were there, on paper work or elsewhere while we were there.Tony seemed not to know much about the Company he worked for other than he worked for them 1 1/2 months. I questioned him about Company ownership, consumer satisifaction ratings,and Dunn and Bradstreet ratings, other small items, like talking with Travel to Go members, AT this point “Clarissa” was summoned to assist him. The prices started to fall when Clarissa, no name tag either, first several thousand $ finally ending at $2995 . At this point I told them that I was interested but I had to do my investigation of the Company before I signed or $ changed hands. I was then told the DEALS that we were just told about would not be available any longer. We then wisked away to yet another un named individual who gave us “vouchers” to use for car rental they required a up front fee of $75.oo to activiate, and another voucher for airline tickets most likely, worthless also.

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