Travel clubs do not work. They can't get you discounts on airfare or even motel. Not anymore than you can get on Kayak.com.
Travel Clubs are set up with two companies. Company A is the fulfillment company, they book the trips and motels and such. They find you deals on the internet, just like you can do. But they hope you trust them to save you big. They want someone who will call and tell them I want to go to Hawaii, they say no sweat we'll take care of it. Bam they look it up in the same places you do.
Company A just has a few employees. Not some huge company with 100's of agents working hard to save you money. To join Company A, the cost is around 250 dollars plus 200 to 300 a year. But to join Company A, you have to buy through Company B.
Company B is a sales organization, they have heavy hitter sales people. Company B pays the 250 dollars for you when you join. Company B sells their "membership" starting out at around 12,000 dollars. If you keep saying no, you could end up with a membership for 1000 dollars. Company B makes a boatload of money.
So after you join and discovered you paid thousands of dollars for a program that doesn't work, you get mad.
You call Company B. Company B tells you it's not their fault, your membership is with Company A.And it appears Company A lied to us (Company B) and we are really sorry. So you call Company A and complain. Company A says Company B lied to you, sorry but there's nothing we can do.
You hang up frustrated.
Company A calls Company B and talks about all the great sales they made that week. And Company A and B laughs and laughs.
email timesharetricks@gmail.com and we'll go after Company Aand B together.
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Sunshine Vacations Coming Under Heat From Unhappy Customers
COLUMBUS, Ohio --
Kenneth and Marva Green love being on the open road on their Honda GoldWing. She's a Columbus school teacher and they were looking forward to a summer of travel.
That's why they bought a ten-week vacation plan through Sunshine Vacations that offered resorts and hotels all over the country as long as it wasn't peak season. They paid half of the $4,000 fee and tried to use it.
"They said the peak seasons would be around Christmas holiday and Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July and that was it," said Marva Green.
The Greens understood that and planned their vacations around non-peak time periods.
"Whenever we call and suggest a date, it's peak season according to them. October is our anniversary, we wanted to take a week then they said, 'That's peak season.' We said what about after the holiday? We book something in February, oh that's peak season," said Green.
They also had the same experience when they tried to book in March or April.
The Internet is full of complaints against Sunshine Vacations, which changed its name to Sundance Vacations on June 1.
The Better Business Bureau of Columbus said it has received 31 complaints in the last three years and the Ohio Attorney General's office said it has received 13 complaints in the last two years.
The owner, David Wise, said he has met with the BBB and is determined to get to the bottom of the complaints. He also said that most of the complaints have to do with marketing issues. He also said thousands of clients have used Sunshine Vacations since its inception in 2002. He claims most people are happy with the company.
He also asked that NBC 4 contact the Greens and give them his personal phone number so he can get to the bottom of their complaints.
For additional information, stay with NBC 4 and refresh nbc4i.com.
To submit a story idea or news tip, e-mail Stories@nbc4i.com.
http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/jul/06/sunshine-vacations-coming-under-heat-unhappy-custo-ar-135605/?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt&rct=j&q=bowersock+sunshine+vacations&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CD0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.nbc4i.com%2Far%2F135605%2F&ei=UQiTT6aCMsWK6QGcx8m_BA&usg=AFQjCNGdxifjvZsHGdS4NpYow0w30DMLsQ&shorturl=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fh2peAc
Kenneth and Marva Green love being on the open road on their Honda GoldWing. She's a Columbus school teacher and they were looking forward to a summer of travel.
That's why they bought a ten-week vacation plan through Sunshine Vacations that offered resorts and hotels all over the country as long as it wasn't peak season. They paid half of the $4,000 fee and tried to use it.
"They said the peak seasons would be around Christmas holiday and Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July and that was it," said Marva Green.
The Greens understood that and planned their vacations around non-peak time periods.
"Whenever we call and suggest a date, it's peak season according to them. October is our anniversary, we wanted to take a week then they said, 'That's peak season.' We said what about after the holiday? We book something in February, oh that's peak season," said Green.
They also had the same experience when they tried to book in March or April.
The Internet is full of complaints against Sunshine Vacations, which changed its name to Sundance Vacations on June 1.
The Better Business Bureau of Columbus said it has received 31 complaints in the last three years and the Ohio Attorney General's office said it has received 13 complaints in the last two years.
The owner, David Wise, said he has met with the BBB and is determined to get to the bottom of the complaints. He also said that most of the complaints have to do with marketing issues. He also said thousands of clients have used Sunshine Vacations since its inception in 2002. He claims most people are happy with the company.
He also asked that NBC 4 contact the Greens and give them his personal phone number so he can get to the bottom of their complaints.
For additional information, stay with NBC 4 and refresh nbc4i.com.
To submit a story idea or news tip, e-mail Stories@nbc4i.com.
http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/jul/06/sunshine-vacations-coming-under-heat-unhappy-custo-ar-135605/?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt&rct=j&q=bowersock+sunshine+vacations&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CD0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.nbc4i.com%2Far%2F135605%2F&ei=UQiTT6aCMsWK6QGcx8m_BA&usg=AFQjCNGdxifjvZsHGdS4NpYow0w30DMLsQ&shorturl=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fh2peAc
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