Most people are familiar with the timeshare concept, and it's getting harder and harder for timeshare companies to sell their units or points because travelers don't want to get stuck with limited vacation options and lifetime maintenance fees.
However, there's a new special offer in town that sucks in people with supposed big savings on hotels and vacation packages. You don't own a timeshare, and you're not locked into visiting a certain resort or paying a transfer fee to go to a different destination. "The essential to budget travel is to approach ahead. When it comes along to family trips, globetrotting, well-deserved trips and/or going to see new locations we have never been before, the fact of expense and budgeting is generally in the back of our heads. Organizing and expending our travel budget correctly is a consideration for most families. Lowering expending and fees, while still savoring your vacation to its fullest, is the key to certain success and fiscal liability. Your pocketbook and family will thank you! The reasoning regarding economizing money while traveling is simple: Even if your personal finances is incredibly small, you can still take a break and enjoy life! Simply put, life is just too short to never step out of the door or departing the homestead! Also keeping in mind that while traveling, regardless of whether on a funds or not, even the smallest of things can all add op to a large vacation or travel bill!..". Instead, you supposedly pay your money (often several thousands up front) to get unlimited access to the company's website and its "fantastic deals that aren't available anywhere else."
Unfortunately, it's usually easy to beat those deals through public bargain websites like Hotwire, Priceline, Expedia, and Orbitz. Peak dates and popular destinations never seem to be available. Worse yet, the membership website could disappear at any time, leaving you with nothing for the thousands of dollars you paid to the now non-existent company.
How do you avoid falling prey to these rip-offs? First, never agree to go to a travel presentation in exchange for a prize like a free cruise or trip or free airline tickets to any U.S. destination.
Dubious travel companies lure people in by getting them to enter contests, which voids their "do not call list" status, or by making illegal cold calls. They also send ambiguous postcards in the mail. They claim that you've been selected to receive a prize, and all you have to do is sit through a 90 minute "award presentation" that's really a high pressure sales pitch.
You might think, "But I won't fall for the hard sell. I'll go just to get my free trip." Alas, this freebie is worthless. It will come with so many restrictions that you'll never be able to get the promised trip or cruise, and "free" means all sorts of fees that you have to pay in advance.
If you're curious, put the company's telephone number in a database like 800notes.com. You'll usually get a list of horror stories.
The second way to avoid travel scams is never to make an impulse buy if you do end up going to a presentation. Bargain travel companies insist that you sign up immediately, before you have a chance to do any research. That's because you'll often find warnings all over the internet, and you'll see that their prices aren't cheap if you make comparisons on other websites.
Follow those two guidelines and you'll protect your hard-earned money. That membership fee is much better spent on paying for an actual vacation booking through a legitimate budget travel site.
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