Traveltogo / Travel to go / Travel2go Scam
VIP Plus
Vacation Scam
Sky Travel Scam
These items represent our
attempts to use the vacation package we purchased thru Travel to Go.
Subsequent actions are
detailed in the followup at the bottom of this page
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Traveltogo VIP Plus Scams
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Reality – results of our actual inquiries
for real trips
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Traveltogo promised More condos, etc than RCI
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Doesn’t even have what RCI
currently does
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Traveltogo promised Up to 75% off wide inventory
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Extremely limited, and mostly off
season or unpopular areas [eg, Gulf coast after the
oil spill]
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Traveltogo promised Colorado ski condos
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had only ones that RCI almost always has on excess inventory.
A request has been unanswered since Nov 2009.
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Traveltogo promised Oregon Coast condos
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Only 2 cities listed and with same
condos as rci
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Traveltogo promised Europe
tours for 7 -10 days for cost of airfare
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None actually available
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Traveltogo promised 2 for 1 air fares
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almost impossible to actually use
- Have to give 2 possible dates 45 days apart – how can we plan with such a
huge difference in dates?
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Traveltogo promised $300 merchandise savings
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really a 10% rebate after going
thru elaborate process - Took almost a moth to get
us the info, then it arrived with a 5 day signup period when they knew we
were on a 6 wk vacation [NOT booked thru Traveltogo
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Traveltogo promised 40-50% savings on international airfares
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They can’t even MATCH what we find
easily online
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We got airfrance to geneva for $780 [Feb
2010] they quoted $850
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We got round
trip to delhi
for $1200 [ Nov 2009]– their quote over
$1300o
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Traveltogo promised Hot weeks of excess inventory for low prices and
specifically unavailable from RCI
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consist primarily of excess inventory at
Branson,
Orlando, and other overpopulated resorts.
On 12/29/09 – only 1 listed, rci at that time
had 533 resorts,
5900 units in their excess inventory
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Traveltogo promised specialty in cruises and tours.
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Train
tours across US or Canada – nothing offered
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Danube
river cruise – came back with a more expensive tour, again Travel to go cou;dn’t
match what we found online.
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At presentation, were told that
there were no complaints with BBB or state consumer protection agencies against
Traveltogo
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– in fact there are dozens in a
simple search “travel to go scam” on google
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In fact
they are NOT accredited w BBB and web searches revealed San Diego had
kicked them out for bad business practices
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In fact
there HAD been 54 complaints in the last 36 months,
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12/29/2009
San Diego BBB says Travel to GO’s business license Attorney
General/Seller of Travel Program would expire 8/20/2009
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Presenters spoke of travel 2 go as
THEIR company
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Once we bought a package, Travel to go
disclaimed anything the presenters said, The
presenters had never made the point that they were
‘simply’ a distributor for travel 2 go.
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Distributor substantially
misrepresented the actual company travel 2 go – t2g was described as the unit
that sold to consolidators and other tour agents and that members would have
access to inventory before consolidators and tour
operators. In fact, we cant even get reasonable access to
what those operators have
To
summarize their deal: Vacation Professionals (a.k.a. Travel To Go, VIP Travel
Reservations, or Sky Travel -- that's another thing, what IS their name?) will
sell you vacation packages at "wholesale prices" cutting out a
consolidator and a retail agency if you join the club for a fee and pay an annual
membership price.
rather than the
comprehensive travel agency that was described, it appears to be a discount
center for last minute excess inventory with little choice for the consumer
Other
complaints of Traveltogo Vacation Scams
Options we’re
pursuing: :
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Wa state attorney gen
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1.800.551.4636 (in Washington only)
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Ca state attorney gen – violation of seller of travel laws
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BBB complaint
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Small claims
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Credit card chargeback
Excerpts from another
report “The 3 free vacations I was promised, and the Bahamas cruise just to get
me there, all turned out to be virtually worthless, involved incredibly
restrictive availability, all kinds of hidden fees and extra charges, and were
basically just pieces of scrap paper when all is said and done…
I did research and found the deep cruise discounts are a LIE, at least on the cruises I would want to go on.
Maybe there is some good discount somewhere, but I found comparable prices on
Travelocity and other websites.
I don't know about the supposed 5-star condos; another user of Ripoffreport.com
complained that they were a lie too, with rundown older properties not the
deluxe beachfront condos promised. I wasn't really interested in condos so
cannot tell you myself. But the cruises and slippery promises and lies about
their other "member benefits" really had me worried.
Further research proved that most of their so-called deep discounts were either
available elsewhere with no membership fees, or were only available at the very
last minute when you would have to pay a fortune in airfare to get there. In
other words, the whole thing was an expensive scam….
So I filed complaints with the Attorney General and BBB in CA and RI and some
other agencies. After much effort, time, and research, plus a hard fought
battle with my credit card co, I have received my $$$ back in full from Travel
To Go. Whew.
Followup
- our further attempts