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CB Travel and Vacations Review of V. I. P. Travel Reservations, Inc.
V. I. P. Travel Reservations, Inc.

V. I. P. Travel Reservations, Inc. review: travel scam and bogus gift 85

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I can't understand how the law allows this kind of business to exist with the body of complaints that are out there. I just spent 90 minutes listening to some guy go on about how spending 9-10K+ for vacation membership was "putting money in my pocket". (He said that at least 5 times) I knew it was all a joke, just do the math -- you'd have to take 5 BIG trips a year to "break even". but when they try to get your guard down by asking what you do and then they say, "my wife is a nurse" that is all part of the reeling in. The want to make you vunerable, playing on your hopes, dreams, wishes and sense of guilt. "It cost me $500 for you to sit here..."

My 23 year old son and I, however, shut them up pretty good and left them to say nothing to us. First, the guy asks my son who probably looks more like an easier mark, "What are your travel plans? My son kind of smiles and replies, "Well, I have a different type of travel plans" The guy then asks my son what he
does, (me, to myself... this will be good, ha, ha) My son answers he's in the army to which I add, "Yeah, he enlisted when he was 17" And the guy says, "Me too!" (Sure, sure, buddy!) The guy is slick, "I was in the Marines" so I ask him, "Really? Did you go to Iraq the first time?" Now he's sweatin' "Well, no, I was on an island". My son rescues him and says, "Where, Barain? I was just in Jordan." and I look at the guy and say, "yeah, Do you have any five star hotels in Bagdad? Needless to say, we get jettisoned out to recieve our "free" plan tickets. Of course we got the same form all of you got and when you see "send
money order or chasiers check only" it automatically should raise suspicion. In retrospect, I should have known; there wasn't even a website on the promotional coupon I received in the mail (a good question to ask when they say, "Any questions?) I
could have saved myself the grief by googling this before I went but I did get to share a good chuckle with my son and we had quality time in the car.

In the end, YOU decide how you are going to spend your money and nobody else. There is no way you "save money" or have "extra money in your pocket" if at every turn, they are asking you to shell it out. It's a complete scam.

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David
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Aug 15, 2008 12:29 pm EDT

I think these people must have taken the course offered by the late W.C. Fields entitled, "There's A Sucker Born Every Minute." My wife and I were offered $100.00 in gas, airline tickets and a Marriott vacation package. Needless to say, there were significant strings attached to each portion of the "free gifts." We decided to check out each provider on-line and were not surprised to find out there were many problems with each of them. We got away without any loss of money but feel bad for those who were not so fortunate. Sure makes you wonder about the companies which were selling (in our case it was time shares in Virginia) something. If their "giveaways" are that shady, what does it say aboout their products?

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BL
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Jun 19, 2008 11:34 am EDT

Received card in mail with congratulations for my birthday next month with complimentary round trip tickets to any airport in the continental US. Call [protected]. Used old US Airways logo (instead of US Air). Card was usps Paid Permit #850 - Daytona Beach, FL.

Insert in card was fake boarding pass, with the following contact information on back:

Travel Provider:
Global Travel
1950 Old Gallows Rd
Tysons Corner VA 22182

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Ben D.
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Jun 08, 2008 8:15 am EDT

Same kind of scam as reported on other sites. Just Google [protected] or [protected]. Besides VIP, names used include Global Travel or something close. The one I got is at 1950 Old Gallows Road, Tysons Corner, VA 22182.

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Lori S.
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May 30, 2008 11:57 am EDT

My husband and I also sat through a "90 minute" presentation at Colonial Crossings in Williamsburg, Virginia with a man who was very personable and we basically went through the same thing. We even ended up buying, that is how good he was. Anyway, after thinking about this a little more, we realized we would basically be spending a lot of money in the long run because of maintence fees, etc. We ended up cancelling. We did get our so-called free gifts. There were so many rules to this and I thought I had followed them as best I could. I unfortunately did send a regular money order instead of a U.S. Postal money order. Because of that my offer was void. I am sure many people have done the same thing. I am so upset right now because of all the work into just trying to get that free gift, I could scream. We also got a supposed free rental car for the week. We had to give a 75.00 deposit, which is supposed to be returned. Well, after getting the reservation request form, we saw that we would have to pay an additional 99.00 for all the so-called insurances and taxes. This is the biggest rip-off I have ever seen. Nothing is free. You end up paying for certified mail, taxes, etc. I cannot believe they have places like this associated with a classy place like Colonial Williamsburg. They are truly criminals and it is just not fair.

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Ronald Wagner
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Apr 20, 2008 12:12 pm EDT

I agree 100%. These people should all be in jail with other criminals. Do not give these crooks any money... save yourself some grief and time... Stay away!