IGLOBE TRAVEL, DIRECT MARKETING SOLUTIONS review: SCAM 64

Received the same letter stating because of my birthday I would receive 2 airfare. NO the letter did not say free, nor did the person on the phone when I called to drill the crap out of them. The letter tells you that you have to pay the taxes and fees. If you received a letter then take a recorder, they sale vacations based on the thought that the person who buys will actually use them 2-3 times a year. Just like everything you have to follow the rules. It is not for me, I didn't like it, but saying things like if I sign up immediately you can receive a $100 dining gift card. When you call, they don't ask you to sign, spend any money or commit to anything, so, Huh? Yes, scam comes up when you put in their name because of people claiming the FREE airafare is not FREE, when it was never promised to be FREE. I did the research(Asking Questions, not making claims based just on what I want to say) to find out how they knew who I was, and why mail to me. The answer was very generic "a database". So, I asked to speak to the manager and found out that they pay for Qualified names. To them they consider someone who makes $50, 000 a year and someone who has good credit, qualified and they will get both gifts mentioned if they come in for an hour sales pitch. The only way you would not get the gifts is if you don't come in to the office. The last thing is if you go in and you do like it and want to purchase something, use your credit card(not debit card), they will protect you in the event the company is not legit because it is a service they sale(you have to have a good credit cardAMEX, MC platinum, not Plaaatnem!, and not the pre-paid kind, let's be real, if you have a pre-paid credit card then it is you who has screwed people out of money and now you have bad credit and have to buy pre-paid credit cards because no one will give you one). One last thing, since they sale a service, their has to be a contract! If you purchase read the contract. If you read the contract and then say they lied to you after you leave then shame on you for not paying attention. Don't forget you just met these people, no matter how charming, pay attention. The owner and all of the employees of the company are in business to stay there. A sales person is trying to make money off of you, so, pay attention, the contract is their for your protection against human nature(path of least resistance, EX. yes you can, when no you can't, no one likes saying no for the fear of not getting the sale).

went to the same sales promo today...never expecting someone would expect you to spend $10K on a credit card plus $299 membership, $287 annual dues and then another $499 or $699 to take a week vacation... what a scam is right...nice sales presentation but do the math, how many weeks to you need to travel, stay in a resort /condo for a week to get the initial outlay to make this wothwhile.. way too much money to belong to a "club" ...

I just got the same offer in the mail (very official looking black & white envelope). I was told over the telephone that I should bring my driver license and a credit card as a second form of identification. I didn't like the sound of that. They wanted couples to attend a one hour presentation on either Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday at either 4pm, 6pm or 8pm. It didn't smell right with potential waste of time written all over it. Further, I just had an encounter with another group (called "Act") trying to get me to buy high-priced talent training for my child with the lure of potential Hollywood stardom after being screened with a scout, who is a relative of a well-known producer. I decided not to attend IGlobe's presentation but thanks for the postings.

if oyu do the proper research you will find there web site at www.vnivacations.com and we already planned our first vaction and recevied our airfare voucher after paying only the taxes very satisfied

Another address is 41 University Dr. Suite 400 Newtown, PA 18940.

The promotion reads:

US AIRLINES

But the real airline is US Airways...

Don't fall for this scam!

I received a letter today from IGlobeTravel 41 University Dr. STE 400 in Newtown, PA 18940 but noticed the postmark on the mail was from West Palm Beach, FL. I will not be calling the phone number but wanted to provide the most recent address used by this company. I have no direct contact with this organization but I can't help but believe this is a scam and hope others avoid it is as well!

I just called the 800# and a very nice woman tried to get me to bring my drivers license and a major credit card to the presentation for identification. When I told her I use my drivers license and passport for identification she said that they only accept a credit card as a secondary form of identification. She then went on to say that I could hold the card in my hand and cover up all the numbers while they looked at it because they only had to see my name. I then told her that if all she wanted was something with my name on it I could show her my social security card or my Government Photo ID. She then hung up on me.

Can you say SCAM.

IGLOBE is a scam..Don't fall for this! We unfortunately did. Thanks goodness we were able to at least get them to come down on their upfront fee to 1750; we at least can get 875 back...We'd rather give up 875 than 1724 + the annual fee of 287...Please don't sign up! We went to IGlobeTravel 41 University Dr. STE 400 in Newtown, PA 18940.

what exactly did the company do to ya'll. It sounds like you are bashing the company without even attending the 60min mandatory presentation (it says so at the back) Did they not give the $100 dining voucher as promised. Did they not give the airline vouchers (it says FLY A US AIRLINE not US AIRWAYS - read it) after you attended the 60min presentation

Just received the promotion for two roundtrip tickets from US Airlines, with the $100 gift card.
I was asked to attend a meeting about IGlobe in Newtown, PA this Tuesday at 4pm. It's tempting to go, but this seems too good to be true.
Any advice out there from anyone that actually went to the presentation!?
I think this is probably going to be a big waste of time?

Big question...Has anyone actually received free tickets?

IGlobe/Vacation Networks, Inc. NOT WORTH YOUR TIME...We just got back from an IGlobe presentation in Iselin, NJ. Nice rented office space, but anyone can rent office space and put up travel posters from the 1980s (and play island music on a TINY cd player, they probably spent 19.99 at Walmart). Just google Vacation Networks, Inc. and you'll get ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. The free airline tickets will cost you 75 bucks each for redeemable vouchers and people online say that the vouchers dont work. All in all, an hours worth of our time for a good laugh. Definitely a scam. I feel bad for the Indian couple behind us (who said their dream vacation was to go to India) who sounded like they were gonna fall for it.

I made an appointment for this Friday to go see their presentation in Newtown, PA. Looks like I wont be attending. Thank you everyone for their input on this. I thought it was too good to be true. I oughta go to the presentation and give them a hard time and make eveyone attending LEAVE! Also, they have two phone numbers associated with them: [protected] and [protected].

I did go to this presentation, hesitantly on May 16th. They were extremely disorganized and unprofessional. I wound up being there close to 2.5 hrs instead of 1 hr, as promised. At the end, they wanted 10K for a travel 'club' membership...no thanks. They mysteriously ran out of travel vouchers and I still have not received them in the mail, as they promised. I did receive a restaurant.com gift card, but only after calling a mysterious 706 area number that had called my work line and did not leave a msg (I recognized the area code from the initial calls trying to get me to attend). I spoke with a Bruce this morning from VNI (where my letter came from) and he said he would try to get it resolved, but explained that iGlobe is a sales agent for VNI.
Also, after the presentation, many people were worried about the legitimacy of the promotion, and we also found out that a couple talked iGlobe down to $1000 (from $10K?) - just sounds wierd and fishy to me. Also, everyone had a different form of 'invitiation' to this presentation. Anyway, if anyone is thinking of going, copy the letter that you receive, take notes, get names, business cards (if you can)...I just don't think this is very kosher and I'll be surprised if I actually get my travel vouchers.

I can see why people think they are offering a ticket on US Airways. The logo (a black and white US flag) in the promotion is virtually the same as US Airways. I am quite surprised that they have not initiated any action.

BTW, the return address that I received for iGlobe Travel is 33 Wood Avenue, Suite 400, Iselin, NJ 08830.

I always check a good deal offer on the web before calling the company. Fortunately, I came across website and got all of the information I need.

I went to the presentation on May 28, 2010. I didn't go for the plan. I don't know if it's good or not, but we don't vacation that often to consider it. The $100 dinner card can't be used at once. It is for restaurant.com. I plan to use it. I can use $25 of it, if I buy dinner for two and spend at least $35. My dinner for two can cost be as littler as $10 plus tax and tip. So it's not as good as you think, but not bad. I also received the plane trip for 2 voucher. I didn't do it cause they wouldn't charge it to a credit card.

Very negotiable on the price, if your very organized with your travel plans and take week long vacations you might realize savings AFTER the "program" is paid for. Not sure if the airline tickets are free, they want $75 per person for taxes, and promise to refund any additional. The dinner is restaurant.com, you can save up to 50%, +18%gratuity added before savings applied, for dine in only. Its not a free dinner, just a discount. The program charges $287 a year for tax, which increases every year based on the cost of living index or 8% whichever is greater, closer lied about this and said it didnt go up last year. Thank god I gave them a maxed debit card nothing down and have bad credit already.

ALL you on here dont understand that its a timely process to get your things back your to worried about complainning about were the letter came from and how much they want for vacations and blah blah blah. But the truth of the matter I went to the prentation and I know its a timely process to get my things back and I know I have to Pay my taxes and a processing fee.. but when people like ALL of you come on here and complian kinda makes people very sceptic. What if we googled your company that you work for or your favorite restraunt and even your cell phone provided I garentee we w0uld get the same out come of what we are getting on here. Because its a proven fact you CAN NOT please everybody.. This company I have no problem with what so ever.. Thank IGLOBE and sorry that there are such inconsidrate people in this world...

My husband and I were also scammed yesterday we went to iGlobe in Newtown, PA. We were taken for 5, ooo.oo to recieve this vacation package. On my way home I called to cancel, I was told I had to speak to John Akers, he never called me back. I am fighting them on this, I wish everyone the same luck.

LADY YOU ARE A CRACK HEAD BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR PROGRAM AND WE HAVE BEEN MEMBERS FOR MONTHS AND USED IT 3 TIMES AND MADE OUR PROGRAM WORK.

Received a very official looking mailer from this company informing me that I was "scheduled" to receive TWO ROUND-TRIP AIRFARES TO THE MAJOR CITY OF MY CHOICE..."

It told me to call [protected], So I did.

The first thing I asked, was which company this was. She informed me it was iglobe travel. She wanted to know the offer number I received so I told her a made-up number similar to the one in my mailer and was informed that I qualify!

Asked her what was involved in me receiving the offer and was told that I would need to come to one of their many locations and it would require 60 minutes of my time prior to receiving the tickets. Asked what the talk will be about and was told that they (iglobe) are a travel consultant company and that they would educate me on travel tips and how to save money. They would analyze my travel trends and consult with me on future trips. Was very clear in saying they were not a time-share.

I was then asked if I was married, single or dating. I answered married. Then asked was my combined household income below $50, 000. I answered YES. (Lie, and I suspect that these people target only high-income areas with these silly mailers). At that point, the "interview" was abruptly terminated and I was informed that she was very sorry but we did not qualify for the offer and did I know anyone who would do so? - they would be extended the same opportunity!

See:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-292-3454

I just got off the phone with 'US Airlines" AKA IGlobe. It was a bit of a pushy phone call. The representative even asked me to book a time to meet today because she gets money for setting up the appointment. I asked her if she would be my representative in Washington DC if I were to book...but she informed me she wasn't even in that City! I got a weird vibe from this company! I call SCAM!

The people that are commenting "POSITIVES" on this company are a joke! Come on we know you are the ones that are currently working there and you are the "Director" of the company posting these positives you would be a complete idiot to believe this bullcrap. You set up shop for a couple of months until we are on to you and then you close shop and go to a new area.

Ask Mr. Director to give you the HOME OFFICE address and phone number to a company that has been around for 15 years? You would think that they are stable. All I saw was a "Director" high on speed sweating and avoiding questions that were posed to him. How does one sleep at night? This could be your mother, father, wife, children that someone could be taking advantage of. Every dog has his day and at the end of the day you will answer to someone soon.

Don't get too comfortable because it will happen when you least expect it.

Listen I have to agree to all the negative feedback. If you’re good at sales which these people were... anyone will buy just about anything from good sales people. I'm sure you heard the old saying "He or she" is soo good he can sell anyone a bag of sh##?"

It’s up to you the consumer to be smart. I went to this IGlobe meeting the other night with my husband in the Iselin office and I have to agree I was entertained. Opening “Sales Pitch” was great – where would you like to go on your next vacation, followed by Power Point presentation showing a small room vs. a large suite and (for pennies) $499 to $599 a week, regardless of the amt of people? Sounds great right? A very smart ex-sales person. I also worked for people that did these types of meetings and I am ashamed that I had no clue that the people that I worked for were SCAMMERS. Those of you that work in places you may or may not have questions about why you can only do and say certain things and question why you are doing something that doesn’t make sense – you need to know that you work there and if it is a SCAM you will are also held accountable for scamming people. I had no idea of this until the FBI came barging in our office. I was young, naïve and never questioned why we opened an office in one location and shut down in another so quickly? This is how I entered into a “legit” sales industry.

But never the less, I chose not to buy from IGlobe. I wanted to do my research. I was told that I would see almost 100 bad comments. That was not what bothered me because there are a lot of unhappy people out there with different consumers for many reasons. What I wanted to do was research the company – which there is not one bit of information on the owner of the company, their mission statement- you know the normal stuff of which a company offers you as the consumer. Maybe a BBB seal? It’s interesting that’s all I have to say.

I think all of you out there - if you think it's too good to be true, it probably is. Be smart - don't spend major dollars on something you have not done research on. I can't say for sure that these people are scammers. But what I do know that we was promised two airline vouchers for free to travel anywhere within the US and a $100 gift card to a restaurant. The two airline vouchers cost $150 to activate. Which I was not going to risk paying a $150 to activate not knowing if it was legit, so in a nutshell these tickets are not free. The restaurant card did hold true. You go online and you can choose from a limited amount of restaurants from $25 to $100. Please read the fine print.

I asked for information on the company and they could not supply any – RED FLAG. But then again the SCAMMERS that I worked for had tons of literature so again. Just do your research. You wouldn’t buy a car without seeing it or driving it would you.

I asked for a copy of what we signed and the sales person (nice kid) said, “Sure”. However, it took him 8 minutes to make one copy of one piece of paper. Once we received the copy – I quickly noticed that he or someone removed the IGLOBE logo from the top of the page. Interesting….why would someone go to such lengths to do this? I will leave you up to answer that. So again – I can’t and won’t say for sure if it’s a SCAM nor do I care because I didn’t buy it. But for my friends out there and anyone else that is reading this – just be CAUTIOUS and don’t buy anything without doing the legwork.

In case you are not aware, restaurant.com regularly discount their "coupons" 80% - 90%. Check on slickdeal.net (not .com) and you will see them probably about once a month.

qwerty

okay, so here's the real deal.. and I know because I worked for the company for some time. iglobe is a private travel agency, and In exchange for your time and hopefully the opportunity to "sell" you into the vacation club, iGlobe pays several marketing companies to bring in qualified potential customers. This is why people are getting different letters.. they are from different marketing companies... and because iglobe must pay a substantial amount of money to these marketing companies to bring in "qualified" customers, they require that you bring your ID and a major credit card.. why the major credit card? because they want to make sure that if you were inclined to buy... you would have the means to buy.. and if not, they don't have to pay for the lead from the marketing company.. no scam, no conspiracy.. just simple business..

and as for as the airfare certifitate... yes, you must pay the taxes on the airfare...just as you would if you won a new car or a trip around the world.. common sense people..you always have to pay the taxes.. but still two round trip airline tickets to nearly anywhere in the continental US for 150 in taxes for an hour of your time.. not bad if you ask me.

as for the membership program.. it's really great for people who generally can't afford to t stay in really nice resorts.. AND are able to plan in advance.. if this is you, you will definitely benefit from beine a member of VNI... but if you areused to nothing but the best accommodations.. and have the money to book them on short notice.. then it's probably not for you.

iknowit,

I wouldn't mind paying the taxes on the tickets. But the fine print also talks about several hundred dollars in registration fees to redeem the tickets (I presume over and above the membership fee). So it turns out to be alot more than the $150. Are you aware of these fees?

Please forgive the salty language ... This is what my wife called a "Holy [censored] Moment!"

We got the call last night and after having sat through Timeshare presentations for legit and not legit timeshares (we bought one from Orange Lake in Kissimmee, FL, which is rated by all such agencies as one of the best in the USA; people from Europe flock to Orange Lake (they recently changed their name to something resembling Holiday Inns Timeshare, in honor of the originator, who was the person who brought us all Holiday Inns).

Their back fence is shared with Disney World's Animal Kingdom's Back Fence. There is, however, a serious buffer zone, so it takes a lot for a real dummy to get hurt by the Disney Animals. I suspect the ones you run into first are Disney Animatronics, so you get scared, but not hurt.

Back to Orange Lake - it is a top vacation spot in the Central Florida area, and people come over from Europe, because it's better than the French Disney, etc.

iGlobe seems to be borrowing their sales pitch from the Disney folks, but unfortunately, they cannot borrow their ambiance and their grounds from Disney or Orange Lake.

So. take the advice from whomever said SCAM-SCAM-SCAM, and run the other way. It is not worth even the hour, nor is the free $100 food voucher. Don't waste your time or money for gas to get to their presentation. Stay away and enjoy a quiet evening with your significant other. As the Monty Python people said in one of their routines, "Run Away! Run Away! Run Far Away!""

Cheers,
-a.

The fine print is what gets people screwed over and well, I've never been the "joining club" individual. Just based on their set-up and lack of decor they are probably renting the office space and a great deal of other things gave it away as well. The presentation for an hour wasn't the most humbling experience but from my understanding, it's all smoke and mirrors.

The key behind a good scam is to sell your merchandise but they key behind a great scam is to mass sale. These guys aren't upset with the people that they weren't able to sell to, they know for a fact that at least 60% - 75% are actually interested and 20% of that are potential closers.

How many people actually read the contracts? How many people actually really read the contracts? With the fine print on these contracts, they need maybe about a good 4 or 5 people to close every week in order to make decent income.

Unfortunately, as consumers we put up the money and we sign the contract, that way, we are the ones that get hurt and we have no one to blame but us. The law can't protect us from ourselves, unless of course we are suicidal.

If you really want to hurt their business, you should go after the fact you know it's a scam that way you can inform others and well really decrease their amount of closers and potential interestees would fade.

They are now located in Islein, NJ. I received a call from "Niteo Partners" with a telephone number of [protected]. THey started to tell me about their "free" gifts for me in exchange for word of mouth advertising...I quickly googled them while on the phone and asked the "sr. mgr" I was speaking to if they were affiliated wiht the same Iglobal travel in Pennsylvania and Morristown and he quickly hung up. Be aware, be very very aware...

I have received a letter from IGT, 33 Wood Ave. S, Suite 400, Iselin, NJ 08830 tel: [protected].

As everyone else has mentioned it is formatted in such a way that you think that it is from US Airways. Their fake boarding pass is very well formatted.

YES! big time SCAM! I have to pay a lot of money for this [censor]! I am budget traveler. They pushed us too hard as we were trying to leave the presentation.

These scammers are now cold-calling people in Katy, TX. I am on the do not call list, and I have been for years. He couldn't answer my questions on the phone and just wanted me to attend his "grand opening" occasion coming up, where they will be "giving away" travel opportunities. Do not be swayed by this "logger delight" user above, I think he is one of them trolling against those who know what's up. You will regret getting involved with these ppl. And they will sell your personal information to other spammers and scammers too.

Its borderline scam but unfortunately completely legal; they obviously have a good handle on the laws and have designed their operation to take advantage of virtually every nuance. They don't lie but they are good at providing info and providing it in such a way as to disguise or downplay the negatives. Basically, its a LOT of $$ upfront for an unknown verbal promise of service. They demand a same day decision to minimize your ability to research. Once you research, you realize all the products operate the same - a LOT of $$ upfront, much of it nonrefundable, and only then may you request service with no guaranteed results. The request procedures are usually so onerous as to frustrate one into giving up and FORFEITING the upfront payments. It could work for a very small minority - but for the vast, vast majority it will just be a $$ drain. And certainly don't attend for the "free" airline tickets they promote: to get them requires two separate nonrefundable upfront payments (to cover processing, fees & taxes) totaling over $150 (by cashier check or money order only, no less - to ensure you can't later withhold payment). And that's BEFORE you can even submit a travel date or destination, on which they may substitute alternatives!

My wife and I were also contacted by these scammers and we unfortunatly attended their presentation last Saturday in Iselin, NJ. I told the salesperson up front that I do not cut deals on the same day. They were very good and slick at their craft and worked on us for about an hour. The whole thing sounded so great and seamed to fit our future travel needs. I was tired of working the internet with travelosity, orbitz, and all the rest whiched all worked out to be the same. And if you haven't noticed, travel these days has gotten very expensive. So finally their last pitched was an extra weeks bonus due to me being in the miltary. Unfortunately we relented and put down $4, 200 on our credit card. When we returned home and started reading the fine print details my wife noticed the the free trip wasn't free and we could not use this on any national holidays, seven days prior or after one. During their full court press with the rookie salesperson and closer, they led us to believe that we could use this during this christmas. This was brought up multible times during our conversations. They did not return our phone calls so monday morning I will call my credit card company and dispute this charge and hope to cancel this. I have contacted my JAG office and will fight this with legal means and bad publicity.

Hi people, thank you for posting this info. I just got a letter from them saying same things. Obviously after having read you, I won't even call. Thank to the web also!

I was cold-called tonight with an offer to attend a "presentation" at a local hotel, basically previewing their services, stating they also had a local office in Round Rock, TX. The free gift for attending was described as 3 days, 4 nights at any Hilton/Marriott. I questioned the Senior Manager about what their service was, to which I was assured they were not a time-share (I didn't actually ask that, but hey, it helps to know what kind of scheme one is dealing with!), meanwhile I looked up the company online to find out it was a travel club. The person on the phone never came out and said what their business was, but when I mentioned that I did not have an income because I stayed at home with our 4 kids, and my husband worked, boy the conversation ended quickly and easily at that point. BEWARE!

Thank you to everyone who posted these reviews. This was the only place I could find info on IGT when I researched it. I got an offer from IGT in Round Rock, TX for a free airline ticket and $300 VISA Shopping Rebate. I called the company and got a very similar phone call to those already listed - the nice woman told me I had to bring my drivers license and a major credit card (she voluntarily told me that I could cover up the numbers for my security). She also voluntarily made it clear that they were NOT selling time shares. I felt like she was working too hard to make it seem legit, and it seemed too good to be true, but I thought, why not attend the presentation? I have no trouble saying no, and have no money to buy anything, so I figured a silly hour presentation would be worth a free plane ticket. But now that I've read these reviews and found out that the tickets will cost $150 to activate, it's definitely not worth it. If you watch travel sites closely, or are willing to fly airlines like Southwest, you can easily find a ticket for close to $150, with no hassles or scams. Thank you to all who have posted reviews - I appreciate the info and won't waste my time going to the presentation for the "free" except not really free tickets. And, I'll avoid being scammed!

This company is also in Houston TX on Hwy 6 off Memorial.

I love the "this is a good deal/company" emails are so poorly written. I guess IGlobal/VNI can't hire folks who can write or spell! I got my IGT notice and am glad I found this site.