Global Vacation Network
Reviews and Complaints

AmariD

My name is Eric Stout. I am the Operations Manager for Global Connections. Global Vacation Network is an authorized distributor, they are a completely separate company from Mexico Paradise Getaway. You can contact me directly and I would be happy to help you get in touch with the necessary people to get assistance. My direct phone number is [protected].

Eric Stout
Operations Manager
Global Connections

The same thing happened to me. I sent a total of $400 for the Mexico Paradise Getaway in which they told me the refund was on the way and I have yet to receive anthing. This was very disappointing, because my husbnd and I were celebrating our 10 year anniversary. I talked to some lady who stated she was in Perto Rico working for this company and she stated she was trying to find me cheap airefare at one point. We ended up paying for our trip ourselves.

Azita

Thank you for your recent posts. The promotions that you mention are provided by marketing companies. I would be happy to put you in touch with a representative that would be able to answer any questions that you have about the promotions you received for attending the presentation. Of course if you have any other questions about the about our travel membership, I would be more than happy to answer them. My phone number is [protected].

Eric Stout
Operations Manager
Global Connections, Inc

my husband and i attended the seminar and we both looked at each other and said, another time share basically. we asked before we went if this was a time share, they said no. even the man that did the seminar said it was not a time share. well, ok so it is renting condos, not knowing where they are how many and who knows if you can get one when you want to go. then the best was, as we turn them down for the forth time, they reduce the price from 9900 to the lowest at 695 with a deposit of only 50.00.. hmmmm funny how it went from just about 10, 000 to 695.00 something is telling me they are desperate. To spend all that money and will still have fee's like plane fare and car and doing your own laundry and making your own beds, please what kind of vacation is that... sorry global, i am a mother of 3 girls and a 90 pound dog, you did not get our sale. A vacation is getting away from the everyday duties. Why would you think otherwise... We have found flights hotel and car for cheaper than what you are offering and on top of that I get pampered and do not have to clean up every single day on vacation...

This company says they offer 4 and 5 star properties and significantly reduced prices, but it's bull. Their properties are 2 and 3 star. Don't believe the hype and please don't join this program.

My husband and I received a letter offering us two free airline tickets if we called a number and then attended a 90 minute presentation. I called our local BBB in Grand Rapids, Mi and they told me that the rating was C+ but there was a lack of transparency. They also said that there were 126 complaints in the past 3 years but all were resolved. They gave me the phone number to Global's office in Clearwater Florida. I called and found out that this was there payroll office.
The payroll office gave me a number to another office in Kansas which I called and they gave me the number to the local GR Global Vacation Network office. I called, left a message and did receive a call back from a lady who addressed all of my concerns that this was a scam and that we did not have to buy ANYTHING to get the free airline tickets. She also told us that we would receive a call offering us a free 2 night hotel stay.
We attended the meeting which was so cheesy that scammy that I felt that I needed a shower once I left their office. A young lady did a very peppy presentation with some slides and showing their A+ BBB rating. (BBB has said it was a C+). Once this was over, they opened the doors into a large brightly lit room where each couple was met by a salesgirl and shown to a table. She started her presentation and we were honest with her in saying that we did not want to join the membership since we had a vacation home and did not travel anywhere except to see our children and grandchildren. She called over a very cocky guy (ADAM) who was incredibly hoaky and inappropriate in his behavior. When he mentioned staying at a hotel where our kids live rather than staying with our children, I said that since we did not see my son very often that I liked being near him during the entire trip. ADAM responded with: WOW what do you do, share a bunkbed with him? When we both looked at him with disgust he came back with, Hey we are all adults here, right? When I told him that the young lady was doing a great job, he responded (right in front of her), "how can I tell her she is doing a good job if she is not able to sell this product to you?

I WAS STUNNED and replied that he wasn't a good job either since he was not doing any better than the young girl except he was exceptionally rude and obnoxious. I felt terrible for the young lady. Adam was the hoakiest, rudest, most inappropirate salesperson I have ever dealt with. Finally we were given a yellow paper that we were told to send to an address listed on the paper. Once we do this, we will receive 2 free airline vouchers which can be transferred to anyone over 21. Needless to say, after the terribly scammy meeting and reading the various complaints on this site, I am reluctant to send in the yellow paper for free that this whole this will just be a waste of time. Should I return the yellow paper or not? Please advise.

Hi,

My name is Jason Rzucidlo and I am the Owner & Web Designer of AmericaJR.com. I received lots of complaints about the Global Vacation Network so I decided to do some investigating. I encourage you read and comment on these articles before attending a GVN sales presentation:

http://americajr.com/news/globalvacationnetwork0314.html (You can also view all of the documents you will be required to sign in a PDF file)

http://americajr.com/news/globalvacationscandal.html

Many of the GVN offices will show you a phony BBB rating that is not their true rating. Always check BBB ratings at www.bbb.org.

Secondly, GVN is offering huge prizes like Lincoln Navigators that are impossible to win. They are only giving away 1 and your chances to win it are 1 in a million. So if they told you that you won one, you probably didn't.

Good luck in your travels.

Jason

I was contacted this last spring with offer to sell my Timeshare. I sent 2,000+$s and was told a couple was interested. They would use my time share (for which I would be reimbursed). They use 750 points (1 1/2 years of use. To date I have not received a penny and the company (Global Vacations) rep will not answer or reply to my calls

My husband and I joined at a seminar at my daughters house 6 years ago. Her family did global for 2 years and enjoyed it. They only traveled off season though. No dates available during spring break or around holidays or near a beach. We were told by rep who was owner's son it would be no problem as they had hundreds of resorts. It was a good deal the time. We had just retired and wanted our vacation on the beach. The first trip we couldn't book anywhere near being on the beach. We walked one mile which was no problem but had a very small beach on the bay. The accommodations were nice Overall it was a nice trip. Second vacation was surprisingly easy to book The date we wanted but they were very vague about being on or near the beach. We just wanted to park at our resort and walk to beach. We got there and it was a nightmare. First it was Black bikers week and thousands of motorcycles blocked gas stations and took us hour to go one mile. All restaurants were packed and couldn't get in to eat anytime of day. So we got lunch meat and items at store. The hotel was on a National deeper inland we had a 5 mile drive to beach with no place to park. Our room was horrible. Urine on bed and walls! No mistress cover on nasty mattress. Smelled of mildew. On opening refrigerator which was turned off I found source of mold and mildew. The drawers had dust and dead insects in corners. The furniture was very ratty and thin with holes in couch. I went down and spoke to girl at desk who apologized but they had o other rooms available since it was memorial day. No housekeeper on duty since there way no check outs. I took pictures of all the above and called global where I was given the UN around. Finally after many los the owner of the hotel was at his other hotel on the beach but no rooms here. I was in tears. 16 hours away from home. I never expected deluxe but dirty and thought? Finally global found a condo on a gulf course several minutes from beach. We checked in 4 hours later at 1 am. The next day it took two hours to get to beach. No food since 4pm the day before restaurants still packed gas stations still crowded. By that time we gave up and called global again hoping to find a place in another town and were told none available but the bikers week would be over soon. So they knew what it was like on bikers week.I guess we should have told m we weren't bikers when we scheduled vacation. I sent pictures to corporate and the hotel manager verified everything about accommodations were true. We did not get any compensation or discount on trip. Bad. Now 6 years later we are no longer able to travel due to medical reasons heart surgeries etc and we can't stop our membership. Have no money for vacations and we still have to pay and keep our membership because we have no other children to pass it on too. They keep racking up my fees. What an old couple to do?

COMMUTER FRAUD! Is there any recompense? This is going into the third year (2014) since my purchase and to date, I have NOT been able to use this promised GREAT service that I paid for with my hard earned money. This is such a heart wrenching experience.

We experienced the same thing. My husband and I went to the presentation, we were promised a week long trip, all inclusive, including airfare. We filled out the papers, sent in the money, etc., etc., they asked for one thing after another. One of the steps, we were to pick three options, we did, but apparently the fine print said they you have to pick weeks that start on a Monday, only one of our three options started on a Monday. So they cancelled the whole deal. No second chances. We did our part, attending the presentation, they bailed on their part. They then sent us a consolation certificate, pay your own airfare, but supposedly paid. We went on line to pick it, you have to pay. What a scam!

I'm curious how many of you would be willing to be part of a class-action lawsuit against them? I'm an attorney and I would strongly consider filing it, if enough of you are interested in being plaintiffs with my husband and me. It's not my normal area of law, but I'm sure I could figure it out. Any one else inclined to actually file something for breach of contract?

If for any reason you need assistance with an incentive or your membership, please contact me directly at gvnterryd@gmail.com and we WILL FIX IT immediately!

Do not trust anyone that calls you claiming to be from Global Vacations. I just received a phone call informing me that I won a contest that I filled out. When I asked which location I filled out the survey, they phone operator simply said "we can't track which location you filled it out at". How is that even possible? Shouldn't a huge business be keeping track of where their candidates fill out applications for free vacations? But I decided to play along a little longer and wait to hear my destination options. When I chose the 2 night stay in a hotel, he said thank you and that another rep would be calling me in a few minutes. When I got the next phone call, the guy started asking me how much money I made, my age, and whether or not I was single or married. I'm 22 and explained to him I wasn't married, at which point he said they like to send people on vacations that share a relationship. While I'm on the phone with this guy, I decide to pull up some reviews for his agency. I instantly start seeing 1 star on every review and people warning each other to not give these people any personal information. After reading all this, I obviously brought it to the man's attention at which point he became very agressive and accusing. He said "you can believe everything people put on the Internet!" And I said back "well there's a lot of reviews here and they're all saying is that you guys are a scam". In which he LITERALLY says back to me "wow you are much more clever than your age reveals. But what if I took YOUR regional information and put it on the internet? People would form their own reviews of you too!" At this point I was absolutely appalled that someone that claims to work for a distinguished business would even THREATEN to put my personal information for the world to see, so I started to get more aggressive and said you're going to put my personal info on the Internet? And you're trying to get me to buy something from you idiots? I'm not a dumb ### and I wasn't born yesterday. After hearing that the man yelled back "you obviously aren't going to understand what I'm talking about" and hung up. At least I got him to stop bothering me.
Bottom line:
Do your research, and call them out on being shady. They get uncomfortable and will be sure to never bother you again.

Does anyone have any experience with winning a vacation through time out?

Attended the 90 minute presentation last night in Tinley Park Illinois. The meeting started off by everyone telling about their last vacation and how they planned it out. The presenter was friendly and spoke about the benefits of Global including a buying club which is how the company got started. Well after about an hour of the presentation we were greeted by another rep for an individual meeting, at this point we were interested but the only costs the original person told us about was the $389 annual dues and the $179/week cost of a 7 day stay at any of their properties. When we sat down the rep told us about different plans starting at $12, 900 for the deluxe plan and $9.900 for the standard plan. We talked for quite awhile but what we found puzzling was everything they presented was only scribbled down on a piece of paper and nothing was printed out on their letterhead for us to study. Well moving ahead about 45 minutes the manager came by and told us because we were over 50 years old the $9900 price would be reduced to $4900 if we signed up. I told them we needed some time to think about such a large purchase and that's when their demeanor changed, it was a now or never offer. I would never in a million years be pressured by such an offer and when someone starts off at a $12, 900 price and telling you what a great value it is and if you don't "bite" they just keep reducing the price, it has scam written all over it. If it is that great of a deal then why the high pressure and why isn't anything written down. I guess you would have to take their word for all of their claims and what's the old saying, "How do you know a salesman is lying to you? When you see his lips moving!" If it is such a good opportunity why would they have to resort to such high pressure selling techniques?

First of all I'm not an employee for Global, not related to anyone who works there, not getting kickbacks in any way! Now that I have said that let me tell you about my experience with Global. My husband and I were referred to a presentation and like everyone else we played the numbers game. We got our membership down to a very reasonable rate that we could live with if we only used it a couple of times we figured it would have paid for itself. We purchased about 10 years ago and have traveled all over the US as well as Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Our latest trip was over Christmas this year to a two bedroom condo in Florida that was perfect! If you are looking for 5 star accommodations then this isn't for you but if you can handle 3-4 stars then you won't be disappointed. What I love about the membership is that if you don't use it you don't have to pay a yearly fee. This is completely true... I lost my high paying job and it took me about 5 years to land back in a position to be able to travel again and we didn't use or membership but when we were able to start back up it was right there now penalties for not using just went on line and filled out a request and we were back traveling! You have to plan ahead to get the locations and time that you want. Don't expect miracles if you want to travel during peak times unless you plan ahead! I would also look into booking transportation on your own if you don't like the prices their travel agents come up with! Regarding the freebies... yes you get what they offer just keep in mind it's free and it is usually not the best but if you want to just get away take advantage of it. We used the last freebie for the airfare and just stayed one night in the place they put us up in and then paid to stay in a 5 star resort as a slurge for us! So, free yes but you get what you get some places are better than others! What I can say is that you won't get this kind of deal anywhere else. We have had other timeshares and the best value that we keep coming back to is Global! So, get the price down to something you feel is fair and that you think you could recoup within a few vacations and take the leap you really won't regret it. If you are looking at the Cruises yes the fees are more but you pay taxes and fees regardless of who you cruise with when all is said and done. Hope this helps someone not feel so skeptical.

We were told each time they called to confirm our meeting date, that we did indeed win 2 FREE airline tickets to anywhere in the US. We asked each time You are 100% telling us we will receive 2. FREE airline tickets if we come check out your travel agency. She said yes every time we asked, we haven't receive anything yet !