MissTravel review: Stay away from this one 13

I am a male member of MissTravel.com. I cannot speak for the validity of other male members but I am a legitimate member seeking travel companions. I post my income correctly and state clearly that I will pay for all travel expenses. I have already had several successful trips with members from this site and expect to many more in the future. I provide a photocopy of my passport for every possible travel companion to verify my identification. I am sorry for your negative experience but there are bad people on every dating/travel site both male and female.

I'm a female member of the site. Personally I travel a lot but I never travelled in luxury and I mostly travel alone. Thus, my choice in signing up to either meet other solo travelers or someone who could introduce the finer side of exploring the world to me.

I met someone from the site who had been scammed by an 'attractive' member because he transferred money to her account to buy a ticket to visit him in which she did not do. I believe he wasn't and isn't going to be only one to encounter such scams. Not that he cared much about the money, since the site encourages 'generous' males to sign up, naturally cost of the ticket wasn't the issue. It was the lack of honesty and the waste of time that irked. I think both males and females have the same chances of meeting nasty cheats out there in any mode of online dating or connections. This isn't the the only site that encourages dating and getting to know people over the internet. The bottom line is, if it seems too good to be true, it usually is. If you need to draw a clear line between a paid for blind date and a blind date, you need to know where your limitations are and what those stand for.

On the sideline, I have arranged to meet up with a member in his hometown but will be footing half of my own expenses because it's the most comfortable arrangement for us based on his past experience and I think it's worth it if you're a genuine traveller and not just some gold digger and if you already had plans to visit that country in the first place. On the other end of the spectrum however, I have also met someone who came to my town for work by chance and asked me out. I got to know him in person before making arrangements to travel together, which he was more than happy to cover all expenses and I'm more than happy to hang out with him again. I'm taking unpaid leave so that means I'm spending time as opposed to him spending money (which he obviously has more of than me) and this creates some kind of a balance. Again, different situation with a different take. I have also met someone who stopped over my town while on the way to another. I hosted him and that was kind of it. We exchanged contacts but there was no follow up to travel together and we're just email buddies. So sometimes it's just people passing by or finding new friends in the strangest of places and ways.

That being said It could work out in good ways or it could end up disastrous depending how net cautious and how well informed you are of the person you choose to meet with/spend money on. If a guy asks you to pay for his travels without even knowing him then surely that must ring alarm bells, as with the girls that ask to be taken for vacations when you haven't even met them. Men generally don't think the worst of us women, which is why they tend to get cheated monetarily more so than often. However for women it's the danger factor of meeting a serial killer/rapist that gives caution to take heed.

It's good to know you have an experience as such to share and to warn others of. It's also unfortunate that it happened to you and I feel bad that you had to go through it. All the best and I hope you meet some genuine travelers eventually!

Does http://www.bridesandlovers.com provide this service as well?

I signed up for Miss Travel at the end of last year when I first heard about it mainly because I thought it was an interesting concept and what would be the harm in just signing up? I am so glad I took the chance and signed up because I have had nothing but positive experiences. Of course I have received many a wink, "profile favourited" and messages from men who are either not my type/I can see right through them and that I think they are either A: a fake. B: a scammer. C: a liar. D: a waste of my time. If you are smart, cautious and a touch sceptic plus good at doing your research you can easily sift through and weed out those sorts.

My first trip was with an absolutely lovely man in his early 40s from the US (Im in Sydney, Australia, 22, College grad). He invited me on a two week cruise from Florida to South America. He paid for my flights, two nights accommodation in Miami, the cruise and other bits and pieces throughout. We had communicated at first by emails, then a few phone calls and then Skype. I had absolutely no dread or uneasiness as I felt like we had already developed a great rapport and in a unconventional way..a friendship! We traveled to five South American countries in total and it was am experience I definitely couldn't of afforded myself.

My next trip was two weeks after I arrived back home in Sydney. I had been chatting with a business man who was also from my city and we had met up for a coffee (at the airport..ironic?) before he was due to leave for a two day trip to NZ. When he was back from NZ he had another business trip that he thought he could extend and make the most of if I wanted to join him. He was mid 40s, good looking for that age and had a really big sense of humor! I went with him for 5 nights to Kuala Lumpur before flying to Singapore for 3 nights and then back to KL for another 3 nights! During this trip we traveled business class (oh my god, I don't know at the time how I could ever go back to economy class!) we stayed at 5 star hotels, ate at amazing restaurants and drank expensive bottles of wine. You may be asking what is in it for him? And yes we did do that thing two consenting adults do in a bed, but it wasn't like it was expected (probably he was hoping I would feel that way) but it was just something that came naturally and in truth I was quite attracted to him, given the 20 year age difference this may surprise some but he genuinely was someone who had the same sense of humour as myself, was kind, caring, considerate and not a sleaze! He was polite, respectful, charming and if I were ten years older would be someone I would probably like to marry, in truth! During the days and into some evenings of our trip he did have business to do so I went and explored the city, camera in hand. I visited the Petronas towers, KLCC, the markets, Chinatown and lots of other fun places. He did give me $400 each day to "entertain myself" because he felt bad I was alone and because he cared about me having a great experience and trip. I actually preferred to explore by myself as I could do what I wanted when I wanted at my own pace. On the two occasions we did sight see together, I was lucky enough to receive a very generous gift in the form of a Prada Saffiano tote bag (from the Prada in the mall not a market stall haha ;) and a Marc Jacobs watch and flats. I truly felt like a princess on this trip!

We keep in touch via email and text message and he usually is all over the place (Asia/NZ/Sydney) for very short amounts of time so when he has a larger block of time to be able to travel somewhere for longer than his usual 1-3 days we are going to plan another trip. We have one planned for the beginning of next month to Thailand for a week :) I've been to Thailand a few times before so I am really looking forward to going back with such enjoyable company :)

The previous guy who I went to South America with has invited me to join him for a holiday at the end of next month to Europe. He wants to visit Italy, French Rivera, Monaco and Spain. I would absolutely love to go but we are still in the early stages of planning this out.

I think I have been very lucky with the two guys who I have met and travelled with as I know not everyone gets these offers. I'd just say do what feels right for you but make sure you are safe and know that the person you are talking to online is a genuine person!

I agree with Obirmans firstly generated post!

So many fake profiles, if not also M.T's Facebook page, .. their all 9 times out of 10 non existant, cannot display their "friends" on individual profiles, and the names are down right 'WACK', yes I believe that the photos are stolen from us also..

Also, I have been reporting all of their fake-facecook-clones to facebook management; hopefully they will be able to see the huge trace of M.T's FRIENDS, and their friends of friends are FAKE ACCOUNTS trying really hard to look LEGIT

ITS DAY 2 FOR ME, and my profile is still 'pending' - CAN U BELEIVE IT!

THIS IS THE WORK OF MONEY HUNGRY ~CON ARTISTS,

GOOD ADVICE:: "OH YOU'V GOT TO READ ANTOINE'S REVIEW ON: www.sitejabber.com

M.T's a Manipulating website, risks criminal-Trafficking, AIDS, DEATH.. endless

...I mean Look at the dodgy, Obviously manipulating photo I found on their Facebook 'Timeline'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I agree with Obirmans firstly generated post! SO GLAD TO LOOK UP THINGS AFTER I HAD MY OWN 'HYPE'...

So many fake profiles, if not also M.T's Facebook page, .. their all 9 times out of 10 non existant, Friends list is HIDDEN with some stupid Graph... THE FAKE FB- PROFILES ALL HAVE FAKE "FRIENDS".. THEY ALL TRACE UP you'd be surprised!
More the-Obvious:: the made-up- names are down right 'WACK', yes I believe that the photos are stolen from us also..

Also, I have been reporting all of their fake- Facecook-clones to Facebook management; hopefully they will be able to see the huge trace of M.T's dudd- FRIENDS, and their friends of friends are FAKE ACCOUNTS trying really hard to look LEGIT

ITS DAY 2 FOR ME, and my profile is still 'pending' - CAN U BELEIVE IT!

THIS IS THE WORK OF MONEY HUNGRY ~CON ARTISTS,

GOOD ADVICE:: "OH YOU'V GOT TO READ ANTOINE'S REVIEW ON: www.sitejabber.com

M.T's a Manipulating website, risks criminal-Trafficking, AIDS, DEATH.. endless

...I mean Look at the dodgy, Obviously manipulating photo I found on their Facebook 'Timeline'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Forget for a moment that most the women on there (can't speak for the men) are fakes and scammers with stolen pictures, fabricated home cities, and who are only interested in getting your credit card number - the surprising part is that the site barely works these days. Last search I ran showed a 25 year old who it reported "last logged in 73 years ago." It included a dozen women supposedly from Peru, IL and Lima, Kentucky that only speak Spanish. I've revised my profile a dozen times but it refuses to list me as "looking for a traveling companion" - on a supposed travel companion website! The last Trip I posted there reported that seven women were interested in going but it would only show me two of them. Just too many more problems to list here. PS. I'm a paying member and although most of the time they keep saying the issues are on my end, I've tried it on several platforms, with the latest OS and several different browsers.