Global Travel

I received a phone call from someone who claims that they represent Holiday Inn. They wanted us to come to a 90-minute sales presentation about the new "reservation center" that was opening up. I asked if it was located in our local Holiday Inn in Crystal Lake, IL and they said yes. Later in the office, the presentation was revealed to be located elsewhere. We were told would receive a 2-night stay at any Holiday Inn in the US, a voucher for any US Red Lobster or Olive Garden for $30, and later on, they added a round trip flight for two people anywhere in the US.

I thought it was fishy from the beginning, so I asked all the questions in the book from the get go. These people said they worked for A & B Travel. After 15-20 minute phone call and making sure we were qualified for the deal, we were told we needed to bring an ID and credit card with "Visa/Mastercard logo" in it. They said that they wanted a "picture of the logo", not the numbers, just the card! This made no sense to us and when we said "no thanks, this is a scam", the fake chatter of a call center in the background stopped. They all laughed at us, including the person I was talking to, and hung up! The two different people I spoke to sounded Filipino.

I then drove to the place the next day to see if it was legitimate, and sure enough, there was an office with a sign on the door that says "Travel Presentation", with no company name on the door or facility suite listing the name A & B Travel. I went in there and spoke to a woman asking what the company name was in that office and she said Global Travel, a vacation company. I explained that from the call I received, I thought this other company was claiming to be them. She said they may have said "AB Travel" as that is who they contract to do their calls to have customers come to the presentations.

I told her that I was considering to report this to the police. She seemed a little nervous about the conversation. She had every answer about the credit card thing, that they were regulated by the state, and that they are not a scam as I thought. She said she didn't know why they would laugh at me or why they would hung up.

When I looked at the yellow pages about Global Travel CL, I found a location in McHenry and Gurnee with phone numbers that didn't even work, they were also not the right numbers for those towns. Also, when I looked online for the same name, I found nothing but reports of scams of the free deals. They were few reports of people claiming what they ended up purchasing from Global Travel was actually a good deal, people being ripped off on the cost of their purchases, and people's cards being charged for tons of hidden costs that Global refused to remove.

It looks like these people are putting on a good show that people fall for and may even be opening and closing up shops locally. Stay away from them and their false claims!

A few months ago, I received an unauthorized charge to my credit card. I recognized that it was done without my approval. I followed by calling the company to cancel and issue a credit. I was told that I cannot cancel it due to date expiration, which was a day after the charge took place.

Since then I made few attempts to resolve it and asked for the company president's name and contact number. I was denied. The card was never activated nor used. I have no other choice but to contact you to resolve this issue and at least warn other people from such an abuse. This behavior is simply a desperate attempt to create business by unsuccessful company.

This fraudulent company also operates under the following names: Globaltravel.com, Valu-pass.com, Gtimemberships.com, Globaltravelworks.com, and Infovpass.com. Global Travel International is a total scam artist. This company sells monthly/annual membership of various information that offer a bunch of worthless travel vouchers/deals that contain so many hidden restrictions that it's also impossible to get any benefit out of it. This company also operates several other branch businesses that offer a variety of memberships that are worthless as well. The websites often use false advertising in the name of free gift card, free travel packages just for signing up with them, but once you give them your credit card, they employ various method to charge you the membership fee before delivering the promised free gifts/vacation trips.

The membership offers only has a tiny link to their extremely complicated terms and conditions after you've already been overwhelmed by their enlarged free gift card/free trip advertisement. This link will be what they will use to defend their charges against you. Their T&C contains many hidden hoops that the ultimate goal for them is to charge you the membership fee as soon as possible and make it as difficult as possible for you to cancel your membership, get refund or simply use the "promised" benefits entailed as a part of the membership.

If you've been scammed by any one of their services, please file your complaints to the following agency: Florida BBB and Florida Attorney General Office.

The fraudulent company also operates under the following names: www.globaltravel.com, www.valu-pass.com, www.gtimemberships.com, www.globaltravelworks.com, www.infovpass.com.

Global Travel International is a total scam artist. The company sells monthly/annual membership of various info that offers a bunch of worthless travel vouchers/deals that contain so many hidden restrictions that it's also impossible to get any benefit out of it. The company also operates several other branch business that offer variety of memberships that are worthless as well. The websites often uses false advertising in the name of free gift card, free travel packages just for signing up with them but once you give them your credit card, they employ various method to charge you the membership fee before delivering the promised free gifts/vacation trips.

The membership offer only has a tiny link to their extremely complicated terms and conditions after you've already been overwhelmed by their enlarged free gift card/free trip advertisement. This link will be what they will use to defend their charges against you. Their T&C contains many hidden hoops that the ultimate goal for them is to charge you the membership fee as soon as possible and make it as difficult as possible for you to cancel your membership, get refund or simply use the "promised" benefits entailed as a part of the membership.

I filled out a questionnaire from an email and they asked for $5.95 for postage to find information on a home travel agency. So like a fool, I gave them my debt card number. Not getting the $100.00 gift card or information on the travel business, I had forgotten about it after four weeks. Then going to pay my rent, I find my bank account 100.00 dollars short. Checking with my bank, I find GTI got the $5.95 and another $99.00 from my account. So trying to call them, every time I say "why did you take $99.00 from my account?" They would hang up.

I registered a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, and we'll see what comes of that. I'm going to post on every blog that I can find and if anyone wants to start a class action suit I would be glad to join. E-mail *************@gmail.com

I was charged $99.00 for a membership that I never used. I attempted to cancel this membership and was told since I was cancelling after the 14-day trial phase, I would not be refunded for a service I never used.

Global Travel is a scam. I wish I had read the many complaints before trying the service. I signed up for the 14-day free trial, which is really not free. They charged my account $258.95 for one year and when I canceled within the 14 days, they only refunded $249.95. When I called to ask about the $9.95 difference, they were very rude and told me I didn't read the fine print and that it was a nonrefundable processing fee. Also, I noticed there were hits to my Web page when I didn't even have a Web page so I emailed my agent account and it said it was an email from Global Travel. The deals that they have are not really deals.

I paid Global Travel International to become a member in November of 2009. As part of this membership, I supposedly can get discounts and commissions selling own and customer travel, and have my own personal website. On April 13, 2010, I cancelled my membership because the personal website supposedly set up as my own leads it back to the main Global Travel International website. Therefore, anyone trying to search for deals are in the GTI website and not mine. Secondly, the travel deals on their website are not competitive with other travel sites like Priceline, Travelocity, Kayak, and other sites. I actually purchased my international airline ticket with another travel agency to get a good price, flying out of the country in May 2010 and returning in June 2010. Although my membership renewal is due in November 2010, I canceled ahead in April 2010 to make sure my cancellation is in their records/system to prevent future renewal charges. I spent costly membership fees without gaining from it.

I paid Global Travel International to become a member in November of 2009. As part of this membership, I supposedly can get discounts and commissions selling own and customer travel and have my own personal website. On April 13, 2010, I cancelled my membership because the personal website supposedly set up as my own leads it back to the main Global Travel International website.

Therefore, anyone trying to search for deals are in the GTI website and not mine. Secondly, the travel deals on their website are not competitive with other travel sites like Priceline, Travelocity, Kayak and other sites. I actually purchased my international airline ticket with another travel agency to get a good price; flying out of the country in May 2010 and returning in June 2010. Although my membership renewal is due in November 2010, I cancelled ahead in April 2010 to make sure my cancellation is in their records/system to prevent future renewal charges. I spent costly membership fees without gaining from it.

This company is a complete scam. They charge an unreasonable amount to become a certified member and makes outrageous claims about the amount of money you can earn, perks you get being a travel agent, the free travel you get with signing up, and details on how to save even more money by deducting your own personal travel expenses off your taxes--which after looking into, you more than likely cannot.

When I signed up, they sent paper work on a free, all-inclusive Mexico trip as well as a free cruise, both for two. I went through all the excessive paperwork as needed, contacted them numerous times to follow up, and was given nothing but the complete run around. They would say, we aren't the company that actually gives the free travel, you need to contact them and never gave me details.

In fact, I was never able to talk to customer service at GTI until they started to try to get my auto-renewal money, though I know that I already cancelled my membership. I am actually at the point of being about to pay it just so the headache goes away. I fear though, that the headache will not go away, even if I pay the extra $149 that they want. I am actually looking for any legal advice on what I should do.

Some other points on my experience with GTI. Most places did not offer any type of discount for me being a travel agent. Mostly, they laughed at my GTI travel agent card. It was actually pretty embarrassing to be told both time I tried to use it, in a boutique hotel in LA and a hotel in the US Virgin Islands, that they don't honor GTI as a legitimate travel agency. In addition, the actual commission they pay is minimal. Literally, I booked two all-inclusive trips to Puerto Rico and got less than a $10 check.

I booked two people on a cruise (which took hours of holding on call, fixing paperwork, talking to incompetent support, and stressing that it was going to be all wrong for my sister-in-law) and got less than $30. You can definitely find more competitive rates and better customer service on other major travel sites. If you are looking to do this to make some money, I recommend you do anything else, including recycling cans before contemplating this. Do not do business with Global Travel International.

For many months, I have been getting a mechanical voice message saying, "This is an important message from MCIS. Please call us back at xxx-xxx-xxxx." I thought this was just a telemarketing scam so I have ignored it each and every time. Well today, I decided to call them back and give them a piece of my mind and to tell them to take me off their calling list. Then I find out that this is a collection agency hired by Global Travel International regarding a supposedly unpaid balance for a membership renewal that they were not able to collect on automatically because I cancelled the credit card. I spoke with a collection agent named, Andrew, and he told me that this was passed on to them on August of 2007 and that I need to pay $295 to close the account.

He said that Global Travel have been deducting a monthly membership fee since 2006 for $29.95 for a whole year and when I finally caught up with their scam and cancelled the credit card, they continued to charge me for what they claim as a membership renewal for 2007. I have fought this over back then and even sent my claim with an attorney's help and they have sent Global Travel my claim but for some reason Global Travel disregarded. Unfortunately, I no longer have those paper works now since I've moved. But the point is this people are adamant about their scam and they are still wanting to collect money that is not owed to them.

For the meantime, my credit has been negatively affected. I find out now that my credit that I have worked so hard to make better. When I checked my credit score about six months ago, I was at about 658 already and now it has plunged into 598 due to this account. I asked MCIS or Monterey Financial agent, Andrew,if they will work with me to close out this account by reducing the amount due to half or the most to $150. He told me by company policy that they do not settle on accounts less than $1000. Therefore, the only way for me to get this out of their collections is to pay the full amount of $295. I need any legal advise how I can go about in fighting this people? Please kindly help.

I was told (by sales agent) that I could save money with a Global Travel Card. If was to buy one (get agent status) than I could save my fee when traveling. After doing all the PAPERWORK MYSELF, I GOT A CALL demanding paperwork fees (there was no paperwork involved) He actually threatened me that he would cancel my cruise. Someone needs to look into this agency. They must be desperate for money.

I got a call last night and the woman wanted to speak with my roommate. I asked what company she was from - she said Global International Travel- and I said one moment. My roommate shook his head, not wanting to deal with a sales call. I go back to the phone and the woman goes off on me - something about 'so this is how they treat you to talk to people in this new millennium'. ... I think she had a long day and just needed to go off on someone. She went on about how wretched I was. I took the phone away from my ear to let my roommate know I was getting an earful from some stranger, and when I go back, she hangs up on me.

I'm not quite sure what her problem was. I think she was crazy.

On 5/7/09 I join a Free Risk Trial for $19.95 for 14 days. As soon as I entered my credit card I had a Pin number, a suppose webpage and I recieved on the mail a package containing information. I read everything and I did not have nothing clear concerning commissions for selling trips. So I decided to call the numbers they send for support or any other information and so many others which I could never get an answer. I wanted someone to talk to me about the business, answer my questions, but all I had was a man (which I felt sorry for him) who tried to explain to me but I never understood nothing. He was more confuse than me.

My main interest was to have someone to speak to me about the business and tell me how much I would recieve for commissions but he told me 5% of what GTI was paid, which I said was not enought. I kept sending emails to different addresses they supply but never recieve by phone nor answer my emails. So finally I contacted the first person who was a Pam P and I told her that I wanted to cancell my trial because this was not the business I thought I was looking for and that no one answers my questions and I cannot get in business with a company you cannot reach. She told me that she would take care of my cancellation. I told her that I wanted to be sure my credit card would not have a debit or charge because I cancel on 5/14/09. She said she assure me I would not be charged.

But on 5/24/09 they debited my credit card for the amount of $299.00 and my account was overdrawn because I did not have that day that amount. On 5/26/09 when I had funds they deducted the total amount and my bank charged me $20.00 for non sufficient funds. I started calling and contacting GTI but it was a nightmare. That same day I was lucky to contact a person name by Jonathan J, I told him I wanted to speak to Pam P and he said she was not in. I insisted and told him I wanted to speak to her and I explained the problem also to him and I told him I wanted a refund in my account because they were not suppose to debit my account. He said he needed an OK from her. I kept requesting to speak to her and she came to the phone. I told her I did not trust no one and she told me the conversation would be recorded and she then told Jonathan to be on the same line, so we three (3) were on the phone. She authorized the reimbursement and she left me with him. He gave me a cancellation numbe and said in 5 days I would recieved the money in my credit card. I told her I needed that money because I was leaving on a cruise on 5/31/09 and that I would hope while traveling the money could be on my credit card.

I did not recieve the money by the time I left, so I hope on my return I would have it credit. Nothing happened. I called again on 6/8/09 and I told Jonathan J nothing was credit and he said the system rejected the transaction and that he would do it again that day. On 6/13/09 I called again and I could not reach Jonathan nor Pam. I spoke with Joshua W and he said everything was written in the computer, that the money was to be re-imburse to me but that it was not that way. That the information they gave me was not correct because they reimburse in a check not to credit card. I told him I was so upset I would contact the Florida General Attorney and he even gave me his email from work and that he will contact me to tell me when the department send me the money. I have email the company so many times and today 6/17/09 I called and as soon as I asked for Joshua W they knew who I was because my telephone tells them who is calling and they left me 33 minutes on hold and never had an answer. I called again and again but no one ever picked up the phone. I don't think they will pay back my money, they are a fraud agency and someone should do something about this.

I signed on with global travel 10 years ago. It was a nominal fee and the split commission with you. The company has changed I don't know if its the economy or what. Now I find them greedy. I have gotten pretty good booking travel. I always handle things myself. They started charging booking fees and they even took the flowers I sent away from one of my 86 year old passengers celebrating her birthday. It used to be small but they have morphed into this 40,000 person part time travel agents. They make it seem like you get an IATA card but you have to earn so much commission in order to get one 99.9% will NEVER get one. With the internet now pricing is transparent and better deals are to be had with your AARP card and you don't have to be laughed at when you show them your silly looking official "travel agent ID" from Global travel. Ya you and 40,000 others. They are now misleading people in a big way

I enrolled with GTI ON 12/02/2008 soon after registering my travel business. I filled all the required forms and send them back as they had asked. They were to send me a membership card soon after they receive my completed forms. This did not happen. Not knowing what was going on I called them and the person I talked to said that in my forms there was a space that was not signed and I needed to do that. I signed it and faxed the signed copy to them. Up to tommorrow, I have not received my card. Beside that I have not used any of their services because you go to their website to book air for a client, they give you a rate that is higher than anywhere else. And because of this I have never did booking of flights through them.

Last week I received a letter from them saying that on 1st of May 2009, they will charge my credit card for my renewal. I do not want it. They should not at anytime take money out of my card because I do not want to renew that service that never was.

Well I signed up with Global travel International as Independent Travel Advisor and it turned out they ripped my $500+ apart and issued me bunch of craps like id to maybe convince me that i'm looking good, a black bag with planner to show off like them when in fact you ain't getting a cent from your investment. They call you about a month ahead to tell you to renew and i was like no way, i still got May coming up to pay.

With GTI you're on your own and please don't waste money like i did. I was stupid then, because i just turned 20 and i wanted to start something with my $500. I work my butt off and in fact everyone in my community knows me by name. GTI sucked life out of me in taking my money and making me work so hard and I never got a cent back. I got mad i wanted to start my own Travel Agency Business but my appetite for travel agent deal faded. You can be your own Agent easily by going with the airline and booking people tickets cuz i tried that but i was worn out already to continue.

GTI gave websites with pre made flyers, and you can put your name on the flyers as well. Pre-made news stories that you could just put your name on and submit to any newspaper for publication and that's your story even though you didn't say a thing. My site is down but they are still using my down page to gain customers because they got their websites template there Here's the part that got me mad!

I sold airline tickets and boke hotels for several people. When i called to finout how i get my commission, i was told right now you cannot get commission due to some changes that i cannot even explain and this was in 2005. I must say those fellows who started GTI are smart cause they know how to take your money with lies. I will urge you, if you are deciding to open a homebase business to turn someplace else.

After graduating from a travel school, I signed up with Global Travel International as an independant agent. For a start-up fee you are given an ID and a starter kit to be a home-based agent. You have access to a computer site,where you can obtain copies of travel flyers, order business cards, and listen to webinars. While this part of the program is okay, it is difficult to talk to anyone personally to help you get started as the phone lines are constantly busy. http://connect7.grxllc.net:18815/index.cfm?The company is listed in Travel Trade as a legitimate Home based business but unfortunately it is not a good business deal. They charge you an additional sellers fee (which they never tell you about) and will cut you off the website if you do not pay. A promotional free trip as a bonus for signing is not free. You pay for the trip. It is also a pyramid scheme (can you say AMWAY?) and only supposedly rewards you with trip discounts and 10% of your sales. http://connect7.grxllc.net:18815/index.cfm?The only thing I got from this company was paperwork and lost money. DO NOT sign up with Global Travel International or you will lose.

Mine wasn't as bad as the other complaints I read because I used a debit card instead of a charge card but I lost approximately $500, a trip to Vegas and disappointing dreams.

I signed with Global Travel in 2006. I have sent numerous emails and letters to cancel this product. After locating a woking phone number I spoke with their customer service representatve, that informed me that I have a thirty day window to cancel by telephone only. This company is a scam. Every trip that I have attempted to book through Global was significantly higher. The company relies on individuals to become to busy to remember to phone them within that 30 day window. Their practices are shady, and they have no since of fairness.

I booked a family cruise directly with Caarnival Cruise. I had purchase a membership with GTI in 2004. In May of this year I decide to use it. Carnival told me that I needed to transfer it to GTI to handle in order to get commission, and I filled out the necessary document. Upon GTi receive the transfer papers they told me that my family would have to pay an additional $2098 to them. I told that I did not want them to handle the booking and asked them to return it to Carnival to handle. They refused to release the bookings and told me that they would cancel my vacation if I did not pay them the additional money.

GTI is railroading us into paying them the additional money. If we do not we will have to pay cancellation fee to Carnival and $50 per cabin to GTI.

I signed up to be a Global Travel agent and was never informed that I would be required to pay a renewal fee each year. I also had problems entering the site. I had my computer security settings checked and realized it was the site itself and that my pin work on occassional. I could not get anyone on the phone to discuss the problem, so I gave up in trying to use the site. I felt I wasn't getting the results the site promised to include being able to find cheaper fares.

In fact, I was finding better fares on expedia and stopped using GTI since it didn't offer consumers competitive rates. I stopped paying in hopes of getting someone's attention, well I did, it was a collection agency. There tactics were horrible and harrassing. I feel anyone looking to sign up should be careful. I only signed up to get fares for my family and didn't get anything except a fee.

My niece signed in Greataupair online as applicants for greataupair nanny. In this website the famillies can also signed in as Greataupair host family. The host family can start searching the website for nannies from other places/ diffirent countries,then the host family can contact applicants themselves if they are interested in hiring them. If the host family and the applicant can agree on an offer,applicant then considered as hired. Relocation of the applicant follows , but if the applicant is from other countries then the visa processing is going to start.

A certain greataupair host from UK contacted her online. All their communications for this past 3 weeks was through e-mail. [The]offer was very tempting 2500.00 British Pounds / 4-weeks to take care of her 2 kids. My niece was then referred by Kate to this travel agency named Global Travels International, with contact person named Mark Tomson. With a promised that GTI will take care of her visa processing and her airfare and if everything is completed from passport / birth certificate etc. plus above all the half amount of visa processing fee of 600.00 british pound the other half 300. will be paid by Pastor kate. My niece was asking me to pay her part which equivalent to 628.00 us dollars. Mark Tomson gave my niece intructions to only pay by western Union or money gram to him. and it has to be done quick because Pastor kate is badly in need of nanny.

Yesterday, after recieving 4 text messages from my niece that GTI is pressuring her regarding the visa processing fee, I went to money gram branch and send the amount which cost me $642.75 (including fees).Then I went straight back home so I could call Mark Tomson from my home phone, to give him the reference number: without the said number there's no way he can get the money. It was only after sending the money when I started to feel suspicious of the whole process. I went online and typed GTI to do more research: I'm so thankful I did because..only then I found out several complaints about GTI or global Travels International. While I was reading through the detail of their complaints, the places where it happened,the fees they were asked to pay and how much money they lost..It was exactly the same modos operande' that was used to victimized my niece. I called money gram right away and cancelled the transfer.

I got my money back but the stress It caused me and my niece, the lost time and effort, the forever worry because they are still out there. These individuals are out there waiting for their next victim.

I became an independent agent with Global Travel several years ago. They have done nothing but screw up trips that I booked for myself, friends or family. When I tried to book a cruise for myself and my two adult children, they booked my daughter and her family on a different date. When we caught the error, my daughter had to pay more and pay for two cabins, and she and her husband each had to share with one of the kids (they originally had one cabin that would sleep 4).

Then I booked a trip to Hawaii for some friends - they quoted one thing, and charged her something more. We called to get the cancellation penalties, we cancelled, but they still charged her and would not refund her money. Fortunately, her credit card company helped out and my company bought the airline vouchers from her, as they were on Southwest and could be used by anyone.

Then, the real cherry on top - my husband and I booked a So. America cruise through Global. We arrived at the airport in January, only to learn that we needed a tourist visa to go to Brazil. They had never told us. They refuse to help and we are out over $5600. We have now filed in small claims, but the agent of service in California is no longer an agent for them, and we are not allowed to hire someone in Florida. The small claims court told me we are pretty much out of luck - that it is extremely unusual to be able to sue someone out of state. Isn't that just dandy? Global Travel takes people's money, but does not train you to be an agent, nor do they do any work for you as the agent - they just sit back and collect the commission! DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THIS COMPANY!

I was pressured into signing up for another year by being threatened that I would not receive a commission on anything outstanding, so I paid the $149. I WILL NOT SIGN UP AGAIN THIS YEAR. I have nothing booked through them, and I am out the $5600 for the cruise we missed in January.

My son and two of his college friends wanted to go on the Global Express Bus Tour to Montreal March 15-17. When I called the company to get more information about the tour, expenses, and other costs, the representative who answered the phone became quite annoyed with me. When I asked him what he perceived as one too many questions, he began to yell at me. When I politely asked him not to yell at me, his rude response in a hostile voice was that I was aggravating him with all my questions. With that, I hung up on him. I promptly called my son and told him he would not be going on a tour with this company. When his friend called the company today to get his deposit back, the same man called him a [expletive] jerk. This man's use of profanity with this 20-year-old young man is unacceptable. This afternoon I called Global Tours to ask the man why he felt it necessary to yell at me and then swear at my son's friend. After identifying myself as the woman he yelled at last night, the same man promptly claimed he didn't yell at me and said he was too busy to deal with me. When I started to question him about his behavior, he told me to go to another tour group--he didn't have time for me. He hung up on me as I started to ask him why he found it necessary to swear at my son's friend.

As far as I know, there has been no economic hardship. A $45.00 deposit was placed on the trip which this man said he was refunding. No physical damage has resulted either. As a consumer, I feel this man and his company should be reported, most especially for his use of profanity to the young man. Global Express Tours representative's behavior is totally unconscionable and needs to be reported. I have filed a report to the Better Business Bureau as well. If there is an agency that is more suited to hear my complaint, I would be happy to contact them. Thank you for your attention.

I signed up online for their travel agent program which was advertised for about $48 per month.This was done on 02/02/08.The ad offered online training, a website, assistance, etc. A pin # was generated as soon as I finished entering my CC info. I did not get a confirmation E-mail or phone call from anyone as of 02/06. On checking my account, I saw that $99.90 was withdrawn by GTI. I called GTI and was told that the addition was for a 1-time activation fee. I challenged this but to no avail. I asked for a refund and was told that the activation fee will not be refunded. The supervisor of Ann said she will get back to me on said day. No response to date. I canceled my enrollment after 4 days without getting any assistance from GTI. I had a 14-day trial period, money back guaranteed. My total amount of $99.90 should be credited to my account.

I signed up based on good-faith. This was not the case with GTI. I was left with a pin # and not knowing what to do with it. I felt I was cheated out of my hard-earned money. I need a refund.

I applied as travel agent with Global Travel Incorporated and filled out the forms as provided. My main purpose was if I will become a travel agent, I can have cheaper air travel. After a long period of time I received a call demanding payment for my being an agent. I sent back the ID that was sent to me and explained that I have no clients for travel as I do not receive any travel information or destinations for an agent to sell. According to the caller my bill is about $39 and I told her I have no credit card nor have I any money. Last Feb, 4/08, I received a letter from collection demanding payment in the amount of $359.40. If I cannot pay $39.00 how much more for $359.40? This is my first time to encounter an employee paying to their employer. Is there anybody who knows the definition of Employee or employer? At present I am bedridden as I suffered Hemoragic stroke, a very delicate situation.

My having a hemoragic stroke is brought about by this problem.

I was foolish enough to sign up for the 14-day trial for Global International. I did not decline the offer in the 14 day period and was billed on my credit card for six months trying to get them to cancel. I ended up trying to have Capital One (my credit card company) resolve unanswered emails to GTI. I'm now being billed $279.30 to end the contract (for which I've gotten nothing) and wonder if it will do any good to pay this, or will they continue to bill me and continue to attempt to ruin my credit? Please advise folks as to how risky it may be to deal with GTI.

Continued threats to my credit will most likely be made. They are impossible to contact and use Monterey Financial Services, Inc. for collection and to make threats to report to credit agencies and court action.

I signed up with Global International Travel in 2003 in order to receive discounts on my travels to the Caribbean, which were never available to me. In addition to paying the $495 initial fee I was charged $129 each year thereafter. When I tried to close this account on 3 separate occasions, it was difficult to reach a customer representative. When I finally reached a rep I was told the account would be closed--only to receive another bill months later.

I finally became so frustrated, I let the bill go to collections which ruined my credit. I am still today trying to repair the damage done.

We have a 2000 gmc jimmy that has had the door pins on the drivers side replaced 6 times.1 time under warrenty and 5 times at a cost of 250.00 each time. G. M. tells me this is a wear item . I said they are crazy. No other car or truck i have owned has had to have these replaced. The doors get so lose that you think they will fall off. I say tthey should look into this but Iam always told it a wear item.

On 10/4/06 I was involved in a car accident resulting in totaling my fiance's Envoy XUV.(although the damage is not yet official; we are still waiting to hear from the adjuster) I swerved to the left to avoid the vehicle in front of me that slammed on its brakes abruptly because someone rear ended a vehicle in front of them & another in front of them. Although I was able to avoid the vehicles in front of me; I hit a utility pole. During this time I was driving approximately 40 MPH. I was taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital; treated for minor injuries & pain, then released shortly after. Our concern, as well as the responding police officer's concern,Fire rescue's and the mechanic's concern of the shop where our vehicle was towed to... neither the driver side or passenger side airbag depoloyed. I was wearing my seatbelt at the time of the accident. The passenger side was wiped out completely. The door was removed,hanging only on a thread,The front tire was ripped completely off, the whole windshield shattered, the front headlights removed, the glove compartment is touching the passenger side seat, as well as the seat being pushed into the back seat of the vehicle. I do not buy the statement from GM in Sept. If consumers are walking away from an accident- and the airbags didn't deploy-the vehicle has done its job.I was alone in the vehicle during the accident. THANK GOD. I know if someone had been a passenger in our vehicle at the time of this accident, the airbag would have been the only saving grace they would have had...however, it did not deply.We have contacted GM through the dealership, and also e-mail, we will contact them again by phone this week. In all reality I walked away by the grace of GOD; not GM. We are getting married next week, make-up can cover bruises & cuts. We are now in the market for a new vehicle,I doubt we will be considering another GM vehicle.

Was promised to recieve residual income if we signed on as a travel agent and paid their fees and a monthly fee for a website maintence fee, were told that all we had to do is sign on 2 people and the other people above us would put other people below us creating an overflow of income for us. It never happend! I feel we were ripped off, I am still paying off the credit card they hit!

In 1997 I paid $495 to Global Travel International in response to their advertisements to become an independent travel agent; and, receive 50% discounts on hotel rates. In 2001-2002 Global Travel International instructed Super Clubs who is a booking agency for various Carribean hotels to refuse discounts to certain independent travel agents unless the agents had met booking quotas as defined by Global Travel International. The advertising of Global Travel International states that quotas are not required in order to obtain promised benefits of the independent travel agent.

Including the initial fee of $495 I have paid to Global Travel International approximately $1100 which includes annual fees of $99 for 1998, 1999, and 2000; and, fees of $129 each year for 2001 and 2002. Global Travel International with the corrorboration of Super Clubs has denied the promised benefits that were advertised to entice payments that were not returned.

In 1997 I joined Global Travel International's independent travel agent program at a cost of $495 with the assured benefits listed in their advertisements of 50% discounts off motel/resort prices. In 2001-2002 Global Travel International instructed Super Clubs, a booking agency for certain hotels in the Carribean, to refuse discounts to their agents who had not met certain booking requirements--even though the Global Travel International advertised benefits clearly stated no quotas required. Each year since 1997 Global Travel International required an annual fee to continue to receive the benefits. In 1998, 1999, and 2000 I paid $99 per year; and, in 2001 and 2002 I paid $129 per year. Now Global Travel International in cooperation with Super Clubs has rescinded the advertised benefits, and, has kept the annual fees.

I have paid approximately $1100 in annual fees to continue as an independent travel agent expecting advertised benefits of receiving 50% discounts from hotels represented by Super Clubs and others. Prior to 2002 Super Clubs had honored the committment and made available the travel agent discounts.

In April, 1997 after viewing advertisements by Global Travel International, I paid $495 to become an independent travel agent. Among the advertised benefits was the assurance of receiving 50% discounts off motel/resort rates. Global Travel International complied with this advertised enticement until 2001 and 2002 when they instructed Super Clubs, a booking agent for resorts in the Carribean, to refuse the discounts to their travel agents who had failed to book x amount of business. The advertised benefits specifically state no quotas required. In 1997 I paid the $495 fee and in 1998, 1999, and 2000 I paid $99 annually; and, in 2001 and 2002 I paid $129 each year to continue as an independent travel agent. Global Travel International continues to advertise the discount benefits to encourage participation in their independent travel agent program.

Having paid approximately $1600 to Global Travel International, I have been denied the benefits that were offered as inducements to justify payment of fees.