Global Vacation Network Reviews
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Global Vacation Network is celebrating 16 years of sales and service. GVN is the largest independent distributor for Global Connections, Inc®. What began as a buying service in 1971 has transformed into a world premier travel club. Today, GCI boasts a property portfolio with prime inventory in destinations around the world, plus develops and owns resorts in some of the most popular resort areas in U.S. Today, Global Connections, Inc® is one of the most respected travel club developers and travel fulfillment providers in the vacation industry. There have been over 250,000 participants who have attended a travel seminar at Global Vacation Network.
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Reviewed July 25, 2013
Do not join this vacation network. It is a scam!! Beware!!
Updated review: Sept. 9, 2013
A gentleman called me and he was very very nice, helpful and apologetic. He gave me solutions that I could've taken but I just wasn't aware of. He walked me through all of that, the different things that could've been done. He apologized that they didn't take care of it when my husband called because of a mix up. And they did do a financial restitution to it also. That was very generous.
Original Review: July 22, 2013
I had some real problems with our trip. We flew from Michigan to Vegas and then rented a car and had the date set up for Wednesday. And on the road, my husband called and said, 'They confirmed your check in for tomorrow.' I said, 'No, that's wrong.' Because we were checking in on Wednesday and we were going to be gone a week. They had the date wrong. And so we had to find a room that night and I said, 'We'll check in tomorrow and I'll take care of this.' My husband called and they would not help us. They got the date wrong and had us returning on Friday the following week when our plane was leaving on Wednesday. So it was not even close to what we set up. And they said, 'Well, there's nothing we can do for you.' We got a room and I said, 'Well, we'll just check in tomorrow.' They said there was a lock box on the door. Okay.
We went to our conference and found our room. It was in the worst part of town that it could possibly be in. We could hardly get our car into the spot. We were literally a few feet from the front door of the bar next door. We had people drunk and throwing up at the foot of our car. We tried to get in the room. The lock box wouldn't work. We couldn't even get in.
It was awful. I'm sure it doesn't always happen that way. It wasn't that we weren't in the location as far as city wise where we wanted to be but we paid what we're told was a certain quality of room or accommodations, and it was dangerous, dangerous, dangerous in all the other places we talked to so that you don't want to be anywhere in that part of town. It was terrible because we've made deposits and all that and did it in good faith. I've got my niece with me, and we can't even get into the room. It was like midnight, 'We got to get out of here. This is really bad.'
I tried making a phone call. We couldn't get an answer for anybody. We had to drive farther into Long Beach to find a hotel and ended up having to pay for a hotel that was very costly for the rest of the week. So we never even checked in to the room.
Reviewed July 18, 2013
Me and my wife enjoyed the GVN presentation quite a bit. It was informative and entertaining. Promotional wise, we haven't gotten to actually take the vacation part that was with that. The tablet is okay, but we haven't really gotten to do both of the promotional items yet. The team is very knowledgeable and explained the process.
It was pain free to get the vacation schedule. We told them where we wanted to go and what times, and they got back to us right away and had what we wanted. We used the vacation just a couple of weeks ago. We went down to the Orlando area and it was real easy to use. I would recommend them.
Reviewed July 16, 2013
I attended the GVN presentation. Well, I joined so it was successful. I have been very, very satisfied. I just want to keep it like it was the best kept secret, I guess sometimes.
Reviewed July 14, 2013
They were offering a tablet. It's not the Apple operating system. It's the other one. . It's what really caught my eye and then so I really wanted that. That's why I went to their presentation. But that was pretty cheap so I ended up like discarding it. Then the other thing they offered was like a free vacation. That ended up being pretty crappy because you have to do it at certain times and I just work so we couldn't accommodate that either. I guess the prizes were kind of worthless to us, but that's why I went in the first place. I didn't think that I was going to go in there and participate, but they were fine. The GVN team has been very accommodating and satisfactory.
Reviewed July 14, 2013
I went up to a presentation. I'm sure it did begin on time. It was informative and it was a positive thing. We ended up with the roundtrip, it was the plane fare, promo. We didn't use it because it didn't work out. There were so many conditions on a plane fare that we couldn't use it in conjunction with the vacation.
With the GVN team, I won't say it was easy, but part of it might be trying to get used to the system. If I call and leave a message, I don't always get the next day call back. But I do get a call back. I'd say that the choices aren't as many or as timely as I was led to believe, but they've been pretty reliable to work with, I think.
Reviewed July 13, 2013
The people from Global Vacation Network have always been very courteous and very wonderful. We use our vacation weeks and we're also planning on taking a cruise really soon. The condos have been very, very nice. When I request something, they made the time exactly what I needed. I have not had anything except very, very nice experiences with them. I have recommended them to a friend.
Reviewed July 12, 2013
The GVN presentation went really well. It was long time ago but I'm sure it did begin on time. Out of all the promotional options, my favorite was probably the one where they offered us a three week or having a party or having people in. We've never had a problem. I've always been pleased. If there was a problem, if there was something that wasn't available, they always work to get something else. They've always been very nice.
Reviewed July 10, 2013
When we first heard about them, we went to a friend's house. We were supposed to get some kind of weekend voucher and some restaurant card. We got the card settled but I don't have the vouchers for a free vacation - a week of vacation. Nobody that went to the presentation got it. I am aware that we were supposed to get both and we only got the restaurant card, not the week vacation like the kids said that we will be getting for going to that presentation.
I'm trying to think they were okay. They said that they had to have so many referrals in order to get some kind of voucher or something for a vacation. We didn't get anything ever. They called me to have parties and stuff and all people are going to get a vacation. I said I'm not going because I've already had a bad experience since they didn't follow through in a way they said they were going to.
Overall, sometimes we're happy, sometimes we're not. I was not happy with the fact that they don't follow through with some of the things they were going to and the timeframe of things sometimes takes a lot longer when you want to book things. Anyway, it's okay when it works.
Hello.
Thank you for sharing your experience. We apologize that you have not received your promotional trip. If you can call me or email me with your name and address I will have one sent to you right away.
Andrew Lyon206-937-1337
gvnccs@gmail.com
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2013
Don't waste your time with this company. They continually change their methods, approaches and prizes to get you to sit through a lecture, which upon completion, you do not receive your end of the deal. Lastly, your information is not safe with them. Soon after, the cell number I used was continually being called by other marketers. Coincidence, eh?
Sorry for the issues you seem to be having. We see about 30,000 people a year and do the best we can to avoid these. If and when we they occur we do stand ready to help fix it. Please email me directly at gvnterryd@gmail.com and I'll help you. Since we don't resell info - coincidence, is correct.
Reviewed March 6, 2012
During the one on one presentation, they asked you where you like to vacation. We told the salesman, Dave **, that we travel regularly to Traverse City. He went to the computer and told us that they currently have an agreement with Pinestead Reef Resort. We were sold as we thought that at least we could use this location or something similar. When we tried to book something in Traverse City, we were told that they did not have an agreement with Pinestead Reef Resort nor did they ever have an agreement with this resort. They do not have an agreement with anyone even close to Traverse City beachfront. They find out your locations of interest then they tell you what you want to hear.
Of course, when I called to complain, they point to the contract stating that they cannot promise any specific properties. I made the mistake of taking these guys at their word. I spoke with an Andrew who told me he was VP of sales. He was cordial but there was no satisfactory resolution. He asked me to call the travel agent again to see if she could find something in the area and promised to check back with me in a week.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2011
We purchased their package for $4,500.00, and have not been able to get any deal. We contacted our credit card (American Express) and have not been able to get our money back. I can not find purchase items to meet my expectations. The travel hotel card is a joke, as they think Motel 6 is okay. We want our money back! How do we do this?
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2011
The entire process is a ripoff. The gifts they do offer are garbage in quality. The airline tickets cost you as much as a sale ticket when you are done. They offer limited use and a lot of stipulations. The company is not rated, as stated. They do not follow-up on any complaints.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2011
If you attend, the company states that you will receive "free" gifts with no obligation to purchase their vacation services for $12,900. The only problem is that these gifts aren't "free". You need to pay service fees to claim them, up to $150.00. They call themselves a company that prides themselves on "word of mouth". However, they have no business cards. And they lied about saying that they were rated an "A" company by the BBB when in fact they are a "D".
Reviewed May 22, 2010
My wife and I went to a presentation about a Vacation Time Share in Orlando, FL. We went mainly because of the incentives. I will admit there was no hard sell. Before you read any further, I know the old saying, "If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't." Fortunately, we didn't get screwed like other people may. We were told one of the incentives was a free five-day trip to anywhere in the U.S. which included a round-trip plane fare and a three-day stay at a resort. We had to send in a coupon indicating where we wanted to go and send in a $50.00 per person refundable money order as "good faith". The money order was to be sent certified mail. Unfortunately, I missed the certified mail part.
They returned a check of theirs for $100.00 because we did send them $100.00. Their reason was I didn't send it certified which they said voided the entire trip. Nowhere on the form (unless I missed this) does it say the trip would be voided. When I talked to them, they explained the reason for the certified mail was they have people send money orders and claiming the company cashed their money order and didn't apply toward their vacation. I told them some people may be stupid, but I kept my receipt and if nothing happens, I can call with proof. The company response, silence. I also mentioned we believe if we would have sent it certified mail, there would have been another reason why the application was voided. They didn't respond the way you think they would. First, there was silence. Then, an attempt at denial but not much. I talked to many people at different locations. I will admit some of them did call me. A couple of them were strangely quiet when I told them where they called from, as in they didn't want me to know their location.
The last call was someone telling me we would receive "another" trip but would not be like the first one. This trip was to consist of a week vacation at a resort (theirs?), but we had to get there. We never received this. This trip had many restrictions as to when we could go. It should be no surprise the entire summer was off limits plus most of the rest of the year. The only thing we got from them, besides a bunch of lies, was a $50.00 American Express credit card. They all acted like they would do something, but in the end, nothing except the credit card. Beside the trip, there were other incentives we never received. Since we didn't really lose money, we did lose incentives they "claimed" were ours. To us, this is a scam. I want you to know at no time did I yell nor did I swear at them. They knew I wasn't happy. At times, their professionalism wasn't there.
Reviewed July 3, 2007
got a phone call from this young women at 9:56am on my cel phone(private)at work stating that she is representing a law firm and that I owe for global vacation networks. I started to tell her that my wife and I attended this vacation 90 minute presentation and signed up. We were never presented with the "free gifts" and after making 3 payments stopped, as we had felft that they were diseptive and misleading, and especially after we sent by fedx the paperwork directly to receive the vacation vouchers, and the fedx package was refused.
She didn't care to listen she didn't let me finish she was rude, ill mannered, and got me quite upset. Then she proceeded to tell me that I was going to be sued and I would be receiving a letter in the mail. No lawyers office would have a women like that represent them. I found that when I called the phone number back I got a voice recording saying this is the law office of Joel Cardis llc, no live person, and when I tried to put the phone number on the web, or reverse look up it does not exist 610-382-5116.
Global Vacation Network Company Information
- Company Name:
- Global Vacation Network
- Company Type:
- Private
- Year Founded:
- 1998
- Address:
- 2849 Executive Drive
- City:
- Clearwater
- State/Province:
- FL
- Postal Code:
- 33762
- Country:
- United States
- Fax:
- (727) 556-0352
- Website:
- www.gvnmemberservices.com