Vacation Tour & Travel

I received an unsolicited telemarketing call from this company, even though my number is on the do-​not-​call registry. They said that they received my information from Choice Hotels through my Choice rewards membership. Scary thing is that they actually knew some of my recent travel history. Anyway, they were selling vacation packages, and it’s hard for me to believe that they think people will actually give out a credit card number to an unsolicited telemarketer. If you see a phone number that you don’t recognize from a 501 area code, don’t answer it (unless you live in Arkansas, of course), and then call Choice Hotels and give them an earful for selling your personal information and travel history.

This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. When scheduling my trip I was told that they were going to put up at comfort suites… LIKE SERIOUSLY!!! why would I pay to go to another state just to stay at comfort suites. In addition when I tried calling them to confirm my stay I would get the run around. I was given 3 separate emails and funny thing in all 3 the same person would answer…
When they tried selling me this vacation they made it sound very appealing and that we would stay in a resort… this was very misleading. Not to mention the fact that I was told that I would get a confirmation email stating where I would be staying. In the email it only said to should up at a Welcome center and only when you arrived would you know the hotel… who travels to different destination without knowing for sure where they would be staying.
I then proceeded to call back to cancel and I was ask the reason for cancelation to which I told them I dont appreciate the run-​around and instead of getting someone to help me they just proceeded with canceling my request. This showed me that they definitely knew they were scam artists.
DON’T SIGN UP WITH THEM… HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE NAME BRITTANY ANSWERS!!!

These people fulfill cruise certificates from timeshares. They only offer one or two dates and then try to up sell you. Using a cruise certificate with them where you’re only supposed to pay port fees and taxes never seems to work. They always have one excuse or another why you’re going to need to upgrade and pay more money. If I pay their extra cost it would be more than using a normal travel agency where you could pick any day you wanted. I hate to tell you this but these people make your certificate worth nothing. I told them to void mine and I’m not using it. I think the worst part about the whole experience wasn’t deciding not to use the certificate but speaking with a supervisor who was extremely brash, bordering on rude. I don’t trust this company, and I’m very happy to say I shredded my certificate. If you think dealing with timeshare people to obtain your certificate was difficult, just wait until you deal with these people.
If this company does normal vacation sales, I would stay far, far away from them.

BE AWARE!!! They are very misleading-​DUH?! I purchased the $ 169 package that was to include 2 nights hotel accommodation and 4 day Carvival Cruise. When I called to book the hotel portion, we want to go to Myrtle Beach, the hotels that are included free are all 5 – 10 miles from the beach!!! Who wants to go to Myrtle Beach and stay that far from the beach!!!
You can upgrade to a beach hotel-​for $ 260 per night, and once you do that you DO NOT get your free night for arriving on a Sunday-​Tuesday. Whaaaat??? These people are masters of the bait and switch. While the $ 260 is a slight discount from what it would be if you booked yourself (We are going in July), the hotels you get to choose from are all mediocre and I’m sure we are going to get put in the worse room the hotel has available.
I knew it was to good to be true when I agreed to this thing. I have no one to blame but myself, but learn from my mistake!!!

Deceptive. Did the Time Share pitch package. Turns out the «free stay» is free except taxes and resort fees. This is not mentioned anywhere in their paperwork.
Add in the $ 120 package fee I paid up front, and subtract the $ 50 gift card and it came to $ 60 a night for a room at a so-​so resort. It was a good deal, but not a great deal — especially considering it came with a 2 hour timeshare pitch.
The cruise tickets are barely a discount when compared to buying direct from Carnival, and after the omission of the room tax and fees I don’t trust VT&T enough to use them.
The cruise is limited to a four day cruise to the Caribbean or Bahamas. They do say this in their paperwork but I don’t think they mentioned it in the phone sales pitch. That means almost all the departures are from Florida and of course getting to the departure point and back is your cost.
I did find the customer service to be responsive and helpful

Save your self some heartache and DO NOT BOOK with these people. Their customer service is terrible. Every time I called, the wait time was at least 20 minutes. Once you get a hold of an agent and establish a working relationship with them, no other agents will help you. The result being that even when you get through, it’s only to be told that «so and so» is not available, and they will have to call you back. I called them three times and this was how I was handled. If you give them your money you will never get any of it back, regardless of whether or not they render services. For the love of all that is good in this world, BOOK WITH ANYONE BUT THESE PEOPLE.
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I too would give this company 0 stars, if it were possible.
DO NOT BUY THE $ 549 voucher for a cruise with them!!! YOU WILL BE FORCED TO «UPGRADE» AND PAY MUCH MUCH MORE.
The worst is that you can simply go to
and purchase the same cruise in the same room FOR LESS!!!
This is a typical bait & switch and somehow they got the NBC Today show to buy into them. Shame on NBC.
STAY CLEAR!!!

This company is terrible. They managed to con me into buying this package that included a weekend in Tahoe (have to tour some vacation/​time share property) and a 4 day Carnival Cruise. I haven’t even got to the booking the cruise part because I have to do the Tahoe trip first. They booked me 6 weeks ago for my weekend. Now with less than 10 days to go before we were supposed to leave for Tahoe they cancel the entire trip on me. My g/​f had time scheduled off work and had tickets to a concert in Tahoe that weekend and now all that’s totally F-​ed up. I am so f-​ing pissed with these people. They will refund your money supposedly although how long that would take is a good question. I don’t want a refund, I want the vacation they promised. I can only imagine how bad booking the cruise will be if I ever get to do that.
I would NEVER buy another vacation from them again.