| World Ventures Dreamtrips sells for $199.95 up | | | | consumers. To this end it looks as if they have |
| front and $24.99 a month. This product is | | | | the gamut covered pretty well. I was particularly |
| described as taking the bulk buying concept of | | | | impressed by the Rovia search engine that |
| Costco and applying it to travel; in short it’s a | | | | powers the retail travel websites of LTC’s. |
| monthly membership that gives the member | | | | In doing an airfare search I was surprised to see |
| access to discounted vacations. At the time of | | | | that they also check Southwest airlines. Because |
| writing there were 68 vacations listed on the | | | | I actually needed to book the travel I was |
| schedule of available vacations. | | | | researching I ended up booking the airfare and |
| So is it worth it? It would be an impossible task | | | | had no issues with the fulfillment. There is also a |
| to research all of the 68 vacations currently being | | | | “Match or Beat” price guarantee for online |
| offered to determine value but our research | | | | bookings against Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline and |
| showed that they do in fact provide vacation | | | | Travelocity. After using the booking engine and |
| pricing that cannot be matched anywhere else | | | | seeing how it searches all the other booking |
| online. One of the price comparisons I | | | | engines I can start to see how the marketing |
| researched as a test was for a Jamaica vacation | | | | claims of not needing to go anywhere else could |
| at the Grand Lido Braco. For two adults this | | | | be very true. We have recently added a video |
| vacation cost $890 via the World Ventures | | | | review comparing WorldVentures Rovia to the |
| Dreamtrips product and Travelocity came in at | | | | competition on an airfare search as well as a |
| $1050. Another example I researched was a | | | | cruise vacation search. |
| Cabo San Lucas trip to the Riu PaIace. For two | | | | WorldVentures Scam Claim: WorldVentures LTC |
| adults this vacation cost $758 via Dreamtrips | | | | product is essentially a travel agent “card |
| product and Travelocity came in at $950.28. | | | | mill” |
| There were some more extravagant trips that | | | | Travel agents have been hit especially hard in the |
| could not be easily compared because they would | | | | past 10 years as more and more travel continues |
| not show pricing unless you were a member and | | | | to be booked online. In this same time frame |
| others were hard to compare because the | | | | several network marketing companies have made |
| Dreamtrips included extras that could not be | | | | a failed attempt to take advantage of this shift. |
| purchased via the normal online booking engine. | | | | Most are not around anymore and left a bad |
| Looking at the numbers it seems most | | | | taste in the mouths of a lot of people because |
| consumers would recover their World Ventures | | | | they were not delivering any true value. Instead, |
| Dreamtrips membership investment with the | | | | they were operating what is commonly referred |
| money they save by taking their first | | | | to in the network marketing based travel industry |
| “Dreamtrip”. Please be aware that this | | | | as a “card mill”. This is a situation where |
| was by no means an exhaustive investigation as | | | | a networking company sells a travel agent |
| we only priced 2 of the 68 Dreamtrips available at | | | | package similar in description to WorldVentures |
| time of writing, but based on this analysis, it | | | | LTC product but in reality it’s just a cheap |
| seems that families taking at least one decent | | | | plastic card designed to give the holder discounts |
| vacation a year would see the value out of their | | | | as if they were a licensed travel agent. |
| membership. | | | | I am happy to say that there is no sign that |
| WorldVentures LTC (Leisure Travel Consultant) | | | | WorldVentures has gone this route with the LTC |
| package sells for $199.95 up front and $24.99 a | | | | product. I cannot find any reference to a travel |
| month. The best description for this product | | | | agent discount card anywhere in their marketing |
| would be an online travel “business in a | | | | material. Further verification with WorldVentures |
| box”. This includes an online retail travel | | | | agents has confirmed that you cannot obtain this |
| website, online travel tutorials and exam, along | | | | card until making an industry standard of travel |
| with opportunities for higher level travel industry | | | | sales along with training and certifications similar in |
| training. | | | | nature to what traditional travel agents must |
| Evaluating the legitimacy of the World Ventures | | | | undergo. |
| LTC product is a little tougher as it is not as much | | | | We've barely gotten started with our review of |
| of a retail product for end consumers but rather | | | | World Ventures Dream Trips, check out the rest. |
| the training, tools and systems to market to end | | | | |