In October I attended a presentation by First Travel Club in Englewood. It was basically having all the benefits of a timeshare, without the timeshare price and major discounts in all aspects of travel plus cash back incentives. For some reason I was trusting that day — all contracts looked legal.
I should have been suspicious when I had to pay full membership fee of $4995 by credit cards. The person I dealt with was Gary A. Hoover.
I even used their services and called by phone — I should have gone to their office at 5520 N. Union in Colorado Springs. Since they arranged a good travel hotel — I didn't think anything of them being a scam.
In February I received email from Tracey Garin [email protected] stating they were working on their website, but in the meantime — a list of toll free numbers were given for car rental, air reservations, hotels, etc. Email said to send in info to get a login. I didn't do it at the time, because I didn't need it. Since then 7, I needed travel reservations —
I tried to contact the company, have found this company is out of business, but Savasi is handling all travel needs — www.savasi.com — this website has all the same words, promises as first travel club. I searched for Tracey Garin on the internet and found his name for a complaint against Equicredit loan company — I found his email address as [email protected] — I called the savasi number listed on web page and I get the same message as First Travel Club — they say to hold on while they transfer to first available agent — then you get there and they say leave your name and number and we'll get back to you.
I am collecting names of others who have been scammed — I'm contacting my pre-paid legal service to do a class action suit. I have sent my report to District Attorney of Denver, BBB, Federal Trade Commission. I want these people found and put in jail. Another name that comes up is Kimberly Garin. Both Tracey (must be her husband or brother) live in Colorado Springs. Hopefully the Attorney General can locate these people via DMV records.
Next time anything happens like this — ask for their license number, their CEO name and phone number, anything to verify they are legal. Ask for their business license (I guess that can be counterfeited also). I'm hoping the internet will catch these people.
I wrote [email protected] on 7/7 and got a reply that Savasi is servicing previous First Travel members. So they are still actively scamming people.
Louise
Monument, Colorado
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