I need to tell people the truth behind Coastal Vacations. It is a rip off! Use your logic when analyzing what I am about to say about Coastal Vacations. They are a pure rip-off, and I was a former "business owner, " so its not like I am getting paid to say this. I want to say this to give people a fair warning about the business, and if I can inform you, that I feel I have added value to your decision making process with the business opportunity or the product itself.
I quit the business because I have more integrity than to falsely mislead people, and to stretch the truth. That is why I have quit - plain and simple. Even if I was making $40,000 a month like some of the reps, I would quit because I would not feel good about conducting business in this manner.
Here is how Coastal Vacations really works. When you become a member, whether its for the business opportunity or to purchase the product itself, you are not allowed to return the products without even having it in your physical hands. So how is that fair to the person buying it?
Think about it for a second. Do you buy groceries at the store without looking at them or do you buy clothes at a department store without looking at them? Obviously not!
I am sure the board of directors and the owners are laughing all the way to the bank when more people sign up. Good for them.
To tell you about these travel packages, the product has no real value, and is being offered for $1,295 to $11,000. Once you become a member, Coastal Vacations gives you websites to login to find travel deals and 90% of these websites are already accessible by the public. So how is this a value?
That is like a company saying, I know where you can buy cars for cheap, just look on eBay, Craigslist, and Auto Trader. Is that not just sickening?
I do not need to spend $1,295 or $3,995 or $11,000 to find out about websites that are already free to view!
As I said before, you do not actually see the product until the return period has expired. No one is able to return the memberships without even seeing what it looks like. So in other words, you are trusting that these deals exist. Remember they claim free unlimited complimentary vacations that only you can get if you are a member of Coastal Vacations. Isn't that just so clever of them?
So, how do they get around the return policy? Here is what the company does. They give you a 3 business day return period.
This form is right here, as I can document it:
Http://www.officialcoastaltraining.com/CoastalOrderForm. Pdf
You do not have to be an attorney to see it says at the bottom, 3 business days from today.
Why such a short time frame? So you will not have time to return the package. Its that simple. You see, when you buy the travel package it takes 7-10 days for you to get your membership approved. There is no approval process, you just send them money and sign the papers. The paperwork states you cannot get a refund, and that you are OK with that, and then you sign. Awesome!
So, because most people are fooled as far as its real value and they will just fill out the application, and then not have time to return it because the return period has expired. This makes sense that they are hiding the facts, because if Coastal Vacations believed there was value, they would give you the membership right away, or at least extend the return date on the disclosures you sign from longer than just 3 days. (And most people are not even given any disclosures).
Also, they give you 20 membership cards when you join and about 90% or more of the cards have contact numbers you can call even if you are not a member. So how is that a value?
When you call these member benefit cards, no one answering the phone knows of "Coastal Vacations, " and you are not getting a discount. This is just great!
Again, I am sure the board of directors and the owners are laughing all the way to the bank when more people sign up. Good for them.
Also, there are several false promises and much misleading information about "Coastal Vacations" giving you a FREE complimentary vacation.
I am sorry: this does not exist!
When I redeemed my 2 FREE Vacation vouchers for the Bahamas (and I paid a $53 processing fee for 2 people), Coastal Vacations mailed me a form to fill in to Fun Time Vacations to pay them about $300 for one week to the Bahamas. Again, how is this a free complimentary vacation?
I have already been with this cruise line 2 times. The cruise is great and the best deal you can find from what I know of, but again, by being a Coastal Vacations member, you are not getting a discount, and these deals are available to anyone in the public.
Again another example, the board of directors claim that most of the vacations cost about $300 a week, although they are FREE, and you need to pay just taxes and a small processing fee. This is not true! You are not paying Coastal Vacations directly anyway. The $300 just goes to a company that has all of the deals. Because I was a member, they give you access to this webpage:
Http://tradingplaces.com/beta/Rentals_20/hotdeals. Aspx
As you can see, this website has killer deals on travel, such as $300 per week, but again you do not need to be a Coastal Vacations member to get these deals.
Why? Click that link and anyone can use it, even call up the company and ask if they have heard of Coastal Vacations.
So here are the facts. I paid $53 for 2 "Free Vacation" vouchers and all I was given was a piece of paper saying I can go to the Bahamas a week and I need to mail it about $300. Again, I already have been on that cruise (so I knew I could go for about $300), and I am not getting any discount by being a Coastal Vacations member.
The bottom line is this, Coastal Vacations does not give you access to unlimited FREE COMPLIMENTARY vacations. They give you phone numbers and websites of where to get the best deals, but if you look online, you can find that out anyway. Not only that, if Coastal Vacations really did give people real value and all of these free complimentary vacations, then why is it a fact that most people do not know about them, and they claim they have been around for 25 years.
If this company gave unlimited free vacations, then probably at least 10% of America would sign and they would have 30 million members just in the USA alone. Also, they would be advertising on TV, radio, online, and in print and they would be making billions if they really were able to give free complimentary vacations and cruises. This clearly is not the case, because the reality is, you do not get these unlimited vacations and cruises for free, and if you did, then everyone would be buying them.
Eric
Boynton Beach, Florida
U.S.A.
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