Florida Sport and Recreation presented themselves as a corporation that had tremendous buying power in the travel industry. They offered the opportunity for us to become "shareholders" (licensees) in the corporation. During the live presentation, we were shown dramatic price reductions on Alaskan cruise fares, which was our primary objective in becoming a licensee in this company. We were told that, as licensees, we would have the same purchasing power as the major travel discount houses, such as Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz, etc. This has proven to be a total misrepresentation.
In the past two weeks, we have begun serious planning for our Alaskan cruise. So far, Florida Sport and Recreation has only been able to closely match prices available online to the general public.in all cases, prices quoted through the cruise lines' Web sites have been lower than those quoted by Florida Sport and Recreation. The only benefit that FS&R is offering is their "Rewards Program" discount of approximately 4%.
In addition, there have been numerous times when we have used FS&R as a travel service for airfare and hotels. We found out too late that their prices were, in fact, higher than those we could have gotten on our own. Despite the way they represented themselves as a corporate entity, they are nothing more than travel agents. We would have known this immediately and been able to rescind our contract had we been able to access their Web site within the 3-day mandatory period. However, they told us that it would require a 14-day processing period before we would be given access to the Web site. We've been scammed!!!
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