I was a victim of the hard sell marketing techniques utilized by TSN and now Star. I paid over $3,000 for my membership. Booking travel was a nightmare. They promised to match lowest airfares, when I needed to book flights, they admitted they were unable to match other promotions or lowest cost airfares. When trying to book travel one agent did not handle all the details. You had to call one department for hotels, another for condos, another for airfare. It was impossible to just book a trip. They offered little detail about booking your own tour. You had to do it all yourself. I booked a trip to Italy, I never got my travel vouchers until the day before I left. And at that, I only got them because I called to ask where they were. I found cheaper car rental on my own. I got a better deal from the hotel in Florence on the price of a room for my son than I got from TSN for me. A long time ago, right after I purchased the membership I asked for my membership to be rescinded and my money returned because they failed to live up to their end of the contract on the matching airfares. They gave me the run around and said that I had to talk to the company that fronted the sales pitches for them. That company told me I had to deal with TSN. Long story short I didn't get my money back and that is why I at least booked the trip to Italy with them, I needed to get some value from the membership. I never got my 2 free vacations I was promised because they were time sensitive and expired before I could go. Here is my advice: don't even go to one of those meetings where they try to sell you the membership. You are just paying a hefty commission to some third party company to get you hooked. If they really want you to join, they will make membership affordable.By the way, after I paid the $3,000 dollars to join, I now have to pay $189 per year to keep my membership active. And that yearly fee has gone up. Don't join! You can book cheap travel yourself or buy a AAA membership for $90 a year!
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