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TRAVEL CLUB

Learn the best strategies for canceling a travel club membership, including contract review, communication, and the "one-time courtesy" approach for refunds.

How do you get out of a travel club? Try this trick

July 7, 2025June 30, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

If you’ve ever tried to get out of a travel club, you know how difficult — and often impossible — it can be. But even when you’re getting a chorus of “nos,” there’s still a way to free yourself. Just ask Devyn Gemmell.

Categories Advocacy

I need help un-joining a travel club

February 5, 2024October 5, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

The letters between Michael Lefelstein and Island Trader Vacations are increasingly desperate. Turns out he joined a travel club.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
It starts with a postcard saying that you’ve won an airline ticket. To collect your prize, you have to attend a brief presentation.

Airlines sue travel clubs for appropriating logos

January 28, 2024September 7, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

It starts with a postcard saying that you’ve won an airline ticket. To collect your prize, you have to attend a brief presentation.

Categories The Navigator
Cathy Evans doesn't fit the profile of a typical scam victim. She's an account manager for a technology company in Boston.

I paid $6,995 for a travel club membership — did I just get scammed?

January 22, 2024April 25, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Cathy Evans doesn’t fit the profile of a typical scam victim. She’s an account manager for a technology company in Boston, and she likes to think of herself as a discerning customer.

Categories Commentary
In a sales presentation he attended a year ago, Royal Palms Travel offered him deep discounts on cruises and other travel products.

Texas targets “unethical” Royal Palms Travel club

January 19, 2024March 19, 2010 by Christopher Elliott

They promised Hans Slatosch the world. Literally.

Categories Commentary

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