We bought this in July 2016 and they folded as the original Global Concepts within two or so years including the lifetime service. Their website was awful and there no "deals" that you couldn't make yourself. They are as phony as a three dollar bill. read more

i attended the presentation and bought the lifetime service. I am used to booking EVERYTHING myself and travel internationally extensively. Well, I have put them to the test and they have yet to save me any time or money. With just a quick google search, I have always found the best price. So what exactly did I buy? their mullarkey read more

I attended the (one on one) zoom to learn about this service and to get the "free " airline tickets. The reviews I read said the free tickets were a scam and I wanted to see for myself- tickets are tickets, right? (Wrong) The guy said the "free" airline tickets were for anywhere, anytime, you choose the airline,but my oh my! the strings that are attached to them. Pay a "refundable" $150.00 to "hold the reservation", must stay a required length of time, must give two travel dates, 30 days apart, and it isnt their company, it is from a third party) The first 45 minutes, according to the presenter, was for him to learn about me and my travels so they could help me better.Then they "analyze" my info and do their sales presentation. A couple things- most of my questions went unanswered, my "travel agent" didnt know the answers and 4 or 5 times had to reference his co-worker. As far as the service itself, I didnt buy it ,so I cant totally comment on that, but based on the offer and the services provided----people, do you really want to pay around $5,000 (are you kidding me?) for someome to make your travel plans and save you a few dollars here and there? To travel during certain weeks, to certain places? Does this remind you of those shady timeshare deals? I can't say that this company is a scam,but I may need a flashlight, it's seems kind of shady. Kind of a mutated timeshare-vacation deal, in my opinion. read more

We purchased Global Concepts' service a few years back, but we only recently had the chance to use it. It may take some time to understand how the service works, so patience is key. The staff is incredibly helpful and provides you with all the information you need and more. We bought our daughter and son-in-law a honeymoon trip, hoping to make it a special one, and we got an excellent deal on both their flight and resort. There was a flight cancellation by the airline some weeks after the booking, which caused us to worry about availability. Fortunately, Shane and Marlena managed to handle the situation beautifully, without any additional cost to us, and even assisted our children with their car rental needs. We appreciate their efforts and look forward to having them help us with all our future travel plans. read more

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I agree with the reviews by Sue R, Sophia G, Christina O, Alane W, Karin P, Angelina K and Alyssa S. I told them at the presentation when I bought this that I currently booked my own vacations and they swore that their prices couldn't be beat. Well so UNTRUE!!!! I tried to use them in 2022 to book a vacation out west and everything they sent me was higher than i wanted and when I told them the hotels I was looking at their pricing wasn't any better. It's just sad that more people everyday get scammed by them!! I didn't get all the flight vouchers they promised along with the fact that I told them I usually flew alone not with someone and they said I could use the vouchers. Another lie!!! I have to buy 2 tickets to use them read more

It has been 9 months since we used our membership services. This business is such a huge disappointment and VERY costly. They promised many discounts and travel agency type services and we were basically on our own and the woman who scheduled our cruise kept saying, "I dont' know, I've never been on a cruise". We asked for the free air fare promised, they couldn't get it. Only certain times and places....this was not around a holiday. When I came back I was dealing with a brief illness, then the holidays so it has taken me a long time to post this but I felt I needed to warn others. From the moment we signed, things changed from how they were stated up front. Terrible. Stay away from this company. read more

I have left messages for the owner Jennifer to please refund my money....NO response......I ended up booking my granddaughter and my own airlines (much cheaper than she quoted), hotels and events on my own...This company is a complete scam........JERNNIFER DO THE RIGHT THING and REFUND ME and EVERYONE ELSE YOU LKIED TO THEIR MONEY BACK read more

I really had high hopes for this agency after going through the sales pitch. Unfortunately, I have been extremely disappointed with the service and prices I've been quoted. As an experienced traveler, I have been able to find better prices/accommodations on my own after getting quotes from their agents. In addition, upon receiving the "free" airfare vouchers, I found out that it costs $75 to use each one. That is not what I consider to be free. The deals they told me about in the sales pitch seem to be few and far between. I imagine that if I could book a year in advance, some of them might be available, but since I can't always do that, they have been no use to me up to this point. I cannot recommend this company. read more

I bought into this SCAM several years ago, giving them around $5k. Found out, that all of their promises were lies, they book everything exactly the way every FREE TRAVEL AGENCY does, on sites I booked from myself. They Google, they just take much longer, making you feel like they're doing you a favor. Sometimes I got a $6-10 cash back. I travel a lot about a dozen or so times every year, and go to many special events all the time. I tried to work with the same agents over the years, they all quit! Many, many of them. No wonder. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS SCAM, take a trip to Europe instead, book things yourself. Today the owner chewed me out because I didn't introduce myself to her receptionist, just stated the tickets I needed and asked for the amount of their cash back for it. It used to be enough with previous staff, who knew how to get their job done. I'm sure they don't have thousands of clients, I'm used to everyone knowing who I was by my number when I called. I hung up on her rant after 10 min. because I was driving, didn't have to for her bs. So she emailed me the site where I can book my ticket myself! These people are a joke, and my biggest financial mistake! read more

Attended the "free lunch". They were pressuring attendees to buy into their $5000k scam with a promise of two free airline tickets. Those who are older probably take less time to do their due diligence and quickly read up on the company. Luckily I did a quick Google search while I was there and found awful reviews about this company. Do yourself a favor, skip the "free meal" and learn how to book and track your own flights/hotels. It's as simple as going on Google Flights, Trip Advisor, Booking.com, Expedia, etc. such a shame that people fall for this. read more

Went to a lunch seminar at a really good restaurant (Longhorn) with promise of free plane ticket. Listened to spiel for 2 hour sounds great. Great rates to travel anywhere book 4 star hotel for $300 a week. Sounded wonderful. $49.80 a month for silver plan $59.80 a month for gold. (FOR TEN YEARS!!!!!) Can't afford! Got free lunch and plane ticket not so free up to $105 for taxes and fees at time of booking also reservation save the date deposit $150 iteneries of the 2 tickets must be identical, not valid Nov.20 to January 5. Book at least 45 days in advance minimum stay 3 days and 14 nights maximu. Flight schedules at discretion of travel provider who selects departure airport in cities with multiple carriers. read more

They told me this seminar would be an hour to an hour and a half. It was actually 2 and 1/2 hours. I thought it was going to be a group thing but it was a one-on-one thing. It is not worth a free dinner. They want to sell you at the end a membership for 5 or $4,000 just to get a few discounts on traveling. I'm thinking for that price. I can take three or four vacations myself. I told them that I hardly do any traveling and it wouldn't be worth the money but they kept insisting that I sign up even though I told him I was not interested. They seem pretty annoyed with me that I wasn't interested but I literally told them I could not take them off work to travel and even if I could, I'm not paying $5,000 to a company to when I can book my own vacations and find good deals myself. They show you the reviews from the better Business bureau, but they don't bother to show you any reviews from Yelp. The lady that sat with us was very nice, it's all a sales pitch to get your money. The person in charge who came and helped was not very friendly. The free tickets they offer, you aren't really free!. I could probably take three cruises for the price they wanted to charge. Do not attend their seminars! read more

I'm embarrassed to say my husband and I bought into this scam a few years ago. We were very excited with all the promises, "2 free airline tickets" (we have not used yet, but was recently told we have to pay to use them and we can't pick the dates which have to be approved by the third party airlines, and "Can you fly to a nearby town instead of the one you want?"... oh my gosh! That really did it for me) I feel so embarrassed for falling for this SCAM of a travel agency. Do not, DO NOT pay anything for a travel agency. DO NOT go to the free meals to get a heavy pitch of lies. I have read the reviews on Yelp and the bad out weigh the "good". I have had travel agents from GC that are nice but always want to pay me for a good review on Google. I did write a good review on Google for the travel agent being so professional and kind. $5,000! ! ! What a scam.... People, learn to book your own flights, your own cruises, your own car rentals. DO NOT pay thousands of dollars for a little bit of help per year. My husband and I are middle working class and hardly travel but loved the idea of all the promises, discounts the "free airline tickets" and a life time of convenience that could be passed on from generation to the next generation, infinity as long as our family uses our portfolio names. . That's too good to be true BUT I fell for it. read more

Have been working with Cathy and have been pleased by the ease of scheduling and getting reservations. First time to use the service and hope all continues to go smoothly. Thank you Cathy read more

This company is a joke. I went to the seminar, they explained their different vacation packages, which I was real adamant about the yearly vacation I always take the first weekend in November. The packages include Hot Weeks which are $399 a week and 10%+ discounts on other reservations. I purchased the sampler package for $2980 which consisted of 2 Hot Weeks a year for 10 years. I continued to refer to my yearly vacation in Galveston. The staff just harped on oh yes, there are plenty of places to stay in Galveston. I asked about the cancellation policy and the representatives exact words were " Why would you want to cancel ? " Also with this purchase, I was told it would only cost me $29 a mth to pay off the $2980 ( other packages at $49 $59 etc ). Pay then with your CC then they would get another CC to offer the $29 a mth- which is fraudulent information. It was actually running your credit and obtaining a CC to offer you 18/24 mths of 0% interest then after that term they would use your information again to get another CC to offer you 0% interest - who wants all these lines of credit opened in your name?? On some of the paperwork it mentioned in house financing- not sure where that was. After eating and being there for 2 hours I was ready to go. I thought ok - 3K over 10 years and $399 for my yearly vacation - why not ! No, I would not spend 3K to just save 10% here and there on a few reservations. So I was signing all the paperwork and did not read/see the fine print of 3 day cancellation policy. Ok BUT the Paperwork states, you will receive your log in information within 7-14 days. And that is if you even receive your information. How are you to look into the program and see if it benefits you and your family if you don't receive your log in information within 3 days ? This company misleads you into believing you will be able to book your Hot Week reservation in the town you choose as long as you give a 45 day notice. I tried to book 7 mths in advance the 1st year and 9 mths in advance the 2nd year, No $399 Hot Week available. Availability in nearby town and more expensive places. That is not why I purchased the package. Here I am over a year out still trying to dispute the charge with my CC company because the owner will not refund my money due to non rendered services. I have explained to the owner Shane Bohannon he has not rendered any of the services that were presented and he continues to refuse my refund. He knows his company offers misleading and false information just to get you to buy into their program. I know I should have looked at the reviews on the BBB site and Yelp before making this purchase. read more

please don't buy into this,, ,,,scam all the way. travel agents are free,,, no need to pay anything. this is not the way to go if you like to travel,,, know where you want to go and know your price range,, all kinds of cars and plane rides out there read more

This place is a total scam. I was scammed by Mark and the company owner. I'm still paying $5,000 for this scam, and never once have they been able to assist me!! DO NOT attend any of their presentations, treat your own self to lunch or dinner, it'll be thousands of $$'s cheaper, and book your trip through Priceline, Sam's Club, or Costco. If you're not a member of Sam's or Costco, the cost of your membership could save you big bucks. RUN, DON'T WALK AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE !! read more

!!!!beware, beware, beware!!!! run away from this company as fast as you can! do not, i repeat, do not, do not, do not accept any invitations for a free lunch or free airfare! i don't know what type of scam the owners, shane & jennifer are running but they, along with their reservations/marketing person marlena should be ashamed of themselves! who has time time or the energy to plot, scheme & lie to people for a living? i signed up for a free luncheon & 2 complimentary airline tickets event via instagram. i received a call from marlena on 04/09/022 confirming my interest. i asked what's the catch, hidden fees, disclaimers, etc. she stated there were none. i then asked if this was timeshare & she stated it wasn't she provided dates & times of the events & i selected 04/12/2022, 3pm at the red lobster on s. lindbergh in st louis mo. she sent an email from a generic email address confirming the reservation. i noticed there was no identifying or demographic information for the company. when i inquired about this, she sent me an email from her direct email address with the information. at this stage, the luncheon reservation had already been confirmed. i have email confirmation for that. she then emails me asking for my full first name because she was setting up my airfare reservations. I wasn't comfortable providing my personal information over the phone or email & found it concerning i was even being asked to do so. my concerns grew. i started asking questions about the company because of her sketchy responses. the questions I asked are legal, valid & legitimate, especially if you're asking for my personal information. marlena was agitated about the questions & angry that I wouldn't accept her vague answers. she also ignored a couple of the questions which was added to my growing list of concerns. i added some of the screenshots & can share more if needed. she continued to push for my full first name. i respectfully shared each time i would provide it in person but not over phone or email. she finally said ok, i will reach out to you monday 04/11/22 to confirm. I received an email on 04/11/22 stating the event had been canceled due to them having a covid issue. this sounded sketchy so i called the red lobster & spoke with the general manager, kirk that confirmed the event had not been canceled & the company had reservations for 4/12/22, 4/13/22 & 4/14/22. he further added that he had not spoken to anyone from global concepts about this claim they made to me via email. i asked the general manager for his email, replied to their email & cc'd the general manager on it informing them i was aware the event had not been canceled & that i believe they sent the email in retaliation of me not providing my personal information over the phone or email. marlena replied back and stated the event had not been canceled & that only my reservation had been canceled & it was due to them being short staffed, but now no mention of covid. they literally made up an entire lie because they realized unlike others, i won't be easily duped, hoodwinked or bamboozled. please note, i was patient, respectful, poised, professional & consistent in all of my communication with marlena as evidenced by email documentation. what legitimate business gets angry, retaliates & lies because a consumer is respectfully inquiring about the company. i am so happy my parents raised me to know all that glitters isn't gold. these people need help. you won't profit longterm scamming people. you can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. now i understand why they have to come to st. louis from san antonio to seek customers. Don' take my word for it; please do your due diligence & research this company. all of these people who filed complaints with the bbb can't all be lying. i'm sure there are others. global concepts can chime in & attempt to lie or talk their way out of this but i have all correspondence documented to substantiate my report. You are welcome to reach out to me & I would be happy to share those with you. A lie has speed but the truth has endurance. read more

If I could give 0 stars, I would. We signed up and there has been nothing but added fees and charges that were never mentioned in the sales presentation. This company is very clearly a multilevel marketing scheme. They must sign up more people to pay for those that have already signed up and paid their money. The resort images shown on their web page are not available to you when you would like to travel there, if they are available at all. They are only available at times you don't want to be there, like hurricane season. I recently asked for a week in a certain town and was sent back three hotels which I found on Hotels.com for exactly the same price Global was offering me. What they are offering is the very same thing you can get by booking it yourself on any travel website. Save your money and go where you want, when you want. It will cost you less because you won't have paid for this terrible company to do what you can do for yourself. read more

So just went to this Tuesday afternoon, worst food ever not there fault but very cheap...They say no up front cost and you get a free lunch, 2 airline tickets, for just listening to there pitch. Girl was nice but didn't know much about the company had to keep asking for answers to my questions, and then out right lied about no upfront cost. They want you to put the cost of their services on one of your credit cards as a pending transaction, while you apply for another card or finance option through their lenders. The guy like a balance transfer to an interest free card. Then when your card comes in the mail then you switch it to that one...so now lunch and the airfare would have cost me 5 Thousand dollars...Very expensive lunch, and the tickets are a joke, they tell you can be used anywhere in the United States, just pay the taxes okay no problem...but then lied about those too. When I said I want to think about it well then Hyde appeared they became rude, and confrontational. To this I don't understand when do you pay upfront ever for a service that has never been done...hell even when buying a car you get to test drive it first! My take on this if it sounds to good to be true it is!!! And there is no such thing as a free lunch, gave up 3 hours of my time and sick the rest of the night... read more

It's disappointing that there has to be a "hook" and deception to lure people to a "free" lunch or dinner. YES there are HIDDEN fees and YES there is a LARGE membership fee. Airline tix are NOT free. I knew when someone promised FREE airline tix just to attend a presentation that there was NO way they weren't going to be pressuring to buy and that there wasn't going to be "fine print" on the redemption requirements for the airline tix. I'll stay on my own and avoid all the shenanigans and high pressure sales tactics read more

Wife and I bought into this scam, unfortunately. We love traveling and everything they told us sounded great. We have had Global Concepts for going on 2 years now and have not used them. As our travel agent, we have requested several options for mini vacations to our typical two- week vacation, it is clear they do not read your email because they send you back options that we did not ask for and they send us Air BnB links to locations, which I could do on my own. Not once have they successfully given us an option remotely close to what we've asked for. Their prices are not cheaper than anyone else. The cruises are almost non existent compared to how they promote them. Their website is horrendous, poorly designed and if that's the best they can do, that is just sad. Do NOT buy into this company, their business ethic can be found in any dictionary under "scammer". Let them buy your meal then leave. read more

Please proceed with caution when working with this company. When it sounds to good to be true it is.Global concepts misrepresented the travel agency they promote. They target the elderly who do not have the ability or funds to pay. Everyone at the presentaion was 75 years old and up.They charge a Bank of America credit card and have you paying for 10 years. At 85 and 82 years old we do not even travel. They gave us hope that we would be able to travel at a discount, to go and see our son and grand children. I tried to cancel after the high pressured sales pitch we recieved from Shane Bohanon but was treated very rudely and with no concern that we did not have the funds to pay. I seriously dont know how you sleep at night knowing you target elderly couples for your own benifit and profit. Shame on you!, read more

STAY AWAY FROM GLOBAL CONCEPTS! WORST travel company out there! They obfuscate what the real caveats are in their travel plan to get you to sign up. They tell you that you get 6 free tickets & services for $5980 and that you HAVE to open up a new credit card account with Bank of America to make it happen. NO YOU DON"T have to...they never explained WHY. They also don't tell you that these vouchers expire. Is that OBFUSCATION, LIEs or just hiding what's true? You decide. Shame on me for not reading the fine print. Shame on me for wanting to believe these SCAMMERS were honest in what they told those attending the sales pitch. Shame on me for wanting to believe they were an honest business. THEY ARE NOT! Global Concepts are OBFUSCTORS EXCEPTIONALE! When one calls to ask questions, they will call you back, Listen to you again, then tell you how wrong you were in what you believed you were receiving, that sorry lady, you didn't read the fine print. You are just SOL now... Yup, that's Global Concepts, OBFUSCATING the real processes of buying tickets that never allows one to actually use the vouchers that cost me as a member $5970! For what?! I explained to the agent exactly how I travel, she iterated over and over how this is just the answer to how I travel. The first time out of the 'shoot' was a travel nightmare at the airport, even before we got off the ground. Ok, one mishap isn't the worst thing in my life. Then tried a second time. There seem to be new rules with every ticket request. They've got a really GOOD SCAM going, folks. Stay away from these people at Global Concepts who look and act as though they are wanting to do you a favor. They do NOT. They simply want to transfer your money to their bank account. Too bad I believed them. Look at some of these reviews: DECEITFUL! HIGH PRESSURE! UNWANTED SOLICITATION CALLS! OBFUSCATING THE TRUTH! I've experienced all of the above from Jennifer the wife of the owner. Jennifer, are you the trainer of your employees? Yes? After speaking to you, I thought so. I have to give it to you, you did try to placate me over your other agents, but your own business practices don't allow good business...good for you, not good for the customer. And, your words DO NOT ring true..."you do the best for your customers...NO YOU DO NOT! If you did, I wouldn't be so upset at giving you $6000, RECEIVING bad customer service and still have no use of the 6 vouchers. No to mention you put the 'blame' on me for misunderstanding. Hmmmmm. True colors? read more

As the business owner, Jennifer, especially if you have indeed run this business for 20+ years, you know robocalls are ILLEGAL! Especially when you have marketing calling people on the Federal No Call List. We can easily file against you in small claims court. The caller ID that just harassed me showed as "Service Call 972-370-5238". I was told we "won" free dinner for 2 next week at Friday's in Plano on North Central Expressway AND 2 free airfare's for anywhere in the continental United States. I informed your rep the call is ILLEGAL & suggested she remind the business owner... Please start following the law! I would never use a company that is unwilling to follow the law. read more

Used a "free" airline ticket voucher in October. Terrible time with the airline and it wasn't free, cost me around $300. Felt deceived and cheated. I have another certificate for two more "free" airline tickets because we signed up for their service, cost close to $3000. I am trying to give Global a second chance to prove that signing up is not the worst mistake I have made. Can't get the flights I want and again it is going to cost close to $300 for the airline tickets. So if you are thinking about paying Globe Concepts a dime, DON'T! read more

Certainly am not experiencing what I was "sold". I agree with the person who said this was a $3000 lunch, except ours was higher than that. I searched for hotels on my own and come up with the same pricing they do. For the small amount of "cash back" we will receive, it will take me about 20 years to "break even" from what we had to pay in. Waiting for the BIG SAVINGS. I don't know how they even have a good BBB rating! read more

We are on the Federal DO NOT CALL list, yet we received an unsolicited marketing call today from Global Concepts. Asked to be removed from their list too. This is not the way to do business in the 21st century. read more

The service was not at all what was promised in the presentation. The cash back is a minimum amount. I have worked with full service travel agents before; I get more attention and protection from my use of American Express. It was a lengthy presentation with the promise of airline tickets we could not use. I used the service on several cruises and all they did was to make the billing inconvenient. I was also not able to chose my room with them. We have received about $200 from both cruises. At this rate I will never live long enough to get a value out of this. In addition, the second cruise took almost 2 months to get a whopping $70 some odd dollars. After they got paid, they have not contacted us for anything. A regular travel agent is trying to let you know about possible upcoming travel that can save you money. This is not it; save your money and stay away. read more

We were pleased with our one on one presentation. Very personable .We have already had a good experience with bookings.Im looking forward to many more. Thank you Cody and Micaela!! read more

If you're interested in hard sell presentations, you'll enjoy meeting with a Global Concepts representative. If you like being scammed, you'll enjoy it even more! We were told the almost $5000 that had to be paid up front would be reimbursed and we could then pay the $50 monthly. Wrong. We are being given the run around and money that was earning interest is no longer in our account. Now we are reading the reviews about the "free" airline tickets and I'm really concerned. Just how badly were we scammed? Time will tell. read more

We just got back from three weeks in Australia and New Zealand. We worked with Global Concepts, Teresa was our travel agent. Teresa handled the hotels, excursions and whatever other needs we had. She did a fantastic job and made the trip so much more enjoyable knowing we did not have to worry about these things. Already planning our next adventure with them, great job!! read more

They called and told us we won a vactation but did not tell us that that we would have to listen to a 2 and a half hour sales pitch. I asked her finally to give us our free trip or let us get on with our day. The sales rep said she would send it in the mail and they never did. The only free "getaway" here was us running to our car to escape the liquored up glare of our chain smoking sales banshee. We should have known better. If it seems too good to be true..well. Don't waste your time with these people. read more

My husband and I attended a presentation today with a very pleasant man named Mark. After hearing what sounded like a "too good to be true" offer I asked if we could think about it over night and was promptly told "no". It's now or never. I wouldn't hire a lawn guy without doing some research and weighing all my options so he pleasantly and with no high pressure told us he understood our concerns and gave us our as promised two airline tickets and told us that we would be responsible for taxes, understandable. What he didn't mention and we didn't learn until we got home and read the fine print that in order to get these two "free" tickets we would have to send a money order or cashiers check for $150 reservation deposit. B.S. Global Concepts. Your representative lied. If it's too good to be true it usually is. It was. Shame on you for all the people you scam. read more

Responses lack, information is omitted, and they are deceitful. We told them we would be traveling with an infant and without asking us, they booked basic economy tickets.. I noticed it and was told, "your seats are chosen at check in but since you booked as a family they are very good about seating together, never had clients call back and tell me other wise". We arrived at the airport and the airline told us that our daughter was not registered and we're lucky they were able to accommodate us. The seats assigned to us were two middle seats away from each other. I then asked about rental cars several times as I was able to find a pretty good rate through my work. After finally hearing back, they were trying to put me in a smaller car for barely less of a price. We also do not know anyone who has received the "cash back" they promise. I will never use this place again. read more

I received a phone call from a woman telling us about a new travel agency in the area. We were invited to a luncheon to hear about it. I specifically asked her if this was some kind of travel club or if there was a fee involved. She said NO. She lied! After the presentation, we were asked if we wanted the 5,000 or 6,000 membership. I told our sales rep what the lady on the phone told me and she didn't seem to care. ( they probably know their callers lie to get you there) We did not purchase it and would never have gone if the woman on the phone had been honest about the membership. read more

Do not get involved with these people. Despite what they say, you cannot get out of the contract as stated. Money down the drain!!