Coastal Vacations
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:59 pm
There seems to be quite a bit posted on the Internet lately about this company. Do a search on ripoffreports.com for some good information by disgruntled victims taken in by this scam.
One of the odd things is how difficult it is to try and find out information about this business.
Here's a sample of how a rep answers basic questions about Coastal....
1.) Where is Coastal Vacations Headquarters?
~~ Coastal is an association run by a board of directors. The Board of directors are located in several states and meet several times a year at training events.
2.) Who is the owner of Coastal Vacations?
~~ The members are the owners
3.) Where do they ship the products from?
~~ Florida, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Tennessee
4.) Who ships the products?
~~ The board of directors contract with several shipping companies who ship memberships Fed Ex or UPS.
5.) Does Coastal have a rep support/ customer support center?
~~ Yes, we work with 60 different companies and each company is a licensed and bonded travel agency. We offer 4 product training calls to assist members who may not have done their training to learn how each company/ service or Product works
... and so on and so forth. Pure flapdoodle. Why the secrecy?
I did a check and see Coastal Vacations is registered in Arizona. A STEPHANI BILLIPS is listed as the owner.
So I Googled a quick check on him but came up empty handed.
Odd.
If he is the owner, I was sure there'd be some information out there about his background and other scams he'd been involved in.
Anyone heard of this guy or know anything about where Coastal Vacations headquaters actually are? Where their fulfillment center is where they ship their cheap discount coupons from? (They're not a travel company as they maintain - they're in the coupon business).
I'd like to find out more about this operation if anyone knows anything about them. Thanks!
One of the odd things is how difficult it is to try and find out information about this business.
Here's a sample of how a rep answers basic questions about Coastal....
1.) Where is Coastal Vacations Headquarters?
~~ Coastal is an association run by a board of directors. The Board of directors are located in several states and meet several times a year at training events.
2.) Who is the owner of Coastal Vacations?
~~ The members are the owners
3.) Where do they ship the products from?
~~ Florida, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Tennessee
4.) Who ships the products?
~~ The board of directors contract with several shipping companies who ship memberships Fed Ex or UPS.
5.) Does Coastal have a rep support/ customer support center?
~~ Yes, we work with 60 different companies and each company is a licensed and bonded travel agency. We offer 4 product training calls to assist members who may not have done their training to learn how each company/ service or Product works
... and so on and so forth. Pure flapdoodle. Why the secrecy?
I did a check and see Coastal Vacations is registered in Arizona. A STEPHANI BILLIPS is listed as the owner.
So I Googled a quick check on him but came up empty handed.
Odd.
If he is the owner, I was sure there'd be some information out there about his background and other scams he'd been involved in.
Anyone heard of this guy or know anything about where Coastal Vacations headquaters actually are? Where their fulfillment center is where they ship their cheap discount coupons from? (They're not a travel company as they maintain - they're in the coupon business).
I'd like to find out more about this operation if anyone knows anything about them. Thanks!