All Seasons Travel We took the Florida trip and have a tale to tell! Ripoff Atlanta Georgia
Ok. We bought into the All Season's Internet Popup and we took the Florida trip (finally). Here is the scoop.
All Seasons lied on where we were staying. After 4+ weeks of attempting to get information (and several other lies such as "we are finalizing and will mail on Monday")we were finally passed to Take-A-Break Travel who gave us Hotel information and rental information. We were required to stop by the "Welcome Centre" at each hotel.
3 nights Orlando - 2 nights Fort Lauderdale - 2 nights Daytona Beach.
Upon checking at Welcome Centre at the Radisson Worldgate Orlando we had to sign an agreement to attend a sales pitch next morning. Had to! even though All Seasons told us we did not because we were from Canada. After signing the agreement we got our hotel certificate for the three nights. Now this hotel is older but is certainly an OK hotel. No complaints.
We did the sales thing (hey free breakfast for 3.5 hours of babble and only a few lies!).
Now on to Fort Lauderdale - Hotel was Ramada no where near the beaches as we were originally told (miles away from the coast!). The hotel was really old and not all that clean - In my opinion a 2 star hotel. We did NOT have to do a sales pitch but were confronted by a very confrontational salesman who even managed to get in some lies while trying to get us to go to the pitch!
Now on to Daytona Beach. The hotel was a 1 star beat up old place that, at least, had no bugs! It likely was an ok place in its day but this place is in dire need of a complete rebuild. No sales pitch needed!
So ended the 7 day vacation offered by All Seasons 800 dollars Canadian for 7 nights and a sub compact car (we upgraded to an SUV at our own cost) and by the way that does not include any taxes - you have to pay them at each hotel and the car rental.
The hotels and the timeshare people seem to be in "cahoots" as they were quite friendly with each other as well as being co-located at each place.
Final evaluation - Don't bother - you can do better on your own as we did in our second week 500 dollars for suites for 7 days. These guys are in it to sell sell sell (oh yeah did I mention all the lies?). We made a suggestion to the salesman in Orlando that if they could cut out the lies maybe it would help the sales "Yes, I am going to look into that". Right - that was his 7th or 8th lie in 3 hours...
Good luck everyone! Florida can be an awesome place to visit! Just do a little homework!
Frank
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
9 Updates & Rebuttals
Sarah
Rose Bay,Australia,
Australia
Confirmation of Claims
#10Consumer Comment
Fri, June 22, 2007
I had a call from ASTAR (Previously All Seasons Travel) TODAY. And they are indeed claiming that the hotels are THREE or FOUR star accomodation. Indeed, this was mentioned at least 3 or 4 times to me during the conversation, and included the Radisson as mentioned in the initial post. Continuing lies from these people.
Jennifer
Coral Springs,Florida,
U.S.A.
Ex employee responds
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sat, September 16, 2006
Frank,
I do apoligize for the trouble you had in on your vacation but that is clearly not the intention of Take a Break Travel to mislead you in any way.
None of us ever claim when speaking on the phone that the hotels are three or four star. They are standard hotels. We do offer upgrades and the tour terms are in the paperwor along with the complementary economy car unfortunately SUV's are not contracted out to Take a Break but we do offer bigger cars.
I personally have stayed at the Radison and had a good experience there. Every comment is taken with the unmost concern and yes it is true that Neil was fired for being dishonest because I worked there at the time he was fired. We all worked hard and he took advantage of everyone of us. Everyone that works at Take a Break Cares about each and every customer that calls in I am sorry you had a bad experience. But that was not the intention of the comapny.
Shavon
Tamarac,Florida,
U.S.A.
Neal was fired for stealing money
#10UPDATE Employee
Fri, September 15, 2006
It is so ironic when I read letters like the one Neal has submitted. His letters outlines horrific details about purchasing a vacation package. I disagree with most of his lies.
Neal was fired from TakeABreak Travel because he was using unethical business practices to make more money via commision. His commision was based on the number of upgrades he could offer to a client. He was top salesman for years actually. We found out the reason he was so successful is because he was stealing commisions from another hard working agents. He was fired. Funny how he complains about everyone else's business ethic. He would still be stealing if he wasn't caught. I forgive him though. I guess I would write nasty lies to if I wanted to devert the guilt for myself.
Shavon
Tamarac,Florida,
U.S.A.
Neal was fired for stealing money
#10UPDATE Employee
Fri, September 15, 2006
It is so ironic when I read letters like the one Neal has submitted. His letters outlines horrific details about purchasing a vacation package. I disagree with most of his lies.
Neal was fired from TakeABreak Travel because he was using unethical business practices to make more money via commision. His commision was based on the number of upgrades he could offer to a client. He was top salesman for years actually. We found out the reason he was so successful is because he was stealing commisions from another hard working agents. He was fired. Funny how he complains about everyone else's business ethic. He would still be stealing if he wasn't caught. I forgive him though. I guess I would write nasty lies to if I wanted to devert the guilt for myself.
Shavon
Tamarac,Florida,
U.S.A.
Neal was fired for stealing money
#10UPDATE Employee
Fri, September 15, 2006
It is so ironic when I read letters like the one Neal has submitted. His letters outlines horrific details about purchasing a vacation package. I disagree with most of his lies.
Neal was fired from TakeABreak Travel because he was using unethical business practices to make more money via commision. His commision was based on the number of upgrades he could offer to a client. He was top salesman for years actually. We found out the reason he was so successful is because he was stealing commisions from another hard working agents. He was fired. Funny how he complains about everyone else's business ethic. He would still be stealing if he wasn't caught. I forgive him though. I guess I would write nasty lies to if I wanted to devert the guilt for myself.
Shavon
Tamarac,Florida,
U.S.A.
Neal was fired for stealing money
#10UPDATE Employee
Fri, September 15, 2006
It is so ironic when I read letters like the one Neal has submitted. His letters outlines horrific details about purchasing a vacation package. I disagree with most of his lies.
Neal was fired from TakeABreak Travel because he was using unethical business practices to make more money via commision. His commision was based on the number of upgrades he could offer to a client. He was top salesman for years actually. We found out the reason he was so successful is because he was stealing commisions from another hard working agents. He was fired. Funny how he complains about everyone else's business ethic. He would still be stealing if he wasn't caught. I forgive him though. I guess I would write nasty lies to if I wanted to devert the guilt for myself.
Neal
Tamarac,Florida,
U.S.A.
Ramada Plaza Resorts/All Season's Travel Scam
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, June 14, 2005
Hello, I am a former employee and I feel sorry for the hundreds and hundreds of people who have been ripped off by the following companies.(Ramada Plaza Resorts, Florida Travel Escapes, All Season's Travel, Adventure Marketing, Vacation Showroom) All these companies listed offer bogus vacation packages and when you decide to take these trips you end up spending most of your vacation time taking time share tours (4 hours minimum) They do not take credit cards for payment, they deduct the money directly from your checking account, so they don't have to deal with credit card companies that protect the consumer.
The hotels that you stay in are old,nasty, run down places that are considered 1 star accomodations. I happened to work for a company called Take a Break Travel which is the company that books the travel for these companies. If you try and reach these companies to cancel your package, they will either 1) not answer the phone a message will come on. 2) try and offer you extended time to take your trips. 3) and are extremely rude where you will get no customer satisfaction.
Just a little info the owner has scammed people for years and drives a maserati that innocent non informed people have contributed to. They avdvertise on the internet with pop up ads offering a deluxe vacation for 99 per person. They do not advise you of all the blackout dates, that you and every member of your party will be forced to do a time share tour in every destination, not just one, and if you are not interested in purchasing a time share they will treat you like crap, and often leave you at the property in the middle of nowhere trying to find transportation back to your sleazy, run down hotel. I worked for this company for a long time and have seen many horror stories regarding these packages.
Now under the All Seasons name they solicted europeans to pay 898 or whatever money they can get to buy these vacations. Just a heads up, you will spend tons of money on extras you were never told about. the cruise they offer is a cruise to the bahamas on imperial majesty cruise line, which is an old rundown ship and include the price of the cruise in your package, then when you decide to take the cruise, they will charge you again 135 or more for port charges.
Just so you know the port charges are around $ 15 per person but they try and get 135 out of you. As you see there are numerous complaints about thses companies listed and several complaints have been filed with the better business bureau. Just in the future please do some homework and reserach before you invest in these lame packages. I decided to leave this company when i realized they have no concern for people and continually ripped innocent people off.
Neal
Tamarac,Florida,
U.S.A.
Ramada Plaza Resorts/All Season's Travel Scam
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, June 14, 2005
Hello, I am a former employee and I feel sorry for the hundreds and hundreds of people who have been ripped off by the following companies.(Ramada Plaza Resorts, Florida Travel Escapes, All Season's Travel, Adventure Marketing, Vacation Showroom) All these companies listed offer bogus vacation packages and when you decide to take these trips you end up spending most of your vacation time taking time share tours (4 hours minimum) They do not take credit cards for payment, they deduct the money directly from your checking account, so they don't have to deal with credit card companies that protect the consumer.
The hotels that you stay in are old,nasty, run down places that are considered 1 star accomodations. I happened to work for a company called Take a Break Travel which is the company that books the travel for these companies. If you try and reach these companies to cancel your package, they will either 1) not answer the phone a message will come on. 2) try and offer you extended time to take your trips. 3) and are extremely rude where you will get no customer satisfaction.
Just a little info the owner has scammed people for years and drives a maserati that innocent non informed people have contributed to. They avdvertise on the internet with pop up ads offering a deluxe vacation for 99 per person. They do not advise you of all the blackout dates, that you and every member of your party will be forced to do a time share tour in every destination, not just one, and if you are not interested in purchasing a time share they will treat you like crap, and often leave you at the property in the middle of nowhere trying to find transportation back to your sleazy, run down hotel. I worked for this company for a long time and have seen many horror stories regarding these packages.
Now under the All Seasons name they solicted europeans to pay 898 or whatever money they can get to buy these vacations. Just a heads up, you will spend tons of money on extras you were never told about. the cruise they offer is a cruise to the bahamas on imperial majesty cruise line, which is an old rundown ship and include the price of the cruise in your package, then when you decide to take the cruise, they will charge you again 135 or more for port charges.
Just so you know the port charges are around $ 15 per person but they try and get 135 out of you. As you see there are numerous complaints about thses companies listed and several complaints have been filed with the better business bureau. Just in the future please do some homework and reserach before you invest in these lame packages. I decided to leave this company when i realized they have no concern for people and continually ripped innocent people off.
Neal
Tamarac,Florida,
U.S.A.
Ramada Plaza Resorts/All Season's Travel Scam
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, June 14, 2005
Hello, I am a former employee and I feel sorry for the hundreds and hundreds of people who have been ripped off by the following companies.(Ramada Plaza Resorts, Florida Travel Escapes, All Season's Travel, Adventure Marketing, Vacation Showroom) All these companies listed offer bogus vacation packages and when you decide to take these trips you end up spending most of your vacation time taking time share tours (4 hours minimum) They do not take credit cards for payment, they deduct the money directly from your checking account, so they don't have to deal with credit card companies that protect the consumer.
The hotels that you stay in are old,nasty, run down places that are considered 1 star accomodations. I happened to work for a company called Take a Break Travel which is the company that books the travel for these companies. If you try and reach these companies to cancel your package, they will either 1) not answer the phone a message will come on. 2) try and offer you extended time to take your trips. 3) and are extremely rude where you will get no customer satisfaction.
Just a little info the owner has scammed people for years and drives a maserati that innocent non informed people have contributed to. They avdvertise on the internet with pop up ads offering a deluxe vacation for 99 per person. They do not advise you of all the blackout dates, that you and every member of your party will be forced to do a time share tour in every destination, not just one, and if you are not interested in purchasing a time share they will treat you like crap, and often leave you at the property in the middle of nowhere trying to find transportation back to your sleazy, run down hotel. I worked for this company for a long time and have seen many horror stories regarding these packages.
Now under the All Seasons name they solicted europeans to pay 898 or whatever money they can get to buy these vacations. Just a heads up, you will spend tons of money on extras you were never told about. the cruise they offer is a cruise to the bahamas on imperial majesty cruise line, which is an old rundown ship and include the price of the cruise in your package, then when you decide to take the cruise, they will charge you again 135 or more for port charges.
Just so you know the port charges are around $ 15 per person but they try and get 135 out of you. As you see there are numerous complaints about thses companies listed and several complaints have been filed with the better business bureau. Just in the future please do some homework and reserach before you invest in these lame packages. I decided to leave this company when i realized they have no concern for people and continually ripped innocent people off.