Comments on: YTB Travel Sued For $100 Million In Class Action Lawsuit

By: chris

chris — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:02:20 +0000

so sad to see dawn speak the way she is- the iata number was the booking number that had and still has to be used on all bookings. without it you are correct you can not book anything not even a hotel.. Anything booked through your website such as a cruise has the iata attached to it automatically. I have made money on my travel site and yes I made money on my downline most of which have dropped out. I have weighed it back and forth and the benifit still outways the cost. If you work hard and let people know you have an online travel store it is easy if you have friends that travel. If you do not tell anyone you will not make money. So while I have not made enough money to retire I still make enough to find my site a benefit. Even if I only book my own travel I still have benefited from my site. YTB is the prime example of people who are dreamers and not workers finding a great opportunity and doing nothing with it then begging “big brother” to take care of them kinda like lazy wlefare people.

By: DAWN

DAWN — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:27:35 +0000

I was excited when we joined YTB, the plan sounded great, however, in the end it was a pyramid sceme. When the IATA was not avail as promised I couldn’t book a cruise that sold. Other perks were not avail and if you didn’t sign up additional RTA’s you didn’t make the money. The top dogs all had many many people under them, were they selling travel, no just the opportunities to become a RTA and move up as a director.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:15:29 +0000

Ty-

Long time no see! Although we decided to leave YTB, a while ago (the side products that YTB was selling clued me in to the fact that business wasn’t going well), I respectfully disagree with your assertion regarding the revenue sources.

There is a common misconception that Travel is the sole product for YTB. That isn’t true. Travel is one part, but offering business owners an actual travel portal is the other product. As someone who used the travel portal to save a TON on our honeymoon and other trips, I can attest to the fact that the travel portal was a legitimate product. It’s no different than the charge GoDaddy charges for web hosting.

Reading the lawsuit allegations really makes my blood boil. The all-knowing AG’s are basically insulting every single person who signed up with YTB. We’re TOO STUPID to know what we’re signing up for. What an elitist liberal mentality…

Then again, I was never the person promising flashy cars, etc. I always told my prospects that as with any business, it is hard work. I think that those independent contractors who purposely mislead should be held accountable.

However, as you know, the vast majority of people sit on their a** waiting for the money to come in- then run around screaming that YTB is a scam when money doesn’t start magically filling up their bank accounts. Bottom line, while a few may have been misled, the majority of people who didn’t make money, just didn’t do any work. YTB isn’t a welfare program, if you want to make money- you have to WORK.

There are plenty of consumer scams going on now-a-days, the AGs should focus on that instead of the age old “pyramid scheme” fight….especially since Social Security is the biggest pyramid scheme of all! : )

Hope all is well!

Natasha

By: Troy Dooly

Troy Dooly — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:26:54 +0000

Ty,

by any chance have you received a copy of the lawsuit? I have seen a lot written on this, but have not yet found the actual filing to review.

Great reporting as always.

Living An Epic Adventure,

Troy

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:32:31 +0000

Interesting. I didn’t know that. Thanks Ty.

By: Ty Tribble

Ty Tribble — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:07:31 +0000

Steve, less than 25% of the revenues in YTB Travel came from actual product (travel). The rest of the revenues came from sign ups. You and I would call that a Pyramid scheme.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:02:25 +0000

I certainly don’t have all of the details on this but I have to believe that many of these types of lawsuits stem from those who are pissed because they failed, decided to quit and now they want to blame it on someone. It’s too bad because it gives the whole industry a black eye. It’s like if I was hired for a sales job where they paid me 100% commission (no hourly or salary) and I agreed to accept that form of compensation when I took the job. Then six months later I haven’t made a sale and decide to quit, if I haven’t already been fired. Then I try to sue my company because they never paid me at least minumum wage for all of the hours I worked! Ridiculous. If you don’t understand the compensation plan and how you get paid, then don’t sign up!