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    Business ProfileforGlobal Connections, Inc.

    Travel Club
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    Additional business information

    Additional Info:

    Company uses independent distributors to market and sell their products and services. Distributors include:

    Club Loco
    Elite Travel Virginia Beach
    Global Hawaii Travel
    Global Travel Network
    Global Vacation Network
    Kauai Vacation Club
    Lifestyles Vacation Network
    One Easy Marketing
    Preferred Access Corp
    Premium Destinations, Inc
    Sand Dollar 727

     


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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    2.32/5stars

    Average of 34 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    49 complaints closed in last 3 years

    17 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Business Details

    Headquarters
    5360 College Blvd Ste 200, Overland Park, KS 66211-1641
    BBB File Opened:
    3/10/1997
    Years in Business:
    28
    Business Started:
    7/19/1996
    Business Incorporated:
    7/19/1996
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Alternate Business Name
    • Global Discovery Vacations
    Business Management
    • Eric Stout, Operations Manager
    Contact Information

    Customer Contact

    • Eric Stout, Operations Manager
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (913) 498-1644
      Primary Fax
    • (913) 451-2141
      Other Fax

    Website Addresses

    Customer Complaints

    49 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    05/20/2024

    Complaint Type:
    Order Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    My wife and I signed up with this vacation package back in March for a total of 23K with $5K down payment and a remaining balance of $18K. Throughout the entire presentation the representative continued to state this vacation could be cancelled at anytime. We received our VIP number and logon information about two weeks after signing up. Once we signed up using our VIP number we were finally able to check the prices of these so-called cheap vacation packages and at that point realized we were not saving anything at all. The VAO representative told us to contact them if we needed assistance booking trips, prices, etc. Since that time we received two quotes from VAO which were the same prices as trips we had already booked prior to signing u with Global. We called two weeks ago to have prices sent to us on an upcoming trip and have not received any calls nor emails back. We called the concierge multiple times since March trying to cancel this membership and have gotten the runaround and nasty attitudes. On May 20, 2024 we contacted **** Stout "Director of Membership Administration, first off he was very condescending and profoundly stated that he would not cancel the membership and he was the only one who could do so. **** was sarcastic and facetious during the call and portrayed the same behavior as the customer service representative while inquiring about cancelling and continued to talk over us. Global is asking 60% to cancel the membership, when in fact we have paid $5K and have not used the service and don't intend to use the service because it serves no benefit to us. Global and its staff are friendly when they are trying to get you to sign up but are the nastiest individuals when you try to cancel.
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    Customer Reviews

    34 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Charlene S

    1 star

    06/28/2024

    Horrible company. Do not do business with them at all. They did not uphold their end of contracts. The representative Miranda is unprofessional and rude. They are not family oriented even though they are a family vacation company.

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