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    Business ProfileforThe Travel Bugz LLC

    Travel Agency

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Licensing:
    On 07/27/2023 BBB confirmed that The Travel Bugz LLC had not obtained a necessary license from Oregon Secretary of State. BBB encourages you to contact the following agency or agencies to confirm this information: - http://www.sos.state.or.us - 5039862200

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

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    Overview

    The Travel Bugz LLC offers travel agency services.

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    61067 Ambassador Dr, Bend, OR 97702
    BBB File Opened:
    9/18/2023
    Years in Business:
    2
    Business Started:
    5/31/2022
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    Type of Entity:
    Limited Liability Company (LLC)
    Business Management
    • Ms. Christene Kieffer, Member
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Ms. Christene Kieffer, Member

    Customer Contact

    • Ms. Christene Kieffer, Member

    Industry Tip

    BBB Tip: Need help planning a trip? How to find a good travel agent

    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    09/18/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    My wife and I hired *********************************, owner of Travel Bugz LLC, to plan our honeymoon in *****. Throughout the vacation, we were plagued with issues due to Christene's incompetence - including ********* not paying vendors, impossible scheduling leading to missed excursions, and excursions that were paid for but did not appear on our itinerary. Overall, there were at least 4 outstanding issues that we required credit for. They were as follows:- A tour that was booked by ********* but was not on our itinerary that we paid for and did not attend. $244.49 - A tour that was booked by ********* and then later rescheduled (by *********) to a time that overlapped with travel time, making it impossible to attend. $106.30 - A transfer that was canceled due to Christene's non-payment, that we had to pay for out of pocket. $150 - A last minute cancelation of an excursion by the tour itself. $372.05 Total: $850.40.All of these were already paid for. After our return, we contacted ********* for a credit. She agreed and then stopped responding. We hired an attorney, who made attempts to contact her (mail, email, phone). ********* then contacted us by email agreeind to credit us again. And again, she disappeared without refunding us. Please see email exchanges and word doc for more detailed description of events.

    Customer Reviews

    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Rob W

    1 star

    10/24/2023

    ***** set up our family vacation to ******** this past summer. We had a full itinerary with many adventures. Some of these adventures were cancelled while we were over in ********, to no fault of *********. However, when we returned, our credit card was charged already for all of the planned excursions, including the two that were cancelled. ********* would not provide an invoice for the $2,720 charge to our credit card. She did state that she would credit us the money for the tours that were cancelled. But that never happened, even after multiple requests.We never felt that ********* had everything arranged, her lack of communication left us wondering what we were heading into as we left for the trip.Buyer beware. You do not want to go overseas with a lack of confidence in someone who is responsible for your entire trip.

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