travel scams and alerts

• Vacation Offers (Washington State, 1/4/2000, updated 6/27/2000)
• Get What You Pay For (FTC, 3/1997, updated 8/2000)
• Hilton Las Vegas Getaway Offer
• Operation Trip-Up (3/13/97)
  • FTC
  • CNN
  • Connecticut
  • World Class Network settlement [New York]
• Telemarketing Travel Fraud (FTC, 3/1997, updated 8/2000)
• vacation certificates
  • Hilton Vacation Getaway Offer (7/1/97)
  • Have you won a vacation? [Boston BBB] 1996
  • Free Vacation Scams (USPS, 4/5/2000)
  • Vacation Certificates [FL]
  • Marketing Response Group (FTC, 1/19/96)
• travel clubs
  • Vacation Travel Clubs (Boston BBB, 8/95)
  • Tradewinds Travel Club (out of business!)
  • Consumers Found Travel Club's Services Wanting (Seattle Times, 7/10/1996)
  • WA AG Cracks Down on Travel Scams [WA] 7/9/96
  • Travel Navigator
  • Ultima Travel Club [WA] 2/3/97
• travel agent credential card mills
  • Travel Agent Card Mills (6/20/2001)
  • ASTA Position on Card Mills (12/15/95)
  • ASTA Petition Against Card Mills
  • ASTA Press Release
  • TravelMax
    • Courts to Decide on TravelMax (Louisville, KY Business First, 11/11/1996)
  • World Class Network (FTC, 5/5/97)
  • California Shuts Down Travel Agent Card Mills
    Article on World Class Travel and Nu-Concepts in Travel.
• Full-fare Coach Tickets Ripoff (Pathfinder, 8/1995)

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