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Re: BEWARE! INTERNATIONAL GRAND TOURS CANCELLING TRIPS!
Posted by Tamra Scarborough on 8/24/05

    What "Still Mad" wrote here on 8/23/05 is true and correct. We are
    a group also from the midwest, Edwardsville, IL, and our group's
    funds have not been returned after no services of travel were
    offered, our certified letters acknowledging the trip was cancelled
    by IGTours and requesting a full refund from the company have gone
    unanswered and there have been no return phone calls from the
    company! Our trip coordinator tells us that prior trips with Travel
    Selections were fine, what was paid for was delivered, however, it
    does seem strange that both companies are now being accused of
    severe neglect in delivering what was paid for by trusting parents
    and students. Mr. Ron Hansen did answer his cell phone and speak
    with a few individuals from our group. When asked if the money will
    be returned, he certainly indicated it would.
    I would sooner have burned my money with a match than give it to
    such a thief and liar as Ron Hansen!
    Our group now finds ourselves seeking legal advise and direction on
    how to pursue getting our money back through the legal process, or
    for the minimal satisfaction of seeing Ron Hansen prosecuted for
    embezzeling our money!
    Frustrated and Disgusted!

    On 8/23/05, California Teacher wrote:
    > On 8/18/05, Mad in the midwest wrote:
    >> On 8/16/05, Received NO Refund wrote:
    >>> On 8/15/05, Mad in the midwest wrote:
    >
    >> Thanks... our group has notified Santa Clara DA and have
    >> contracted a local attorney. It looks like Ron studied under
    >> Joe and learned the trade of Fraud.
    >>
    >> Does any one think that any money will be returned?
    >>
    >>
    >> Still Mad
    >
    > What a sad state of affairs this is for all of you teachers and
    > your participants who paid money in good faith, expecting a
    > wonderful travel adventure, only to find that the company had
    > misappropriated your funds, provided no refunds, and then shut up
    > shop!
    >
    > Why is this allowed to happen again and again, with the same
    > individuals and companies (namely Travel Selections and IGT)
    > involved, while the owners either open up another agency under
    > another name or go off on their merry ways to work for an
    > educational travel company in another state, as though they did
    not
    > owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to their clients, employees
    > and creditors??????? What gall it must take to refuse all calls
    > and registered mail from people you have cheated! A request to
    > those of you who were defrauded: Please keep us posted on these
    > boards about the progress of your cases. It will be an excellent
    > learning experience for every traveler if you recoup your funds
    > and/or if these owners are, in fact, prosecuted and their assets
    > seized.
    >
    > Did you know that California requires all sellers of travel to
    > register with the State? Part of the statute reads: "Keeping
    > payments in trust: Some sellers of travel are required to deposit
    > all payments received into a trust account or to obtain a surety
    > bond on behalf of their customers. Others are not required to
    > maintain either a trust account or post a bond. All sellers,
    > however, who receive a payment from one passenger may not use that
    > money to buy travel on behalf of another passenger or to pay for
    > rent, overhead, or any personal use, until such time as it has
    > delivered to you the goods and services that you have purchased.
    If
    > a seller tells you that it is not able to obtain travel that you
    > have purchased because your payment has been spent on some other
    > trip, or for business or personal purposes, immediately contact
    the
    > police, your local District Attorney, or the Attorney General's
    > office. Such taking of your payment may be prosecuted as a
    felony."
    >
    > Also, there is a Restitution Fund: If you are located in
    California
    > and purchase from a registered seller of travel whose principal
    > place of business is also in California, and you do not receive
    > what you have paid for, you can file a claim with the Travel
    > Consumer Restitution Corporation ("TCRC"). which operates the
    > Travel Consumer Restitution Fund. Registered California sellers
    and
    > out-of-state sellers whose stock is nationally traded are required
    > to pay an annual assessment to TCRC.
    >
    > Both Travel Selections and International Grand Tours were
    > registered as sellers of travel in California. Strangely enough,
    > IGT still is registered.
    >
    > Good luck to all.

     
     

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