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Re: BEWARE! INTERNATIONAL GRAND TOURS CANCELLING TRIPS!
Posted by Jean M. Cilione on 9/19/05

    On 7/27/05, Received NO Refund wrote:
    > To whom it may concern:
    > The Consumer Protection Unit of the Santa Clara County (CA)
    > District Attorney's Office is investigating consumer
    > complaints regarding the following business entities:
    > Travel Selections, Inc.
    > International Grand Tours (IGT)
    > If you have booked individual or group travel, they would
    > appreciate you contacting Suzana Gal at sgal@da.sccgov.org or
    > you can call her at (408) 792-2845. Since time limits apply
    > to all legal cases, this should be done asap to avoid
    > impairment of your legal rights.
    >
    > On 7/07/05, Experienced Teacher wrote:
    >> On 6/29/05, CONCERNED TEACHER wrote:
    >>> PLEASE BEWARE! INTERNATIONAL GRAND TOURS, FORMERLY TRAVEL
    >>> SELECTIONS, HAS BEEN CANCELLING ALL OF THEIR TOURS FOR NO
    >>> APPARENT REASON NO ONE HAS RECEIVED REFUNDS! STUDENTS AND
    >>> GROUP LEADERS HAVE LOST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!
    >>> OWNER, RON HANSEN, NOT ACCEPTING CALLS OR PROVIDING
    >>> EXPLANATIONS! BEWARE!!!
    >>
    >> I am an experienced educational travel coordinator who has
    >> worked with Travel Selections for many years. The owners of
    >> Travel Selections are dear friends and always provided me
    >> and my groups with wonderful lifetime experiences. This
    >> past year, Travel Selections' clients were passed to
    >> International Grand Tours. It was for many a rough
    >> transition because of our fondness of working with Travel
    >> Selections, its owners, and employees. However, the
    >> statement regarding all tours being cancelled is not true.
    >> There have been groups cancelled, but there have also been
    >> groups run as scheduled. I just returned home from a trip
    >> arranged by IGTours. My air arrangements came at the last
    >> minute, which was extremely distressing, but the trip
    >> provided was as contracted. Gulliver's Travels in Europe was
    >> contracted by Mr. Hanson to provide ground services and they
    >> did so according to contract and in a professional manner.


    IF YOU LIVE IN NYS PLEASE CONTACT THE ATTORNEY GENERALS
    OFFICE.The person to contact is;

    Ms. Priscilla Gabela
    Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection
    State of New York
    Office of The Attorney General Elliot Spitzer
    120 Broadway
    New York, New York 10271

    OR CALL HER AT:
    212-416-8384


    pLEASE ALSO EMAIL ME WITH YOUR CONCERNS. I AM TRYING TO GET THE
    ny tIMES AND MY LOCAL PAPERS TO DO A STORY. aNYBODY KNOW ANYONE
    AT A ny TV STATION WE COULD CONTACT?

    Jean Cilione Sillyown@aol.com

     
     

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