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

    On 7/27/05, Jill wrote:
    > 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.
    >
    > 7-27-05
    > While I am very happy for you and your group getting to make
    > your trip I must remind you that it was done with MORE than just
    > your group funds! While Hansen may have provided you and
    > several other groups the contracted tours, I am one of 14 group
    > leaders (and counting...) who were cancelled just days before
    > departure, some after sending in additional money! My sincere
    > hope for any teachers who have 'early booked' for 2006 is that
    > they warn their people NOT to continue with any payments. Much
    > easier to be out $395 than $3000!

    While your trip went as planned, many others were cancelled and
    money not refunded. My group was to go on a religious pilgrimage
    to medjugorje in Bosnia. The Blessed Mother appears there. It
    likes Lourdes or Fatima. We had the trip cancelled one week
    before departure. We're each out 3000 dollars! Apriest and 18
    of his group in NYC were stiffed as well!!!. Jean

     
     

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