I recently moved to Nashville and was looking for something to meet people, so I decided to check out Events and Adventures. I couldn't find anything on their website about fees and all of the reviews that I found online were old. After submitting my contact information, I got a call from a marketing agent, Deborah, asking when we could set up a screening call. I asked if she could email me the relevant information and she said no, we had to talk. Okay, we set up a call. My main concern was whether there was a fee to join or any membership fees other than paying for the actual excursions you go on (i.e. tickets for a concert or drinks at a bar). I told Deborah that I was on a budget and expressed my concern in paying fees, I even referenced some of the reviews online that stated that E & A was expensive, to the tune of $2500 to join. She told me that there were no fees other than paying for individual events, so I scheduled an appointment to meet Paula in the office.
Paula was great, very personable and charismatic. But she told me that there was a membership fee. The plans ranged from $100-$130/month. I told her that Deborah told me that there wasn't a fee and she said that she had met five other people who told her that same thing. Apparently Deborah gets a bonus of $100 just for getting a prospective member into the office, it doesn't matter if they sign up or not, so she had been telling people that there wasn't a fee. Paula also said that she had asked Deborah multiple times to stop telling people that there were no fees.
All in all, Paula was very nice and I'm sure it's a great program, but Deborah lying, just to get people in the door and get a bonus put a very bad taste in my mouth.
To help other prospective members out fees are minimum $100/month plus event costs. $130/month is the VIP rate (I'm not sure what that includes). read more