Prices are same as everyone else. And if they are cheaper you have to take 7 flights to ger where you are going!

Deceitful and uncooperative organization. This is a company that markets itself as one that offers amazing travel discounts, and yet discounts seem to be the absolute last thing they are actually capable of offering. I spent several hundred dollars on an upfront payment - to be followed by 4 years worth of monthly payments - totaling nearly $4000 by the time all is said and done - to give me 'lifetime access' to travel discounts and timeshares. The catch? You will be unable to access your account or any of the discounts at all unless you pay a $230 'renewal fee' EVERY SINGLE YEAR after that. So - if you like having to pay every year in order to access a service that you have ALREADY paid thousands of dollars for - know that Travel Transparency is for you! To be fair, it's my own fault for not being smarter about this - I listened to what their sales people told me and should have had my lawyer read through the contract before ever signing anything. Of course if you do that, they tell u it will cost u more bc the price they are offering u for the packages only stands if u sign that day. I know now they rush u bc there's a TON of fine print that they don't want u to take home and read! I will NEVER forget this lesson and hope this serves as a warning to anyone else thinking of signing up with them. Lastly, if this message resonates with u and u have had a similar experience - please let me know! read more

One star is too much for this company. I never leave reviews that's how bad it is. These people are persistent Carlos and the manager Michael set up our appointment we had a family emergency, they insisted to know details of what happened in the hospital. They called us liars and thanked us for wasting their time, we gave them the courtesy of letting them know we were not coming and was chastised for it. #1 B.S. company at least the true colors came out before a reschedule happened. Stay clear of this heartless scamming company!!! read more

I want a refund! There was no value I found in this membership. Those giving good reviews must work for the company. I bought it in 2022. They claim you get huge discounts in the presentation and that they have hotel inventory all over the world. They lie to your face. When I looked for hotels, they were either not available there, or the price on other sites are equal or less than what TT offers. They guarantee lowest price, but what's the point of paying thousands for a travel membership? The promotional trips they give you are Not 100% free, full of restrictions, low accommodations, and you must attend a presentation. I took one Promo trip recently and the presentation took up a whole day! Don't waste your time or money. You'll end up Angry!! read more

BUYER BEWARE!! THIS IS A SCAM!! This Company is full of lies... Honestly you get the same pricing on Expedia. The online thing he shows you at the presentation isn't real .... I paid $4800 for membership and its worth ZERO ... Anything I have tried to book saved me like $2 (twice) or nothing at all.... That bullshit about them having a partnership with carnival is also a lie. On a $2000 cruise I was going to save maybe $70 compared to the price online on Carnivals website... Funny when I called and talked to a rep at carnival not mentioning travel tranparency I got the cruise $400 cheaper. I have tried to call on several occasions to travel Transparency and they put me on eternal hold once then a message the next two times in the same day. Have tried several times before this and have not been able to talk to the so called director FRED CLAIRMONT. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! Better business bureau has 22 complaints against them. read more

Brian was very nice and Explained everything, It was one of the Best Prestaions ive had ,I Love the Idea of having my own Travel guide , Savings are up Front. No Pressure you make the decision. read more

Travel Tranparency is amazing. We recently joined with them and so far they have been very accomodating and is giving us many freebies. When I have concerns/questions, Jay is always accommodating. Looking forward to book more travels and stays with them. My husband and I are very excited! read more

We paid our membership fees for 1 year.. neve used it and now they won't stop calling me! I am not interested in renewing something I never used! We didn't use it because we never found anything worth purchasing through their system. read more

I have no idea why they keep calling me, and from different numbers because I block them every time. I am not interested in any travel right now; I have great travel agents I already work with and there's nothing free in life. Total scam alert. read more

My husband and I attended a meeting In Houston, TX at the former Omni hotel. We were offered 2 airline tickets for attending a presentation. As we consider purchasing, so glad we didn't, our representative Joe called us broke! As were running numbers we had gotten payments down, but not to the number we were comfortable wit. It was the audacity that he would even think to speak to us like that! read more

The only reason I didn't do 5 stars is because we have not used the service. Yes the incentives do have a cost but it is reasonable. The bad reviews must be from ignorant or expectant people... we all know people like this. We recently attended a presentation at the Scottsdale office and found the team (Alex and Steve) to be professional, helpful and just good folks. Even though we declined, Steve continues to be helpful. We will definitely go back when the time is right for us!!!!! read more

The marketing company that called me said they were "Southwest Airlines" and that I would receive two round trip tickets for free plus 3 days 2 nights hotel stay to listen to Travel Transparency's presentation. Come to find out the tickets are not free and can only be used on a Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays and you have to return in two days. You leave after 3pm and have to return the morning of the 3rd day, so where ever you go you would only have one full day at your destination. No thanks! The timeshare seems like a good value, just wish they didn't use lying marketing companies to get you in the door. Travel Transparency should also give you what was promised for viewing the presentation. I was also promised upon arrival, dining coupons which I did not receive. Just the fact that they don't deliver what they promise makes me question this company's ethics. I was going to go back after checking out another Travel Timeshare but not anymore. read more

Yeah same story man,,, Started 10000$ drop all the way 2500$ for package , He said ; all your life every year 6 weeks free vacation anywhere around the world and also add cruise trip and hotel in Cancun ( which I believe the cost of 2500) so basically he sold us cruise trip and hotel and you feel you get good deals I compare the prices and try to book hotel in Las Vegas as they demonstrated , then they explained you won't get free weeks you will get discounted weeks every year 6 weeks and I still have to pay for the hotel , although it's around %20 cheaper than online competitors but again it's a lie , why he said we will get free weeks any hotel ( I ask him 3 times ) he said you won't pay a penny I don't buy it but my wife said she wants to try , and now I ll ask for refund ,, because of the process and dishonest behaviors , if they tell me it's discounted weeks I understand maybe I even buy the service but don't tell me it's free then I figure it out it's not so obviously there is some ethical issues here ,, to bottom ; I think doesn't worth to go there for free gift , just work hard and pay your vacation s man ,, there is.l no free lunch in the world read more

Travel Transparency - Manager business card - Travel Services Near Me - Oceanside, California

Looked up the company while I was on the phone with them, first it was a guy with a strong Indian accent. Then when I agreed to listen to the pitch. The "manager" with a Filipino accent tried to finish his sales pitch. I told him his horrible reviews makes me question the authenticity of it and asked to not be on the call list which he then just hung up. He called back a few minutes later and then asked" what happened?" I replied. You hung up after I said I wasn't interested and I'm still not interested. Please stop calling. He said "Ok" , and hung up read more

Whatever the marketing company says, don't believe it. Its a scam airline tickets are not free. $498 for 2 airline tix plus $50 activation fee. read more

Very straightforward and thorough. Not a timeshare No pressure presentation. Took less than 90 minutes. Was very respectful since this is not an option for us this year due to job situation read more

After a grueling sales pitch in Jan 2020, I purchased the program from Travel Transparency and so far, I do not regret it. I will upgrade my rating in a year from now, because COVID should lift and I expect to use the program a great deal more. For those who gave reviews but did NOT actually purchase or use the program, kindly STFU. Your opinion is useless and only pollutes the pool of valuable opinions. I've done a lot of research and through my own personal experience, find that Travel Transparency reduces hotel, airline and auto rental costs by 25%. My wife and I plan to stay in a lot of hotels once we retire in a year, so we are looking forward to plenty of savings to offset the initial capital purchase of approx $3000. read more

FIRST DO NOT READ NEGATIVE REVIEWS. I asked, and apparently they are from a call center overseas. I am so happy we came in. I love this family owned company!!!! What they offer is 100% legit and the best purchase we have ever made for future travel. I met the owners at an event and it took me awhile to come in, but it's amazing. If you like to travel you need to come in and see this. Very low pressure experience, fast, and super informative. IT is NOT a timeshare scam..... We now have access to amazing discounts on travel the rest of our lives.. We booked a condo in Scottsdale next month for $67 a night.... 2 bedroom two bath.... I've saved over $800 on hotels and flights since October 2019. read more

I am walking away from having paid $1,500 for this program (in which they wanted $15,000). Never has this agency been able to beat a price that I have found online elsewhere - and when an agent and the supposed manager called me to renew, and I told them I was at work and couldn't talk and his jerk response was "Well I am at work too" - such a blatant disregard and disrespect for my job - was an unprofessional jerk throughout the entire conversation representing this company and then hung up on ME when I said I wasn't interested in renewing- interestingly the ONE card I used for that travel plan had several fraudulent charges that very day after our conversation for thousands of dollars of travel airline charges with Air France and British Airways and a travel agency fee - I had that card for years and no fraud - and the very day of that conversation I had fraudulent travel charges - you tell me! Shame on you - you have so many negative reviews - there is a pattern - clean up your shop and your people. read more

Scam for sure! Now I'm down over 6,000 dollars in the whole. They said that we are paying for membership access to discounted hotels, which after we paid the fees I believe was about 2,400 dollars. Turns out we still need to pay Travel Transparency separately $259.00 dollars a year for access, on top of the 97.06/ month. Ridiculous I swear! I called the number on the site and they say it was separate costs. I can't believe I got duped into buying this. Oh, and that 4 day for 4 people vacation is a ripoff. You actually have to attend a presentation when you get there which is 499 dollars if you don't. Oh- flights are NOT included. If I could give them less than 1 star I would. Terrible company ans terrible people out there to rip off and scam people! Stay away from them! I even thought about going there every presentation by the the sidewalk with a sign to warn everyone that goes in! Shame on them! read more

My boyfriend and I just recently signed up with TT and DO NOT DO IT! First off you don't get access to your account for a week after signing and paying, which I didn't mind. (Just found out you can't get a refund after 5 days of signing) so you don't even get your login before the 5 days so you don't even know if you want to cancel!! What a freakin scam!! But then I did side by side searches with TT and Priceline for different dates and locations all over the world and Priceline 3/5 times always beat their prices! And the other 2 times TT beat pricelines but it was barely anything. We travel a lot and I was hoping to use this because the presentation they have showed huge savings..but that's not the case when you actually log on. IT WAS ALL BS!! Do not waste thousands of dollars on this JOKE OF A "Travel" Company!! read more

SCAM! WARNING--DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!! I have gone to Time Share things where they offer free travel for attending. It was legit--got the travel coupons. So when this company called me, no problem, I have 90 minutes to waste while I listen to their presentation for gifts at the end. I was offered two FREE round-trip tickets with Southwest and FREE hotel accommodations. THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.......... After the presentation, I was giving a certificate that I would have to send in with 50.00. They would then let me request travel to a limited amount of cities, and limited amount of dates and 30 days advance notice AND 199.00 PER PERSON and travel starting Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday AND not near holidays and/or conventions that might be happening in that city.............. So while I was there, I started researching the company on Yelp and reading the reviews I didn't do it beforehand because I never could quite understand the people on the phone and didn't quite get the name of the company--my bad..................I asked the head salesperson why they have such terrible reviews. He told me that people were objecting on Yelp to the "marketing company" that offered the gifts. Not to Travel Transparency themselves. So Travel Transparency is aware of the bad reviews and is aware that the marketing is deceitful and misleading, but somehow they think that it isn't a reflection on who they are and how their business would run. TRAVEL TRANSPARENCY HIRES THE MARKETING COMPANY and/or probably owns that company under a different name. SO IF IT IS DECEITFUL THEN IT IS A DIRECT REFLECTION ON WHO TRAVEL TRANSPARENCY IS AND HOW THEY CONDUCT BUSINESS. SPOILER ALERT--I am going to tell you the bottom line. Now if you are still interested in going................be advised that they offer their package for around 10K to 12K but then claim there is some deal that would bring it down to 6k. After you hesitate, your representative (and in my case, a guy who claims to be independently wealthy and there only to help out his friend who owns the company), they will offer it to you for 4K. Once you say that it would be a cash deal (not the 14.9% usury rate financing that they offer), this Christ-on-a-cross-bracelet wearing guy will bring in his heavy-hitting boss who will claim that one of the owners can't continue to maintain his membership and you can have it for around 2K. They continually claim that they are affiliated with Carnival Cruises.............hmmmmmm.............probably will never venture on one of their cruises after this pathetic scam. On the positive side, I really admire how good their speakers are at presenting this absolutely nothing of a product!!! read more

Went to a presentation today and it was cool. Met and had a good time talking to Diana (Deanna) and Marcy. Should we barter for jam in the future? Thanks ladies and enjoy Seattle. read more

Omg! Check the reviews before wasting one hour listening to this BS. Really nice personable people but felt it was too good to be true and after reading all the reviews found it it was. We thought they were affiliated with Marriott but they are an independent company competing with Expedia, Booking.com websites and timeshares offering unbelievable discounts if you join for $3000. Buy in and $250.00 yearly membership. All online reviews are really bad with disappointed members. read more

We went to a presentation today offered by "Travel Transparency". Well it was not really that transparent. Our invitation letter said we would receive two free airline tickets and a $100 dinner voucher for giving them 90 minutes of their time. We did not buy their travel club deal which was priced at $15,000 and then quickly fell to $3,500 as they were trying to entice us into the membership. We were given the 2 airline vouchers and the dinner voucher but they turned out to be very pricy for something that was suppose to be free. You have to pay the taxes for the airline tickets (which we knew upfront) but there are also carrier fees that run about $140 per person. Then they have travel limitations for peak travel periods and you must give them 2 travel dates that have to be 30 days apart. So trying to plan a trip is now a lot more difficult because you don't know if you will get the travel date you want. This means you cannot nail down a hotel or other facility until you have confirmed airline tickets. That's not good. Also the dinner voucher is really bogus. You have to pay a $12.95 fee to sign up for it. Then they only give you one $25 voucher each month for 4 months. To use the voucher you pay a fee and on top of that they have a requirement that you have to spend a qualifying amount for the voucher to be used. This is not a good way to do business and is very misleading. So be careful if you accept their invitation and be wary of the gifts they are offering. read more

This company is a total scam. Went to a seminar and was given what we were told were two airline tickets anywhere in continental US. When we sent paperwork in we were told that we had to pay 75.00 up front then 75.00 per person for the vouchers plus taxes and fees. I contacted them on this and never heard back from company nor did I get an answer or return call from the voucher company. I think I'll get my tickets and go after them in small claims for fraud. Shame on this company for their scam. Two hours of time I'll never get back. read more

I have been a member for three years now and have been so impressed with this program. I'm scrolling through these and seeing many negative comments about this business and I couldn't disagree more. When I first became a member, I was treated with great respect and didn't feel pressured at all. Everyone was very helpful and they did an amazing job presenting their platform. Since, then I have already saved what the membership had costed and even booked a couple trips with my reward credits! If you think negatively of Travel Transparency, then you must not be a member. I continue to save and have done more travel than ever, thank you Travel Transparency!!! read more

1ST...Phone rep said no sales presentation, only looking for our opinion -- WRONG. there was a presentation. 2nd...didnt receive any gifts i was promised without fees. all gifts had processing fees. 3rd...salesmen were friendly, but, i went to presentation under false pretenses. read more

These people were very persistent in calling until I finally blocked them. You can tell that it is a call center from overseas. They connect you to several levels of agents and insist it's all free. There is zero chance I'd give these people my money. read more

I am not one to typically give a company a negative review because I have always tried to work through issues directly with a vendor vs. hurting their business. In this case I feel an obligation to warn others off this business. I am a new customer and signed up 1.5 weeks ago at a presentation. I was promised we will see 20- 50% savings on travel. However we could not access our member portal for 7 days while our membership was processed. The gag is the contract must be cancelled in 5 days BEFORE your site is active and you can access rates and savings. If you are a serious customer, which me and my husband are because we love to travel with our family, you would have no reason to cancel unless the quality of the product is not there so we waited the 7days. We are learning the hard way this company is a scam. Savings are only $1 - $2 dollars compared to travel sites like booking.com who they claim they don't compete with. I scheduled an appointment at 7 days to try and get out of the contract. The rep Elena based in the Philippines told me repeatedly there is no way to escalate me to contracts because it was after 7 days. When I then asked to speak to a supervisor explaining why I was dissatisfied and that we are not seeing the savings promised she began yelling at me " I Already told you 3 times I can't transfer you and you already know why". I told her I get that she can't transfer me to contracts but asked why she refused to transfer me to a supervisor and she became even more hostile until I finally ended the call. Save your money and just use the travel sites or book through the hotels directly. The thousands of dollars I'm paying them on top of what we will pay for travel is money wasted!!! Not worth the investment and a total rip-off. read more

These people won't stop calling day and night. Total scam!!! BBB needs to investigate their tactics and business practices.

I was open-minded about the cold call I recieved offering free airline tickets for attendening a 45 minute presentation. I arrived at 4:01pm and was 1 minute late the door was locked but a man let me in and said he would make an exception. He locked the door behind me which made me uncomfortable. He then asked for my name and then driver's licence. When I asked what for he said to see my name which I had just given him. I found that intrusive and and when I hesitated he said, "I am lucky to be let in and lucky he didn't ask for my credit card". He was agressive and rude, then stated we got off on the wrong foot. I agreed and asked to leave and have the door unlocked. Very intrusive, agressive and inapporpriate behavior that makes me question the true motives of this "travel agency". Beware. read more

This company called me today (Saturday at 6:15 pm) and stated that they were "Southwest Airlines." I told the woman I did not believe SWA would call me with "a gift of two round trip tickets good on any airline in the continental United States." I absolutely hate cold calling companies, and will be turning them into the BBB for misrepresenting themselves as another business! Outrageous!! No, I do not recommend this lying company. read more

Well, I heard from them again this afternoon, cold call, despite requesting them to not call again 5 months ago. Tried to bait me saying initially that they were a Southwest reservation center until I got the smarmy 'manager' on the line. He was trying to out-talk me, so I scolded him to show the customer some respect, which is when he started to get nasty. I told him to f-off, and he did likewise to me. Screw these scammers. Any positive reviews for this place are probably these fools themselves, and/or their friends and relatives. read more

its a scam. much like the other reviews here someone called with a thick accent asking me if i knew where a suburb of Denver was located and then asked if 2 roundtrip plane tickets for free sounded like a good deal. of course i indulged and said yes that sounds great. they asked if i had a girlfriend to take on the trip with me and that they also can supply free accommodations at a holiday inn or travelodge. anyone whos reading this, please understand, nothing is free! companies dont just hand out flight vouchers or free trips for nothing in return. there will be hoops you'll have to jump through financial or otherwise to get to the "prizes" they promise. this is not a legitimate business model. read more

They say over the phone this is not a timeshare but it is almost like one. I felt like I was being pressured to buy it. I personally do not make spur of the moment decisions. It just was not a good experience. I was given a certificate for the free 3 day/2 night airfare and hotel which they offered to my husband and myself as a promotional gift. Well so much for being free, it wasn't free. They ask you to pay a $50 activation fee to activate the certificate then they ask for $199.00 per person for the airline and hotel taxes. That is a total of $458.00 for the FREE trip. I consider that false advertising. I wish I had looked at the reviews or paid attention to my Phone. Because when they first called on my phone it came up as a scam. Whats done is done. I am sharing this in hopes that other people do not get lured into this deceitful scam. read more

Sadly I liked the people but the vouchers they gave me had already been redeemed. They are just photocopies and they don't change the certificate ID code. Very disappointed! read more

These people have been calling me relentlessly. Every. Single. Day. Yesterday they called twice within 30 minutes. On Sunday they kept calling right up until 9:00 pm. Each time they call I ask them to please remove me from their calling list. Obviously, they never do. How do you expect me to do business with a company who behaves this way? Every call starts the same way, with the caller claiming to be from Southwest Airlines, offering me a FREE trip. It isn't until you get much further into the call that SOME of the truth comes out. They aren't Southwest Airlines at all. I actually contacted Southwest about this (I am one of their Board members) to make them aware of what you are doing. Also contacted the Better Business Bureau. BEWARE of any company that does business this way! read more

My consultant was Teuila and she was extremely helpful and polite. After getting professional consultation, I am very excited to start traveling!! Thanks Teuila. read more

We were reeled in at the Ontario Home show with a promise that if we attended the "pitch" we would get 8 days and 7 nights in Hawaii. Since it was only an hour and a half of our time for 8 days in Hawaii, we said, "sure." Then the sales rep said it would take $20 each to hold our spot but we would get it back. First sneaky charge. We did in fact get it back but should have been informed of the charge before we filled out the paperwork to attend. The seminar was fine and our sales rep was very pleasant, not at all pushy. We decided not to sign up and there was no push-back at all. We were given our $20 each back and also what was supposed to be a voucher for the Hawaii resort. Of course, you have to go on line to redeem your voucher. Once there, you have to give them a credit card number to get into the site to see about your destination. In addition, they charge $25 for "processing" which in my book means I'm paying for them to do paperwork. Not such a big sum but begs the question of exactly what "free means." So, once in I put in Hawaii as my destination and was promptly notified that there are no resorts at that destination. I called both the marketing person who had signed us up for the seminar and Travel Transparency -- no return call from the marketing rep and the person on the end of the phone at TT had such a thick accent that I could barely understand after asking her to repeat several times (not bigotry folks. I'm a former ESL teacher so I have patience but it does speak to customer service attitude) As near as I can tell I am supposed to receive a call back from Travel Transparency and they will clear up the destination issue. We'll see. Whether TT is a good deal or not, the whole experience has left a bad taste in my mouth. read more