Has anyone ever used a vacation voucher from Travel Incentives of America?

Question

I got one but I haven't tried it yet. I want to know the experience of others' who have tried this type of travel.

Answer 1

I bought one, too, from ebay through this person:

Luis Dardon

Abiluma LLC

DBA Bomdigity Travel

2613 Kismet St.

Marrero, La 70072

504-301-7957 cell

877-326-9476 toll free

e-mail: [e-mail]

He claims to be selling for Travel Incentives of America.

It looks like a scam to me.  I've been in contact with several other buyers, none have received a hotel reservation.  At least one buyer's delivery date has come and gone with no reservation delivered.  When you start to realize what happened, they stop answering their phone.  Further, Luis has recently "hidden" his buyer's information, which is very suspicious.  He obviously doesn't want his buyers to compare notes on him.  (You can still find his buyers by looking at his feedback.)

This scam is well thought out.  Their terms of service and delivery deadlines are designed to prevent you from disputing the transaction.   By the time people realize they are being scammed the deadline to leave negative feedback with ebay has passed and the credit card company will not allow you to dispute a transaction that is over 2 months old.

Further, some of the hotels they sell discounted reservations for (such as Maui, Hawaii) assure me that they are always full and they NEVER sell discounted reservations to anyone ever.

If it has been less than 2 months since you purchased this you can still dispute the charge with your credit card company.  Since the delivery dates you agreed to at purchase probably have not passed yet, you can not prove it is a fraud by non-delivery.  However, if there are any discrepancies between what was advertised and what was delivered (ie, the "travel certificate), you can dispute the charge on the basis of "item received was significantly different from what was advertised."  I hear that they are not going to produce any "travel certificates" in the future, no doubt because too many people use that as the basis for their chargeback.  

These scammers are very good.