Oracle Travel Promotions
Complaint 273386 Details

As my father used to say.. “There is no free lunch!”. I thought I had internalized this–but was suckered into attending the Blue Horizon Travel Presentation–which pushes resort/travel packages with lifetime memberships starting at $8500. Course when you indicate no interest (not our cup of tea), then the price dropped eventually to $1500 for a smaller package. We opted for the two airline tickets anywhere in the U.S.–and, when I Googled “Blue Horizon”, I really saw no red flags. We dutifully paid the $70 processing fee (which we thought was fair–if that was it)–and then received the packet from ORACLE TRAVEL PROMOTIONS (Blue Horizon was mysteriously no longer involved)–which requested ANOTHER $50 “processing fee” and they would then send our “Travel Planner” on which we would list our three desired travel dates (all subject to incredible restrictions). Before I paid this, I Googled “Oracle Travel Promotions”–and found Scambook and other sites (Better Business Bureau) citing this scam. I am convinced that, if I had sent in my $50 and subsequent Travel Plan, I would then be entering months of “travel hell”– listing dates and being denied by Oracle Travel–until, finally, my date might be accepted and I would then pay all those “additional taxes, fees, etc., etc.” adding up to nearly the cost of the airline tickets to begin with. This is a scam, pure and simple. Oracle counts on people just giving up and walking away– dropping $50 – $150 in the interim – all of which is nearly impossible to get back (altho I plan to try). I learned my lesson – please don’t follow my example! - See more at: http://www.bbb.org/blog/2013/03/post-card-offers-free-airline-tickets-delivers-sales-presentation/#comment-89188