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Inteletravel / Plan Net independent travel agents -how do they make money/scam?!

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Thierryhenryneedisaymore · 10/04/2022 18:38

Talking to friend today who has recently signed up as an independent travel agent after following someone on social media. I've heard a lot about this lately and i'm very curious. She's a sensible person but i am a bit suspicious about the claims of how much you can save/ even more how much you can make if you recruit others... so friend got interested after following someone, apparently they call themselves 'mentors', this lady who she signed up with apparently was until recently in a normal job, normal house, she lives in the UK, and, has now recruited a lot of independent agents like my friend, desperate for cheap holidays, these people have been recruited since lockdown, and this lady seems to all of a sudden be earning up to 500k a year? How does this work?!!! Is it a scam? This person has a, new house, massive and bought for a lot of mobey, squilllions of expensive holidays a year, high expense lifestyle. I am gobsmacked. How do you make this type of money recruiting people? I have read about MLM but i dont see how you can get a mortgage these days with that type of insecure income? Am i missing something?!! Very curious.

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YouOKHun · 18/04/2022 14:03

@Thierryhenryneedisaymore Just seen your post. Inteletravel is a scam. It is a front for a pyeamid scheme called PlanNet Marketing. The people who recruit in large numbers make some money but no one makes money selling travel. The costs of joining, training and staying in the scheme are almost always greater than the money made. One of the U.K. directors of IT paid ABTA off for membership. They were due to be the subject of a media expose but luckily for them other world events overtook. It’s worth googling “antiMLM” to find out more about PM and IT.

If it was a genuine travel business why did its profits go up when travel was banned during the pandemic but lots of people were losing their jobs?

travelweekly.co.uk/articles/334992/inteletravel-refutes-fresh-pyramid-selling-accusations

mlmtruth.org/2018/04/05/all-you-need-to-know-about-inteletravel/ Old article but not much has changed.

Thierryhenryneedisaymore · 11/04/2022 12:24

Stormcharmeleon, there are a few people doing it. Just all seems odd, i can't get my head around the money some people appear to be making.

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Stomacharmeleon · 10/04/2022 20:32

A well known ex wag does it (with the surname of a bank)

Thierryhenryneedisaymore · 10/04/2022 20:04

I have just read that myself but am just surprised if it's that dishonest and they are not posting like for like comparisons for holiday when they say they are. Then you have all these 'celebrities' doing it too? How do you go from veing a normal income to making a 6 figure salary from it as a 3 or 4 star 'director' in q couple of years? Without booking any holidays, just recruiting people??!! I just cant understand the piles of money coming in. She showed me a page for the lady earning a packet and the mind honestly boggles. And like i say, how do you get a huge mortgage from the banks with that type of job. It's staggering.

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YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan · 10/04/2022 19:26

Someone tried to recruit me into it and I was interested as I know travel agents like Hayes have homeworkers, so I assumed it was a similar set up and genuine work. I realised it wasn't when there was emphasis on recruiting others to join and I noticed all the "boss babe" posts by her on Facebook.

You have to pay a fee to join and then there are monthly fees to use the booking software.

What irritated me was how they market the holidays. Suppose you've got a beach front hotel. You have to post things saying "Naice Beach Hotel - our price £50 a night, Booking.com £80 a night." What you fail to mention is, your £50 room is a basic one round the back over looking the car park, while the Booking.com one is a premium sea view room. I couldn't mislead friends and family by thinking they were getting a good deal when really they were not.

This post explains how it all works:

uk.trustpilot.com/reviews/621f55a4445f5107dca5e53d

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