TVI Express member admits no 7-day 6-night thing for 13 MONTHS

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One of the biggest draw for TVI Express, and one of the most cited "reasons" for TVI Express's legitimacy is that 7-day 6-night accomodation at a 5-star hotel (since downgraded to a 3-5 star) and return ticket, but so far no one can actually FIND any one who had gone on such a trip.

Well, here's a TVI Express member admitting that redemption of such trips ONLY STARTED AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2009! That's NINE MONTHS where this is an empty promise!

"TVI Express Vacation Booking Update…ready to Book Your Free Vacation!

Monday, December 14th, 2009 /

We have started providing six nights/seven days vacations to our members world-wide but ingress of festive season has constricted the availability as this is the peak season for vacations."
 -- cited from http://tviexpressblog.net/359/tvi-express-vacation-booking-update-ready-to-book-your-free-vacation/

In other words, even by TVI Express's admission, they have been LYING about the free gift for joining for NINE MONTHS! (Claimed launch date for TVI Express is February 2009, so December 2009 is 9 full months (more like 10, but we'll give them benefit of the doubt).

Add that to their own announcement in 1-FEB-2010, that only "hundreds" have booked such trips (since the 1.5 months that have elapsed) How long do you think it will take them to process a trip from all 600000 members? Hmmm?  And why are all 11 properties they said are open for booking... are all in India?

ADDITIONAL INFO! Apparently the rollout of the redemption system was pushed to March 1st, 2010, and pushed back YET AGAIN! So it's 13 months, and still counting!


P.S. The answer is never, because they've signed up 50000 members per month (12 months, 600000 members), and they are only processing LESS THAN A THOUSAND free trips a month! And they are working against a huge backlog to start with!

P.P.S. The same TVI Express distributor has since become disillusioned. Here's a direct quote:

"...I too got involved with TVI, however without a viable product in the form of their offered “free vacation”;  I wonder if TVI will be a viable business model for the future.  Only time will tell….!"
-- cited from http://tviexpressblog.net/date/2010/02/