'Holiday Travel of America' Corporation.... PLEASE HELP!?

Question

A while ago, my girlfriend was offered a deal on plane tickets. for purchasing $200 dollars worth of cosmetics, we would recieve a couple of free airplane tickets (provide own hotel and travel) to fly to a few select tropical cities. I thought this would be a hoax so we called around and everybody with authority told us the deal was ligit (a way to promote the cosmetic company). So we went ahead and bought the $200 cosmetics. But as we get farther and farther into the deal, we are finding that we have to purchase resorts and such.

I am just wondering if anyone has done this and if it is a SCAM or if it really works out in the end

The corporation is 'Holiday Travel of America'.

Thanks

Answer 1

You can contact the Better Business Bureau where they are located and ask if there have been any complaints. Many companies are doing this as a promotion ( ie car dealers ) They do give you the 2 free airline tickets, but you have to buy a 7 day package at certain resorts which usually wind up being pretty expensive - basically to cover the cost of the so called free airline tickets. I think for the most part its legit - as I have seen so many of these. Maybe try and sell the cosmetics on ebay and forget the trip !