has any one ever received a free trip/cruise through Spirit incentives or vacation village?

Question

The reason I ask is because my husband and I receive a free cruise to the either the Bahamas, Cozemel, and a few other destinations to choose from the cruise line is the royal Caribean (although that is a wonderful cruise line) just wondering if anyone else has received/ gone or thought about going on one of these free trips. Just looking for some insight. Thank You!!!

Answer 1

"Free" cruises are not always "free". I would read the super fine print before even thinking of taking the cruise.

Googled their name and this came up:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff106706.htm

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/spirit-incentives-c8362.html

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff152289.htm

http://boards.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?t=4943

http://www.familytravelboards.com/archive/index.php?t-2331.html

http://www.complaints.com/directory/2005/june/13/51.htm

I'd be wary.

Answer 2

It sounds like a big scam to me. There are a million scams out in the travel industry. Don't get sucked in because the free cruise they are offering is probably on a garbage scowl boat. HA! When booking a cruise it is always best to deal directly with the cruise line either by phone or the Internet. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I don't know about them, but usually a free cruise comes with administrative fees that cost more than the cruise fare would be. And they ususally are an "off" brand cruise line that does not offer all of the amenities of the mainstream lines.

Answer 4

My husband and I just got back from our Las Vegas trip from Spirit. We added two more nights, upgraded our room and I think everything ended up costing $425 including the $100 deposit. I looked online at flights and rooms and the full price would have been around $2300. So it is worth it. Flight was shitty, we flew spirit airlines out of LaGuardia NY and the seats in the plane don't recline and you have to pay for drinks and carry on luggage. But again...well under the price if we went on our own. We stayed at Stratosphere, DONT STAY THERE. Its far from strip, its dirty and all the people look like hobos. lol. We were the only normal people there. We ended up getting a monorail ticket because we had to travel to the good part of the strip. Theres nothing near the Stratosphere except hookers, nasty wedding chapels and homeless guys. I think one of the options was for a hotel was Excaliber, that's closer the good end of the strip, choose that hotel. No presentations or anything once you are out there, which was nice. They also gave us a $150 meal voucher, you just sent in you dinner/show receipt and they reimburse you. My husband and I were very flexible with travel dates but if you are not, I can see that being a problem.

It was a great trip and im happy we went forward with it because I was super hesitant. Also, once you book it your stuck, no changes or you pay big bucks so don't confirm anything until your 100% sure.