Travelencia: Interview with David Pollock of Hemisphere Travel

David Pollock and I cover a lot of ground with this interview.

During the discussion I discover that Hemisphere Travel is actually quite large; over 3,000 travel websites and multiple brick and mortar travel agency locations. David explains in detail his company’s history, affiliations, seller of travel requirements and the fact that they have an in-house lawyer who specializes in the travel industry.

We cover many topics; travel clubs, travel insurance, travel financing, discount travel, lowest price travel, travelencia benefits, internet travel portals verses B&M travel agencies, travel cards and more.

We also take a minute to discuss David’s experience working with the owner of Travelencia, Rene Larralde over the last six to eight years.

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Does Travelencia require Seller of Travel number (SOT)

There has been some discussion about whether or not Travelencia requires a Seller of Travel number (SOT).

Initially I checked the Florida Attorney General’s website who referred me to the Florida Department of Consumer Services.

My intention was to establish what the rules are for a Seller of Travel. I read both Florida’s and California’s legislation and it was clear to me the seller was the one who accepted payment and arranged the bookings. The purpose of the laws is to protect the consumer and their funds. However, since I am not a lawyer, it is easy to misinterpret or miss something.

During the call I was surprised when she looked up Hemisphere Travel and reported to me that they were listed as exempt. This does not mean that Hemisphere is exempt in other states but it does tell you that Hemisphere at least qualified for a exemption in Florida.

The general concept of a Seller of Travel is someone who takes consideration, your money, with the promise of delivering some form of travel. The rules also cover those who sell travel certificates or coupons and travel clubs.

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Interview with Kevin Wise Travelencia Marketing Director

Today I had the pleasure to talk with Kevin Wise, National Marketing Director for Travelencia.

Travelencia is a new network marketing opportunity that is a benefits club. The first benefit is a travel club where you have a travel portal where you can finance your dream vacations for free.

Travelencia will be holding their kickoff conference in Orlando Florida on October 4, 2008 and they will be announcing new member benefits.

Kevin discusses his extensive network marketing experience and how Travelencia will be a billion dollar business in three years.

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Action Step 1 - Create your Presence Online

If you are serious about internet marketing, whether affiliate or network, you should consider having an online presence. You can do this for free just by creating a blog at wordpress.com or blogger.com. In this video I am going to take you from registering a domain name to hosting your own blog. You can learn these skills. I encourage you to learn these skills.

I will show you

• where I register my domains
• how to set your dns so that you can host your own blog
• how to use your hosting company’s cpanel to install your blog
• how to auto upgrade wordpress
• how to upload new themes and plugins
• may favorite free ftp program
• some quick tips on setting up your blog

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Are Cash Gifting Programs legal?

The short answer is “NO”.

Cash gifting programs are illegal pyramid schemes.

I am limiting my discussion to the USA, however other countries have similar laws.

Enforcement activity can occur at the federal level through the FTC, SEC and U.S. Postal Service and at the state level.

Pyramids promise large profits based primarily on recruiting others and not on profits from retail sales. There are even tests to determine if the product being sold is being used to hide the pyramid scheme.

Many well known network marketing companies have run into trouble with these laws and had to restructure their compensation plans and rules.

In 1979 Amway was found not to be an illegal pyramid scheme by the FTC because their system was based on retail sales to consumers. However the FTC did order Amway to change some of its business practices such as retail price fixing and misrepresenting profit expectations.

Cash gifting programs do not even have a product.

Some argue that cash gifting is legal because of the tax code. They even quote the sections. Those sections are about how to, or not to, tax gifts. The code contemplates legitimate gifts between family members and friends, not an organized gifting program.

If you could rely on the tax code to give legitimacy to cash gifting programs then all pyramids would be legal.

In fact the tax code expects you to claim all of your income regardless if it is from a legal source or not. Just ask Al Capone.

So you cannot look to the tax code to determine if an income activity is legal or not.

Some cash gifting programs are religious based.

They prey on you by using religion. They may even contribute to worthwhile causes, however they are pyramid schemes and those at the top are earning all of the money.

I was just on such a site and I quote them:

“How would you like to receive $800, $2,000, $4,000, $8,000, $16,000, $32,000, and $48,000, or 83,200 Over and Over Again?”

They also state “The blessings flowing through this belief system cannot be measured”.

Systems such as these are preying on the generosity of good people like you.

You cannot make money unless you recruit others to join. It is a numbers game that explodes exponentially until it implodes and everyone loses their money.

Cash gifting programs are considered illegal pyramid schemes by federal and state law and it will be just a matter of time before your chosen program will be shut down and the bank accounts frozen.

Is that anyway for you to run a home business?

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