Have you been approached by someone telling you that you can join a private program that can pay you while you travel the world? Have they talked to you about how “you should be here” living the #dreamtripslife with them?
While it all sounds great in theory, it’s not all as easy as it may sound. Honestly, let me explain to you how exactly their program works – and then you can decide for yourself if you want to invest your time and money with them or if you prefer earning your money some other way.
Update: In May of 2017 a Pyramid Scheme lawsuit has been filed against WorldVentures (company that owns and operates DreamTrips) in U.S. The case is still ongoing in 2020.
2020: There are 170+ of complaints about WV, you can read them here.
Update June 2019: Taipei prosecutors charged the US owners of WorldVentures Taiwan (operators of Dreamtrips) on allegations of running a pyramid scheme.
The person that approached you, probably talked to you about this exclusive “lifestyle” or “community” or travellers. They are probably very vague about it, but there is a promise of travels and vacations, for practically no money. Be careful – the person that approached you is probably a seller and only wants to make a commission off you. They are particularly active on Instagram, posting pictures of themselves #makingalivingliving as a #travelpreneur in exotic locations.
Dreamtrips works in a very simple way – first you have to become a member of their community to have access to amazing travel tours and discounts.
(the cheapest membership I found is an initial 250$, with a 50$/month fee. That doesn’t include any trips.).
Their products are the tours they offer. Here is an example:
It might look legitimate at a first glance – but as a person that has traveled a lot in the past, I urge you to consider the following things.
The person that is trying to sell you this program will argue that you will never have to pay the actual price in dollars, because as a member or WorldVenture, you can earn “Dreamtrips Points” to exchange for these trips. (Guess why they want you to sign up so bad? They want those points themselves!)
And what they’re doing is what you’ll be doing – pitching a lifestyle and an amazing opportunity to people through social media.
Dreamtrips is only one of the products offered by the company called WorldVenture. Other products are called Dreamtrips life, VolunTours and Luxury Dreamtrips.
World Venture is a “direct sales” company – in other words an MLM (multi level marketing). There are basically two ways you can make money using their program.
While I would not call WorldVenture and their products such as Dreamtrips a scam, I would not consider them a reliable way to make money online. Simply the high price of their membership you will have to pay every month are probably going to cost you more than you will ever earn. And their “exclusive” tours are simply not that great compared to non-exclusive travel tours, where you also have the complete freedom to shop around and compare prices with others.
While researching WorldVenture I stumbled upon a document from FTC (US Federal Trade Commission) where we clearly see that 99.97% of WorldVenture participants lost money in 2008. This means that out of 10,000 participants only 3 will actually make a profit. I honestly don’t understand why anyone would join an MLM with these odds.
There are plenty of travel tours you can promote online that do not require any subscription fees to join. This concept is called Affiliate Marketing (something I have been doing for the past 10 years) and you can absolutely earn money in the travel industry by promoting all kinds of tours and tickets to people online. You simply have to promote a good tour, and you earn a commission if someone buys! All without the risk of being stuck paying some kind of monthly fee. If you want to try it out, and become a real digital nomad and internet entrepreneur – it will not cost you ANY money but only some knowledge and hard work. Most of “tour websites”, airlines and hotels have affiliate programs and they are free to join.
When I started learning about online business possibilities I stumbled upon a training platform in late 2007. I decided to try out their training and I loved it. I built my whole online business with them and I am still an active member to this day. Their community is simply awesome, their training is constantly updated and very easy to follow. The best part? It’s completely free. The Starter account doesn’t cost a dime and doesn’t even require you typing in your credit card number. So yes, there are legit and reputable platforms that will teach you how to actually build a real online business.
If you have any questions please do use the comment form below.
Alex
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Its really a pity these kind of little minds. I love the fact that you believe more in Web sites that anyone writes than in your own friends and family.
I am a member. I'm a representative also. me and many of my friends too. I think it's a huge joke that you talk so badly about this company and I see right in front of my eyes that this works for everyone around me. because staying out and criticizing is the easiest job I've ever known in life. I think having people by my side who had had the freedom to leave the jobs they had to dedicate themselves to know the world and travel it’s really amazing. but it's just a scheme, right? ahahah
in fact, what gives me the most joy in it is meeting people like you. which are limited to any data and report everything as if they had been there and if there was anything that life taught me was to speak only with my own valid arguments. but I will always love to see you on earth while we have the life we have always wanted. no millionaire was a millionaire on the first day of his employment. but he believed he would.
Nobody is a professional tourist here on the first day, but it's not what happens if you do not want to.
stop thinking small if you want a great life.
Hello, thank you Tina... I just joined with the company and I actually meant the people that was on these trips and the videos....there will always be people like these people that will try and talk bad on something good and haven't even tired the matter... I'm booking my trips and my children,family are gone having,fun catching fights across the world while these people staying in their feelings!
Nice try Lakaya ;)
You getting paid?
I know RMDs here who still haven't been paid since September of 2017. It's beginning to look like WV will be sold before they see a cent of what they worked to earn.
Making any money Tina?
The RMDs I know haven't been paid since September of 2017. They are due high 5 figure monthly checks.
Individually, just one of them is owed a high 6 figure/low 7 figure check for the total time they haven't been paid. I know about 4 RMDs in the same predicament.
That's a lot of money for WV to be owing their employees for services already completed.
You getting paid Tina?
WV hasn't been paying reps or vendors since October 2017.
For reps, no commissions, residuals or Dream car/home payments.
People are having their homes and cars repossessed because WV refuses to pay them the wages they earned and are owed.
They are laying off people almost monthly from the corporate headquarters in Plano. They can't even make payroll for their corporate employees.
They'll fold by the end of the year.
seems as if they are still going strong and its wayy past the end of the year
Tina how may I earned $2000 residual income in a month with worldventures
You are too late. the top earners are already set in their positions. If you join now, all you'll be doing is paying the people above you.
Morrison, as the lawsuit against WV has determined, "...“99.7% of WorldVentures representatives average net losses of over $1000 per year, and gross revenues of $140.”. So the simple answer is that you need to be in the top 0.3% of the company to earn money. Good luck with that.
I understand how you feel, Tina.
However, one does not need to believe my opinions. You can simply look at the facts:
1. "99.7% of WorldVentures (DreamTrips) representatives average net losses of over $1000 per year, and gross revenues of $140."
2. A Pyramid Scheme lawsuit is filed against this company in the US in 2017 (still ongoing)
3. World Ventures is deemed a pyramid scheme in Norway
If you want to be a part of an alleged pyramid scheme - it's your choice.
Hi Alex
We signed up with Dream Trips a week ago. I was thinking that I could mass market the membership to a data base of 40 000 cell numbers I have.
Then I saw the oppertunity to mass market all these customers as an affiliatte. Could this work?
Hi Graham.
The thing with mass marketing is that it doesn't usually work. I mean if 40,000 numbers you have are authentic and these people signed up to receive promotions from you then it could work. If you purchased this list from someone then it probably wouldn't result in any sales, regardless of what you're promoting. Spamming these people would be illegal in Canada, not sure about US.
When was the last time you opened an unsolicited email and purchased those p*nis enlargement pills? Or when was the last time you received an SMS claiming you won a free trip to Hawaii and actually clicked on the link in that text message? Those 40,000 numbers will react in the way, they'll ignore the unsolicited message.
Alex
As a Representative of this scam, you are a paying employee of the scam. You are paying the company money to promote it. They can shut off anytime, close it down anytime. You will lose your time and money. Fat cats will retire and a new campaign will start. Seen this over and over. Money for jam and these parasites do not care. Usually they prey on the desperation of young and old to make them feel important and offer them a false impression of been successful and professional. Do not enter or pay for this bullshit, who pays to be employed ffs.