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This message is sent to warn people about a scam by the
"One Stop Travel Center" of Tampa, Florida, targeting the
people of Puerto Rico.
(Este mensaje es para advertir al publico sobre una
promocion deshonesta dirigida contra el pueblo de
Puerto Rico por parte de la agencia de viajes
"One Stop Travel Center" de Tampa, Florida.)
Earlier in the year, my sister answered an
add placed in a Puerto Rican newspaper
by "One Stop Travel Center" of Tampa,
(110 S. Hoover Blvd., #119, Tampa, FL)
advertising a great vacation package that included
trips Disneyworld and a Caribbean cruise, for
a really low price. My sister was getting
married and that would be her honeymoon trip.
After she paid a $500 deposit, however, the
agency suddenly changed the dates of
departure and the destinations. Since these
changes conflicted with the wedding date and
her vacation time, she called to cancel her
order and requested a refund of her deposit.
However, "One Stop Travel Center"
stated that they could not refund the money
because the deadline for cancellations had
expired. The deadline was a few days BEFORE
they notified my sister of the changes to her
vacation package!
We complained to the Florida Division of
Consumer Affairs, and they found sufficient
cause for a full-blown investigation.
The travel agency still refuses to pay
the deposit back (my sister never got to
take her honeymoon trip!), and she will
pursue additional legal actions.
DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!
Do not pay any 'deposits' for
vacation trips to "One Stop Travel
Center" or any other travel agencyl
if the agency do not provide for full
refunds in case THEY change the conditions.
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