We have to understand the position of these brick and mortar travel agents. There business is being taken from them by leaps and bounds and they are fighting to hang on. It isn't anything personal but times are changing and the internet has changed MANY business models and will continue to do so.

I am an RTA with YTB and absolutely love it! So much so that I am phasing out my real estate business and in the process of building a new home office for my YTB venture.

Before I get jumped on, I want to say that World Ventures is not a scam and neither is YTB. I have a few friends that are a part of WV and they love it. However, when I was deciding which company I wanted to join, I had to take into consideration what each had to offer me.

Both allow you to travel as an "insider" and receive the perk and benefits that comes along with the business. But the following is what tipped the scales towards YTB.

With the director position, YTB gives you:
• $2,000 base pay in addition to your commissions, bonuses and overrides
• Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO Health Insurance - no questions asked
• $150,000 Life Insurance policy

Plus YTB has a "Bill of Rights" in which the comp plan can never be changed except to add benefits. Nothing can ever be taken away.
Director levels 2-5, the base pay is increased with each level and the bonuses go from $50,000 to 1 Million Dollars! 6 Million dollar bonuses have already been given out!

Also, there are no minimums or time limits whatsoever!

When I was checking out World Ventures I did find some things that I didn’t like: (pulled directly from their comp plan revised 03-08-09)

• If a Rep remains inactive for more than 4 weekly pay periods, the sales volume they have accumulated will irrevocably expire.
• If a Rep remains inactive for more than 12 consecutive weekly pay periods at any time, the Rep's Agreement shall be terminated.
• Once a Rep achieves the rank of Fully Qualified Rep (FQR) or higher, he/she is eligible for a "Grace Period" of up to one month, one time per year. If he/she becomes inactive for any reason, he/she has one month to regain Active status, or all binary sales volume will irrevocably expire.
• World Ventures will recover Direct Commissions paid to Rep any time an initial product purchase is refunded to the customer. (Charge Backs)
• There is a maximum number of weekly Bonus Cycles a Rep may earn at each promotion rank. Reps will not be paid for more than the maximum number or cycles regardless of the number of cycles completed for the pay period.
• One "Cycle" is generated for every three sales credits on the left side that match up with three sales credits on the right side of the Reps binary organization. If the sides are not balanced, a cycle is not created.
• World Ventures Reps are also awarded 20 Travel Points for every weekly cycle they earn. Travel Points may be redeemed only through the company and are designed to reward our Reps by covering some or all of the costs of their travel experiences. Travel Point must be used before the Travel Points expiration date.• Dream Home and Car Bonus - Payments will be maintained by World Ventures as long as Rep maintains IMD status.

The program is full of minimums and time limitations. The above are just the ones I pulled in 10 minutes directly from their compensation plan revised 03-08-2008. Oh yeah, and the above is subject to change. :-)

Again, World Ventures is not a scam and is working for lots of people but because of some of the limitations it wasn’t me.

If anyone would like to know what else steered me to YTB, I would be glad to talk.
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Have a great day and keep on traveling!
Jackson