Has anyone dealt with Next Stage Travel before? I just don't see what the catch is -- is it that you don't get to choose either hotel or airline? Are they doing last minute bookings? Do they jack up the prices so that you have to pay extra?
Has anyone dealt with Next Stage Travel before? I just don't see what the catch is -- is it that you don't get to choose either hotel or airline? Are they doing last minute bookings? Do they jack up the prices so that you have to pay extra?
I guess for the VERY flexible traveller, you could take a chance. But you KNOW something is going to go wrong here. It's too cheap. Isn't $99 for two airfares? Among other things, will they make you travel on Tuesday or something?
There are add on fee's, you cannot pick the date you go, etc. Even worse, they only answer questions AFTER you purchase. I would run quickly away from this one.
Given the lack of data, I'm surprised that this offer sold out by noon. With so many unknowns and not any great interest in either destination, I wasn't going to bite. If I'd at least know the airline, I might have risked it for the miles and a weekend, but it appears you can't know if you can even get a weekend before buying.
Given the lack of data, I'm surprised that this offer sold out by noon. With so many unknowns and not any great interest in either destination, I wasn't going to bite. If I'd at least know the airline, I might have risked it for the miles and a weekend, but it appears you can't know if you can even get a weekend before buying.
I think a lot of people are gullible, and dont read the fine print. Look at how many people bought into the Exotic Escapes living social scam. 2500 sold, I bet there are going to be about 5000 unhappy people when the time comes to redeem it.
What really stood out to me is that they are encouraging people to buy multiples, to "multiply the savings", yet the rules clearly say only 1 per 12 month period can be used.
There are add on fee's, you cannot pick the date you go, etc. Even worse, they only answer questions AFTER you purchase. I would run quickly away from this one.
The terms and conditions state that "Customer responsible for any airline charges exceeding $500." You had better read this reply in another thread before stepping in.
I created a name just to reply to this post about how much Next Stage sucks. They suck. They are the worst company in the history of life. They have the worse service and it took over 11 weeks from the time I submitted my original voucher to receive my reservation kit. I never even received it, I complained to KGB who sent it to Next Stage who finally had some slobberknocker help me out. And when she did, oh boy, did I get a DEAL!!
I got an itenerary today for my trip that was broken down as:
Total Flight Cost for 2: $974.39
Must subtract $500 Credit.
Must add $149.00 per person Broker/Ticketing fee.
Must add $100 dollars per additional night (1 in this case).
Including the $100 I paid for the voucher, my total cost for airfare (1-stop U.S. Airway flight each way) and hotel would come out to $971.39 (Circus Circus)
Uhhhhhhh, I did some research and in 10 minutes could have booked a non-stop flight for the same dates flying U.S. Airway for $594 and a hotel room for 3 nights in Circus Circus for $181, for a total of $775 for (better) airfare and hotel.
THIS COMPANY BLOWS, THIS DEAL IS WORTHLESS!!!!
I complained to both Next Stage and KGB and hopefully they do something about it but I would be more than happy with my $100 back from KGB
I created a name just to reply to this post about how much Next Stage sucks. They suck. They are the worst company in the history of life. They have the worse service and it took over 11 weeks from the time I submitted my original voucher to receive my reservation kit. I never even received it, I complained to KGB who sent it to Next Stage who finally had some slobberknocker help me out. And when she did, oh boy, did I get a DEAL!!
I got an itenerary today for my trip that was broken down as:
Total Flight Cost for 2: $974.39
Must subtract $500 Credit.
Must add $149.00 per person Broker/Ticketing fee.
Must add $100 dollars per additional night (1 in this case).
Including the $100 I paid for the voucher, my total cost for airfare (1-stop U.S. Airway flight each way) and hotel would come out to $971.39 (Circus Circus)
Uhhhhhhh, I did some research and in 10 minutes could have booked a non-stop flight for the same dates flying U.S. Airway for $594 and a hotel room for 3 nights in Circus Circus for $181, for a total of $775 for (better) airfare and hotel.
THIS COMPANY BLOWS, THIS DEAL IS WORTHLESS!!!!
I complained to both Next Stage and KGB and hopefully they do something about it but I would be more than happy with my $100 back from KGB
We know they suck. If you read the T&C's, it was a given.
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Welcome NextStageSucks;
Great first post rant but Now that you have created a name please stick around and get some education and you will not be tricked again. If you had only seen the posts originally you would have run away from this scam.
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