1) Are these Travel Packages genuine? How can Luxury Condos, First Rate Cruises, and other quality travel products be sold so inexpensively?
Yes, these membership travel packages are indeed genuine and Coastal Travel and Leisure Ltd. guarantees* your satisfaction with your purchase. The fact is -- Resorts have been selling similar vacation packages for more than 25 years but at substantially higher prices! Except during the highest point of peak travel season nearly all Resorts, Hotels and Cruise Lines experience a consistent vacancy rate. Many of these same businesses participate in some form of travel package program (such as Coastal Vacations) as this provides at least some income toward their business overhead, rather than receiving no income for vacancies.

 2) How does the Coastal Vacations program work?
Upon purchasing a membership in Coastal Vacations, you will receive a Membership Portfolio containing new member information and a Registration Form. You will need to complete and mail the Registration Form to Coastal’s head office in Kissimmee Florida. Within approximately 2 - 3 weeks you will receive your 18 personalized Coastal Travel Cards with your membership ID number. Your membership will now be “activated”. You can use the telephone numbers on the back of each Card and/or the telephone numbers in the Resort and Hotel Directories to make travel inquires, reservations etc. For your Bonus Vacations,  and Bonus Cruises you will need to fill-out and mail the appropriate travel “certificate” to Coastal’s head office in Kissimmee for reservations etc. You will then be contacted regarding the status of your reservation request. 

3) Are any of the member travel benefits subject to “expiration”?
A) Your first two Bonus Cruises must be completed  within one year of membership “activation“. All other Bonus Vacations do not have an expiration date. As you plan a trip, simply fill  out the appropriate vacation “voucher” and mail it to the Kissimmee  office. This will “activate” the voucher for a particular trip. You then have 1 year after voucher activation to complete your trip.
B)  The Coastal Travel Cards  can all be renewed annually for only $89.95 U.S. (subject to change). This is less than $5.00 /card (with plans to add more discount travel cards in the future). Upon card renewal, members receive new Travel Directories containing updates on newly participating Resorts, Hotels, Cruise Lines etc. as they are printed. 

4) What if I personally cannot use all the vacations that come with membership in Coastal Vacations?
Good News. All the Bonus Cruises and Bonus Vacations you receive as a member of Coastal are transferable! You can share them with others  --- family, friends, business associates, whomever you like. However, the personalized Coastal Travel Cards issued in your name are exclusive --- for use by Coastal members only. Accordingly, they are not transferable. 

5) Are there any restrictions on when I will be able to travel, using my membership cards or vouchers?
Generally, it will be more difficult to obtain reservations for travel through the height of the peak travel seasons. Some --- but not all providers (i.e. some Condo Resorts and Hotels) do restrict their discounts accordingly. Otherwise, providers may request that you submit 2 or 3 choices of travel dates. And with so many available destinations you otherwise should be able to travel pretty much any time you want.

6) How far in advance must I make my travel reservations in order to benefit from membership discounts?
Members are advised to plan ahead as they normally would for any major trip or vacation, choosing more than one preferred travel date. One of the many great benefits of a Coastal Vacations membership is the access to Short Notice trips (also referred to as “Burn Weeks”). These are travel opportunities that either remain available or have become available close to the scheduled travel date for Cruises, Condos, Hotels etc. for the very lowest of prices! 

7) In order to book and receive a great price on a Resort Condo, Cruise or Hotel etc. will I have to listen to a “sales pitch”?
Absolutely not. The only requirement is to submit your preferred travel dates. You will then  be notified regarding the status of your request. 

8) As a member of Coastal Vacations can I resell any of the individual Vacations or Cruises?
No. These Special Promotion Vacations and Cruises cannot be resold individually or otherwise. However, you can share them with others as gifts. Many members share them with family, friends, business associates or use them as business incentives for customers, clients or employees etc. Others donate vacations to non profit organizations.   

9) Aside from the price, what are the major differences between the Level I Travel Package and the Level II Travel Package?
The Level I Travel Package consists of 18 Coastal Discount Cards and 25 Bonus Vacations which include (mostly) 3Day/2Night Hotel/Resort accommodations as well as 5 very good Cruises which vary from 4Days/3Nights to 7Days/6Nights. Also, the Level I Package allows members to order as many of these “bonus” Hotel/Resort vacations and as many of these Cruises as often as they wish (in unlimited numbers and unlimited frequency). These  Level I “vacation” stays and bonus “cruises” provide members with fabulous travel in North America and the Caribbean. The Level II Travel Package consists of  The International Vacations Membership Card. This card provides members with unlimited 7Day/6Night complimentary lodging accommodations (as many and as often as desired) to international destinations. Also, the Level II membership card provides members with unlimited 4Day/3Night Carnival Cruises (unlimited in number and unlimited in frequency!). The Level II International Travel Membership also includes 17 Bonus Vacations.