Excursions Branson Missouri - Branson, Missouri

Ellen Ward

I was happily booking our shows on the computer when I received a email from a woman who said if we went for a one hour presentation at the BRANSON TOURIST WELCOME CENTER, we could get three free shows. While I didn't want to spend my vacation being pushed into buying something, she convinced us that this was for TRAVEL information, such as where to stay when traveling, cruises, airlines. OH BOY, IT'S A TRAP.
We were sent to Excursions " Travel," which is nothing more than another company trying to get you to buy into thier business. We sat through 90 minutes with family videos and three men pressuring us to buy. They will take our timeshare off our hands for $16,000 . When we explained we did not have the money, they offered a simple solution. Pay $2,000 and put the rest on a credit card at 28% ntrest. Oh sure, no problem, now we pay you triple with the interest. So we were given the tickets and when returning to the Welcome Center to claim yet another free gift I was offered a choice of small trinkets, I picked a chip clip and was offered more free show tickets to go to another timeshare meeting. Excursions is just a fancy name, but the end game is if i had that kind of money, I would be fixing my own house, not giving it to strangers.

Roger Colvin

Our friends bought some discount tickets through Save On Branson. The tickets were discounted if they and our entire party talked to Excursions for a 45 minute presentation on travel discounts. They were assured this was not a timeshare offer. When we arrived at Save On they were very pleasant and referred us to Excursions. At Excursions both couples were given a form to fill out and we were requested to give our timeshare maintenance fees and who we owned with. I told them we were pleased with our timeshare and weren’t interested in timeshares. I also did not fill in our income information as I feel that is a personal question and is usually optional. Chad, the owners brother, or so he stated, came over and asked me nicely to finish filling out the form. I told him I didn’t want to be rude but didn’t feel it was anyone’s business but mine and preferred not to answer. He said ok and left. A couple of minutes later he came back and told us we no longer had the opportunity to talk to them because I would not give them the information they needed so our discounted tickets would need to be returned. I asked him if he still wanted the information and he said I had been given 2 chances to give the information. He stated he was the owners brother and he had called the owner and the owner told him to “get rid of them”. He was very rude, passive aggressive and wouldn’t even tell us if a restaurant was good. He was extremely rude and we could tell he was very angry. I would stay away from this place!! I hesitate to think of what they would have been like if after the presentation I didn’t buy what they were selling. I’m sorry the ratings for the review are only from 1-5. I’d give them a -5 if possible. Terrible customer relations and short tempered. Reminded me if a middle school temperament. Save On Branson was very gracious and great to work with when we returned. They seem like a good company but I will stay away from Excursions.

Jan Selvaggio

Great experience today although we didn’t buy. Yet. Chad was helpful. Definitely still considering the program as it seems much more flexible than the time share route.

Mail Box Office

Chad was very nice. He knew what he was talking about. Sounds like a good deal if you plan on traveling and have the money to put down. I didn’t like the constant talk about how bad timeshares are. I think by now most people should know that timeshares aren’t what they used to be. There was no real
pressure to buy but they do give you options. Don’t take the first deal if you are interested.

Kate Weso

Initially, our presentation was good. Chad spoke to us first, explaining that this was a travel agency/club that could get us out of our Wyndham contracts and maintenance fees. Then we spoke to Mike, a charming funny guy with 20+ years Experience. Long story short, he guaranteed us he could free us from our mortgage and fees, gave us 50% off, and we took the deal. After doing some research, and speaking to a timeshare lawyer, we felt that this was not a program for us. We returned to cancel our contract on day 2. That's when trouble happened. They put us in a private office and sent Chad back to speak to us. Apparently he is "the owner's brother," so that gives him the right to belittle those who dare to change their minds. He immediately told us our research was inadequate, that we weren't giving it a chance, talk talk talk. After a few minutes, I finally asked him to stop. He kept talking. I asked him again to please stop. He continued to talk, defending the "integrity" of this company, until I got angry, yelled at him to Shut up and get someone else in there. He said FINE! WE DON'T WANT YOUR BUSINESS!
Reading other reviews, I see others got discounts all the way down to $4000. We paid 15000. SO GLAD WE CANCELED THIS CONTRACT. And many staff seem to get mean. I wonder if they get penalized for the losses.
A man named Shad who was a manager came in and settled the matter. He couldn't understand why I was angry. Glad it's over. Bad day+

Ellen Nuebel

Have been to many sales pitches, but this one was by far the most irritating. Only spent a few minutes on their product. Most of the time was spent telling us how we have been ripped off and lied to by timeshares and one in particular. It was all I could not to walk out in the middle of the presentation.

daniel sybouts

We arrived to ‘greeters’. The presentation was given by an apt man who was working ‘pro bono’. He claimed to have Asperger’s. Way too much personal pre-occupation. Probably the only truthful statement in the presentation was concerning his life of being driven with desire for financial success.

We declined the original offer for a membership costing $20,000 and annual maintenance of $400. Settled on $5000.
We did not get the email with the link to web site until requesting it several times more.

We did due diligence that had not been possible in advance of visit and found every thing indicated in the presentation to be false. Most motel rooms we looked up were 1% savings, a cruise on Viking was 2000 more per person than we could get it online. When I checked with our ‘closer’ he refused any quotes until our payment processed in order to get us past the three day rescission period.

One of the only favorable things we experienced was their acceptance of our cancellation and the return of the check we had written

The ‘package’ included several cold showers and marginal shows.

Carrie Marcum

This company has conned many people out of their timeshares claiming discounted travel and no maintenance fees. The travel is not any cheaper than booking online and there are quarterly maintenance fees. My own father lost the value over $75k in worldmark (which Branson claimed was worthless) plus $10k to join. They take advantage of people who already feel trapped. Basically a scam.