Unless you have been living under a rock or in a cave or just simply haven’t been following the MLM industry, you have probably heard of TVI Express (Travel Ventures International) at least a few times by now.

In this article I will break down the good and bad about TVI and try and shed some light on this company for people who may be looking to make a decision to join.

Is TVI Express a legitimate company or is it a scam?

First of all, let me say that I am not a TVI Express affiliate and I have no biased reason for giving a review that leans one way or another.  This review, like everything else, is purely my opinion…backed up with lots of solid factual information.  Ultimately, you need to go do your due diligence and choose what’s best for yourself.

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s likely a duck!

Travel is a tough MLM business.  Many companies have started and very few remain.  Unfortunately, the abuse has been widespread.  After quite a lot of research, I would caution very strongly against joining this “company,” unless you don’t care about being ethical and you are just out to make money at any expense.

Why would I say that?  There are a few glaring reasons why TVI is sketchy at best.

There is a lack of product information and NO clear separation between retail product purchase and distributor purchase

Every legitimate network marketing company knows that the FTC scrutinizes our industry and thus, their corporate sites tend to err on the side of caution.  All intelligent companies focus their corporate site on product.  Review any of the real companies in the industry.  This is purposeful.  It’s the company’s job to ensure long-term stability and navigate the already difficult FTC guidelines properly.

The corporate website for TVI doesn’t even have a tab for product.  As a new person goes through the site, it’s easy to see that the product is discount travel, but exactly what it is is very hard to determine.

First of all, the 6-day/7-night voucher and the companion airline ticket are NOT for resale.  They are travel incentives used by promotional companies all over the world.  I have personally used these in past businesses.  They run anywhere from $3 to $25 and anyone can purchase them.

For an MLM company to be legal, there has to be a clear competitive retail market for their product.  I haven’t been able to find the cost of the TVI retail product, or even a way to purchase retail on their site.  This is a HUGE RED FLAG.

How much is the retail product?  Is it the $250 package?  What is it exactly?  Is it the discount website portal?  If so, wouldn’t a legitimate company show me something about the actual product instead of just telling me?

Although I am no Einstein, I am smarter than the average bear (maybe that’s the problem with TVI) and if I have this hard of a time trying to find out what the product actually is and how to buy it, that spells trouble.

It would be interesting to see if any retail sales have been made yet.  This is an FTC nightmare waiting to happen.

Who runs the company & what is this secret

“UK Based Business Group”?

Any competent network marketer knows that management is the key to long-term business success.  Quality management trumps product, compensation and culture.  Management is everything.

So why hide the management team? Is there a President/CEO?  Who are they?  Real people with solid track records give companies legitimacy.   What reason could they possibly have for hiding their management and investor group?

Are these people not trustworthy?

Are they trying to hide the fact that they are involved?  Perhaps for tax purposes?

The company is incorporated out of Limassol, Cypress, which is a well-known tax haven.  This by itself isn’t a bad thing, but when you combine it with poor corporate communications, management hiding behind a curtain, secret investor groups and lots of money flying around the world…it starts to stink.

It’s been widely reported by TVI distributors that they have a very difficult time getting a hold of anyone at the corporate offices or in customer service.  Many say they wait weeks for a response.  If this was a start up company, that would be somewhat understandable in that with new launches, the field overwhelms customer service.

But TVI isn’t a new company.  They have reportedly sold 300,000 packages at $250 each.  That is $75,000,000.  Even at the disclosed 72% payout, that leaves $21,000,000.  They have blamed some of their corporate woes on “server issues.”  Well, I am not going to say it, but if a company makes $21,000,000 and can’t keep their servers up, that’s either _____________ or ______________.  You can fill in the blanks.

“It’s legitimate, I got paid!”

If you read any of the forums or comments on articles writing about TVI, this is people’s main reason for saying the company is legitimate.  “It’s not a scam, I got paid.”

That’s just funny.

Although the founders of TVI (whoever they are) aren’t, in my opinion, the most ethical business people on the planet, they certainly aren’t stupid.  If they pay people, they keep their cash cow scam going longer.   Not paying people would waste all of their unethical hard work.

It’s just not smart.

Getting paid doesn’t mean this company isn’t going to get shut down…which it will.

Someone show me a real product with TVI Express that I can sell to anyone at a fair market price and the principals who run this company and I will perhaps change my mind.

Unfortunately, people are desperate right now, and money with no effort is attractive…but it’s not real.  People standing up for the legitimacy of TVI really just want it to be real.  They are blinded by the easy cash.

As I said in the beginning, if you are okay with selling NOTHING and don’t care if people get hurt, then TVI Express is a great business for you.

I hear Enron is hiring again too and Madoff is looking for apprentices.

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