Coastal Vacations Review and Profile

Coastal Vacations no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Original Npros business profile for Coastal Vacations, preserved below for archival purposes:

Coastal Vacations was a travel-discount and vacation-membership business opportunity associated with founder Fred Combs. The program was promoted for many years through independent directors and online marketing systems, with older materials connecting the business to N.B. Management and listing a Kissimmee/Orlando, Florida presence. Coastal Vacations marketed access to travel-related discounts, vacation certificates, resort stays, cruises, and membership packages rather than operating as a traditional travel agency.

The company's product offering centered on packaged travel-discount memberships sold in multiple levels. Older Coastal Vacations materials described Level I, Level II, and Level III packages, with package pricing that included $1,295 for the Level I package, $3,995 for the Level I/II Premier package, $7,500 for the Level III package alone, and $11,000 for the full Platinum package. The packages were promoted as lifetime travel memberships with access to discounted vacation benefits, resort stays, cruises, travel certificates, and related travel savings.

Coastal Vacations used a network-marketing-style business-opportunity model built around independent directors, replicated marketing systems, training calls, lead generation, and package sales. Opportunity materials described a 2-up structure in which new participants had to pass up their first two training sales before qualifying to keep commissions at their package level. Published representative materials listed commissions of $1,000 on Level I sales, $3,200 on Premier package sales, and $9,705 on Platinum package sales.