How to Get Free Travel Vouchers

By on December 21, 2007

If you know what a travel voucher is and you understand how a travel voucher works, you know you can save thousands of dollars on vacation travel over the years. You also know that a “free vacation travel voucher” is usually not truly, 100% free unless someone redeems the voucher for you. The more appropriate name for these free travel vouchers would be “discount travel vouchers”.


Here are a few facts. You can get unlimited free travel vouchers in a number of different ways. One way is to join a travel membership club that allows you to, upon joining and paying for the membership, download unlimited travel vouchers. (see the website address below). However, the travel vouchers themselves are free but redeeming them is not. You must understand the process in order to benefit and save money from using the travel vouchers.

What does it mean that they are not free? The voucher has to be redeemed. That means that although you are seeing a free travel voucher in front of you, you will need to pay a small redemption fee to get access to additional information that will actually allow you to book your travel reservation. There are additional costs, but these costs are miniscule in comparison to what you would normally pay for the same vacation if you had just bought it outright through a travel agency or even booking it online. Those costs are spelled out clearly on the travel voucher. If you decide to redeem the voucher and you think that the cost for redeeming it is too high, all you do is turn down the reservation when the travel agency tells you the vacation is available. Better yet, you can often times negotiate the prices with them and they will work something out with you.

Although a “free travel voucher” isn’t really free, they are still well worth taking the time to redeem. You will still be saving a significant amount of money on your next vacation, or, you can oftentimes transfer or sell the voucher or give it away. Go with a family member or friend and you can split the cost of what the taxes and fees are going to be and your vacation will be so incredibly inexpensive you won’t believe it.

Once you have paid your small redemption fee, you will then pay appropriate hotel or room or cruise taxes and port charges or airport charges. If you pick a 7 night, 8 day vacation for example, worldwide, and you are flexible (you like last minute travel), the retail cost of the vacation may be $2,000 and you will pay about $400 or less. If you take another adult with you and split the cost, your vacation will cost you $200 for the whole week for your room. That’s not a bad deal.

People who complain about travel vouchers just don’t know how they work. These vouchers require flexibility. They are excess properties that companies and travel agents offer at a deep discount because they would rather have someone occupying them then leave the rooms empty.

Yes, there may be blackout dates, or you may have to travel at the last minute to get the nicest properties, but not always. If you can be flexible, use the travel voucher system to save literally thousands of dollars during your lifetime in travel expenses. Get your free travel vouchers. Read the fine print. Redeem one and see how it works. Redeem it and give it away as a gift or sell it (read the fine print to make sure you are allowed). Travel vouchers can be a great way for you and your family to save money on your next vacation.

There are all types of travel vouchers. There are airline buy one get one free vouchers, cruise vouchers (very popular), all inclusive trip vouchers, international trip vouchers and more. Most of the vouchers will cover just the room costs, but some really do offer airline fares if you for example, purchase a week’s stay at a resort or hotel.

You can check with your local travel agency to see if they have any vouchers or you can check out an actual business that offers a voucher program. See http://www.lovethetravelbug.com where you can sign up as a free member and take a tour of the business to see what travel vouchers are available to you once you decide to join.

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