WorldVentures’ travel service offering was formerly called DreamTrips. It has now been established as a separate MLM firm.
It’s unclear who owns DreamTrips.
In December 2020, WorldVentures declared bankruptcy. Verona International Holdings acquired what was left of WorldVentures in June as a result of these actions.
Verona International Holdings had no presence at the time because it was a freshly formed corporation controlled by unknown individuals.
We still don’t know who is behind Verona six months later.
As far as fundamental MLM due-diligence is concerned, this is still a red sign.
Even more so given that Spherature Investments, WorldVentures’ former owner, has indicated its intention to sue former WorldVentures co-owner and CEO Wayne Nugent.
We do know that Verona International Holdings is relaunching WorldVentures under the name DreamTrips.
This was disclosed in a press release on November 16th.
Verona International Holdings, Inc. is happy to announce that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas has filed an order confirming its acquisition of the exclusive worldwide rights to offer DreamTrips.
As a result of the acquisition, Verona’s wholly-owned subsidiary, DreamTrips, LLC d/b/a DreamTrips International, will become the exclusive global supplier of DreamTrips in the future.
Mark and Tammy Smith, respectively CEO and Chief Field Officer, lead DreamTrips on the executive side.
BehindMLM first encountered the Smiths in 2018.
The Smiths (right) were previous top earners at Nerium and were suing the corporation for $100 million at the time.
The lawsuit was discreetly resolved in mid-2020 after arbitration.
Meanwhile, the Smiths moved on to Jeunesse, causing Nerium to launch a raiding countersuit.
The Smiths agreed to become Seacret Direct distributors in December 2020.
Seacret Direct was a frontrunner to purchase WorldVentures prior to its bankruptcy filing in the months preceding the Smiths’ arrival.
That contract eventually fell through, causing WorldVentures to declare bankruptcy.
In the following, a fierce court struggle erupted between WorldVentures and Seacret. Those processes were completed some days before to the DreamTrips MLM firm announcement.
While I have noted Verona International Holdings ownership, knowing who runs DreamTrips is preferable to knowing nothing at all.
Mark and Tammy Smith’s first MLM executive endeavor is DreamTrips.
Continue reading for a thorough examination of DreamTrips’ MLM prospect.
Products from DreamTrips
Gold, Platinum, and Titanium membership memberships are available from DreamTrips.
DreamTrips Gold gives you access to
DreamTrips discount trip booking engine offers eating and entertainment discounts DreamTrips Mall; and DreamTrips Concierge Discounts (provided by Rovia).
WorldVentures owns/owned Rovia. They were most likely part of the package agreement sold to Verona.
If not, it is unknown who presently owns Rovia.
DreamTrips Mall is a proprietary ecommerce platform.
DreamTrips Concierge is a service booking platform that complements discounted vacation bookings.
DreamTrips Platinum now includes
access to DreamTrips Platinum experiences; advance access and booking for all DreamTrips; trip-specific improvements; 20% extra DreamTrips points to utilize; and emergency evacuation insurance
DreamTrips points are equivalent to in-house incentive points.
“Truly elite service, unique and ambitious experiences, the utmost convenience, and the highest-level perks,” DreamTrips Titanium says.
The DreamTrips website does not display retail pricing.
The following is the selling price for DreamTrips travel memberships:
DreamTrips Gold – $199, followed by $56.99 every month
DreamTrips Platinum – $299, followed by $99.99 every month
DreamTrips Titanium – $999, followed by $199.99 each month
The November 2021 compensation paperwork for DreamTrips mentions a “DreamTrips Silver membership” offering.
At the time of publishing, this was not available for purchase (November 2021).
Compensation Plan for DreamTrips
At the time of publishing, DreamTrips’ website did not include remuneration information.
The following analysis is based on a November 15th official DreamTrips compensation document.
Qualification for MLM Commission
Each DreamTrips affiliate must produce and retain four consumers with an active DreamTrips membership subscription in order to qualify for MLM commissions.
Customers might be retail customers or affiliates who have been recruited.
It should be noted that “Retail and Recruitment Commissions” are not MLM commissions.
DreamTrips Affiliate Positions
DreamTrips’ compensation structure includes eleven affiliate ranks.
They are as follows, along with their respective qualification criteria:
Active Representative – become a DreamTrips associate Qualified Representative – acquire and retain four active DreamTrips subscriptions
1 Star Representative – acquire and retain six active DreamTrips subscriptions, or have three active DreamTrips subscriptions on each sides of your binary team.
2 Star Representative – create and retain twelve active DreamTrips subscriptions, or have six active DreamTrips subscriptions on each sides of your binary team.
3 Star Representative – acquire and keep twelve active DreamTrips subscriptions on both sides of your binary team.
Senior Representative – acquire and keep thirty current DreamTrips subscriptions on both sides of your binary team.
Director – produce and keep 90 active DreamTrips subscriptions on both sides of your binary team, as well as at least 140 customers on your unilevel team (no more than 90 counted from any leg)
Marketing Director – have at least 400 consumers on your unilevel team (no more than 200 from any leg) and earned $6750 in the last three months.
Regional Marketing Director – have at least 900 consumers on your unilevel team (no more than 300 from any leg) and earned $15,750 in the last three months.
National Marketing Director – have at least 1800 consumers on your unilevel team (no more than 600 from any leg) and earned $31,500 in the last three months.
International Marketing Director – have at least 3000 consumers in your unilevel team (no more than 1000 from each leg) and have earned $31,750 in the last three months.
Customers might be retail customers or affiliates who have been recruited.
To qualify for a rating, each client must have an ongoing DreamTrips membership.
In a unilevel compensation system, an affiliate is put at the head of a unilevel team, with every individually recruited affiliate placed right under them (level 1):
If any level 1 affiliates acquire new affiliates, they are assigned to the original affiliate’s unilevel team at level 2.
If any level 2 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are promoted to level 3, and so on for an unlimited number of levels.
Bonus for Rising Stars
If a DreamTrips affiliate achieves the rank of 2 Star Representative within eight weeks, they will be eligible for a $200 Rising Star Bonus.
Commissions for Retail and Recruitment
DreamTrips is arguably the first anti-compensation compensation scheme I’ve encountered.
In the remuneration contract, there is no mention of retail or recruitment commissions.
For the initial sale of DreamTrips membership goods, you can earn a Direct Commission.
For qualified product(s) and the Direct Commission amount, please refer to the Products and Commissions Chart in your back office.
When you enroll a new customer, you receive a direct commission.
Retail commissions are paid on retail customers’ purchases.
Recruitment commissions are earned on items purchased by recruited affiliates throughout the enrollment process.
Commissions of the First Order (weekly)
DreamTrips uses a binary compensation mechanism to pay first-order commissions.
In a binary compensation system, an affiliate is placed at the top of a binary team, which is divided into two sides (left and right):
The binary team’s initial level has two slots. The binary team’s second level is created by dividing the initial two slots into two more positions each (4 positions).
As needed, subsequent levels of the binary team are constructed, with each successive level containing twice as many spots as the preceding level.
Positions on the binary team are filled through direct and indirect affiliate recruiting. It should be noted that there is no limit to how deep a binary team may develop.
DreamTrips monitors first order binary volume as “customers’ initial product purchase.”
Customers might be retail customers or affiliates who have been recruited.
Sales credits are generated based on how much a new DreamTrips customer spends.
In their compensation plan documentation, DreamTrips does not reveal sales credit volume.
What we do know is that for every 1.5 sales credits matched on both sides of the binary team, a $50 first order commission is handed out.
Qualified Directors’ Representatives can earn up to $2000 per week in First Order Commissions.
Marketing Directors can make up to $5,000 in First Order Commissions every week.
First Order Commissions may earn Regional Marketing Directors up to $10,000 each week.
First Order Commissions may earn National Marketing Directors up to $20,000 each week.
First order commissions may earn International Marketing Directors up to $25,000 per week.
It should be noted that retail customer sales credits can be balanced among both binary team sides to get the best 1.5 sales credit match possible.
After twenty-six weeks, unmatched First Order Commission sales credits expire.
First Order Commission sales credits expire in four weeks if a DreamTrips affiliate is not MLM commission eligible.
If a DreamTrips affiliate achieves three or more first order commission cycles in a week, the first three of those cycles will be doubled to $100.
Please keep in mind that the double First Order Commission Bonus is not accessible to National Marketing Directors or higher-ranked DreamTrips affiliates.
Recurring Commissions
DreamTrips pays residual commissions using the same binary format as it uses to pay First Order Commissions (see above).
3 Star Representatives and higher ranking DreamTrips affiliates can earn residual commissions.
Monthly membership fees paid by retail consumers and recruited affiliates generate residual commissions.
Residual commissions are handled by sales credits, with DreamTrips neglecting to identify relevant sales credit numbers once again.
When three sales credits are matched on both sides of the binary team, residual commissions are paid.
Affiliates with a 3 Star Rank receive $8 every match, with a monthly ceiling of $150.
Senior Representatives are paid $10 each match, with a monthly ceiling of $500.
Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary ceiling of $2000.
Marketing Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary ceiling of $5000.
Regional Marketing Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary ceiling of $10,000.
National Marketing Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary ceiling of $20,000
International Marketing Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary of $50,000.
Retail customer sales credits, like First Order Commissions, can be balanced between both binary team sides to create the highest 3 sales credit match attainable.
Lifestyle Bonus for Wings and Wheels
The Wings and Wheels Lifestyle Bonus is a monthly bonus payment that is divided into three levels.
Tier 1 earns $200 per month. Tier 1 requires a DreamTrips affiliate to
maintain four current DreamTrips membership memberships; and create 1600 GV in monthly downline sales volume (no more than 400 GV from any one unilevel leg).
Tier 2 pays $500 per month. Tier 2 requires a DreamTrips affiliate to
have and keep five current DreamTrips membership memberships; and create 4000 GV in monthly downline sales volume (no more than 1667 GV from any one unilevel leg).
Tiet 3 earns $1000 per month. Tier 3 requires a DreamTrips affiliate to
have and keep six current DreamTrips membership memberships; and create 10,000 GV in monthly downline sales volume (no more than 2000 GV from any one unilevel leg)
Customers that have an active DreamTrips membership subscription might be retail customers or affiliates who have been recruited.
It is important to note that spillover GV, or sales volume created by upline sales and recruitment, is not eligible for Wings and Wheels qualification.
Regional Marketing Directors earn a DreamCar Bonus of $1000 every month.
National and international marketing directors each earn a $1500 DreamCar Bonus every month.
DreamHome Bonus International Marketing Directors are eligible for a DreamHome Bonus of up to $3000 per month.
The DreamHome Bonus must be applied to a verifiable monthly mortgage payment.
Positions with Additional Earnings
DreamTrips affiliates who make $25,000 or more in a single month are eligible for a higher-paying job.
This position is created above the affiliate’s current earning position, allowing them to make twice as much money on the same sales volume.
If an extra awarded income job earns $25,000 per month, it creates a new additional income position.
It is important to note that only one extra income position may be created from an existing income position (an additional or the original position).
DreamTrips affiliate membership is $49.98 at first, then $24.99 each month.
Conclusion
What presumably makes WorldVentures a pyramid scam also applies to DreamTrips: what proportion of “customers” are recruited affiliates vs retail consumers?
The reluctance of WorldVentures and now DreamTrips to distinguish retail consumers from recruited affiliates is at the crux of the problem:
A customer is someone who buys DreamTrips International membership packages for their own usage.
A DreamTrips International Representative who purchases DreamTrips International membership packages for personal use is also considered a Customer.
In the present regulatory climate in which DreamTrips works, there is no logical rationale for this.
Rather, it’s a purposeful endeavor to create confusion between recruitment and retail sales.
Why am I so certain?
Because WorldVentures has a poor track record with retail consumers in the past.
Norway, which blacklisted WorldVentures in 2014 for being a pyramid scam, was at the epicenter of these issues.
WorldVentures challenged the decision, even suing the Norwegian government.
Every appeal was refused, and in 2015, the case against the Norwegian Ministry of Culture was dismissed.
More crucially, the Norwegian inquiry revealed that at the time, WorldVentures affiliates had 95% of travel memberships.
In 2018, WorldVentures’ pyramid scam began to unravel. The final nail in the coffin was COVID-19.
WorldVentures was last reviewed by BehindMLM in September 2019.
I didn’t, but I could have easily copied and pasted that compensation scheme here – they’re identical.
What was our main beef with WorldVentures’ 2019 compensation plan?
WorldVentures Review 2.0: The same old problem with customers/affiliates
(Excerpt from the Conclusion)
However, according to the Norwegian Gaming Board investigation, 95% of DreamTrips membership holders in Norway were also affiliates.
Given that WorldVentures’ compensation structure hasn’t changed all that much over the years and that Norway wasn’t particularly exceptional, it’s quite probable that amount is still reasonably true today.
This is a concern since an MLM firm that earns most of its revenue through affiliates is a pyramid scam.
That was the case with WorldVentures in 2019. This will remain true until DreamTrips alters its compensation arrangement.
Until then, DreamTrips statements like these…
There are no commissions for recruiting new Representatives, and no money is obtained from a Representative’s own purchase.
…have no significance. When an affiliate is recruited with a DreamTrips membership, you can earn recruiting commissions.
In that regard, DreamTrips Titanium costs 3.3 times as much as Platinum, with a twofold monthly fee.
Is a “really elite service, uncommon and aspirational experiences, the greatest ease, and the highest-level benefits” worth it?
What does any of this mean?
In 2019, WorldVentures was a little more forthcoming regarding DreamTrips Titanium.
DreamTrips Titanium includes access to a “personal concierge,” curated experiences, a worldwide visa service, “priority entry” to “exclusive events,” accommodation upgrades, golf course access, daily breakfast, early/late check in/out, premium airport lounge rates, and Hertz Presidents Circle.
I didn’t include it in my evaluation since I’m not sure whether that’s what DreamTrips offers.
Secrecy is a major issue with this new service, which takes us to the question of who controls the firm.
WorldVentures did not succeed. There is no way around it.
Consumers and potential affiliates have a right to know who owns Verona International Holdings and DreamTrips.
We are aware that the compensation strategy is the same. If corporate ownership remains essentially the same (save for Wayne Nugent), we’re looking at a potential pyramid scam with fresh Mark and Tammy Smith paint.
The good news is that determining if you are being recruited into a pyramid scam is as simple as it has always been.
Simply ask your potential DreamTrips upline how many retail memberships they’ve sold in comparison to recruited affiliates with a subscription.
Anything less than 1:1 is likely to land you in a pyramid scam.
Again, given the data from Norway, I’m unwilling to give DreamTrips the benefit of the doubt. Even less so if the corporation refuses to offer official retail membership data.
Proceed with caution.
3rd October 2022 – Update BehindMLM returned to DreamTrips for an updated review following a compensation revision.
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WorldVentures’ travel service offering was formerly called DreamTrips. It has now been established as a separate MLM firm.
It’s unclear who owns DreamTrips.
In December 2020, WorldVentures declared bankruptcy. Verona International Holdings acquired what was left of WorldVentures in June as a result of these actions.
Verona International Holdings had no presence at the time because it was a freshly formed corporation controlled by unknown individuals.
We still don’t know who is behind Verona six months later.
As far as fundamental MLM due-diligence is concerned, this is still a red sign.
Even more so given that Spherature Investments, WorldVentures’ former owner, has indicated its intention to sue former WorldVentures co-owner and CEO Wayne Nugent.
We do know that Verona International Holdings is relaunching WorldVentures under the name DreamTrips.
This was disclosed in a press release on November 16th.
Verona International Holdings, Inc. is happy to announce that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas has filed an order confirming its acquisition of the exclusive worldwide rights to offer DreamTrips.
As a result of the acquisition, Verona’s wholly-owned subsidiary, DreamTrips, LLC d/b/a DreamTrips International, will become the exclusive global supplier of DreamTrips in the future.
Mark and Tammy Smith, respectively CEO and Chief Field Officer, lead DreamTrips on the executive side.
BehindMLM first encountered the Smiths in 2018.
The Smiths (right) were previous top earners at Nerium and were suing the corporation for $100 million at the time.
The lawsuit was discreetly resolved in mid-2020 after arbitration.
Meanwhile, the Smiths moved on to Jeunesse, causing Nerium to launch a raiding countersuit.
The Smiths agreed to become Seacret Direct distributors in December 2020.
Seacret Direct was a frontrunner to purchase WorldVentures prior to its bankruptcy filing in the months preceding the Smiths’ arrival.
That contract eventually fell through, causing WorldVentures to declare bankruptcy.
In the following, a fierce court struggle erupted between WorldVentures and Seacret. Those processes were completed some days before to the DreamTrips MLM firm announcement.
While I have noted Verona International Holdings ownership, knowing who runs DreamTrips is preferable to knowing nothing at all.
Mark and Tammy Smith’s first MLM executive endeavor is DreamTrips.
Continue reading for a thorough examination of DreamTrips’ MLM prospect.
Products from DreamTrips
Gold, Platinum, and Titanium membership memberships are available from DreamTrips.
DreamTrips Gold gives you access to
DreamTrips discount trip booking engine offers eating and entertainment discounts DreamTrips Mall; and DreamTrips Concierge Discounts (provided by Rovia).
WorldVentures owns/owned Rovia. They were most likely part of the package agreement sold to Verona.
If not, it is unknown who presently owns Rovia.
DreamTrips Mall is a proprietary ecommerce platform.
DreamTrips Concierge is a service booking platform that complements discounted vacation bookings.
DreamTrips Platinum now includes
access to DreamTrips Platinum experiences; advance access and booking for all DreamTrips; trip-specific improvements; 20% extra DreamTrips points to utilize; and emergency evacuation insurance
DreamTrips points are equivalent to in-house incentive points.
“Truly elite service, unique and ambitious experiences, the utmost convenience, and the highest-level perks,” DreamTrips Titanium says.
The DreamTrips website does not display retail pricing.
The following is the selling price for DreamTrips travel memberships:
DreamTrips Gold – $199, followed by $56.99 every month
DreamTrips Platinum – $299, followed by $99.99 every month
DreamTrips Titanium – $999, followed by $199.99 each month
The November 2021 compensation paperwork for DreamTrips mentions a “DreamTrips Silver membership” offering.
At the time of publishing, this was not available for purchase (November 2021).
Compensation Plan for DreamTrips
At the time of publishing, DreamTrips’ website did not include remuneration information.
The following analysis is based on a November 15th official DreamTrips compensation document.
Qualification for MLM Commission
Each DreamTrips affiliate must produce and retain four consumers with an active DreamTrips membership subscription in order to qualify for MLM commissions.
Customers might be retail customers or affiliates who have been recruited.
It should be noted that “Retail and Recruitment Commissions” are not MLM commissions.
DreamTrips Affiliate Positions
DreamTrips’ compensation structure includes eleven affiliate ranks.
They are as follows, along with their respective qualification criteria:
Active Representative – become a DreamTrips associate Qualified Representative – acquire and retain four active DreamTrips subscriptions
1 Star Representative – acquire and retain six active DreamTrips subscriptions, or have three active DreamTrips subscriptions on each sides of your binary team.
2 Star Representative – create and retain twelve active DreamTrips subscriptions, or have six active DreamTrips subscriptions on each sides of your binary team.
3 Star Representative – acquire and keep twelve active DreamTrips subscriptions on both sides of your binary team.
Senior Representative – acquire and keep thirty current DreamTrips subscriptions on both sides of your binary team.
Director – produce and keep 90 active DreamTrips subscriptions on both sides of your binary team, as well as at least 140 customers on your unilevel team (no more than 90 counted from any leg)
Marketing Director – have at least 400 consumers on your unilevel team (no more than 200 from any leg) and earned $6750 in the last three months.
Regional Marketing Director – have at least 900 consumers on your unilevel team (no more than 300 from any leg) and earned $15,750 in the last three months.
National Marketing Director – have at least 1800 consumers on your unilevel team (no more than 600 from any leg) and earned $31,500 in the last three months.
International Marketing Director – have at least 3000 consumers in your unilevel team (no more than 1000 from each leg) and have earned $31,750 in the last three months.
Customers might be retail customers or affiliates who have been recruited.
To qualify for a rating, each client must have an ongoing DreamTrips membership.
In a unilevel compensation system, an affiliate is put at the head of a unilevel team, with every individually recruited affiliate placed right under them (level 1):
If any level 1 affiliates acquire new affiliates, they are assigned to the original affiliate’s unilevel team at level 2.
If any level 2 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are promoted to level 3, and so on for an unlimited number of levels.
Bonus for Rising Stars
If a DreamTrips affiliate achieves the rank of 2 Star Representative within eight weeks, they will be eligible for a $200 Rising Star Bonus.
Commissions for Retail and Recruitment
DreamTrips is arguably the first anti-compensation compensation scheme I’ve encountered.
In the remuneration contract, there is no mention of retail or recruitment commissions.
For the initial sale of DreamTrips membership goods, you can earn a Direct Commission.
For qualified product(s) and the Direct Commission amount, please refer to the Products and Commissions Chart in your back office.
When you enroll a new customer, you receive a direct commission.
Retail commissions are paid on retail customers’ purchases.
Recruitment commissions are earned on items purchased by recruited affiliates throughout the enrollment process.
Commissions of the First Order (weekly)
DreamTrips uses a binary compensation mechanism to pay first-order commissions.
In a binary compensation system, an affiliate is placed at the top of a binary team, which is divided into two sides (left and right):
The binary team’s initial level has two slots. The binary team’s second level is created by dividing the initial two slots into two more positions each (4 positions).
As needed, subsequent levels of the binary team are constructed, with each successive level containing twice as many spots as the preceding level.
Positions on the binary team are filled through direct and indirect affiliate recruiting. It should be noted that there is no limit to how deep a binary team may develop.
DreamTrips monitors first order binary volume as “customers’ initial product purchase.”
Customers might be retail customers or affiliates who have been recruited.
Sales credits are generated based on how much a new DreamTrips customer spends.
In their compensation plan documentation, DreamTrips does not reveal sales credit volume.
What we do know is that for every 1.5 sales credits matched on both sides of the binary team, a $50 first order commission is handed out.
Qualified Directors’ Representatives can earn up to $2000 per week in First Order Commissions.
Marketing Directors can make up to $5,000 in First Order Commissions every week.
First Order Commissions may earn Regional Marketing Directors up to $10,000 each week.
First Order Commissions may earn National Marketing Directors up to $20,000 each week.
First order commissions may earn International Marketing Directors up to $25,000 per week.
It should be noted that retail customer sales credits can be balanced among both binary team sides to get the best 1.5 sales credit match possible.
After twenty-six weeks, unmatched First Order Commission sales credits expire.
First Order Commission sales credits expire in four weeks if a DreamTrips affiliate is not MLM commission eligible.
If a DreamTrips affiliate achieves three or more first order commission cycles in a week, the first three of those cycles will be doubled to $100.
Please keep in mind that the double First Order Commission Bonus is not accessible to National Marketing Directors or higher-ranked DreamTrips affiliates.
Recurring Commissions
DreamTrips pays residual commissions using the same binary format as it uses to pay First Order Commissions (see above).
3 Star Representatives and higher ranking DreamTrips affiliates can earn residual commissions.
Monthly membership fees paid by retail consumers and recruited affiliates generate residual commissions.
Residual commissions are handled by sales credits, with DreamTrips neglecting to identify relevant sales credit numbers once again.
When three sales credits are matched on both sides of the binary team, residual commissions are paid.
Affiliates with a 3 Star Rank receive $8 every match, with a monthly ceiling of $150.
Senior Representatives are paid $10 each match, with a monthly ceiling of $500.
Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary ceiling of $2000.
Marketing Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary ceiling of $5000.
Regional Marketing Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary ceiling of $10,000.
National Marketing Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary ceiling of $20,000
International Marketing Directors are paid $15 per match, with a monthly salary of $50,000.
Retail customer sales credits, like First Order Commissions, can be balanced between both binary team sides to create the highest 3 sales credit match attainable.
Lifestyle Bonus for Wings and Wheels
The Wings and Wheels Lifestyle Bonus is a monthly bonus payment that is divided into three levels.
Tier 1 earns $200 per month. Tier 1 requires a DreamTrips affiliate to
maintain four current DreamTrips membership memberships; and create 1600 GV in monthly downline sales volume (no more than 400 GV from any one unilevel leg).
Tier 2 pays $500 per month. Tier 2 requires a DreamTrips affiliate to
have and keep five current DreamTrips membership memberships; and create 4000 GV in monthly downline sales volume (no more than 1667 GV from any one unilevel leg).
Tiet 3 earns $1000 per month. Tier 3 requires a DreamTrips affiliate to
have and keep six current DreamTrips membership memberships; and create 10,000 GV in monthly downline sales volume (no more than 2000 GV from any one unilevel leg)
Customers that have an active DreamTrips membership subscription might be retail customers or affiliates who have been recruited.
It is important to note that spillover GV, or sales volume created by upline sales and recruitment, is not eligible for Wings and Wheels qualification.
Regional Marketing Directors earn a DreamCar Bonus of $1000 every month.
National and international marketing directors each earn a $1500 DreamCar Bonus every month.
DreamHome Bonus International Marketing Directors are eligible for a DreamHome Bonus of up to $3000 per month.
The DreamHome Bonus must be applied to a verifiable monthly mortgage payment.
Positions with Additional Earnings
DreamTrips affiliates who make $25,000 or more in a single month are eligible for a higher-paying job.
This position is created above the affiliate’s current earning position, allowing them to make twice as much money on the same sales volume.
If an extra awarded income job earns $25,000 per month, it creates a new additional income position.
It is important to note that only one extra income position may be created from an existing income position (an additional or the original position).
DreamTrips affiliate membership is $49.98 at first, then $24.99 each month.
Conclusion
What presumably makes WorldVentures a pyramid scam also applies to DreamTrips: what proportion of “customers” are recruited affiliates vs retail consumers?
The reluctance of WorldVentures and now DreamTrips to distinguish retail consumers from recruited affiliates is at the crux of the problem:
A customer is someone who buys DreamTrips International membership packages for their own usage.
A DreamTrips International Representative who purchases DreamTrips International membership packages for personal use is also considered a Customer.
In the present regulatory climate in which DreamTrips works, there is no logical rationale for this.
Rather, it’s a purposeful endeavor to create confusion between recruitment and retail sales.
Why am I so certain?
Because WorldVentures has a poor track record with retail consumers in the past.
Norway, which blacklisted WorldVentures in 2014 for being a pyramid scam, was at the epicenter of these issues.
WorldVentures challenged the decision, even suing the Norwegian government.
Every appeal was refused, and in 2015, the case against the Norwegian Ministry of Culture was dismissed.
More crucially, the Norwegian inquiry revealed that at the time, WorldVentures affiliates had 95% of travel memberships.
In 2018, WorldVentures’ pyramid scam began to unravel. The final nail in the coffin was COVID-19.
WorldVentures was last reviewed by BehindMLM in September 2019.
I didn’t, but I could have easily copied and pasted that compensation scheme here – they’re identical.
What was our main beef with WorldVentures’ 2019 compensation plan?
WorldVentures Review 2.0: The same old problem with customers/affiliates
(Excerpt from the Conclusion)
However, according to the Norwegian Gaming Board investigation, 95% of DreamTrips membership holders in Norway were also affiliates.
Given that WorldVentures’ compensation structure hasn’t changed all that much over the years and that Norway wasn’t particularly exceptional, it’s quite probable that amount is still reasonably true today.
This is a concern since an MLM firm that earns most of its revenue through affiliates is a pyramid scam.
That was the case with WorldVentures in 2019. This will remain true until DreamTrips alters its compensation arrangement.
Until then, DreamTrips statements like these…
There are no commissions for recruiting new Representatives, and no money is obtained from a Representative’s own purchase.
…have no significance. When an affiliate is recruited with a DreamTrips membership, you can earn recruiting commissions.
In that regard, DreamTrips Titanium costs 3.3 times as much as Platinum, with a twofold monthly fee.
Is a “really elite service, uncommon and aspirational experiences, the greatest ease, and the highest-level benefits” worth it?
What does any of this mean?
In 2019, WorldVentures was a little more forthcoming regarding DreamTrips Titanium.
DreamTrips Titanium includes access to a “personal concierge,” curated experiences, a worldwide visa service, “priority entry” to “exclusive events,” accommodation upgrades, golf course access, daily breakfast, early/late check in/out, premium airport lounge rates, and Hertz Presidents Circle.
I didn’t include it in my evaluation since I’m not sure whether that’s what DreamTrips offers.
Secrecy is a major issue with this new service, which takes us to the question of who controls the firm.
WorldVentures did not succeed. There is no way around it.
Consumers and potential affiliates have a right to know who owns Verona International Holdings and DreamTrips.
We are aware that the compensation strategy is the same. If corporate ownership remains essentially the same (save for Wayne Nugent), we’re looking at a potential pyramid scam with fresh Mark and Tammy Smith paint.
The good news is that determining if you are being recruited into a pyramid scam is as simple as it has always been.
Simply ask your potential DreamTrips upline how many retail memberships they’ve sold in comparison to recruited affiliates with a subscription.
Anything less than 1:1 is likely to land you in a pyramid scam.
Again, given the data from Norway, I’m unwilling to give DreamTrips the benefit of the doubt. Even less so if the corporation refuses to offer official retail membership data.
Proceed with caution.
3rd October 2022 – Update BehindMLM returned to DreamTrips for an updated review following a compensation revision.