Is Evolution Travel a Scam? (What Agents Are NOT Telling You!)

Welcome to my Evolution Travel review!

Do you like travelling?

Do you like to make money?

Oh sorry, pardon me for those silly questions because I'm sure we all do.

I love both travelling and making money. (The most exciting part is that I have been doing both of them at just 21 years old!)

Chances are, someone has just introduced to you this awesome business opportunity known as "Evolution Travel" that you can make money while you're travelling.

First of all, I must Congratulate you for taking your time to do your own research before buying into any "seemingly good" product.

That's the way to avoid scams and find the legitimate way to make money online!

To be honest, I've seen lots of biased online reviews about Evolution Travel made by their own members/distributors.

Rest assured that I'm not an affiliate or distributor of this company. I'm exposing this company in the third party perspective.

So, let me reveal to you what are the things they are hiding from you...

Evolution Travel claims themselves to the "affordable home-based travel business" which has all the training, sales assistance and support to help you make a living from home or while you travel.

They also call themselves the "cloud-based travel agency".

It all sounds very appealing, especially from the mouth of their distributors.

But to be honest, it's just a Multi-Level Marketing company selling travel packages and recruiting people.

So, I really want to congratulate you again for doing your research and landing on my review, instead of listen to those biased members!

Some Quick Background Info...

• Evolution Travel is still a very new company
• Founded by David McCovy in 2015
• Based in Las Vegas, Nevada
• In partnership with a well-establish travel company called "Archer Travel Service, Inc.

Evolution Travel Product Line

To be honest, there isn't really a product line for Evolution Travel. They don't have any products themselves.

All they're selling is travel discounts, coupons and packages.

This actually include quite a variety of things like:

• Hotels
• Flights
• Car rental
• Tickets to sporting events, concerts, theme parks, etc.

Also, Evolution Travel & Archer Travel Service have partnered with various vendors around the world to provide those travel packages, such as:

• Carnival Cruises
• Disney
• Royal Caribbean Cruises
• Southwest Vacations
• Universal Orlando
• United Vacations
• Sandals
• Beaches
• And several others

Another very similar company is called World Ventures which has been banned in many countries for being operating as a pyramid scheme!

The most important "product" for Evolution Travel is their membership to become an independent distributor (aka Travel Agent).

I called it a "product" because unfortunately, that's their main way to make money.

Anyway, as an ET Travel Agent, you'll be eligible for rewards like:

• Free cruise
• Travel points
• Cash & Merchandise rewards
• Familiarization trips
• Travel agent discounts

These are just the "incentives" to lure people to buy into their membership.

So this is definitely not the most important thing.

Their main focus is on their compensation plan...

There are 2 ways for you to make money with Evolution Travel:

1. Sell travel packages
2. Recruit more members to become your downline!

But in order for you to be qualified as a "Travel Agent" and make money with Evolution Travel, you need to first purchase a PTA Package (Professional Travel Agent Package).

The cost is one-time $30 plus a $69.95/month fee! (Seriously overpriced!)

With that PTA Package, here's what you'll get as a Travel Agent:

• 90% commission from your travel sales
• Customizable Travel Website (Just a basic, duplicated & unprofessional WordPress site)
• Training & Support to grow your business
• Opportunity to earn residual income
• Discount directory (Travel discounts for your own use)
• Tax benefits

Evolution Travel Compensation Plan

I've just given you the big picture of how to make money with Evolution Travel and how to get started.

If you want to understand their detailed compensation plan, please refer to their Comp Plan PDF or watch the video below:

1. Joining the NFL Club 🙂

NFL club?

Definitely not what you're thinking...

The "NFL club" I'm referring here is the "No Friend Left" club!

Have you heard people saying that you'll lose your friends if you do MLM business?

From my personal experience with MLM, it doesn't happen to everyone for sure. If not, how would you explain for those who achieve massive success through MLM?

Whether you'll ended up in the NFL club pretty much depends on the company you join.

If the company is focusing too much on recruiting, there's a high chance for you.

In the case of Evolution Travel, I can say that this company focus A LOT on recruiting new members. That's the main way for their "Travel Agents" to make money.

As you can see from their compensation plan, their ranking system depends on how many PTA Package you sell:

By the way, selling PTA Package equals to recruiting new downlines in Evolution Travel.

In fact, the first thing you're told to do once you become their member is that you need to write down a list of people whom you think will be interested in this opportunity.

So they'll ask you to list down all your friends & family members name and them contact them one by one.

This is what they called the "Warm Market Memory Jogger", which is obviously the fastest way for you to lose your friendships and relationships.

2. Expensive Business Cost

Like I've mentioned earlier on, the cost to start this business is an upfront investment of $30 with a monthly recurring fee of $69.95.

This membership is meant for you to get access to their back office for all the training, supports and new updates.

I'm fine with the $30 one-time investment.

But seriously, the entire system doesn't worth $70/month. This can be a huge financial burden for many beginners.

For some of you, you may not feel so. But for many people who wants to make money, it's obvious that they don't have much money to begin with.

They have regular webinars and new updates going on and they're taking $70 from you every month just for that?

If they're able to provide much more value continuously month after month, $70 can be justifiable.

But from what I see, it's just way too expensive and not worth the price.

Once again, I can create a 4-Figure Monthly Passive Income stream at just 21 years old by paying $49/month. And you can even get started for FREE!

I really don't see any reason for you to pay $70/month and sabotage your own friendships at the same time.

3. Unethical Distributors/Agents

Since Evolution Travel doesn't have a clearly define and strong product line, most people are here for the money!

This leads us to another problem...

There are many irresponsible Travel Agents leaving a lot of unhappy or even angry customers.

Here are the proofs:

I know this doesn't mean that everyone in the company is the same. For some of you, you may be able to get pretty good services from responsible agents.

But you need to take note of this problem that's obviously happening in this company!

4. Pyramid Scheme in Disguise!

Last but not least, you really need to be careful if you're considering joining Evolution Travel.

I highly suspect that they're just a pyramid scheme in disguise because they're focusing a lot on recruitment.

According to FTC, if a company is focusing on recruiting people into the system, it's likely to be a pyramid scheme.

So you should really stay away from this one!

World Venture is a negative example.

Like I've said earlier on, World Venture is very similar to Evolution Travel and they have been banned in several countries because they're recognized as pyramid scheme!

As you can see by now, I definitely don't recommend Evolution Travel as a business.

But this company is not all bad. Here are some bright sides about this company...

1. Solid Background

Evolution Travel itself is not solid. It's only founded in 2015.

But it's in partnership with the Archer Travel Group which was founded back in 1952.

It has been around for more than 60 years and it's one of the pioneers & leaders in the travel industry.

Another thing is that the founder of Evolution Travel, Mr. McCovy, has lots of experience in building MLM business.

He was one of the top earners in two other MLM companies, Paycation (now known as TraVerus Global) and 5LINX, prior to setting up Evolution Travel.

2. Some Great Feedback

I'm a balanced and unbiased reviewer. So apart from the negative feedback you've seen just now, I can also find a number of positive feedback:

This means that there are still people enjoying the travel benefits offered by Evolution Travel.

So, it's no too bad as a consumer per se.

Nope, not until it's been officially announced as pyramid scheme by FTC.

I'm not saying it will. But there is a chance, simply because their business model is focusing on recruiting people.

Yes, there are still people making good money with this company. Just like there are still people getting rich by selling scam products.

So, I'm not saying you definitely can't succeed in this business.

All I'm saying is that there's a high chance you will fail.

But failure is not the worst thing. The worst thing is that if you lose your friends & family members while you are too focused on the money.

Not only that, you need to be prepared to keep paying the expensive recurring fees if you want to continue doing the business.

If you're already a travel agent in the traditional travel agency company, this business opportunity MAY be a good fit for you.

But, let me ask you a final question...

Do you want to be responsible for someone else's travel plans?

This is a huge responsibility because people are placing their money and trust in you for their trips.

That's a lot of pressure my friend.

Everybody wants to travel...

But do you want to travel with pressure?

I personally want to fully enjoy my trips and not being responsible for other people's travel plans.

Thankfully, I'm able to build a online business that allows me to travel whenever I want, wherever I want and however I want.

That's all possible because I've built up my affiliate marketing business and my website is doing all the selling for me like a "money machine".

I don't have to be responsible for other people's trip. Neither do I have to recruit friends and family members.

In fact, with affiliate marketing...