Are you kidding? Another network marketing travel company! YUP…Bon Voyage 1000 has sprung onto the home based business scene in June 2010 and is receiving some hype. As you know, I am in 2 travel companies so I certainly believe in the niche – $8 Trillion Industry PLUS Everybody likes to travel, right – so I feel that I am well-qualified to write a Bon Voyage 1000 Review, to let you know the real skinny on the company and if it’s worth investing the $349 it costs to join.

The Company, Ownership, & Product

Bon Voyage 1000 is based in the Caribbean (for tax reasons I suppose…or is it more lax business laws?) and is supposedly owned by 3 people but I was only able to locate the names of 2 of them – Steve Sughrim and Steve Abraham (I can’t complain about their names lol!). The corporate website actually does not mention the names of the owners, I had do a Google search to find them.

The cost to join BonVoyage1000 is a mere $349 one-time with no monthly auto-ship. I do believe that this does keep attrition lower but I know from experience that it doesn’t prevent non-marketers from just quitting anyway. They’ll still have the product which is good.

The product SOUNDS like it’s backed by Horizon Travel. I do not know this for a fact but it sounds identical. You get a 4 day Florida-Bahamas cruise travel certificate when you join for $349. In addition, you receive a condo card and cruise card. The Condo card is the real benefit here, but you will need to travel within about 3 weeks of making your arrangements to get the $100 “hot deals”. Otherwise, you’re looking at more like $600-700 if you are like me and need to plan in advance. Still a great deal by the way!

The Bon Voyage 1000 Compensation Plan

You are not reading this article because of the product, let’s face it! You want to know how you can make money and IF you can make money, right! I’m going to tell you…

The compensation plan is based on a 2×2 follow-me matrix. Everytime your matrix gets filled and you have personally recruited at least 1 of the people in your matrix you will earn $500. If you recruited 2 people, you will get $1000. The follow-me feature is a good one as it rewards teamwork and keeps teams together. As with any 2×2, the possibility exists to cycle an infinite number of times. The cold reality is that most people will never cycle ONCE unless they either already know how to market their BonVoyage1000 business or are willing to learn and work at it. If you think you can join, bring in your 2 people, and then everyone else will keep bringing in their 2 people and you will cycle so fast your head will fall off, I hope I’m not breaking any news here when I say that won’t happen. You will need to bring in MANY more than 2 people to earn the money you desire.

Summary

It definitely appears that BonVoyage1000 is a legitimate business with a “real” product. The compensation plan looks to be very competitive and potentially lucrative for those leaders who are willing to put in the effort to grow their teams. With any brand-new business, time will tell whether or not they have the staying power. And, I’m curious to see how big they’ll be able to grow with the stiff competition they are up against in the home based business travel niche.