WorldVentures is a private travel-based network marketing company. The company started in December 2005 and is based in Plano, Texas. In 2009, WorldVentures acquired Success University, another network marketing company that sells online courses. WorldVentures currently operates in 11 countries: the US, UK, South Africa, Cyprus, and Israel (just to name a few). In this article, I’ll give you an objective and critical review of the WorldVentures Business Opportunity, briefly highlight their products and payment plan, and give you some pros and cons I see with their model. By the way, I want to disclose that I am NOT a representative of WorldVentures.

First, let’s review your two products

1. The first product they market is the Leisure Travel Consultant or LTC package. Now, what is the LTC package? As a WorldVentures representative, you’re giving someone the opportunity to have their own travel booking engine website. They can book their own trip on it, or they can spread the word to people they know to book their trip on their site. As trips are booked on their website, they would earn a small commission.

2. The second product is their flagship product, the Dream Trips Membership. As a WorldVentures representative, you can sell memberships and earn a small commission each time you sell a membership. What exactly is the Dream Trips Membership? Simply put, customers are shopping at a “travel club” that allows them to tap into the buying power of tens of thousands of other members, giving them the opportunity to travel at discounted wholesale prices.

Now let’s see how you get paid at WorldVentures

There are several ways to get paid in WorldVentures. Keep in mind that you have the ability to decide if you want to get paid a little…or a lot. It all depends on your efforts and your goals. Also, in this part of the article, I will only explain the compensation plan.

Here is the simplified explanation of the compensation plan:

1. Direct Commissions – You can earn $20 for every new sale you personally make. This can be a Dreamtrips membership sale, a Leisure Travel Consultant package sale, or both (2 for 1 combo). You can make an unlimited amount of sales and thus generate an unlimited amount of commissions of $20.

2. Personal Sales Bonus – In addition to direct commissions, you can also earn a Personal Sales Bonus for every 6 personal sales you make. You can win this bonus as many times as you want. This Personal Sales Bonus consists of $250 in cash and $100 in Training Dollars. Training dollars can be used for any training events you attend that are hosted by the company. Again, I want to emphasize that you can earn this bonus over and over again and this is in addition to the Direct Commissions you would have also earned for the 6 sales that earned you a Personal Sales Bonus.

3. Weekly Team Building Bonuses (Cycles) – With WorldVentures, you only have to create 2 teams: one team at the right time and one at the left. As you build these two teams, sales will be made. Now, every time there are 3 sales on the left team and 3 sales on the right team, you are paid a $100 cycle bonus. Keep in mind that anyone on your team can make these sales… In other words, when there are 3 sales made ANYWHERE on your left team and 3 sales made ANYWHERE on your right team, this bonus is released. Here’s an important detail about cycle bonuses: The company pays you a $200 cycle bonus each time you cycle within your first 60 days. After the first 60 days, you can continue to earn this $200 bonus cycle as long as you ride at least 3 times a week.

4. Residual Income – For every sixth cycle, you will earn between $20 and $40 in passive and recurring residual income. Keep in mind that as you continue to cycle over time, this residual income will continue to grow. This is a very important aspect to take into account if you want to become financially independent. What would it be like if your monthly residual income was equal to your monthly expenses? Over time, this may happen and you won’t have to worry about your monthly bills.

5. Travel Dollars – Just like the residual income payout, for every sixth cycle, you’ll also earn $100 Travel Dollars. These “dollars” can be redeemed for travel booked through Rovia (plane, car, hotel and cruise). This is an amazing feature as you can literally travel for free (since you are simply redeeming your Travel Dollars when you travel) and can be redeemed by any member of your immediate family.

6. Lifestyle Bonuses – As you promote through the WorldVentures compensation plan, there are some very lucrative Lifestyle Bonuses that you can earn. For example, once you reach the position of Regional Marketing Director, the company will award you a $1,000 per month Dream Car Bonus that you can use to make a monthly payment on the car of your choice. And once you reach the International Marketing Director position, you’ll receive a $1,500 per month Dream Car Bonus and a $3,000 per month Dream House Bonus that you can apply to your house payment. This is a very lucrative feature because the average family’s two largest expenses are the car payment and the mortgage payment. These bonuses equate to over $50,000 a year…in addition to your actual earnings from the compensation plan.

WorldVentures also has a program to recognize and reward people for their hard work. For example, once you make $100,000 a year, WorldVentures rewards you with their $100,000 ring (their version of the Superbowl ring). And finally, you can qualify for a position above your current position by joining IMD at the company.

So as you can see, the compensation plan is pretty good and you can make a good income just by helping people save money on travel and/or helping others get involved with the company. With that being said, let me now go into 2 pros and 2 cons from my perspective.

First, the professionals:

1. Opportunity: WorldVentures positions itself against three booming trends: the $8 billion travel industry, baby boomers, and the network marketing industry. On top of that, WorldVentures itself is very young and there is a lot of room to grow and expand.

2. Hot product: As a representative, you will have the luxury of selling a product that almost everyone loves or wants to do: HOLIDAYS! It’s easy, fun and exciting to talk about it. And if you can help people save money on their vacations or help people make money on their own travel, it’s a win-win situation.

And now the cons:

1. Break in the Compensation Model (Binary) – There are several features in the compensation plan that are designed to NOT pay you what you are worth or deserve. For example, the payment plan runs on a binary model that pays you in two parts. In ANY binary, there is a strong leg (power leg) and a weaker leg (pay leg). Think about this for a second. Let’s say you know a guy you recruit for your business. Now, let’s say he becomes the superstar of the company and blows up his business by building a team of THOUSANDS of reps. Most likely he is on your strong leg (power leg). Well, you get paid for him and his team. But he waits! Wasn’t it YOU who contacted him and recruited him? Wasn’t it YOU who helped him build his team in the early stages? Does the company STILL generate THOUSANDS of dollars of monthly revenue on that piece of equipment you built? Why won’t YOU get paid for all the revenue your superstar is responsible for? Cause he’s on your strong leg (power leg). This is CRITICAL if he is considering the WorldVentures opportunity. At some point, you won’t get paid for your BEST people (assuming they’re in your branch of power).

(By the way, this doesn’t mean ALL binaries are bad. There are some companies that operate on a binary model but have components in their compensation plan that allow you to benefit from BOTH legs.)

2. Break in WorldVentures compensation plan – WorldVentures also has a lot of breaks in its compensation plan. For example, a MAJOR area where the compensation plan breaks down is the fact that you don’t qualify for residual payments until you are a Director (meaning you have a minimum of 90 active reps on your right and left legs). Well, I guarantee you there are hundreds and hundreds of non-director reps who have built decent teams that don’t get residual payouts (but the company still makes that monthly income nonetheless).

Should you join?

WorldVentures is a legitimate business opportunity. However, it is essential that you do your research first and identify if this is the opportunity you are looking for. For example, if you’re interested in getting involved at the front end of a young company and taking advantage of the momentum that can potentially occur when the company reaches momentum, then WorldVentures may be for you. But if you’re interested in creating DAY ONE waste and getting paid equally across your ENTIRE team, WorldVentures may not be for you.