Hello,

I have been planning an island vacation in Barbados this summer. After some
search on the internet, I found this company called Guyana Tropical Adventures/Dagron International. They are quite responsive and have answered all my questions.
Now I need to send them a deposit to secure two spaces in June for me and
my wife. I am getting a cold feet since I only met this company
through the internet.

Has anyone here used this company before? If so, would you please
let me know if this company is legit? Will they take my deposit and
simply disappear?

Thank you in advance.

Ali

Ali,

I have not heard of this company personally so I can not give you a first hand account.

Check with the Better Business Bureau to see if they check out or not.

Also, use your credit card for the deposit. If they do turn out to be "bad"...you will get your money back much easier by dealing with your credit card company.

Have a great trip.

Neal

Dear Joe,

There are a couple of sites on the internet where you can look up customer
reviews about a company. The largest such site I am aware of is Eopinions
(www.eopinions.com)or you may check at www.fodors.com. They have consumer reviews for all kinds of products,
including travel.

Another site that provides extensive coverage on tour operators is
InfoHub (www.infohub.com). I just found that Guyana Tropical Adventures/Dagron International is
listed there:

http://www.infohub.com/TRAVEL/SIT/top_pages/3235.html

Hope this helps.

Pankaj