I Feel Scammed From a Mall Lottery Bahamas Trip
consumer protection attorney Florida Jul 25, 2026
To preface: I want a refund to the greatest extent I can get one. I’ve paid these people a little over $600 altogether. Location: Ohio, (Florida involved??) I won a lottery at my local Ohio mall for a *free trip to the Bahamas. I paid around 400 over 6x 1 month payment periods. Only after booking a date for the trip, the agent informed me we need to pay our resort taxes for the trip, which we then paid that day. THEN the agent sent me a list of resorts we can choose from, including their cost in taxes per day which they want us to pay. At this point I asked for a refund and cancellation. I want to clarify that the next step in payment was only disclosed after the last step in payment was completed. Anyways, here’s what they said back. They said, “For a full 30 days from original purchase date 12/26/2024 12:47 pm, Florida Sellers of Travel Statutes 559.933 grants you the right to cancel any payments you may make towards the purchase of open dated travel as long as services have not been provided. The 19.99 per person 3rd party Verification and Set up of online account services have been rendered in full. Any extra guest fees paid before 01/25/2025 12:47 pm towards the open dated vacation, would be refundable, as long as (a) you haven't booked your travel dates and (b) you notified us through your on line account that you wish to cancel the vacation prior to 01/25/2025 12:47 pm.” So they’ll pay us back for about 140 since we paid 240 dollars within the last 30 days. I don’t know what the laws in Florida or Ohio (where I pulled from the lottery and where I transacted with this company through the internet) afford me as far as getting my money back.
