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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59498</law_id><section_number>59.1-449</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited practices by travel club</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="36">The Virginia Travel Club Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any <span class="dictionary">travel club</span> to engage in any or all of the following practices:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Offer any other type of promotional inducement where the cost of the package equals or exceeds the cost which would have been incurred without the <span class="dictionary">travel club</span> membership; <a id="paragraph-217986" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Misrepresent the type or size of aircraft, vehicle, ship or train; time of departure or arrival; points served; route to be traveled; stops to be made; total trip-time from point of departure to destination; type or size of lodging or other accommodation; availability of lodging or other accommodation; or other services available, reserved or contracted for in connection with any trip, tour or other <span class="dictionary">travel services</span>, unless such misrepresentation resulted from a reasonable belief as to the services available based upon representations made by the person <span class="dictionary">offering</span> such services; <a id="paragraph-217987" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Misrepresent the fares and charges for transportation or services in connection therewith, unless the misrepresentation resulted from a reasonable belief as to the fares and charges applicable based upon representations made by the person <span class="dictionary">offering</span> such services; <a id="paragraph-217988" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Misrepresent that special priorities for reservations are available when such special considerations are in <span class="dictionary">fact</span> granted to members of the public generally; <a id="paragraph-217989" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Sell transportation to any person on a reservation or charter basis for specified space, flight or time or represent that such definite reservation or charter is or will be available or has been arranged, without a binding commitment with a <span class="dictionary">carrier</span> for the furnishing of such definite reservation or charter as represented or sold; <a id="paragraph-217990" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Sell or <span class="dictionary">issue</span> tickets or other documents to be exchanged or used for transportation if the tickets or other documents will not be or cannot be legally honored by <span class="dictionary">carriers</span> for transportation; <a id="paragraph-217991" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Misrepresent the requirements that must be met by a person in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to qualify for charter or group fare rates, unless such misrepresentation resulted from a reasonable belief as to the requirements applicable based upon representations made by the person <span class="dictionary">offering</span> the charter or group fare; <a id="paragraph-217992" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Offer <span class="dictionary">accommodations</span> in lodgings when the <span class="dictionary">travel club</span> has no written <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of its legal right to <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of such lodgings; or <a id="paragraph-217993" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Use in any <span class="dictionary">offering</span>, advertisement, or promotion of any type or description the following terms: &#x201C;time-share,&#x201D; &#x201C;vacation ownership,&#x201D; &#x201C;interval ownership,&#x201D; &#x201C;time-share benefit&#x201D; or &#x201C;incidental benefit.&#x201D; <a id="paragraph-217994" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-449/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 760; 1994, c. 482.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
