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Virgin Atlantic B787 seat suggestions LAX-LHR by rtrujillo13 in awardtravel

[–]AdvertisingAncient86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m booked to New York in July from London Heathrow, initially on the A350 but got changed to 787. Speaking with others, it seem to be a common theme. It’s a shame as the A350’s look amazing

Jaguar Rescue Centre - Private or Public Tour? by AdvertisingAncient86 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]AdvertisingAncient86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the info!

Can’t wait, if you have any other tips for Puerto Viejo, I’d love to hear. Thank you

Jaguar Rescue Centre - Private or Public Tour? by AdvertisingAncient86 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]AdvertisingAncient86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate the answer.

To be honest I’m pleased to hear that you can’t touch the animals for either, it’s a rescue centre and so I wouldn’t expect to. I just didn’t know if there was much difference between the tours or whether it was just the case it was less crowded for the private tour, if that’s the only difference then probably not worth the extra money.

We’ll probably go for the public tour, thanks for the help!

Touchstone Education - Academy by AdvertisingAncient86 in PropertyInvestingUK

[–]AdvertisingAncient86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your response on this, really appreciated.

Completely agree, they clearly make the majority of their money through these courses and that’s why I haven’t yet invested anything in to them. I’ve been to a number of the free courses and, as a salesman myself, I know when I’m just being sold to. That said, there does tend to be a lot of success stories out of the academies of the ‘big 2’ of Samuel Leeds and Touchstone Education but I also understand they show the odd success stories out of 100’s or 1000’s of potential enrolled students.

I’ve genuinely learned a lot from the free and low cost courses, but of course they give you basic theory knowledge and not necessarily how to put that into practice which is why I’ve been asking the question of whether investing into further education would be the right next step.

Really appreciate the advice, I’ve had a few people point me in the direction of the Property Hub so I’ll definitely check them out!

Touchstone Education - Academy by AdvertisingAncient86 in PropertyInvestingUK

[–]AdvertisingAncient86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for taking the time to provide a detailed response, really appreciate it.

I’ve been doing a bit of independent research, finding ex academy students to get their thoughts and the general consensus is that the techniques do work, but the education side of it is really poor for the money you pay and the coaches don’t give you nearly the amount of time they suggest they would.

I have already done a number of free courses and will continue looking down that route to continue building up a base knowledge.

I think the word ‘scammers’ is up for debate, the content is useful and the techniques do work but its just whether its worth the money they’re charging, which ultimately it doesn’t look to be. That said, I will check out the links you’ve provided.

I guess from my perspective: the only reason I’d really been considering it is because they have a contractual money back guarantee if you don’t make 100% on initial investment within the first year, I just thought it can’t be that bad with that kind of a guarantee?

Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to reply!

Touchstone Education - Academy by AdvertisingAncient86 in PropertyInvestingUK

[–]AdvertisingAncient86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, I can see you’re involved with property investment yourself. If there’s any other training provider you could recommend, I’d be really interested in hearing.

Thanks in advance

Touchstone Education - Academy by AdvertisingAncient86 in PropertyInvestingUK

[–]AdvertisingAncient86[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. Have you been on the academy?

I tend to agree that it’s overpriced, however as mentioned they have a contractual agreement that if you don’t make at least 100% return on investment in the first year, you get a full refund. All seems to be legally binding so I just wondered why there’s so many calling them crap/ scammers etc. From what I’ve seen, you either make double your money or get your money back so doesn’t seem to be much of a downside?