YTB sells administrative offices?

YTB Travel News: Sources states that YTB Travel International is selling their admininstrative offices. Somehow I knew that it wouldn't be long before this would be happening after the lay off of their adminstrative staff a few months ago. And just like than YTB Travel continues to say that there's nothing wrong. Here is information that has be noted on MLM'S And Travel site that has made this fact known to all.

We need to wait a few more days for the YTB Travel International or yourtravelbiz.com 10-Q filing, but it appears that they need to raise some cash. According to this 8-K filing, YTB is selling its property at 1 Country Club View in Edwardsville, IL. The property is being sold to Prestige Management Services, LLC for $1.5 million. This is the same property that YTB Travel International acquired a little more than a year ago, and according to this 8-K filing paid $1.85 million for.

The current sale is not only for the building and land, but also "All office equipment to remain with building to include: Cubicles, Chairs, Desk, Tables, Break Room Equipment. Sellers may leave or take Phone system." Computers and Computer Systems are excluded. Further, the buyer has taken an option to purchase 600 Country Club View at any time within 12 months of the closing of this sale.

This means that YTB Travel International is losing $350,000 on the sale, plus the cost of the equipment and furniture, plus the costs of acquisition and sale.

Why would they be doing this? The obvious speculation is that "The Company" is bleeding financially, and needs to raise cash

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For More Information Contact:

Daryl D. Alex
Regional Executive
Traverus Travel and TeleVerus Cell Phones
225-590-7700
1-877-744-3431

YTB Travel International sell 4 million in stock???

YTB Travel News: (Press Release) YTB Travel dumps 4 million dollars worth of stock this time. As first reported by Notravelmlms site.

Michael Brent, who is a 10%+ owner of YTB Travel International, Inc. or yourtravelbiz.com or "the Company" has apparently seen the writing on the wall and is looking to sell up to 4 million shares of YTB Travel International, Inc.


On September 30, 2008, Michael Brent and Beth Brent entered into a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan ("Sales Plan") to be administered by Gilford Securities, Incorporated. Michael Brent is a ten percent shareholder of YTB International, Inc.(the "Company") and is the Chief Executive Officer of REZconnect Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

During the one year term of the Sales Plan, the Sales Plan provides that Gilford Securities, Incorporated will sell under Rule 144 up to a maximum of four million shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company held by Mr. and Mrs. Brent, subject to the price and volume restrictions stated in the Sales Plan.

However, according to this Rule 10b5-1 of the SEC, people that are privy to non public insider information are prohibited from selling stock. This should prove to be a problem for Cauthen, Clagg, Scott Tomer, Coach Tomer and Kim Sorensen as they all have sold securities when the California Attorney General Investigation was ongoing and not disclosed. This will also be yet another problem for Brent, based solely on "if" that information was disclosed to him as well.

Nevertheless, there is a way out when someone is looking to minimize the risk. Especially, "if" a trustee handles the sales of securities at a predetermined schedule or per a predetermined Canaccord-Adams' formula. You can read about the details of the plan here.

Now, according to Canaccord-Adams:

A large number of corporate executives are using 10b5-1 plans to turn their risks into rewards with respect to trading company stock. Rule 10b5-1 plans allow corporate insiders to preclude trading liability and more easily access their personal wealth held in stock.

It seems that Michael Brent who by the way has already sold over a million shares in the last year, should be a little concerned that because of what he knows as an insider, he may be guilty of violating insider trading rules. Moreover, he must feel that selling YTB Travel ie the company, yourtravelbiz.com stock is a personal risk.

Does this represent the beginning of the end? I guess that time will tell

For More Information Contact:

Daryl D. Alex
Regional Executive
Traverus Travel and TeleVerus Cell Phones
1.800.781.3254
1.877.744.3431
225.590.7700

YTB Travel International, Inc. stock downgraded by the street.com

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For More Information Contact:

Daryl D. Alex
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Traverus Travel and TeleVerus Cell Phones
1.877.744.3431
225.590.7700