The Coast Club Membership
Terms & Conditions
Effective Date: October 2, 2026
Operated by Gone South Travel
These terms explain how The Coast Club membership, payments, and benefits work. Please review them before purchasing.
1. Membership & Annual Fee
The Coast Club costs $199 per year. Membership begins when payment is successfully received and continues for 12 months.
Membership covers one named member. Included excursions cover the member and one traveling companion. Trip benefits apply once per qualifying trip, not per traveler or room.
Membership does not include the cost of a vacation, airfare, or separately purchased travel services.
2. Automatic Renewal & Cancellation
Your membership automatically renews every 12 months from your original membership start date at $199 per year unless canceled before the next renewal charge.
To cancel automatic renewal, email nick.demayo@fora.travel before your next billing date. Gone South Travel will confirm your cancellation by email. Your cancellation request date is the date your email is received.
Canceling automatic renewal allows your membership to remain active through the end of your paid membership period. It does not cancel existing travel reservations.
Any changes to renewal pricing will be disclosed before renewal, with an opportunity to cancel before being charged and any consent required by applicable law.
3. Membership Refunds
Membership payments are refundable if the refund request is received before Gone South Travel purchases your annual airline gift card.
Once the gift card has been purchased, the membership payment is nonrefundable, except where required by law. This applies whether or not you have redeemed the gift card or used other membership benefits.
To request a refund, email nick.demayo@fora.travel. Canceling automatic renewal does not itself constitute a refund request.
4. Qualifying Vacations
A qualifying vacation must be booked through Gone South Travel and total more than $1,500, excluding airfare, taxes, and fees.
The qualifying amount is based on the combined eligible value of the vacation, rather than a minimum per traveler or room. Travel insurance purchased through Gone South Travel counts toward the qualifying total.
Multiple reservations forming one vacation are treated as one trip for benefit purposes. A vacation totaling exactly $1,500 does not qualify.
Membership must be active both when the vacation is booked and during travel. Bookings made before membership begins may qualify on a case-by-case basis, with approval from Gone South Travel.
Independently booked travel does not count toward the qualifying minimum.
5. Complimentary Excursion for Two or $50 Spending Money
Each qualifying trip includes a choice of:
One selected excursion for the member and one traveling companion; or
$50 in spending money, sent via PayPal after check-in and within the payment timeframe in Section 17.
Gone South Travel will provide a selection of included excursions for the destination. Options vary by destination, dates, availability, and provider requirements. The benefit does not cover every excursion available for purchase.
Additional participants, upgrades, or expenses outside the confirmed excursion are the member’s responsibility. Any additional charges will be disclosed before booking.
The excursion and $50 alternative cannot both be claimed as the standard benefit for the same trip. Separate milestone rewards may be used in addition.
If the provider cancels, the member may choose another offered excursion or receive $50 via PayPal.
If the member cancels the selected excursion, the $50 alternative is forfeited, and the provider’s cancellation terms apply.
6. Airport Transfer Reimbursement
Each qualifying trip includes reimbursement of up to $30 toward airport transfers, in addition to the excursion or $50 spending-money benefit.
If Gone South Travel arranges the transfer, the member pays the transfer charge and is then reimbursed up to $30.
If the member arranges their own transfer, reimbursement is provided after submission of a receipt showing payment.
Reimbursement is limited to the actual transfer expense, up to $30 total per qualifying trip. Any remaining transportation cost is the member’s responsibility.
Receipts must be emailed to nick.demayo@fora.travel within 10 days after the final day of the trip. Reimbursement will be sent via PayPal within 10 days after receipt of the required documentation and accurate payment information.
7. Annual Airline Gift Card
Members receive one $50 airline gift card per membership year, including renewal years, upon receipt of membership payment.
Members select their preferred airline, subject to gift-card availability. If the selected airline does not offer a suitable gift card, Gone South Travel will contact the member to select an available alternative.
Gift cards are subject to the issuing airline’s terms and redemption restrictions. The gift-card benefit does not include flight-booking services.
8. Waived Service Fees
Gone South Travel’s standard $50-per-trip planning and booking service fee is waived while membership is active.
Fees charged by hotels, airlines, resorts, cruise lines, excursion operators, or other third parties remain the traveler’s responsibility.
9. Referral Rewards
Members receive a cash reward equal to 10% of the commission Gone South Travel retains on a qualifying referred booking, after the host agency’s split. Rewards are based on retained commission, not the total trip price.
The referral must be identified through either:
The new traveler mentioning the referring member; or
The member directly introducing the new traveler to Gone South Travel by email, phone, in person, or another direct communication.
Rewards are paid via PayPal or Venmo after the referred traveler completes the trip and Gone South Travel receives the commission.
Canceled bookings or bookings that generate no retained commission do not earn a reward. Booking adjustments may affect the commission received and corresponding reward.
Membership must remain active through the referred traveler’s trip and Gone South Travel’s receipt of commission. If membership expires before either event, the referral reward is forfeited.
10. Three-Trip Milestone Rewards
Members earn an additional selected excursion for two or $50 via PayPal for every three completed qualifying trips within their membership year.
The reward repeats at six qualifying trips, nine qualifying trips, and each additional multiple of three. Trips are counted within the same 12-month membership period.
The bonus excursion may be arranged for the third qualifying trip in each group of three. It is additional to that trip’s regular benefits.
Final eligibility depends on completing the qualifying trip. Cancellations are handled under Section 16. Cash milestone rewards follow the payment timing in Section 17.
11. Annual Renewal Rewards
Each annual renewal includes an additional renewal reward, separate from the annual $50 airline gift card.
The reward changes with each year the member returns. Details and any redemption requirements will be announced before renewal.
12. Surprise Welcome Gifts
Surprise welcome gifts are offered during qualifying stays when the hotel, resort, or other venue permits delivery.
Gift selection varies. Delivery depends on the venue’s policies and ability to accommodate it.
13. Dining Reservation Assistance
Dining reservation assistance is complimentary. In select destinations, Gone South Travel may use PRIMA to access hard-to-get reservations at participating restaurants. Other reservation platforms or direct restaurant contact will be used where PRIMA is unavailable.
Specific restaurants, tables, dates, and times are not guaranteed.
Meals, deposits, premium reservation fees, cancellation charges, and no-show charges are additional and subject to provider terms. Known additional reservation charges will be disclosed before confirmation.
14. Partner Offers & Member Resources
Members may access available excursion discounts, local partner offers, CLEAR offers, Coast Club resources, and advance access to select travel offers and group trips.
Partner offers may have eligibility requirements, expiration dates, exclusions, booking instructions, and restrictions on combining discounts. Availability varies, and the terms displayed with each offer apply.
CLEAR services and TSA PreCheck application or renewal fees are purchased separately. TSA PreCheck enrollment assistance does not guarantee approval.
Early access does not guarantee a reservation, availability, or the lowest price.
15. Rate Monitoring & Hotel Benefits
Gone South Travel monitors eligible refundable reservations for opportunities to rebook at a lower comparable rate.
Rebooking depends on availability, cancellation deadlines, penalties, deposit requirements, and changes to room type or included benefits. Lower rates and savings are not guaranteed. Material changes will be discussed with the traveler before rebooking.
Preferred hotel benefits vary by property, rate, and booking program. Upgrades, early check-in, late checkout, and other benefits may be subject to availability.
Rate monitoring, advisor support, and preferred hotel benefits may also be available to clients who are not Coast Club members.
16. Trip Changes, Cancellations & Prepaid Benefits
Travel reservations remain subject to their individual provider payment and cancellation terms.
Canceled trips do not count toward milestone rewards or earn trip-related cash benefits. Changes that reduce a trip below the qualifying minimum may affect benefit eligibility.
If a traveler cancels a trip and Gone South Travel cannot recover the cost of a prepaid, nonrefundable membership benefit, an equivalent benefit of equal value will be forfeited. Gone South Travel will identify the unrecovered cost and corresponding benefit affected.
If all prepaid benefit costs are refunded or recovered, no equivalent benefit will be forfeited under this provision.
The member-canceled excursion rule in Section 5 continues to apply.
17. Payments & Reimbursement Timing
Eligible trip-related cash benefits will be paid within 10 days after the final day of the trip.
Airport transfer reimbursements will be paid within 10 days after Gone South Travel receives the required receipt and accurate payment information. Receipts must be submitted within 10 days after the final day of the trip.
Referral rewards follow the separate commission-receipt requirements in Section 9. Annual airline gift cards follow Section 7.
Members are responsible for providing accurate PayPal or Venmo payment information, as applicable. Missing or incorrect payment information may delay payment.
18. Changes During a Membership Year
Partner availability and services may change. Gone South Travel will communicate material changes affecting membership benefits and attempt to locate an alternative item or benefit of equal value.
If an equivalent replacement cannot be found, Gone South Travel will contact affected members to discuss a resolution. This provision does not limit rights or remedies required by applicable law.
19. Third-Party Services
Travel providers operate their own services and establish their own participation, cancellation, and safety requirements. Members and their companions must comply with those requirements.
Coast Club membership is not travel insurance and does not replace travel protection.
Nothing in these terms excludes responsibility or consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded.
20. Contact
For membership questions, benefit requests, receipts, refund requests, or cancellation of automatic renewal, contact:
Gone South Travel
Email: nick.demayo@fora.travel