InterNations Avaliações 

This is a total scam network. They lure BigU by free membership. Then they convince you to become an albatross member paying an annual membership. When you go to events you always need to pay. But the worst is that I cancelled over a year and a half ago and they still kept charging me. It was impossible to cancel due to constant problems with their site and when I sent emails to complain I am sent back to the site who did not work. They are making millions by charging membership dees and not making it easy to cancel! Do not fall for them! The people who work in all the different countries are all volunteers and do not get paid
! am not sure how that is legally possible! ! Do not join them!

Internations is generally faking the number of attendees and the quality of the events. don't be fooled by the glossy looking website. internations is a better way to spend your money only if your baseline is taking 100USD and throwing it in a garbage can

This platform is making money of people who are stepping out of their comfort zone. On the lookout for meeting new people while spending time abroad, I signed up on this platform to see what it could offer me. This turned out to be nothing.

Without realising, I had opted for a free trial. So, after the free trial ended, I accidentally paid for the full membership, which I did not want. When emailing them about my mistake, they showed no flexibility whatsoever and are unwilling to reverse this payment.

In my honest opinion, i feel like no organisation will sustain living on money of people that do not want their product or service because its a terrible business model. Therefore, I most definitely would not recommend supporting it by buying their “services”.

To anyone reading this, save yourself from this €120 scam. I’m certain I downgraded my account on time, but they charged me €120 anyway. I reached out to their painfully slow support team twice about this, but they showed absolutely no empathy or accountability. Any reputable company would understand the situation and issue a refund if you contact them promptly after the charge, but they don’t. So spare yourself what others have gone through and avoid this service at all costs.

This organisation is a money scamming entity. As a Paris expat, I know people in this group and, for years I have heard their complaints about their attempts to disentangle from its membership charges. I have avoided this group like the plague knowing this. Somehow -- no idea how -- this group started charging me. I have never been to any event, intentionally avoiding any connection. I will now be pursing all remedies, for me and others. This group is not trustworthy.

AFTER my above review, InterNations replied (below). Their information is not correct. I have a long-time redundant system keeping track of subscriptions (automated and manual). No subscription/membership was taken. No online account was created. I have twice sent them Cease & Desist Letters, to no avail. I have twice tried to contact their support team, again, to no avail. I am warning everyone, THIS IS A SCAM.

I had the privilege of serving as a council member of a photography group for a few years. During that time, I met incredible people and formed lasting friendships around the world. Our group was small, intimate, and always had a warm, cozy atmosphere on our outings. The individuals I met were not only respectful and friendly, but also wonderful connections to have. I also maintained a strong relationship with most of the other council members.

A special shout-out to the Internation support team! They were consistently superb—always helpful, friendly, and understanding. I truly appreciate their dedication and warmth.

One of the challenges we organizers faced, which had nothing to do with Internation itself, was when people would sign up for events but fail to show up. Additionally, although rare, there were occasional issues with the platform being blocked or not working smoothly.

Update. So whilst i instigated a ccard charge back and dispute about this horrible company, and got a credit, internations in pure german style re charged me another annual subscription. Rascals. Thankgod i blocked them and so they couldnt do that! THEY NEED TO BE IN THE DOCK AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE HAGUE. CRIMINALS.
And then internations tried to charge again the next day too. These guys are seriously malicious.

Internations will kindly give you 30 days free membership as Albatross. One minute thereafter, they will charge you the full years membership €119, which i paid. The minute you try and cancel albatross to go back to basic and seek a refund due to change of mind, its better you never ask. They operate German policy: rude and wont be helpful. Read the reviews. They are a monster company operating poor standards and scamming every one. No fair policy on cancelletions. UK Trading standards pay attention. Credit card companies pay attention. How can such a company exist in 21st century? They disregard cancellations for a refund. You sign up to free trial period, thereafter its a full on years membership charge, thats their terms. Every attempt to seek cancellation for a refund is a waste of time, even if you have complaints on service, unable to use the service or any reason whatsoever. You have paid. Sel a vie.

They charged me on the last day of the trial period on 30 th.
on top once when you cancel there is no confirmation email that you cancelled it.

I signed up for a free trial, and didn't realise that Internations had set up an automatic payment in my PayPal. I got billed €95 for an entire year's worth of subscription, and have absolutely no use for the platform. Not even a rolling month; an entire year!!

I contacted them via their website submission, and after about a week (and following up via Facebook) I received;

"You had the chance to cancel your free trial at any time before the 30 days ended... we can't offer you a refund".

Absolutely zero cares given for goodwill or accidental product purchase. There might well have been a time in the future where I'd use this platform, but their business model is to latch onto money from people that accidentally carried over their free trial, which will not benefit them in the long run. Probably indicative of why their Trustpilot rating is 2.3 / 5

Been trying to get a hold of them re an invoice and have not received a reply. It’s been days. I’ve tried to email them again but still no reply. Horrible service.

DO NOT TRUST your data to InterNation.

Once singed up exploring a good idea of connecting people, the app itself turned out to be absolutely useless with no people around.

Instead, I keep receiving SPAM emails regularly, and It is impossible to unsubscribe, so I just keep marking them as "spam" in my inbox.

Today I received a marketing email with "offers from partners". Bizarre and outrageous!

I deleted my InterNations account yesterday after being a basic member for 6 years, and the following is the overall experience I'm leaving with:

InterNations sells a false sense of community to vulnerable expats who seek a sense of belonging in their new homelands.

P.s. I never gave them my credit card information to be scammed like many other expats unfortunately have.

(Comment on InterNations reply: The right to host events and thus shape a community are exclusively reserved for those who, if neither a Consul, nor a Ambassador of InterNations, have a paid subscription as an Albatross member. So, the adage "a community is shaped by its members" does not apply to the InterNations platform if you happen to be just a Basic member.

Horrible company !
I had a 30 days membership and I cancelled it and they tried to take money of my card, kept sending emails threating me with legal action and debt collection agencies, even though I had cancelled my subcription and did not use it anymore.
I wrote multiple emails in which I asked them to remove the fee as I cancelled and did not use but they kept replying about their terms and conditions etc, then just ignoring my emails.
Do not make the mistake to buy any subscription from these scammers or you will end up having your money stolen !

Application for membership denied without giving any reason as to why and even though all the basic requirements to become a member are fulfilled. One can be forgiven to suspect that they are discriminating based on ethnic origins.

GOOD: All local meetings, which I attended were good or great - but that was the doing of the local organizer, not the work of the website as such.
BAD: I have paid for the membership and still cannot access the online events due to their programming. In addition the support does not support but lectures about why it is my fault that their website does not work. This is going on for months - I have had enough!
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I corrected my review from 2 to 1 star:
Writing that they cannot fix the error based on the information provided is non-sense: I reported the issue multiple times incl. screenshots. Via Trustpilot, they got my email. They COULD look it up in the support forum or contact me via email, but they did neither.

Je me suis inscrite le 25/8/24 et j ai été bannie quelques jours après mon inscription sans raison !
Je reste stupéfaite !
Je ne conseille pas ce site !

Won't let me join for undisclosed reason.

I had a paid membership for awhile but found them mostly a useless organization. They're not necessary when numerous Facebook groups exist for foreigners to meet one another and organize events. I would certainly not pay them anything again, and I can well imagine that they bait people with free trials and then refuse to cancel the subscription after the 30 days have finished.

Eventually, Internations will most likely go out of business. No time like the present to start sending them on their way.

As a "Albatross" member for several years, within Belgian Internations Community, I was literally shocked, to realize that my paid membership (cost 120 euros) and online profile were suddenly cancelled, without any notice, explanation or even refund(!!). The Customer service, is not reachable by phone and has not, to this day, responded to my submitted queries and emails. Not only, since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a decrease in in-person events and the shift to virtual interactions, but in recent months, I (and many fellow members) have also encountered unpleasant behaviors, from some event organizers which seem to profit from their position solely for social networking. This is particularly troubling in a space that should foster international understanding and friendship.