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            Business ProfileCultural Experiences Abroad LLC

            Student Exchange Programs
            BBB accredited business

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            702 E Osborn Rd Ste 200

            Phoenix, AZ 85014-5281

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            2 complaints closed in last 3 years

            2 complaints closed in last 12 months

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            BBB Rating & Accreditation

            BBB accredited businessA+

            Accredited Since: 4/20/2000

            Years in Business: 27

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            Overview

            This business offers international study and internship services for students and universities.

            Products & Services

            CEA currently offers programming in: Argentina; Australia; Chile; Costa Rica; Czech Republic; England; France; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Netherlands; South Africa; Spain

            Business Details

            Location of This Business
            702 E Osborn Rd Ste 200, Phoenix, AZ 85014-5281
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            BBB File Opened:
            9/29/1999
            Years in Business:
            27
            Business Started:
            7/1/1996
            Business Started Locally:
            7/1/1996
            Business Incorporated:
            6/11/1999
            Accredited Since:
            4/20/2000
            Type of Entity:
            Corporation
            Alternate Business Name
            • CEA Study Abroad
            Business Management
            • Mr. Brian J Boubek, Executive Director
            • Mr. Tim Boubek, VP, Strategic University Partnerships
            • Mr. Shawn Coover
            Contact Information

            Principal

            • Mr. Brian J Boubek, Executive Director
            • Mr. Tim Boubek, VP, Strategic University Partnerships

            Customer Contact

            • Mr. Tim Boubek, VP, Strategic University Partnerships
            • Mr. Shawn Coover
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            Customer Complaints

            2 Customer Complaints

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            Most Recent Customer Complaint

            08/21/2023

            Complaint Type:
            Product Issues
            Status:
            Answered
            Cultural Experiences Abroad LLC has failed to refund security deposit due after my son's study abroad experience in Spring 2023. I have attempted numerous times to resolve this issue directly with CEA. The majority of my emails and voicemails are ignored, and on the rare occasion when I do receive a response it is an excuse for another delay. I have had problems with the company's administrative offices from day one and would, frankly, like to close this chapter once and for all.
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            C M

            10/04/2021

            CEA is supposed to be a business that caters to college students or young adults but CEA is a business that has fraudulent practices and as well as employees.I already paid them their fake application fee and did not even attend the abroad trip. Yet they still demand I pay for the trip even though I told them I didn't plan on attending.They made several misrepresentations about the eligibility of the program representing to me that in order for them to even consider my application I had to pay a fee( which I have records of). This fee which they represented as an application fee locked me into paying the full price of the trip. This provision which would be un-enforceable in court because it is fraudulent which is why they never sought out a judgement. But now even though the statute of limitations has passed they have still have sent my collection to a scummy agency next that annoying calls me past well over six years later.

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