(Boise) – Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced a settlement with Access Life’s Adventures, LLC, and its owners Craig Keith Fletcher and Crystal Fletcher for alleged violations of the Idaho Consumer Protection Act. The Meridian company allegedly accepted payments for Alaskan fishing and other trips that it failed to deliver. The settlement requires the Fletchers to pay more than $100,000 in customer refunds.
“While stopping a business from further harming consumers is a primary enforcement goal for my office, recovering consumer restitution also is important,” Wasden said. “I’m therefore pleased the business has closed and that the owners have agreed to repay their customers.”
The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division began investigating Access Life’s Adventures and the Fletchers in early 2019 after consumers reported they paid the company thousands of dollars for Alaskan fishing trips that never materialized. Some consumers were told only days before their departure dates that their trips were cancelled. At least one customer said he arrived at the Anchorage airport with his son but no one showed up to take them to their hotel. After arranging their own transportation and hotel, they learned their trip was cancelled. In multiple instances, the company offered consumers refunds but didn’t pay them.
On July 3, 2019, the Attorney General filed a consumer protection lawsuit in Ada County District Court against Access Life’s Adventures and the Fletchers. The settlement announced today resolves that action.
In addition to requiring refund payments to 25 customers who lost money to Access Life’s Adventures, the settlement permanently closes the company. The settlement also prohibits the Fletchers from advertising or selling vacation packages or travel or vacation-related goods or services from within Idaho or to consumers with Idaho addresses for 10 years. The ban will continue indefinitely should the Fletchers fail to pay the customer refunds.
A copy of the settlement is available here.
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