Andrew Left (StockLemon.com) submits: YTB International (YourTravelBiz.com) has a Market Cap north of $450 million with no current financials. Any stock that rises straight up 900% in two months is always an object of interest.

    Add to that a publicly traded company based on a multi-level marketing scheme [MLM]. These are always intriguing because of the potential for Ponzi-scheme type abuses.

   Add to that a publicly traded company that hasn't reported its financials in over a year: one that trades on the pink sheets because of lack of adequate financial reporting.

.....One that has recently declared its historical financials for at least 3 prior years invalid and in need of restatement.

......One that, the last time it reported its numbers, had three times the revenues from selling business   opportunities than it had from selling its core product.

.....One that guarantees a minimum commission for recruiting even more participants.

.....One whose operators include a minister whose primary accomplishment is building a large church congregation.

... .and finally, one whose compensation program is tied to the promise to issue large blocks of stock at a set price less than 6% of today's market price ($1 a share).

   Seems impossible, but its all true.

   Multi-level marketing is not illegal. A few multi-level marketing companies have been very successful. But far more collapse because of the potential abuses in the business structure that create the conditions of a Ponzi scheme.

   Among the huge red flags swirling around this issue:

   What are the real numbers? Is this company even profitable net of its multi-level compensation promises?

   What are the legal implications and financial effects of promises of large blocks of below-market stock into an MLM organization st $1 a share?

   Would regulators be concerned if MLM participants are being encouraged in any official or unofficial way to form an affinity group to buy the stock ?

And of course --- what has changed for this company in the last two months ?

Cautious Investing To All.

Disclosure: Author is short YTBL.PK.

   WOOD RIVER, IL--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb 8, 2007 -- YTB International, Inc. ("YTBI" or the "Company") (Other OTC:YTBL.PK - News) and its Chairman of the Board, J. Lloyd Tomer, provided clarification today regarding Mr. Tomer's disposition of 1,000,000 shares of YTBI's common stock in payment of the purchase price in a real estate transaction that had closed in January 2007. As required under federal securities laws, Mr. Tomer filed a Form 4 disclosing the transfer of the shares as part of the purchase of a piece of real estate. While the disposition of the shares was technically deemed a "sale" under the rules that govern Mr. Tomer's SEC filings, in reality the shares were merely used as a means to purchase a piece of property that had long-standing sentimental value to Mr. Tomer.

   The Company released the following statement in clarification of the true story behind the share disposition: "Coach Lloyd Tomer sold his dream home a few years ago to help fund YTBI at a critical time in the Company's growth. A few days ago he regained ownership of his dream home by giving one million shares of YTB International, Inc. stock to the person he sold it to, John Simmons. In return, Coach got the real estate back."

   ABOUT YTBI: YTB International, Inc. provides Internet-based travel booking services for travel agencies and home-based independent representatives in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. It operates through three subsidiaries: YourTravelBiz.com, Inc., YTB Travel Network, Inc., and REZconnect Technologies, Inc. YourTravelBiz.com division focuses on marketing on-line travel agencies through a nationwide network of over 69,000 independent business people, known as Independent Marketing Representatives, or "IMRs." YTB Travel Network division establishes and maintains travel vendor relationships, books travel transactions of on-line travel agents (RTAs,) collects travel payments and licensing fees, and processes travel commissions. The RTA sells travel through a personalized Internet-based travel Website. The REZconnect Technologies division builds online reservation systems for suppliers within the travel industry.

   Statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

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     YTB International, Inc.
     Andrew Cauthen
     Corporate Secretary
     1901 E. Edwardsville Rd.
     Wood River, IL 62095
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