Events in Vancouver and Toronto Promote Launch in Canada

WOOD RIVER, Ill., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — YTB International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: YTBLA) ('YTB' or the 'Company'), a leading international provider of Internet-based travel booking services for home-based independent RTAs, announced today that its two Canadian Kick-Off Meetings were a huge success. The first meeting, held on February 9, 2008 in Vancouver, had more than 1,000 attendees. A second event in Toronto, held on February 16, 2008, exceeded all expectations, with more than 2,200 people in attendance to learn more about the opportunities YTB offers in Canada.

Both meetings were led by YTB founders, Lloyd 'Coach' Tomer and

'While we always expect the best, we were amazed by the enthusiasm and overwhelming interest shown by the people that attended our Canadian Kick-Off Meetings. They truly embodied the YTB spirit, showing the desire to take charge of their own financial futures,' said Coach Tomer. 'After our positive experiences in Bermuda and the Bahamas, it was great to see such high levels of excitement in Canada. We look forward to adding all of our new Canadian friends to the rapidly-growing YTB family.'

The Company held the Kick-Off Meetings to inform and educate attendees the public about the opportunities associated with being a part of YTB. These sessions gave YTB leadership the opportunity to bring their friends and family who they believe would benefit from the opportunities that YTB offers. Such friends and relatives were able to meet YTB's founders, ask questions, and learn more about how YTB works.

About YTB International

Recognized as the 35th largest seller of travel in the U.S. in 2006 by Travel Weekly, YTB International, Inc. provides Internet-based travel booking services for home-based independent representatives in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Canada, Bermuda, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

It operates through three subsidiaries: YourTravelBiz.com, Inc., YTB Travel Network, Inc., and REZconnect Technologies, Inc. YourTravelBiz.com focuses on marketing online travel websites through a nationwide network of independent business people, known as 'Reps.' YTB Travel Network establishes and maintains travel vendor relationships, processes travel transactions of online travel agents and affiliates, collects travel commissions and pays sales commissions. Each RTA directs consumers to the YTB Internet-based travel website. REZconnect Technologies hosts a travel agency for traditional travel agents and offers franchises of brick and mortar travel agencies. For more information, visit http://www.ytbi.com/investor.

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.

     Investor Contact:
     Garth Russell / Yemi Rose
     KCSA Worldwide for YTB International, Inc.
     Phone: 212.896.1250 / 212.896.1233

Today, in the US and now in Canada, there are a whole bunch of kids watching YTB RTA Ants attempting to build Ant Hills, and these kids on many blocks are trying to figure out what all these RTA Ants are doing.

In some colonies the direction from RTA Leadership Ants is very good because Power Team Ant Leaders are working side by side with their worker Ants to build a strong Ant colony with a structured foundation that will support a large Ant Hill for their Ant family's future for generations to come.

 Every Ant in this colony is prospering, because every RTA Ant has a purpose and is willing to teach new Ants from other blocks how to build an even better and stronger Ant Hill than their own, without stomping or stinging them to death first.

This is called YTB Ant Hill Building 101.

 However, the majority of RTA Ants are receiving little or no direction from their DIRECT Power Team Ant Leaders, causing bad habits to form, interrupting their daily work flow, causing them not to be able to build any kind of Ant Hill at all, because there is no unity amongst this colony of Ants.

The results, many Ants within these colonies go outside their colony to find work in order to survive, only to find the grave by getting stepped on by a bunch of grown adults that hate or don't like Ants.  While other Ants jump ship and wonder into strong protected foreign Ant colonies and are immediately attacked and stung to death, or left terribly wounded and/or maimed, sometimes for life and then booted out.

 Kids watching these Ant colonies have a choice to make, either learn how the prospering Ants build Ant Hills and follow this pattern and go out and accomplish their goals in life.

Or watch the Ants that are lacking in leadership ability, do what they want, just doing enough to survive in the colony.  If the kids decide to take this direction they will find themselves working jobs they dislike for little pay or find themselves doing other things to earn money that are not deemed acceptable in this society and end up hurt or sometimes dead.  Unfortunately they decided to follow the wrong colony of Ants.

Today we have about 305,000 Ants in YTB, which consist of (1) 7th Level Super Ant; (2) 6th Level Super Ants; (3) 5th Level Super Ants; (6) 4th Level Super Ants; (8) 3rd Level Super Ants, (22) 2nd Level Super Ants; (122) 1st Level Super Ants; (931) Coachs Corner Ants; (12,198) Power Team Ant Leaders; (44,926) Active RTA Ants; and (250,000) inactive RTA Ants that are either dead or terribly wounded and are in serous need of help.

Have the Wood River Ants in charge done their job?  Absolutely, because they have provided the materials, blue prints, building permits, the tools, proper equipment, office staff and the knowledge to build as big of Ant Hill as any RTA Ant would ever want to build for only $499.90.

Our top leading Ants in Wood River are out amongst the YTB Ant colonies almost daily providing the finest support, making sure this can happen if the Ants listen and follow their direction.

Where then is the missing link that has allowed 250,000 RTA Ants to become disconnected and/or dormant?

It seems the Power Team Ant Leader is not looking after his/her Ants who paid their subscription for their YTB Ant Hill Building 101 handbook kit. The new RTA reported for work that day of sign up and was ready to build the finest Ant Hill on their block, and had the tools in hand to do that, provided by Wood River.  However they needed daily supervision from their Power Team Ant Leader who they trusted and believed would help them build their foundation to support their dream of the greatest Ant Hill ever.  But somewhere along the way got stomped on or stung or simply was forgotten, because their Power Team Ant Leader was to busy, or was on to the next possible RTA Ant sign up.

 Right now, the Power Team Ant Leaders should MAKE the time to go back and take care of his/her hurting Ants that joined his/her Power Team, and hould sincerely help these Ants become Power Team Ant Leaders.  If the Power Team Ant Leaders would do this, a huge number of inactive Ants would be revived in very short order.

By taking the time to do this you will become a highly respected Ant amongst your other working Ants in your colony, because your working Ants will see a true Leader in their midst and will work even harder to become even more productive themselves by repeating exactly what they see you doing for these hurting Ants above.

Remember, the biggest cash earning RTAs in YTB, Ron Head and Juliet St. John have built strong Ant Hills across the country by helping their Power Team Ant Leaders recruit seven other Ants to become Power Team Ant Leaders themselves and have just repeated this same process over and over again, until each are now earning over $250,000 a month with that figure continuing to grow, because they are still out amongst the Ants building Power Team Ant Leaders!!!

Remember simplicity is the root of all complexity.

 It's simply all about the Power Team Ant Leader helping their worker Ants recruit seven more Ants to put that Ant into a leadership position as a Power Team Ant Leader.  Because once you do this, the RTA you have helped is now earning money every week/month and has no reason to ever drop out.  Every check that is sent out from Wood River gives even more of an incentive for that Power Team Ant Leader to work on their Ant Hill the next week, which in turn makes your checks coming out of Wood River bigger the next week as well.

 Understand, my fellow working Ants, its in my best interest as your Power Team Ant Leader, to help you recruit your first seven worker Ants to get you into leadership position as a Power Team Ant Leader.  Then its in my best interest to help your first six Ants recruit seven more Ants to get them into their Power Team, because they are still in my Power Team.

If you and I will just keep helping our worker Ants get seven additional worker Ants over and over again, we will earn a very sizable income each month from YTB.  When we become satisfied with the size of our Ant Hills we can retire and our hard work will keep growing and paying us every week until we leave this earth.  Then YTB will start paying our children and their children, and our YTB families will remain friends for life.

 Fellow Teammates, lets always concentrate on our six new recruits in our Power Team and if the whole team will do this, we will build the strongest Ant Hills in YTB history!!!  Why, because our Ant Hills will be built on the strongest foundations possible, POWER TEAM ANT LEADERSHIP, with 100% "no fall out" participation.

YTB is already putting the finishing touches on our Ant Hills by providing the finest quality travel portfolios in travel history.  Our web sites are becoming more competitively priced daily, so the people we send are booking travel, and then we are paid the highest commissions in the industry, which is exclusive to YTB.  ANOTHER HUGE BONUS!!!

With this said, you are equipped to go out into the USA, Canada, Bermuda, and the Bahamas to spread the good news, just as Ron and Juliet have done over the past five years to become the top Ant Hill builders in YTBs history.

We're On Our Way…to Canada!
Friday, February 8, 2008

Canada kick-off meetings will be held Vancouver, British Columbia on
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008 and in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, Feb 16, 2008
to provide more information about YTB and its opportunities.

MEETING REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Please help us plan for these premier meetings by providing the
requested registration information to:
kickoffcanada (at) ytb.com
Please include: Your Name, Meeting Location you will attend,
Number of Guests who will attend.

Featured speakers at each Kick-Off Canada event will be:
Coach Lloyd Tomer, Founder and Chairman of the Board YTBI;
Scott Tomer, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, YTBI;
Andy Cauthen, Chief Operating Officer, YTBI;
Derek Avera, VP of International Business Development, YourTravelBiz.com.
 

We're On Our Way …

Great news! Now that YTB International is expanding to the great country of Canada, Referring Travel Affiliates (RTAs) and Reps living in Canada may sell travel through YTB websites (RTA) and market online travel agencies (Rep) to people in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Bermuda and Canada. J. Kim Sorensen, President and CEO of YTB Travel Network, states, "We are pleased to take 'international' to a whole new level at YTB. We can now expand the reach of our team to cover all of North America! This means even better opportunities for our RTAs and Reps, and solidifies YTB's travel agency status." YTB International is now recognized as a bonded travel agency in Canada and will add three offices there.

YTB's executive and legal teams worked diligently with the Canadian regulatory bodies to
ensure that the Company meets or exceeds government standards. In addition, new RTAs
will be able to take advantage of the same extensive training available to U.S. based RTAs,
as YTB will be holding onsite training certifications in Canada.

Canada kick-off meetings will be held Vancouver, British Columbia on
Saturday, February 9, 2008 and in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, February 16, 2008
to provide more information about YTB and its opportunities.

"This is a truly exciting time for RTAs and consumers buying travel through YTB Travel Network. Consumers continue to buy travel online in ever growing numbers and can take advantage of fantastic trips, including YTB's exclusive package for the Beijing Olympics,"
said Derek Avera, Vice President of International Business Development at YTB.
"The addition of Canada (and previously the Bahamas) represents the first
steps in YTB's international expansion plan. We look forward to adding even more
countries to the YTB International family over the next year."

KICK-OFF CANADA MEETINGS
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Featured speakers at each Kick-Off Canada event will be:
Coach Lloyd Tomer, Founder and Chairman of the Board YTBI;
Scott Tomer, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, YTBI;
Andy Cauthen, Chief Operating Officer, YTBI;
Derek Avera, VP of International Business Development, YourTravelBiz.com.
Exciting door prizes will be given away at both meetings!

Please help us plan for these premier meetings by providing the
requested registration information to:
kickoffcanada(at)ytb.com
Please include: Your Name, Meeting Location you will attend,
Number of Guests who will attend.