Travel Agent Ordered to Repay $637,260 to Daytona, St. Augustine Students

A travel agent from Massachusetts was ordered to repay $637,260 in restitution to students from Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach and Flagler College in St. Augustine. 56-year-old Robert Goodwin was accused of defrauding these students of expenses for international trips that never went through. Goodwin was arrested in December 2025 on two charges each of organized scheme to defraud over $50,000 and grand theft over $100,000. Records show he was released from the Volusia County Branch Jail on Thursday, June 18. The travel agency Goodwin owns, Massachusetts-based Stone and Compass Travel, accepted funds to take students on a nine-day class trip to Italy and Greece in 2023. The trip was scheduled for June 2024. Each student who signed up to go on the trip had to pay a minimum of $3,550 up front. Just one month before students were to depart, an email was sent out to students announcing that Stone and Compass Travel was going out of business. The email reportedly said the business didn’t have enough money to issue refunds. Stone and Compass’s official website was taken down, and all phone numbers and email addresses tied to the business became inactive. On Thursday last week, Goodwin pleaded no contest to his grand theft charges. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail, with time served for the months he’s already been in custody. So far $194,000 has been paid in restitution, split between the students of Seabreeze High School and Flagler College. “Folks must use due diligence when booking travel with brokers to ensure that their plans come to fruition,” said State Attorney R.J. Larizza. “In this case, the victims are fortunate that a sizable amount of restitution was paid up front.”