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Reviewed May 1, 2019
After a sudden cancelled flight Expedia did absolutely nothing good to help us. We have to buy our own tickets to reach our destination and the ticket for our flight back home because Expedia had cancelled our flights back. We emailed them from Europe with enough time to let them know we needed our return tickets but they cancelled that anyways. They leave you alone to claim to the air company, it is a waste of time to try to get any help, explanation or refund from them. I am not going to use Expedia for future flights even more, I am going to deal directly with the Airlines instead this people.
Reviewed April 30, 2019
Expedia provides worry free travel: Money Back Guarantee (To the extent you are not satisfied with excursions you participate in, we will provide a full refund). We joined Kauai, HI helicopter adventure on 4/18/2019 at 9am. No one show up to pick us up at 9am. until we called them. Our tour time very clear on paper was 9am. (Order #**) They said our tour time was 10:30am. How can we satisfied for this arrangement? They didn't refund for us. Don't trust Expedia!
Reviewed April 29, 2019
I have used Expedia a couple times in the past for booking flights and vacations and never had any issues. However, my recent experience has made me doubtful that I will ever use Expedia again. 2 days before my return flight from a vacation, Expedia emailed me saying there were changes to my flight, and when I called them they said that all flights from Air Canada had been cancelled, so they had moved my flight to the following day. They said that I would have to either pay for an extra night at a hotel, or book another flight with a different airline at my own cost.
They told me there was nothing they could do and I would not be reimbursed for any changes to my itinerary. When I asked whether Air Canada would be able to do anything, Expedia said it would be a waste of my time to call them and that they would just defer me back to Expedia. Luckily, I ended up calling Air Canada and they were just as confused as I was about why Expedia said there weren't any other flights that day (there were), but they did a great job of sorting out an alternative flight for me at no extra cost.
In summary, if something happens to your travel plans with Expedia, they will hold no responsibility for it and will refuse to reimburse you for changes beyond your control. I highly advise booking through a different travel website or through the airline/hotel directly--at least they will give you the customer service you not only deserve, but should be entitled to when spending your hard-earned money.
Reviewed April 27, 2019
Expedia is not a honest company, I booked a package with them where I bought the protection plan for 100% refund in case of cancellation. I had to cancel and they refunded me 60% of the money only. There are better companies out there. I have friends that also had problem with them. Read the comments and reviews on FB and other pages. Think twice before booking something with this company.
Reviewed April 27, 2019
I accidentally booked the same day for a hotel room. I immediately called Expedia to make a correction and they simply refused! Then I called the Pemberton Valley Lodge and explained what happened. They said It’s against policy to intervene that I had to deal with Expedia. Stay away from Expedia!
Reviewed April 27, 2019
Hello, also I have a big big problem with Expedia. I booked 2 tickets in February, I got a Storno email, but until now didn’t get the money back, always an answer- "We are working on it." In the next days I will go to a lawyer, TV, now starting to write to all platforms!!! I have enough!!!! Expedia can’t exist anymore! They are so many complaints about Expedia. Shame on you!!! I write emails like 2, 3 times per week with supervisors, always another one???? And they write me back always the same **, they can't write even correctly my name, they use 3 different names???? I just want my money back. My Case ID **
Reviewed April 26, 2019
I rented a car through Expedia/Dollar. When I arrived at the airport to pick up my car, they had placed the reservation in my underaged son's name. Refused to add me on and refused to change the reservation. So I had to cancel the reservation which was $176 and re-rent a car the cost me $430 due to the high demand at the time. Morons! Never again.
Reviewed April 26, 2019
Booked a hotel through Expedia. My Visa card was charged the cost and received hotel confirmation. Next day, they canceled hotel reservation. They refunded my Visa card but I ended up with currency conversion cost. They agreed to refund this but again changed their mind and offered an Expedia voucher which I refused; wanted the money back. I was embarrassed at hotel after Expedia canceled my reservation and had to pay for overseas phone call to contact my bank about Visa card. Many phone calls and emails and wasted time. They caused all of this and still never refunded my exchange loss. Book directly with hotel or airline and forget this incompetent company.
Reviewed April 25, 2019
After being speaking with an agent and being on hold for +35min they told me the cost to change the reservation for flights would be almost $500 instead of the expected ~$150 (accounting for the change fee and ticket price difference). After challenging their figure and nearly 1 hr on the phone, they did concede the point and only charged me the correct amount.
Reviewed April 25, 2019
I booked a trip to Cancun and did a bundle and pre-paid for hotel airfare and shuttle and the shuttle never showed up to get us at the airport. We had no way to get to our hotel. Finally we had a cab take us and pick us up for departure. we called Expedia and they refused to reimburse us. They said the super shuttle in Mexico said they did pick us up and Expedia believed them over us. We ended up paying for for transportation twice. Expedia was very rude and unprofessional.
Reviewed April 25, 2019
I booked for a hotel room for the firefighter convention in Indy on 4/8/19 for $264.42. Expedia kicked in the wrong date on the reservation 9:34am. 3 minutes later, I quickly cancelled the room at 9:37am. Emails confirm this. Yet, I don't get a refund. My email from them states, "Your Room Has Been Cancelled". You figure only 3 mins elapsed from when I reserved the room to when I cancelled. I also then reserved another room for the date I needed through Expedia, which was double the price.
2 weeks later, I noticed the cancelled room was still charged to my credit card. I called Expedia 4/22/19. I spoke to a lady, who did not speak very good English. She tried calling the Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites. The lady from Expedia stated he Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites manager wasn't there and they would email me. The next day I get an email, Expedia said it was not cancelled within their time frame. This is even though Expedia's system kicked back the wrong date and 3 minutes later I cancelled it.
4/23/19 I call Expedia back and talked with manager, who didn't speak very good English. He says there is no record I called on 4/22/2019, even though I received 2 emails from them since the last time I called. Then he calls Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites again. They say no refund. Expedia tells me they are going to investigate and can determine if it was something on their end or my error and get back to me in 72 hrs.
If they are not sophisticated enough to know the I called on 4/22/19 how are they going to be sophisticated enough to do a thorough investigation? Expedia told me it was my fault and no refund. Now I am disputing the $265.42 charge for a hotel room I cancelled and did not stay in with my credit card company. Needless to say this was my first time using Expedia and it will be my LAST!!
Reviewed April 25, 2019
Was booking Las Vegas. Didn’t realize I had the wrong date. Also bought insurance, canceled within 4 hours. Return flight from Frontier refused refund. They lie when they say free cancelation in 24 hours. Expedia makes you call Frontier to cancel. Terrible experience especially canceled within 24 hours and bought insurance. The insurance is worthless and Expedia and Frontier no help.
Reviewed April 24, 2019
In October 2018, I bought tickets for a baseball game in May 2019 through Expedia whom I trusted as I have used them for years. I live in UK, game is in Washington DC. At the end of March 2018 I became ill with pneumonia - very ill with eight days in intensive care. I have been in hospital for three weeks and cannot fly for three months due to the condition. Our holiday to Washington has had to be cancelled. I contacted Expedia.com/event-tickets to request a refund of the $70 for the tickets a week ago and have sent reminders since but have not been granted the courtesy of a response. Thanks for nothing Expedia.com.
Reviewed April 24, 2019
Booked a car through Expedia (in addition to the flight) and paid for the car insurance at the time of booking as Expedia advertised that I would get a discount if I pay through them. When I arrived at the airport to pick up the car the agent said that the insurance that I paid to Expedia does not show up in their system and that I have to pay the insurance directly to them! So naturally I paid thinking that there must be a mistake and that I would contact Expedia later and they would surely refund me.
I emailed Expedia support and after more than 2 weeks of waiting, I get a very short email saying that someone from their end called the agent and he told them that he honored the insurance I paid through them! I then followed up with another email showing them the payments that I made on Expedia with their promised price and the credit card statement showing what I paid to the car rental agent.
Another short email from Expedia telling me to show proof that I actually paid for insurance. So they basically threw it back at me instead of asking the agent to show them proof that they honored the payment I made on Expedia and to have some sort of process to make sure that agents do honor the payments made on Expedia. Instead they hope people would just give up. Needless to say that I have been booking with Expedia for years for me, my family, and my friends and so after receiving this horrible response I decided not to do business with them again.
Reviewed April 23, 2019
I booked flight to travel on Air NZ from LAX to LHR with Expedia, and only used them because they had a bundle car deal. A few days after my initial booking I had to change my flight to leave earlier to back to London quicker to see my dying Father In Law. I called Expedia and after an hour they were able to change the outward journey, and an email confirmation was sent. Over 24 hrs later I received an email saying that there was a problem with the booking.
My husband called Expedia and found out that they had not booked the flights and also messed up on the additional costs. We spent 7 hrs on the telephone despite the fact that they admitted liability. We were bounced from one person to another while they were consulting with Corporate Headquarters. They messed around for so long and were so inept at organising anything that they were unable to rectify the booking. By the time they agreed to give us the flights for the price quoted the cost had risen 4K and they refused to honor our booking.
After 7 hours on the phone they offered a full refund and then we got cut off. Back on the phone to yet another person and finally rang off after so much frustration. We called back again the next day to ensure that we were indeed getting a refund and we are back into the same cycle. NO ONE taking any responsibility. We have had to book at VAST expense other tickets and have now been fobbed off again saying they will look into this. I cannot believe the utter ineptitude for EXPEDIA totally messing up our booking and NOT taking any responsibility. I will never use them again and we are now $3K in debt for their complete failure to do a basic booking for a flight change.
Reviewed April 23, 2019
Very disappointed about their customer service especially when there is a refund involved. (If it's paying them then they are super fast) I had to call international to the US around 5 times and they made sure to keep me waiting for 50 minutes to an hour until I either hang up or the call disconnects to avoid resolving the issue. Contact me at ** and I can tell you the details. My complaint are all backed up with recordings as per their claim.
Reviewed April 23, 2019
I booked a one-way flight Seattle to Phoenix on 4/17/19 and paid an extra $49 per seat to upgrade so that I could choose two seats together. Total fare was $155.30/each. Four days later, I received an email advising my seat assignments were cancelled. I went immediately to the airline website and discovered that the only seats I can choose are center seats, not together and that I can UPGRADE to Main Cabin for $49. I already paid to Upgrade to Main Cabin. After spending hours on hold, explaining over and over again to employees in call centers located in India--their method of breaking you down seems to be to spend hours talking in circles, saying nothing and then repeating back to you a different story than you just told them...
Anyway, an Escalation Supervisor offered to pay me $150 to refund the Upgrade Fee and for my inconvenience. Great but I'm looking forward to a miserable flight that I could book on any other travel site today for half the price. The following day I received a call from another Escalation Supervisor advising they cancelled my "request for a refund" BECAUSE and he actually said this, I had upgraded from Economy to Economy and seat assignments are not guaranteed. I fly all over the world all the time and I have never, ever had anything like this happen before. I have rarely used Expedia because generally they don't have the best prices, but I WILL NEVER USE THEM AGAIN and I encourage everyone to avoid this rip off travel site.
Reviewed April 22, 2019
I made a reservation for a hotel on Expedia, but, somehow the dates got switched. I cancelled the reservation, and asked for a refund to which they said yes. The 1st agent told me that it would take 7 days for the $242 to show up on my bank account. Two weeks passes and no money. I call again and the 2nd agent tells me it's going to take 7 BUSINESS days, so, the money would come in the 22nd of April. It's the 22nd still no money. Im currently on the phone with another agent. The cutest thing of it all, is that the original charge they made to my account, is nowhere to be found. 3 different agents, with 3 different responses. It's making me mad because it's not $5, it's $242 that are a significant amount to me right now. I asked for a refund in hopes to have my money back. Not saying to not book on Expedia, but, double check your reservations. Not putting up my name for obvious reasons.
Reviewed April 22, 2019
In March I booked a trip to India through Expedia. The return flight ended up being cancelled, so I was patient and rebooked with the same. The very next day the rebooked flight was also cancelled. At this point I decided to cancel the flight and buy a ticket with a different company. I requested my refund. After 40 days now, Expedia has not resolved the issue and has told me I have to resolve it myself with the airline company. I have contacted the airline and they have told me that Expedia should be the one to resolve the issue and they can not help me. Bottom line is, Expedia is the worst when it comes to customer satisfaction. I have used them before without any problems, but you only know a company for who they are when there are problems. STAY AWAY FROM THEM.
Reviewed April 22, 2019
I missed the field where I captured names for 7 travelers, after 2 weeks Expedia and Iberia tells me that I need to made a new reservation, therefore losing $10,300 USD. Expedia policy is that after 24 hours of reservation they cannot capture something so simple as moving one name from one field to another... even considering that flight date is July 13, 2019 (more than 80 days from today). My name in the ticket will be printed **, MR JOSE LUIS **. When my name in the passport is JOSE LUIS **.. and Expedia or Iberia cannot change to **, MR JOSE LUIS. Itinerary number is **.
Reviewed April 22, 2019
This was the worst travel agency I dealt with. Their customer service is so horrible and they don't know what they are talking about and no records of any customer interaction. Every agent tells a different statement and kept the customer on hold for hours. I booked an India trip with them 3 months prior to the travel and after 20 days airlines canceled one of the flight and I called them to check what's going on.
Day 1: I was kept on hold for 3 hours and they told they need to submit some documentation with carrier to get me an alternative flight and told me to call back after 48 hours. Day 2 : I again called them and I was on hold for 5 hours and now the agent was telling me that there is no details on the interaction I had on Friday and they started again looking and finally told me that there are no seats available or no flights so I need to cancel and request for a refund so that they can help in booking another flight which is obviously 700$ more than the flight I booked and they are asking me to pay for that.
Why am I liable for the cancellation of flight done by the airline. So I called the airline to confirm whether the Expedia agent was saying right or not. The Air France agent told me that they are working on accommodating all the customers to a different flight so they want me to hold on to few more days (which is totally different from what I heard from Expedia agent) and they couldn't assist me further and asked me to contact the ticketing agency.
Reviewed April 22, 2019
Booked a hotel on March 16. Their system changed the date to 17, after discovering the problem they refused to refund the charge claiming the hotel are charging for cancellation. Called the hotel. The manager said there be no charge but Expedia pocketed the money. DO NOT USE THIS SITE OR MAKE ANY BUSINESS WITH THEM.
Reviewed April 21, 2019
When I booked a hotel reservation in April 2019 with "reservations.com", I was quoted an inaccurate rate. They did not tell me there was going to be an extra $15.00 because I was not a member of the RCLUB, whatever that means. I found this out only after I was charged on my credit card and saw the bill. I was not even given the opportunity to join the "RCLUB". When I called the number to inquire I was told it was nonrefundable. AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT WHO I WAS REALLY DEALING WITH. RESERVATIONS.COM IS ACTUALLY EXPEDIA. Had I known, I would never have booked. I would not recommend this company to anyone.
Reviewed April 21, 2019
Do not use Expedia for any traveling. I had reserved a room and then purchased hotel protection and I had to cancel my reservation and they still made me pay the amount even though I had the hotel protection. They aren't helpful at all!!! Stay away!!
Reviewed April 20, 2019
Booked a flight to Europe November 2018 to fly in July 2019. Received an email this week that all flights canceled, and that Expedia would be helping me with the refund. Called their customer service line and was on hold for over 45 minutes. Finally the agent, after checking with multiple people, asked if I could call back as she had to confirm their policy. After another call and similar wait time I was told they could not help, as the airline has gone out of business and I would need to contact the now defunct airline directly. I called Jet airlines and was told in no uncertain terms that Expedia should be refunding my money for the flights. After another unsuccessful call to Expedia, I contacted my cc company to see if they could help. I still have no idea whether I will get my money back. Worst experience I have ever had.
Reviewed April 20, 2019
After being declined on the Expedia website 3 times with no explanation as to why the trip was not booked I called the company directly. The Expedia representative explained that it was a problem with the flight that even though the website said the flight was available, it really wasn’t. Then my credit card was locked out as the Expedia representative also tried several times to book my vacation. I had to call the bank to get my card overrode.
After an hour of this I was transferred to customer service who tried to book the same vacation that was declined. I was on the phone another two hours trying to book my vacation. The Expedia representative encountered the same problem as the last representative. She investigated and said it was because the flights were from two different airlines yet the site let me choose them. Then she switched the flights around and in the process of this whole ordeal the flights went up almost 500 for the four flights. She tried too many times and had my credit card locked out again! Then had the nerve to ask for a different card! After three hours on the phone I hung up without booking a trip. We will NEVER attempt to book through Expedia again!
Reviewed April 19, 2019
I booked a hotel in PHI PHI island. Princess PHI PHI don't stay there and DON'T BOOK! Had a family emergency and had to cancel trip 1 week in advanced. Was told the hotel didn’t want to refund me. So even though I bought insurance, having a 10 year old niece in critical condition didn’t matter to them! Very disappointed and dissatisfied! I didn’t cancel just because. Tripmasters refund the rest of my trip! If you are looking for reliable and understanding company book with Travel Master! I will never use Expedia and will tell all my friends and family and also use social media to let people know!

Reviewed April 19, 2019
I recently booked a flight with Expedia.co.uk and they are not transparent with the charges during the booking. Expedia UK provides you a price in GBP and when you actually book a flight you end up paying in GBP. I recently booked a flight for £783.51 and at no point it was mentioned that the airline I chose was charging in Euros and that the GBP price quoted is an estimate. I used my credit card to pay £783.51 and when my credit card statement arrived I was shocked to see that the amount paid was in Euro. And I was charged €913.72 plus non-sterling transaction fee of £21.55. Firstly, I lost out on the exchange rate as the credit card companies never offer good exchange rates - the exchange rate applied was 1.1662 when it was 1.1862 on that day.
If I was to pay €913.72 @ the correct exchange rate of 1.1862 I would have paid only £770.29. I therefore lost out £13.22 straight away on the exchange rate! Added to that a non-sterling transaction fee of £21.55. My total loss was £34.77. When I contacted Expedia they pointed me to a clause 3.1 in their huge list of Terms and Conditions (which apparently I accepted) and said that they are not liable for these fees and that the price in GBP was an estimate. This is ridiculous as they were never transparent about the charges. I feel cheated! Their terms and conditions are on https://www.expedia.co.uk/p/support/general-booking-conditions.
I also booked my accommodation through Airbnb and they quoted me a price in GBP for a Euro destination and that is what I paid. The conversion etc was already applied by Airbnb and I knew exactly what I was paying for my accommodation - there were no conversion or any non-sterling transaction fees whatsoever. This is what I mean by transparency. Expedia are a bunch of cheats. They are never transparent about their prices.
Reviewed April 19, 2019
I booked 2 rooms under one confirmation itinerary. I canceled the rooms 3 days prior to check-in, received confirmation email that full itinerary had been successfully canceled without charges. I then am charged for original stay for one of the rooms. Expedia requested I forward cancellation email, of which I did immediately. I am advised that it was problem with their app as to why only one of the two rooms were canceled and hotel would not refund my money. So I pay for Expedia erroneous cancellation and hotel tells me my problem! I was long-standing patron of Expedia without issue. I have canceled all future vacations through Expedia. They have lost another good customer!!!
Reviewed April 18, 2019
I booked a hotel and flight package deal from NYC to Jamaica with Expedia. Before the 24 hour mark, I was able to change my flight to the following day. However, the hotel - Knutsford Court - refused to be flexible. Expedia assured me that there would be no or minimal charge (certainly less than 700 bucks!) to make this change. Instead, they succumbed to this property's greedy policies to keep all money. I have been using Expedia for years, and this is how they are going to treat a long time customer?
Unfortunately, if you want to go a hotel that has flexibility, don't go to the Knutsford Court in Kingston. Expedia should also learn to put up several more prompts for the buyer to know clearly that this property makes absolutely no changes. Any changes are at the buyer's own risk. Beware when looking for that great deal in Jamaica!
Reviewed April 18, 2019
I have paid for a car rental + full insurance in Punta Cana for 2 weeks. When I went to Pick up the car the dealer refused to give it to me unless I don't pay another insurance that was twice the price of the whole rental. I refused of course because in this way price will be triple than Expedia offer or in any other rental company. Expedia could not solve that I get the car and they also refuse to refund my payment. Cheaters, take your money and deliver no service. Îs my fault as a client they have a faulty contract with local dealer. Although I made complaint to them I had no reaction, no solution, no refund. They were incapable of solving the problem with local dealer and refuse to refund my payment although they did not delivered the paid service.
This company îs not serious, not delivering the services to the clients, not giving any support just taking your money and not care more. Never in my life I could see such incompetence and bad attitude. I don't know how they are allowed to be active and scam people with fake offers. They should be shut down immediately. You pay, You go to another country and You find yourself with no money and no service! They destroy your vacation and put You in a very dangerous situation especially If You travel with children. Somebody please shut down this company. Hundreds of complaints I can see only here. How much more people need to be deceived and lose their money until they are investigated for this fraud?
Reviewed April 17, 2019
I booked a "pay later" hotel through Expedia in January, expecting to not be charged until my stay in June as stated on Expedia's website. Randomly in April, the hotel charges me for half of my stay. No warning, no explanation. Just a random charge for half my vacation from my bank. I call Expedia for an explanation and spend 7 days trying to get refunded for the amount due to the lack of information provided my Expedia. You cannot contact the corporate support directly, so you have to go through all the levels of poor service to get to anyone who can assist you with a refund each and everyday. I was offered a $50 credit!!! No. I will not be booking from you again, keep your credit. Finally get a refund approved, but it will take them 15, yes 15, business days to process the refund!!! No thanks Expedia, I will take all my business and personal travel plans elsewhere.
Reviewed April 17, 2019
I am very frustrated and disappointed with the service I got from Expedia. I booked a ticket from Them thru Saudi Airlines. They sent me a confirmation and after couple of hours I got an email and they said that the Saudi Airlines didn’t acknowledge the ticket that I purchased but it was already deducted on my account. I called the customer service immediately but they didn’t manage to help me and give me options. They just want to get money and business! The expedia couldn’t even send me a “VOID LETTER” with the exact amount that they didn’t withdraw the 406$. It is a big amount of money. It looks like that they are scamming the customers! I will never recommend this company to anyone and will never use this company to book tickets again!
Reviewed April 17, 2019
This site has gotten horrible. I made a car reservation and they dinged my credit card at time of booking. There was no language in the booking that said it was a prepaid booking. I called the customer service line and they told me pretty much to shove it up my **. Avoid this site at all costs, they are crooked and dishonest and have no respect for their customers. If I could give a no star rating I would.
Reviewed April 16, 2019
My wife booked a room for 2 nights so she could take our granddaughter to Charleston, SC for a 3 day sightseeing trip. The plans did not work out so the reservation was cancelled at least 48 hours prior to arrival. Expedia charged for one night stating the cancellation was not within the allotted time. Cancellations were not clear so the usual 24 hr was thought to be the rule. Never again will we use Expedia and negative recommendations will be given if ask our opinion.
Reviewed April 16, 2019
Expedia is a SCAM! We booked hotel accommodation through them a month ago. When we got to the hotel, there was no reservation for us. We were traveling with a child, imagine the inconvenience. They agreed to cancel our reservation and refund us between 7-10 working days. They have not refunded us and when we make follow up, it’s one story after the other. They are SCAMMERS! I wouldn’t recommend them, EVER!
Reviewed April 16, 2019
Awful website. No chance to review booking before proceeding with payment. If there's a mistake, Expedia cheats customers by charging them and telling them it's the airline rules. Also, please: STOP telling people your system has crashed, as excuse for keeping them ages on phone line, when in fact, all you are doing is: Answering other complaints and rotating between callers. Seriously.
Reviewed April 16, 2019
Been on hold for over 1 hour, pushing 2 at this point because they scammed me. Tried to use points, was charged the full amount instead. Save your time and money and go somewhere else. Unbelievable. Try to get through to sales and can reach them in two minutes. They are more than happy to take your money, will not give it back.
Reviewed April 15, 2019
I booked my flight through Expedia a month ago and am trying to book an extra seat for my cello. This's never been a problem on other platform but a huge problem with Expedia. They put me on hold for 2 hours and then tell me that I have to call the airline. WTF. The airline said they already received the extra seat request by Expedia so I can only book and pay it through Expedia. I called Expedia again, and they put me on hold for another 2 hours and hang up on me! WTF! I would say that Expedia is the worst booking experience I ever had. Don't use it!
Reviewed April 15, 2019
I booked a hotel thru Expedia and when I received the confirmation, the $ looked different (more expensive) from what I saw on the website. I tried to change it and inadvertently cancelled the reservation. I contacted Expedia and a few days later, they said they contacted the hotel and the hotel refused to refund the money and neither would they reinstate the reservation since the fine print said no refunds.
I was very disappointed and posted my story as a review on the hotel. I got a call from the hotel saying they had never entered my reservation into the system because it was made and cancelled within a half hour of each other, and they were never contacted about the reservation by Expedia, even if they had the reservation, they would of course provide a refund. So it appears Expedia is lying and keeping the money, not the hotel. I am now checking into resolving with Expedia. Book directly with the property and skip Expedia altogether going forward!
Reviewed April 15, 2019
Really??!! Enjoy the $570.00 you kept and didn't even offer to help resolve!!!! 20 years... done.... You will read about it and hear about it on my Roku channel!!!! 2 rooms at Stratosphere Las Vegas shower's full of mildew. Asked to be moved twice and left with no refund after a promised upgrade. You got 2 free days plus $570. Shame on you. Certified letter's on way. Ramona ** Los Angeles filmmaker at NAB.
Reviewed April 13, 2019
Hours and hours on the phone both -- the Expedia folks were unable to link the second ticket to the fast pass. No one knew how to do this. Finally called Disney. They said call Expedia. Long story short after hours and a few days of this I have been assured by Disney my tickets are valid and they will honor the fast pass options. Will see though... Will never book with Expedia again. What a nightmare! Recently used BookIt for a trip to Jamaica and all went so well! Never expected this.
Reviewed April 12, 2019
I booked flights for myself, my husband and my son who is 12. In error I misspelt his name (2 letters). As soon as I realised this I told Expedia with whom we had booked tickets. They have not found a solution and now my 12 year old boy is in danger of either being left in London or potentially in Bankok! They have told me that I could buy another ticket but the cost is about £1,500 for a change to just 2 letters of his name. There have been a lot of phone calls with Expedia this week but no solutions save buy another flight. I feel pretty ripped off and upset. I am afraid. We are going to the airport in the hope that we can sort this out.
Reviewed April 12, 2019
I purchased a business round trip ticket to Korea last summer. I made the first leg of the trip and when I am trying to make the return flight, I found out the ticket is downgraded to an economy class. I called Expedia to resolve the issue. After 3 hours on the phone going through many agents and their supervisors, they said they would fix the problem and I would hear back from them in the next few days. Well. Nothing happened. So I called them again. Also again after three hours on the phone going from one agent to another, they said they would fix it and would get back to me in a few days. Well. It is still not fixed yet.
I called them again. I am on the phone with their agent again explaining the whole situation over and over again and one agent to another. I am on the phone for 56 mins now.. They put me on the phone as the agent needs to read about the log again. What kind of customer service is this? I think Expedia is the worst travel agent company I have ever worked with. I would never use it again. I am really thinking about pressing a charge here.
Reviewed April 11, 2019
My name is Ali. I did call from Saudi yesterday from this number ** and below is what happen. 1- First I ask the call is free. He say yes the agent. 2- I did spend 31 minutes and it was charged and outcome 0. 3- He advise me that I can get the offer in the web when I will log in from my email. I did not get anything. I did call today from other number +9665****** to check and the agent does not understand. This is not the service I was looking for and I promise that will not recommend Expedia to anyone we are know. I need explanation. My email **.
Reviewed April 10, 2019
I had to write a review to highlight the amazing customer service I had with Expedia yesterday. I am heading to San Diego, but due to illness and a doctor's appointment, I had to delay my trip by one day. I called to switch my hotel reservation and spoke with Eric. He said that normally, the hotel won't make any changes and will still charge me for the extra night, but said he'd speak with them to try and make the change anyway. After waiting on hold for a bit, Eric came back on to say that he'd convinced the hotel to make the change and give me a refund for the night I wouldn't be there! I was so grateful! It's so refreshing to have people like Eric working in customer service. He truly understand what it is to provide amazing customer service!
Reviewed April 10, 2019
I experienced the same problem like many other Expedia customers with respect to get the last minute travel problem I experienced to be resolved on a timely fashion and to be able to travel. After spending over ten (10) hours between incompetent and useless Expedia staff and the airline representative where the air ticket was issued from the airline back and forth for resolving a simple correction problem on missing two letters from my first name. I bought the ticket from Expedia a week ago. Even though on Expedia site my profile information section my first name was written correctly, the ticket was issued with two letters missing. After I booked the flight, when I received the confirmation from Expedia I only looked the dates I am travelling not the section towards to bottom of the page where traveler name is written, until the day before travelling for checking in.
The day before my travel, I tried to check in with the airline. However, I couldn't check in. I called the airline where the ticket was issued and I was going to travel with. The airline representative told me to call the travel agency-Expedia- to correct the missing two letters from my first name. I called Expedia. Expedia Representative called the airline to correct the problem. Following that Expedia Representative requested me to provide a copy of my passport. He sent me an e-mail. I immediately responded and provided a copy of my passport. The Representative told me the problem will be resolved very shortly, (7) hours before my departure time. Someone from Expedia called me an hour later on spelling on my reservation with the airline cannot be corrected. He told me I should call the airline directly.
I called the Airline directly. Airline Representative told me that they were awaiting a copy of my passport from Expedia. I called back Expedia. Expedia Representative called the Airline again and talked to airline. Then Expedia Representative told me that I should call the Airline again. This back and forth travel problem solving approach of Expedia, like a ping ball, took (12 )hours, and two letters couldn't be corrected on my reservation and I couldn't make my flight. I purchased Travel Protection Plan when I purchased the ticket based on Expedia's suggested advertisement, if there is a problem with your travel travel insurance will help you with rebooking and refund, which is absolutely useless insurance policy and not helpful at all. It only works for dead or emergency hospitalization kind of circumstances.
Finally, Expedia Corporate Representative told me that it was my fault not to check the itinerary’s bottom part for my name. As other people suggested, and I 100% agree with them, do not buy tickets or make hotel reservations through Expedia or other online travel agencies. Go on airline and hotels website direct page and purchase it directly from the airline or from the hotel. When problem arise on your travel plans you can talk directly with the airline to solve the problem. Not waste hours and hours on the telephone between Expedia and the airline or hotel. The travel insurance they advertise on their website and when you decided to buy that insurance it would be a backstop for your travel problem, but it is not.
Reviewed April 9, 2019
I normally don't write reviews anywhere but I want to warn anyone who is thinking that you are getting a good deals buying plane tickets via Expedia, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG!!!! First of all the price is the same as if you buy them directly from the hotel website or airline website. They have many hidden information about fees here and there, and asked you to buy flight protection with a note "Full Refund". And when you do need to cancel the ticket, they ask you for a death certificate!!! Seriously? Anyone has to die to get the ticket money back?
Ok, then they charge you the penalty fee (you already paid USD$100 for the travel protection hoping that you don't get charged if you were to cancel the ticket). Fine it is what it is as they said "The airline is charging you, not Expedia. We are only the "mediator". Ok. Then about the refund, their customer representative says "it will take 3 to 4 months time for the amount to go back to your account. I completely understand that it is your hard earned money but it's the airline again..." I was charged over USD $2500 and seriously....I didn't get on to the flight and also I have to wait 3 to 4 months to get the money back only because I thought Expedia was a good site to get the tickets.
Reviewed April 9, 2019
I booked a room with the Hampton Hilton at the Gatwick airport through Expedia using the online app. It was later in the day that I realized that the app had defaulted the date to an earlier search and the new date had not been selected. I called Expedia to make the correction and was informed that they would need to call the hotel to confirm a change to the correct date - this change took nearly a week, three calls and a couple of email to make.
I have been an Expedia customer for years and was very disappointed at the amount of time and effort it took to make the change. My advice to users is to be very certain that the app has entered the dates correctly before clicking the approve button. The online app must collect cookies that store previous information entered and if you are not careful populate the current search. I am very disappointed that the change from such an error took so much effort to correct - after all, I was continuing with the booking, just for a different date. I wasn't canceling outright.
Reviewed April 9, 2019
We decided to use Expedia to book a flight on Interjet - and bought the travelers insurance that Expedia sells with it. This costs us an additional price. For our returning flight from Mexico to Los Angeles, Interjet canceled our flight and Expedia did NOT notify us at all and furthermore did nothing to help us find/pay for a new flight. What was the point of buying traveler's insurance if they did nothing to actually help us. Furthermore, we have received no help or compensation from Expedia. Do not book through Expedia because it does NOT make anything any easier. Also while you're at it, don't book a flight on Interjet either.
Reviewed April 8, 2019
On Sunday, March 31, 2019 we booked a trip through an Expedia agent (via telephone) to Rome. We purposely CALLED to ensure that our seats were together and to pick the exact package that we saw on-line. We spent over an hour meticulously spelling out details (because the agent was of a different nationality). When we received the email confirmation, one of our names was spelled incorrectly. We immediately called back and were told we would have to call the following day (Monday). We called back on Monday and was told that they were unable to fix THEIR error without charging us an additional $200. We told them to cancel the trip because it was within the 24 hour cancellation period. The agent informed us that she could not do that and that all they could cancel was the hotel and shuttle service.
Collectively we spent most of Monday on the phone with agent after agent before finally speaking with a supervisor who assured us that we would receive a full refund. The following day, our credit card was credited for the hotel and shuttle but not the flights. We called Expedia customer service again and were told that the flights were non-refundable. After an additional two hours on the phone and a second supervisor (Gray) we were told that she would fix it for us with no penalty. We insisted on an email confirmation and she agreed. A week later we called to follow up because we still had no refund posted to our credit card for the airfare. We called Expedia today and were informed that the flights were never canceled and that we would not be getting a refund. Another hour on the phone and a third supervisor (Gabby) later, we are told we should be getting a FULL refund.
We again requested an email confirmation (for what it is worth which is apparently NOTHING). Let me just say that we are DONE dealing with this company and if we are not credited with a full refund we will forward all the emails to our credit card company for handling and will take whatever legal action that is available to us. Rest assured, I will WHATEVER IT TAKES in legal fees to ensure that Expedia is held responsible for their mistake and that they honor their repeated promises of a full refund. THIS IS beyond RIDICULOUS. ABSOLUTE WORST EXPERIENCE EVER. Thanks, Expedia for ruining our dream vacation.
Reviewed April 8, 2019
Due to a system error, I booked two non-refundable rooms in Expedia. Expedia refused my request for a cancellation without penalty, and claimed the hotel had refused to waive its non-cancellation policy. Even after I confirmed in writing with the hotel that they had agreed to cancel without penalty, Expedia charged my credit card full price for both rooms! A most disagreeable experience that should make travelers beware of using Expedia.
Reviewed April 7, 2019
I phoned Air Canada on Apr. 5/19 (a week prior to our trip) to check on baggage allowance, etc and was told that we had no flights to/from Hawaii, they'd both been cancelled. Expedia was responsible to let us know this. AC cancelled the flights on Mar 25/19. We spent 5 HOURS on the phone with Expedia where they tried to find us a new flight. Tried to get us to do multiple stops, different days (ie: shortening our holiday), etc. We have a condo booked that we've paid for (can't get money back for unused days) and we both have a work schedule that we have to abide by. They would find us one that was acceptable to us, put us on hold for ages and then come back to say that that one was no longer available!
This happened again and again for hours. They were just talking us in circles. The Max 8 debacle has caused a lot of headaches for everyone but how difficult is it in this day and age to send an email out ASAP so that we could've been on this 10 days earlier!! Very poor customer service. We demanded a refund (could be up to 8 weeks before we see our money) and we booked through Alaska for substantially more money than we'd paid back in Oct when we booked our holiday. So much for planning and organization. We are very very unhappy customers and we will NEVER use Expedia again. We will also be spreading the word. Beware of 3rd party bookings!!!!
Reviewed April 7, 2019
I recently tried to call Red Lion to reserve a room. I was not informed but was given to a company called Reservations.com. Thinking that I was talking to Red Lion I reserved two rooms. I was never told that they would not honor Red Lion's policies. Later, I had to cancel my rooms to find out that they would not honor the 48 hour cancellation policy. When I finally got a hold of Red Lion I was told that my reservation was under Expedia. I never talked to Expedia. When I called them they told me that they did not have a reservation for me and that I needed to call Reservations.com.
I have since found out that Red Lion is using Expedia to book their rooms, but it is under Reservations.com. It is a total scam as it is not told to customers, and Reservations.com does not honor the policies. However, when I filed fraud charges against Red Lion, it is Expedia that is providing the supporting documents. I find this funny since when I tried to talk to them earlier they knew nothing of my reservation. I feel that the public needs to know the partnership that Red Lion and Expedia have going. I lost out on almost 250.00 from their scam. This was also because they charged me in full for my parent's room as well. So I ended up paying for two rooms.
Reviewed April 6, 2019
I have been an Expedia customer for years, having booked tens of thousands of dollars in various travel over the last 15 years or so. I have always been basically happy with the service. We recently took a trip to New York City, and I booked some activities through them. In this case, I had booked the One World Observatory, a Harbor Cruise and the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the guided audio tour. I didn't double check the email receipt, because, well, why should I? The many, many times before I had always gotten what I ordered. The day of our travel I went to download our vouchers. Even though I use the app, I like having them as backup. Well, I couldn't find the voucher for the Met. I called Expedia and we found out that in lieu of the Met, the website had inadvertently booked the One World Observatory twice.
I went ahead and re-booked the Met and the Expedia agent said he would work on getting a refund. Well, they ended up emailing me and saying that there would be no refund. I replied that this was the result of an Expedia website glitch, and they responded again, "Sorry, no refund." I tried again going through their online customer service. I pointed out that I had been a long time customer, and at the least they could offer me a credit towards future travel. Their response? "Nope, no refund." It was basically like, we don't CARE if you are a long time customer and too bad if it was a website glitch, no refund. We're talking $73 dollars, and they didn't care one bit that they could lose a long time customer. Well, they have lost one. A company with this sort of attitude deserves to go out of business.
Reviewed April 6, 2019
Booked it thru Expedia. American Airlines cancelled the flight to Daytona. Expedia gave me ridiculous choices for alternate flights (7 hours and 2 stops to Daytona Beach; no thanks). Expedia will refund the flight there with American Airlines but not back because it is thru Delta and there was no change to that flight. No Refund, No Exchange. I agree with Delta in that Expedia should be responsible and return the money for my return trip. INSTEAD the Expedia supervisor was willing to give me a 50$ voucher for a hotel stay. Hotel stay? I was flying to stay with family. Why would I need a hotel? So now I have a useless voucher for 50 bucks and am still out the remaining $54.80 for the return flight. Unreal! Be Careful when booking with Expedia. They cancel my flight and I end up paying!
Reviewed April 5, 2019
Booked a hotel for a marathon weekend through Expedia in January. Two months later called the hotel to find out if they had parking, was told I was not booked into the hotel. After 4 days of frustrating telephone calls, I was told Xpedia had to cancel the booking and I was to rebook at a much higher rate. Never again will I be using them. Their booking system sits in India and have no idea where Brighton is even located in the UK. Where the said hotel is located.
Reviewed April 4, 2019
To say I am disappointed is an understatement. To make a long story short, I had to make a last minute hotel reservation for 4 colleagues and myself. I found a hotel and made reservations for 5 rooms 3 nights and a few hours later I saw a better deal and since the rooms were selling fast I decided to book 5 rooms at a different hotel. But before doing so I called Expedia to find out if I would be able to cancel without penalty which I was told I had until 6pm to cancel without penalty, mind you it was about 1:30pm.
After consulting with my colleagues we decided to go with the 1st choice therefore I went online to cancel the second hotel. As soon as I canceled the 1st room I realized I was being refunded partially so I immediately called Expedia and after reviewing the first call I placed the agent explained there was a misunderstanding because when I called to inquire about the refund policy it sounded like was actually asking just for the 1st hotel and it did not apply to the rooms I was actually trying to cancel.
I FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT I DID NOT READ THE REFUND POLICY. My issue was that I called to understand why I was being refunded only half of the price and after they explained to me the reason as to why, the agent took it upon himself to say that despite the misunderstanding I will get a refund and that he needed to get I touch with the hotel and Expedia will would get back to me. At that point I did not bother trying to cancel it myself online because he was going to take care of it.
Since I had not heard back from them I decided to call back the following day and again I was reassured that I would get a refund. So now it’s been 5 days and I received an email stating that my request is denied and that after being reassured over and over by the agents I spoke with. I called corporate at that point and I did not appreciate how I was treated as if I am illiterate. AGAIN I REPEAT. I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FACT THAT I DID NOT READ THE REFUND POLICY however I should have not been mislead by the agent who kept on telling me I will be refunded. Had they told me from day 1 that there was a chance I would not get refunded I would have went back online and done it myself and at least get a partial refund for all 5 rooms. Corporate ended up refunding partially 2 rooms after I started getting upset. I think it’s a shame and very unfortunate... It will probably be the last time I use Expedia.
Reviewed April 3, 2019
To say I am unsatisfied would be an understatement. I booked a return flight to Florida on Air Canada. I needed to change the outbound portion of the trip. Expedia for TD told me that I have to pay a $100 change fee, which is fine. But then they they told me I need to pay the current price for the return portion of my trip even though I am not changing that portion. It was going to double the price of my ticket. So I called Air Canada and they told me that was incorrect. It only need to pay for the difference in price for the portion of the trip I am changing. So I called Expedia back and told them and they said I was wrong. I asked to speak to a manager and as of right now I have been on hold for an hour. It is truly appalling.
Reviewed April 3, 2019
I booked a flight to California. The trip was 1286 but when I checked my debit card they charged me 1936. They double booked our return flight and drained my bank account. I called them 6x and waited over a week to even get a straight answer on why they took almost 700 EXTRA dollars out of my account. Then I was told I have to wait another 7 to 10 business days before I could get MY MONEY back that they had NO BUSINESS touching in the first place. No compensation for their mistake, no straight answers, just an "I'm sorry and we look forward to you booking with us in the future." **!!! I will never in life book with this Horrible Company again!!!
Reviewed April 2, 2019
I recently purchased the plan for a flight to Philly. Been using Expedia for years. My son got in a car accident, who is only a teenager. Luckily he wasn’t injured but his car totaled, it was the other driver's fault and my son was very sore for several days and distraught. Obviously needing to take care of him, insurance claims, tow company etc, I stayed home. Apparently it’s not good enough. Maybe they should advertise “If you die we’ll refund your money” total garbage. Never using them again.
Reviewed April 1, 2019
Prior to booking our flight and rental car I was told to avoid Expedia. I should have listened. Because of change my health we needed to book another flight earlier in the day. Same day, same carrier. "No problem," we were told, "just notify the insurance company (we had the trip insurance), but first you have to cancel your first trip." It was Sunday and the Insurance Company was closed. I called the insurance company on Monday and they have four or five forms you must complete. They want access to your complete medical history. So, because we needed to book earlier in the day due to my health we must pay for the trip, twice. What a racket!
Reviewed April 1, 2019
I was book a hotel (Booking number: **) at total price of AED 150.14 and they charge me USD 150.14, in the total they steal from my credit card AED 417.84, I tried contact them, but they just don't reply me, they just don't care about the consumer.
Reviewed April 1, 2019
I reserved a rental car from Budget through Expedia online for U$119.50, and despite the fact that it is straightforward to add a link in the web-page to both mandatory and voluntary charges, I only found out what the insurance would cost at the rental counter (U$460), neither Expedia nor Budget Rent a car have any intention to be transparent about what the insurance charges will be. It looks as though the low car-rental fees are the bait for the consumer to buy their over-priced insurance, which seems to be the source of their profit. I wrote to both Expedia and Budget, and both claim that the insurance is in line with their policies.
Reviewed March 31, 2019
Had $750 credit with American Airlines. When I came to purchase a $400 ticket, I was informed that the rest of my credit would go to waste and that I would have to pay an additional $200 issuing fee. I spent over 2 hours on the phone with their call center (most of which I was put on hold for no reason) and then eventually was transferred to their corporate office. Eventually, I was told that I received wrong information from their agents and that no money would go to waste, compensation was refused, and the employee from corporate office employee was quick to hang up. I sent an email complaint to Expedia and they were unresponsive. Was able to solve my issue with American Airlines directly in 15 mins. Will never be booking off here again, they have to train their employees on their terms and conditions and stop wasting the consumer's time for their lack of customer service training.
Reviewed March 30, 2019
Very first time using Expedia, and we were double booked for our flights. I contacted them immediately and was told all was resolved only to find out they double charged our credit card for the flights. I called Expedia to have them credit back our card. They said they couldn’t do that, customer service would not send me to a manager and they were rude. Customer service informed me the airline would have a credit for us. Unacceptable! This is an airline I’ll most likely never fly again, and Expedia made the mistake. Had to dispute the charges through our credit card company. I am a pretty forgiving, but can guarantee you I will never use Expedia again to book anything!
Reviewed March 30, 2019
I reserved a cruise through Expedia in December, 2018. Expedia sent me an email that stated, "YOU ARE ALL BOOKED, NO NEED TO CONFIRM." The cruise line, ROYAL CARIBBEAN, then CANCELLED MY CRUISE because I did not pay the remaining balance two weeks later. NO ONE EVER TOLD ME! I thought they would automatically charge me the balance unless I called to cancel, after all, Expedia sent me an email that stated, "YOU ARE ALL BOOKED, NO NEED TO CONFIRM."!
Expedia states that they sent me emails stating my cruise would be canceled. I NEVER received those emails, nor can Expedia reproduce them. We had airline tickets booked, we had hotel reservations, we had other friends going on the cruise. We found out 2 days before we were suppose to leave that our cruise had been canceled when I happened to call ROYAL CARIBBEAN about something else. DO NOT USE Expedia. They will NOT PROTECT you or give you any SERVICE OR value.
Reviewed March 29, 2019
Do NOT use Expedia! Long story: We booked round trip tickets and hotel through Alaska Air VACATIONS which, it turns out is Expedia. The two companies have nothing to do with one another other than Alaska Air allows Expedia to partner with them in ticket sales. (Note: There is nothing on Alaska Air's website that says Alaska Air Vacation is actually Expedia nor when you click on the Vacations button does it tell you that you're being linked to Expedia.)
During our first phone call Expedia arranged our flights and hotel. We purchased super saver seats BUT paid an extra $150 for seat assignments rather than waiting until we got to the airport to get them. When we called five days before our flight to obtain confirmation documents which we had NOT received from both the hotel and Alaska Air we were told we had not purchased assigned seating and needed to pay an additional $300. Odd, because we had been given the seat numbers at the time of purchase and we had document proof of what we paid for the hotel and for the airline tickets.
Talking to the agents yielded no results. The first agent sent us to Alaska Air who, of course, couldn't do anything because the arrangement were through Expedia. The second agent, a supervisor, argued with us. Donna kept talking over us. She interrupted, refused to listen, and did nothing to rectify the situation. We asked for her supervisor and she said there wasn't one there at her office; that the supervisor was in another department and she did not know the name of that person. We were told she would arrange to have him call that evening.
By 9 pm there was no phone call. We called and spoke to another agent who said that the supervisor would call us between 9 and 10pm. Of course, there was no phone call and when we called back at 10pm we were told the department was closed and to expect a phone call within 24 hours which of course never came. We find it strange that Expedia expects customers to stay up all night waiting for their phone call.
Please note: Alaska Air did as much as they could including calling Expedia on our behalf. Alaska Air was very concerned about the issue because their name is associated with Expedia. Alaska Air was told by Expedia that Expedia would call us within 24 hours but of course Expedia did not. Besides that seating fiasco, be aware that Expedia did not forward to Alaska Air wheelchair and special needs accommodations that we requested. We never received a refund nor do we expect to. Apparently cheating customers is how Expedia makes a profit.
Reviewed March 29, 2019
Expedia sold me tickets on WOW Air, when WOW Air suddenly ceased all operations Expedia disavowed their responsibility and culpability for customers. They flat out refused to take responsibility for tickets they sold and emails customers directing them to dispute costs through their credit card company. Insurance purchased from Expedia (Travel Guard) refuses to pay for the meals and luggage costs. Expedia is not doing anything to help their customers like HOPPER does, Hopper is taking care of their customers but Expedia refuses to aid in any way. BEWARE OF EXPEDIA. THEY DO NOT HELP, REIMBURSE, AID, OR TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY! Booking with Expedia is throwing money away!
Reviewed March 29, 2019
Book a return ticket from Expedia of Thai airline and return of a Sri Lankan airline. 10 days before departure got told that Thai is not flying to Lahore due to India Pakistan tension situation so Thai may or may not fly. Asked them to refund my money so I can book my ticket with another carrier or give me alternative itinerary. Thai airline staff told that you have to speak to Expedia for refunds cause you have bought through them. Called Expedia continuously for four days but they kept lying to me. Every time you call you get different person and you have to tell story again and again. I have read other reviews about Expedia as well and I am wondering that why anybody has not sued Expedia or there is no authority over these travel agents to put them on leash for their wrongdoing. Well am trying my best and will follow it up as long as I can.
Reviewed March 28, 2019
Expedia is a rip off! When you’re looking for flights, hotels or both, they immediately raise the prices as if you weren’t looking or writing the information down. I was looking at a package to Cancun and found a great deal for 744.00. When I came back to the site, not even ten minutes later, it was over 1400.00. Once a very loyal customer, but not anymore! What a disgrace!
Reviewed March 28, 2019
I’ll keep this short. Purchased flight, purchased insurance, had to cancel flight because an emergency. They cancelled the flight and kept the entire amount including taxes and fees! Which Travel Guard mentioned they are suppose to refund. After over an hour trying to get some type of resolve... nothing! Not even a credit for a future flight. Disgusting.
Reviewed March 28, 2019
I JAVIER ** reserved a fly with Spirit Airline through Expedia (itinerary # ** and confirmation # **) for me and my family. Because of some issues with my wife passports I decided to paid the insurance (Travel Guard which Expedia recommend) policy# ** to secure our money (about 1400.00$). So at the end we had to cancel the trip more than two months in advance. Travel Guard did not want to paid because my argument of passport issues is not covered by their insurance. Now Expedia is telling me that they are not responsible for it and I have to call Spirit Airline.
On Spirit they told me that if I cancel over the phone my refund would have a charge of 100.00$ per ticket, but if I cancel on their web will be only 90.00 per ticket. So I did it and canceled and now Spirit is telling me that there is no refund only a credit for others' tickets with them for the next two months. At the end I loosed the total of my family vacations money. I give Expedia one star because there is no option of zero star, but I don't recommend Expedia to nobody.
Reviewed March 27, 2019
I can tell you that I will NEVER book through Expedia EVER AGAIN! I booked our flight for our WEDDING, got the protection plan in case we wanted to change the flight, and now they are telling me that I can’t. I called multiple times and was told “there was nothing they could do”. I said I bought the procreation plan because it specifically said the change or cancel a flight was covered 100%. When in actuality, they are telling me that my particular flight is not under that protection plan. I asked them why they bothered to offer it then for $96 extra per person, if I wasn’t going to be able to use it to begin with.
I put in a claim with the plan, and was still denied. Please tell me Expedia, what exactly DOES your plan cover? This is my WEDDING which you are now ruining because you refuse to tell me why I can’t change my flight. Screw you guys and believe me, I will be sure to tell EVERYONE I know to NEVER book through this scam of a website. Hope you guys are happy.
Reviewed March 27, 2019
We booked a holiday through Thomas Cook without knowing that they had partnered with Expedia. We compared the holiday we wanted to the same offering as British Airways. Thomas Cook looked to be cheaper by £200 for the same holiday and choose that one. However, once the holiday was booked I noticed there was no mention of luggage on our booking and called Thomas Cook to better understand. The call was routed to India and the team (including the manager) told me the booking was actually Expedia, although that was not made clear at the time I booked it, that our luggage was not included, and we would have to pay for luggage at the airport.
I was furious our booking was with Expedia without telling us, and the manager for Thomas Cook in India was wrong - I could book the luggage online via BA (the flights were with BA). I had to pay £160 per person for one suitcase which made our holiday £320 more expensive. If I had booked the holiday with BA, we would have saved £120 plus, our luggage would have been included, and we would have earned BA points. This is the second time I got caught out with Expedia and I will never use them again- best to stick with a good brand, such as BA.
Reviewed March 26, 2019
Found the booking we required online but as it was for 2 couples one with dogs and the other not staying as long we rang customer services. This took over 45 minutes and cost us more for the bookings than shown online. Very difficult to understand the operator too. I won’t be using this agent again. I wanted to give no stars but option not available.
Reviewed March 23, 2019
I Paid for extra baggage to Expedia 27.5£ per ticket. The airline got a booking only for flight and I had to pay the fee again directly to the airline. Expedia refused to reimburse the money, and didn't seem surprised when I called.
Reviewed March 22, 2019
I hope this is helpful for everyone. Today I tried booking a bundle package through Expedia. After choosing the hotel, flights and car rental- I provided them with my personal information and credit card. I clicked on complete booking and I got an error message to give it a few minutes and try again. I waited a couple of minutes and clicked on complete booking once again. The screen completely freezes on me. After a while the screen comes back up on my personal information but the booking was not complete. I went and checked my bank account and I had pending charges from Expedia. I immediately contacted customer service and they were telling me it was something wrong with either my bank or card. I went to my bank and they told me that there is nothing wrong with my card.
Contacted customer service again and tried completing my booking via the phone instead of the website. I come to find out that the reason why that happened is because they apparently are having issues with Spirit Airlines, the one I choose for my flight. Also because online I chose to protect my flight and rental. He said if you do that then you cannot complete the booking. It made no sense what so ever to have that option on the website if you can’t have it. I went from choosing a non-stop flight to having one with a stop and through America Airlines. Yes, the prices are very affordable when you bundle the flight, hotel and car rental but I think they should pay attention to their website. Change the information that is incorrect.
Reviewed March 21, 2019
I bought a ticket on Expedia for TD from Accra, Ghana To London, UK On TAP Air, About 2 months before flight I receive an email from Expedia about schedule change, I think whenever airline change schedule they are allow you to cancel the booking for free. Expedia send out an email to TAP about a refund but never get any response back from them even after 15 days.
Another problem. When I ask them to proceed with a refund they claim you would not get any because actual fare is only $60 and airline cancellation penalty is US$150, But I paid CAD$398 in total. I bought many tickets in life. I always get refund on the basis of full price minus penalty. Never ever get a refund on the basis of fare only, usually fare is less than taxes and fees. If this is the case no one ever get a refund back. I hope Expedia will look in to this matter soon.
Reviewed March 21, 2019
I am very cautious and particular. I have booked many flights online. I carefully scrutinize the policies. I confirmed a booking by mistake trying to get to the actual discount offer for hotel if booked with my flight. As soon as I did this I knew I had made a mistake because Expedia’s Price was $700 more than another vendor and I did not intend to buy this ticket. I was shocked and was hoping it was not confirmed but no seconds later I got email confirmation. It was not made clear at all (this info took me 4 hours waiting etc on phone to Expedia customer service representatives talking to multiple different people , having to explain the situation over and over again,) that I had to cancel my purchase on the same day to get a free cancelation.
If I had known this or had a heads up that was easy to see on my confirmation email, I would have cancelled immediately. But I didn’t know it was so time sensitive so I phoned first thing in the morning to see if I could cancel my booking and how much it would cost me. I was told that if I had cancelled on the same day it would have been free but because I hadn’t I would have to pay $260 per person so sorry. I was told that I would have to wait to speak to a supervisor.
I waited for more than 2 hours before I actually spoke to a supervisor who eventually said that the airline would give me a credit for the amount I paid but I would have to pay $70 per person (therefore $210) for changing the flights and I could only redeem this credit if I bought the tickets through Expedia for the same airline!!!! Meaning I would be paying $210 extra and probably get it at the expensive price I paid (if still available. Or even more!!!). No THANKS. I WILL NEVER TRUST EXPEDIA ever again. I think that the company does not have a policy putting the customer first. They do not care or help you if you make a human error. Too bad. So sad if you made a mistake. I think the fine print is so small it is very difficult to find. Not customer friendly and cutthroat. Be careful to use Expedia because if you make an error TOO BAD. You will have to be more careful next time. I advise USE ANOTHER provider!!!!
Reviewed March 21, 2019
I recently booked a return flight from Vancouver Canada to Palm Springs. Because it was with Expedia, the flights turned out to be two one way tickets on different airlines with no seat selection because of the rate? The outbound was fine but my return is supposed to be tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. on a non-stop flight to Vancouver.
I was checking on my flight on the internet and couldn't find any listing or reservation. I got a bit concerned and spent over two hours on the phone, with Expedia, Air Canada, customs service, consumer services and waiting on hold. The reason they couldn't find the reservation because the flight had been cancelled and they failed to inform me. Had I gone to the airport I would have not gotten a flight. Because I pursued it, the Air Canada agent re-booked me on another flight, United Airlines with a 3 1/2 hour stopover in San Francisco and then with AIR Canada home.
They moved me up a class so I was able to get seat selection! Wow! It is now less than 24 hours before my flight leaves and I have yet to be informed of my flight being cancelled. Almost a year ago, I had booked my daughter to come to Vancouver via Expedia. The same thing happened. There was a hurricane and they were trying to get people to as soon as possible before it hit. They cancelled the flight and re-booked it two days earlier! No one called my daughter or emailed her and she went to the airport only to find the flight had been cancelled and the re-booking left two days earlier.
They were most uncooperative in re-booking without charging us but still charged us to re-book. We said we weren't notified and they said there is nothing they could do about it. When I spoke to Air Canada they said they hear that complaint from people all the time. They just don't have their act together and there is no follow through. I will never use Expedia again.
Reviewed March 21, 2019
I booked and paid for a hotel to attend a wedding that evening. We arrived at the hotel only to find that it was still under construction and NOT OPEN. We had to find and pay for another hotel causing us to miss the wedding. I spent 2 hours on the phone with Expedia. I have yet to be given a refund. Expedia has two different reasons. 1. The hotel is open which is a LIE and 2. No one answers the phone at the property. OF COURSE NO ONE ANSWERS. IT'S NOT OPEN. Expedia when can I have my refund?
Reviewed March 20, 2019
I have been okay with Expedia with flights and hotels until recently when they start offerings these condos. Went to Mexico and one night a two bedroom on Expedia was a 1 bed studio. Luckily property was able to accommodate. Another one in Mexico. DID NOT EXIST at address. Expedia did eventually refund as no one could get a hold of the apartment management. Now they start advertising a low rate with a daily property fee. When you click reserve it doubles the nightly property fee and has an itemized variable amount of taxes. This is true on all condos I check in Seattle while looking right now. I must say this is probably not a mistake and more of manipulation of price.
Reviewed March 20, 2019
I booked a B&B from Expedia, it charged me even though I cancelled 1 week before arrival, which is ahead of free cancellation time. And Expedia didn't provide any help anyway. I won't book from them later on.
Reviewed March 20, 2019
Twice I have booked through Expedia, both times terrible. First time the hotel had no hot water, the next time... pictures of the hotel on the website were just fake. Completely run down and so much illegal activity and surrounded by strip clubs. Never book through them.
Reviewed March 19, 2019
Bought a plane ticket to visit my daughter for her naval basic training graduation. Saw that the tickets were non-refundable but was duped by the travel insurance promise of 100% refund posted on their site. Unfortunately my daughter broke her foot during basic, so the graduation was pushed 2 months back. Cancelled the flight days prior and filed a claim for a refund only to find out you have to have a medical emergency to get your money back. I am absolutely disgusted with the bait & switch false advertising. Expedia needs to have a class action lawsuit. Let me know where to sign up. They have gotten rich by stealing our money. Oh, one last dig, they definitely don't support the military nor their families. Buy your tickets and hotels elsewhere.
Reviewed March 19, 2019
Expedia sold me tickets to the Blue Man Group in NYC. I received a confirmation and vouchers. The next day they cancelled my tickets and told me they were unavailable, which means they never had them to begin with. So, they are selling something they don't have and taking the money. Then they told me it would take 7 days to refund my credit card. So they sold something they don't have and are holding my money for 7 days. Sounds like fraud to me.
Reviewed March 19, 2019
I selected my flights, reviewed all information and was entering my payment and then they changed the price with higher cost without approval. I went back to search and it still showed me the original cheap price. They won't change it when I called. I am not sure if someone had the same experience as mine?
Reviewed March 19, 2019
Expedia advertised a heavily discounted rate on their site for a high end hotel. Then once I booked the room, they changed the price to be $150 more per night. Once I saw that on the confirmation, I immediately canceled the hotel stay within one minute. They refused to refund the money and also canceled the hotel stay effectively stealing my money with no recourse. I had to speak with 3 different supervisors overseas who did nothing and tried to tell me I had to wait 48-72 hours for them to investigate the situation. I will never do business with this company again and the new level of fraud is appalling - Class Action lawsuit on the way - would highly recommend shorting this stock.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
I have booked the Palm Beach Singer Island Resort and Spa 3 times. What I didn't know is that the 1st two times I booked I chose the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island resort and spa. This time on Expedia I chose what I knew was the hotel I wanted, address and picture exact same. This times it was Palm Beach Singer Island luxury resort and spa. Big mistake, they are owned by different companies. I had an awful room, non-working phones, and TV. Every day they put the towels in the washing and left them there. I had to rewash and dry them daily. I called Expedia about the misleading hotel names. They did nothing. Last time I use Expedia...very disappointed.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
I booked a night at the Extended Stay America San Diego, and checking into the hotel was a nightmare. I paid through Expedia and as I was checking the hotel asked for another payment, saying that the payment from Expedia to the hotel was declined. So I had to call Expedia and after 30 minutes they reassured me that I can check in without paying again. So I try checking in for a 2nd time and the same thing happened. They tried to charge me again, saying that Expedia only confirmed that I had a reservation and that's it. So the hotel staff was on the line with Expedia explaining my situation and they asked me to call Expedia again. This was suppose to be between Expedia and and the hotel but I was doing all the work.
The hotel gave me a different number so I can call Expedia directly. At first the hotel staff wrote the number wrong so after finding the correct number I called and they Expedia said I had to call customer service. They transferred me but I still had to be on hold. Best part was that the line dropped. I checked my phone and I had great service. Tried calling Expedia 5 other times with the 2 phone numbers but the calls were being dropped. After an hour of going nowhere I finally decided to just pay another night since it was the only way to check in. So I checked in for a 3rd time and the hotel staff finally said I can check in without paying again. This was a communication error between Expedia and the hotel and both had the worst representatives. Never booking with them again.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
My experience with Expedia customer service has been appalling. After years using Expedia to book my trips, I have realized that Expedia does not care about clients (including gold customers like myself) and takes no responsibility and even makes no effort to understand and try to resolve clients issues during the trip. The agents are incompetent, do not provide clarity of rules and they would mislead you to make the booking happen providing inaccurate information for which Expedia takes no responsibility whatsoever. Purposely they will make you wait hours long on calls bouncing you from agent to agent who have been instructed to make it as hard as possible for the client so that the problem goes away by sheer desperation.
Agents lack competency and authority to make any decision. In my case, it took 7 days for an agent to come back with a resolution and after 7 days, he could not discuss any details with me because he did not have any of the details however I was denied access to the agent that had actually gone through my case. I will never use Expedia again but I want to make sure this is understood and it gets potentially resolved for other clients that may be treated as I have been.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
We booked a hotel reservation at the Comfort Suites on Tower Road in Denver CO through Expedia. Upon entering the hotel - it was filthy. We made it to the room - hoping it would be better - but it was not. It had dried boogers on the wall, had not been vacuumed. The card they gave us was sticky, and there was dried "something" on the window seal... When we called Expedia - they stated there was nothing more they could do - since they had already paid the hotel and the hotel stated they would not refund our money. So, our family Spring Break getaway was not what it should have been. Do not use Expedia... It is not worth the money or experience.
Reviewed March 17, 2019
My wife and I booked international airline tickets through Expedia in Oct 2018 for our trip in Apr 2019. In Feb 2019, we found out that I could no longer fly internationally due to health conditions. That's where the story begins... We call customer service to explain the situation to see if insurance would help cover a refund. We are told that insurance would not cover the health issue and the thousands we paid for the flights are non-refundable. We ask who is in possession of the money we paid and he mentions that Expedia owns the booking but since the trip is non-refundable, we cannot get a refund.
We then ask if the airline has a policy that allows refunds for medical conditions and he advises that if we provide my physician's note directly to Expedia, they will forward the note and pursue a possible refund. We ask if we can contact the airline directly and he advises that since this booking is owned fully through Expedia, we have to submit any claim directly through Expedia and all conversation will be directly through them and the airline. We agree to forward him the note assuming that a refund is a possibility. He advises that he is going to cancel the booking through Expedia and "release the funds" directly to the airline so that we can receive the refund since Expedia did not have the authority to do so.
As it turns out, the airline policy did not allow any refunds, only airline credit AFTER a "change fee" of $400 is deducted for changing the original flight. However, we have no way to use the credit because the airline only operates internationally and I cannot fly internationally. This made the credit absolutely worthless. Expedia essentially cancelled our booking with them WITHOUT reading the airline policies and/or calling the airline directly to confirm their policies in regards to medical concerns.
We called the airline but they have their hands tied. Nothing they could do. Getting frustrated, we call Expedia back the next day, but when we type in our original Expedia itinerary number to get an agent, we get an automated message that says "We see that your trip was cancelled. Your refund should be processed within 24 hours of when you made the cancellation." Confused, we go back and call Expedia and demand an explanation as to why they cancelled our original booking, and why the automated message says we will be receiving our refund within 24 hours.
We tell them we were mislead and the agent should never have cancelled the original booking in the first place. We also play them the recorded message (which they say they record all phone conversations, they don't). They tell us that they will "investigate" the issue and we will find out an answer in 72 hours if there was an agent error and if we are entitled to a refund
The next day, we receive a call saying that the investigation revealed that there was no agent error and we will not receive a refund. We demand to speak with a supervisor to get an explanation but he just ends up repeating the same things they've been saying over and over. We demand to speak with his supervisor, and he transfers a call to another guy which turns out was just another supervisor. We demand to speak with the top supervisor and they transfer us directly to corporate (FINALLY! ).
We explain the situation about how we felt the agent made an error and again, no luck. We then ask about why we receive a message saying our refund will be processed within 24 hours. She explains that nowhere in the case notes or calls is there any mention of such a message. Really?! That multiple Expedia agents intentionally did not include it in their notes. We play her the recording. Her response? "Oh..." She puts me on hold for another hour to call her legal department. We ended up getting a refund the next day.
The entire process took eight hours per day for three days straight. Their agents are incompetent, their supervisors and travel insurance meaningless, and practices extremely shady. We will never book with them again. If ever you do book with them, record any and all conversation you have with them and request correspondence in writing if possible.
Reviewed March 16, 2019
Book Maria Bonita Hotel Ciudad Juárez Mex through Expedia. I never got an email confirmation either from Expedia or Hotel, a week before my trip I notice the dates were wrong through my Expedia account so I contacted them to change dates and mention them I never got an email confirmation from Expedia, I was told to wait 72 hours so they could contact Maria Bonita Hotel and ask for a refund to book the right dates. This was the only option since they were not change dates allowed. After 72 hours Expedia send me an email saying Maria Bonita Hotel charge me a 100% of the money $453.78 dls cause it was a no show, at the end Expedia and Hotel Maria Bonita charged their own commissions and I lost my money and my trip. Really bad experience!
Reviewed March 16, 2019
I looked at Expedia to book a hotel in San Francisco. I booked a room at 1:00 PM on March 15th. At 2:00 PM, I noticed that I booked the wrong day, clearly my fault. I called customer service to see about changing the day to March 16th. Now, the price offered was $180 but with taxes and “parking” offered by the hotel for an additional price. It was about close to $280. I asked to change the date and was told that I would get my money back and get the correct date for the hotel. I was on hold for 15 minutes until the agent said that the hotel was not answering and someone would contact me within 2 hours. I let them know I needed the money back today so that I can book the correct day myself. He then informed me that he was waiting for approval and was not sure if I would get my money back.
I called the hotel myself and asked to speak to a manager. I was immediately put on the phone with the manager and he said that I would not be able to get a refund because it was through Expedia (which the agent should have known) and to tell them reinstate it, they would work something out with them. I called Expedia customer service, again, and said that I easily talked to someone and told them what they said. The woman called the hotel, then told me they said it would be more for a Saturday price. Understandable. She said $48 more so not bad. But, when I asked about the parking I paid for she said that this did not come with parking. She said that she looked it up and it would be an extra $150! When I paid the first time it was $35! She said this was the “hotel” pricing for it. I said no way and just did the room. I called the manager, he said no matter the day it’s only $35. This is not legal! Where did she get $150 from???
I ended up paying $367 and a hotel fee of $35 at the hotel. I checked the hotel's website later that night and the same room, day I purchased was only $260!!! And with parking $309!!! Taxes included and everything. Where did the extra hundred go??? To this scam of a company! I still have to pay for parking! This is so upsetting and I want everyone to know that they are better off looking for a hotel by themselves! Or at least use the service to find a cheap hotel and then book it through the hotel themselves!
Reviewed March 15, 2019
My husband booked a flight with Expedia to go on a business trip out of the country. I had been diagnosed with ALS, which was devastating news for me and my family. This is a terminal illness that takes away all physical functions including respiratory which is the commonly cause of death. This disease is costly for meds, medical devices, feeding tube and care so my husband can work. He contacted Expedia six weeks before his trip. They said they would need prove that I was ill before they would refund the money.
We sent them all they requested and they keep giving us the run around for more medical information, or to call a different number... Here we are in March and they are still giving us the run around. Six months later, I can’t move my arms, my feet or legs. I need a power chair for comfort and mobility, along with an eye gaze to communicate. Insurance doesn’t cover everything. This $1200.00 they are withholding is an amount of money that will help with the huge cost it takes to care for an ALS patient and give me comfort as I got through this cruel disease to the end.
I’m only 53 with a lot ahead of me until this disease struck me down in months. Shame on you Expedia, a big company like this has no compassion for a human being who is going through cruel disease ALS and no chance of survival, it’s a matter of quality of life, comfort from this disease. I wish you greeding people could live one day in a life of an ALS patient, then maybe you would have a heart.
Reviewed March 15, 2019
What a Nightmare - Expedia has really gone downhill and I regret using them for a trip to Indiana in May. Frontier canceled the flight on the 3rd day of our trip so I was told to call the airline to reschedule for another flight making it a 2 day trip. I paid Expedia for 3 nights at a hotel so I had to cancel the 3rd night. The first time I called Expedia she had to transfer me to the "Package Department", after being on hold for 5 minutes the Package lady answered and then hung up on me.
I called back and was transferred again after a 10 minute hold and that lady finally canceled my hotel for that 3rd night. I could barely understand everyone I talked to - maybe Expedia moved to Cuba? Their English was Horrible - Here is the Real kicker - United has 3 Direct flights from Indiana to Colorado but NONE of those flights showed up when I initially did my search in January. Of course now they are almost all Full and would cost twice as much. I should have done all of this through the airline and next time I will!!
Reviewed March 14, 2019
I was booked into a hotel in Shanghai at the end of a 2-week cruise before flying back to Toronto. Trip was to begin on Jan 3/19. Unfortunately I became ill over the holidays with the flu and my GP stated I was contagious and advised not to travel. I informed my travel adviser who immediately canceled the reservation some 14 days notice. Expedia in Cairo sent an email on Jan 5 stating as follows... ”Kindly note that the hotel requested that you send them a medical letter in order to approve refunding your reservation, otherwise it is nonrefundable.”
Expedia in another telephone conversation said I would have to go thru them, Expedia. I provided the requested documentation and it’s been nothing but lies and frustration. Ultimately the Expedia says the hotel will not refund and the hotel tells me they never received the medical letter. It would appear that Expedia has a very big problem if you read anything about their customer service online. I know I will do everything I can to avoid doing business with them in future. Further info... once I provided medical documentation, United Airlines, Princess Cruises and another hotel in Shanghai gave me full refunds despite no refund policies. Expedia needs to clean up their act.
Reviewed March 13, 2019
I booked a car rental online with them. When I got the confirmation, it said I was to return the car at 1 pm and I had put in a later time. I called to get it changed and the lady said she tried but couldn't. Then she said the place was closed on Sundays, the day I was to bring it back. So she said she would cancel it and move it to another day. I told her ok only if there were no more charges. She came back and said it will cost an additional $25 for the change. I told her I should not have been able to click return on Sunday if the place was closed. I told her to cancel everything and I'd go somewhere else. She said it would take 7 days to get my money back even though it had not cleared my bank yet.
Reviewed March 13, 2019
Expedia's lack to investigate the hotels they advertise on their site; along with poor record keeping caused me to make a 1000.00 dollar mistake. There were issues with miscommunication due to heavy Mexican accents and poor knowledge concerning the U.S. geography. Thus, this month I will not be able to buy my new home. Thanks Expedia!
Reviewed March 12, 2019
False advertisement. I purchased tickets online and 2 days later I was charged a different amount. (More.) I spoke with 6 people. They all couldn’t speak English. The worse customer service. Nightmare. I called to complain. They said they forgot to charge a passenger, that’s why my bill was different, but that’s their mistake not mine.
Reviewed March 12, 2019
Second experience (yes this makes me a slow learner) with Expedia site issues leading to an incorrect booking. Called IMMEDIATELY and they begin their system of holds and transfers lasting over an hour (I genuinely believe this to be an intentional attempt to weed out addressing anything) ending in being told they would have to "wait at least 24 hrs" to resolve. In the end they want to charge a cancellation fee (even though I paid for their "insurance"), and would have to create a whole new booking and separate charge to end up where I need to be (Obviously I didn't use them to rebook). Also days to receive my partial refund even though my request began 4 minutes after booking.
Reviewed March 12, 2019
I thought I was booking an Alaska Air vacation. What I booked was Expedia. Had I known I was booking Expedia, I would have run. Expedia is horrible. Plans modified, and cannot change hotels without losing $2985 for 6 nights. Full amount. I have had issues with Expedia non customer service in the past, and would never knowingly book again. 1 more question to ask.
Reviewed March 12, 2019
Booked cruise for two couples by phone. Agent told me I would get $50 voucher for excursion and $25 credit room. I booked cruise. When I got confirmation it didn’t show room credit. Never got room credit.
Reviewed March 12, 2019
I used Expedia to purchased a United Airlines flight round trip from Newark to Tampa. The United Airlines confirmation code only gave me a return flight? My American Express shows round trip charge and my Expedia itinerary shows round trip however United does not have round trip. Agony - 60 minutes on the phone. United/Expedia united telling me I don't have a round trip and Expedia telling me I do. At the end of the day... going under manage reservation with United doesn't produce the same results as using the Expedia confirmation code - WTF. Painful experience. No real price break on Expedia. For now on just booking through United.
Reviewed March 11, 2019
Have used Expedia for years and spent a tens of thousands of dollars. Have a so-called ‘Gold Status‘. Called to book a trip. After 1/2 hour on the phone was told I had to call a different number for Gold Members. Did so and spent an additional 40 minutes on the phone. Was told all I get with this Gold Status is extra points. No discounts, nothing additional. Sent a complaint message. Received a response asking for my phone number and telling me they’d have someone from the Gold Status department call. Received a call, spoke to someone who offered me a huge $50.00 credit for all the trouble I’ve had. Then I had to hold for 14 minutes as they couldn’t find anyone to take the call in the appropriate department.
Finally spoke to a supervisor who quoted me the EXACT SAME PRICE as my friend who has never used Expedia. Asked about VIP perks. Was told I can ask myself when I check in, he can’t do anything for me and couldn’t call the hotel to check. And to top it all off, I cannot use my credit on this particular trip. He then asked me to put all my concerns in an email for management to review. He was a SUPERVISOR! I said I refuse to waste more time on them. Over 2 hours on the phone, several messages. They don’t care! I spent approximately $12,000 on a European trip last year and I have a whopping 3.75 credit. Spent 10 minutes on the phone with Costco and got a cheaper price which includes a Costco gift card. The four trips I’m booking this year will be booked with Costco. Do yourself a favor, book elsewhere!
Reviewed March 11, 2019
I’ve been using Expedia since 2001. In the last two years, 2018 & 2019 I have had two bookings that have gone wrong. In both situations, even though Expedia recognized that the modifications and extra charges are out of their control, it really bothers that they are not upfront, honest and transparent to the customer that they represent. They used to provide excellent service, you used to know what to expect, but nothing like that is true any longer. I am extremely dissatisfied with their customer service and transparency they used to have.
Reviewed March 11, 2019
When You purchase airline tickets at Expedia they do not show you that you have to pay extra baggage fee before you finalize transaction and print itineraries. I pay high price more expensive than other airlines and they put me to AIR CANADA Basic Economy after I accepted payment. This is a crime and prosecutor should follow this guys. I lost $240.
Reviewed March 8, 2019
Simply put I was shopping for best price. I booked with BOOKING.COM and got a fair price from them for a 4 day hotel stay. I received an email from Expedia saying that they had a special running. I checked the hotel I was staying at and they offered a better room for a lower price. I cancelled the booking.com reservation (which listed all fees, tax, park, resort fee) making up their price. Expedia said it was the total price, but in fact the reason they were less was that they did not include extras. Then later on I found out they were in fact more expensive adding everything in! I called Expedia and the foreign telemarketer supervisor gave me the runaround to no avail. Be careful of the bat and switch and scams form Expedia!
Reviewed March 6, 2019
We booked a package through Expedia for the summer of 2019. My best friend, my son and myself was traveling from the US to London. We had first class tickets on Virgin Atlantic. When we got to the ambassador hotel, we were discriminated against, placed in the basement with mold, ripped carpets and not enough lighting. We refused to stay there. We spend the next 3 hours speaking with Expedia and the hotel staff who asked us to leave and find other accommodations. If we wanted a refund, we needed to stay until the morning to see the day Manager. They placed us in an abandoned part of the hotel in 2 different rooms. The area was so scary, we did not sleep but instead moved the tables in the room and suitcases to the back of the room door.
Before 9am, the hotel staff disabled our key access, we waited until 11 am only to be told the day Manager would be unavailable. We filed a complaint, contacted Expedia and found other accommodations. It has taken over 6 months for Expedia to give us a resolution and the conclusion is that they will not give a refund. It's in agreement with the hotel. Be careful booking with Expedia, it does not protect us customers. We had travel insurance and this did not help. This was a humiliating experience faced with discrimination.
Reviewed March 5, 2019
I booked this hotel for May/1/2019 through Expedia. I booked the room for 4 nights. On Mar/3rd I emailed Expedia to cancel my stay at this hotel. I received an email from Expedia telling me it cannot be canceled and it was up to the hotel. When calling almost 2 months in advance and not being able to cancel is absolutely crazy. The room cost me almost $700 and they held a $300. Security deposit. So now I'm out this money if the hotel doesn't want to refund my money. I will update this after the decision is made.
Reviewed March 4, 2019
I was just charged a extra 75 dollars from the site when I found out if I had gone thru the hotel it would of actually been cheaper. How are you a discount site with no discount? Then when I called they told me it was for taxes and hotel fees. I told him the bill was itemized and I saw everything and it still 75 dollar unaccounted for to which he says that the bill is correct. Do not trust them. They are shady.
Reviewed March 4, 2019
Extremely poor service here. I booked a 4 day getaway on Expedia as an "all inclusive" BUT when I got here I’m told it’s not an all inclusive booking. I was told initially that Expedia doesn’t have all inclusive options for this resort but I had a smart phone and could see all inclusive rates on Expedia while I was in the lobby and even went to their resort website and found all inclusive options. There was two ladies in at the reception desk that tried to help and I did appreciate their effort. I ended up having to sit in a back office for nearly 3 hours to get some sort of resolution. I am not unreasonable but I booked a " all inclusive " vacation and I wanted to get what I paid for.
I went back and forth with several Expedia supervisors getting nowhere. One told me verbatim "The All Inclusive option you selected did not include food and drinks". At that point I nearly lost my ** because they admitted they advertised a "All Inclusive" package but blamed me for not reading the fine print. So after discovering that Expedia pulled a bait and switch, the resort still charged me $1300 to up grade to "all inclusive". This is after paying $3500 for a a 4 day stay that was advertised already as all inclusive.
But after spending 10 hours in travel and then 3 hours sitting in a office I was ready to move on. I paid the $1300 upgrade and was ready to start my vacation. The room the gave me was very nice I must admit and they set up a reservation for us a one of the restaurants. My wife and I at that point were exhausted and more than frustrated with having to pay extra to get what we already thought we had paid for. Hoping for a nice a relaxing experience we quickly realized this resort was complete **.
So for starters when we sat down I ordered a Mojito. It's the Caribbean and after a long day a Mojito sounded great BUT I was quickly told that the bar was out of mint and couldn't make me one. I still can't wrap my head around that one. Every all inclusive I have ever booked has had a bar fully stocked to make whatever drink my heart so desired. But I had to settle with a Rum and Coke, I asked for a lime with it, but wouldn't you know it they where out of those too.
SMH, what kind of ** show resort was this. At this point both me and my wife expecting a nice relaxing vacation re just getting hassled left and right. I also get that there are bigger problems in the world , but this was our getaway and it has been completely spoiled by spotty service, ill equipped bars, etc . After one day we are ready to go back home. My advice is to avoid Expedia numero uno and Windjammer Landing resort all together. We will see what tomorrow brings but so far our experience has been horrible and would never recommend this resort or Expedia ever again.
Reviewed March 3, 2019
I called to get a booking for a flight and a hotel with Expedia today and was very disappointed. The woman I talked to was very rude to me and did not understand what I was trying to do and also trying to rush me off the phone. I've been decided not to book with them and go with another travel agent for my flight and hotel. Will never book with them again. Or tell my friends to book with them as well because they are very rude and disrespectful.
Reviewed March 3, 2019
Their website was faulty, their policies misleading, and their customer service starts with foreign contractors who when they get stuck move to a US representative who wants to close you on a typical solution that doesn't favor you. Like a timeshare actually! They may have their own sponsored website for publishing favorable reviews but I felt demeaned and disrespected. Got a lot, lot further with the US airline who understood and solved the problem Expedia created.
Reviewed March 1, 2019
If I could give no stars I would. I pre purchased a hotel room 4 blocks away from my house for my husband and I as 1 night get away. I noticed that Expedia had a $10 insurance fee you could add that would allow you to cancel your reservation if something was to come up and be refunded your money. OF COURSE my husband gets sick and we had to cancel the hotel. He had a sinus and head cold. We did not go to the doctor because it was a head cold. They needed verification from a physician of the head cold. Lol.
We called before check in time and canceled the hotel like we were supposed to but OF COURSE no money is being refunded, so we are out money for a hotel we didnt stay in and they ripped us out of $10 with insurance. If I pay the extra money for insurance because my life never goes as planned and cancellations in my life happen all the time, my point is why the heck does it matter if I canceled since I purchased the insurance to do so? And if it isnt a reason that is predefined in "the contract" for canceling then you dont get your money back? And then ask for a doctors note? You dont have to go to the doctor every time you are sick! Maybe I am the only one who doesnt know this is how it works but customer service did nothing. Will NEVER EVER BOOK THROUGH EXPEDIA AGAIN.
Reviewed March 1, 2019
I admit having a few trips that went smoothly but at least 2 this yr did not and when I tried to change, they gave typical BS about canceling one of 3 nights would be very cost prohibitive. So I was essentially stuck. This trip, they booked me in handicap room (I have no disabilities) possibly to make package cost better (?). But now I’m in room with sink out of bathroom... wood floor bathroom which manager of hotel just explained why (but I was too livid to hear/care). No closet and hanging rack 4ft high so I couldn’t hang clothes without dragging. Didn’t get room cleaned until coming back at 115 pm, filing complaint, then getting misunderstood by maid who thought I said “no service (wanted/needed)” when I said, "YES NEED SERVICE and Towels!!!"
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019
STAY AWAY FROM EXPEDIA!!! The Expedia website refreshes the form and dates default to the current date. I was booking a hotel, and the Expedia form refreshed to the date of purchase, and replaced the dates of travel. Trying to get this resolved has been a nightmare, and still isn't resolved. The Customer Service agent could not access an Expedia email I received that said I'd get a refund, so I had to send him a screen-shot!!! Truly unbelievable low level of company integration and information access, terrible customer service, and logic-defying reservation form.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019
I booked a room in downtown Nashville. A family illness (serious surgery) came up for that same time. Expedia's customer service person was able to refund the charge and cancel the reservation easily with no fuss or muss. Very much appreciated. It's refreshing to receive good and helpful customer service.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019
We are Canadians, we booked from Canada to stay in Canada and got charged in US currency. We have no business with the USA, if you do business in Canada with Canadians please don't charge us Rubles of Liras or Euros.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2019
My wife booked a ticket from Sydney to Tel Aviv on Expedia and was given a layover of 1 hr 20 mins at HongKong for a connecting flight using a different carrier. Following booking she rang Expedia to confirm that this time was adequate to catch the connecting flight and was told she needed to contact the airlines. After multiple calls she was informed by the airlines that the time was not sufficient because of a range of procedures including her having to identify her baggage at connecting airport and get it re-booked on the connecting flight. We made several calls to Expedia who were unable or unwilling to get the matter resolved with the airlines expeditiously, despite our emphasising the urgency of a response and that we'd have to book an alternative ticket if they did not resolve the matter.
Cheers.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019
Last fall my wife and I decided to go to Honolulu. We used Expedia to book our hotel. We discussed if we wanted to stay further out at the Hilton Hawaiian Village or on the beach at the Outrigger Waikiki Beach, which is in central Waikiki. We chose the Village. When Robert's Transportation dropped us off at the Village in the middle of the night we were shocked to find out we were really booked in at the Hilton Waikiki Beach. We had to pay for a cab to get over there. So, now we were not on the beach, had to rearrange our transfers back to the airport and, as the airline lost one of our bags, had to contact them (this during the height of the polar vortex so wait times were 2 + hours to get through) to tell them to send the missing bag to a hotel that was not the one we had told them at the airport.
We tried to change hotels to the Hawaiian Village when we were there even though it was going to cost a night, but the Village was sold out. One of the people working the Concierge desk at the Waikiki Beach told us that this happened fairly often: people thought they were booked in to the Hawaiian Village but they ended up booked into the Waikiki Beach instead. Needless to say, we will not use Expedia again for anything.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019
I've talk to representatives from Expedia on 3 separate occasions, February 2, 4 and again on February 5th. Both representatives were suppose to CORRECTLY revise my dates at a hotel. This should be a simple task but has taken 5 hours on the phone only for my credit card to be over-charged. I will NEVER book with Expedia again. It has been the biggest headache for something as simple as changing hotel dates. Talking to people that are outsourced is NOT helpful. I need to speak to something that will ACCURATELY revised my hotel arrangements without charging my credit card AGAIN!
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2019
I experienced technical glitches while trying to cancel within 24 hours on the website. They will just give you a canned answer why they can't refund you. They have no intention to help fix your problem other than provide poor excuses why you don't get refund.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019
Beware and never book anything on the American Express online FHR website. You are really booking through Expedia and not Amex. If you have any problems you need to call Expedia customer service to fix reservations and Amex travel will not help you. It is a scam that they don't mention Expedia on their website and even the charge on credit card statement says AMEX FHR and not Expedia. I booked a 5 night hotel stay in Miami at Mandarin Oriental and wanted to change it to 3 nights inside the cancellation period. They could not and would not change it. They stated I needed to cancel and rebook reservation which I could not because the hotel was sold out.
I filed dispute with AMEX and then received call from Danny ** in credit card dispute department at Expedia who told me I better cancel the dispute or they will cancel my reservation and hung up the phone on me and then kept sending me threatening emails. I finally contact a head supervisor at AMEX after I threatened to move all my business to Mastercard and they resolved the issue. Beware and never book anything through Expedia or AMEX FHR online website - Call American Express travel and book through them where you receive the proper customer service.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019
Reserved a car in Dominican Republic through Expedia. It was just under $200 for two weeks. Other sites had cars in the mid-200 range, so I went with Expedia. I called to make sure there were no hidden fees - Gabby (whom I recorded), told me the $191 would be the total for the car for the entire time. So. When we got off the plane and found Economy, or Ameri-Rent, we were told at the counter it would be an additional $17 per day. As I'm a lawyer, I knew how to sign the contract without really signing. Turns out they charged my c.c. $438 which is more than $200 over the $27 per day they were trying to charge. I called Expedia and they basically said, tough luck. I will sue them in Small Claims for the amount and the time and any costs I incur suing them. Anyone who'd like to get in on a class action, reply to this comment. Let's get this horrific company. Expedia doesn't deserve anyone's patronage.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2019
I booked a room with through EXPEDIA for SIX nights. It INCLUDED free breakfasts, however, the motel didn't even have a restaurant on site!!! Neither the motel or Expedia would compensate for this false advertising. Expedia should be vetting out the places they book for. So easily and quickly they take your money but afterwards, if you're dissatisfied or have a concern, they DO NOT CARE. Booker Beware.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2019
We booked and paid for our NON- REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERRABLE hotel accommodation through Expedia for a hotel in Sydney Australia. On or around February 10, 2019, we received an email from Amex with notice of a credit of $90 and change. Being curious as to what it was for since we had not made any changes to our booking, we logged in to our Expedia account and noticed that our booking was changed and advanced to a different date at a destination in the Dominican Republic. Someone who had access to override the non-refundable or transferrable booking made this change.
We received a call this morning from Expedia and were advised that the person who called in the change claimed to be my husband and therefore, they were not going to refund our money. During one of our earlier conversations with Expedia, we were advised that the call made to initiate the change was done in Spanish. My husband does not speak Spanish. Strangely as well, the hotel in the Dominican Republic has a non-working phone number... We believe it is non-existent but just a cover to direct the stolen funds to. This is really scary!! Never again will we book on Expedia!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019
I have used Expedia for 15 years or more without any issues. But on January 25th I booked a hotel and airfare to Hawaii for my family of 4 and now I have a major problem. Thank goodness I took a screenshot of the "confirmed" page with my itinerary and "total charges" listed because what was actually charged to my credit card was nearly $600 more.
I shared the screenshot via email to customer service when my complaint was escalated and this is how they replied: "We have received the attachment that you sent regarding the price of the package reservation. Please be advise that base on the document the reservation is not yet booked the reason why the charges is different when you completely booked the reservation. This happens sometimes. Expedia works in a live inventory environment so what we are looking at is the most current up-to-date pricing. Prices can update at any moment and not yet set until booking is complete. Please let us know if there is additional information you need by replying to this email. Thank you for choosing Expedia!"
Excuse me, but when a trip says "confirmed" and "total charges" are listed along with an itinerary number, shouldn't that be the end of it? It seems that Expedia is saying that prices are subject to change even after the itinerary is confirmed. Even when they can see the screenshot they are trying to tell me the nearly $600 bump in price is fair. I don't think so!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019
When booking a flight through Expedia, they will sell you tickets without important details like baggage allowance. Additionally they will sell you departing and returning flights without important details that do not match, such as being allowed to check a bag on a departing flight, but not bring the bag back home with you on the returning flight. The information is not display anywhere on the Expedia website. This is a terrible and rather deceptive user experience. When booking a round trip ticket one would assume that the baggage details of each flight would match up and if they did not that one would be alerted to this fact. They make you feel like you are getting a good deal on a ticket, when in reality they are scamming you. In the end I had to purchase a new return ticket that allowed me to bring my bag back home with me. Expedia would not refund my return ticket. So I ended up paying much more.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019
Wedding group of 22 booked one hotel in Punta Cana. When arrived group was split in half and put in two different parts of the resort due to overbooking. Then resort wanted to charge a fee for upgrading the rooms.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019
I booked a hotel with Expedia. The terms were non refundable. A few hours later the hotel sent me an email saying "sorry, we have no rooms available". I have not been able to get through to either the hotel or Expedia. I am going to have to address the fraud through my credit card company.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019
A Spanish-speaking caller was given access by Expedia to my hotel booking changing it from a property in Sydney, Australia March 09-12 to a property in the Dominican Republic Feb 10-13. On discovering the fraud nothing was done to reinstate my reservation or contact me with no results 4 days later. They gave me a reference number Req:**. I have been forced to redo my own reservation at an added cost of $150.00 and am getting no communication or resolution from Expedia.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019
I booked hotel accommodation via Expedia. The advert for our accommodation does not match what my family received. It was so bad that my family only stayed one night of the four nights we booked. We were refused a refund and Expedia (who we booked through) have been unhelpful. Expedia have failed to address my complaint which relates to misleading advertising. I took photographs but Expedia don't want to know. Expedia advertisement states that there is daily housekeeping, free bottled water, cookware, dishware. The advert also says that the hotel amenities have shopping on site. There was no shopping on site, the apartment was not self-contained, it was not luxury etc. Expedia have been unhelpful. I will never give them my business again.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019
Expedia is the worst piece of ** to use for reservations. I booked a Motel 6 in Austin that was close to my destination and allowed me to pay when I arrived. When I received the itinerary from Expedia, they changed my reservation to a completely different motel. When I called customer service, they gave me a ** story about the motel not answering and that they would more than likely still charge me. I had to keep my reservation at this other motel. EXPEDIA **!!! I WILL NEVER USE EXPEDIA AGAIN!!! THEY ARE THE WORST TO USE!!!
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019
Every time we try and book a flight you get the same response, "Oops we hate when this happens" and the price jumps up! They set one price but that's just to get you to click on the link. That shouldn't be allowed!
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019
Horrible. DO NOT USE EXPEDIA! It was my first and last time using them. I canceled two weeks ago and I am still waiting for a refund. They blamed it on Carnival Cruises, but it was one of their work from home reps who drop the ball. Luckily I am not depending on that money for something too important because if I was I would be lost.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2019
I am extremely disappointed because I booked my flight with United on Expedia and got insurance but I am being told that if I cancel the flight I will lose everything I paid for the flight. I was also told I cannot even change the flight to use at a later date or for airline credit. I had to travel for work but it got canceled after my dad passed from cancer. I had other trips planned as well and I was able to cancel those with ease because I got insurance so I do not understand why this one is different. I called and I was told I have to submit a death certificate before they can proceed. My dad did not reside in the U.S and he died just 3 days ago. With all I am going through, I do not have the time to worry about getting a death certificate from abroad just to be able to cancel a flight I got insurance for. This is very poor customer service and I will never use any of their services be it from Expedia, United or Travel Guard.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2019
I tried to book flight tickets via Expedia and after providing all the detail when submitted the payment, I got failure message and I tried to book the ticket with a different website (different agent), but latter I noticed that the amount has been deducted from my credit card for the failed transaction and later they sent me the flight ticket. When I have called the customer support for checking they are saying that you booked the ticket. but how is it possible for failed transaction someone can get charged. As per European GDPR system you should not store/use anyone's personal details. I am seeing that Expedia has stored my personal information and stored my credit card details and booked the ticket later.
Now the Customer care is agreeing to refund the amount and asking me to talk to airlines. Why do I need to go to airlines if the booking has been done by Expedia and amount charged by Expedia. It's terrible experience with Expedia, I will put it in all the public forums and social media and go for a legal notice on Expedia.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2019
After being disappointed by CheapOair and her agents, Expedia rebuilt my confidence. The agent that attended to me was very respectful and took time to explain the airline baggage policy. If not for his explanation, I wouldn't have known that the airline charges few for hand luggage except personal carryon bag. Nice job! Thanks Expedia!
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2019
I have been an Expedia client for years. But just this morning had the second major issue in two weeks. First one, I reserved a rental car. There was no verbiage about charging and I was charged. I canceled the reservation within hours and my money was held out of the account for over 10 days. This morning I tried booking 2 RT flights. While processing, the screen came back saying the fare was higher. No confirmation. BUT money was taken from my account in the amount of one of the tickets. I called. She told me to go through the process again. I asked if money would be taken again if it did not work and she said "NO". Did it. Money was pulled AGAIN. Not only were the fares falsely advertised they then took money. I have called my bank and filed a claim. Do not know what has happened to Expedia, but this just about seals my usage of them. They are falsely advertising fares and then charging you anyway. Criminal and WRONG.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2019
I booked a hotel and immediately started surfing for other websites for its review out of curiosity. I soon got to know that this property had many bad customer service and room were smelly. Since my daughter had allergic issues related to dust I called up their call center within 25 mins and requested for refund and book another one. I was ready to even shell out extra Money and forgo if lesser amount property is booked. They made some excuses and even said that, "We tried to call you" and similar sales talk. I had no option but to book another one. I recommend not to use this portal.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019
My wife booked a trip to the US with hotel, flight and car rental through Expedia. We paid for the collision insurance through them. The car received a scratch and we got a bill for 1100 dollars. Expedia's insurance company refuses to pay because my wife book the trip and I rented the car. So her name was not on the rental agreement for the car. We have been going back an forth with them for 2 months now with no cooperation on their part to resolve this issue.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019
Expedia, this is the second time I tried booking with you and my "booking failed" and you can't find my reservation anywhere. However you took the money out of my bank account (not credit card). There is "nothing you can do for me but to wait until the funds show up in my account again". So here I am waiting for who knows how long until I am re-reimbursed for my "hold" on my money. So now I am S.O.L for booking a vacation until that money comes back in and who knows what the price change will be when that happens. And I couldn't talk to a manager because your "policy is that without a confirmation number you are unable to talk to management". That's such crap and you know it. The customer service you supply is very bad and I was not offered any compensation whatsoever at all. Just told to wait until my money comes back.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019
I purchased a trip through Expedia to Cancun for myself and family. I also purchased travel insurance as a back up in case something comes up. Well, something came up and I took advantage of the insurance I purchased in good faith. They were extremely helpful (I thought) and explained how the refund would be processed. The hotel and shuttle expense would be credited back to my credit card, however the remaining amount for the airline $2,955.50 would be held as credit by Expedia. This credit can only be used if you contact Expedia direct and I would be charged the cost of the flight change ($200) for American Airlines however, Expedia would credit it back to me (or so I was told). No problem I can do that even if there is an expense I did not account for because "I had travel insurance."
Well, I tried to use the credit to purchase tix for my kids to NY and what a ** show! I FIRST was on the phone with one of their reps for two hours. The gentlemen, Erroll I spoke to said he processed my transaction was complete but the systems went down and he would call me back to complete it. No callback... SECOND time I call, I was on the phone for 4 HOURS, SHE actually took my credit card information and I thought I paid for the difference in tix. She even sent me an email with the amount. GUESS WHAT. They never reserved anything with any credit. IT WAS ALL A LIE!!! One thing to explain the policy and another thing is to train your REPs to hold money and people hostage with promise of LEGITIMATE CUSTOMER SERVICE. I HAVE NO AIRLINE TIX OR REFUND. I PLAN ON SUING.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019
I had a complication with a flight I booked due to its constant change of flight time, duration and adding an additional transit. The customer service left me on the line waiting for around 30 minutes in order to even answer me. After that I was talking with the so called supervisor for 3 hours, I'm not exaggerating in order to get a refund for my flight. I would have used their website again for booking yet they didn't want to issue me a refund in any way.
Now, it was completely within my rights to cancel the flight as this is a special case of an irresponsible airline company that changes its flights like I change clothes every day. And they didn't want to help in any way, literally discussed my situation for three consecutive hours just to get a "We're very sorry. It's the airline policy not to refund the ticket." I mean okay, in a normal case if I'm just calling to cancel for no reason I would expect a no refund, but adding a transit AFTER I booked the flight and extending my flight duration to SIX hours instead of four, I would expect at least any decency to understand my situation and issue me a refund on the spot. VERY VERY dissatisfied with their services and their ways of negotiation. Would never further recommend this website. It's almost like a scam.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2019
Avoid like the plague. Called them at the 16038 W Valley Hwy, Tukwila, WA location for shuttle service which they said had been cut off due to weather conditions. I wait in line for an hour in the cold for a cab which could only get me part of the way to the hotel. I call the hotel and ask if there's any way they could send someone half a mile to come grab me. They have the audacity to ask me to find a way back to the airport and they'll now send the shuttle!!?? Obviously care nothing about customer safety or service. Also wouldn't grant me a refund despite refusing to pick me up via shuttle which was the reason I chose them and wouldn't pick me up a half mile away.
I will not ever be using a Marriott hotel nor Expedia ever again for doing business with them. I travel to Seattle four times per month for work and will be spending my $15,000/year at a different hotel and through an non-Expedia provider. Loved sleeping on the floor at the airport. Terrible company and the phone clerk was beyond rude on the phone which was backed up by his supervisor. I hope stealing $158 was worth losing $15,000 this year alone... Great business plan.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2019
Don't download and book with the Expedia app, it defaults you as living in USA. Then if you EVER need customer service for the booking you made and paid for, the Expedia in your country will tell you to contact Expedia USA which is a 48 hour wait time for EVERY SINGLE EMAIL. It took 5 months to straighten out Expedia's booking error and for them to finally issue the refund to me. Don't use! Better yet, just go to the airline website and book from there, it's much easier and cheaper than Expedia.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2019
I booked two hotels through Expedia back in December of 2018 for a trip to San Antonio. I cancelled the reservations 3 days after I made the reservation, however, never received a cancellation. I thought everything was complete and may have been a glitch with their system, yet the cancellation was still received. Well lo and behold on February 1st, I was charged for the total hotel stay for BOTH hotels and then was given the runaround from not only Expedia but from the hotels as well. They stated they are unable to credit my money back because they are not showing it was cancelled.
I called Expedia and was told I needed to contact the hotel AFTER I had already contacted the hotel and they told me to contact Expedia. Expedia manager was very very rude, customer service was terrible and no help at all in helping me get my issue resolved. All I was told was "we don't show any cancellation on our end". "We searched but couldn't find anything". Next step was to contact my bank, which I am in the process of now. Never heard from the General Manager, or any other manager except when I called in and she was rude as hell! Expedia does not seem to care anything about their customers and my sister told me she stopped fooling with them and also her friend so there you go. Losing customers daily but they do not seem to care!! I WILL NEVER EVER BOOK through EXPEDIA AGAIN!!!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
I booked both airlines to and from Phoenix to Mexico City and my hotel thru Expedia. Upon reaching the W Hotel they had no info on the booking. Luckily, they had room and honored the price I had been given. Then I tried to confirm my flight to Chiapas, Mexico which I had, also, booked thru Expedia. Although I had the paperwork there was no record of that either. I could not reach Expedia. I don't speak Spanish so I enlisted the help of the concierge to try Expedia locally. After more than two hours on the phone I finally had a booking confirmed. Since this was the second problem I asked for details from Expedia for my trip back to Mexico City from Villahermosa, MX. Once again no record.
After spending several more hours on the phone I finally got a number for my reservation. The day before my trip from Villahermosa I tried to reconfirm and, not surprisingly, there was no evidence of a reservation. After the hotel manager worked on it for over 3 hours the Expedia Rep said that the only thing I could do was to go to the airport at 5:30 AM to see if I could get on a flight. He didn't tell me that the airport didn't open until 7 AM! I had a connecting flight to meet in Mexico City to catch to Phoenix. I begged and only my being in a wheelchair helped me. Thanks Expedia for a ruined trip from start to finish. No senior should ever think of booking thru your service. I certainly won't!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
We were NOT advised of travel documentation needs for France. Flew all the way to Paris and had to fly right back. Horrible service from Expedia Customer Care and the hotel. The hotel agreed to issue a VOUCHER but only gave a TWO week booking window. Completely unrealistic. We won't be using Expedia EVER again!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
I have been an Expedia customer for years but stopped using them as much recently as friends have had some bad experiences. However, I recently gave Expedia another try: I booked the Pavilion Hotel on Catalina Island for dates in mid-August. During my booking process, I was given 2 options "Pay now" or "Pay at hotel" with the rate calculation showing $0 today and the full amount due at check in. Since the hotel takes an exorbitant markup during summer months (think: off-season price for a small room is $150 but goes to $400 in summer) and the trip is 7 months away, I chose to the "Pay at hotel" option. The total I would be paying would be north of $1300 for this hotel. Having been burned before by hidden hotel deposits, I double-checked the fine print on Expedia prior to booking to make sure there was no deposit requirement that was hidden in the depths of the booking. There was no indicator whatsoever.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I checked my credit card statement and found that I'd been charged $703.92 (about 50% of the total I would be paying) by the Pavilion Hotel on the date I made the booking on Expedia. Quite angry, I rechecked my Expedia booking. Not a SINGLE mention of ANY deposit, let alone a 50% deposit. I certainly had no idea of floating the Pavilion Hotel an interest-free loan for the next 7 months. I immediately, both canceled my booking and filed a fraudulent charge dispute with my credit card company for the unauthorized deposit amount. I also contacted Expedia to let them know how incredibly disappointed I am in their "bait and switch." I'm not sure who the shadier party is here, Expedia or the Pavilion Hotel on Catalina Island but both are at fault and engaging in shady business practices. Neither will ever be getting my business again.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
On my recent India trip I had booked a hotel room through Expedia for 2 nights near the KBC area (as I had to appear for the VISA interview the next day I landed). I had all the reservation confirmation and all the payment details as well. On arrival at the hotel (at around 3 AM) I was told that they don't have any details about my reservations and the guy at the front desk was checking it on his cell phone. I had no other option than to leave the place and find another accommodation. I don't know how they consider these kind of hotels for the business. I was alone on this trip... But if my family was with me (wife, 2 kids 1 one year) how inconvenience this whole thing would have caused.
I have been following up with Expedia Customer Care for more than a month now for no avail. They keep sending me the same reply... "They have contacted the hotel and waiting for the response." Not in a 1000 years they would get the response from the hotel. Seriously I am very disappointed with Expedia and had never expected such funny business from them. I am personally not going to use Expedia for anything hereafter.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
I booked an hotel through Expedia supposed to be for our international vacation but due to medical reason, I had called expedia many times to explain it to them and provide my medical certificate so they can take it into consideration, but I agree with most of the review. They refused to help you whatsoever, no customer service at all and very rude. They will give all the excuses not to help you. Very greedy company, money driven!!!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
Expedia unilaterally changed our flight even though the old exists. They said it was the airline so we called the airline who told as us our old flight still exists but Expedia requested the change so they cannot change back unless we pay a fee. Expedia then gives us the runaround telling us to call different divisions within Expedia and asks us to wait for days while they investigate. Absolute joke and time vacuum.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2019
I have booked a hotel for two nights in Sonoma Valley using Expedia. When I received the confirmation e-mail the dates and rooms were completely wrong. I contacted Expedia right after I received the e-mail but Expedia refused to change and/refund my booking. I consider myself a well traveled individual as I travel across the world every year. I will never book via Expedia again, they will trap you and rob you in every way possible.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2019
I have booked through Expedia before with a minor issue, however this most recent booking was horrible. I booked flights on Expedia just recently on January 30th 2019. I had to cancel my flights as we were required to Change the date. As per their policy or WestJet's refund policy I was able to get my refund in full as long as it’s cancelled within 24hrs. I did get my refund however there were two extra charges of over 2000 that came out of my account. I had called Expedia and they pushed me aside and said I needed to contact WestJet. I contacted WestJet and spoke to a lady who advised me that it would be Expedia that would have to clear this up.
I called Expedia back and spoke directly to the supervisor named Amanda. She was very difficult and not willing to listen to my issue. I tried to explain to her that over 2000 was taken out of my account without my authorization. She seemed to think that the money wasn’t out of my account and it was just an authorization. She couldn’t even see these other transactions in their end. That’s frightening. I had sent her my bank statements. To see if she can clear this up or shed some light on the situation.
In the meantime I had contacted my bank and finally got some answers from them. I am getting my 2200 hundred back but it took a few hours on the phone and dealing with uneducated individuals that work for Expedia. This company has such poor customer service. I will never book with them again. Please be aware that they will take money out of your account or on your credit card without authorization. They will not be patient, or to try to help. I still haven’t had a response from Expedia!!! Not surprised!
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2019
I purchased international plane tickets from expedia.com 10 months in advance of our 1/2/2019 travel date. Upon arrival at the airport, we found out that one of the tickets was issued incorrectly by Expedia and that the airline could not let us board the plane. After three hours on the phone at the terminal gate with Expedia and the airline representatives, Expedia told us to buy a WHOLE NEW SET of tickets directly from the airline since they could not fix the e-ticket numbers without a two-day investigation.
I was told by tier two customer service that the price I paid for the original ticket and the price difference to buy same-day international plane tickets would be refunded within two days. After a number of follow-up emails, I have not received the promised "two-day" refund and we are now more than a month later. Expedia.com caused major damage to my long-awaited trip and I doubt will ever refund the thousands of dollars that I had to spend to fix their mistake. Don't book with them, go directly to the airlines and buy your tickets there!!!
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2019
Dear Expedia, This is why I will NEVER book with you again. I booked my hotel through your website. The dates were April 9 - 16, 2019. A couple months after that, I was notified that my flight was changed and I would be departing a day later. I contacted your "Customer Service" department by phone and explained the situation. My first phone call, I asked if I could change my hotel dates to April 8-15, 2019.
I was told by Expedia that they couldn't get a hold of the hotel and would put in a "request" and email me. I received an email saying the hotel would not change the dates and that was it. I called back again and asked if they could change it since my flight changed and I need to change the dates. I asked what the cost would be if I had to add an additional day due to my flight change. Expedia was unable to provide me with a cost for one night at the hotel. At this point I was willing to pay more for another day so I wouldn't be homeless for a night. I even asked to speak with the manager who was useless. He basically read from the same script and said the hotel policy wouldn't allow me to change it. He could not even comprehend what I was saying, even though it was pretty straightforward. He could not even provide me with a cost for an additional stay. He wouldn't offer any alternatives.
A couple months later I decided to add another date to my hotel stay since my flight changed and I didn't want to be stranded for one day. I decided to call the hotel directly. I was SHOCKED to find out that the hotel had me booked for the WRONG DATES. They had April 8-15 (which is what I asked Expedia to do and they said they couldn't). I checked my emails from Expedia, my itinerary said April 9-16 and other emails said they couldn't change the dates because the hotel wouldn't do it and that was it. I spoke with the hotel and they said they would be happy to change my dates but it would have to be done through Expedia.
I called Expedia again and explained the situation. Again, seemed like a pretty easy fix. They said they couldn't get a hold of the hotel (even though I just called them and got through right away) and put in another "request" which came back saying "no we can’t change it." I called again saying the hotel agreed but they have to fix THEIR mistake. Again was getting nowhere so I asked for a confirmation email with my new dates. They said they couldn't send me that and I would have to go through the hotel. I asked how I was supposed to know that my hotel dates changed when no one notified me or sent me a confirmation email or new itinerary? They actually did the opposite and sent me an email saying it COULD NOT be changed.
This is the worst experience I have ever had with any booking agent. The hotel was so helpful and friendly and willing to change my dates and even gave me other options to help me. Expedia, this was YOUR MISTAKE and you wouldn't even fix it. Thanks for NOTHING Expedia. Awful experience I will be telling all my friends and family about. You did absolutely NOTHING to help me and made it even worse. Never using your website or "booking service" again.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2019
Expedia refuse to refund for duplicate flight! In October I went to Expedia to book 4 seats on a flight to Austin, USA for Easter 2019. After entering my details their website showed a yellow page stating "we are unable to process your booking". The next day I tried again, same message from Expedia. I gave up and went onto spend my money elsewhere! In November I receive a call from my 83 year old father (from whom I was borrowing the money for these flights) to say he had been charged in excess of £3000 on his credit card! I told him this can't be right, no flights had been booked or confirmed! After a call to Expedia I am shocked to learn that we have indeed been sold 2 flights each on the same plane!
I was told it was my fault, their website was fine but they would cancel one and apply to British Airways for a refund. This would take 6 weeks! After 8 weeks they tell me that they cannot help me anymore, British Airways have denied me the refund. I call British Airways (Hugely expensive. 0844 number for over 1 hr) to be told they have processed the refund but they cannot help me, I need to continue to deal with Expedia (who have also refused to help further). I am in tears after this phone call, our holiday to the USA is now without spending money and my poor old Dad is so stressed! If anyone knows anyway to help me it would be amazing. Thanks. BA flight confirmation ** - cancelled but not refunded - Rachel ** and family. BA flight confirmation still standing **.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2019
We booked a flight through Expedia which was changed due to an airline decision. We were told by the airline that we could only use Expedia as they were our booking agent. Every time (at least 8 times) I spoke to Expedia I would have to explain the whole situation, they would then send me the same options (as the previous 8 people) had already done, none of which was acceptable. The flight change resulted in a 14 hour overnight stay in Sydney airport.
I asked to be put up in a hotel (could not happen). I asked for meal vouchers (could not happen). I asked for an alternative flight, that I sourced and was with the same airline (could not happen). I was so frustrated I gave up! I feel they had much more bargaining power than they were prepared to give and I felt I got no customer support at all. No more Expedia bookings for me and I will be spreading the word! I am pleased I live in a very large expat community where people travel frequently. I'll be sure to share my many frustrations to help any others from having to go through the same stressful situation.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2019
Hotel and car rental prices were found to be MORE than those available on hotel/car rental company sites! Discounts offered were not really discounts and were often the same prices offered by other websites.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2019
We just booked a flight from Malaga to Athens with a stop in Paris. For peace of mind, we paid an extra 300$ on 500$ for a total of 800$, to select our seat. Once we paid, there was no way to select the seat. We then called Expedia to be told that for the seat selection, we need to call the airline. Nothing was mentioned on the website when we booked the flight. After discussing with the Expedia clerk for 46 minutes, with his coaching, we were able to select the seats for one stretch but not for the other. He then explained that Expedia is not responsible, that the airline are. He suggested that I call the other airline to book my seats 48 hours before the flight. The clerk said he did his best, but Expedia did not.
It is unacceptable that they sell pre-selected seat with extra payment, and yet do not allow selection on the website. Furthermore, I had to pay 46 minutes of cellphone call to get only half of the job done. And we now have to pay another call to select the seat I paid for on Expedia. It is not the first time I have a problem with Expedia. The clerk always does its best, but Expedia does not. This company is not customer service conscious, makes you pay but does not deliver the service.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2019
This is the worst experience I have had dealing with a customer service department. I booked a flight on Expedia.ca. Never once did I go to the .com site. All prices quoted were in Canadian dollars. On checking my visa statement two days later I noticed I had been charged in USD. I immediately called customer service only to be given the worst run around bad customer service experience I have ever had, aside from the same BS as Travelocity. The payment and confirmation page seems to switch over to the US .com page without clearly stating that the prices are now USD and will be charged at a very high exchange rate - (Quoted CAD167 and charged USD225).
Customer Service adamantly insist that I was on the US site. Doesn't happen - my computer defaults to the .ca site. I booked three separate flights using the exact same method (2 with Travelocity and 1 with Expedia) all on the Canadian sites. All quoted in CAD and then the confirmation e-mail right at the bottom mentions a USD charge. I looked at the confirmation not for a second anticipating that they would switch the currency. After ages on the phone, nothing was rectified. I will never use these sites again. I would rather pay the premium and use a travel agent!!!
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2019
I recently booked a hotel on the Oregon Coast for a weekend. The evening before my trip (and day before the stay) I received a notice from Expedia that the Hotel had cancelled my reservation/booking due to "construction". Weird? Was this construction decided at the last minute? It didn't matter - I had a problem. I called the number for Expedia customer support given in the notice. They were on top of it... Super helpful... and somehow found a room for me and Barnaby (my Golden-doodle) at a nearby hotel. That hotel charged more, but Expedia made up the difference. Wow! It seems like every time I try anyone other than Expedia or Orbitz, I come to regret it. Expedia has risen to the top of my Favorites list. I hope they stay there.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2019
I arrived on 1/19/19 with my husband at a hotel booked thru Expedia. I was told there would be an extra fee for him to accompany me in my room of $30 USD a night. I asked to speak to a manager since I thought this was a very large increase. No manager or owner was available. I also asked for a receipt or documentation and was refused. I then thought this extra $30, a total of $120 for the 4 nights would go in the clerk's pocket maybe. I thought this might be a scam since no one was overseeing this operation. It was also Morocco which is known for scamming tourists. I looked online to see how much extra it would be if I had booked the king size bed for 2 people instead of just me and the extra charge was $5 a night totaling $20 for the 4 nights I was planning to stay.
I did not anticipate my husband joining me at the time. He had surprised me. I was scared to stay at this hotel after I found out the $30 dollar a night extra charge for persons over 1 was only supposed to be only $5 dollars. I thought, what will this hotel also charge me extra for? Are there other undisclosed fees I should be worried about?? I asked for a refund and was told no. So if I didn't pay the $120 extra I would lose my $222.66 I had already laid out for the 4 night reservation. That is extortion and extortion is illegal in Morocco. I tried to have Expedia issue me a refund but they stood by their extorting hotel which they advertise on their website. I will never use them again.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2019
I recently tried to book a hotel and a flight package, this should have totaled £540 for both the flight and the hotel. After entering my payment details the app said 'Your booking is now being processed. Click here to view your itinerary'. Clicked it and nothing. No itinerary, no booking confirmation, no confirmation order etc. It took me to the homepage. I left it for a while as I thought it may take a while to process. However after checking again, still nothing. I checked my bank account and £80 had been taken by Ryanair for the flights.
I rang and emailed customer service and both representatives ensured me that absolutely nothing had been booked and that I would be refunded the £80 within 72 hours. 72 hours passed and nothing. I rang customer service again, after being on the phone for 45 minutes, the representative said that she can see the package I originally tried to book and that for some reason there was an error with their system so I need to book the hotel separately. To book the hotel separately it would cost £600 meaning due to their 'faulty' app I am out of pocket by £140.
The customer service representative said if I booked the hotel separately they would refund me the £140. At the time I did not have the money to book it separately and the representative told me if I do not book it now I may lose out on the chance of the refund. A week later I rang back to book the hotel and I was put through to a different representative who told me there was nothing anyone could do for me.
A few days later I got an email from customer service saying if I would like to book the hotel they would refund me the different for what I originally should have paid for the package. At this point I had lost all trust in the website and misleading customer service team. I have read other people's reviews who have had similar experiences and I decided I do not want my holiday to be booked through them anymore as who knows what other problems would arise. I do not trust that they would refund me the full difference if any so I decided to book directly through the hotel's website as I did not want any more hassle or involvement with Expedia. After explaining this to them on an email, they send me a £50 voucher.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2019
Expedia offered a one week car rental deal (through Sixt Car Rental - run far away). We paid our deposit and went to pick up our rental car at Mexico City Airport. The desk clerk told us that they would have to hold a minimum deposit of $1000 USD (which for us in Canada is more like $1300). This was exorbitant and more than my husband or I have ever payed for a rental deposit - anywhere in the world, and we are both experienced drivers with unblemished driving records. We did not pick up the car and I contacted Expedia to explain that this fee was more than we were able to afford and was not mentioned at all in the rental agreement/reservation.
Expedia said that they cannot refund the deposit fee because it is Sixt's policy that they cannot refund it (conveniently for them). Again, this was not indicated anywhere on the reservation (no non-refundable clause or policy mentioned). I will not be using Expedia for future travel plans as they clearly do not liaise properly with their service providers, or vet credible service providers with which to do business. I will be staying far away from both Expedia and Sixt Car Rental in the future, as this has a very fishy vibe about it and seems like a scam.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2019
Expedia has screwed us over twice now. We bought a whole trip including hotel, flight, car rental, insurance. They charged for everything upfront. Once the trip was over the rental place charged us. We have been fighting with Expedia for a year and a half trying to get our money back and they keep promising they will fix it. Foolishly we purchased a hotel through them, the one we picked was not the one they set us up at. Every time we called we had to wait another day or 48 hours for someone to get back to us. The hotel we stayed at was the wrong hotel “thanks to Expedia”. Then the amenities that were promised didn’t exist.
There were no ice makers, the pool was outside and closed. Half the hotel was shut down due to a water break. We had no hot water, staff started bugging people at 6 in the morning. The staff themselves were rude and stand off’ish. The temp in the room didn’t work, the beds were rock hard, the hotel sits on a main road so we heard semi’s, cars, cops, and horns all night. The blinds were broke so we couldn’t block out all the light. Believe me there is more. Expedia finally told us it’s not their problem and sorry we didn’t like the hotel?! WTHELL? These guys take your money and do whatever they want with it. Rip off artists. DO NOT USE EXPEDIA!
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2019
They offer a reward program that helps give me some money back and I still get the lowest cost for what I am looking for. They also have very good service and help get any problem resolved and over the years I have used this problem resolution service a few times with great results.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2019
I got email confirmation from Expedia and the dates were wrong. I immediately called customer support. “Sorry that’s nonrefundable,” is the only answer I got. I called the Holiday Inn several times too. After several more phone calls and emails to Expedia, I finally got my “take a hike” email. I could have dealt with losing $100, but I needed a hotel so I would not have to drive back home 2 hours after oral surgery. So I needed to spend more time burning up favors to find someone to drive me instead. All this started when I read the confirmation, realized Expedia’s computer booking made a mistake and immediately tried to correct it. Expedia would not own up to it. I had spent $1000s through Expedia over the previous year and they couldn’t help me out over their $100 mistake. Bye, bye Expedia. Never again.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2019
Just lost $2000 because of lies and misinformation. First, never buy insurance. Airlines provide the same thing for free. So Expedia insurance is useless. That said, I needed to change my flight since I couldn't cancel it. Expedia talked me into keeping airline credit, but completely ignored airline policies. So I changed my ticket and was told there was no expiration date (I specifically asked since I was paying an additional $666 to keep my credit while changing the destination). That was completely wrong. Ticket credit is only valid from 1 year of purchase. Yesterday, they said they were on the phone with Air France and the airline "requested" I call them directly to resolve the issue. That was a complete lie.
Air France cannot make any changes for a ticket booked through Expedia so they couldn't do anything. When I said to the Air France agent that Expedia had been on the phone with Air France and Air France request I call them directly, she said "oh, they say that all the time to get rid of you, but they know we can't do anything. They were just wasting time and getting rid of you sweety." You can probably imagine who that answer made me feel... So now I'm screwed. I can't use the flight for when I have time off and I can't fly sooner (before the expiration date) because I can't take time off. I have to eat the $1,350 I originally poured into these tickets and the additional $650 I spent to keep the credit, on Expedia's advise. $2K down the drain... I will NEVER use them EVER AGAIN.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019
I purchased 3 RT tickets and we had to cancel my daughter ticket. I purchase the insurance just in case we need to cancel for whatever reason. The policy said 100% cancellation. That’s it. It never said for sickness only. Now I have been on the phone with Expedia and the first thing they tell you is, "Let me see if the airline offer a refund when they clearly know they don’t." It is my mistake that I did not look at the amount of complaints that Expedia have against them. What I am really upset about is that the consumer have no protection against this type of ripe off.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019
On the day before our international flight, we received an email from Expedia informing us that Air Europa (don't ever make the mistake of flying with them) is going to charge us for our checked luggage. If we had known that ahead of time, we never would have booked that flight. Not only that, but Air Europa did not honor our seat purchase and sold our seats to another customer. They know they can get away with this. Now that Expedia knows how unhappy I was with their service, they are claiming that the trip was cancelled, so they don't have to bear responsibility for any help they can give me, or refund anything I overpaid. They don't even have to take responsibility for their bad service by claiming the flights were cancelled.
On another international trip last year, Expedia failed to inform us that the connecting flight from Madrid to Malaga was cancelled. The check-in agent had to scramble to find us a flight to Malaga and we almost were not able to find seats for both of us. Air travel is stressful enough, and the airlines can get away with just about anything since if the customers get angry they can just throw them off the plane because of security.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019
We had a worst experience ever with Expedia! We lost $354 because we cancel the hotel since they don’t have a parking space for my vehicle. They never give us our money back! Called the customer service million times yet they can’t help us. They just promised us that they will refund our Money yet months of waiting nothing was refunded. Been trying to write a review on the Expedia website but there's no option to write a review.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019
Expedia online is limited. Unable to book multiple hotels for same vacation. I.e. 1 week at one resort and 1 week at another. Also Expedia is terrible when you are trying to use an airline credit. We were given multiple excuses, ended up losing over $800 credit.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2019
Failed to clarify Enterprise rent a car company policy, requiring credit card to rent a car at the local airport, not accepting debit card as payment at the airport when I’ve done it multiple times in the past at other locations.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2019
This is the text of the review I gave Expedia after my experience: "I have used Expedia on more than a dozen vacations and for years had no complaints, other than that it was sometimes difficult to converse with the representative due to language differences. With each of my last two vacations, I had a parent in the hospital (one for major heart surgery and the other for a drug interaction reaction). In both cases, I purchased trip insurance. I was told for the first trip that I would need the heart surgeon to sign papers, which is absolutely ridiculous. I saw the surgeon for a total of about five minutes before the operation, and never again. It is unfair to expect me to burden that person with your paperwork. I think this is part of the design of the insurance.
The insurance I purchased for the most recent flight/hotel stated boldly that I could 'cancel for any reason.' Sounded brilliant. Sadly, the fine print apparently said that special discount rates were not covered. So why the hell would you offer me insurance to 'cancel for any reason' if both the hotel and flight were discount rates and would not be refunded? You ripped me off twice when I was at my most vulnerable, caring for sick parent. I won't forget this and will do my utmost to make sure that I share my story with anyone who will listen.
I sincerely hope that you are ashamed of your company's misleading insurance advertising. You're taking money from people who need to focus elsewhere, and who trusted you with their precious vacation funds and time. Ultimately, your actions will cost Expedia business, and I join the chorus of folks who will not be duped again by your sham promises. Good riddance."
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2019
I've been using Expedia for purchasing tickets and hotel reservations for over 10 years. One of the best tools out there always. Together with TripAdvisor they are the only sites I respect and believe. Never had a problem and the information and pictures are very accurate.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2019
I booked a flight this morning through Expedia from Saudi Arabia to Poland. My total amount at checkout was $533 INCLUDING my $35 flight protection plan. All of the sudden two payments come through from my bank showing a deduction of $533 and an additional $36. I phoned customer services and all she kept on telling me was, “Phone your bank.” MY BANK DID NOT TAKE AN EXTRA $36, EXPEDIA DID! And then all of the sudden she tells me that Expedia charges an extra fee for using a debit card and not a credit card.
WHERE WAS THIS STATED??? Customers should be informed upon checkout whether there are extra charges for using a debit card. This is stealing and absolutely disgusting from such a big company. Nowhere during the checkout does it state that there are any extra fees to be charged, only my total which was $533. Do you like stealing people’s money, Expedia? I am honestly never booking a flight with them again or using their app.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2019
I have never been treated so badly by a customer service department. Being conned out of hundreds of pounds. Am turning to Citizens Advice and my credit card company for assistance. Booked a holiday online with a total of £977 - they have taken £5998 from our credit card saying the price jumped up last minute. Economy flights and 3 nights in a 3* hotel in NYC would NEVER come to this much money. Repeated the process online again and again, always under £1000. Saying I now have to pay them a £200 cancellation fee or keep the holiday at £6000??!! Expedia have no regards for their customers whatsoever- disgusting.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2019
Excellent majorities of times when booking flights, hotels and cars together. But be careful to check times before paying because I couldn’t pick up the car when I landed and had to pay for an extra night at a hotel. And even though I realized the mistake before I left and considered them at least more than half responsible they refused to reimburse me for the extra night.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2019
I had bad experience with Expedia customer service. I had booked my ticket through Expedia. On my return journey I showed up at the airport and the airlines informed me that my flight is cancelled (Qatar Airways) because while coming in I was no show. Even though for flying in I had different airline. I was with customer service for 5 hours on the phone and in the end I have to buy new tickets ($3500). I have 2 small kids who have to wait at the airport for the whole night as I was on phone with the customer service (listening to their music for most part). I hope they have better customer service rep who could understand the situation and at least provide constant updates instead on putting me on hold for more than a hour without updating me. The amount of time and the stress I had to go through I will never ever book through Expedia again.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2019
The grounds were shabby, the neighborhood was bad, and the staff were surly. Review of Americas Best Value Inn-Schenectady/Albany West. Reviewed today: On 11/8/18 I booked an airfare and hotel through Expedia.com wherein I paid $210.18 for a hotel room at America’s Best Value Inn in Schenectady N.Y -- This reservation was for one person for 3 nights.
On 12/6/18 I paid an additional $50.79 to change my hotel reservation from a king bed to two double beds. However, as soon as I saw the hotel I realized I had made a mistake. The whole atmosphere was shabby, the neighborhood bordered on alarming, and the staff were surly. The only good thing I can say about this hotel is that the room itself was adequate—it looked clean, it was made up daily, and they left the heat on (maybe because local temps were between 10-19 degrees). That said, the parking lot and stairwells etc. were strewn with debris, there was black ice in the parking lot, and there was no in-room microwave or continental breakfast despite their online ads to the contrary that these were included. Indeed, I couldn’t even get coffee from their lobby’s coffee machine because it was “broke”.
This is probably my worst hotel experience ever and I recognize my own failure to check more carefully before booking it. I was even more regretful because I booked my sister into the same hotel (we were there to visit a relative) and am sure she was very disappointed. As previously noted, I booked the airfare and hotel via Expedia, but will not be...more. Date of stay: January 2019.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
Booked Air travel through Expedia. Flight was with Frontier. Purchased Flight Cancellation plan through Expedia as the flight was originally noncancellable. My travel plans changed, so I attempted to cancel online through Expedia. Expedia said I needed to contact Frontier. Frontier said I needed to contact the agent, Expedia... Back and forth confusion only to end up losing the $192 total paid for the one way fair which included $19 for cancellation plan. Expedia was only willing to refund the $19 and Frontier charged $119 FEE for the cancellation - even though I was within the 24 hour time frame to cancel, the element of surprise is how Frontier says "they allow cancellation within 24 hours of flight but must be within 7 days of flight to not pay $119 cancellation penalty"...
Thing is, I booked the flight within 5 days of departure... Expedia's information is misleading and misguiding. Frontier is HORRIBLE. I will NEVER use EXPEDIA and Frontier again! By the way, Expedia offered a $50 coupon for future use and my final refund from Frontier ($54) is only a Frontier "credit" - Both of which can only be used with them. I told them to keep both coupon and credit as I will not use Neither of them again. FRONTIER IS HORRIBLE IN EVERY WAY AND EXPEDIA, SHAME ON YOU!
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
Due to Expedia's failure to specify payments options they processed our money under false pretenses. It cost us time and money. Rude customer service that would not try and help. We were only able to get $50 back but lost $100+ (which will take weeks). We have used Expedia for years, but we will never use this service ever again. My advice cut the middle man out and use main services. It was cheaper anyway.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
So, it's been one week since our trip was supposed to start. I booked a round trip for 3 from Saskatoon, SK to Palm Springs, CA including a car rental from Jan 9, 2019 to Jan 18, 2019 using Expedia. We flew to Calgary airport where we were surprisingly denied entry to the US. I spoke to WestJet management to rebook our flights to get back to Saskatoon where we learned that they were unable to help us due to the cheap flights that were purchased through Expedia.
As the 3 of us sat stranded in the Calgary airport, I called Expedia expecting help to rearrange our flights to get back home. The agent informed me that they could not help at all. When I asked to speak to a manager, I was told there was none available as it was 7 pm. If I wanted, a manager could call me back, but it could take up to 24 hours for a response back. I agreed, but she never went further with that request. She then saw that I had purchased travel insurance. She gave me the policy number and a phone number to call.
I immediately called that number and the agent there told me that the insurance did not cover our situation. I expressed my dissatisfaction with the policy and the fact that they would not help us get back home. She keep saying that if I did not like the policy, I had 10 days after booking our trip to cancel. I asked how I was supposed to know we would get refused entry when it has never been an issue in the past.
I am extremely disgusted with the lack of customer service by Expedia. This was the first time I've booked through them and it will definitely be the last. All I asked for was to get the car rental and flights we did not use reimbursed. It cost us almost $1000 out of our pocket to fly back home on top of the $2000 already spent with Expedia. I have heard nothing back from Expedia at all. They got my money and they don't care about their customers at all.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
A few friends and I planned to take the kids to Great Wolf Lodge. We planned a date and we all looked into booking. My friends booked through Booking.com and I booked through Expedia. My friend asked how much did I Pay, advised I paid $740.00, she said she paid $520.00 through Booking.com for the same exact booked. I called Expedia same day to cancel and book with Booking.com, the agent said I didn't need to do that as they have a price match guarantee program, advised me to take a screen shot of the rate and email it to them then they would reimburse the balance. LIARS.
They kept going back and forth with me a couple times, meanwhile I even forwarded them my friends reservation. They waited until 24 hours prior to the check-in and said they cannot honor because the hotel is no longer avail for price-match. Again, very misleading, false advertisement, this is the second time they have committed fraud and mislead people to book with them. I will put this all over social media and I warn anyone not to book with Expedia. They are overpriced and sneak in additional fees when other companies nor properties charge those. i.e. additional person in room, the hotel advised there was no additional charge for 3 people in a room. Up to 4 people can stay in the room without additional fees, wherein Expedia charged me $100.00 per night in additional body charge.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
We recently booked a hotel near the Atlanta airport for a late night layover. Our party consisted of two adults and three children. We inputted the number of people in our party into the Expedia website and were offered a room that would accommodate all of us, which we purchased. When we arrived at the hotel, we were told that the room only had two queen beds and that the hotel does not have, and has never had, any rollaway beds, mattresses, or other form of additional sleeping arrangement that would prevent three people from sleeping in one bed.
For years, we have made reservations for the five of us at other travel sites and directly with hotels, and EVERY other time there has been an additional bed that would comfortably accommodate that fifth person. As a result of what happened with this reservation, and in order for our group to have a comfortable sleep, we were forced to purchase a second room, which cost us an additional $150. We felt it was best to first lodge our complaint via Expedia's online customer service platform, which we did. We received no response for over one week, so we wrote again. Still no response.
Today, we decided to call Expedia to see why we received no response to our emails. They had no idea and said there was no record or evidence of our emails. I guess the email system doesn't work, or they couldn't care less about our situation. Long story short, the person on the other end said I just needed to read the fine print more carefully and that there was nothing they could do about our problem.
I responded by saying I didn't expect any particular result, other than them acknowledging that they shouldn't allow five people to book a room with two beds without a bold, explicit notice to customers that there is no way to accommodate a fifth person and that there would need to be three people in one bed. Once again, the person told me I needed to read the fine print (which doesn't say anything about this, by the way). I find Expedia's business practice is to conceal important information such as this, which other travel sites do not, and couldn't care less about issues that their customers endure. They are beyond reproach, so be warned.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
Do not book through Expedia. Do not. Heed the warning. Do not think that it won’t matter because you won’t need customer service. You might. You never know. And when you need help you won’t find it. If you have TD travel points, find another way to use them, if you can. Booking a trip is easy. Have problems and need to cancel, you are royally pooched. I mean, a simple request to cancel our Cuba vacation has taken us as couple a combined 8 hours, just to cancel—we have not yet succeeded. We have succeeded only in hearing endlessly looped hold messages and cheesy hold music.
Here are the reasons why not to use Expedia: They don’t list the contact Email on their website, it looks like a glitch but I’m guessing it’s a deliberate glitch. Similarly, the phone menu options to select trip cancellation or trip modification do not work. You are forced to go through the booking option in the phone menu. The person answering will then ask for you to read your credit card number for security purposes, and can’t use, for whatever reason, your name, phone number, or address. Then you will be transferred to customer service, maybe.
I’ve been trying to reach customer service for more than (not exaggerating here) an hour. I’ve sent two Emails in 24 hours with no response. They say they can take up to 48 hours to respond to Email, but they can’t cancel through Email requests for security reasons. I’m just trying to cancel a trip and they are putting us through a massive time wasting maneuver. We are trying to cancel our trip to Cuba because my wife is pregnant since the time we booked and the risk of Zika doesn’t make it worth it. I’m not asking for a lot of compassion, I’m just looking for a reasonable ability to handle simple requests.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
I booked a ticket using Expedia and cancelled immediately within 24 hours. I was eligible for FULL REFUND. Checking my bank statement, I see that they have charged everything in US dollars and the refund received is lesser than what was deducted from my account. Also, there was some hidden charges. I booked using Canadian Dollars and when I called customer care, they mentioned that I received a lesser rate because of the exchange rate. I asked Expedia it was not my fault when the amount was deducted in USD and they refused to give me a refund. I would suggest anyone planning to use Expedia. BEWARE. DO NOT BOOK THROUGH THIS PLATFORM. THEY CHARGE YOU UNNECESSARILY AND DO NOT PROVIDE A REFUND.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
Expedia feeds their client tell wrong information. They say on their opening page the wrong price and the second page they charge more. Deceiving and false information is the worst way to advertise to the customers. The manager was rude, abrupt and careless. When asked his name wouldn’t give it out and was not helpful at all. Unlike their competitors iTravel2000 and Red Tag give the right price to begin with. They allure people by saying they’re getting discount when in actuality they lie until the time of payments. Terrible company...
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
I had booked airfare through Expedia, and had to make a change to the dates. I understand that there were change fees issued by the airline which were $400 per person. I had no problems paying that as I knew I had to pay to change the tickets as they were nonrefundable. The part that was the issue was that Expedia wanted to charge me an extra $250 per person for changing my tickets on top of what the airline wanted to charge me. I end up having to go directly through the airline to get it handled as even United Airlines was not sure why Expedia was charging me the extra $250 per person. Also I purchased travel insurance with them for $108.
I ended up finding the insurance through Costco travel for $38 to have double the coverage. And when I try canceling the insurance to Expedia because they said it been more than 15 days since I booked the policy they could not refund any of my $108. I let them know that I was glad they were able to make a little bit of money on me but that I would never do business with them again as very deceptive in the practices when it clearly said the insurance policy could be canceled for any reason.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
I tried to book a flight with Expedia, the process for payment did not go thru; then we attempt to process again, it said use another card which is very unlikely because we had put enough monies to pay with all fees included. The next day I see my credit card account statement and see two processed payments to Expedia for $29.00... And the reason it would not go thru is because Expedia first charges the $29 tying up your card and not allowing it to go thru. These tickets are not cheap but they charged me twice for this $29.00 fee and then said the card was declined!!!
THEY ARE SCUM!!! They never sold me anything but when I spoke to the customer service rep he was so apologetic and said they only processed it and it would be returned in 5 to 10 business days!!! WOW!!! Now I cannot buy my flights and have to put more money in my card so I can make a real purchase NOT THIS FAKE PROCESSING BULL CRAP THEY GIVE YOU!!! TO MAKE THE TICKETS MORE EXPENSIVE.
**The funny thing is that the price for the flights changed from $390.00 to a higher price - to $430 then to $487 --- twice in less than 5 minutes as we got our information filled in the system and although we say these sudden changes we still needed to purchase so they gimmicked us again and again taking our monies for nothing. THESE PEOPLE ARE SCAMMERS!!! The prices won't stay and they are jacking them higher to see how far you are willing to go! THEY MUST BE STOPPED!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2019
I booked a flight with my family **. 24 hours before I cancelled 'cause needed to change the date. The message that pop up when you cancel a flight is, "YOUR ITINERARY WAS FULLY CANCELLED AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A FULLY REFUND." So I proceed to book my new flight as I was running out of time. Two days later as I didn't receive my refund, I called and they answer that by Expedia policy the customer needs to call directly the airline to make the cancellation 'cause is a low cost airline. So no refund from Spirit, and the only answer is that from $700 they will only credit $200, not a refund.
I understand that this is a misleading message from their page, and the message SHOULD say that I need to go contact the airline, instead of YOUR ITINERARY WAS FULLY CANCELLED. That let us without budget for me, my husband and my two boys, to enjoy plenty my vacations and of course would never ever recommend Expedia to any customer. They do not answer emails, and when you contact them the call last forever ringing. Finally when somebody answer nobody can say something credible. At this time, my records shows fully cancelled with the complete transaction but haven't receive my money back.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2019
The prepaid 3-star room was not available when I arrived at 10:30 pm. The line to check in at the hotel was so long, and only 1 desk person, that around 3 hours would be required to wait for my non-smoking room, which I had overheard was no longer available. Expedia refused to stand by the availability of my room on the date reserved. They further refused to refund the prepayment.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2019
Booked tickets for Universal Studios for Jan 2019 and was double billed extra 300 dollars. Attempts to call Expedia was 45 minutes of being on hold and later informed by Carla that additional reservation that I did not make is not cancellable or refundable. I will never use Expedia again and encourage anyone considering using Expedia to beware.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2019
I booked a flight through Expedia and also purchased the cancellation insurance through a third party company (Allianz). Due to unforeseen circumstances, I needed to cancel or change my flight. After speaking with Expedia multiple times as well as the insurance company and the airline I was not allowed to cancel or even change the flight. They showed zero compassion to my situation. As someone who works in the hotel industry, I was shocked at the lack of care I received. I will most definitely be sharing my experience with friends, family, coworkers, and guests and encouraging them to find an alternative site. And will never be using the site again.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2019
Expedia bad. Real bad. Problems with packaging. Had reservations for 7 days hotel and car rental. Something wrong with their system. Only booked ca reservation for 2 days and had to pay out of my pocket and they won’t refund me. STAY AWAY from Expedia.
Expedia Company Information
- Company Name:
- Expedia
- Year Founded:
- 1996
- Address:
- 333 108th Ave.
- City:
- NE Bellevue
- State/Province:
- WA
- Postal Code:
- 98004
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.expedia.com
