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Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
After booking a car for a trip in Ireland through Expedia, I took out the auto insurance that they offered at what seemed to be a very good price. When I picked up the car in Ireland, they explained how complicated it would be to get reimbursement from Expedia, so I tried to cancel the policy with them. I tried through both email (something VERY difficult to find on Expedia's website, but it is there if you want a written record of their poor service) and by phone. I never got my money back and never got a proper explanation. Just a note that my claim had been rejected and a "Thank You for your business."
With both email and phone contacts, the representatives did not respond to my requests, but treated my questions as complaints against the car company (Alamo). I had no problem with Alamo. My sole problem was with the misleading, dishonest policy sold by Expedia. The phone contact was terrible. The representative was in a room with so much background noise that I had to shout for him to hear me. Not that it mattered because he was clearly working from a script anyway. I have used Expedia for lodging rentals in the past. I usually don't rent cars, so this was a new experience for me. I will NEVER book anything with Expedia again!
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
Horrible help!!! Runaround for hours until you give up!!! You lose they win!!! Do you really think these telemarketers from El Salvador have the power to give you (US CITIZENS) a refund or the use of your voucher??? Absolutely not. I visualized them all laughing in their office as they put you on hold and then hand the phone over to a supervisor?
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018
I booked a flight through Expedia hoping to make a 2nd honeymoon trip for myself and my husband. After a couple weeks, we received an email stating that the times we had selected were no longer available and had to choose another. Granted, the times were not that different but having to drive 2 hours to the airport, it was kind of a big deal. I called and confirmed that we would do it, but immediately after hanging up and talking to my husband, we agreed that we could not do it with trying to juggle my son's schedule that we had worked out with friends. I call them back within 10 minutes and told them our decision. I had also taken out insurance just in case this might happen. I also suffer from anxiety and with the changes, I just could not do it.
Needless to say, I was told nope, no refund or take the flight. I explained over and over and yet no. So, I went through the lengthy process of even having my doctor sign and document that I suffer from high anxiety and am on medication and could not make the trip. I documented everything they would need and got it to AIG insurance as even calling Delta did nothing. Well guess what? Nope there was a clause in the insurance about anxiety also that caused me to be out of $450.00 that we had been saving for our trip. I will never ever ever go through Expedia again nor will I take out insurance. It is a scam! You will be screwed no matter what!
So, Expedia took my money and didn't bat an eye. We have to save again for our trip and I am still sick that basically we just 'gave' them $450.00 and for what??? They would have been out nothing since it was a good 2 months before my flight. So I am still sick about it and will never ever make that mistake again. I am urging anyone and everyone to never go through a site as Expedia. You will get burned if an emergency comes up and you cannot go. Someone would have to pass away and you have to produce a death certificate to prove it. And in all honesty they would probably deny you anyway!
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018
We booked Furnace Hill Lodge in Sheffield through Expedia for the weekend that our daughter was due to start University. We booked this one month before Freshers week as we knew that Sheffield was going to be busy and we wanted somewhere near to the Uni village so that we could look around the area. We also wanted a self catering apartment so that we could relax and have breakfast together before moving our daughter into her accommodation. The email from Expedia stated that no further confirmation was needed. However, we emailed Furnace Lodge 2 days before to check booking and inquire about check in details. We had no reply so phoned a day before we were due. The Lodge could not find us on their system and said they would call back but as time was of the essence, after 2 hours we called again.
This time the lodge explained that another customer was apparently already in the apartment and staying until Sunday. She had booked through Booking.com. Clearly shocked by this news, we asked what they would do about it as we had only had 24 hours to find alternative accommodation and had made our booking well in advance. They offered us alternative accommodation but had no details as to what this was, location or otherwise. They stated that no charge had been made to Expedia to date and so we should call them to cancel our reservation. We called Expedia, who at first offered to book us in somewhere else but again had little info regarding where this would be in Sheffield, price and to what standard.
We chose to cancel booking as had completely lost faith in company as they were clearly not vetting their registered providers. This was an extremely stressful situation to be in with only 24 hours available to find a hotel on one of the busiest weekends before Freshers week. In the end we booked directly with Travel Lodge which was not ideal, about 6 miles from original location and off busy roundabout/main road. We will not be using Expedia.com again or any other booking service, preferring to contact hotels direct as this is far more reliable and there is often very little difference in price.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
I have had numerous negative encounters with Expedia over the years. I am a gold member and I have been actively using Expedia, However every time I have an issue it’s the most complicated process dealing with Expedia's customer service. Expedia will not help you resolve anything. What is worse is that if you booked via Expedia airlines and hotels will not talk to you and you are forced with the tragedy that is Expedia customer care.
My most recent issue I that I had purchased tickets from NY to San Juan in October and I purchased the “Protect your trip” recommended by Expedia insurance. I needed to cancel my flight due to a work situation that came up and they basically told me the insurance is not through Expedia and I have to call Travel Guard. Travel Guard told me I do not qualify as someone else here mentioned you are only covered for sickness, death or natural disaster. Well any airline waives fees for these reasons why sell insurance for this. This is the worse scam done by Expedia by far. Expedia likes to brush it off as it’s not their insurance but Expedia not only sells it but Recommends it.
Needless to say I lost about $400 on Airline fees, the same fees the airline would apply had I booked directly with them. However at times you may get a manager sat the airline's customer care that may be more helpful than Expedia customer service. Now I totally understand all the nonrefundable nonsense and policies imposed by hotels and airlines, however if when the need arises to have this conversation why would I want to have this with Expedia customer care rather than the hotel or airline itself? I need someone from Expedia to explain to me their purpose for existing? Like why should I or anyone use them if they are zero help but an added problem.
I will no longer use Expedia and will not book directly with airlines and hotels. I must add not once have I found a cheaper rate on Expedia than hotel or airline websites. The other factor that is very disappointing is that hotels and airlines treat you like a second class citizen if you booked from a third party vendor like Expedia and I tested this and it’s 100% true. So again my question remains what is the purpose of using Expedia?
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
Horrible customer service. I purchased a plane ticket in January and was told I could cancel at any time with no hassle. I purchased an additional insurance for $35 and the lady on the phone from Expedia told me "that's only for if your family member dies". So, I paid $35 just in case somebody dies. Not what I was told at point of purchase. I will never use Expedia again and make sure my friends and family do not either. So now I am out $300+ and they refuse to do anything for me, even a flight credit.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
I was using Expedia to book flights and hotels for my colleagues who travel frequently for business. I prepaid a hotel stay which later had to be canceled due to a client changing a scheduled out of town meeting. I called Expedia and was told the hotel would not refund the stay but I later confirmed with the hotel that they would refund and it was Expedia not being honest. I have since seen similar experiences posted on this review site from other customers who experienced the same thing. I also tried to change a flight and use a credit provided by Expedia and waited on hold over 1.5 hours to complete the transaction and then did not receive an email confirmation as promised. I called back and incurred a further hour on the phone with customer service. I will deal directly with the airlines and hotels going forward and would never use Expedia again. They are not honest about their policies and the wait times are ridiculous.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
This app is not worthy of one star. It is the worst of the worst, of the worst. Also, this is the first time I’ve felt compelled to write a bad review. I’ve been traveling through Asia and not once have my hotel reservations been seamless. The first night — okay people make mistakes... our reservation wasn’t in the system. The person who had to resolve the issue for us was the hotel’s manager, not Expedia, who after seeing us making a scene past midnight, decided to contact a completely different hotel in order to place us in there since even though we had reserved the rooms and had already paid for them — they were not available. Reminds me of that one episode of Seinfeld and the rental car... only I’m not laughing but crying!
On the second night my partners and I found ourselves stranded in the mammoth metropolis of Beijing at night because the address on the Expedia listing was wrong — we did not misread it! There simply was no Super 8 hotel on that street, or at that address, or anywhere nearby. So we had to walk for miles and miles, dragging our heavy baggage all over the center of Beijing, trying to find a different hotel. It was impossible to grab a taxi at that time of night, and if it weren’t because of a Good Samaritan who spoke Spanish and told us how to take the subway to a different hotel, I’m pretty sure we would have had to spend the night in the streets, like vagabond dogs. When we finally arrived at our new hotel it was four times as much as what we paid for through the app... And this is the day that we still haven’t gotten reimbursed for those charges. We were soaked in sweat, hungry, cranky as hell, and oh so dismally tired... a hellish experience.
But dear traveler, wait, it gets better! Then we traveled to Yancheng, and we decided to book a five-star hotel to alleviate the discomfort we had been feeling since our odyssey in Beijing... but surprise surprise! You guessed it. They messed up our reservation once again... And we had to make another scene, and spend two hours in an international phone call with Expedia to fix the problem so that the hotel could honor our reservation, which was already paid for. Communication was almost impossible since none of the Expedia reps could speak Chinese. They should really staff for Asia since so many people in the world speak Mandarin.
Finally I don’t know if it was the hotel that didn’t want us in the lobby souring up the place, or if they really were able to confirm our reservation... but we were finally able to check in. By that time the luxuries like the spa were closed... so there it went down the drain... our sweet five-star comfort. Traveling friends, dear assistants, hated enemies, I urge you to avoid this app at all costs, unless you are willing to suffer, get fired, or sleep in the comfortable filth of Beijing’s concrete sidewalks. You’ve been warned!
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
I booked two refundable rooms through Expedia. When our dates changed and I tried to increase the dates from one to two days and the hotel could not accommodate us I canceled both rooms. Expedia would only refund for one room. I was told the hotel would not refund the second room. After calling the hotel I called back Expedia, told them, in fact, it was them that refused to return payment. Their response was, "too bad." I will never use this company again as this is not the first time we have had issues with them.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
For one week I have been in contact with the representatives at Expedia - listed below. For the majority of the phone calls I have been on hold. All I want to do is change my flights as we cannot take our flights that are booked any longer. Each time I have spoken with a representative I have been given different information regarding the booking. I have had to repeat myself over and over as there hasn't seemed to be any record of my previous conversations. I contacted the airline directly to change my flights but was told I would be unable to do so as Expedia made the booking and therefore had to change it for me.
I then called Expedia again who told me that was not the case and that I could change the flights directly with the airline. I called the airline, and again was told I couldn't change my flights. I called Expedia, and the rep told me he would email a written authority to the airline that said I was able to now change the flights myself.
I called the airline after waiting to make sure there was time for this to go through, and again was told there was no record of this and that I couldn't change my booking. I have now been on the phone for over an hour (see below) - most of which on hold - where I was initially told that I was unable to change the booking myself, so I tried to book through the rep, who then gave me the price of flights being an extra $1000 on top of what I have paid. I had the flights in front of me and it was only an additional $200 including the $110 change fee, I asked for prices over different days and was told they would be more expensive although she couldn't confirm as she hadn't checked.
The same rep then told me I would be able to call the airline myself and change the booking - to which I said I have tried that 3 times and it was not correct - and now she said she would call the airline and transfer me through to change it myself. When she came back to me, she now said that I could not deal directly with the airline, and that I would need to go through her. Surely you can understand my frustration and impatience at the way this has been handled. Our flight is due to leave in just over 24 hours, and I am already losing $2400 on the accommodation that cannot be changed, I absolutely do not want to lose the money on my flights as well just because of it not being handled by your staff in time. I have been trying to change this for over a week now and it really shouldn't be this frustrating and difficult.
Here is a list of the times spent on the phone with your representatives for more than 10 minutes (there are over 15 other phone calls that are less than 10 minutes!). 11th Sep 6.59 pm - 15 mins. 11th Sep - 7.16 pm - 19 mins. 13th Sep 5.14 pm - 31 mins. 17th Sep 9.07 am - 21 mins. 17th Sep 7.24 pm - 59 mins. 17th Sep 10.01 pm - 68 mins.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
I purchased tour through Expedia.com that was provided by City Wonders, paying $194. Even though we arrived 20 minutes prior the begging time, we were not able to locate meeting point of the tour that they decided to place at the Metro station of the busy city! We ran around like idiots with no luck. After missing the tour, I contacted City Wonders directly attempting to get a refund for services that I did not receive; however, their customer service was so rude and not cooperative that I decided to contact Expedia. At first, they pretended to cooperate but 3 days later I realized they were wasting my time when they finally advised there was nothing they could do.
Moreover, knowing that I was furious and would want to leave a negative review, they advised me (and I quote words from their e-mail to me!): "be advised that if you want to post a public feedback, that option is available for hotels only, if you wish to share your complaint with us, you can reply to this email and we will take actions." Needless to say that this was not true as tour add I booked had several reviews posted and VERIFIED BY EXPEDIA! I consider this as misrepresentation and dishonest way of doing business as well as horrible handling of clients interests.

Reviewed Sept. 16, 2018
I booked a hotel stay in Iceland thru Expedia. The cost was $2241 US, billed to my credit card. When I checked out of the hotel, I asked for a receipt and I got one from the hotel showing the total room cost of $1697. The hotel billed $1697 and Expedia paid that amount to the Sand Hotel. I paid $ 2241, a 25% higher rate than the hotel would have charged me had I booked directly. I called the hotel manager who intervened on my behalf but Expedia would not listen to him. I called Expedia and emailed them with all the paperwork and they told me that I because I agreed to the rate when I paid it, there is nothing they can do. Dealing with them was very difficult since Expedia outsources and I had a great deal of difficulty understanding the English of the people at Expedia. The manager at Expedia was rude and shouted at me and then hung up.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
www.expedia.com be aware. Show prices as $** but this US$. Make a mistake in any country other than USA you will get a rude shock. No way on website to change currency. A rip off. And so easily for Expedia to fix. Expedia has the money and trying deal with Expedia through customer support message service you will believe you are dealing with robots. Could not recommend Expedia for any type of booking.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
Booked trip through Expedia to Ireland from the US. Purchased extra car insurance, arrive to get rental, they say insurance is no good. Well I could use it but had to leave a $2000 cash deposit for car as they don't recognize insurance. Paid an additional $450 through car rental company, got back to US, read the EXPEDIA insurance "fine print" and it even says many rental places won't take their insurance, so DO NOT BUY THEIR INSURANCE. IT IS JUST A PROFIT CENTER WITH NO VALUE TO CONSUMER, should be investigated.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
I booked a flight on July 30th for September 23rd through September 27th. I purchased the insurance policy to cover any unforeseen circumstances that may arise. Unfortunately, something came up with the family I was supposed to visit. I contacted Expedia who just rambled off the insurance policy to me and provided me with Travel Guard's phone number. I called Travel Guard and they pushed me off to AON, a third party vendor who deals with claims. I called AON who told me my options were to either cancel my flight and take a chance on having my claims report approved or follow through with my flight. So I either fly and impose on the family that I'm supposed to visit as they go through a difficult time or I lose out on the money.
NO ONE even tried to help me. Each person I talked to read the policy to me verbatim and shoved me on to someone else. I'm EXTREMELY disappointed and unsatisfied with the customer service. I don't understand how hard it would be to offer a flight voucher so that I could use it in the future. Not only would Expedia still get my business, but they would be able to open my seat up and most likely make more on the flight. So glad I could just give an extra $26 for a bogus policy with endless amounts of red tape.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
I booked a hotel stay for the Aug 11 & 12 on Aug 10 at 4:30 pm. When I arrived at the hotel the next day, they showed my reservation for Aug 10 only. I paid the hotel direct for my two day stay. Contacted Expedia about the error and refund, and they said nothing could be done. They refused to refund my money. Will never use their services again. Buyer beware!
Updated review: Sept. 14, 2018
Woohoo!!! I am pleased to announce that around 30 mins after my previous review, Paypal and Expedia alerted me to my refund being processed. The £233 pounds that was outstanding has been refunded.
Original Review: Sept. 14, 2018
In February, of this year, I was in Barcelona and booked my stay via Expedia. Due to a glitch on the website my payment went through but I got no reservation confirmation which resulted in me booking again and a 2nd payment being taken off my PayPal. After NUMEROUS emails and Expedia actually agreeing to refund me, I'm STILL, 7 months later, waiting for my 233 Pounds. Of course, I've been following up in writing but Expedia Travel Support doesn't even have the decency of responding anymore. I won't be using EXPEDIA again nor will I ever with a good heart be able to recommend them. I think I've been patient enough.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
I spent 2h40' yesterday on the phone with Sofi. Today another 1h37' with Cindy trying to change this flight. They told me that part of the first leg had not been taken. I sent the boarding passes showing all flights were taken. Sofi asked me to wait for 24h for Iberia's authorization and somebody from Expedia would call me. Nobody called. I called and spoke with Cindy.
After 1h37' she told me again about the supposedly "non-taken" flight. I asked to speak with her supervisor. Waited another 10 minutes and I just decided to hang-up. I called Iberia right after. They made the change I needed. Nobody told me anything about the "non-taken" flight, it will cost me US$ 434,00, and I spent 23 minutes with them on the phone. Honestly, it is very frustrating, and I do not see any benefits of using Expedia, as at the end the cost is not a big difference from what we can find on airlines' websites, and it is always very difficult to make changes. I am very inclined to not use Expedia anymore for our employees, and from now on, I will only use it if I can't find any other solution.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
The car insurance Expedia sells is not recognized by any and all of the car rental companies they work with. It's a scam. Further, when you contact Expedia to cancel the insurance and ask for a refund they give you every excuse in the book why they won't make a refund.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
Booked a hotel for stay near Yosemite at Yosemite Westgate Lodge. Expedia price was $199.99 with taxes etc. It was $229.99. When we went to the lodge we discovered that the price at the lodge itself was $129.99. With taxes it was like $149.99. For believing in Expedia it costed us $80 extra per day. Called Expedia to get help. It went to somewhere in Philippines. They were first of all not clear. They dont have any commitment to help. They were only explaining me how Expedia works. They never showed any intention of helping at all. The lady said she will call back and never called. I am really upset. Spoke to the lodge clerk. She did nothing either. Morning apple to the owner. Was an Patel. He had no intention of helping either. All in all Expedia is dwindling people. They are nothing but robbers. WILL NEVER USE THEM AGAIN AND SPOIL MY VACATION.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
I purchased a vacation package to Exuma, Bahamas. A few days later, I thought it would be a good idea to book transportation to the hotel, a shuttle, a car rental etc. I noticed that my airport was in Nassau Bahamas and my hotel was in Exuma. I realized that there was water in between the island. Not really knowing how far the island was from one another, I decided to call Expedia. I was thinking maybe there’s a water taxi or something. After I was placed on hold like for an hour. The agent told me not to worry. That the hotel has water ferry that would only charge me $35 a 40 minute ride. That made perfect sense to me. She assured me that she had left instructions with the hotel to provide me with transportation.
I took it upon myself to reach out to the hotel to confirm that they would be picking us up and the hotel immediately told us that transportation would be waiting for us in the airport. Now I didn’t specify that I was arriving at Nassau because of my previous conversation with Expedia. Day of arrival. Turns out that there was no transportation waiting for me since the only way to reach the Exuma island is by plane. OMG. I cancelled my reservation with the hotel for that night because I was obviously not going to make it. But Expedia refused to refund us for that night. Expedia says we stayed at the hotel that night, what? I was in a different island.
We had to rent a hotel at that late hour with a little baby. We rented a night at a hotel close by. I called Expedia who explained to me that night, mind you 2 hours on the phone with them. They explained to me that I picked the wrong airport. Excuse me??? I book a vacation package and if that airport was available then its because it’s reachable by land people. I didn’t book flight and hotel separately, I booked them together.
Maybe, I picked that airport because it had the better hours to fit my vacation needs but I wouldn’t be booking a flight to Puerto Rico to stay in Santo Domingo, that just doesn’t make any sense. That airport should never been a choice for me to pick and then the wrong information was absurd. We had to spend between hotel and airfare $1200 more not to mentioned we lost 2 days of our destination. We were only going for 4 nights and ended staying only 2 in Exuma because we had to spend 2 days in Nassau. Expedia response was, "I’m sorry" but there’s nothing they can do. And that was that.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
Not able to change my flight date even after I called 24 hours after the purchase. They would charge me $800 to change my return flight date. I order my return flight with another company and after wanting my return flight airport tax refund it took me 5 calls to obtain some response, with a promise they will call me back but they NEVER did. DON'T ORDER YOUR FLIGHT WITH THEM. YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
Unfortunately I cannot rate them zero star, for example we hired a car and asked for (you guessed) a car, they then charged for a sat nav system that was fitted in the car which we did not request, REALLY they will be charging for wheels and windscreen next I'm guessing? The really sad thing is they do not read emails that point out their mistakes (even after 16) so it seems the reality is they do not give a damn about customers. A lot of bad companies out there but at least many have a method to make a complaint, they are also very sneaky about canceling their requests for feedback when they associate you with a complaint in order to 'fake' review which is just bad form.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
My son had to have surgery hours away from home so we needed a hotel for 1 night. I chose Travelodge based on reviews and price... BIG MISTAKE! The man at the front was incredibly rude and unhelpful... But then we got to our parking area for our "room". There were people a few feet away from myself and my 2 children who are under the age of 4, just watching us and talking in a foreign language while watching us -- I tried to quickly unload my children and luggage in the pouring rain to get to safety... I immediately had a headache from the smoke smell and the walls, doors, couch, remote, bed, bathroom and floors looked DISGUSTING! I went in full panic attack mode.
Now, I called Expedia customer service to try and help us out of the current horror and boy did they deliver! Al, the customer service lady got my reservation canceled, and booked me a new very nice hotel that was closer to the hospital within 15 mins and she stayed on the phone with me the whole time. I had a VERY stressful day but with her help at least my 2 children and I are comfy and safe before a stressful situation tomorrow. I will use Expedia again and again!!! THANK YOU.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
After having to cancel a flight, I received a credit for two airlines. I wanted to rebook my flights through Expedia because I trusted they would take care of me. The flight was canceled to do a death in the family and they kept emailing me "claim" form for me to fill out and get a refund. I didn't want a refund, I wanted to just use my airline credit.
After a year of going 'round and 'round. I tried booking another flight only to find out the credit had expired. I literally spent over 4 days and several hours being transferred, put on hold, sent to different supervisors only to have someone tell me that I need to speak with a manager at the corporate office and they would call me back. I waited and waited... NEVER did I receive a call back. I finally waited close to 2 hours on the phone today for a manager, only to be told there was nothing they can do. I asked several times, Are you saying you are not going to make this right? In her rude and condescending tone, she said there is nothing we can do.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
I called to make reservations through Expedia and realized the hotel was too far away from where I wanted to be in Cherokee. So I called Expedia right back less than an hour after I made the reservations to cancel them. I got confirmation that the rooms were cancelled. But, as I was leaving Cherokee (where I wanted to stay but thought all the hotels around there were sold out). Sunday to come home I tried to swipe my card to get gas and it was declined. Because Expedia Did not communicate with Quality Inn, they pulled out the money for the rooms that I CANCELLED and DID NOT even stay in.
So, now I have lost $265 and I need to get back home to Rock Hill which is like almost like a 3 hr drive away. I panicked because they stole all the money I had left in my account and I had no way now to put gas in my car and get back home. I regret ever making reservations through Expedia, and never will consider Expedia or Quality Inn next time I try to book a hotel. Quality Inn did not help me out either after I stayed my situation. They took the last bit of money I had in my account to make it home with and get through the week. And they want even help me out. I can't believe this happen to me, I got robbed.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
I had a non-refundable reservation that had to be canceled due to our state's Governor issuing a State of Emergency for an incoming major hurricane. I called Expedia to explain to them I was legally unable to keep the reservation due to the evacuation order. They told me they called the hotel and the hotel refused to cancel the reservation without charging me the entire amount. I proceeded to call the hotel to find out why and they indicated they had no problem canceling the reservation under the circumstances. Expedia completely lied to me about the outcome of the conversation with the hotel. They would rather risk people's lives for a reservation than to allow one to be canceled under circumstances such as these. I'll never use Expedia again and will tell everyone I know how greedy and self-serving they are.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
The Florentine Roof Garden IN Florence Italy REQUIRED a 48 HR notice before arriving. We did call but no one answered the phone and no answering service either. It also stated that the desk would only be open from 2 to 4 pm. Found the door to hotel apartments closed. We waited till 5 pm. Myself and another couple, also in the same situation, were left to search for alternative accommodations. I contacted Expedia immediately after and they too could not reach the hotel owner. After several weeks of emails with Expedia and numerous representatives, they stated that I, according to the hotel owner, did not follow the policy. Beware of Expedia and hotels with 48 hr notices.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
I'm a regular user of Expedia service, and while I definitely have a good word for the extremely user friendly website, I cannot say the same about the customer service. If you decide on a change of flight post 24 hours then it becomes a nightmare. A call to the customer service of Expedia, even if you are a Gold Plus customer takes a minimum of 30 minutes and it could go on for 90 minutes or more. So, if it's an international call that you are making, then rest assured you are looking at a good amount of money on the call and not to forget the time you have to set aside.
I dread making a change to a booking made on Expedia. So much so, that I have slowly reduced the number of bookings I make through them and have started using alternate methods. Oh, and must say, their email support is no good as well. 50 to 70% or emails are never replied to... so let's not hope for that too! And, then again, a good word for the agents who attend the calls, cannot complain about their service, it's just impeccable. But we just get tired of waiting on the phone!
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018
I booked a flight for a client travelling from Pristina to Toronto. My client travelled 300km to the airport just to be welcomed by a great surprise. The workers at the check-in told the client that she cannot board the flight because she doesn't have a "transit visa". In any of the emails we received from Expedia, it wasn't stated anywhere that she would require a transit visa. I was on the phone for 5 hours talking to the company and they kept blaming me for having improper documentation even though the company never told us she needed a transit visa. The customer service is a complete mess and every agent I talked to gave me different false information.
Just to rub salt in the wound, they said that they would gladly help me book another ticket FULL PRICE! This is completely and utterly unacceptable and I advise that you never buy a ticket from Expedia. They are just a bunch of scammers who could care less about their customers, they only care about your money. Please buy your tickets from other sites as one of the agents told me it would cost $1800 to rebook another ticket that involved 2 stops. Today I found a ticket on cheapoair.ca that had a 1 stop ticket for $800. Don't fall for the ** Expedia tells you, they are just full of deception and lies.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018
My husband booked a flight for my mother-in-law through Expedia. The flight is at 4:45pm, my husband received an email at 1100 saying the flight was rescheduled to 1000. My husband called Expedia right away & the first agent that he talked to apologized & said that it was their fault & will try to reschedule. He then told my husband to hold while they fix the itinerary. Then they told him that they will pass him on to Corporate as they will decide on the matter.
After almost 4 hours on the phone answering questions & being on hold, Grace ** who she said is the highest person we can talk to told us that it was not their fault & keep on insisting that they have sent the 1st email last June. She then told us that there is nothing they can do & that we need to repurchased another ticket. We were so disappointed to say the least. They gave you false assurance so you’ll think they’re helping you but really they are just wasting your time. We called American Airlines right after & they helped us reschedule while apologizing for Expedia! Never ever again will we use Expedia.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
I booked return flights from New Zealand, Expedia or the Airline made a mistake with one of the names, after almost four hours in phone calls they told me that I had to buy the tickets AGAIN and they'll refund me TEN weeks after. So, if Expedia makes a mistake you still need to pay again, it doesn't matter if you correctly specify all details, you still need to be charged and wait 10 weeks to see if they correctly refund your flights. Expedia is by far the worst customer experience I have ever had, do not use it, you could be charged twice and for that, is better to book through the airline.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
Traveled from Kathmandu Nepal to Toronto with a stop-over in a Boston Logan Airport Hotel. (August 19-20, 2018) We booked from Nepal and the Trip Advisor Web page on our computer in Nepal advertised in Nepali rupees (NPR) but when we received our receipt we were charged in Indian Rupees. (50% mark-up). We contacted Expedia immediately but they simply kept the money. This is deceptive advertising and despite our alerting Expedia they continue to do it.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
When we checked in (at approximately 12:30 am, after driving all day), we were told that some areas of the hotel and some rooms in the hotel did not have power. We were assured that our room did have power and that power to the rest of the hotel would be restored “soon”. It had recently rained, our room was located on the second floor and a large, deep puddle had accumulated in the area that was in front to the stairway. When we arrived to our room with all our luggage, we learned that our room did not have power. I spoke again with the front desk person and, after telling me that we could not change rooms to one with power, he assured me that power would be restored soon. Throughout our entire stay, power was never restored. There was no hot water. The carpet in the entryway inside our room was soaked with water.
We were awoken at approximately 4 am by an enormous “boom” -like a cannon had just been set off- when the hotel’s underground transformer blew up and again at about 7 am when a work crew began jack-hammering to dig out the blown transformer. When the jack-hammering began, we left and asked to speak with the manager. The front desk person explained that she was too busy dealing with the power issue to talk with everyone. We accepted his explanation and asked that she contact us by phone when she was able. Weeks later, she still had not called. So my wife called and left her a voicemail in which she requested that she call us. By a week after that, we still did not receive her call. My wife called again and was able to speak with the manager, Becky **.
Becky said that she didn't realize we wanted for her to call us back. -Uh, yes, actually we did want you to call us, that's why we left the message for you to call us when we checked out of the hotel and also when she left you a voicemail in which she asked you to return her call; not sure how you could not understand that. After my wife described the many issues with the conditions during our stay, Becky assured my wife that she would refund our money. She said it would be faster if we contacted Expedia for the refund because they are the third party who processed our payment.
We contacted Expedia who, in turn said that they would need to contact Becky to confirm the refund. After contacting Becky, Expedia stated that Becky was denying our request for a refund. I responded to Expedia, suggesting that they may wish to again contact Becky regarding our experience at her hotel because she 'must' have 'forgotten' about her discussion with my wife in which she had already agreed to a refund. I also informed Expedia that I would be disputing the charge with my credit card company and contacting the Motel 6 corporate office. I have not yet received a response from Expedia (I will update this review if/when I receive one). I have placed the charge into dispute with my credit card company and shared all my experience with the Motel 6 corporate office (which seemed supportive). I will update this review if/when I receive a final resolution from the Motel 6 corporate office.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
Being the fact that I had the most horrendous time booking with this travel agency, I will NEVER book with Expedia ever again. I won’t go into detail about how troublesome my booking was through this third party but the fact that their miscommunication with the hotel you need to book with was damn near nonexistent, it was by far the most unnecessary hassle I ever had to endured. Best believe I will be informing my network circle to stay away from booking anything through Expedia from here on out. Truly Disappointed.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
Purchased a flight with American Airlines through Expedia. Purchased the cancellation insurance in case my plans changed thinking that I could cancel. Evidently you have to be sick or dead to get a refund on your flight. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. MAY never use Expedia again!!!
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
Booked a flight through Expedia.com but made an error with a booking and left a letter out of my first name. I contacted them to correct this and they said they would call back. Despite them having my contact details (in the Middle East) they still called in the early hours of the morning. Ended up costing me USD142.00 and was kept on the phone for over 50 minutes, on hold multiple times. Please consider NOT using Expedia even if you may save a few bucks, it just isn't worth the hassle if something goes wrong.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
Very disappointed with my recent experience with Expedia. I was looking forward to a family trip, but my husband is now having to deploy for the military earlier than expected. Not only are we unable to not able get any of our money back, they also will not allow us to use the money we spent in the future for a trip once he is home. So we are just out $2,000. There are exceptions for “illness” or death, but not for military service to our country? I definitely will not ever use the site again and will be telling all of my family and friends about this disaster.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
I booked my car rental through Expedia. Economy Car Rental was one of the options. Worst decision ever. The rental ended up being through Jet Car Rental at 3356 Elmbank Road, Mississauga, ON Canada. They come under Economy Car Rental. They are horrible people and are committing fraud. Financial fraud! And I am very disappointed that Expedia is giving them a platform to continue cheating customers. Expedia, drop this company!!! Until then, I will not use your services.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
While on a trip last month, I researched hotels in a very small town I would be passing through the next day. The hotel I wanted had "just 1 room left" for the next night. I was tempted to book it, but wasn't sure if I would be able to drive all 600 miles to it the next day, so I did not book it. I arrived at about 9 pm the next day, it was a 24 unit hotel. There were only 3 cars there! I asked for and got a room. There is no way the place only had 1 room left. Expedia is bogus, full of crap, misleading, untruthful, a big scam.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
I booked via Expedia for a Dolphin Encounter at Cabo San Lucas on August 7th. Unfortunately due to poor weather conditions our Carnival Cruise Ship was unable to dock at Cabo San Lucas on August 7th as planned, instead we were sent to the port of Mazatlan. We contacted Cabo Dolphins to cancel our booking as soon as we were aware (on August 6th) and they advised us that we needed to contact Expedia to request a refund. Therefore, we emailed Expedia to explain the situation and request a refund or credit. Expedia advised us they were liaising with Cabo Dolphins about the refund. We then received a reply from Expedia advising Cabo Dolphins had denied our refund and therefore Expedia could not issue a refund or credit.
Our cancellation was completely out of our hands due to our cruise ship captain's decision not to dock at Cabo San Lucas on August 7th due to a hurricane alert, and for the safety of the entire cruise ship. We notified Cabo Dolphins as soon as we knew this information. I'm very disappointed and surprised to hear that Expedia will not consider giving a credit to a customer directly if the vendor denies the refund. I was of the impression Expedia would value their customers more, and in situations where a booking is cancelled due to no fault of the client, Expedia would at least offer a credit in place of a refund. Unfortunately this will cause me to reconsider booking with Expedia in the future.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
DO NOT USE EXPEDIA! We booked flights and hotel for 6. Bought their insurance. Had to cancel the trip. The hotel was refundable anyway, so no loss. The flight, however, was not refundable. Got a credit and they said that since I had the insurance they would refund the airline booting re-charge. The charge was $150.00 (US) per ticket ($900.00 for 6). When I went to re-book the tickets the prices they quoted me were... $150.00 over the price I could get ANYWHERE else including their own website!!! I couldn't do anything else since in order to use the credit I had to go through their Customer Service Department. Re-booted the hotel using Bookings.com... when I logged into their site they gave me an extra $400 off as a daily deal! that helped to offset the Expedia loss. Never, ever, will I use Expedia again.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2018
We booked with Expedia online. When we checked dates (within minutes of booking) we realized they had confirmed the wrong date. We called them immediately. They refused to change to our requested date. We then called the hotel, who apologized and gave us information to give Expedia to change the date. We called Expedia back, gave them the information from the hotel, Expedia said, no problem and said they had changed the reservation to the correct date. All was good, until we did not get a new itinerary (3 days later) but were charged for the original date on our credit card. We then called the hotel back and asked about our new reservation. There was no reservation by Expedia for that date. Thank goodness the hotel allowed us to re-book at a discounted rate. We then had to go through our credit card company to get our money back from Expedia. Buyer beware.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2018
I have had issues with Expedia. I booked a room and they booked a smaller room that did not have anything of what was advertised. I used to trust this site but not anymore. The customer service has become extremely poor.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
I wouldn't recommend Expedia if you are traveling. I was going to Orlando, Florida with my family and my flight got cancelled and I had to travel the next day. That same day when I told them my flight cancelled, I asked them to cancel the reservation for the vehicle, they never did it at that time, and when they supposedly did it, they told me that it was Enterprise who didn't want to give me a refund for that week. They also didn't give me a refund for the day of the hotel I missed and the vehicle. They sell packages where you can't even make any changes. Very bad experience.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
I booked a hotel room off of Expedia for one night stay at Canad Inns Express August 29 2019, I booked a night at the hotel for September 1st - September 2nd for my family and I. When I got the confirmation email I realized that the dates were wrong. I thought I might of made a mistake thought no worries I’d call, well since it was none refundable I can’t change the dates!
I’m 21 so we are a young family with a 4 year and we have been working hard on saving and getting the time to spend our first family vacation together just not to be able to cause we cannot change dates, I even offered another $50 to change the date and all he said was it was none refundable when I didn’t wanna refund it just change the date to the weekend when we had time off work! He was extremely rude about it as well and even told me he’d transfer me to someone who could help and then just hung up on me. I am very very heart broken that we spent all saved up extra money on this and no we can’t go and wasted our money.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
When I contacted Regente Hotel in Belem do Para for my 5-night stay, I was given a rate of U$51.00/night taxes and fees included (U$255 for 5 nights). I decided to book through Expedia believing that the advertised 40% discount on your website by booking hotel + flight together, will be a better deal. The package included a suitcase each up to 23 kgs on the round trip.
By the time we got to the airport at check-in, we had to travel in separate seats unless we paid an extra U$30.00 each (an extra U$120.00 for the round trip) and they asked me for U$21.00 for our suitcase of 12 kgs. (one piece). When I left the hotel, the invoice given to me at the counter it showed a cost of U$255.00, and before departing to Recife, Azul Airline receipt showed a total of U$590.00 including taxes and fees. The total cost of our trip (my wife and I) was supposed to be U$845.00 and I was expecting the 40% discount. Instead of that, when I checked my bank account statement, EXPEDIA had removed from my account a total of U$1,192.53.
I have been writing emails to Expedia for over a month with no results, and it is a shame that customers acting in good faith, who hire this type of companies, be scammed the way I have been scammed. I worked my entire life to save for my old age, now that I am 75 years old, should not be going through this kind of unpleasant experience. In name of decency, Expedia, do the right thing: return my money to my bank account.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
Do NOT use Expedia. Here’s why: I have been booking flights and hotels for years but the minute I have a travel issue they duck and hide. I booked a room 2 months in advance. I arrived to my destination with 2 young children (under 3 years old) in the middle of winter. We arrive to the hotel around 9pm and are told they don’t have a room for us because Expedia oversold their rooms so the hotel is now sold out. I am asked to wait in the lobby with my children and luggage. I phone Expedia, after nearly an hour on the phone, they find us an alternate hotel, not including breakfast and not to our standards. It was near midnight and we have to pack our children and luggage and drive to the suggested hotel. I was offered a credit for use on my next trip.
Now I am ready to use the credit, been on the phone for nearly an hour and they can’t credit me because they “updated their system “and can’t find the notes, and that it was through a guest account etc., etc... so they can’t help me out! Not to mention, last year my son ended up in hospital the day of our flights causing me to lose an additional $700. Expedia wants your business but aren’t prepared to take a loss or help out with yours. I am absolutely done with Expedia.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018
Online we reserved a room for August 24th 2018 at Best Western Plus Heber Valley Hotel, Heber City Utah. I was online making these reservations Just after 11:00 PM Aug 22, 2018. When we got to the Motel they had no reservations for us. But we found out the reservations were made for the same time I was online making them, this was a website malfunction. Who makes reservations with 15 minutes of the date being up and taking 5 hours to get to the destination? No one does. Because we had not known of this and did not notice on the itinerary there was no cancellation and we were charged anyway. When I complained to Expedia they said they would contact the hotel about a refund.
I received an email that said the refund was denied because of their policies. It should not be the Hotel's responsibility. We were also charged 9.00 trip insurance. A lot of good that did. This is the second time this has happened, the first time I caught ahead of time and straightened it out with the Motel, but it took hours into the early morning. I have always used Expedia in the past, but I will never ever use Expedia again. And will not recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
I made a hotel reservation through Expedia. I canceled that reservation through Expedia before a penalty one night charge would be assessed. I was charged for one night by hotel. I called Expedia and was told by customer rep that he had called the hotel and they had said computers were down and that he should call back. I was assured that he would personally take care of the issue. A week went by and the charge was still on my cc statement. I called Expedia back. The customer rep told me she called the hotel and that they told her she would have to speak to a manager. She assured me that she would personally take care of it. I told her that I had been told that same line a week ago. She said she had no record of me calling a week ago.
I asked for a supervisor. I was on the phone for 45 minutes before I got a supervisor. The supervisor then admitted that Expedia had not canceled my reservation with the hotel and that she would now refund my money from Expedia. I was charged money on my credit card that I should not have been charged. This charge was because of an Expedia error. I was outright lied to twice by customer reps. I had to spend over an hour of my time to get someone to tell me the truth and give me that money back. Why would I ever use Expedia again?
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2018
Made a business hotel reservation and due to a client issue canceled the reservation and rebooked at another location within a few hours of the original reservation. Called hotel and they said there would be no issue for canceling since the reservation was just made and full refund would be provided by them, but I needed to contact Expedia to obtain. Contacted Expedia and explained situation, they said they would need to get approval from the hotel and would have no problem issuing the refund if approved. Of course the hotel approved the cancellation and the full refund.
When I received the email from Expedia they did not refund the tax. I asked why and they said tax is still charged, which obviously makes no sense since the purchase price of a canceled reservation is $0. I issued a credit card chargeback for the tax and asked for the voice recordings that Expedia records during all phone calls and email correspondence to be reviewed to support their full refund action and tax scam.
Expedia responded to the CC company with their general site agreement and no details regarding the refund agreed by the hotel and tax that they said they were charging, therefore I was still charged the tax on a canceled reservation. Expedia indicated to the CC company that the "tax" was actually a penalty of $30.79... never heard of a penalty of such a specific amount.
Buyer beware that they lie to the customers and someone in the organization is scamming customers for money. I'll discontinue my use of Expedia having had this experience and would highly suggest anyone reading this to consider the same to protect identity and finances. If they are willing to lie and scam a customer who knows what they will do with personal information in a digital age to make a few more dollar. Makes me think!
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2018
We made a reservation through Expedia for a car rental with Avis at the CDG airport in Paris. When we went to pick up the car our agent at the desk, Christophe, found our reservation and told us the charge would be approximately $2700. I said I had made a reservation through Expedia and for the rental and insurance the total was $1200. Christophe said, first off, Avis does not accept your insurance, "You can only get our insurance." Ok, and that resulted in an extra $500. After some typing on his terminal, the new charge was $2287.
Tired, standing there with our suitcases and needing to get on the road we signed the contract. A mistake for sure. When we got back to the US we contacted the insurance company that provided the worthless policy and they said it was Expedia's problem. Expedia said it could only ask Avis to give back money on the insurance. Avis refused. Expedia was unable to respond to the higher rate for the rental. We are asking our credit card company to withhold payment to both. They are doing so. My recommendation: use Europa car and skip Expedia (empty promises) and for sure Avis in Paris.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2018
Apparently, there were two different reservations on Expedia for the same night, I told the hotel that one night had to be cancelled as I only booked one night-NOT TWO! They said that Expedia can only refund because I booked through them (makes sense). Expedia refused and blamed the hotel. They are full of themselves and will rob you of your money. I will never use them again. Rather just go direct to the source. Over it!
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018
I was told that I had to take a certain flight back home or CV be charged $5000 dollars each to change to the flight I wanted. We were in first class but REALLY. I hung up and called American Airlines direct. No charge no problem. Great flight times back. What was she going to do with that money. After I submit this, I WILL NEVER USE EXPEDIA again and plan to tell all the travelers I know. Disappointed and almost robbed.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
I purchased a hotel reservation with travel insurance, and had to cancel my trip as my flight to the destination was canceled and the airline could only rebook me on a flight the next day. I called up Expedia to cancel my reservation and explained the circumstances and was told that even though I have a travel insurance plan, I can only be fully refunded in case of a natural disaster or death. WTF?
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
Expedia.ca's Price Match guarantee is so ridiculously limited that it should not be named a guarantee - just a marketing gimmick. You need ONE screenshot of their competitor's website to show price, details of the room you book, full price, and number of passengers, along with bunch of other information they list. But all within ONLY one screenshot. One of their biggest competitors is Priceline and they know for a fact that Priceline does not list all this information in their final screenshot of the booking. So you would need more than one picture to support your price match claim. But guess what? They won't let you submit more that one picture as a follow up to your claim for price match, because you are only allowed to send one request and one picture and you won't be given a chance to send more pictures to support your claim.
I also walked "Dean" the Manager through their competitor's website and explained to him what they are asking for is not possible at all. Does this look like a legitimate price match practice to you? To me, it's false advertising and borderline fraud. I just got off the phone after waiting for 1.5 hour to speak to the manager and he basically said, "Sorry, your claim is denied and it's not our fault our competitor does not put all this information in one screenshot." Really??? You came up with these ridiculous rules for your so called "price match" guarantee but you design it in a way so your customers can't ever benefit from it especially since one of your biggest competitors is Priceline. And where is the sense of ownership here? Right, it's non-existent.
Nothing is more disappointing than companies thinking their customers are stupid and they can outsmart them. You deserve to be sued Expedia. And your customer service is nothing but disappointing. When I told "Dean" the manager I will go public with your misleading policy, he said "go for it." Expedia you lost me as a customer and you can make sure I will spread this message to all my friends, family, and colleagues.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
I took an airplane trip down from Bangor, ME, to Charlotte, NC. The trip was fine, and I enjoyed my time there. That changed on the flight back, however. At the Charlotte airport, my father and I discovered that the airplane tickets had been oversold. When we went to the desk, we were told that if the ticket didn't have a seat identified on it (as my ticket did on the flight down, but not on the flight back), then a seat had not been reserved, it had simply been requested.
As adults with disabilities, both my father and I took that to be discriminatory, and in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The airline staff informed us that no, it wasn't their fault, Expedia has a habit of buying up groups of tickets without actually reserving the seats. In addition, Expedia said that there was no need to call and confirm the seat. It was only by sheer luck that someone gave up their seat so that I could get my flight back home on time. In short, the flight was pleasant, the staff at the Charlotte airport are very nice, but don't trust Expedia.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
Take my advice, do not use Expedia for your travel, use Orbitz , Skyscanner, or CheapOair. I booked a ticket through Expedia and I’m trying to change it and they are not allowing me to do that, claiming there is no available seats and when I called the airline they said there is availability on the flight I’m requested. They are trying to charge big fee to upgrade my ticket to a first class because it’s the only class they have available, lies every time I talk to someone they give you different answers, a company that is full of **.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
Expedia confirmed my rental car in Edinburgh airport at a total rental charge of $182. When I arrived at the Europcar desk in Edinburgh, the agent gave me my car but the charge was 399 pounds. The difference was an extra $330 in spite of having a confirmed reservation for the car from Expedia. I attempted at the airport to have Expedia correct the charges as the agent said Expedia entered the rate incorrectly into their system. Expedia customer service was unhelpful at that time in spite of 1 hour on the phone with various customer service reps. I filed a formal complaint when I returned home and was told they would/could do nothing. I would like to file formal complaint against Expedia for having wilfully misrepresented the car rental charges as I do believe Expedia acted in a fraudulent manner in this case and should be sanctioned. In the meantime I would like to caution the public that Expedia promises rates way below what they deliver.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018
I sent the following experience below to Expedia because when I complained with the flight and hotel company, they said I had to resolve this issue with Expedia since I booked with them. I emailed them first and they didn't do anything and then I called and still nothing. They said I have to call the flight and hotel companies because it is on them. I am never booking with Expedia ever again. I am going to some other company who actually cares about their customers. Don't book with them ever.
"I had the worse experience in my life. First I had a 2 hour delay for my flight. Then it went up to 2 hours and 37 minute delay. Finally after the delay we were able to board the plane. But had to get off minutes later due to the weather radar not working. Shouldn't they check the plane before we board? After that, the flight was canceled. It took 2 hours just to reschedule the flight. What's worse, it wasn't even scheduled with the same airline (United). They booked us with Delta. And I thought it couldn't get worse, it did. It took us an additional hour for the shuttle bus to take us to the hotel. Apparently the bus overheated causing the delay.
When I tried calling the other shuttle, no one could help me. This is by far the worst experience ever. My flight was supposed to be at 7:15 pm on 8/11. Delayed to 9:15 pm, then delayed again to 9:50 pm. Then canceled around 9:50 pm. Rescheduled at 11:50 pm. Then waited for shuttle and didn't get to the hotel until 1:00 am. They also booked our new flight at 8:00 am so I only had a few hours to sleep. Last but not least, I paid for a day in the hotel at my destination and wasn't even there. Hotel staff was rude and wouldn't accommodate me. My whole trip was ruined and I don't even want to book with you guys anymore."
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
I had a similar experience to those posted above. Had a hotel reservation, or so I thought, in Cleveland. It was originally for July, but we called Expedia and changed it to August. We did this in February. When we arrived at the hotel last night, they had no record of it. Called Expedia and a poor speaking individual was on the other end. The hotel was sold out as were all the others in the downtown area. Bottom line, the hotel manager told us he has had numerous complaints about Expedia. We were promised a full refund, so we will see where that goes. The hotel manager's advice, make your own reservations. It was difficult to drive home at midnight, when we thought we would be staying over. Expedia had poor service and really did not care about our situation. Stay away from them.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
I booked flights in January, 3 weeks prior to departure in the end of June they sent me email that looked like all other advertising emails from them, to say that one of my flights had a time change. It was just a luck that I read this email and worked out by myself that it meant that I would miss my next flight. Long story in short - tens emails, phone calls... Each time I had to tell/write the same story again and again. When I asked to talk to the same person, the answer was that their offices are in different places in India... I had to find money and buy all new tickets at the last moment from a different provider, which of course was more expensive. They processed a refund just a couple days before the departure less $27, that I had to asked for again, they refund it later... Nightmare. I will not use them again.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
Guess I had been lucky, had used Expedia many times but since there were no glitches I did not realize their track record of no customer service. Booked a Boston Sunset Cruise for two. When we got to the pier 2 hr. prior to departure, as directed, were told "Expedia sold you tickets for a tour that was already full". Expedia refused to refund.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
After an airline (WestJet) cancelled one flight from our round trip vacation booking to Mexico I had a horrific experience trying to sort our flights through Expedia. During seven (7) separate phone calls that lasted over 4 hours I was not able to sort/cancel/rebook our flights without fees or penalty for a cancelation done by WestJet. I was cut off several times with promises to be called me back (I called back 5 times), I was referred to as Jennifer although that is not my name, nor the name on our booking or any referred to our booking. I am so frustrated and disappointed with what is happening. They continually said things were technicalities - which ended in me paying more for a shorter vacation but took no responsibility for them being the booking agency that I paid in full for flights and cancelation.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
They require medical documentation for the insurance to kick in so if you acquire something that doctors don't want you coming into their office for, due to exposing other patients to contamination, Expedia refuses to pay. I recently needed to cancel a trip due to acquiring a norovirus. My primary care physician instructed me not to come into the office so I did not infect others. She instructed me to stay home and go to urgent care if my symptoms worsened or lasted more than 36 hours. Expedia refused to pay and never responded to my requests to appeal their decision. Payment for this insurance was a waste of money and gives false hope that your travel expenses will be reimbursed if you need to cancel due to illness.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
Listen. If I could rate them no stars I would, basically one month to our honeymoon flight, it was rearranged from a lovely 7 day inclusive vacation reduced to 6 days and 1 night. After finding this out I was completely dissatisfied and couldn't believe that a company like Expedia would do such a thing to their customers. Especially considering I was paying almost $300 a night to stay there.
Low and behold, I spoke to multiple agents from the Philippines to Cairo, Egypt but still got nowhere, The first agent I spoke to basically coerced me into taking vouchers explaining I would get nothing if I didn't take them because Sunwing won't compensate anything further while having Sunwing's rep on the other line. Straight manipulating me so I slept on it, still unhappy because of how much money I was out, I called back. Ended up speaking to multiple agents in Egypt and it was a nightmare, every agent is trained to blame the terms and conditions with Sunwing, which is cited on Expedia's website at all! The fact you agreed to them apparently during the purchase and that they can not re-arrange anything if Sunwing changes the itinerary. However I bought a 7 day vacation, not a 6 day. Our agreement was broken. Meaning any terms and conditions are now void. That is my perspective if you want to talk about stipulations of a deal.
When trying to explain yourself the reps will talk over you, challenge your stand points and fish for excuses as if you will you agree with them. One agent said, "Well sir, technically you are arriving 2 hours before the second day, so it's still not a different calendar day." (However it will be practically be midnight when we get to our resort on the landing day, when originally we were going to arrive in the morning and have a full day's worth of sunshine). From there I continued to ask for a manager, spoke to a second person who claimed to be a manager but then transferred me another "manager" and they all say the same thing over and over. "We cannot help you any further, its Sunwing's fault, but you agree to them possible changing the flight so it's the customer's fault."
After this experience it's bewildering to see amount and scale of the complaints against them as some the most recent as the post on August 16th sounds eerily similar to my first phone call. Stonewalling is the best way to describe it. They give you sub-account e-mails for complaints and don't seem to show a care in customer service. From Allison, to Ahmed, to Mohammad, to Jack. All of them basically told me when after told them about my wife's health condition that they could care less and for me that was a deal breaker. I have escalated this purchase with my credit card company as a dispute and hope it will hold up as this is false advertising, poor consumer relations and terrible customer service. I hope if you read this you stay far far far away from them.
I see similar posts about them changing flight itineraries a month prior to departure which is sketchy to me, because every person that this happens to, loses out on a full day's cost of whatever original purchase they made. Then you call these disingenuous service people, who are definitely not customer service oriented because they are taught to deflect issues, blame the customer and pass the liability onto their partner company. Keep in mind I spoke to multiple representatives and management who all didn't care about resolving the matter at hand. Please save yourself the stress and hassle of dealing with Expedia, I would use Red Tag or Priceline. Expedia is the worst company I have dealt with by far, in my entire life.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
Booked hotel and flight together then found out that booking hotel and flight separately was cheaper. They refused to refund the difference and argued about it. Better experiences with other travel sites. Give Expedia a miss unless you speak Russian.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2018
Expedia uses a Filipina call center who is taught psychological methods to shut down all people with a complaint. They come across as soulless vampires, but are really trained in techniques to deny all customer service requests by stonewalling and using linguistic conversation stopping techniques. I booked room reservations for five nights at Anderson Estates in LA. They did not have a room for me and sent me away with a receipt promising a full refund. No refund was processed. 22 hours on the phone with Expedia, sending them copy of receipt and VIDEO of them turning me away and processing my receipt, and yet Expedia will not process a refund. This is one of the most corrupt companies in the world. Also, their app is worthless, and they made numerous errors in my flight reservations. Their app has me currently on trips to Dallas and Boston while I really flew to LA!!!
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2018
I had made reservations and wanted to change them a month prior to the scheduled dates. When the representative did that... She messed them all up. She had me cancel them and told me to reschedule the reservations. I decided to go with a different booking agent (a lot cheaper). Then I was later notified by the hotel that I still had reservations thru Expedia. Long story short... I had called 4 times after that to cancel those reservations and they assured me that they were canceled and I would not be charged. I had called on July 29th, August 1st, August 9th, and Aug 10th. Not only did I cancel a month prior to the dates but I also chose the "no cancellation fee if canceled within 24 hrs of check in".
I was shocked when I woke up Saturday morning Aug 11 to find that I had been charged the cancellation fee. I called to have this handled and to get my money back... They told me it would be 3 business days before they could do that. Well Aug 15th was 3 business days... Here it is the 16th and I've still yet to get my money. Not only was it an inconvenience but it put a damper on my family vacation. I was advised by my lawyer and my bank that I have the grounds to take legal actions. And I will if my money is not back in my account. This has been a major hassle and I will never book thru Expedia again.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
Booked a vacation for my family, we booked rooms and flights. The flight was going from BWI to KEY WEST. When we would go to pick our flights it took us to MIA. Why would we want to go there when our rooms were in KEY WEST! So after realizing what happen we called them. Said they would have to review it and get back to us in 48 to 72 hours! Well their answer was, "There is nothing we can do, why don't you rent a car," that was not our plan. So the next day my sister spent 7 HOURS on the phone talking to all the so called higher ups, and we still got nowhere.
FIRST time we ever booked with them and it will be the LAST! So needless to say we had to go through the airlines and spend more money on getting our trip straighten out!!! Not a very good experience with this place. We are so upset. I was so excited for my family to go on a nice trip with no problems. Not one person would give us any good help, we did a screenshot of our reservations and wanted to share it with them but their answer was, "Our system is always right!" That is not true! WE ARE REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS BUSINESS!!! DON'T RECOMMEND EXPEDIA TO ANYONE!
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
My husband and I booked a room through Expedia. The website malfunctioned and ended up booking a room 2 weeks after our intended dates. I called immediately and was told I'd get a full refund. Three weeks later and no refund, plus an additional charge. We are out $200 and Expedia can't give a straight answer as to why. They take no ownership of their problems and are so petty that they can't give a straight answer as to who charged us those extra fees, and they have no control over our refund or even who we need to speak with about it all. Over 2 hours with them, speaking with agents and supervisors, and still nothing. Everyone was obviously speaking from a script and wouldn't listen to/understand why I was calling. Rude agents, rude supervisors, overall lack of care for my credit card and credit score. Will never be booking through Expedia or its affiliates ever again.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
We booked 2 rooms with Expedia at a Howard Johnson in Kamloops for my wife myself and my mother. We booked 2 rooms a kitchenette for myself and a regular room for my 80 year old mother. The kitchenette was a mini bar fridge with a double washroom vanity with one sink being a kitchen sink. The cooking was to be done on a hot plate on the same vanity used for the washroom. We did not accept these rooms and stayed down the road at the travel lodge which was excellent. After contacting Expedia their policy is that since we registered and signed for the room and accepted the terms of the booking we were obligated to pay regardless if what was advertised is not what it was.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2018
Have used Expedia many times in the past due to convenience and earned loyalty points which can be applied to hotel discounts. To apply points toward a hotel/flight package however, the points have to be applied to a voucher, which I did, for a $150 value. When searching for vacation deals however, I found that there was no way to apply the coupon on completion of my purchase. This appeared to be a technical/IT issue. After several phone calls to people apparently on several continents, the matter remains unresolved. I was even informed that by searching for the best deals - being flexible with airline choice and travel dates - my coupon became invalid. Complete BS.
Their customer support appears only to exist for telephone bookings, not resolving issues. I’ve been given the run-around so much that I gave in. They obviously have decided to keep my $150. My only option is to never use their company again - and to get the word out that they are dishonest, unreliable and exploitative of their customer base. Bye Expedia. A formerly loyal customer.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2018
By definition: “Expedia.com is a travel booking website owned by Expedia Group. The website can be used to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages.” - source Wikipedia. However when I booked my hotel rooms and had my card charged, then I go to check in and find out I do not have reservations I receive this response email from Expedia: “Please note that your reservation has been cancelled and we are unable to process future reservations for your account at this time. If you would like to rebook, we suggest you do so directly with the property.”
They gave me no logical explanation as to why. If they were sketched out by my Bank of America card then why charge it to begin with? I travel full time and my bank is well aware I’m always making overseas purchases that is why they always let charges go through. I didn’t even have enough money on my card afterwards to check into the hotel because refunds are not instant! Leading to a huge pain of having to find an exchange company to exchange my euros (thank goodness I actually had €1000 cash). This company is a huge scam with zero support service. I usually always book with my hotel SPG system but outside of that I was going to use Expedia. HUGE MISTAKE. I’m writing this review in hopes that it will save people from having the trouble that I went through for no apparent reason or explanation.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018
Expedia.com is the worst on the planet. I have a brother who is a homeless vet and at least once per month I book a room for him through Expedia. I booked a room and booked the travel protection which allows you to cancel your reservation. My brother arrived at the motel and they said they required a $140 deposit. Obviously being a homeless vet, he did not have the money. The Motel would not allow him to check in so I called Expedia to get a refund. I was told by Expedia that "It is not our fault that your brother did not have the deposit for the room therefore we will not be issuing a refund."
I demanded to speak to a supervisor and the supervisor told me it was up to the lead to see what they could do. I explained that I had purchased the travel protection and I guess I was told well that only protects you against weather and illness. After holding for 45 minutes I was told they are refusing to refund me my money and that there is nothing that they can do. I will never in my life book a room through these heartless human beings. You people at Expedia are a Joke. Expedia is one of the biggest travel websites that there is and it would have cost them nothing to refund me the $115 dollars. Thanks for treating homeless vets this way Expedia. Great way to salute your military!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
Generally, I've had positive experiences with Expedia. However, people should be wary when booking hotels overseas. I took a trip to Peru this past year and one hotel couldn't find my reservation (seems to be one of the most common problems, in my experience, with Expedia) and the other hotel was not open when I showed up at 11 pm - the door locked and everything. Of course, customer service did not care that they stranded us in a foreign country because of a hotel that we booked on their website at 11 pm and just said, "Sorry."
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
We purchased a return ticket from Toronto to Rome with hotel bookings in Rome. We purchased an insurance with it which clearly said it covers travel charge reimbursement. However when I called Expedia customer care, they said they cannot reimburse my airline penalty fees. The site said airline penalty fees range from $ 150 to 200 per person but customer service claimed it will be $ 300 per person. The lady on the other side kept telling me random things that are apparently in the insurance fine print.
The horrible customer service rep could not even cancel my hotel reservation although I called more than 1 month before the start of the trip. She kept saying that they will call the hotel and cannot do anything about the cancellation fees. The horrible service and complete disregard for the insurance I have purchased on their own site was frustrating. They sell insurance on their site but refuse to process the insurance claims. It is frustrating that a company like Expedia will provide such terrible service. If they cannot resolve this issue, I am never ever going back to Expedia for anything anymore.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
We purchased four round trip tickets from LAX to Athens, Greece via Expedia. The tickets showed that we would fly AA from LAX to Philadelphia and then fly British Airways from Philadelphia to Athens. Our returned flights would be FinAir to Philadelphia and the AA to LAX. We arrived more than 2 hours at the AA counter to check in. The AA agent informed us that the system showed 3 reservations under our names and also one name didn't match the name on the passport. She suggested that we should call Expedia immediately for name change because AA cannot change the name if we booked via Expedia while she fixed the reservation and checked in the other three passengers.
We were all on the call with Expedia for 30 minutes they passed us to Bristish Airways which they told us the office didn't open until 9am EST. We then called British Airways, after 15 more minutes on hold, finally someone told us we had to call FinAir? We then called FinAir, after 45 minutes more on hold they told us they cannot do anything. In a meanwhile, we don't know what either of them did, the three already checked in tickets now showed no check-in because NO SHOW. AA couldn't anything at this point and we passed the check-in time for international flight.
We now force to buy new one way ticket for four of us cost us almost $3,000. We called Expedia again because we wanted to make sure that our returned tickets were still ok. They said that since the system showed NO SHOW, the system will cancel the returned tickets as well unless we called FinAir. We called FinAir again to beg them to leave the returned tickets alone and asked since the returned flight was in 2 weeks can they change the name and they still refused because the tickets were booked via Expedia. Expedia needed to deal with it. We were bounce from one airline after the other and spent thousands of extra dollars because of Expedia. Hello Expedia, you need to step up and take care of your customers when something like our situation happened instead of wiping your hands and passing your customers around to nowhere to avoid your responsibility and put the financial burden on your customers. It is not right at all.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
I booked airline seats on Hawaiian Air.com and once I had finished choosing my dates and seats the website asks you if you would like to add a hotel or car to your flight reservation. I did add a hotel not knowing that once you do your airline reservations are then considered to be part of a vacation package and from that point on the reservation is owned and serviced by Expedia (even the air portion). I wanted to upgrade my airline seats (which normally you could do on Hawaiianair.com) and was shocked to find out that I could not deal directly with Hawaiian, because I added the hotel I was forced to deal with Expedia. And, instead of wanting to charge me the difference in the current published fares and a change fee, Expedia tried to gouge me charging me 3 times what I paid for the airline tickets in the first place. It was cheaper to eat the cost of my original tickets and purchase new ones. More than that the customer service is horrendous.
The agent was not truthful and tried to claim she was with Hawaiian Air but the caller ID plainly said Expedia. Sadly, this is not the first bad experience I have had with Expedia. I feel as though Hawaiian Air is well aware of Expedia's reputation and that is why you find the lack of disclosure about their so called shared platform. Even Wikipedia states the following as it pertains to Expedia Group: "Expedia is well known for not issuing refunds on cancelled trips or flights, on a timely basis. They engage in a deliberate strategy to ensure the refunding process is as difficult as possible so as to discourage customers from further pursuing refunds."
MY advice would be to research before booking any online trips to ensure Expedia is not involved. (This means avoiding Orbitz, Travelocity, Trivago, HomeAway, etc.) I would book directly with the property if at all possible, the few dollars you might save with Expedia is definitely not worth all the headaches when you arrive and your room is not as described, terms weren't as stated, etc. The shadiest Travel Group you will come across!
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
I would of given zero stars if I could!!! I purchased 4 round trip tickets about 2 months ago and paid extra for the cancellation plan because sometimes life happens. And it did. I called to cancel all 4 flights with 2 months advance notice. I explained I had the cancellation plan and was told she could cancel the flight but I had to submit a request to the flight insurance with no assurance I would get any money back. Why did I pay extra for flight cancellation??? It's a sham! Don't use Expedia!!! They use false advertising!!!
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
I reserved a room on Expedia and entered my credit card information. I had a 15% coupon to present at time of arrival at Guest House Inn & Suites. They took my coupon and said it would be 106.00 total. Expedia price was 139.00 so I was excited to have the discount. Upon checking out the next day I asked the hotel to confirm the price and get a receipt. They confirmed it but couldn’t give me a receipt because I reserved through Expedia. Later that day I noticed that Expedia took the 139.00 and not the 106.00.
I called them and spoke to several people and even the manager. They were not honoring the price the hotel charged because the coupon wasn’t through them. It was a coupon for the hotel and basically Expedia stole $35.00 from me. I do not think this is good business and will never use them again in my lifetime. Just wanted to give others a heads up before they use Expedia. They do not give you a good deal at all... It’s a scam to make money off the hotel bookings.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
Had booked a flight and "change for ANY reason" insurance but when it came time to change or cancel my booking the "ANY" reason didn't apply. Was sent to another website to find my state and then to that website for a 2 page summary of why I can't change or cancel for "ANY" reason. That is one experience. The other is that one leg of my flight got cancelled (not any of my doing) and it was impossible to book another flight without paying extra money and even more to insure the new leg of our trip. Spent 2 hours with Expedia when they finally hung up on me when I got angry and nothing was resolved! Will NEVER us Expedia again. BEWARE.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2018
I made a reservation with Expedia for two tickets on Hahn Airways that cost $268.20. A short while later, an Expedia representative called and advised me that Expedia had no more seats on the Hahn Airways flight, but they could put me on Myanmar National Airlines instead. Subsequently, I received a receipt from Expedia which showed the charge for two tickets on Myanmar National Airlines as $134.10. Expedia charged my credit card for $268.20 anyway. I have literally been on the phone with Expedia for hours as well as emailed them copies of my credit card bill and the Myanmar National Airways receipt.
They have offered no explanation as to the price difference. The last email I received from Expedia stated that my “hotel” issue had already been resolved. Thankfully, I have never booked a hotel with Expedia. They evidently didn’t even read my email let alone understand the problem was with a flight. The price discrepancy remains unresolved. I will never use Expedia again!
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2018
I booked one night's accommodation thru the Expedia website. The website put the wrong date, two weeks in the future, when I arrived at the hotel on the same day as the booking, they could not find the reservation, so I had to pay again at the desk as they couldn't use the incorrect booking date. Then I cancelled the Expedia booking. EXPEDIA have refused to refund the money that was taken out the same day. I have paid $320 For nothing. DO NOT trust Expedia.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2018
I booked a hotel using Expedia.com. I booked a suite at the Hilton Fallsview for 288.00 a night. I got to your he hotel, they tell me it is 412.00 a night plus a 50.00 a night security deposit. This was not a deal and it was extra money I had to come up with that took away from me enjoying my trip. Don’t bother with this website. Go directly to the hotel website and book through there.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2018
Expedia likes to keep people hanging on the line, with dead air, pretending to be seeking out their manager or making a phone call to their airline. In fact, that is not what they are doing. They are trying to annoy the customer to get them to hang up. After nearly 3 hours of trying to correct a problem that occurred by them, booking a flight with the incorrect passenger name. I called the airline (JetBlue) who told me Expedia has the ability to cancel a flight and rebooking it with another passengers name. Since Expedia does not have access to JetBlue's booking bank, Expedia holds the credit and ability to rebook the flight.
After nearly 2 hours, while on hold, the customer service rep lost connection with me. 15 minutes later she calls back pretending she cannot hear me and tells me, if I can hear her to call back and they will rebook because JetBlue gave them confirmation. (That's a lie since I already know it is not sitting in JetBlue's bank.) I called back and have spent the last hour and 10 minutes waiting for a Supervisor. On hold with dead air, no elevator music, nothing! Just dead air.
Here it is 10:30pm and this is the treatment you get as a customer. This is only my second time using Expedia. I will never use them again. Especially after my brother told me how they double charged him and his boyfriend (two different credit cards) for adding a stop into Chicago. First they charged his friend's Discover Card, which is where they wanted to charge to go. A few days later my brother gets notification from Amex that his card was charged the same cost. He called Expedia who denied seeing they charged both cards. He calls Amex and they advised him to wait until after his trip because Expedia is known to cancel a complete trip in a dispute.
(Lesson learned is to use the same card for all transactions because Expedia does retain Credit Card information despite asking for one.) Nonetheless, Expedia tried to dispute charging them twice despite my brother and his friend having records of the two charges. Back to my dispute, and more than 3 hours on the phone, a Supervisor came on and offered to make the correction for a rebooking fee and the additional fee between the credit and actual cost of the new ticket... $144! Now let's see if this holds true when I see the charge on my MasterCard. Stay tuned...
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2018
I booked a hotel room for my elderly mother. When she arrived at the hotel to check in, she was told that her Expedia reservation was cancelled due to no vacancy. What happened was, Expedia sold me a hotel room that didn't exist. After I was charged for the room, the hotel informed Expedia that there was no vacancy. Be extremely careful that Expedia is not selling you a room that in fact, doesn't exist. They don't have visibility of the hotel vacancy, and just sell rooms willy-nilly. Always book with the hotel directly. I will NEVER, EVER use Expedia again. The number of negative reviews is astounding, and I wish I'd known this before I used them. Expedia truly sucks.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2018
I am extremely frustrated with the 800 number customer service. I called the number on the website. An automated voice directed me to leave a callback number within 10-15 min. 30 min later I had not received a callback. I called again. Again, I was directed to leave a callback number or wait in line. I left a second callback and was told to expect a call between 15-20 or so min. I never receive that callback. I used the website contact to try getting a callback. It too promises 24 hour service. I got a computer generated callback and was instantly place on hold for the next 55 min+. I can only assume by this, that the promised 24 hour service is not actually a real thing.
In any case, I resent having been misled into wasting my time trying to get contact. If the company has 24 hour service and advertises as such - it should be real service. If the company tells you to expect a call back in such and such time - they should be able to fulfill that. At this point, barring some exceptional customer support regarding the problem I still need to try to get their help with, I doubt I will use their services again. This was EXTREMELY disrespectful to me as a customer. I am MORE than willing to provide my cell phone's LENGTHY call record to prove it and the email request I sent them while waiting on hold - AND the contact I attempted to make on their Facebook page as well to provide verification of this misleading service situation.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2018
Attention! Do not book the trip to Europe with Expedia. It's a scam! They would not tell you that the 23 kg luggage is not included so you must pay at the airport. Air Canada is charging $60 dollars for the 1st bag. For 4 travelers it's $480 for a round trip or around 10% of the advertised "low" price. Waited for 2 hours only to be told by the sarcastic "customer service" representative to get lost. Definitely a scam with a misleading "low" price.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2018
I only wish there was an option for zero stars. I made reservations through Expedia for flight (departing 08/02/2018) and hotel. Even bought insurance. When we got to the airport we were told that our flight was canceled and we have to change our flight. We stood in line with a small child for almost an hour and a half and when our turn came we were told that our flight was actually on 08/03/2018. The representative from Air Canada told us that this was changed by Expedia.
We were given a number to call and were told that there is nothing Air Canada could do. We called Expedia and were on the phone for over an hour to try to sort out the issue. We were told that there was nothing that could be done. Our only option was a flight at 8:30 the next day and we could extend our trip (which we cannot do as almost everyone traveling in our party have to go back to work). We had purchased insurance, through Expedia, and I asked to have a refund issued.
I was just checking my e-mails and noticed that we were refunded for the cost of the airfare, but not for the cost of the hotel room. It was not our fault that we did not get to go on the trip; our flight was canceled by the airline and we spent a very long time at the airport trying to sort out this issue. The staff at Expedia made it seem that they were doing us this huge favor (by refunding the cost of the tickets), saying that it was the airline's fault that they cancelled the flight. We went through a lot of stress to sort this out, only to go home at the end of the evening, very tired, stressed, disappointed, angry, and still out several hundred dollars.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2018
I have been using Expedia for over ten years for my travels and IN THE PAST, I was very happy with it. HOWEVER, in the last year, Expedia has been terrible for customer service. The itinerary number for my flight which was changed was not updated so that they have no record of my new flight. No one at customer support knows what to do and they mindlessly repeat scripted dialogue without offering any solutions. I am the one suggesting to THEM how to solve it. It's not worth it to use them. You're not getting any service from them and not much discount. In the past they offered both. Call the hotels and airlines directly to book or use another online travel site. Expedia (at this time) is being mismanaged. You don't need these hassles.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2018
I booked a hotel in Napier through Expedia for two nights. Circumstances changed, and we were able to stay only one night, so tried to cancel the second. The NZ website for Expedia is terrible. I tried to use the 'Cancel' function, but it would accept only a cancellation for the original 2-night booking, telling me that there was no room available for the first night (despite the fact that we already had a room for that night). I gave up as I would have lost the first night booking as well.
Nowhere on the website was there either a contact e-mail address or a contact phone number, and the Customer Service button did not function. I tried sending an e-mail as a response to one sent to me by Expedia, but it went directly to the hotel. They were happy to accept the cancellation but were unable to give a refund as that had to be processed by Expedia. All other attempts to contact Expedia were unsuccessful. However, when we stayed at the hotel for the night the receptionist sympathized and provided us with a phone number for Expedia. Since then - 2 1/2 weeks ago, I have been trying to phone the company but have got only the 'Engaged' signal. I will keep on trying, but we will NEVER deal with Expedia again.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
Itinerary number **. I went to the Philippines for a week's vacation. My itinerary was changed due to Philippine Airlines flight having a schedule change. The box where you put in your phone number did not allow for more than 10 digits. I had to use my US sim card on my phone, which is AT&T. They charge $3 per minute for international calls. I was on the phone for 40 mins. The issue was resolved, or so I thought. The guy on the phone said that Philippine Airlines was going to pay for me using Korean Airlines instead. He said to wait 24 to 72 hours for confirmation. The entire time, I was stressing because I had to leave on the 2nd of August. Never received an email, which he told me he was going to do.
I called again on August 1st. Turns out that the Korean airline flight was declined by Philippine airlines and Expedia never emailed me about it. As of now, I have to stay an extra day. I have to pay the hotel for an extra day, and as of this very moment, I have been on the phone for 1 hour 16 mins. Multiply that by $3 and add it to my phone bill. My vacation is ruined. Instead of enjoying my trip, I have been stressing about how I'm going to get back home to Las Vegas.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
Caveat emptor! Very disappointed for the way Expedia handled my booking in April at the Kempinsky Hotel in Accra, Ghana. According to their advertising using their service I would have saved US$229.88 on the price I would have paid if dealing directly to the hotel. Based on this representation I decide to proceed and they charged me US$ 1,617.00 for 4 nights. Everything worked out fine at the hotel.
When checking out I was given the bill. Total charges for the 4 nights: US$ 1,234.00 or US$ 383.00 less that what I had been charged by Expedia! Thus a pretended advertised saving of 229.00 dollars was converted in an additional charge of $383.00. I called them asking an explanation. They could not give one. I wrote a couple of time sending copy of the hotel bill. No answer! Buyer beware. Do not trust their advertising and presentations. I had been using Expedia for some time and now I wonder how many time they got me with same trap.
Reviewed July 30, 2018
I book at Expedia.com a bundle flight and all inclusive hotel in Cancun, Mexico (Sandos Lifestyle Resort). Was celebrating my anniversary with my wife, it turned out to be the worst experience, first of all let me start by saying before booking my trip and making the payment I called Expedia to make sure what I was paying for what I was getting... a king sized bed with partial view to the ocean. Customer service explained me everything was going to be exactly as I wanted. So I proceed with the payment. 3 months after... I arrived to Cancun.
When I got to my room guess what? 2 full sized bed that actually looked like twin sized bed, I went to look for a manager at the resort and he blamed EXPEDIA. He said that's how Expedia made the reservation... I called Expedia. They blamed the resort. No one gave any solution. Tried calling several times during my stay. Expedia kept putting me on hold every time. I decided to enjoy my anniversary vacation anyway and bought tours to stay away from my resort as much as possible as the resort itself was nothing like it's announced on the pictures. Very small resort, no entertainment, bad drinks. Called Expedia to get a reimbursement. Their solution was don't booked thru them again.
Reviewed July 30, 2018
Expedia sent me an email saying my hotel has been cancelled. This occurred 1 hour after I made a purchase with them. The weirdest thing is that when they first emailed me I saw they saying my purchase is confirmed and there is no need to call to reconfirm my booking. That is deceptive and dishonest because it gave me a false hope that am all set for my trip as they claim. They also claimed to call me but I even called my service provider and there is no calls from them. I looked thru my call log and they lied. I called my bank and they said they approved it so they lied again.
Reviewed July 29, 2018
They try to ignore you until you give up. I emailed Expedia eight times over three weeks to attempt to resolve an error they made that cost me $1000. They ignored all of my emails until I eventually called by phone. While on hold, they replied to my email to deny any responsibility for their error. I'll never book with Expedia again and will be warning others to avoid this awful company.
Reviewed July 28, 2018
I booked a vacation package to Orlando including a rental car from Budget. Got to Orlando airport to the Budget counter and the experience soured the start of my trip. I stood in line for over an hour and did not get to the counter. There were three staff helping the same two customers for an hour. It appeared there was an issue with the car inventory so even if I got to the front, likely no car available. I was traveling with my 70 year old mom, two kids and husband. I needed to fix the problem fast so I called Budget and nobody answered so I went to the Hertz counter to get a car to start my vacation.
The Expedia site did not show my Budget daily rate so I could not get them to match it. I got Expedia to get my Budget refund since I did not pick up a car from them but they refused to refund the extra money I spent at Hertz. All they offered was $25 travel voucher. After checking Yelp we noted all the bad reviews of Budget at Orlando airport. I advised Expedia that I assumed they had done due diligence on the vendors they offer and especially since Budget came up first in the list of options on their site when booking. I gave them a few chances to fix the problem and all they could offer was $25? I will never use them again. You can’t trust that any of the options they offer have been checked out. Very disappointed in their customer service.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
Attention, when you book a trip to Europe, online with Expedia they would not tell you that the 23 kg luggage is not Included so you must pay at the airport! For Hungary don’t take P-Airbus. Ticket service sucks. Is a scam!
Reviewed July 27, 2018
Several months prior to a convention in Henderson Nv. I contacted Expedia by phone and explained that I needed a room with two beds as two older, large men would be staying for several days. Expedia confirmed the reservation at Palace Station. Upon arrival at the hotel, the reservation made by Expedia failed to require two beds and no such rooms were available. Over the next six (6) hours, I remained on the phone with Expedia, being sent from hotel to hotel in Henderson and Las Vegas, in an attempt to find one with an open room with two beds.
Expedia continued to keep sending me to hotels with only one bed in a room. Finally, at nearly midnight, they found a room, on the far west side of Las Vegas (30) miles from the conference in Henderson, that cost me twice as much as the original reservation due to being made at the last second. Expedia was literally talking to the hotel while I was standing at the front desk of the hotel. My $300 dollar reservation ended up costing me nearly $800 and copious amounts of gas and travel time for the duration of the convention.
Reviewed July 26, 2018
This is my and our horrible experience with this company that keep on promoting their corrupt business on TV and any other media. I booked 4 flights tickets for my friends and myself for August 24, 2018 from Madrid, Spain to Rome, Italy and we're traveling from Florida, USA to Madrid August 20th so as you see we're going to be in Europe August 20th. Knowing that I booked my flight tickets I don't have to worry until I can check in online 24 hours prior to the date I booked them. Well happens that I checked my bookings 24 hours after I bought the tickets and I realized these people have a date error, they booked them July 24th instead of August 24 one month prior for us to be in Europe as you see if we're going to be in Europe August 20th how come they booked my tickets for July 24 between Spain and Italy.
To make a long story short I called customer service (by the way they hang up on me several times). I spoke with many of them to resolve their mistake but yet they blamed me! Instead, nothing I could've done to change this or get our money back. They simply took our money!!! If you smart do not book from Expedía. They are a corrupt company. Like many other people have said it here customer service is really bad and if you encounter problems like this they won't give you a solution. You are going to waste your time and lose your money.
Updated review: July 26, 2018
I'm back after writing my earlier review , I want to provide a new update. After spending the whole day and I literally mean my whole work day trying to resolve my issue with Expedia. I spoke to a great person on the phone Mr. Ernesto ** (all hats off for this gentlemen) it took multiple tries and 4 hours wait time but it was worth it. I explained to him exactly what happened from day one(7/7/18) he understood and he also made me understand what happened what went wrong but he knew that it was not my fault( was trying to tell them that from the beginning) it was either the booking agent or a computer error; but I must say that he worked with me for over and hour but he definitely solved the issue and gave me back the extra $2506.72 that I paid to get back home from Cancun with my family. Expedia needs to improve their customer service skills like, but the worse one was a supervisor named Mr. William ** bad, bad people skills and rude, but they do have a few great ones that do try their best to help you in their best way possible like Imari, Debbie, Vanessa and overall the best of all Mr. Ernesto ** a real problem solver and magnificent people skills, not only because he solved the problem, but because after reviewing everything that went on he realized that this situation should not gotten this far and for letting me explained my side of the story and explaining to me what happen and breaking it down from beginning to end.
Original Review: July 25, 2018
I wish I can give them no star, they don't deserve not even half of a star. This company has the worse, and when I mean the worse customer service they should not even be in business. Starting with their customer service agent they are not knowledgeable or helpful in any form or way. They are so rude is unreal. Please do not use or book anything with them. They made me pay extra money $2500 more for an error they made. And when contacting a supervisor won't let you speak or explained the situation and then hang the phone; when you call back they refuse to give you the supervisors name. Please stay away. They are very unprofessional and rude. NO PEOPLE SKILLS and SCAMMERS.
Reviewed July 25, 2018
Everything was great until we got to the airport. We had delay after delay and spent the entire day at the airport. We are trying this again next Tuesday so I booked a direct flight. We will see how this goes.
Reviewed July 24, 2018
Hotel descriptions and added cost, fees are not accurate. Also. there are now separate positive and negative review categories which confuse consumers as only the positive reviews are visible while negative ones are hidden.
Reviewed July 23, 2018
Had worst experience ever dealing with Expedia. Got to a destination after 10 hours of driving. Was dead tired and girlfriend wanted to sleep. We get to hotel, and they say it's overbooked. That Expedia does this regularly and that Expedia says its OK because they have a network of hotels and they can just relocate you to any other room. Well unfortunately did this not happen. After calling customer support about 10 times and speaking with different callers each time, they did absolutely nothing. All their call centers are in India and Philippines and the people can barely speak English. Let alone be able to resolve any issue dealing with hotel reservations in the middle of the night. Needless to say, I ended up being homeless for the night for the first time in my life. Thanks Expedia! I will make it my personal mission to make sure people aware of the horrible business practices of Expedia.
Reviewed July 23, 2018
I LOVE Expedia!!! Easy to navigate and book! I have used Expedia numerous times for different reasons and trips. Their customer service was awesome. Just call the number and they are VERY helpful with booking as well. I had a problem with my computer and could not continue with my booking process. They did everything for me! I am now a GOLD member. So I get better discounts on certain things.
Reviewed July 22, 2018
I booked a reservation with Expedia and added the travel protection they offer before completing your reservation. I became very ill and could not make my plans. What they do not tell you is you must file an online claim with an insurance company. The company is not open on the weekends so you cannot even speak with a live person. The insurance company is AIG Travel. My claim is only worth $100 and I fell as though for such a small amount you should not have to jump through so many hoops. No telling how long it will take to process the claim. They only promise to keep you updated via email. My problem is that Expedia should contract with a better company. I have lost confidence in their ability to deliver based on how they pitch the idea to you with ease but does not warn about the complication. And now according to this site, Expedia is not an accredited business? This is very concerning.
Reviewed July 21, 2018
We end up using Expedia to book our Mexican resort vacation - and found them very helpful - their support at our destination was invaluable as well.
Reviewed July 20, 2018
I booked a 5 night stay at a hotel in Cabo San Lucas for over New Years. This was a hotel we had wanted to stay in for some time, as it’s beautifully designed and very exclusive. Several days before our departure, Expedia informed us that our reservation was cancelled. They could not explain why. We already had non refundable airfare and we’re set to arrive in Cabo with no hotel over the busiest travel week of the year. Expedia offered to rebook us at a remote all-inclusive resort. It was not the vacation we wanted or planned. After several hours on the phone I agreed to the new hotel with the understanding that Expedia would give $400 in travel credits in compensation. (Honestly, not enough in retrospect.) But fine, I didn’t want to be stuck with nowhere to stay for what was supposed to be a special vacation.
Now, I have been trying to use these garbage travel credits with no luck. First tried to book a flight and they informed me that the credit only applies to hotel stays. Now trying to book a hotel stay and they say the credits can’t be combined. They’re like coupons, and only one per reservation. When I ask to speak to a manager, I’m put on “hold” which is just hours of silence on the phone. They clearly want me to give up. This is the worst customer service experience I have ever encountered. This garbage website should be shut down.
Reviewed July 20, 2018
Expedia sends me email all the time since signing up on their website. When I needed a motel room, they sent me a good customer discount, motel room from $47 a night. I clicked on it, no special discount, just the regular page! I put a search for cheapest rooms, it says there are 34 in my area (nowhere near the discount price I was promised)! 1 out of 34 had something available, but when I tried to book it, they said they were overbooked! I ended up paying full price, NOT by booking through these clowns.
Reviewed July 19, 2018
We booked airfares from Melbourne to London with Air Brunei on Expedia with one bank card, and they said there was an issue even though there was plenty of money. So we had to cancel the booking, get our money back and try again. Second time, the same thing happened despite being a different account and a different card and plenty of money available. When you call them up they just string you along solving nothing, and hold on to your money for another 72 hours. Finally, I booked Air Brunei through STA with no problems. Don't go with Expedia. They are a nightmare!
Reviewed July 18, 2018
I have been trying to contact Expedia via phone for over an hour in regards to my cruise which is tomorrow. NONE of the phone numbers provided on the website are working. Furthermore, because I booked through Expedia I cannot make changes directly through the cruise line. Booking through Expedia was supposed to be more efficient and less of a hassle. Instead I'm having to jump through hoops for minimal support the DAY BEFORE embarkation. I'm also at risk for having to incur additional fees because I cannot get through. We attempted to call from 2 other cell phones as well as a landline phone for an approximate total of 30 attempts and 10 numbers (and counting). When calling the line is dead, no dial tone, operator, automated voice service, ring etc. I have also emailed but have not yet received a response. So much for a "travel agent" experience. I could not be more upset. I will never use this terrible service again!
Reviewed July 17, 2018
I bought a round trip ticket in Expedia with travel insurance from Paris to Valencia in Spain. I was supposed to flight from Paris to Valencia on June 9, 2018. The trip was cancelled and I never received a call or a text message about the cancellation. Even worst, Expedia was not able to accommodate me in another trip. According to them, with the Travel insurance, they were just able to offer me another trip no cost in the following 3 days. By the way, I was flying to Valencia just for 5 days so their offer did not make sense.
In a way I was “forced” to buy a new ticket one way from Paris to Valencia. I ended up spending almost double, Very bad experience. In my first call, EXPEDIA told me to call the travel airline which I did. The travel airline said that the problem should be resolved by expedia and not by them and that was right. I will recommend anyone to really think about buying Travel insurance. At the end, in my case it did not work and I feel it was waste of money and time...
Reviewed July 17, 2018
I booked a round trip flight 8 months ahead. I was sent an email stating that the return flight was cancelled and email them which of the three options I wanted to take care of the problem (3 was refund). I emailed back option 2. I did not receive any sort of confirmation email, so I called them 3 days after my response. They looked and found my response, but nothing had been taken care of yet. So she told me she would send it to the supervisor to work on the next day because the airline was currently closed. I was told to watch for an email in 2-3 days. Never received. Called back. Was put on hold over an hour while they "tried" to contact the airline. Such a ridiculous situation. Don't use them! Still waiting to get this resolved.
Reviewed July 16, 2018
I booked 10 days in the Grand Chancellor in Melbourne. I am 99.99% sure that the rate that I was quoted was $119 per night. But the bill (for accommodation charges) I got is: 1/7/2018: AU$129.00, 2/7/2018: AU$129.00, 3/7/2018: AU$129.00, 4/7/2018: AU$139.00, 5/7/2018: AU$149.00, 6/7/2018: AU$179.00, 7/7/2018: AU$209.00, 8/7/2018: AU$129.00, 9/7/2018: AU$139.00. I checked the itinerary and it does match this but this is not what Expedia did quote me for and I subsequently accepted. I have repeatedly asked Expedia for the quote and an audit trail, as that should show the actual quote but so far they did not. Very disappointed and would not book through them again.
Reviewed July 16, 2018
I made one reservation through Expedia which I way overpaid for and then even though it says they have a rate guarantee online, they no longer do. I was misled by a banner posted at the bottom of the Sheraton website that says "book now" while trying to make a phone reservation with the Sheraton directly. We were driving to another state as my mother in law had just passed and I was trying to make family reservations for the funeral. In short, I overpaid for each room by $55 per night, and I ended up having hotel charges for the rooms on my credit card upon departure because Reservations.com didn't pay the hotel in a timely manner.
I paid in full over the phone on my credit card and then they said "you will not get any Starwood points for this purchase through Reservations.com. I paid on Monday morning July 9, we checked in Wed July 11 and checked out Thursday July 12. That was more than enough time to pay the hotel and they cheated me, and there's no rate guarantee. I booked one night directly through Expedia, was also overcharged, and although they still say on their website they guarantee the best rates, they no longer do or offer refunds.
Reviewed July 14, 2018
I booked package a trip to Orlando, Florida for 4 days and 3 nights. I was given a price that I paid and I thought I was set for my trip. I was billed and I was waiting for a confirmation for my flight. After three days without the confirmation, I called Expedia, got the confirmation and was instructed to follow up with the airlines. I found out that the airlines was Spirit Air. Well Spirit Air confirmed the flight and then informed me that it was a cost for everything from luggage, boarding, seat selection, boarding priority and other nonsense. I was charged an additional 30% of the cost that I had agreed to pay with Expedia. I contacted Expedia to get an understanding about the additional 30%.
I was told that the Expedia Website had that information explaining that the airline may have additional fee. First, there is no location on the website with this information. Second, I was not aware that I was flying with this airline, which gave me no opportunity to research all that was involved concerning the additional cost. Third, the Spirit Airline charged me 78% over the cost that of the fee that I agree to with Expedia for the airfare. When I contacted Expedia the said it was nothing that they could do about it and offered me a $50 coupon for future use with Expedia.
I have used Expedia over the years and had experienced minor hiccups that I overlooked. In the end I got my flights on time, rent a car on time and the hotel was good. This was a major issue that will cause me not the use Expedia again. They do not resolve customer issues with professionalism, empathy or concern. I have made my complaints to Expedia directly and will make other traveler aware as well. Shame, shame Expedia.
Reviewed July 14, 2018
Very disappointed with EXPEDIA! I made reservations for three days at Holiday Inn Resort Waterpark. Due to an emergency, we had to make changes. I purchased protection insurance and called within window given to cancel just in case of an emergency, in which I was allowed to cancel without being charged. I called and told her to cancel my reservation. The first representative said that she would send an email the next day regarding the cancellation and get a response from hotel manager. I received no email.
I called customer service the next day and second representative told me that no other rooms were available and I did not call before the time noted on my itinerary given, which was a total fabrication. Second representative forgot that at the beginning of our conversation that she mentioned the cancellation and protection plan that was placed in first representative's notes from the previous day. I spoke to two different managers who informed me that they must listen to the call and review notes given by the first representative I spoke to determine if I would receive my money kept by the hotel.
I spent over an HOUR on the phone being placed on hold and letting them know that their policy for customer cancellation need to be changed and that the agents at Expedia needed to be held accountable when problems arise with customers. Early cancellation is totally deceiving the public because all hotels have different policies and this information is disclosed. Once you have spent your money and a problem occurs this is when agents/managers tell you about policies in place by different hotels, this is not mentioned on their website. The manager wanted to give other discounts instead of giving me my money. EXPEDIA is not interested in having happy customers. They are interested in making money, SHAME ON YOU! Will never make reservation through EXPEDIA ever again! It is not worth the headache. I will inform family and friends about this fraudulent company!
Reviewed July 13, 2018
This is about a flight I put insurance on my account and I am unable to cancel my trip. They will not reimbursement itinerary **. They should not have a cancellation clause. They are a fraud. Do not book through Expedia.
Reviewed July 13, 2018
I used Expedia for the first time and 3 days later the same package I got was cheaper in their website (like $100). When I called customer service their answer was, "I'm sorry. There is nothing we can do to help you because there is $200 fee per person to make any change to your reservation". After they took your money they don't care about anything else. DON'T USE EXPEDIA!!!
Reviewed July 12, 2018
Expedia is the worst. I booked a hotel and the date on the website went back to the day I was booking it. Had no hotel room when I arrived. They would not refund the money. Had to go to another hotel!! The website isn’t clear and changes what you enter in. Will never use this site again!!!
Reviewed July 12, 2018
I booked a flight from Portugal to Frankfurt in October leaving at 09h15 in the morning; this was changed to 20h30 at night which was unsuitable. Expedia insisted that the departure time was correct and sent me an email 5 days ago confirming their morning flight but Ryanair insists the flight leaves at 20h30 at night, which then arrives after mid-night at a different airport from the original one and over 150k away.
They have refused to refund me - I rebooked another flight with a different company as the one Ryanair rescheduled for was totally unsuitable. They have no idea that Ryanair had changed the destination and the departure time by 12 hours and informed me that the flight was confirmed and I didn't need to call them again. Had I turned up without checking the flight times I would have had to rebook at extremely short notice. So I suggest travellers ONLY use Expedia if they have a healthy bank balance and can afford to stretch their vacation by over 12 hours and of course pay premium rate for a replacement flight. Expedia refuse to reimburse and made no effort to try and find another flight.
Reviewed July 12, 2018
On 6/30/2018, at 7:20pm Eastern time, I made a reservation for a room, check in 7/13/2018. A few minutes later, I received an email confirmation with the check in date as 7/1/2013. I still had the Expedia reservation open in my browser. I canceled the reservation and received a reservation canceled message on screen. Thought that had taken care of it. On 7/12/2018, my credit card statement arrived. It showed a charge for the room on 7/2/2018. I called Expedia, and explained what happened. The CSR's (located who knows where) first question was "did you receive a cancellation confirmation email". I said that I did not. He said without the confirmation email they couldn't process the refund. I again explained how I'd received confirmation on their website. Again with the no cancel confirmation email, no refund.
I told him if they did not give me a refund, I'd spend the rest of the day reporting this incident on every Expedia review website I could find. He said, “Let me talk to my supervisor”, and left me on hold for 43 minutes. Obviously hoping I'd hang up. He came back on and just kept repeating, “No email, no refund.” Again threatened the negative review - same no email no refund crap. Hung up, and begun writing this review.
Reviewed July 12, 2018
Expedia is blatantly cheating customers by charging customers more and then refusing to refund when this is brought to their attention. This is how it is being done and it happened to us: We made a package booking for flights + car through Expedia. When you do this, pick out your flights and then come to car rental, their software automatically sets pick up and return times for the car and the user cannot change it. This is based upon flight times. However, their software is faulty and it works to their advantage. In our case the flight was arriving at 10:54 am. So their software picked the car pick up time as 10 am (which is ridiculous). The next day, our flight was leaving at 1:05 pm and so their software picked up return time as 1 pm (again an absurd time). This meant that our rental was over 1 day and we were accordingly charged more for the rental.
Now, we noticed this error after the booking was done and called Expedia. They assured us that the overcharged amount would be refunded after the trip when they would be in a position to verify the pick up and return times from the car rental. So we went along. After the trip, I called Expedia. First of all I had to explain all this to them again and spend over 1 hour. They acknowledged that their software was at fault in not allowing the user to set the pick up and return times for the car. In spite of this, they shamelessly refused to refund the additional charges they had pocketed. I told them very clearly that I will never, ever book through Expedia again. I want everyone to be aware of the scam Expedia is running. Please publicize this to ensure that no one else is taken for a ride. They must be making huge amounts of money in this fraudulent manner.
Reviewed July 11, 2018
I've been traveling domestically & internationally since 1995. Through the years, businesses like Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, etc. have developed. My personal experience & opinion -- NEVER book your airfare with any of these websites. Go through the airlines only. Why? Because when you experience a delayed flight, canceled flight, or literally any other problem with the airlines during your travels (and there is ALWAYS a problem with the airlines during your travels), you will get HUNG OUT TO DRY WHEREVER YOU'RE AT if you booked your airfare with Expedia, Orbitz, etc. The airlines will say, "We're sorry... You booked this ticket through Expedia... There's nothing we can do to help you."
The only way you're going to get help is if you booked WITH the airline. You've never seen an Orbitz counter or a Travelocity counter at any airport in the world, have you? Nope. Have you tried to contact the "customer service" toll free number for any of these sites while you're stuck in Qatar, or London? Personally, I've never seen any savings with these travel websites that amount to anything, ESPECIALLY when you get stuck at the Frankfurt airport with no hope or help to get home after having made your reservations with any of them. Book your airfare through the airlines! You'll be a happier traveler if you do.
Reviewed July 11, 2018
I recently booked a Tour package with a company called Dragonfly Adventures DMC through Expedia.com. This company stole my money. They did not provide the service that I paid for in advance through Expedia. I attempted to reach them by phone and email however Expedia wrong information therefore I couldn't reach Dragonfly BEFORE my trip. When I arrived in Puerto Rico, I asked the concierge at my hotel if by chance they had a phone number. His reaction was enough to tell me I was in for a rough ride. But, he did provide a number. I called the number and reached a representative who proceeded to confirm my tour reservation and pick up time.
They did NOT show up at our hotel to pick us up the NEXT day. After almost a 2 hour wait, I called Expedia. They took my information and said they would call me in 2-4 hours (they did not). When I got home there was an email letting me know my claim was denied! How is this possible that Expedia would allow this to happen. They are ALSO thieves because they are supporting this company who took my money and did NOT provide the service I was paid for. DO NOT USE EXPEDIA as their customer service is extremely poor and they SUPPORT THIEVES!!
Reviewed July 11, 2018
The lowest prices are on Expedia. Trivago may have better amenities, but Expedia has expedited cost and better dates available if you are not planning a trip in advance.
Reviewed July 10, 2018
I booked 2 nights accom through Expedia and then my flights were cancelled. The only other flight I could get was leaving a night earlier so I booked it. I called Expedia to move my dates to a night earlier, they made up excuse after excuse and then said they will call back within 24 hours. They did not call. So I called again and she said the email hadn't been sent so she will try and call them once if they don't answer because it is 1am in destination she will email and then contact me within 24 hours. I said I will be on my flight within that time and she said, "Well I will email you." But of course I want to know my accom is all booked in and confirmed before I fly half way around the world. Terrible service!!!! Lesson learnt from now only go direct with hotels and airlines.
Reviewed July 10, 2018
I booked a one bedroom king condo through Expedia. I received a one bedroom double bed. The condo itself was in terrible condition with many other issues. Expedia said it was nonrefundable so they could not do anything. Terrible customer service. NEVER USE EXPEDIA.
Reviewed July 9, 2018
Booked a hotel through Expedia, and canceled in the correct time frame. Was still charged by hotel itself. Contacted hotel and their corporate office. Was told just go through Expedia to have anything done since booked through 3rd party. Was on hold for 30 minutes of the 44 minute phone call with Expedia. Ended up telling me that I should not be charged and will send to another department to email me back in 4 hours. All I got was an email saying will contact you back in another 24 hours. Never got anything more. Contacted them again, and got an automated message. Ridiculous!!! Will never use Expedia again!!
Reviewed July 7, 2018
My husband I rented a car for a 2-week vacation near Tulum, Mexico, January 24-February 7, 2018. The rental was through Expedia and their rental agency in Cancun, America Car Rental. The price sounded too good to be true - - 2 weeks for less than $15. After I convinced the agency that the car they picked out for us was unacceptable (too dirty with upholstery too food-stained and filthy to sit upon), a cleaner model was selected for us. As we signed up, we were told that our insurance for the two weeks would be $500 (according to them, a government law) and they would also require a $500 deposit, which would be refunded to us upon the return of the car. The total of $1000 was applied to our credit card, and we were saddened by the "hidden costs" to say the least.
When we returned the car two weeks later, we were told the car was in good condition and that we would receive the deposit credit to our credit card after our return to the states. Then, "nada". I called Expedia in March, April, May, June and recently in July. For the longest time, they were unable to reach America Rental. After that, they were given the runaround through yesterday, July 6. Now Expedia tells me that I can try to recoup the $500 through our bank or our credit card company. I told them that since America Car Rental was chosen by them for us, they should be responsible. This has been a horrible experience. My takeaways are these: 1) Don't expect Expedia to stand behind you and 2) Never rent a car through America Car Rental in Cancun.
Reviewed July 7, 2018
My girlfriend and I were attending a convention and were looking for hotels to stay at. We check the pricing at Expedia and it showed it that there is a resort fee that will be charged at the hotel and the total amount. We just found out that the total amount does not include the resort fee in the calculation so our trip actually had an additional 40% tagged on that's not included in the "total amount". I find this extremely misleading and had I knew, I would have gone and booked a hotel across the street at half the cost. The worker was helpful and polite but the supervisors didn't find this way of calculating costs misleading at all. I was told to call in and check for the pricings in the future... If I was going to call in and check, I would've just gotten a travel agent to deal with everything. Why the heck would I be booking online then?
Reviewed July 7, 2018
Terrible customer service and intentionally misleading (if not scamming); The Hotel Garden, Malmo, Sweden through Expedia. Staying away from this hotel is what I would definitely recommend. I was making a booking with this hotel and I typed the correct search dates into Expedia then when I got the booking email I realized the website had changed them; the dates were wrong. So I contacted the hotel within five minutes of the booking and asked very politely if the dates could just be changed. The staff that responded was very rude to me and kept acting as if I was trying to rip them off for the money.
Well, I don’t know why or how the dates got changed to the wrong ones but they kept the money, were very rude, and kept trying to push a rescheduling so they could get even more money from me. They didn’t just inform me of their policies, they did so in a very rude manner. Customer service means nothing to this hotel and I still think it’s very strange how those dates got changed. This wasn’t my first time booking something online after all.
Reviewed July 6, 2018
I reserved a Chevy Express "or similar vehicle" through Expedia today at the Dayton Ohio International airport with Enterprise car rental and paid Expedia the $20 for collision insurance. I was dropped off at Enterprise by a friend assuming I had a ride home. Went to the service desk with my Expedia confirmation and itinerary numbers only to find that Enterprise did not even stock the vehicle Expedia booked for me!!! Enterprise told me they couldn't even get me a mini-van today for my seating requirements because they were all reserved.
Realizing that I was there without a ride and as a courtesy to me, the Enterprise staff worked hard to put me in a vehicle that was three stages lower than what I booked for with Expedia but at a much lower rate. When I called Expedia tonight to tell them about my experience and ask for the refund of my $20 for the insurance on the vehicle that Enterprise doesn't even stock... Expedia told me that once I accepted ANY vehicle from Enterprise I was out of luck to ever see my $20 again. From now on I'll be booking all my car, hotel and flight reservations DIRECTLY!!! NEVER RESERVE THROUGH EXPEDIA IF YOU VALUE YOUR MONEY!!!
Reviewed July 5, 2018
FOLLOW UP FROM EXPEDIA: Now you asked me to wait another 7 to 10 business days?!?!?! Is that the answer you were working on it?!?!?! What a shame Expedia!!! After being asked to wait 48 hours and actually waited 72 hours you guys called me, and asked for another 48 hours, to my surprise after waiting another 72 hours you send me an email asking to wait ANOTHER 48 TO 72 HOURS!!! Is this some sort of joke, or that's how you look after us customers??!! Really unbelievable!! Below is part of the email I just received from this joke!!
"This is to acknowledge the receipt of your billing request. We are working towards resolving your case at the earliest. Therefore, please allow us 48 to 72 hours to share an update with you. We appreciate your patience and understanding." I got no patience left and my understanding does NOT understand the incapacity to solve a problem for more than a week!!!
Reviewed July 4, 2018
I made a booking on their website and price shown to me was $63 and I got charged $233. When I called them they said rest are the charges (3 times the price of the room). Then the representative said they will get the charges reverse and someone will contact us in 8 hrs but no one called back ever. I called them back next day and they said the resolution is, "We can't reverse any charges sorry." This is just a scam when they show $63 and charge $233. DO NOT MAKE ANY BOOKING FROM THIS SITE.
Reviewed July 4, 2018
Do not use. You cannot believe. I booked a car and then they said, "Do you want to rent a space as well." I was going from point 1 and dropping off at point 2. I mistakenly assumed that they were offering me a place at point 2... Ooops I booked a second place in point 1. I could not believe it when I realized that they had faked me out like that. I went to cancel, right after the booking was made. And too bad...it was not allowed. Expedia sided with the hotel and tough ** they ended up saying. I will never trust them again.
Reviewed July 2, 2018
Years ago I would use Expedia for traveling and never had any issues. Now this company is all about greed, fraud, and deception to their consumers and have hired very gruff staffing! I booked a roundtrip travel to Las Vegas with Frontier and added flight protection that clearly states it will protect my money should I need to cancel under certain circumstances. Well I have to have surgery and didn't want to cancel but change the flight dates. I was immediately told that I need to contact Frontier which is a whole other huge problem in itself!
Gotta put in a claim and claim denied because the surgery is scheduled for the same time as my travel date (duhhh) BUT hadn't happened yet so the claim was denied and cannot be appealed, because once denied you can't go back after my surgery to do the claim again!! So I literally just lost over $440 with Expedia and Frontier!! You will hear about this on the NEWS!!! I am going to leave complaints all over until they are fully investigated!
Reviewed July 2, 2018
I would never go through Expedia again. Because you are going through a third party you waive all your rights. No one really helps you if you have a problem with a flight and Expedia gives you the runaround. No email update about flight changes. Went on the night before to find out my whole family could not sit together for over a five hour flight both ways. Had miles to upgrade and told because I went through a third party I could not use it. Paid extra to pick my seats and did it five months before my flight. Did go online to check a few times before the flight. The changes were made around 3 in the morning and I was leaving my house 5 am to get to my flight, which just made me more stressed. It is not worth the money I saved.
Reviewed July 2, 2018
Expedia is the biggest rip off I have ever seen. I will never book with Expedia again. I had to take a last minute emergency trip to see a family member in the hospital in critical condition. I thought that booking a so called "bundle" deal would be the best route. I booked an airline ticket and a rental car. I left on the flight and then due to a work commitment I had to return home 3 days early. I called to change my return flight and that is when the nightmare began. I was on the phone with customer service for a total of 4 hours. I was constantly put on hold and a few times had a "dropped" call. They changed my ticket (with a $200 fee) and only changed the times not the date. I called later that afternoon and said I don't see a change in my itinerary and was told it takes 24 hours to reflect the change.
The following morning I didn't see it change so I called back and was put on hold several times and this time I was very upset, this call was a total of 2 hours. I was finally told that the agent only changed the times and not the date and that they were changing the date now. I also told them to adjust the rental car because I was returning it early. I asked if I would be reimbursed for the remaining payment for the car that I was not using. They said I would have to contact the rental car company so I did. The rental car company told me I would be prorated and receive money back for the days I was not using the car. Expedia completely lied and said that I would not. The night before my flight I tried to check in online and the airline said that my transaction was not complete (they already charged my credit card the $200 fee).
I then called Expedia back but this time I refused to let them put me on hold. I did not ask them how they can help me. I demanded them to fix this issue right away and I better hear them while they are working the issue and not be put on hold. This time I was only on the phone for 1 hour and they were finally able to fix my airline ticket. I believe that they charged me a $200 change fee twice but I have to wait until the bank clears all pending transactions. I was also given a $25 credit and told that the customer rep will receive training on how to handle transactions like this so that this error does not happen again. I don't care about the $25 credit because I will never book through Expedia again. I was stressed out enough sitting in a hospital and then had to deal with this garbage. I will be contacting the BBB because they will continue to rip off customers in the future!!
I have never in my life written a bad review let alone a review. I would give zero stars if I could. Shame on Expedia for taking advantage of customers who believe that they are saving money and getting a deal when in fact they are not. Save your time and book directly through the airline or rental car company... it all turns out to be the same amount however you don't have to be lied to and deceived if you need to make any changes to your reservations. It is also very unprofessional to hear the customer service representatives in the background laughing and carrying on like they are having a party! I will never make the same mistake twice.
Reviewed July 2, 2018
Expedia customer service was awful. I had to change my flight to New York due to family reasons and they refused to help me at all. No refund, no date change, only a disrespectful attitude from an operator that I imagine is jaded from Expedia's company policy for dishonesty and false advertising. I decided to cancel that flight with Expedia and will never book a flight with them again. I've read other Expedia stories and other people have had entire trips scammed from them. Expedia plays with misdirecting policies and downright bureaucratic staff to swindle anyone they can.
Once they have your money they throw you into a labyrinth of fees and conditions to squeeze everything they can. I hope any potential travelers thinking about using Expedia will be able to learn from my mistake. P.S. You can tell from the vast difference in customer reviews (4.3 stars on their official site vs 1.1 on an honest site like this one), that Expedia is faking their customer reviews as well. I'm surprised Expedia can still operate as a company.
Reviewed July 2, 2018
I book my airplane tickets on Expedia on 6/26/18. As I was checking out to pay my airline ticket online after I pay for it, I noticed they added price match promise fees of $45.00 towards my airplane tickets. I call them right away and told them that it’s a error that this fee was added to my plane tickets. They told me they did an investigation. A few days later they told me it’s my faults that I wanted that fees added to my bills. I told them if I wanted the price match promise fees added to my bill why would I call them right away after I book it? I told Expedia that this is a error but they told me they can’t refund my money back. It’s not their fault! I am never booking a plane tickets with them anymore. Please help me??? What should I do?
Reviewed July 1, 2018
We booked a hotel stay and were very unsatisfied with the hotel. The hotel eventually agreed to a refund but Expedia dragged their heels for a good while. Eventually after much blame on the hotel they said they processed a refund and it would be in our bank acct within 7 days. After over 7 days it didn't appear in our account so we contacted Expedia again. They then said, "We see there was an issue. We will reprocess it... It will be there with you in 7 days." Another 7 days has been and gone and we are still waiting... They are a disgraceful company. I am now going to Twitter and other social media sites to complain.
Reviewed July 1, 2018
DO NOT BOOK THROUGH EXPEDIA! I read over 15 reviews that all sound exactly like my situation. I booked a hotel room between 8p and 8:30p. I cancelled because I decided to stay in a different city/location. 3 hours later I get A check in confirmation email. Called Expedia and the rep stated that I needed to call the hotel to cancel. Called the hotel and was told that when a reservation is made through Expedia they aren't sent my bank info, but instead, Expedia takes the payment from me and pays the hotel with their card. Expedia refused to refund me claiming that the decision was up to the hotel manager. Hotel manager tells a different story! Not to mention the room was advertised $10 cheaper than what was charged to my card. It's all crazy and I will NEVER book through Expedia again. Fool me once, shame on you... Lesson learned!!!
Reviewed July 1, 2018
My experience with Expedia has been nothing but atrocious, from customer service to the misleading advertising called fine print. I booked a flight vacation package last year and earned $98 dollars in points. This year, loyal enough to return to the site and redeem my point, I was told I CAN'T!! When asked for an explanation I was told that there are specific criteria I have to follow to redeem my earned points. The only way I use these points is if I book an only hotel or a build my own vacation package with Expedia!!! Who would have thought that I can't redeem the points the same way I earned them!! They are making money advertising other companies' packages and making money from their fine print/very misleading advertising off of clients who are loyal enough to return.
When with the customer service agents, I received no other explanation than, "NEXT TIME READ THE FINE PRINT." If I had known this, I wouldn't have booked with them in the first place. Needless to say VERY DISAPPOINTING and horrible customer service. I will give my points to friends or family who are willing to book hotel ONLY and never to return to this site ever again!!!
Reviewed June 29, 2018
I reserved a car for 2 days with Avis through Expedia. Car rental popped up as a special rate (in retrospect not!) as I had just booked flights and accommodation. We only used the car for one day and returned it within 24 hours. We refueled the vehicle before returning it. Avis nevertheless charged us $51.61 gas fee. How do you fill a car that is already full and bill someone for it? Avis claim they have no knowledge of the amount Expedia will be paying them for the booking and can do nothing about the unused day. Expedia will not refund the unused day.
In the fine print, actually slipped in on the very last line, I now see "No refunds will be offered on unused rental days." And, the line above it states that "Cancellations can be made free of charge up to and including the day prior to your pickup date, and your card will be refunded in full." At no time during the Expedia rental procedure were these conditions made clear. In addition, beware car insurance through Expedia. (You can get much better coverage online for less.) Also Avis had no knowledge of our coverage through Expedia. They were very aggressive and insistent that we must take coverage and it must be with them! We did not give in though. To sum up, our one-day car rental ended up costing $278.18 for a VW Jetta or similar. Lesson learned! I will go direct to a reputable Car Rental Service where I will only pay for what I use.
Reviewed June 28, 2018
This evening I reserved a motel room for Saturday, the 29th. The e-mail reservation form that came to me soon after I made the online reservation was for today, the 27. It was already after 9:00 p.m. I had to pay extra to get the reservation correct to the 29th. When I entered the name of the motel on my computer Expedia was what came up. My wife with extra hunting on the computer came up with the motel reservation form. It would have cost less using the motel site because I could have used the rate for senior citizens.
Reviewed June 26, 2018
Expedia customer service could not have been worse! Had booked a 2 night hotel stay in Tokyo. Several weeks before departure asked customer service to extend stay by 1 day to 3. I checked the hotel website to verify that rooms were available at the same rate. They were. Wanting to keep it on one reservation to avoid checking out - back in. Customer service assured me that the change was done properly. A follow up email from Expedia made it clear that they had not gotten it right.
Over the next 2 weeks, numerous emails, phone calls to fix. They kept insisting that they had made the proper change. At hotel check in there was no modified reservation and the only room available was at a higher rate. Later follow up communication with Expedia and they made up a version to try and place the blame on me. Disgusting! I will never do business with Expedia again and my recommendation would be the same to anyone else. Oh, and by the way, the room price would have been the same booked directly with the hotel. The only reason to use Expedia would be so that they could totally mess it up.
Reviewed June 25, 2018
I booked a room in Cape May NJ for 6/18-6/21. On Expedia the room was oceanfront. After booking I looked on the hotel's website and the room was listed as "partial ocean view". I contacted Expedia and after they presumably confirmed with the hotel that the room was oceanfront Expedia confirmed this with me in an email. We arrived and our room was facing a concrete wall! Called Expedia on at least 4 occasions - 2x they hung up on us and the other 2x put us on hold stating they were contacting the hotel and eventually disconnected us. The Hotel was sold out so we had no other option but stay in the room for the 1st night and the hotel accommodated us the other 2 evenings. My first and LAST time using Expedia!!!
Reviewed June 25, 2018
I booked a flight through Expedia on Interjet. I became sick and was unable to take the flight and canceled the flight through Interjet at the airport and they do not accept cancellations except through Expedia who never stated this or is it anywhere in the insurance disclosures. Expedia did not help in any way to get me a refund and tried to book another flight and charge me more for it instead of helping me with the insurance. The representative was not helpful at all and could not resolve any issues. The discount was minimal using Expedia but the loss was huge because they do not have any morals or standards of doing business!
Reviewed June 24, 2018
Price Guarantee. I recently booked a hotel through Expedia. My daily rate was $306. I followed the rates on TripAdvisor which were as low as $216/day. I tried to fill out Expedia's price guarantee form which required a screenshot which I didn't know how to do. I asked for assistance and received none. I sent links to TripAdvisor stating the price. I finally was able to send a screenshot with the lower price. After at least ten emails I was finally told, after my trip had already begun, that I was comparing apples with oranges because that price was for nonrefundable bookings. In reviewing the TripAdvisor website, nonrefundable added about $20/day. It was still considerably less than I had prepaid. I feel deceived. Expedia misrepresented their policy.
Reviewed June 24, 2018
I booked a flight from Santiago to London through Expedia. Unfortunately my connecting flight was canceled completely due to Aircraft being US. As soon as I got home I called Expedia and asked them to change to the following day. At the time I also asked what would happen if my connecting flight was further delayed and was told as long as I advised them 4 hours before it could be changed. The next day (3 hours before original flight) as I hadn’t received new reservation, I called again and was informed that they hadn’t changed it!!!
To make a long story short I have been fighting for weeks now to get my money back (I had to buy new tickets) but no, it's my fault apparently and I had been advised by the agent (they listened to our conversation) even though I stated a number of times that I was not able to make the Sunday flight etc. They state I never actually asked for the booking to be changed. They were “waiting for me to give the go ahead”. PLEASE and I can’t claim through the ALLIANZ insurance that they also sold me because I am not resident full time in the UK! ALLIANZ is another waste of space company by the way.
Reviewed June 24, 2018
Hey Guys, just for you to be aware, I did reservation through Expedia with British Airways. On their website it showed we are allowed for 2 bags for check in, at the time printing the Boarding pass, the itinerary shows 1 checked in bag allowance... They cheat on people and we have to take snapshot of the information they provide at the reservation time.
Reviewed June 24, 2018
I thought I was paying $134 for a basic hotel room. I paid $174.80. My mistake for not reading all of the information on Expedia's website. I checked with the ladies at the front desk and was told that I would have paid $114 plus tax if I had NOT used Expedia. Take a guess if I'll EVER use Expedia again. Expedia did not Succeedia!
Reviewed June 21, 2018
I went on Expedia.com website to book a hotel reservation for a stay in Thibodaux LA for dates before during and after a time I had a medical appointment (June 18 thru June 20). I received a confirmation with dates July 1 thru July 3. The first step in booking a reservation is to choose check in and check out dates. There was no reason for me to book the dates confirmed by Expedia. When I called Expedia to correct this situation, I was told that the hotel would not honor the dates or a refund. I called the hotel; the hotel did not charge my bank account; Expedia did. Second efforts with Expedia were fruitless. Expedia Corporate will not refund my $78, or even give a refund further consideration. It seems the reason for this "error" is that Expedia falsely advertised a room rate that was not valid or agreed upon with the hotel.
Reviewed June 21, 2018
I booked a room on Expedia on June 19 to go to Wildwoods on June 24 and check out June 25. It stated free cancellation and I will not be charged until I get there. I cancelled on the 21 which is 2 days before Saturday and Expedia charged me $10 because I did not cancel before May 25, yes May 25 a month before my reservation. Customer service were so rude and she kept telling me that I should've read that if I cancel after May 25 I will be charged 10%. And found out that they charged my credit card the whole amount. Bunch of rip offs. Never using again.
Reviewed June 21, 2018
My company and I always used Expedia for travel. When you cancel a trip you get a credit Voucher less $200.00 for what reason I do not know. When you go to use it they will put you on the phone with a foreigner that can barely speak or understand. I was on the phone with him for 45 min on hold 7 times and then tells me I need to speak to his manager.
So I was on hold again for 15 min, then when he got on the phone he said he would look into it but I would need to be put on hold for 40 min!!! I ask him why it would take so long and could he just call me back, he said he could but it would take a lot longer to get back with me because he has to deal with other customers. I told him Expedia is a scam company because they put the customer on hold enough so they will give up and they keep you money!!! This story has happened to me 3 different times and it won't happen again. I will file with the BBB and fight this to the end. This is not how an American company should be ran! I will pray that Expedia quits cheating their customers and becomes a more Godly company!!!
Reviewed June 21, 2018
I'm not sure words can describe how horrible my experience with Expedia has been with regard to a car rental. I booked with Expedia after considering several sites. All had offered the same price, but I felt using Expedia would be the safest and most reliable. Boy was I wrong. Despite receiving a confirmation of my reservation, I received a phone call weeks later saying they would not honor the reservation I made because the car rental company had erred in the rate offered. I calmly explained that I found this unacceptable. That Expedia should honor what it puts up on its website. The agent I spoke to was useless, spewing the same three sentences over and over again. I then asked to speak to a supervisor, who said she would sort it out.
More than an hour of phone calls back and forth ended with the supervisor saying the car rental company had confirmed the reservation was valid. So WTF was the first agent from Expedia telling me? Since I thought the situation had been taken care of, I went along with my life. Then, three weeks before my trip, another Expedia agent called me to tell me once again the reservation would not be honored. I instructed this person that the issue had already been taken care of by someone higher than them, and that they should do nothing other than speak to the people previously involved. To this end, I gave her a reference number for the case.
Lo and behold, three days later I find out from car rental company that my reservation was canceled by Expedia, not the car company itself! Now I face a mad scramble to find a car for my trip with availability limited and the price more than three times higher than my initial reservation. Expedia's response? "Not our fault." This isn't the first issue I've had with Expedia, but I guarantee you it's my last. Why use a website that does not honor what it offers? Expedia didn't even offer to try and help to find an alternative car with a special rate or discount to make up for their abhorrent service to begin with. I can't stress this enough: DO NOT BOOK ANYTHING WITH EXPEDIA. You are taking a major risk with a website that offers absolutely no customer service and is completely unreliable.
Reviewed June 20, 2018
I booked 2 rooms at a hotel on Feb 25. And I chose to pay later at check in which would be on June 9 for a 1 week vacation. I get an urgent email from Expedia on May 26 stating that the hotel was unable to honor my reservations. I call Expedia to find out the hotel had been permanently closed since Sept 2017. He told me I would not be charged any fees so Expedia canceled those 2 room for that hotel. So Expedia gave me choices of other hotels to choose from and I told the agent I will look them up online and he said he would call back later to follow up. So found 2 rooms and booked them. Expedia called me back to follow up I told him I booked 2 rooms at a new hotel and he confirmed the 2 rooms I booked and told me I had to pay now. So I gave him my card info and paid over $1000. They took that right out my bank.
So I called the new hotel just to make sure it was permanently closed and they said we see 4 reservations. I said WHAT? I only booked 2 rooms. So apparently the Expedia agent did not understand or even see on his end that I had already booked the 2 rooms online so when he told me I had to pay now that's when he booked me for 2 more rooms. Called Expedia back and told them what happened and that I only want to keep the rooms I paid for and to cancel the other 2. It was a 2 hour process literally. During that process the Expedia agent said, “Uh oh. There's a problem.” The Expedia agent accidentally canceled a room I paid for. So I have to wait 5-10 businesses to get my refund and had to pay another $646 for another room.
So I keep checking my bank account for my refund (I did see they charged me cancellation fees from the original hotel that was permanently closed when the guy said I wouldn't be charged at all but I got that money back that day w/o calling)... Still checking my bank account every day and the day before we leave for our vacation still have not received my refund. I call Expedia and they said it's being processed and so they emailed me a refund receipt. That receipt said it would be refunded onto a MasterCard. I DO NOT own a MasterCard. I called Expedia back again to find out that MasterCard is Expedia's MasterCard. So I was confused and so were they. I said I need my money back from when the agent accidentally canceled a room I paid for. My bank account shows two charges; 2 rooms for over $1000 and 1 room for $646.
The Expedia agent was telling me still that Expedia paid for the room that was canceled. I said then, “Why did y'all take over $1700 from me? What am I paying for? Where is my money?” After getting mad and calling back speaking with a different Expedia agent he explained to me what the charges were for. So the charges for over $1000 was for the original permanently closed hotel. I said I was told I was not going to be charged and that hotel is permanently closed. He said sorry the hotel charged me and he would refund me my money. He said I should get it in 5-10 business days and since the hotel charged me if I hadn't heard anything to call that hotel. (The hotel is permanently closed but okay) then the 2nd charge to my debit was for one room at the new hotel. So I was like, “What about my 2nd room. I need two rooms.” They said it's paid with a MasterCard. I said okay but I do not own a MasterCard.
Well found out again that's it Expedia's MasterCard. So I said, “Okay will I be charged anymore?” I really could not afford to give them any more money since they owed me over $1000. He said I would not be charged. I said, “So why is Expedia paying for my 2nd room.” I do not remember his response but I don't think the agent understood... So me thinking really deep back when the Expedia agent from the first time I called about finding 2 rooms online that I booked and when he told me I had to pay them now. Why would he ask me for my debit card info if Expedia paid with their MasterCard? I have no idea. So when the Expedia agent lady accidentally canceled a paid room refunding back to Expedia that's when they took money from my bank account for 1 room $646. In the end of the bookings I got what I wanted which was two rooms both paid. 1 paid by me and other by Expedia.
After vacation still do not have my $1200 back from the hotel that permanently closed. I look up that hotel number to call since that's what the agent told me to do if I had not received and there is no phone number. It just says permanently closed. I call my bank to see if they can see that if there is a refund being processed and they do not see anything. I said I was going to call the hotel but they are closed. The bank said Expedia took that money not the bank. I call Expedia and they said that they sent the info to my bank already that they are waiting for the bank to respond.
I told them I just got off the phone with the bank and they don't have anything about a refund. I told Expedia I'd call the bank one more time. The bank said the same thing. They do not see anything about a refund. So I finally made a dispute. I was so tired of dealing with Expedia. I'm going to cancel my bank card. I'm afraid they are going to charge me more money for some reason. But I am still lost at how they paid for one of my rooms that we stayed in.
Reviewed June 19, 2018
I went online to Expedia to book a hotel stay in Atlanta for the 24th of May. Only upon printing out confirmation, realized my date was changed to the 10th of June. Once I discovered this, about 2 mins., I telephoned Expedia to let them know what happened, I was informed that my hotel confirmation was non refundable and had already been billed to my credit card although it was noted that I would not be charged. I was told by Expedia that was the hotel's policy, I called the hotel and they stated that Expedia had called them and they told them they had nothing to do with monies that was charged by them. Expedia has and is still refusing to refund my money for a room that I canceled and never booked for the date that was on the confirmation. This appears to be normal practices for Expedia based on the reviews.
Reviewed June 19, 2018
I paid 1600 dollars for flights through Expedia and purchased the 108 dollar travel insurance. The insurance is NOT through Expedia and is through a third party. The marketing on Expedia's for the insurance claimed you could cancel due to work obligations. However when I called Expedia they told me I was unlikely to get a refund, because the insurance company is "unreliable" and "very difficult". The customer service rep for Expedia admitted it was a scam. All of this was before I even gave the reason to Expedia as to why we needed to cancel. Of course I can not cancel through Expedia or the 3rd party insurer. Be warned, Expedia is using companies their own customer service reps say are scam companies.
Reviewed June 18, 2018
I booked a trip on Expedia and bought trip insurance. Work things come up and I wanted to be covered. Well something came up and I called Expedia to move my trip out two weeks. I didn’t want to cancel. Just change the dates. They informed me I had to call AIG Insurance company. Well unless you have just found out you’re really sick and maybe dying, you will be denied!!! So total waste of money to buy insurance. Expedia would not help me at all! I’ve been booking all of my trips, car rentals and hotels through them for more than ten years! Never again! They just took my money!
Reviewed June 18, 2018
I canceled hotel reservation via Expedia website 1 day before the hotel cancellation date. With full confidence I knew the cancellation was set. However, the hotel still charged me. I called hotel and was told hotel had nothing to do with the refunding my bank account. I will need to call Expedia. After calling Expedia the following day I received an email stating "We have coordinated your case with Sleep Inn Salisbury, however, they have denied your request for a refund due to their policy." I am stuck paying for a hotel stay that I didn't (and never could use). I will never use Expedia again. Something unethical is going on here.
Reviewed June 18, 2018
Confirmed booking cancelled. Upon arrival at 11 pm left stranded to find alternate accommodation. My negative verified review of Expedia.ca was not published. Buyer beware, do not book with Expedia or go by Expedia "verified reviews" as these are bias in favor of Expedia.
Reviewed June 18, 2018
I booked a Alaskan Cruise line through Expedia, paid $1,000 deposit and the remainder later. A couple of months later, an email popped up and said my booking was cancelled with a $1,000 cancellation fee! I immediately called Expedia but was put on hold for 40 minutes before I managed to talk to a customer service rep. She said the cancellation was made by Royal Caribbean, as an agent, Expedia could not recover my booking. The only way to recover my deposit was to pay for another cabin with $4,000 markup as the market price had increased. I called them again twice (and being put on hold for over 30 min) and one of the service rep told me that 2 emails reminding the payment due were sent prior to the cancellation -- which I had never received. She said she could not forward me those emails. She said her name was Trish.
I was unhappy with the forfeit of my deposit, cancellation of my cruise, and not receiving those emails, so I sent 3 other emails to the customer service to verify if they did remind me. In a service industry, customers expect to be served and those reminders would have prevented the disappointment. No one could proof that the reminder emails were sent. 3 months later, I received an email from Tier II Customer Service Rep. He did not provide solution to my request but he mentioned I could send him email if I have further question. I replied to his email asking for the proof and someone else replied that the department does not service cruise lines so gave me a 1-800 number to speak to their cruise agent. I called the cruise agent and spent 30 min explaining to her my request. She told me 2 emails were sent to me as reminder prior to cancellation. She also said there was no record that I spoke to Trish before (did "Trish" gave me a false name??).
I informed her if she could forward me those "reminder emails" that would at least prove that "Trish" told me the truth. She said she could not forward those emails nor read those emails because those were automatically generated. Later, she changed her words and said those were not reminder emails because a "big travel agent" like Expedia does not send reminder emails to their customers for payment due. I was furious with their lies, so I requested to speak to a manager. The manager told me that those 2 emails were reminder emails and were automatically generated, but he could not forward them to me. I explained my disappointment with the time spent trying to get things straight and unhappy with the service provided, he simply said "Thank you for sharing with us your concern." They have no intention to keep their customers. This is the worst service ever and I will definitely stay away from Expedia for my future travel!
Reviewed June 17, 2018
After spending days traversing the various sites to find an affordable flight to a Caribbean destination, I saw what I thought was quite affordable being offered by Expedia. The only drawback, the flight was not direct but involved connecting flights. I thought that because of the savings it was worth the inconvenience. I booked this flight in January, the flights to be in July. I kept checking my itinerary from time to time as the months passed. I remembered checking it in early April and everything seemed okay then but when I checked in late April I noticed my itinerary was changed. My original flight detail was - departing from London to Canada; then from Canada to my final destination, with an hour and a half waiting time between arriving in Canada and leaving on the connecting flight out. The itinerary was changed to - believe it or not - to arriving in Canada over an hour after my connecting flight departs. How is it possible for anyone to do that.
I immediately called Expedia and inquired about it and was promptly told that the change was done by the airline, which they were entitled to do. I was left totally flabbergasted. How can anyone, with even an ounce of common sense do something like this. And to make matters worse, after chasing Expedia for days, they offered me another connecting flight with an 8 hours waiting time between connection, without any form of compensation for my inconvenience. I declined the offer and had to buy another more expensive flight but surprise, surprise during my search I saw where Expedia and Air Canada was offering my original trip with the identical itinerary (ie same dates, same connection, same flight number, etc) for a much higher fare. If Expedia or Air Canada was really genuine about their concern about their customers/passengers why was I not offered one of these trips. PROFITS PLACED AHEAD OF customers...that's why.
They are proper "dodgy" people. There must be some Consumer body to protect the rights of consumers, these people are getting away with what the common man would be "brought to book" for. Can you imagine, me getting into a contract with another party, the other party commits financially to it, then when I am to perform my end of the contract I renege. I would be sued for breach of contract. I think the same should apply to Expedia and Airlines that take people's money for a trip and then change it at the last minute at a terrible financial consequence to the passenger. It is downright dishonesty.
Reviewed June 17, 2018
I was booking a hotel stay in Quebec City using the Expedia website. I had it all set up with the correct days for my stay. I chose to book a non-refundable hotel stay. When I pushed the button to book, it didn't show the booking dates, but just asked for booking and credit card information. After I pushed the final button to book, the reservation came back with different dates than I needed. I called Expedia customer service right away to say the booking was wrong. They claimed there was nothing they could do unless the hotel would agree to cancel the reservation. The hotel did not have a room available on the dates I needed, and they refused to cancel the reservation.
When the date came and went and I did not show up at the hotel, the hotel charged my credit card. I tried disputing the charge on my credit card, but because I did not have screenshots of every step along the way of the booking process as proof of my claim, the bank sided with the hotel and now I am stuck paying for a hotel stay that I didn't (and never could use). I consider this to be a bait and switch scam by Expedia and plan to report this to some cybercrime enforcement authority. Unless Expedia is punished for this behavior it will continue. I wonder if they get a kick-back from hotel rooms that customers can't use? If some law enforcement agency can't do something about this practice, maybe there should be a class action lawsuit. Needless to say, I am never using Expedia again for any reason. I'm also going to close my credit card account.
Reviewed June 16, 2018
After 2.5 hours on the phone with Expedia Customer service my issue is unresolved and I am incredibly frustrated. I live with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and have been gifted a healing retreat in Phoenix Arizona, I live in Toronto Canada. For the retreat I must arrive in Phoenix before noon on June 22nd, and depart after 1:00 pm on June 30th.
After searching many sites I found a round trip flight on Expedia which suited the times and my budget. I had to borrow the money for the flight and had the exact amount in my bank account. I filled out all the required fields and tried to pay with my debit MasterCard. The flight could not be booked as there was an error. I tried again, multiple times. After several tries I googled the number and called customer service at 12:38 am. The gentleman I spoke with said it was likely a security issue with the card and to call the bank. I phoned the bank and was informed there was no issue with the card or payment, that they could see authorizations from Expedia being approved but for $0. And advised I try after 4 am. Curious!!!
I called Expedia back and was on the phone for more than an hour before the agent told me it was the U.S. number I had called. Two people took my info and looked at my account and no one thought to tell me until an hour later? I was transferred to the Canadian site and spoke with Mohammed. Mohammed told me there was nothing that could be done to help me as I hadn't called the Canadian number originally. I called the number Canadian Google gave me. He then said the price could not be honored because there was an issue with my card. I informed him again, that I had called the bank, the issue was not my card. He then said, the card had declined because the system was updating. Which seems sketchy to me, decline the card and raise the price $150.
I explained to Mohammed that I had tried the purchase many times and that it didn't seem ethical to decline my card and then raise the price $150. I asked to speak with a manager and got supervisor Noah. His tone left a lot to be desired when he couldn't answer my questions. He then offered me a hotel voucher. I don't need a hotel, nor will I in a year and that doesn't help me with the $150 extra dollars to get to my trauma treatment. He then said, "Well if you could book right now and you can't book right now... And trying might put an extra hold on your card." I explained again that there was no hold on my card, I had called the bank. He claimed he didn't say that. When I repeated his exact words back to him he said, "I am sorry you understood that." This is quite a cavalier attitude for someone in customer service.
So now I have lost the flight at the price I could afford, I had only borrowed $579.70, the exact amount of the flight I was purchasing. I do not have $702.78, the new price to get to my trauma treatment. I originally called customer service at 12:38 am and got off the phone at 2:26 am with an unresolved issue, a bad taste in my mouth for the ethics of Expedia's business practices and rude customer service.
Reviewed June 16, 2018
I needed to book a car rental out of the Gare de Rodez without a deductible. This can only be accomplished using Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz. All three use the same third party to link to the car rental agencies, including SIXT. I attempted this 5 times during the day. I also called Capital One to find out who was screwing up my reservation and why. The bank said that the merchant, Expedia, had an error with the address on my account. When I asked what address Expedia had, the barely-English-speaking rep on the line said she did not have that info. So how does Expedia know the address has an error if they can't even pull it up to verify? Morons...
After 2.5 hours on the phone, she said the Expedia website was updating and to try back in a day or two. The third party for address database has a monopoly on the travel companies and should not be able to stiff customers into paying deductibles on car rentals because they can't fix an address transaction error. I will be calling back on Monday if the errors continue and force the Expedia rep to arrange the car rental without a deductible. Then I will call the BBB and give them the details of this scam.
Reviewed June 15, 2018
I'm writing to express my extreme disappointment in Expedia and the Blue Travel Partner Service. I booked a trip through Expedia to the Dominican Republic from 5/29 through 6/2, in the reservation it lead me to believe that the only way to get transportation from the airport to the resort and from the resort to the airport was through Blue Travel Partners. My fiance paid for the transportation cost along with our travel.
When we arrived in Punta Cana a Blue travel representative gave us a card telling us to attend in information session the next day with Melissa. We attended the information session to get our departure pick-up time and Melissa inputted her cell phone number into my phone and told me to text her the day before (Friday) we were to leave (we were leaving on Saturday). I texted Melissa at 1:36 PM on Friday to get our pick-up time. I called Blue Travel at 3:31 PM to get our pick up time since Melissa never responded, I was informed that my pick up time was 11:45 am on Saturday. Melissa responded at 4::11 pm stating "one Moments" I never heard back from her with a pick up time.
We checked out of the RIU Republica at 11:20 and was waiting in the lobby for our pick-up. We asked the RIU workers was Blue Travel there yet and they told us they had not come yet. We continued to wait as many other travelers came and went via other pickups and never saw a blue travel representative we also asked several drivers were they Blue Travel and they all stated no.
As it as getting late and we were still not picked up I call Blue Travel to inquire about our pick up and Angel told to us that the driver said we were not there when he arrived, which is not true because we had been waiting since before 11:30 am to be picked up. He then told us he could not send anyone else to pick us up and we would need to get a taxi and request reimbursement from Expedia.
We almost missed our flight by 10 minutes if we had no called to find out no one was coming to pick us up. It cost us $40 for a Taxi plus what we already paid Blue Travel for a service that you did not perform. I'm requesting that we be reimbursed for the payment we made to Blue Travel for pick up service that you did not perform, and secondly because Melissa did not do her job with getting us the information she was suppose to supply to us prior to our pick-up. This leads me to believe that there was a mix up within your company because I had to call to get information that Melissa was suppose to provide and she never responded to my text and I also called her number and only received her voicemail. I would not have used Blue Travel if I knew they were not dependable, I only used Blue Travel because Expedia said you were a partner with them and there was no other option on Expedia's website. I will never use Expedia again!
Reviewed June 14, 2018
Visa FlexPerks Travel Rewards and Expedia = Bad Business and BAD service and attitude. Remember those miles you have to use on your credit cards? We just got stung badly. We booked 2 nights at a Homewood Suites in Clearwater, and received a confirmation. Upon arrival, we were told Homewood Suites was never notified that we were coming, and they were full. The clerk said this happens often with 3rd party vendors, like Expedia. We called the number on the confirmation print out, and Joe from Travel Rewards apologized and said he couldn’t find another room for us, but could credit back our points.
The Homewood Suites clerk was very helpful. Made several calls on our behalf attempting to find a room. There was one left for $500+ for 2 nights, 15 miles away. It was after 6pm, we were tired, we accepted it and paid Holiday Inn by American Express Credit Card. We contacted the CARDMEMBER SERVICES (sic) and after several attempts were given an email address to use to further our petition. We got an official “we can’t help you” letter in the mail from FlexPerks. On Tuesday, May 8, we just got an official phone call saying there is nothing further they can do, and they would not reimburse us our for any or all of our out-of-pocket expenses. At no point did Visa FlexPerks offer us anything for the inconvenience we were put through and the extra out of pocket costs other than the multiple words “I’m sorry!”
Well, we are sorry too, and this is now being posted to social media, as a warning about travel reward programs. So this will not happen to us again, whenever we book through third party whether redeeming miles or using the third party directly, we will ALWAYS contact the ultimate supplier. We will get ONLINE with the airline and check our seats immediately. We will CALL the hotel and ask them if they have us confirmed and what is THEIR confirmation number. For the record, many of the travel award cards are distributed by banks and other financial institutions. There is much legislation and regulations in place to regulate how these institutions operate their financial programs... None of legislations deals with how they run their travel awards program which regretfully explains, but does not justify, their attitude.
Reviewed June 13, 2018
I booked with Expedia for a funeral in Maryland only to find out since my Sister in Law was born and raised in NJ the funeral will be here and not there. I figured no big deal. Just call and cancel like any hotel would allow. No not Expedia - not even for a funeral. And they have the gall to blame the hotel. I called the 800# for Best Western and they said they have nothing to do with it. If you use Expedia or any other of these BS India run companies you may just want to grab your ankles 'cause they are gonna shove it in and good and deep. First and last time I use these smelly **.
Reviewed June 12, 2018
I booked a flight and hotel for two (for my husband and I) to Vegas this June 20-25 last Feb 2 or 3. (Credit card statement showed on Feb 3) Today, 9 days before departure I was trying to print my itinerary with confirmed bookings. To my dismay, the 2 e.tickets flights were both under my name. (They always check the spelling of the passenger names in phonetics.) I called customer service, they transferred my call to ‘change of name’ dept supervisor, Lanthoi, then to another.
After more than 4 hrs on the phone, and after repeated instructions, I have decided to cancel 1 e.ticket but keep the other. Something told me that something may not be right again. I called customer service, again, to my dismay my outbound flight was canceled on the remaining ticket. The customer service supervisor, Christopher **, filed a case for “investigation.” In the meantime he wanted to book me on another flight and he needed my credit card details. I couldn’t take it anymore. I had to take my bp medicine. Can someone help me? There’s a wedding we are attending on the 22.
Reviewed June 11, 2018
Worst experience with Expedia Customer Services!!! Dear Expedia, since I can't get any help from your customer services, I decided to write you on Facebook and will share with my friends/family!! On Monday, June 4th, I booked a hotel room in Mississippi. I got my itinerary with choice hotel that I PICKED and 2 seconds later, got another itinerary putting me in a different HOTEL!! I immediately called Expedia and spoke to a representative that apologized and said she will put me in the right hotel. She said that I would have to pay an extra $10.00. I was fine with that. She took my card information and then charged me the full PRICE on top of the first charge!!
When she was done, she then said to me "I'm going to transfer you to another agent in order to get the first charge off." I asked her why didn't she tell me that in the first place before charging my card again? She didn't answer and transferred me. The second agent says to me "It's a non-refundable hotel." I told him that it wasn't my fault, it was on Expedia for putting me in the wrong hotel. He put me on hold to call the first hotel, came back a few minutes later and said that he was able to talk to them and they will not charge my credit card.
A few days later to my surprise, I was charged for BOTH hotels!!!!!!!! Also, the first hotel not only charged me, they also cancelled my reservations!!! I called Expedia back and asked them what happened. Again, I'm on hold while the agent spoke to the hotel. She comes back online and says "Ma'am, the manager at the hotel was not authorized to return your money, sorry it's non-refundable." What the heck is this? I can see if I made the reservations at the wrong hotel, but I didn't!!! I put my trust in Expedia and Expedia made the mistake.
You will see in my pictures the SAME confirmation, SAME dates, for 2 different hotels. I've used Expedia in the past to book flights, hotels, and car rentals and have NEVER been treated this way. I asked the agent if I could speak to her supervisor or if she could she give me a direct number. Her response was "look it up on the website." What type of customer service is this??? Somebody needs to give me my money back!!!
I'm at the point that I will share this with my friends/family on all of my social media and contact our local news about this. It's not fair that I lost almost $200.00 on a mistake that Expedia made and not ME!!! Also, it's not like I found the mistake the next day, I found it within minutes, so this should have been resolved more professionally.
Reviewed June 11, 2018
I will not rest until I get my $1000.00 back from this organization. I have never used this company before and will use every means to highlight their inability to treat their customer with integrity and sound business practice. In the middle of trying to arrange a trip, it became clear that there would be a problem with attaining the required visa... one I obtained confirmation that this would be an issue. I have been trying to cancelled the trip and have only received $500 dollars of the $1500.00 spent with this organization. They have tried so many different means to hold on to some for these charges however, I will continue the fight until I get all my monies back. Unacceptable!!
Reviewed June 8, 2018
Oh yes. I'm living through it now. We live in Switzerland. Booked my date for hotel 18 to 19th June 2018. Put in my dates and was told to pay. Entered my credit card number. It was "number not valid three times". On the fourth attempt it was suddenly accepted. Confirmation came back "your hotel has been booked for the 3-4th June." What??? Immediately tried to cancel, but could not. Of course, I had booked a room with no cancellation fees because I knew we were definitely going. We had booked our train tickets already 6 or 7 weeks ago. Tried to cancel straight away, but of course, could not, Tried to contact them immediately on the website, Could not. Kept getting error messages whilst trying. This site cannot be contacted? Tried to contact them and the hotel for nearly 2 weeks now, Emails everyday. Hotel said, "take it up with Expedia". What a joke.
They have never answered, On the night that we were supposed to be at the hotel, (the 3rd June - which I did not book) they had the cheek to ask for a review at 20:30 in the evening. Well really, we would not even have slept there yet, nor had breakfast, so how could we possibly have given a review, even if we were there? The next day I received another review request. I did this time fill it in. They only had the option of smiley faces or sad faces. Nothing like scoring. I gave them 100% sad faces, and some nasty comments. Pasted my emails to them, and my comments at the end, as to why I was unhappy. Yesterday I received a message from said booked hotel, to say "we will address this directly" - whatever that means? Just had the sad faces on it, and comments of those, but no mention of my overall comments and emails to them. I asked them how - no reply as yet.
I can't really blame the hotel, as we were never there, but someone has to take the blame. I am disgusted with Expedia. I have contacted my credit card, in fact the very next morning after, and of course the money was already taken out, but they said, "Wait a few days, keep all your emails, then contact us again." I have been patient, but no more. Tomorrow I will send all the info and mails to them. My hotel was for the Radisson Blu in Lucerne, Switzerland. They should really be involved too, as it's their hotel, but just fobbed me off to Expedia. What bad service, I used Expedia to go the Isle of Jersey at Christmas 2017. We were so happy. But then, that was the hotel that was so nice, and not necessarily the booking agent. I gave them scores of 10's all round. Now they just have smiley/sad bloody faces. What score will that get them in the end. Neither here nor there. Well they got sad ones.
Do not use booking agents if you can help it. They are all crooks. The minute they have your money - well that's it. Try and contact the hotel yourself for a room. But these days, it seems like everyone has to have a booking agent. Well... I hope to at least not lose my money over this erroneous booking. But they will surely blame it on me?? Like they have done to the previous people. It was your fault. I know what I would like to call them, but that would be defamatory. I thought the customer was always right? I know I did not book for that day. Good luck to everyone on this site. Excluding Expedia of course. We will know for the next time we book - DON'T USE THEM.
Booking.com isn't too bad. We booked a hotel in Montreux for 2 nights last year. We booked a quiet room. Well, we were right by the stairwell - people running up an down all night long, a baby crying night. The bed was so uncomfortable. We did not sleep a wink. In the early morning we were so tired and then thought we could have a little nap before breakfast - oh no - the cleaning maids moved in around 6:30 in the morning, shouting to each other from room to room - so no such luck. I wonder why all those people left before 6:30 for them to clean?? Well, there were lots of hikers in the hotel. Straight after breakfast we decided we would not go back and sleep the other night. Took a bit of haggling, but we were refunded for the second day, as well as the breakfast, as that was an addition. Also had to get my credit card provider involved, but in the end, when they found out about that, I did not have to go down that route.
Reviewed June 7, 2018
I tried three times to book a flight online and I received three different times a message saying "sorry please try again." NOTE... each of the three times the price went up (3 times). I finally called and they found my flights, asked for credit card number after quoting me a price of $819. Before submitting the CC number I was told the price had gone up again! I will never EVER use Expedia again. They displayed DISHONESTY AT ITS BEST! It is shameful.
Reviewed June 7, 2018
Booking a 7 night stay in Mallorca for 2 via the Expedia website we decided we would pay extra for breakfast. We carefully checked all the detail regarding our holiday and confidently hit the pay button! Once we had paid we received our itinerary list for our package holiday and the 14 breakfasts we paid extra for were missing? We assumed this would be rectified on arrival confidently knowing we had just paid! Unfortunately this was not the case and with no evidence on the itinerary we were BANGED TO RIGHTS so to speak...
Having written the experience off as some kind of mistake we regretfully booked again via Expedia a 2 night stay in Carlisle with caution questioning our ability to order breakfast! We checked, double checked and checked again that our breakfast was included and hit the pay button... only to find once again the breakfasts had disappeared? This was confirmed at the hotel where we were told and get this... “We are well aware of this. They are doing it to everyone. We have been flooded with complaints but unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it.” Have tried on numerous occasions to get a response from Expedia only to be completely ignored. No response at all. Absolutely disgusting.
Reviewed June 6, 2018
Booked a flight from Amsterdam to Toronto on 6th. It was overbooked. Airline rescheduled the booking for next day. The Expedia.ca customer service is appalling. No support to stranded customer. They say it's not their problem and can do nothing to help.
Reviewed June 6, 2018
I booked a trip through Expedia on June 3, 2018. Pure Nightmare. I spoke to only foreigners. Although the agent booked the trip incorrectly (admitted) (charged for a flight instead of a vacation) Expedia would not correct the errors. When called I was hung up on. Then, on a callback to them I was placed on hold for over 59 minutes. I was next informed by another agent that there had to be two separate itineraries.
Next, I had to pay again to have double beds although I requested this on the original booking. Expedia did not change the room type requested. I was then charged to have the room listed as two people per room. On 6-6-18 I still had the booking as a king size instead of a double bed. Expedia was told that their system is antiquated. They were informed Proof could be provided that other travel agencies do allow changes when errors are made by them. Not once did they admit I called to book the trip, paid for it, and then was deceived.
Reviewed June 5, 2018
They partnering with the Allianz travel insurance and none is taking responsibility of a claim opened brocade of the airline fault. I buy travel insurance for every flight and that one time I had to open a claim they refused to pay for it. Scam by the travel insurance which somehow is expected. But I purchased it via Expedia and they should hold them to higher standards!
Reviewed June 5, 2018
I bought a package of a 5-stars hotel but when I received the confirmation email the hotel was 4.5 stars. In their page they show 5 stars. When I called to present my claim they said that the stars they put there are not always the hotel stars and that may vary.
Reviewed June 5, 2018
When I booked the tickets there was a chance that my husband would not be able to fly with us, so I bought the travel protection in case I needed to cancel his ticket. As it turned out he could not make the flight, so I called plenty of time before the flight and they stated that a full refund was only available for medical reasons. So if I understand correctly, I got charged for the travel protection, I am losing $200 being charged by the airline for the cancellation and if I re-book it has to be within the year for the same itinerary?!? I could have forgone the travel protection cost and just lost the $200 from the airline cancellation. I was told that I had bought a non-refundable ticket, had I booked through the airline I could have paid $25 a person and got the refundable ticket, whereas I could make changes. Never using Expedia again.
Reviewed June 5, 2018
I had to cancel a reservation due to a family emergency, and they still charged my card for the room!!! I have had to call three times now to get a refund...BUT...they are going to take SEVEN DAYS to refund my card. The second guy I spoke to about this hung up on me!!! I will never use this company again!!!
Reviewed June 4, 2018
I have use Expedia reservations in the past and it work out quite well. But this time, it almost became like something in a horror movie! I book a room for 4 days at the FAIRBRIDGE INN EXPRESS, in Villa Rica, GA, thru Expedia to attend my granddaughters, 2018 High School Graduation in Douglas County. When I arrive I had a little bit of difficulty spotting the hotel, for there where no signs I could see from the road. But as I drove up to what I assume should be Fairbridge Inn I drove completely around the place wondering do I really want to stay here. There was some cheesy renovations taking place. I was book so I had to go in or be charge.
As I walk into the lobby, there was an old wet smell that greeted me. There were 2 females at the check in desk, one on each side of the desk and they both greeted me. The one behind the desk ask, "May I help you?" I responded, "Yes I have reservations." I was ask my name by the one standing on same side of the counter as I were standing. I replied with my name and she immediately replied, "Oh yes, we have your reservation and I myself check out your room and it's the best one we have, you are going to like it.
I proceed to check in (cutting all the small talk & telling you about my gut feelings of this place) Room 207. I drove from the lobby area to an area where I could see the room numbers on the doors. I decided to leave my luggage in the vehicle and go up and check the room out. The outside of the place really needed some make over, but I had this feeling as I swipe the key card to open the rather filthy door, I do not think I shall be please.
The smell hit me first, musty, Smokey wet odor hit me in the face, far worse than the lobby. On the carpet right at the door was this stain about the size of a basketball. The linen on the double beds where filthy with stains all about them, and I did not even have to pull any of them back to see this. The room size refrigerator and microwave, look like they could have came from some junkies' house from the damage on the outside and no color match. I had only taken one step (stepping over the stain in the carpet) into the this dump when I notice a hole in the wall about the size of someone's head. That's when I immediately left and requested refund of any charges.
While waiting for the manager, I witness what I have first took as a guest for she had came out a room 2 doors from where I when to check the room out with this guy fixing her stretch pants on her. But here she was speaking to the manager about the guy in the room she came out of informing the manager that the guy in the room wants to stay another night and he had given her this watch for her to take to the pawn shop to get money for the room. From the conversation I could do nothing but overhear, she works at this dump of an Inn. And the manager inform her to go see what she can get off the watch at the pawn shop.
I was given a refund and I was fortunately able to get a very nice room at the Comfort Inn, a couple of buildings away from Fairbridge Inn. I am also fortunately, that my driver license did not have my credit card address on it, for I forgot to request all photocopies to be return to me. When I spoke to my daughter, she inform me that there had been a murder at the Fairbridge Inn the night before. I choose not to give this place any points, but it could sub for the setting for a Hollywood movie prop, for a fleabag motel.
Reviewed June 4, 2018
I contacted Expedia because my points have not posted to my account. I contacted them before and they told me to wait 6-8 weeks. I waited almost 4 months now. I contacted Expedia and was transferred to 7 different representatives that could not give me an answer before I requested to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor then told me there's nothing he could do. Now I'm going back and forth between Expedia and credit card company. Don't do business with Expedia or accept any "bonus" offers from them.
Reviewed June 4, 2018
My reservation was canceled at 6:22 AM via email on the day of my arrival. I didn't know until check-in at the hotel. It was a Saturday on Memorial Day weekend. The best they could do was get me to another hotel in a "comparable" suite. It took over an hour to get us this room and it was a disappointment. We booked a luxury suite for 2 days but instead ended up in a "classic" suite. Classic meaning old, outdated furnishings, bedding, carpet and bathroom fixtures, etc. They gave us a $150 credit to use on my next booking but why bother if they can cancel it when they want?
Reviewed June 3, 2018
I book with Expedia to go to Costa Rica and they offer a $73.00 protection plan and when I asked is for what? They say for insurance, health emergency and cancellation. I did not needed to cancel but because I was flying with my daughter and health and emergency was something good to have, because we were out of state.
I had an injury, now I know was sun poisoning. Nobody even help me to get straight answer, a simple how, yes or no. When I come back I ask for a refund since they did not provide me with anything not even an answer. All they did sending me to different department, emailing me, that they are sorry, so refund and etc... At the end they say that money was only for booking and cancellation. What did I need that for??? Please be careful don't pay any extra money, because is only a fraud. Even they told me is an insurance for emergency and health outside the US. Is not for $73.00. Is the principal and that I did not have any money to see a doctor because I taught I did not need any. So I suffer the last 3 days of my stay and when I got back it was just lots of email, sorry.
Reviewed June 3, 2018
I booked a flight through Expedia with Brussels Airlines, cost was $201. Flight date was 22 May. The airline canceled the flight one hour after the flight time! I rang airline and Expedia immediately. Expedia were to call me back. I waited 10 days and no refund or call back. I spent an hour and a half on the phone to Expedia last night, an international call with multiple disconnects. Finally got an email today from Expedia saying I will be refunded $125 and it will take 8 weeks. Why am I not getting a full refund and why is it taking 8 weeks?
Reviewed June 2, 2018
We purchased a vacation package. DO NOT PURCHASE A VACATION PACKAGE. DO NOT FLY DELTA. 1. Our flight was cancelled due to crew “timing out”. They followed up by saying a replacement crew was on the way. We waited over 4 hours and they said they think the crew went “home”? 2. I had to call Expedia to help us with hotel transfers since our flight was cancelled. They said sorry, we had to PAY for another transfer??? I said absolutely not and they said that was all we could do to ensure we would be picked up. 3. I asked for a refund then for both the transfer we already paid for through Expedia and for the the night at the hotel we missed. They apologized and said sorry they could not get the “hotel” to refund that. When I said that I didn’t pay the hotel, but Expedia and therefore Expedia should refund me they apologized and said they could not.
DO NOT EXPECT ANY CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM THESE PEOPLE AT ALL. Except an apology. They do not care. Book separately so each company can be held accountable. Booking through Expedia only leads to them finger pointing at each other but no one is willing to help you or recoup your lost time, expenses or rescheduling!!!
Reviewed June 2, 2018
I was an Expedia Gold Plus customer. Expedia has extremely poor customer service and it’s unacceptable to buy air-tickets from this company! Never use Expedia and inform your friends not to use it. Itinerary **, travel dates Apr 30, 2018 - Jun 22, 2018. Expedia charged me 3600 US$ for a business class ticket, Expedia sent me to the wrong terminal D and the flight left from terminal F, OK. Me and other passengers lost the flight... I called Expedia and spent couple of hours on the phone with representatives, in a result Expedia charge me extra 973 US$ and change the flight to the next day, 02 June. When I arrive to check-in counter, it's appeared that my ticket is downgraded to economy class and not confirmed. I called Expedia again, the representative asked me to wait on the line again, I wait, till the flight been closed.
Itinerary **, travel dates Jun 2, 2018 - Jun 12, 2018. Expedia charged me 5075 US$ for a business class ticket, when I arrive to SFO airport 65 min. before departure Iberia employee wasn’t on check-in counter. I informed Expedia and Iberia via phone immediately, as a result no ticket, no money refunded, they offered to refund 89 US$ airport taxes. As a result I spent over 10 hours talking to Expedia during May, 2018. That’s the most valuable part of my losses. +18003971207 06/02/2018 06:56AM Call duration 38m 54s. +18003971207 06/02/2018 05:27AM Call duration 2h 17m 51s. ** 06/01/2018 12:25AM Call duration 1h 14m 43s. +18007724642 06/01/2018 Call duration 20m 38s. Other calls 4-6 hours duration.
Reviewed June 1, 2018
I'm a "GOLD" member from Expedia and I feel like this company simply don't care for those who are loyal to their program, even less for their customers in general. I booked a 7-day cruise with Expedia (Itinerary #**) for $1,825.20 for 2 people. There were promotions attached to that booking which would give me on-board credits when cruising. When we checked-in, the problems started. One promotion would give us $50 on-board credit, the second would give us $25 each on-board credit, the third would give us $100 on-board credit. We received the first 2 and the third we didn't get it. We called Expedia and they could not figure out why. We finish the cruise on 03/10/18 and since then we have called and sent many emails to Expedia without a proper answer.
Finally today we got to speak with LISA (Customer Relations Supervisor) that said we didn't not submit an online form in order to get this promotion of $100.00. One thing is she saying they didn't receive the online form filled out, but another is saying that we didn't submit when we did it. I asked if that was the GOLD MEMBER treatment we were supposed to have and she just said that she would not resolve this issue and didn't care if we submitted the form and they didn't get it. That goes to show what hideous company we are dealing with. STAY AWAY FROM EXPEDIA. They only want your money. We spent $1825.20 with them and didn't receive the $100 credit. Overall I've spent well over $40,000.00 booking with them and that is what I get.
Reviewed June 1, 2018
I have been checking on flights from Toronto to El Salvador on Expedia. When I went to book on their site the cost for the flight was one price but at the final page the price went up by $1,000. So I called. I was told that this was due to the cookies they use on the site. So I was enticed to book and then wasn’t told until the end that the price had gone up. I spoke to a supervisor who confirmed this and then led me to believe that these flights were going up so I should book now. The flight I wanted was non stop. He booked me on a flight with a stop on both the outbound and inbound flights.
Today when I looked at their site I could fully book the non stop flight at the price I wanted yesterday. When I called they tried to get the airline to refund the ticket but, of course that wasn’t happening. I feel like I was duped into buying the tickets and if I had gone on in my husband's computer where there were no cookie traces, I could have got the flight I wanted. Expedia took advantage of my ignorance on this subject and encouraged me to book before prices went up yet again. I am really unhappy with them over this issue. I have removed them from my acceptable mailing list.
Reviewed June 1, 2018
I have to write this review to warn others about the Collision Damage Plan that is offered when you rent a car through Expedia. It is rejected by rental companies and they claim it does not offer any coverage whatsoever. Europcar claims they have informed Expedia of this several times but no changes have been made. I was also told that I would get a refund of my $110 with no issues from Expedia but as of today Expedia informed me that they will not be issuing a refund and I have to continue to fight for getting the money back. In the future do not rely on Expedia to provide any type of coverage and just go through the rental company or your own insurance company if you can because this is just one way for Expedia to collect money without providing a service.
Reviewed May 31, 2018
I'm disappointed. I reserved a room at La Quinta in Dublin, GA, using Expedia. The La Quinta website indicates that baby cribs are subject to availability. Turns out, they don't have ANY baby cribs at all. So, they are not actually "subject to availability", but rather NOT available. When I found this out (over Memorial Day weekend), I had to cancel my reservation and find another hotel. La Quinta charged me for the room and will not refund my money because I did not cancel early enough.
I contacted Expedia, for help, and they said that they cannot help me. When I again contacted La Quinta, I was told by the manager that Expedia instructed them NOT to refund me. Between La Quinta and Expedia (both of which are multi-million, if not billion dollar companies), and they have no problem stealing $140 from me. Had I been told that there are NO cribs at La Quinta, whether by La Quinta or Expedia, I would not have made the reservation in the first place. Also, because it was Memorial Day weekend, there were very few rooms available at other hotels, I ended up having to get a suite for $400 at another hotel.
Reviewed May 31, 2018
I rarely write overly negative reviews, but I must let it be known that my last three calls with Expedia customer service have been excruciating. All three calls lasted over an hour and a half, with me being put on hold multiple occasions, and utterly no effort was put forward to ensure customer satisfaction. I have been assured that Expedia is more concerned about the check they collect than they are about the satisfaction of their customers. This is the last time I will ever be using Expedia.
Reviewed May 29, 2018
My boyfriend and I booked our flights through Expedia. We missed our flight due to an emergency and called to rebook it as the airline advised us to call them. The lady who assisted us had the thickest of accents, and it was very difficult for us to understand what she was saying. She had stated that we would have to pay $200 rebooking fee and the total cost of tickets would be $1200. My boyfriend wanted to make sure we were understanding her right that we would have to pay the rebooking fee and that was it, and the agent said, “Yes”. He repeated this about 3 times, and she would repeat what she said. We agreed to the rebooking fee, and went on our way. While on our vacation, we got charged $675 and were a little perplexed as to these charges.
We called customer service and asked for a manager. The manager had us on hold for a whole hour, just to tell us that he would have to send an email to their HQ in Las Vegas because he couldn't do anything. After a week, we got a call from a manager in Las Vegas and he said he listened to the call and the agent was right. He said we should have been charged the $1200 but was only charged for one person, so they were doing us a favor. We were not happy and asked to listen to the call, but they refused.
A whole month passed, and my boyfriend noticed another $600+ charge on his credit card from Expedia. He called again and was placed on hold for 2 HOURS! They said that they were CHARGING us the remainder of the $1200 for the changes. We were so bewildered by the lack of customer service, the inability of the managers to take initiative to help their loyal customers, and the greed of the company that comes first. We used Expedia often, but we will never use them again. They obviously don't care about people and their customers.
Reviewed May 29, 2018
We booked a hotel in Cape May for the Memorial Day weekend, to arrive on Saturday 5/26 and to leave on Monday 5/28. We received confirmation from Expedia that we were confirmed at the hotel and specifying that there was no need to reconfirm. We arrived at the hotel to find out that Expedia had canceled our reservation because the hotel was overbooked... But no one notified us despite the fact that Expedia has our contact information. We were offered a $25.00 coupon for future use via Expedia, but we don't intend to use them again.
Reviewed May 29, 2018
We set up a reservation for May 25 - 27. Changed it immediately to 26-28. Were given a rate of $171.91. When we arrived at the hotel they said they only had one night reserved for us and that was on the 25th so we were considered no show. After explaining to the front desk person we were told to call Expedia since they were who we went through. After speaking to (whatever his name was that barely spoke English) I was told that they would not refund the money from the night before and that we would have to pay the rate the hotel would charge us without the... which was $30 more than the original. When I told the man this was unacceptable he told me that they could cancel it and we could go straight through the hotel.
At that point me being very unhappy told him... "you can give the money back for the day we were not scheduled for and the two nights at the price we were given (I even have the email right now) or you can pay for the whole weekend." The man continued to act ridiculous so I told him... "I don't want to talk to you anymore... put your supervisor on." After about 4 minutes he put his supervisor on. I told her... "just give me my money back for last night and I will never do business with you again... nor will anyone I know and I have the email to prove the amount we were quoted from the get go." Never EVER do business with this company!!! They are completely unprofessional and do not deserve anyone's business. Stay far FAR away from this company. They should not be allowed to even operate.
Reviewed May 28, 2018
I purchased soccer tickets to a Real Madrid game in Madrid Spain, game was scheduled for Sunday May 13th. I paid about $1100 for two tickets, which Expedia sent to me vouchers for, vouchers were supposed to be exchanged for tickets the day of the event. With the event being on a Sunday and most places being closed Sundays, I tried contacting them days prior to the trip from the U.S, days before once we arrived to Madrid, the day before which was Saturday the 12th and no answer. I had the hotel receptionist call and no answer. I called Expedia to make them aware of the incident and how I needed to get through to pick up my tickets and even THEY could not get hold of the vendor. I could not pick up my tickets and to make the matter worse, the event changed to that Saturday the 12th, so now I was in a rush to get my tickets and still could not get hold of them!!!
This is infuriating considering these tickets were so expensive and how I actually planned this trip around the game being on this Sunday! I can back to the US and continued the quest to get hold of them, this time to get a refund, no help, Expedia couldn’t get hold of the vendor either for over 45 minutes on the phone with them. Now Expedia is washing their hands about the incident and telling me the “vendor” denied my request for a refund and they’re really sorry, they’re just a third party blah blah blah!!! I also noticed they overprice tickets for venues, I paid over $130 for two tickets to the Alhambra and canceled it because I got tickets directly through the Alhambra website for 7€ each!!! Insane! I will be discussing this matter with an attorney, these weren’t $20 tickets and it was such an inconvenience.
Expedia Company Information
- Company Name:
- Expedia
- Year Founded:
- 1996
- Address:
- 333 108th Ave.
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- Postal Code:
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- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.expedia.com
