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Reviewed May 28, 2017
DO NOT BOOK YOUR SHUTTLE (CANCUN) WITH EXPEDIA. When we arrived to the airport the shuttle was waiting on us but we had to wait half an hour for other people. The driver was nice but I did not catch his name. However, the driver Jose left us and could not wait for us to check out so we had to pay for a taxi to take us back to the airport. It's not fair that we had to wait 30 minutes but they could not wait 10 minutes on us.
Reviewed May 27, 2017
Part 1: When confirmed booking of rental car through Expedia did not show up at Miami Port in December 2016, it caused me and my family lot of hardship. When we landed at the port, I had very high fever with chills and spent few hours trying to get the promised car by calling rental company, Expedia, and others. Finally took a cab to the hotel as I kept feeling worse and my 80-year old mom and rest of the family could not stand it any longer. I spent my sick time in bed, urgent care clinic and cabs (trying to get the meds) while my family had to use other modes of transportation for touring around. It all costed around 1500 USD to us. After returning home, I lodged a complaint through BBB asking for a fair compensation for all the hardship and expenses from Expedia but was only given a $100 Expedia travel voucher for future travel expenses (with no terms and conditions attached).
Part 2: While I was reluctant to try Expedia again, I decided to use it in order to make use of $100 voucher when booking flights earlier this month. I followed their online instructions but could not see the voucher getting used. Called Expedia and the agent asked me to be patient and promised it will show up in half a day or so. Kept checking for few days and the voucher kept showing as available for use while my two flight itineraries were confirmed. So, called Expedia again today. Talked to an agent (John), his supervisor (Shiana), and her manager (Veejay?) who all kept referring to an undocumented policy about the voucher. Apparently the policy states that the voucher can only be used for hotel or package booking but not for booking flights! They also insisted that it was explained to me when issuing the voucher which I had no recollection of.
I asked Veejay to furnish the policy since I could not find it online or in my inbox. I was kept on hold for few minutes and then the call was disconnected. To my surprise, I could find an email from Expedia's Corporate Correspondence Team (Marlon **) in the BBB complaint record which stated "In good faith, we provided the customer with a $100.00 voucher that can be used for future travel up to January 31, 2018" - no mention of restrictions or hotel/package-only policy. :-)
I sent an email with snippets from Marlon's email to Expedia asking them to honour his commitment and find a way to apply the voucher to my flight booking. Waiting to hear back now. In summary, it's frustrating to see a multi-million dollar company (Microsoft subsidiary) spending so much manpower to provide disservice & false promises to customers and save 100 dollars while inflicting pain and stress to its consumers.
Conclusion: I am glad I survived in Miami that day and am able to write this review about Expedia. Hope other consumers and Microsoft/Expedia find this useful. Will be a bonus if the online giants take steps to improve customer service, experience, and reliability of the online services and find ways to punish/discourage businesses by forcing them to compensate consumers for undue harassment in this online world!
Reviewed May 25, 2017
Do not book with Expedia- they are a fraudulent booking company. I booked two nights in Dublin at Maldron hotel through Expedia. I needed to cancel the one night which I tried to do through Expedia. Both Expedia and the Maldron Hotel refused to return my $350 charge for the one night in the hotel. I tried to cancel three weeks in advance. They stated that I chose a non-refundable option. I re-checked and the Expedia format for pricing had the same two boxes and prices: for one-night stay-one said free changes and cancellation, the other said non-refundable. Scam.
Reviewed May 24, 2017
I will never do business with Expedia again. Once again, something came up and I was unable to make my planned trip to Florida. This has happened three times to me now. I always buy the cancellation plan but that is a waste of money because unless you can prove that you're dying in a hospital somewhere and can prove it, you will not qualify for this policy. The first time I got food poisoning and was unable to return home from Portland, OR and they would do nothing to help me. Instead, I had to pay full price for a ticket home later in the week. The second and third times, I had something come up that prevented me from going and once again Expedia told me that I did not fit into their cancellation policy and my tickets were non-refundable. Save your money. Expedia sucks and will not work with you at all if something happens that delays or cancels your plans.
Reviewed May 24, 2017
I went to book a room for $65 for 1 night for 1 individual, but received a credit card charge for 3 nights and 3 people at almost 10 times the advertised rate. I just thought it was a mistake, but when I tried to immediately cancel Expedia would not allow it without a $172 cancellation charge (nearly 3 times the cost of the room I was trying to book). I called within 5 minutes and was given a song and dance and they agreed to cancel 2 of the nights... But charged me $220 for a single night. I am honestly appalled and disgusted by the lack of professionalism and the nearly criminal way this was handled. I feel scammed and used. I will never use this site again. I wish I could give them zero stars.
Reviewed May 22, 2017
I booked a room for 2 nights and had to cancel due to a family emergency. I contacted Expedia within the time frame I had to cancel which I was told 11:59pm-- a minute before the next day and I did so prior to that. I was assured that my refund of $351 would be refunded within seven days, well that was 4/28/2017 and today is 5/22/2017 and I've received NADA!!! On the phone with them now and they're saying it was refunded already. Well where the heck is it???
My bank has a record of them withdrawing it and that's it, I'm soooo frustrated and truly annoyed with this company. I'm seeking legal actions which will probably cost a bunch, but Expedia, you guys are dead wrong for this. I have financial obligations I can use this money towards, like my children SMH... THE WORST COMPANY EVER. Didn't even want to rate you with 1 star...
Reviewed May 22, 2017
I booked a bus transfer at Barcelona airport using Expedia and FlyBus. I followed the instructions on the booking and found myself in a deserted part of the airport, I called the number on the booking and got a message that the office was closed. I contacted Expedia and got the following reply: "Thank you for contacting Expedia. We understand how important it is and we apologize for the inconvenience. We are pleased to assist you in your request for refund to your activity reservation. We checked our records and it show that the Speedy Shuttle: Barcelona Airport (BCN) was already denied your request for refund. We, Expedia are only rely to our vendor partners, if the Speedy Shuttle: Barcelona Airport (BCN) was not agreed to your request Expedia cannot override their decision". I will never use this service again. Seems like they can not provide a service and keep the money - Totally unacceptable. There is no option to give minus 10 stars.

Reviewed May 19, 2017
I recently took a month-long trip to Europe. For the Florence part of it, I was scheduled to see Cinque Terre. I arrived at the designated meeting place well before the meeting time. No tour provider arrived. I called the provider - no answer; I then called Expedia who indicated they called the tour provider and also received no answer. The Expedia representative said they would begin an investigation. It is now almost a month later and I have not received a refund, nor have I received any explanation for why they do not think I should be refunded. They quit responding to my emails about a week ago and this one is really funny, apparently they have my email address or IP address flagged so that I cannot even got onto their site to retrieve the information which verifies my claim. RUN FOR THE HILLS!
Reviewed May 18, 2017
Updated on 05/14/2022: 5 years ago I wrote a review of their so called flight insurance. 5 long years and no response. Shameful. I used to use them and have not in the last 5 years (half of a decade). I Hopper is much better. The flight insurance is a scam!
Original Review: Don't for one minute think if you purchase travel insurance that you are covered. We purchased a RT ticket from Seattle to Phoenix for a job interview. They cancelled so we tried to collect the insurance we purchased for just this event. After a long long long, period of time the company advised us unless we couldn't travel because of being in the hospital or a doctor certified illness we were not covered. Expedia was no help whatsoever! I have used Expedia since the mid 90s. We will never use them again!!
Reviewed May 18, 2017
I needed a hotel room for June, of course it had to be the busiest weekend in June, the CMA fests. I found a hotel finally and went through Expedia since it was the cheapest. The WHOLE process showed that it was Refundable, Refundable, Full Refund, cancel anytime, all through the booking process. Once I had booked it completely, I was still under the impression it was full refund, cancel anytime. We had to book another hotel for the same area for a previous weekend. Went with our favorite hotel and asked if they had rooms for the following weekend, and they did (unlike when I was looking for rooms the first time). So we booked both weekends with them.
I tried and tried to cancel my reservation at the hotel I booked at with Expedia. Hotel told me I had to contact Expedia. I did. All of the sudden, Expedia tells me the rooms were NONRefundable!!! If they were nonrefundable, I would have booked elsewhere!!! They stole my money and won't refund me! The hotel even told me that Expedia would refund me!!! Expedia goes through their script and explain that I booked Non-Refundable (Which I DID NOT) and they end it there. NO HELP at all from them. No misunderstanding, NOTHING. They do not even try to help you at all. Thieves is what they are. Misleading. I will never ever use them again!
Reviewed May 17, 2017
Was charged by the motel for a check in date. I never received the confirmation from Expedia. This is our honeymoon and we all know that are recently married things do not go as planned. I tried to call the hotel. They told me I was a no show and I owed them that night. The hotel manager then stated I needed to grow up and be responsible for things like this. I then was told to call Expedia and take it up with them. I called Expedia to explain I never received a email confirmation on this and was treated rudely as well. The guy I spoke to kept reading the policy to me. I told him I'm not child, if he could listen to what I'm trying to tell him, that's when he hung up. Advice pay more and forget the cheap middle man.
Reviewed May 17, 2017
I just got off yet another excruciating two hour phone call with Expedia's Philippines call center with "Randall **" They are the WORST ever!!! Evidently none of their computers are ever working. You are put on hold for 20 minutes, they continually say they need to talk to their supervisor and drop you on hold again and again. But the worst is that they are a SCAM. If you EVER have the great misfortune of having to end up with a flight credit through Expedia you might as well just consider it a total loss.
Beyond the normal change fee they will never give you anything close to the "new booking" costs of flights that are advertised on their own site and across the Internet. No, to use your credit you have to buy a flight at their much higher prices that only they can see in their system. BUT they only mention this right at the end and the call center agents have a "script" where they try to slip it right at the end... after you have been on the phone for hours talking about the regular advertised price. Expedia teaches their call center staff duplicitous business practices.
Making it impossible and far more expensive than the change fees to use flight credits is a scam Expedia is running. I am a regular traveler and I have used Expedia for many years. I thought they were bad before, but they are a scam. While on hold I looked up their reputation. I will NEVER use them again. I guess the company has probably calculated that they make more scamming customers vs. the losses to their reputation and people swearing off using them. They don't care about the financial value of loyal lifetime customers and prefer to treat people like crap. Enjoy your scammed money Expedia. That's the last penny you'll get from me.
Reviewed May 16, 2017
I purchase my ticket to celebrate my graduation from Expedia. I made a mistake and purchased the wrong time for my return flight. It was a nine hour flight. Ten minutes after booking and reviewing my itinerary I called back to make the change. I also had insurance through Expedia. It was only for in case of death, illness etc. According to the CSR the computer was down and she'd call back in 3-4 minutes. Well she never called back. Four hours later I called back. I was told that they'd refund my money, in which would be pending until my bank refunded it to my account and to pay for another ticket. I don't know who has that type of money because I don't. The service the provide is awful. The language barrier accent is beyond difficult to understand or to resolve a problem. I would never book with them or anything affiliated with their company.
Reviewed May 16, 2017
They changed my flights 6 months in advance. They stated United changed my outgoing flight from NYC which was a nonstop. They would not let me do a conference call with United. Instead of changing 1 arm of my flight they cancelled the entire package. Then all of a sudden they wanted to keep my hotel. Yes that was making them money. I cancelled it all using my Travel Protection and book via American and direct to the hotel for 1K cheaper. Very dishonest Expedia. Just what I needed in an attempt to bury my father!!!
Reviewed May 16, 2017
I stayed at the Silver Sands Gulf Beach Resort under Expedia and had to leave a day early because I got very sick with the flu. I called a few days after and spoke to a very kind helpful man (I don't remember his name), who tried to get some of my money back for the night I didn't stay there, $200 a night, and he said they would get back to me on whether or not I'm getting my money back and never did. ): So I'm just bummed I lost $200, and would have been happy with any of it back, and frustrated I was left in the dark.
Reviewed May 15, 2017
Here is my story. I booked an entire trip on the Expedia website. A few days before leaving on my trip I could not see any of my details on their site when I logged in. I contacted their service desk who informed me that Expedia had lost all my trip details. After a lengthy phone call we managed to piece my trip together - all except the Kuranda Scenic Tour (for which I had already paid via Expedia's website). Expedia admitted fault in this regard and I was told that I would be reimbursed within 5-7 working days. After this period I was still not reimbursed so I contacted Expedia (this was while I was on the trip). Expedia then told me that it would take a further 3-5 working days. Again I waited and nothing happened. I then made contact and was told that I needed to call the Service Centre to process the payment. I called the centre and gave my payment details - and was told that it would take another 5-7 working days.
After this time I STILL had not received my payment - so I contacted them YET AGAIN and was told that someone would phone me back within 24 hours. Can you guess what happened?... I waited and NO ONE CALLED. So I got back to them and they have now told me that someone will be calling within 24 to 48 hours. I am now investigating my legal options.
Here are the things to note... They admitted liability over the phone. They admitted liability in writing. In their email they state "Your complete satisfaction and confidence in us is absolutely essential to us. As part of our commitment to meeting your expectations, we are happy to refund your money." All their correspondence has been in response to my efforts - nothing was pro-active on their part. I am warning everyone - check your bookings and keep all copies and proof of everything. They literally LOST ALL MY DATA. I will never use them again.
Reviewed May 15, 2017
This is the worse worse worse experience ever with any type of company. Figure that we are in 2017, such low low level of customer service still exist. I'm so so frustrated with what happened that I'M GOING of find the time to report to every blog how disgusting your service is. I purchase 4 tickets to Paris, paid my money 3274 as per the price on site, got my itinerary. 2 days later I found an additional charge of $819 on my checking and an email that stated it was done and it was reverse the same day. I did not give any additional authorization to charge my card for an additional 819. I have no knowledge up to now why that was, I felt violated and it was certainly a fraud in my account, that caused 3 small items to be paid in my account.
Not only that the tickets are paid for were not ticketed AFTER AFTER I had pay for them, money went through account with not issue posted on my account, and tickets were not ticketed because there a price increase of 12 cts, yes 12 cts extra, 3 cts more per ticket. I never heard such stupidity. I told them, "no problem I'll pay the 12 cts", but no they had to refund the ticket and I had to rebook, and I had to wait to 3 days to do that, meantime price is not guaranteed and we have already time away from work for those days. I started a conversation from 8:40 am until 11:50 nothing got resolve, within all this time I have perhaps a 20 mins conversation total, the rest of the time was staying on hold. I requested to get a call back or an email but none of the first 2 reps agreed to do that. The 3rd person came after 50 mins waiting. She was the rudest, a liar, she had the audacity at the level never seen before.
She had the nerve to tell me I had a limit in my account, that even if I seen the money taken out of my account, it's not really taken out, that is why they had to take the other $819 on top of the 3274 that was already paid for the 4 tickets, as they were trying to go one ticket at the time. I never gave extra authorization, since when a card has a limit and a vendor is allowed to get partial payment to make it go through without the consent of the customer. That manager said the most ridiculous outrageous lies I never heard before, she thought she was talking to a ** or a 12 year old when myself I'm a vendor. She was unwilling to do any more and stood by her idiocies knowing for sure she was lying. So I told her to release my money, 7 days later no money still in the account. I had to open a claim with my bank 2 days ago, incident took place on Sunday the 7th of May 2017.
Reviewed May 14, 2017
I purchased few tickets through Expedia and I am telling you it is NOT WORTH IT!!! If a booking won't go through, the money will still be deducted from your bank account. I then got the chance to contact them regarding this and they told me to contact the bank. It is nothing to do with them. I then rang the bank and the bank told me to contact Expedia. I went ahead and contacted them again regarding this and they told me maybe the time I tried to do a booking the website was down. WTF??? I kept on nagging until they refunded my money back. I told them if this will happen again I will make a bad review. Last week I tried booking a fare and it didn't went through saying because there was an issue. I checked my account. The money had been deducted. HONESTY!!! EXPEDIA SUIT YOURSELVES.
Reviewed May 13, 2017
I booked 5 days, had to relocate after 2 due to problems. One was that the resort description and ratings on Expedia's site were false... Just like the only good reviews of Expedia online being on the Expedia site... Expedia said "cost of cancellation is full price of booking"... So they lie and have no refund policy. I had to pay for a resort I didn't stay at. Contacted Visa and they sent it to "fraud" saying it is a daily issue with Expedia. I was refunded for the full 5 days and had no further contact with Expedia from either end.
Reviewed May 13, 2017
Purchased air and car reservations May 2017 and paid 43$ for trip insurance. I needed to cancel and was referred to a company named Aon Affinity. They told me a claim needed to be made, but a doctor's excuse and other ridiculous reasons would the claim be approved. It is no different if you don't have trip insurance. Their insurance is a scam and was told could use the ticket at a 200 & penalty at a later date. I am out 1,000 dollars and was on the phone for hours trying to get a refund that I paid insurance for. They are scamming people out of money. Why can they not just refund instead of keeping your money?
Reviewed May 13, 2017
I was trying to purchase a $270 plane ticket through Expedia, but when I got the payment stage of the purchasing process Expedia kept giving me a notification they couldn't complete my payment, and to try again later. I attempted seven times in total, getting the same error, with no actual purchase being made (i.e. I didn't get a ticket).
After having no luck, I decided to check my back account to see if any of the charges went through, and to my very frustrated surprise... each purchase attempt created a pending payment in my back account... totaling nearly $2,000. I called Expedia immediately, and they told me there was nothing they could do, and that the charges "should" fall off in 48 hours. It was also incredibly difficult to understand what the person was saying.
While I'm not in dire need of the funds, I find it completely ridiculous that they cannot reverse the charges, especially because every purchase attempt that was made was because of a notification that was prompted by their software. There was nothing on their end that said each payment carried financial implications. One would think that they could reverse the transaction, since the charge was made through their system. Were I someone with more financial constraints, a $2,000 hold like this could wreak havoc on a livelihood.
American Airlines, where the ticket was purchased, was also unable to help, saying that the hold is a "courtesy hold." I'm not sure where the heck these people derive their idea of customer service, but wherever it is, it will/is causing them to lose business, as I will go out of my way to avoid doing business with either company in the future. My bank confirmed that I'll have access to my funds Monday. It's Saturday at the time of this message, and the purchase was made Thursday. Plug: I've had great experience with Delta's customer service, and I also happened to find a similar flight for $1 more through Delta than what I would have paid through AA. Guess I'll look a little harder the next time I buy a plane ticket.
Reviewed May 12, 2017
I had bought tickets with Expedia for a flight to Hawaii. The time was getting close but major events had taken place in which my wife and I was not able to make it. So we called Expedia and asked for our refund, they put us thru loops over and over and over, they said they were going to credit us the $1,397.22, but what's the credit going to help if I can't get the time off or something else comes up or if one of us dies or something. Then they said you can go thru the insurance company which is the same thing going thru hoops again. How come this company can't work with people their customers, life happens. We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow that's why we pay the extra for the insurance.
So pretty much at the end it was that I lose $1,397.22 or keep paying more fees. If they would've gave me the full refund I wouldn't think negative about this company and would do business with them in the near future without a doubt but now seeing how real this company really works I do not recommend this company to anyone. I will get on every social media and internet sites that I can to rate and even warn people about this scam so called company. All of these negative reviews would've been avoided by just working with the customers and listening to them. I am very very disappointed in what Expedia was really about at the end.
Reviewed May 11, 2017
We are long time and loyal clients of Expedia. We always h'been happy with service. Last week traveling to Hamburg cruise we booked with your agent on the phone stay in Holiday Inn and Novum Hotel Konigshof. Holiday Inn order was fine. But your agent recommendation to book Novum hotel May 6-7 have been ruined our vacation. We paid around $200/night for decent 3 stars with nice front, 3 story bldg picture...
We are are not too computer friendly and always call Expedia agent for recommendation help. What we have got! Hotel at terrible homeless dangerous block with crowd screaming all night. First floor Room - unbelievable micro 10x10 ft. with size just as bed. Pillows - 1 inch fool, practically empty. We had no choice as to put our dress under head. We both are not healthy, in late 70-th and would never took shared toilet if agent told us about. But he did not mention. All night people were walking back and forth behind our door screaming, young scary women yelling, and playing music. No telephone in room to complain. Light sheetrock wall dividers - "0" noise protection. Terrible night. We could not go in the toilet. It was busy and dangerous. We did not sleep one hour. Got up 4 AM and left 5.30am to airport. Without breakfast of course. Next time and ever we'll find where to book hotel - Not Expedia.
Reviewed May 9, 2017
I booked a hotel room through Expedia for a work event. When I arrived at the hotel, my room had been double booked. The hotel told me that I would have to be refunded through Expedia. After several attempts and 2 months later, I have yet to receive a refund. I had to find last minute accommodations and pay the new hotel as well. It was a headache. I am getting bombarded with advertising to use Expedia again yet no refund for my double booked room that I was not able to use. Extremely poor service. Do not use Expedia.
Reviewed May 9, 2017
Buyer beware!!! Expedia employing bait and switch tactics right on time for the American vacation season. Prices on their web site will increase over 12 percent when you go to the booking/paying page. The price magically increases from one second to the next but they will not adjust prices on the advertised (bait) page.
Reviewed May 9, 2017
On the 1st April I used Expedia to book a hotel Calista Organic Hotel in San Francisco from 9th July 14th and I choose the following option when booking as I did not wish to pay for the accommodation until I arrived at the hotel. "Book now, pay later. Some hotels give you the option to book now and pay later at the hotel. You will pay the hotel directly at check-in or check-out, in the hotel's local currency. Accepted credit cards vary by hotel." On 3rd April my credit was debited by the hotel €1412.01 directly. I did not give my details to the hotel so I feel that it was wrong for Expedia to do this. I called Expedia about 10 times to resolve this problem. I cancelled the booking as this was part of the conditions when I booked free cancellation. When I call Expedia who are located in India, they had to call San Francisco, where it was normally during the night so they could not cancel same.
Eventually I had to call the hotel to cancel, they seemed to have processed a refund which I hope my bank got. Because meanwhile my credit card is being used fraudulently in San Francisco buying items in Walmarts and some other local stores in San Francisco. My card had to be cancelled and I have not seen the refund. The bank gave me a refund as they considered the transaction from the hotel as fraud, as I had not given my details to the hotel. It appears that Expedia will give your credit card details to a third party, which is not right. I will never use this company again to book a hotel or any similar sites.
Reviewed May 8, 2017
Confirmation number not being honored and Expedia cancellation reservation. Booked with Expedia to stay at The Comfort Inn Airport West in Toronto, April 19th. When we arrived with confirmation # the hotel would not honor it. The price was now $159.99 plus tax, not the $117.00 that Expedia had given the confirmation for. Hotel gave me Expedia's phone # and I called them. They kept me on the line while they called the hotel and came back and said that they cancelled my reservation. I had to pay the $159.00 plus tax. I see this as a fraud and scam.
Expedia pull the customer in with the promise of the best rate and some perks, they then give a confirmation # and then the hotel won't honor it so now you have to pay the highest rate possible. False advertising. We stayed at the same hotel on Feb 24th for $119.99 plus tax. A good way to maximize profits for the Choice Hotels franchises. I will never use Expedia. ca or Choice Hotels chain again. SCAM ARTISTS.
Reviewed May 8, 2017
I booked a package. Due to weather related issues, flights got cancelled. Hell getting through to Expedia, and hellish getting any money back. How is this company still in business? They told me I traveled to Canada, when I did never boarded the plane. Wow!! STAY AWAY!!!
Reviewed May 8, 2017
On 25th of April 2017 I had booked a ticket for my daughter Dubai - Beirut round trip on Middle East Airlines. I paid with my TD Canada Trust Visa. The system informed me that I will be receiving the e-ticket shortly. After couple hours I received an email saying that the ticket was cancelled by the airline. I checked my bank account and I found that an amount of 319 CAD was taken from my account. I contacted Expedia to find out why this happened. The agent told me that, "There is a problem in issuing your ticket." She put me on hold for almost 30 minutes. She asked if I still want the ticket and I said, "Yes". She told me, "Give me 2 hours and I will call you again and I will give you the ticket." After 2 hours I received a call from her. She said let me contact the ticketing department. She put me on hold for another 30 minutes. She informed me that I have to wait for another couple hours. At this point I asked to speak to a supervisor.
After holding for another 20 minutes the supervisor assured me that I will have the ticket in 2 hours after I was talking to them for an hour. After 2 hours I called again. I asked to speak to the supervisor and he was not available. The agent requested my credit card details. I was surprised and I asked him why. He said because they want reissue the ticket. I refused to give him the details and I got disconnected after 1 hour of talking to him. I purchased the ticket from another website and got my ticket immediately. Next day I checked my bank account and I found that the amount of 319 CAD was released.
On May 2nd I was checking my account and I found that Expedia charged me 320 CAD. After many calls they said that they will refund the money after 8 to 12 weeks. I found out that on 26 of April Expedia used my credit card confidential information to purchase a new ticket without my authorization. As a matter of fact they purchase one-way ticket business class where my original purchase was round trip ticket. This transaction was processed without my authorization by using my credit card confidential information. Until now the problem is not resolved and again the call center agents keep delaying. They said they are investigating the matter. I appreciate if you help me to file a fraud case against Expedia. PLEASE DON'T USE EXPEDIA AT ALL TO PURCHASE ANY PRODUCT.
Reviewed May 7, 2017
I booked a flight for my son yesterday evening on Expedia.ca. Knowing he may need to change the ticket, I selected Trip Protection for $90.00 However, once I clicked 'continue booking', the insurance amount was not added to the price of the ticket. This is where the issues began! I could not go back to double check whether or not I had selected the insurance option. There was no 'live chat' available to address the issue. Despite a window suggesting I could email customer service, this also was not possible. The only option was to call... And I am in Cairo, Egypt... Without international minutes on my phone... No Skype and no landline, so I CAN'T call!!!!
However, I'm within the 24 hour period so I assume Expedia is like most other airline consolidators and offers free cancellation within 24 hours. I decide to call the next morning from work. When I do I hear the agent tell me tickets are changeable only with a fee. I inform her it's not even been 24 hours since I booked so I'll just cancel the ticket and rebook. I'm then told the ticket is non refundable. It does state this on the right of the Expedia window, but this is why I bought insurance!? You know, the ad where they say tickets may be refunded?? Highly unlikely!
At any rate, long story somewhat short is, I am on with an agent, then her supervisor, both of whom informed me this was my fault and offered no support in contacting the airline or even attempting to reduce a charge or cancellation fee. In fact, they talked over me and interrupted me continuously. So much so that I asked for the manager at Corporate office. He simply reiterated what the agent and supervisor said. Company line(s). However, he did say some airlines 'MAY' offer 24 hour cancellation and some do not. No guarantee. He couldn't answer how I would possibly know which airlines offer free cancellation within 24 hours.
He also couldn't explain why, when calling Expedia, the voice we listen to says 'most airlines offer free cancellation within 24 hours'. Lastly, he couldn't explain why my request to purchase insurance disappeared, but he informed me it really wouldn't matter, as it only covers cancellation if there is a medical reason, and change fees often still apply. Good to know!!!!
Oh, and twice I had to call, (no email on the contact us despite clear instruction online to do so), and both times I was on the phone for about 45 minutes to an hour, only to have the rep 'offer to contact the airline (Lufthansa) on my behalf'. Apparently Lufthansa is one that doesn't offer 24 hour cancellation - buyer beware. At any rate, coincidentally, while on hold with the agent, both times, waiting for a response, after repeating my story a second time (because they don't keep notes on their system!!), I WAS CUT OFF - TWICE!!!!
In sum, I will NEVER, EVER deal with Expedia again. I have used Insanely Cheap, Smart Fares, Travelocity, and had extremely great service, including changes made to tickets that said changes were not possible. These other businesses offer true customer service and have earned my repeat business. EXPEDIA.CA's customer service ends the moment you click 'continue booking'. Lesson learned. Do yourself a favor - go elsewhere and avoid Expedia.ca. P.S. Beware of purchasing insurance. Apparently, although the option to purchase is on the website, it's not available for purchase when booking from another country. Ya... Who knew????
Reviewed May 7, 2017
Believe me, I've tried it, the worst booking Hotels, Flight & Cars in the net. Don't think about trying this website EXPEDIA. My Itinerary # ** dated April 29, I bought a flight ticket from Amm to Mad. Expedia charged my credit card three times $398.96 + $400.08 + $398.96. So if you don't have no enough balance in your Credit Card to deposit for car rental and they ruined your planes, then say "THANK YOU EXPEDIA".
Reviewed May 5, 2017
Tried to call them multiple times before the 24 cancellation deadline and would not answer waiting 1 hour four different times. Tried calling the next day and no answer. Finally on the third day they answered. Was too late they wouldn't do anything. The so called "solution" they gave me was a credit to the airline but in order to get the credit I have to pay $300... that doesn't sound like a solution to me!! Don't ever buy their cancellation insurance, it's a joke. They will find all the loopholes they can to not reimburse your cancellation just as they did to me. So I paid $85 for an insurance that didn't even do what it said it was going to do. NEVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA!!!
Reviewed May 4, 2017
I misspelled my last name by 1 letter and Expedia chose not to hit the edit button and change the 1 letter. What they did instead was to charge me an additional $305 to edit the one letter in my last name. They originally charged me $610. I have never been more dissatisfied or appalled by any company I have ever dealt with.
Reviewed May 4, 2017
I haven't had a vacation since 2009 and it took me 2 years to save up for a vacation to Monterey Bay, CA. I had to book a big enough room for 5 people. I was going to get there Friday the 14th of April and leave on Sunday. We got there after a VERY long drive to find out I had no room booked for me for that night. It took a hour for us to get a SMALL room that had ONLY one bed when I paid for two beds and a pull out. The manager said on day 4 because my mom got sick we stayed another night that Expedia said they were going to give me back $50. WHAT? ONLY $50 for all the crap I had to go through.
The next day they switched us in the right size room but it smelled so bad and the window wouldn't open. After being in that room for 3 to 4 hours we were switched to a remodeled room that wasn't cleaned, A/C didn't work, TV didn't work, window wouldn't open all the way, there was no ice maker hooked up and the washer and dryer wasn't hooked up either. I called Expedia after I got back and the guy said he would have the manager call me back in two hours. I'm still waiting and it's May 3! They are nothing but liars! I just got off of the phone with a manager because I called again and they said since I stayed there I can't be refunded.
WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME! She said all they could do is give me a coupon for $200 that I could use within a year. What part of I don't get to take vacation often did she not understand? I felt as if I took my money and flushed it down the toilet. It wasn't a vacation. It was nothing but a huge headache and I was more tired when I came back then when I left. Now I'm waiting to talk to the manager from the hotel that said they were going to give me the $50 and see if I can get more plus the $50 that I was promised I was getting refunded.

Reviewed May 4, 2017
First off I was not aware of the country I was flying to, it was a family emergency. I book round trip thru Expedia online, never ask me if I wanted refundable tickets only after I paid my ticket did it state non-refundable tickets. Then I got the travel insurance thinking ok they charged me $35 just for that. And then the day I am suppose to leave I woke up feeling sick with flu like symptoms so I called Expedia only for the man to tell me, "Ok no problem I can cancel your flight." Then I could not hear him as he was talking really fast then he hung up on me. Called me back a few times still couldn't hear him. Only part I can hear him say is "I can't refund your money but you have a credit that you can use from now up to a year only for travel to same place and you will have to pay $200 more for cancelling your flight!"
This makes no sense to me at all, to charge me money for insurance that I can't use! I am sick with flu and fever. Cold and I can't go to another country sick with people on a plane where I can make others sick and also they never mention how dangerous El Salvador is for a single female traveling alone!!! Rip off. I will never book thru Expedia again or Delta Airlines period! Where does all the money go from people like me who get ripped off? All companies carry insurance for this reason so they double dip ripping off their insurance carriers and people like me. Wrong, just wrong. Never again!!!
Reviewed May 2, 2017
Recently I was traveling Cancun, Mexico and booked a car rental with Expedia. I had to pay a damage waiver upfront and then pay for the vehicle upon arrival. When I arrived in Cancun, I went to the car rental (Fox Car Rental) place and they did not have my car for me. Here I had booked the car for 2:30 am (when they are not even open) as opposed to 2:30 pm. They did not have any vehicles left I could rent, therefore I left empty handed. Fair enough, my mistake.
When I returned from my trip I called Expedia to get my damage waiver back that I had prepaid for. Because it was 10 days after booking, not the rental date, but booking date, there was nothing they could do. I had to call the insurance company. So I called the insurance company and they told me they need proof that I did not rent the car. They called Expedia for this proof. Expedia told them they did not have any confirmation of me picking up or not picking up the car, therefore I would need to call the rental company.
So now I called Fox Car Rental in Mexico. They were not helpful. They would not send me anything. I called Expedia back. After being on the line with them for 1.5 hours, and getting hung up on once, they had called and spoke to the rental company and then replied to me that because I was a no show, they would not send a document stating I did not get the car. I'm furious at this point. I was a no show because they were not open at 2:30 am! So why is that even a booking option? Sure it's my error but come on!! Not only would Expedia confirm that I did not get my rental, but the car rental in Cancun would not either! What is the deal people!!???
So now Expedia has no confirmation of my rental and the car rental company will not co-operate. So now needless to say after all the calling back and forth, many hours of explaining my situation over and over, I got nowhere. Nothing returned to me. Thanks for nothing Expedia! This is the second time you have taken my money and not provided me a service. Fool me once, your fault. Fool me twice, mine. You will not be assisting me or anyone I know EVER AGAIN!!
Reviewed May 2, 2017
I used to make reservations at Expedia, not anymore. I have been trying to make a new reservation for days in the last 2 weeks, I have ended up with expedia. Taken out the wrong amount of money from my bank account, I have been several times on the phone trying to get help from them and all they do is trying to sell me a new vacation package. Don't waste your time, they suck.
Reviewed May 2, 2017
System set up to raise prices when you're ready to complete. You'll get much higher price the moment you press booking. I experimented many times for the same booking package. Lower much higher when you want to pay. They set up their system to cheat, to rise prices when you ready to pay. Totally disgusted!! This is how these crooks make their living. By cheating and robbing customers!!! They should go out of business however they are worth billions. How this is possible? 0 stars or minus star would be too much for these cheaters.
Reviewed May 2, 2017
Really 1 star is too good for them. Cannot believe I just been ripped off. I bought 2 tickets to Miami in Sept. Also bought insurance because it was 4 months away and a person never knows what may happen. So I trusted Expedia to take care of me. That was the wrong thing to do. I had to cancel my flight. Called them with 4 months in advance. They said my insurance was just for medical or death per Delta policy. I called Delta they informed me if I had went directly through them I would had received my refund but since I went through Expedia I had to get my refund through them. Expedia after calling 3 times and getting disconnected once then informs me that I purchased non refundable tickets. I know I did not purchase those. Why would I pay for insurance. They stole $800 from me. I will never use them again. I hope this help someone from not being taken advantage of.
Reviewed May 1, 2017
I have used Expedia for booking flights before. I guess if you don't have a problem with your reservation, and you don't need to contact them for help, you are ok. This time there was an issue with the name change I needed to make on my reservation. I called Expedia, and was on hold for 45 min. After that hold I got connected to someone in Philippines who barely spoke English, and had a hard time understanding what the problem was. I asked to be transferred to someone in the U.S. Got put on hold for another 40 min. I got connected to someone in India. I explained to this person what the problem was, and was told "Please hold, I need to connect to the airline". At this time it took almost an hour. When he came back, he assured me that all I needed to do was to email a copy of my passport to the airline, which I did.
3 days later I go to the airline website, and the last name is still incorrect. After I tried calling Expedia again, and waiting for 30 min, I decided to call the airline. They informed me that their policy states that if the customer purchased tickets through an agency, that customer has to deal with that agency directly. I explained to them what happened, and I guess they felt sorry for me. They informed me that there was no record of any kind of Expedia contacting them. They resolved the problem for me within 10 minutes of our phone conversation. 3 weeks later I got an email from Expedia stating that they are still waiting for the airline to get back to them. What a joke! I will never use their services again.
Reviewed May 1, 2017
I am so incredibly frustrated and confused regarding my recent experience with Expedia. Let me be clear, I have used Expedia for years and have NEVER had this much trouble with them. I had previously never used their travel protection before and purchased it for the first time... And I'm afraid I'll never purchase it again... I'll also likely purchase all my tickets directly through airlines or via American Express Travel from now on.
Here is why: I called on 3/30 to change a flight. Difference for flight was $81.99. Agent I spoke to on the phone reported I would receive a charge for $281.99 including the change flight fee charged by Delta and that I would expect a $200 refund in the next 24 hours (which I received 3/31). EXCEPT I received a 2nd additional charge for $200 on 3/30 from Expedia which I called about on 4/14 @ 10:37AM and spoke to a different agent about for 35 minutes. She had NO record for this $200 charge and asked me repeatedly if I was sure this was not the refund (I am not an idiot, so... No... It was not in fact a refund. It was a charge). She then asked me to email her a copy of my charges and said she would have to "look into it further" and that someone would "call me back". I sent said email on 4/14 @ 11:20AM including said information and attachment.
Two weeks later (today), when I had not received either refund for $200 or any notification from Expedia, I called back. You perhaps may understand how frustrating it was that the agent I spoke to had no information regarding my previous call, my previous concern, my previous email, etc. and that I had to go through all the information AGAIN (yes, even the bit where I explained that yes in fact I am sure it is a charge and not a refund). This agent I spoke to this time (who was actually the most helpful person I spoke to regarding this issue) spent approx. 45 min on the phone with me and was able to figure out that it appeared to be an error on Expedia's end (surprise! what I had been saying all along.) and that the extra charge was because it appears the ticket was issued twice and she said she would have to transfer me to a manager to complete the refund, etc.
I spent an additional 20 minutes (total phone call 1hour and 6 min) talking to the manager again explaining my situation in detail (yes... The bit about my being sure it was a charge and not a refund... I was asked that AGAIN). She then tells me that she has no record of a 200 dollar charge, but that she will refund me 281.99. I told her I am happy to take her money for my troubles, but I again assure her that the charge was for 200 dollars.
I then ask her what happened with my initial email (Did I send it to the wrong place? Did they not get a copy of my charges?). After looking into my "notes" further she tells me that she does see some notation about a 200 voucher (refund) being sent to someone, but due to some error they did not contact me about it (and maybe never would have had I not called to inquire what happened). I then ask her how this happens and she tells me she is not sure, but she will make sure the agents are coached and this will never happen again. BUT IF YOU ARE NOT SURE HOW THIS HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE, HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN?
Reviewed April 30, 2017
I booked a hotel through Expedia last week and I called to change the check in dates today. They don't let customers modify dates without creating an entirely new booking which made the price of my booking increase by 50%. By canceling two additional nights I'm paying as much as I would for 6 nights because they can't simply remove the two nights. It's ridiculous. I'm never using Expedia again.
Reviewed April 29, 2017
Flew with Expedia for a while now, nowhere does it say which flights are refundable or not. Not only that but also, purchased my plane ticket and charged a total different amount than originally purchased. Talked to many Expedia agents and all were helpless. Never again buying from here. Save your time and just buy directly from the airline or from a local agency. Turned a $300 flight to $700.
Reviewed April 27, 2017
I purchased 2 tickets from JFK to Copenhagen on 2/21 noon. After I booked tickets I realized that my first name was missing the ending part. I called immediately and request the name change. The gentlemen on the phone told me that he couldn't change for me unless after 24 hours. He offered to cancel the reservation for me. After I spent 30 minutes to book the flights, of course I refused. I called 24 hours after booking, been told has to pay $25.00 for name change. I was upset because yesterday he didn't tell me that after 24 hours he can change the name but has fee involved, otherwise I canceled already.
Then on and on about this fee, I requested to speak to supervisor and the same answer. I requested for top level. They transferred me to Mr. Rockney ** (sounds). I explained to him the situation, at the end he told me: "I give you two choices: one is pay for airline $25 for name change, or I cancel the tickets for you." I replied: "Cancel it for me." He even warned me that after he cancel the tickets, I couldn't book with the same discount price. I replied, "Cancel it, I don't care. I don't want to book again." At the end I asked him when shall I receive my refund, he told me clearly 3 to 5 business day or 7 to 10 business days.
After 14 days, on 3/7 7:20 pm I called back, asked the status of my credit, I've been told by Ms. Mikaela ** (sounds) from corp office that this was non refundable tickets. I couldn't believe my ear. I explained again what happened, and asked her try to call the airline to put me back on and pay for $25.00 since I had no another choice. She tried and answer was no. Then I requested her to pull out all the phone conversations and give me the answer. She promised to call me back. I was waiting for more than one month, no one called me.
I called back on 4/27 at 2:11pm and talked to nice gentlemen named Ron **, after he listened to me, he put me on hold and try to solve the problem for me, then at 4:07pm he transferred me to his supervisor Ms. Mayer **. After review, at 5:09pm she told me that unfortunately, all the called recording only kept for 60 days, they cannot trace the records only can based on representative's computer reports. Based on reports from Mr. Rockney ** that he stated I requested to cancel the ticket instead of he gave me two offers. Then he put on that is no value tickets.
What a joke, logically, do you think if he told me that are nonrefundable, I would waste seven hundreds and change just to avoid a $25.00 name change fee? If is no value what he told me the refund will be 3 to 5 business day? She said, "Sorry the records only hold for 60 days, we have to make decision based on their computer record." I was so mad. I said please don't delete Ms. Mikaela **'s records, because I specially requested her to give me the answer. I want to listen the records. She told me that she will call me after her pull out the voice records. If she found out that the voice records is different than what I told her, do you think she should hold the record and let me listen them as evidence? I cleared again and again stated that I have to listen the voice records. She promised me to call me and let me listen and give me the result.
At the end I requested to speak to someone who has authority to review this issue. Ms. Mayer ** put me on hold. After hours of on the phone with Expedia.com, Finally I got hanged up. I was extremely upset, I started to write on ConsumerAffairs, while I'm about to finish, Surprisingly Ms. Mayer ** called me back and told me that the line got cut off by mistake. She told me that the supervisor agreed to give me full refund back. I was released and finally a small issue turned out wasted me closed to 10 hours aggravation. I told her at the end thanks her for corrected the error, and suggested her to train her staffs to inform customer advance.
If the first one informed me that after 24 hours will be fee charged, I would cancel and no further issues. If Mr. Rockney ** knew that was nonrefundable booking he would inform me and I had no choice but to pay $25. So many IF can be prevented but didn't. Hope they will listen to me and from now on train their staffs properly.
Reviewed April 27, 2017
This was the first time I used Expedia. I took some getting used to and was more concerned about getting the right flights and hotel in the right location and price than their loyalty program. After the trip was booked, I joined the loyalty program and now the trip does not qualify for their points because I joined after booking the trip on Expedia. They can keep their stupid points and will book directly with the airline and hotel or another travel service than ever using Expedia again.
Reviewed April 27, 2017
I always buy tickets online. This was the first and last time for me. I just wish I had read the hundreds of reviews before hand! I bought tickets for £185 plus £23 for travel insurance for cancellation, just in case. No one from Expedia and alliance was helpful! Be warned, WHEN PAYING FOR TRAVEL INSURANCE THINKING YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO A FULL REFUND IS VERY VERY UNLIKELY!!! You will NOT get a full refund because they do not tell you all this when ticking/adding the option! Please be warned. Read the small print then try to contact them which will waste half your day!! Rubbish Company. Don't understand how they sleep at night.
Reviewed April 27, 2017
This experience is beyond me! My boyfriend and I booked flights with Expedia to San Juan for next year in January for our first 7-day cruise together, along with another couple. We have been saving for months and were extremely excited. We found out today that our cruise was canceled! Of course emotions were running high but I was relieved to know that I had booked trip insurance with our flights. I called Expedia and they continued to tell me my protection insurance doesn't matter. My circumstance isn't included. Haha! Like getting my cruise canceled, the whole reason why I booked the flight doesn't matter. Are you kidding me? All I wanted to do was switch a day later on departures. They could care less. DO NOT get trip protection is an absolute joke! DO NOT use Expedia! They don't care! I'm so disappointed and will never use them again!!!
Reviewed April 26, 2017
Booked Avis Car Rental through Expedia. Car was not available when we went to pick up. No help from Expedia. In the meantime, I was being inundated with promotional material from them. Horrible experience with Avis and Expedia. At least Avis tried to help resolve the problem. Expedia - Never again!!!!
Reviewed April 26, 2017
First time Expedia user, last time Expedia user. I had planned our FIRST family vacation, my children being 12 and 13. We took them to Disney World. I got flight and car through Expedia. Flight no issues. Great. Went to get our car, could not get it. Did not have a credit card. We are stuck in Orlando Airport with no car. Luckily we got some help and were able to secure another car with another agency. Paid cash which hurt a little to our spending money. Car rental told us we would have to get a refund from Expedia.
Get home waited a week (March 31 2017), getting back into the groove of real life. I called Expedia and they said they would confirm that I did not receive the car and refund within 7 to 10 business day. I asked if it could be expedited as I need the cash after vacation. They said no. Funny how they can take your money right away but you wait 2 weeks if you need it back.
Not wanting to wait, I contacted my bank, which gave a provisional deposit to cover until I received the refund. To my surprise I go to the bank and I am in the negative (April 17 2017). It appears the Bank's Provisional period ran out. And no refund from Expedia. Oh yeah forgot to mention NSF for 2 auto bills I had processed, that were returned.
I called to get a refund again or find the status of my request. Had to start over again. Finally on April 26 2017, I called back again as I still did not have my refund. No refund requested. The person on the phone spend 1 hour and 40 minutes and promised he is processing a refund. I asked that the $75.00 in NSF also be reimbursed. He said he would try. He says it will be 7 - 10 business days. I asked if he could see my other request. He said yes but could not expedite it. Expedia Customer Service is horrible.
Reviewed April 26, 2017
Purchased travel insurance from Expedia website for airfare. An illness prevented us from flying. Per instruction from the Expedia rep we needed to call the insurance plan (AON) and the airline (Frontier). The insurance plan stated it will send me claim forms to fill out in 2 days. Once I submit the paperwork it will take another 7-10 days to see if they approve the refund. Seems like an extensive and complicated way of trying to get a refund for airfare. Should be simpler to receive a credit from the insurance plan for when there is a sickness or need to cancel a flight. Will not use Expedia or flight insurance from AON again.
Reviewed April 24, 2017
I'm an avid traveler that has always used Expedia to book my personal travel arrangements. One important detail: I never purchase non-refundable flights. As of today, I will no longer use your services and any companies affiliated with your brand. Their customer service manager, Barbara, is quite condescending and does not know the meaning of customer service. Additionally, when I first purchased my plane ticket to Acapulco, nowhere on the app did it say my ticket was non-refundable prior to the purchase. In March, I purchased a ticket on the Expedia app for $419 from Houston to Acapulco -- my first international trip. The airline selected was Interjet.
I read the fare rules and only read that if needed to cancel, I could incur a cancellation fee by the airline. I read this in the checkout screen of the app in the PRIOR to purchasing the ticket by clicking the agreement link, "By completing this booking I agree that I have read and accept the Rules and Restrictions, the Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy and Fare Information." Nowhere did it say this ticket was non-refundable. All other tickets I shopped said they were non-refundable. So, I went ahead and purchased this ticket thinking that if I needed to cancel it I would get my money back minus a possible cancellation fee charged by the airline. Later, I went online on the website of Expedia where it said the cancellation fee could range from $150-200.
It is now April and I am having a medical condition that is preventing me from traveling for the unforeseen future. I have to cancel my flight. I need a refund because I am not able to work and need the money to pay my bills. Therefore, on April 23, I called customer service and spoke with an agent (a name I did not capture thinking this would be an easy inquiry). At first, she said that she can help me with canceling my flight. She placed me on hold and proceeded to tell me my flight was non-refundable. I told her that I was never advised of this information.
She called Interjet to see if she could negotiate a refund and then placed me on hold. She returned to the call to tell me that Interjet is a non-refundable airline and they would only allow me to change my dates and destination or the name on the ticket. She told me only her supervisor could allow a refund. She transferred me to Kevin. He repeated the same story and told me, "You should have read the terms and conditions more carefully and I can send you the policy that says your flight is non-refundable." I told him that nowhere on the app did it ever say my flight was non-fundable and even took pictures that showed nothing of the sort. How was I to read something that was never given to me to read? Where was I to find this little detail that was not upfront? I feel duped and cheated.
I told him I want to speak with his supervisor. He told me he was the supervisor and he would have to transfer me to the corporate office. I was worried my call would be disconnected, so I asked him for the phone number and name of his manager. He said he could not give me either. He went ahead and transferred me to Barbara at the corporate office. She repeated the exact same story and told me that I should have read the policy and that the flight is a low-cost flight and that I should have known this would not be a refundable flight. I disagree. This information must be displayed to the customer.
In a condescending tone, she repeats backs to me the information slowly and quite concisely, making me feel stupid. I didn't appreciate her attitude towards me. I told her that prior to me speaking to her, the first agent told me I can change the name on the flight. I asked Barbara if that were true and she said she didn't know. She would have to call the airline to find out. She placed me on hold, returned, and told me it would cost me $98. Why didn't the first agent tell me that? Why does Expedia tell me something upfront and then change it later?
Barbara continued to tell me that this is a low-cost flight and that it is non-refundable. She would not listen to me, nor allow me to explain to her the terms I read. She spoke over me and interrupted me. I asked to speak to someone else, such as her manager. She said she would transfer me to the helpdesk. I asked her why she was transferring me to her IT department, because in most companies helpdesk is a term for IT departments. She spelled out Helpdesk to me and said that in your world Helpdesk is not IT. Once again, I asked for the number and the name of her manager, she refused to give it to me. She would not even give me the number to the helpdesk.
Anyhow, I was on hold while she was in the process of transferring me. This was at 5:35. Our call was disconnected. After 15 minutes, I began to wonder if I was going to receive a callback, so I began drafting an email to the CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, and other VPs at Expedia. She called me back at 6:26pm with an Ashley on the phone. Ashley started with paraphrasing my case back to me to see if she understood my problem. So far she did. I told her I was in the process of writing an email to the CEO. She said there would be nothing that she could do and that she would have to go through their system that would show what I would see on my end when I first booked my flight. After she checked that, she says that she reads that my flight is non-refundable. I told her I have pictures of my flight booking.
She sent me an email to send the pictures to her. After receiving them, she tells me that the pictures were taken AFTER I booked my flight. I told her that one is prior and one is after (per my earlier statement above). She argued with me and said they weren't, basically calling me a liar. She proceeded to tell me I should have read somewhere obscure to see my flight was non-refundable, telling me the language is "may be non-refundable," (the objective word is "may"). I told her this should have been disclosed upfront, not hidden, otherwise I would have never bought this ticket. She refused to listen to me and proceeded to tell me that Expedia no longer books flights for Interjet because of changes the airline made so the rules may have changed and there was no way she would be able to determine what the rules were at the time I booked the flight.
I asked her why is this penalizing me? She couldn't answer my question and just repeated the same statement as all the others, "This is a low-cost flight." I begged her to please walk through the app with me to book a mock flight and let me show her where I read the terms. Instead, she placed me on hold and booked a flight with her co-worker, returned and told me that she read what I took a snapshot of and the mock flight says it is non-refundable. Exactly! So how come that jargon was not displayed on that screen when I booked my flight??? I told her that I shopped for flights and this one was the only one that didn't say it was non-refundable, which is why I bought it! She then tells me she cannot do anything and that I could make changes to my flight for a fee. She also said that she does not accept certain types of photos because they could of been edited.
Now, I have been called a liar, spoken to like a stupid person, and she is telling me my proof is not valid because I may have tampered with my evidence. This is the worst service I have ever had, and I have dealt with the likes of Sprint, ATT and Comcast. Expedia takes the cake. They expect their customers to just assume that a low-cost flight is non-refundable. Some flights have the "non-refundable" disclaimer posted upfront, others do not.
This is unacceptable and inconsistent. They cheat their customers and make us feel stupid. I had 3 managers/supervisors in their so-called customer service departments mishandle a loyal customer. All I asked was to be refunded for my flight--a flight I assumed based on my research was refundable. This is why I usually book through Southwest Airlines, and will only book directly with airlines going forward. I will no longer use any Expedia services of any kind--not Travelocity, Hotels.com, Trivago, Hotwire, not of them. I am speaking with an attorney.
Reviewed April 23, 2017
I purchased an online low-fare flight for my boyfriend, which supposedly gives you an option to add cancellation insurance for $19 if purchased within 24 hours. Not long after the booking, I was informed my boyfriend's ride would suddenly not be available at the time of drop off. Not to mention he was almost two hours away from the nearest airport... A taxi or even Uber would cost more than the flight. So, I ended up needing to push the flight time off for 2 hours or so later. After the insurance purchase, I wasn't sure of how to apply it online, mainly because it was kind of giving mixed messages. So, I decided to call Expedia. Once I was on the phone with the representative, I explained that the insurance confirmation had two conflicting prompters, one of which said the reservation was canceled and the other stating that I would have to call customer support and provide the cancellation number/itinerary.
The Expedia representative confirmed my information, walked me through some steps on the website, then put me on hold for a really long time. When she got back on, I thought everything was taken cared of, but then she says to me the nature of my booking did not allow for changes. So, I said, I know, that is why I decided to buy the insurance and to call Expedia. She proceeds to tell me it looks like my insurance was cancelled (when I didn't cancel anything)!! I mean, why would I do that knowing I would be stuck with a nonrefundable plane ticket?? After a while of her NOT helping me and repeating the same stuff over and over again, I asked to speak to a supervisor. With the supervisor, I reexplained EVERYTHING including what happened with the previous representative; the "supervisor" states that once the insurance has been cancelled, it can't be utilized (duh, but I didn't cancel it).
At this point, I was so tired so I just said fine then I will just purchase the insurance again. That's when she says actually, you can't repurchase the insurance. It can only be purchased once. (Wow, that is shady). Additional to that, she mentions that even if the insurance was not cancelled, it can not be applied to my type of transaction too (that is new news to me... Even more shady). So, I asked her why not? And why does Expedia offer this insurance during the booking of this particular transaction if it can't even be used with it? She couldn't really answer me and began giving me the runaround. That's when I knew I wasn't going to get anywhere.
So, I, believe it or not, asked to speak to someone even higher than her. Finally, they transferred me to a guy named BJ who actually spoke clear English. But now, I was basically being called a liar because he "literally sees everything that was happening on the website" including me cancelling the insurance apparently. At this point, I was confused, because I didn't know if they wanted to play up the me cancelling the insurance thing or the insurance not being able to be applied to my type of booking. I was just so emotionally and mentally drained by then that I just decided to quit. I even tried to be nice to BJ and tell him thanks for being professional (even though his tone stated otherwise).
After I hung up the phone, I began to realize the stuff he was describing to me about what he was "seeing" was the walkthrough the first Expedia representative was taking me through. The whole time she was not helping me with the cancellation or change of flight, she was actually having me cancel the INSURANCE. I didn't realize this when I was on the phone with BJ, and yeah I was conned, but I believe in karma, and karma will come back and take its course. I was NOT going to call back and be transferred back and forth between people I can't even clearly understand. So I will just say this, NEVER again, Expedia, NEVER again.
Reviewed April 23, 2017
Booked the Expedia’s air ticket in last holiday season. Expedia’s booking system is terrible. Aftermarket service is the worst also. Normally $700 + ticket, I ended up paid $2000. Cannot solve any issues. The worst airline. Cathay Pacific canceled my trip in advance, and I got no refund, had to buy another ticket from another airline via Expedia. At that time thought can get refund from Expedia or Cathay Pacific. However it spend me three months getting the final response for the dispute, get nothing back. (Phoned Expedia many many times, cannot be refunded or provide any coupon.) Will never do business with Expedia. Will never do business with Cathay Pacific.
Reviewed April 23, 2017
I totally agree with the worst reviews here. Their website malfunctions. You'll realize the actual booking date you made is different than what you wanted only after you finalize the booking. You call right after just to waste your time. There's no way you'll get your money back... Totally disgusted!! This is how these people make their living. By robbing customers!!!
Reviewed April 23, 2017
Expedia has always been my favorite mode to book a reservation until recently. I'm always very careful to book a room that can be canceled without a penalty because I own a business and money and time off can be a problem. I booked a hotel reservation to stay at Melia Nassau Beach Resort in the Bahamas for Nov. 19 - 25, 2017...8 months in advance. I realized soon afterwards that I hadn't accounted for just how costly the trip was going to be between buying 3 rt airline flights and 3 passports, etc., so I went online to cancel and didn't see the option.
When I called they said it was a non-refundable booking. I was very upset because this was hidden information. I would never have booked it knowing this. They talked to the hotel and they denied a refund. Really??! A 4 star resort won't be able to rebook my room in the next 8 months!! I blame Expedia for not clearly stating a room as not refundable. It only said it would charge me the full amount of the booking afterwards. Thanks Expedia for putting me in a financial hole over the holiday!
Reviewed April 21, 2017
I called Expedia to inquire about flights. I told them I wasn't sure of the time of my meeting in DC and was not ready to book. Their representative told me to buy "Flight Protection" so if I have to change my flight, there will not be any change fees, and if I find a lower rate I would get back 50.00 and the difference between the flights. My meeting time changed. I had to change my flight. I am being charged a 200.00 change fee (which happens to be the cost of the one way flight). I also found lower prices and Expedia would not honor their policy.
Reviewed April 20, 2017
Please don't believe in Expedia's option for insurance. I purchased and at the end I had an inconvenience and need to change dates. After an entire day speaking with customer service at the end they said it was non refundable and providing the same package with a new prize but not taking in consideration what I paid. I lost BIG... The insurance they never explain why it didn't work, I said different times that I purchased the insurance in case of a cancellation. I thought I was going to lose a small percentage of the package but finish losing my entire money.
Reviewed April 19, 2017
On April 11 I made a round trip reservation with Expedia with the printed understanding that I had 24 hours to cancel the reservation. I called the 877 customer service hotline with 4 hours and followed the prompts to cancel the reservation. When checking my credit card statements I found I had the charge but not the refund. So I called again with 8 hours and again followed the prompts to cancel. AGAIN THERE WAS NO REFUND ON MY CREDIT CARD. I again called on April 12 and canceled.
On April 15 I called and was told they had no record of my phone calls and that I would have to pay $200 to cancel since it was after 24 hours. I was told I would receive an email with 48 hours after they researched my phone calls. I RECEIVED NO EMAIL. On April 19 I called and spoke with a manager who says they have no records of phone calls into their customer service phone number and again I must pay $200 to change or cancel this reservation. DO NOT TRUST EXPEDIA AND THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE PHONE NUMBER!!! DO NOT USE THEM.
Reviewed April 18, 2017
For a company that is in the customer service industry, they are HORRIBLE!! If you decide to book anything with them, ALWAYS make sure you sign up for PRICE GUARANTEE after you book anything. It should automatically pop up before you finalize your trip, but it doesn't and when you find the price has gone down, they won't accommodate you. They hide behind their policy and will not assist you. In addition, if you cancel your trip, IT MUST BE CANCELLED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BOOKING. Again, it's not emphasized like I have it. Furthermore, the 2 times I have contacted them, it was routed to in the Philippines and India with background noise of everyone on the phone with customers. Very difficult to hear and understand. I will never use them again and suggest you try elsewhere.
Reviewed April 18, 2017
I reserved a room at Blockade Runner Quarters in Oak Island, NC through Expedia. I had a reservation with itinerary, it even says, 'no need to reconfirm'. It turns out said hotel don't take online reservations anymore. We called Expedia several times. We told them to cancel my reservation but they said they can't do that until they get in touch with the hotel who clearly is not taking any calls from them. In other words we were left with no hotel on a holiday weekend. They couldn't book a hotel less than twenty five miles so we ended up booking at Airbnb at a much higher rate.
A condescending manager tried to shut my complaints off by giving a twenty five dollar coupon which by the way never happened. I looked at their site and five more people have reserved at the said hotel. I don't want their holiday to be ruined just like ours did but all my efforts are futile since it's going on deaf ears. I received no acknowledgment on their nor, email, no call back, no nothing. Never again, once is enough. This is the first time I ever experienced such a nightmare.
Reviewed April 17, 2017
NEVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA. I booked using their online platform with a price of $390. That night the airline changed their price and Expedia did not notify me. They let it sit for 6 days while airline tickets were going up. When I was on the phone with customer service rep #1, he tried to charge me close to $600 to rebook. When on the phone with rep #2 she had let me know that I was in the wrong. Rep #3, the highest corporate customer service also didn't do anything. Actually, they lied. They had informed me that Expedia actually records all account data for 28 days and my only activity was today, the 17th of April. Fortunately I had a screenshot I sent them that said I had gone to their payment page on April 11th. Expedia can literally go to hell with all of their ** employees who offer no help to anyone, ever. F you guys.
Reviewed April 16, 2017
I had to change my return flight from Dubai and the agent I talked to had a very hard accent. He told me the difference would be 200 dollars for the change but Expedia charged me 200+1200 dollar airline flight difference. So I paid 2500 dollars for the round trip from Dubai. Before I called the ** agent, I had looked at other options and could have paid 600 dollars for a one-way trip back.
Called Expedia and they transferred me to five agents, each more useless than the previous one. They need to hire people who know how to speak English. I am never going to book a flight through Expedia and am going to make sure none of my social media friends are either. I asked for the recording of the conversation and they could not provide that. So, there is no way for me to dispute the transaction. The last person I talked to was Blaine in the corporate office and he was an ** and of no help. ** EXPEDIA!
Reviewed April 16, 2017
Went to Dublin 10th April until 12th and stayed at the Arlington Hotel and booked flight and hotel together with Expedia. Never never again. When I booked the holiday the website would not accept my Nectar card for starters. The flight was lovely and the transport from the airport to the hotel. But the hotel was dire oh so dire. It was very tired and dirty. We had a meal and in the sachets of sauces was a chip that had been there days as it was growing penicillin. The staff in the hotel were aloof and not very helpful. When we went to the room on checkout we had the room until 12 md but someone was hanging around the landing waiting for us to vacate the room from 0930. Felt we were being pushed out.
The Celtic night was rubbish and a waste of money. More talking than singing and the Irish dancers were not on for more than 2 mins at a time. I wrote to Expedia about all of this and they offered me £25 off on my next holiday with them. But I won't be booking with them again. I said I would prefer my nectar points but they point blank refused. I will NEVER book with them again.
Reviewed April 16, 2017
We have been purchasing airline tickets and event reservations with Expedia in the past. We had a few little disappointments here and there yet this recent one was the worst. My husband purchased airline tickets UA (ANA) for Haneda, Japan for the 2 of us March 2017 for our trip on April 5, 2017. He was going to surprise me (for my 60th birthday celebration in Japan) with PREMIUM ECONOMY SEATS. He was assured/guaranteed that the seats he purchased were premium economy seats; not once but twice (on the day of purchase and the day before departure). Much to our disappointment and anger when we were picking up our tickets at the airport (JFK) on April 5, 2017 that we had economy seats!!!
He tried to contact Expedia and was either put on hold for the longest time or connected to different managers etc. A total disappointment and very infuriating! Needless to say, we traveled on economy on this trip and NO ONE could even address our problem that day. So lessons learned! You know what this means. They don't even deserve a star in the rating!
Reviewed April 16, 2017
I have experienced twice while using Expedia services for hotel bookings. Early this month I made my hotel booking for a Singapore hotel and the agreed rate was different but I was surprised to see the charged rate which was much higher. Today on 16th April, when I was doing the booking for a hotel in Kolkata, the rate shown was different and after taking the card details the rate shown was different which is on higher side. I called the customer care, while they agreed that there must be technical error. The person Mr. ** was fully convinced with the episode and even assured that this will be taken up with his higher ups. I feel they're not the technical errors but intentional errors. Decided not to use this company again for my any travel needs.
Reviewed April 15, 2017
I booked a hotel in Paris for three nights approximately four months before the actual trip. I clearly stated I wanted one room with two twin beds, but somehow the hotel did not receive the correct reservation through Expedia.com. This has resulted in a series of unfortunate events that have disrupted my and my travel companion's plans. At this moment I am in the hotel lobby to use the internet instead of my hotel room. It is almost one in the morning and because of the first mistake Expedia.com made, I am dealing with a list of everything that has gone wrong at this hotel with my booking. After reading all the problems with this company, I will never use it again.
Reviewed April 15, 2017
Never BOOK with Expedia! Cheaters!! Liars!! Expedia staff and supervisor kept lying to me on request of just adding a single alphabet at the end of my name which was missed out. First they committed that this would be completed in 24 hours, no worries and gave me case number. I would be notified by email. 3 days passed but no email. Upon calling support again and being put on hold for half an hour they said it is not the airline's policy to change passenger name. I said, "You guys told me that this would be done 3 days back and now you are saying this." The support person and supervisor after lots of convincing admitted that wrong information was provided to me and said that they would rebook my flight, refund my cancellation and ticket fee but I have to pay an extra $$$ for new flight booking and cancellation which would be returned to me.
Upon asking when it would be returned they said 8 weeks. This is not fair. I already paid for the tickets in full, you admitted to being wrong and I have to pay extra to cover up your mistake. I was on call for almost 2 hours and Expedia kept refusing that they did anything wrong. I was being passed around from person to person with the same option that I have to pay extra to avail flight since it is not Qatar Airways policy to change alphabets in passenger's name.
In the mean time I called Qatar airlines as I had lost trust Expedia and not much to my surprise Qatar Airways support did my task in 10 mins and said that "Expedia has a whole support team in Qatar with us and similar requests are done many times upon Expedia's request." After Qatar Airways did the change I informed this to the Expedia's supervisor whom I was on hold on other line and she was still saying the same that I have to pay again so they can book my flight again since my request cannot be processed by Qatar Airways as it is not Qatar Airway's policy. This was the first and last time I would use Expedia for anything and I don't recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed April 15, 2017
My experience with Expedia's customer service representatives was horrific. No one was helpful. The reps were huffing and puffing on the phone like they were so stressed out about me calling for the reservation EXPEDIA screwed up!!! Every single time I asked to speak with a supervisor I was placed on hold for 20 minutes then cold transferred to a whole other department who had no idea what was going. So I spent 2 hours explaining myself over and over and over again to these representatives who did not want to help. This ruin my entire Easter weekend with my family.
I have over 500k followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and I will be shouting from the HIGHEST mountaintop to NEVER BOOK USING EXPEDIA!!! Booking.com has better rates and user friendly and the customer service reps have compassion. For the inconvenience I experienced I was only given $50. That I could not even use. I rate Expedia with 0 stars. I would never recommend using them to book travel.
Reviewed April 14, 2017
When booking a flight, you are offered trip cancellation insurance. Terms for this insurance are not available ahead of time but sound pretty general in the ad. After you book your non-refundable fare, you are sent an email with the terms that indicate some pretty specific events had to occur before the insurance kicks in such as house made uninhabitable, or a death with final verification needed. Then you initiate a claim procedure.
The customer service representative at Expedia had a poor attitude - spoke to me in an unsympathetic way and just kept repeating that the terms were sent after booking, so everything was OK on their end. She also put me on hold without warning and I thought she hung up. I didn't bother to hang up the phone because I was typing and she came back quite sometime later to continue to repeat that since I bought the bargain fare there was no refund or change allowed but she'd be happy to cancel the trip for me anyway. This was a pretty upsetting phone call and I really felt the insurance was misrepresented before I bought it. They got 2 stars instead of one since they seem to have gotten the flight correctly and the price was OK.
Reviewed April 14, 2017
I booked the Best Western Hotel in Inglewood weeks before my departure, as I wanted a Hotel close to the Airport. In Seattle the Security-Boarder Officer warned me to stay in Inglewood as a ** and blonde girl and told me to change my hotel. I called Expedia and I made it very clear to the person I talked to that I wanted to get out of Inglewood.
When I arrived in LA (3 hours late) I checked my email confirmation and noticed that it is still the same hotel address as before (Best Western). It was already after 9:30 pm and I thought that I just stay one night at the Best Western and take a taxi the next morning. I paid $20 from the Airport to the Best Western (again address on my changed hotel). The guy at the reception told me that I am not booked at this hotel. He saw the confirmation on my phone that it was his address but a different booking number. Once he looked it up he told me I need to get to the American Inn. It was around 10:30 pm at this time (I left my house at 8:30 am). AGAIN I had to pay for a taxi almost $20 and he dropped me off at the American Inn in INGLEWOOD!!!
Oh my gosh what a place!!! Not only the hotel was/is in incredible bad condition but the location and the people that are staying there are just as bad. 2 guys walked up to me asking for money and tried to get into my place. I called my husband to help me to get out of this place. I was very scared plus my room was disgusting, had a punch hole in the wall and drywall patches in the ceiling. He called Expedia again from Canada and complained that they put me back into Inglewood at a even worse hotel and that they should do everything to get me out of there! We could not believe that Expedia has this hotel as an option in their system!
The taxi driver did not show up for an hour and 15 minutes and I had to call him 4 times. When he finally arrived he mentioned that they usually do not pick-ups in this area! And again I had to pay for another transport! He then dropped me off at the new hotel. (Extended Stay America). When I arrived it was 12:30 am and all I wanted was a clean bed to sleep. The hotel looked good and the lady at the front desk was very nice BUT she told me the hotel was all booked and that I would not be able to get a room. She mentioned that this situation has happened many times before and that it is Expedia fault to book a client in a already fully booked hotel. At this time I was so exhausted from my trip and started to get very frustrated, sad and mad.
I was at the front desk when Expedia called. The lady mentioned on the phone that someone just checked out and she could go and clean the room. At this point I was ok to wait to just fall into a safe bed. The person on the other line from Expedia told her not to do that. My husband got very mad and frustrated because I was booked twice in Inglewood, had to pay for taxi, then booked into a hotel that was full, it was way past midnight and there was nothing he could do to help or protect me. Expedia told us there is no hotel in the area that they could book me in!
He then called other hotels himself in the area and found only one room that was available. The Lady at the front desk at the Extended Stay America was so kind to drive me over to the Torrance Marriott where I finally got a bed at 2:00 am. We are very frustrated with the service that Expedia provided us and they are not contacting us back to sort this out!!! Extremely bad service. Will never book with them!
Reviewed April 14, 2017
Booked Boat Harbour Garden Cottages, Boat Harbour - (Itinerary: **) on the 9th March. Drove for five hours, arrived at accommodation to be told the booking was not received by the accommodation manager. Called Expedia twice. First time staff told me they could not hear me. Second time they told me they would find alternative accommodation, then hung up on me. Meanwhile, Expedia took full accommodation costs from my credit card. Family of five left to our own devices.
Reviewed April 14, 2017
I bought my tickets to go from 28th of May thru 2nd of June 2017 with Pawa Dominicana. Not even a few days later I got an email saying they had a flight schedule change. This meant that I had a layover of 8+ hours at St. Domingo going to Miami and 1 day + layover coming back to Curacao. I called them and told them that I wanted to cancel the flight, because I had bought a bundle from them including the hotel and car + insurance for the flight/hotel/medical and car. They told me it is okay they will need to contact Pawa Dominicana via mail to get the authorization code so they could cancel it. This has been since January and my flight date is coming up next month and still I haven't received my money back. I even told them that I wanted to make a claim with the insurance and even that is an problem for them.
I will never ever book again with Expedia as a travel agent would book it myself or look for a local agent. I paid $1000+ for this trip and got a -$1000 service from them. Seriously I hope at least my hotel and care reservation is okay because if not I'm going to sue them. They are responsible, even when you explain to them that you need your $500+ money back to book a flight that you feel secure with they still keep turning you around. Expedia you are a disgrace and will not recommend no one to ever book again with you. I have called over 8 times totaling over 10+ hours talking to representatives and supervisors but all will come down to this stupid email that I have received over 6 times.
Reviewed April 13, 2017
I have booked with them three times and have had a bad experience every time. The most recent was today when I specifically clicked on today's date to book, and on the confirmation page the website malfunctioned and changed the date to a month from now! Also, I was charged for the room in advanced which I did NOT consent to. I even read the fine print to make sure I was only making a reservation to pay once I got there. Still, the same problem from last time.
Of course when I called they told me it was non-refundable and that I would be penalized. This has happened to me twice with them where they refused to give me a refund! Once I was on the phone with them for 2 hours a day for about 4 days straight trying to understand why I couldn't be refunded my $430 when I did not know they were going to charge me at the time! As soon as I found out I called 3 minutes after the reservation. That wasn't good enough. They are terrible and I will never book with them again. Expedia is THE WORST!!!
Reviewed April 13, 2017
I booked a hotel on Expedia. A few days later I found a reduced price on Expedia for the same hotel. I read their price guarantee and it said that if you find a lower price on any website within 24 hours you could get a refund of the difference. At that time, they had an exception for Expedia+ members, where they could ask for a refund up to 48 hours before your trip. I searched my Expedia account and found out I was an Expedia+ member so I asked for a refund of the difference. They were supposed to answer within 72 hours. About a week later I finally got an email back saying my claim was denied because I didn't provide a screenshot of THEIR website showing the price.
When I wrote them back to ask why they needed a screenshot of their own website I was told that they still need a screenshot of their own website. Moreover I could only claim within 24 hours of booking. I went back on their website to find the exception about the Expedia+ members and it was gone. The price guarantee was write up was quite reduced from the earlier version. I also feel for the person below who tried to change their airline tickets. I went through the same ordeal. There's lots of other websites, you can easily avoid Expedia and its affiliates! If anything, shop on Expedia to get ideas, then book with a site that gives good service.
Reviewed April 13, 2017
Stranded in the far reaches of the Caribbean on a small island with torrential rain and airport closure! Telephoned the advertised free number, "We accept collect calls!" Double checked with their agent upon answering and was then put back and forth on hold for 169 minutes whilst they sorted out our airline tickets. Got home and received a bill for $302 for that phonetical! Pursued it with Expedia and all they were prepared to do was offer me a $150 hotel voucher to be used within 12 months!!! In light of my reaction they upped it to $200. Talk about passing the buck literally - a dishonorable company that doesn't stand behind their employee errors and is clearly happy for you to pay for their mistakes and what about being on hold for 3 hours! Fun fun fun. Avoid Expedia!
Reviewed April 13, 2017
Book a hotel in Panama through Expedia. It wasn't until after I paid that I was notified that there was a $500 deposit. When booking the hotel it did not once notify me that there would be a deposit. I consider this false advertisement and a scam. I will never book through Expedia again. I'm highly displeased. Do NOT be FOOLED by their PRICES. BEFORE BOOKING everything, MAKE SURE YOU LOOK UP THE LOCATION. THEY DO NOT GIVE ACCURATE PRICING.
Reviewed April 12, 2017
I've used Expedia for many years in my personal and business capacity. I was always happy until something went wrong and the true colours of the company were revealed. When booking a hotel (apartment) for a holiday I discovered on arrival that the place was filthy, appliances broken and was uninhabitable. It looked nothing like the pictures on the website (see example picture from their website and what the actual bathroom looked like).
I contacted the hotel and was told that there is nothing they can do. They were happy to bring an another cleaner but the place was beyond cleaning. On complaining to Expedia I was told that they spoke to the owners and they are trying their best. However the owner was not prepared to speak to us. We eventually moved out after 1 night (out of 8 booked). I was told that since the hotel is charging us directly I can negotiate a refund directly with them. However they had already collected the deposit and were in the process of collecting the full fee since I did not cancel within 5 days. What is most annoying is that Expedia had provided them with my credit card details so whilst not being prepared to get involved they helped in getting us taken advantage of. I would strongly discourage people from using their services. There are better options out there.
Reviewed April 12, 2017
I tried booking a flight through Expedia. ca in April 2017. I was looking for a return flight from Toronto, Canada to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for later this year. When you go on the Expedia site, you can choose the departing flight first and then the returning flight. So this is what I did - chose the departing flight with Air Canada and then the return flight with Delta as the options allowed for this. I then get an error message, “Unable to process your request, try again.” So I tried again but after a few more tries with the same issue, called the expedia customer service line.
The first person I spoke to said expedia is going through a system upgrade and they are having the same issue and I should try again in a few hours. So the next morning, I tried once more and got the same error message. I called again into the customer service line. This time, they said you can't book the departing flight and the return flight with different airlines. Wow! Completely different answer! I asked why they would then have an option on the site to allow for the ability to pick two different airlines for a return flight if that combination isn't available. And why I would get completely two different answers when calling within a span of 12 hours. They could not answer either question and basically said that not being able to book 2 different airlines is the fault of the airlines and not their fault. And basically left it at that. I am very disappointed with their service and resolution of the matter.
Reviewed April 12, 2017
I clicked the dates for hotel reservation was 14 April 2017. Expedia booked for me for 6-7 April 2017 and steal my money. Purely scam. Check your date carefully in the confirmation paper, maybe too late to cancel or to ask for refund. SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, Expedia SCAM.
Reviewed April 11, 2017
I've had 2 bad experiences with Expedia. First time was when I purchased a car rental from them. Got to the car rental place and they could not find my reservation. I paid for insurance via Expedia, but when I got to the car rental place, there was no record of that. Wasted 40 dollars on the insurance I did not receive.
Second experience was when I purchased flights. I accidentally wrote down a nickname instead of the passport name. Saw on their website that name changes were allowed on boarding passes if this scenario happened. Called customer service, said they can handle it no problem and said they would contact me later in the day to confirm the change. Called in at 9 am that morning... Did not call back at all until I went to call into check on it. Put me on hold for a half hour said they needed some specialist to look into it. Specialist put me on hold for an hour (this was all outsourced customer service with broken English). Specialist gets on the line after trying to handle the correction for an hour and a half, says there's nothing she can do, said it's the airline's policy that they can't change it.
I call directly to the Airline and they said that the name can happen but only if I go through Expedia. Went back to Expedia to explain that the airline has to get the okay from them, waited another 1.5 hours on the phone (at this point I think they just want to keep me on the line for me to hang up) Came back and said I can go in early the next morning to see if they can change it at the desk.
Next morning rolls around. Go to the ticket desk, ticket desk says Expedia has to change it, call Expedia and says if Airline gives them the ok then they can change it. Makes some excuse about not being able to, I have them talk to the ticket counter manager while Expedia makes more excuses on why they can’t do it. Said I could cancel the ticket and repurchase them at a much higher price. (Even though Airline says this same situation happened a week ago but got it fixed with another travel company).
Short story: Expedia refused to have the name change from a nickname to full name, kept me on the phone for 5 hours and could barely understand the outsourced customer service. Was charged $200 for a cancellation fee. Terrible.
Reviewed April 11, 2017
I booked with Expedia for the first (AND VERY LAST TIME!!!) three months ago for a family vacation in Kissimmee, Florida. As we were three families and children going I booked a three bedroom condo from one of their hotel listings. I was sent a confirmation. Oh, by the way I was also told they would not bill my credit card until my stay. I was barely off the phone and my card was charged. Fast forward after receiving confirmation, for my three bedroom I expected everything to go smoothly. Three weeks before my stay I called the hotel to confirm. They booked me for a two bedroom when I paid and expressly said wanted a three. As I type this review I have been on hold for close to 93 minutes to no avail. Never book with EXPEDIA.
Reviewed April 10, 2017
I booked a hotel at Kansas through Expedia for 29th March to 2nd April 2017 (four nights). On check in I told the hotel management that I would stay only three nights and they responded that since I booked through Expedia, I would have to go through them for my 1 night refund. Before checkout on the 1st April, I called the Expedia phone number (18772613523) provided on my itinerary and I was told that they would call the hotel and confirm while I was on hold. They told me the owner/manager was not in and they needed his approval to refund me. I was informed to expect a callback. No call came.
On 8th April, I called Expedia again and told them I had been expecting their call and my refund and they said the same thing again about calling the hotel. After the call they told me the manager was away and they were informed he will be in 11 AM the next day, I was informed to expect a callback. On 9th April, knowing that no call will come, I called by 10:05 AM and narrated the story again to their representative. She said she will call the hotel and confirm if a refund will be approved. After the call I was told that it was not approved and that if it was going to be, it should have been on the 1st of April. I told them that even if the hotel doesn't approve it, it is their responsibility to make them to and then refund the customer, after all, the transaction was made through Expedia.
Anyway they consulted with someone after I was on hold for quite some time and said they had reached a decision to give me a $100 coupon (cost for one night is $54 including taxes) for use towards hotel lodging via Expedia and that the coupon is being forwarded to me right away. Right away was Sunday morning (9th April) and I will be surprised to see them keep their word. N.B: Let me fairly add that I have booked a flight via Expedia and had no problems (gave great ratings afterward) and I thought this would have been handled better than it has.
Reviewed April 10, 2017
I attempted to purchase tickets but when I got to the payment screen, I was given the following message: "Your flight just sold out. Don't worry - your card will not be charged. Click here to search again." So I thought no problem and searched again, choose a different flight. This too was sold out. This happened 2 more times until my card was declined. Turns out, Expedia did charge me all three times for the tickets. This almost drained my bank account. Not sure how I will get the money back.
Reviewed April 10, 2017
I have booked often on Expedia. This past time I had 2 problems both of which were addressed professionally, with care, pleasantly. I could not be more happy with the way they dealt with and the attentiveness with which they got involved.
Reviewed April 10, 2017
Book a flight from France to Thailand, received the booking confirmation and eTicket, only to discover at the airport counter that EXPEDIA never book my flight!!! OF COURSE they took the money!!! And now don't want to give it back!!! One advice only: NEVER USE EXPEDIA!!!
Reviewed April 9, 2017
Dont ever book with Expedia. Not only did they cancel our connecting flight they then want you to pay them to phone in to reimbursed. And there is seldom anyone there. We had to stay over in the connecting city and then bus instead of fly. 24 hours later. Best to go with your local agent. But never with these greedy people.
Reviewed April 8, 2017
Contacted this vendor and explained in detail where and who would be staying in the room. The reservation was for July and I booked it in March, so plenty of time in between. I happened to be in the area today and saw the hotel that I had been booked at. Well it was miles from where we wanted to be and NOT on the beach!! I called to cancel and asked the agent to search the correct area. He found a Marriott Villa just 1 mile from where we want to be and was $189 per night. At least that was what he told me. He said that I could pay when we arrive at the hotel in July, and that my confirmation for this new reservation would be sent out to me.
Hours went by and no confirmation for the new location! Called back again, and of course got a different agent, he disconnected me after a 10 minute discussion. Then I called again and asked for a supervisor. She disconnected me after 15 min. I called again, and again. Only to hear "SO sorry if you didn't get a confirmation number. You will have to pay what the prices are at the moment!!! Really, so the 1st guy put me in the wrong location, then the one who cancelled it promised me "the perfect room" but he didn't make the reservation??? WTF!!
Reviewed April 8, 2017
We booked a trip to Mexico through Expedia. The first leg of the flight to Atlanta was delayed by the previous day's weather. We were going to miss our connection to Mexico City. We asked Expedia to work on changing our booking so we could get to Mexico the next day. We decided to take the delayed flight to Atlanta and spend the night there; there would be no other way to get to Atlanta for several days, otherwise.
While we were in the gate area, Expedia canceled our flight to Atlanta. We don't know why. Our luggage went without us. That's lost, now. Diana, the woman who was 'helping' rebook the Atlanta to Mexico portion of the trip dropped the call. There were 3 fake call-backs (I assume their system makes three attempts); each was an immediate hang-up on their end. We didn't discover that they'd canceled our flight until we tried to board the plane. This scuttled the vacation. We called them when we returned home. Expedia offered to rebook flights at triple the price--last-minute rates. Aeromexico gave us a partial refund on the return flight. But since, it wasn't their fault, they held onto the lion's share of the fare. We lost the hotel fee. Total loss for this non-vacation was $1,400.
So, our experience is that booking with Expedia was simple enough. But, when there's any complication, they became like the DMV, except that they wouldn't accept responsibility for any of it. They're not the airlines that they represent. Once they (Expedia) canceled our flights (which they were not supposed to do), they were helpless to reinstate them. They blamed the problem on every other thing. This was our Expedia experience as we saw it: vacation canceled, luggage sent out into oblivion gone and $1,400 lost.
Reviewed April 7, 2017
You simply cannot trust that their bookings are real. Not one, not two, but three "completed" bookings which were (and still are) very clearly listed in my account history as well as in "My Trips" either vanished or had un-openable vouchers. I secured my airport to hotel shuttle over a week in advance. But I noticed a few days before the flight, the link to the itinerary gave nothing but error messages; a vague message that "We cannot complete your request at the time, try back later". Because the shuttle was still listed in "My Trips" I tried accessing it by entering the itinerary #. Both on the app and on the regular site, and still no good. That time the error message said that the itinerary didn't match my email account (which was nonsense and literally impossible). So with a ghost booking sitting in my account but with no actual proof of purchase the whole thing was unredeemable.
And really, I'm not even sure the booking was real since the driver never showed up. 2nd failed booking was for a 4 hour food & wine tasting tour I'd set up for Portugal. The day before I went to try the voucher to print it, and sure enough the link gave me the "try again later" error message. Entering the itinerary # didn't work either. I couldn't even show to to the tour and explain my problem to the tour company because meet up location was inside the voucher. I had to call customer service (not free outside the US and Canada) because their online support doesn't handle anything regarding refunds or itinerary changes. The automatic email you get in return says they will try their best to get someone in touch in 24 hrs. My activity was to start in 1 hr, so that wasn't going to work. After explaining my situation to the rep, her system crashed before she could even acknowledge she understood the problem.
I waited 20 minutes because now the support line needed support from another dept. She even told me that that person in her dept wasn't at work yet so we needed to wait for him to arrive. The call cost me $90 at the hotel. The rep actually called the tour company and asked for them to return my money as if the booking was their fault. They obviously refused and told her that this falls on Expedia, just as I'd tried to explain. Once both me and the tour company explained that the faulty links were the problem they said they'd handle the refund.
Sadly I'd also purchased a bike our via Expedia so we had to do this trust exercise once again the following day. I had a printed our voucher this time, but once I arrived to the activity my tour group had gone because Expedia listed it for 3PM when it was actually 2PM. The owner of the bike company saw my printed Expedia voucher with the huge 3PM booking time splayed across the reservation and shook his head. He said he has problems with Expedia all the time, you can't trust their bookings and clearly he is correct.
Reviewed April 7, 2017
First of all, I've been customer with Expedia since 2004. My family and I TRAVEL AT LEAST THREE TIMES A YEAR, and always with Expedia. This time, I booked the trip to Italy for Christmas vacation. Two weeks later received email from Expedia that my flight is canceled, and I need to call as soon as possible to confirm new flight, which Expedia. I called and had very bad luck to speak with unprofessional agent, name Heshem. He put me on hold for three hours... wasn't able to help me, and suggest me to cancel my trip with my money back guaranty. I told him, I don't want to cancel, I took vacation from work... and planned the trip, all I'm asking is to find similar flight I booked original.
Then he put me on hold for another two hours... I hung up, and called again Expedia, and thank God, very nice agent, name Dana helped me for 5 min. She found similar flight with no hassle!!! After four hours agent Heshem called, and said that he is sorry and he wasn't able to find similar flights... and I told him that "before you call customers check my profile first, everything is fixed already, and it took 5 min." I dealt with him whole day with no result... Horrible... Horrible... Horrible... Will never spend my money here anymore!
Reviewed April 7, 2017
I did not get an email confirmation of my hotel reservation. Given the wrong confirmation number. Gave me the wrong hotel. It took me close to two hours to find the hotel where my reservation was made. I had to call every Hampton Inn and Embassy hotel in Jax. I noticed that the payment was withdrawn from my bank account but that was all.
Reviewed April 6, 2017
Completely incompetent support. On hold for over 2 hours. It doesn't matter what time of day you call them, the hold times are a minimum of 40 to 50 minutes. They promised they would resolve my situation and that they would call me back. They never called back. Use another travel site, never use Expedia.
Reviewed April 6, 2017
I'm writing to WARN CONSUMERS, who work hard to earn their MONEY, not to go with Expedia when booking anything. Expedia has now ripped me off for the THIRD time, spent $700 on a CONFIRMED hotel room, for 2 different rooms. When we called Expedia to make a small change, they had advised that one room was booked, yet my booking clearly states that I had booked TWO rooms. I find the customer service representatives like to err on the side of incompetence. When asked to make a small change such as switching dates over to extend one room booking, the incompetent Expedia rep failed to communicate that he was CANCELLING the other room altogether, but where was the refund for such cancellation? So now, we're out 1 room plus $400.
They offered to rectify the issue by booking 2 rooms, but in 2 separate hotels, which completely defeats the purpose of why I had booked 4 months in advance, so that we could have 2 rooms at the same hotel. This is not the first time this has happened. If you book through Expedia, it's guaranteed you will not have good customer service and any changes you need to make will not be done. Save your pennies and go with another service provider or go through hotel directly.
Reviewed April 4, 2017
I booked 5 tickets on Turkish Airlines from Dubai to Lisbon and paid online. After 6 hours and a half I received an email that my booking was cancelled! I called their office in USA and stayed on the line (I paid) for 1 hour and 28 min with the supervisor who blamed my bank for not authorizing the amount and the only solution he offered is to re-book the tickets for higher fare!!! He did not want to believe that the amount was blocked and authorized as confirmed by my bank. The same issue happened after he charged my card (again) while I was with him on the phone to make the new booking! My card was charged $4,062 first time and the second time it was charged $4,326.10, yet the ticket was not issued! He then started to call the airlines to see what is happening but there was no answer. The last resort for him was to contact the ticketing dept at Expedia to see what the problem is and he said he will call me back.
He wrote to me after 2 hours (when I sent a complaint message to their Facebook account) and informed me that the tickets were issued finally at the original fare and they paid me $140 to compensate me!!! I still have both amounts blocked on my card and the timing of the new tickets is different (5 hours layover instead of 1.5 hours in my original booking) let alone the 5 hours stress, phone calls and emails I spent with the customer service who was just trying to blame my bank! My advice to everyone is to avoid booking on Expedia and similar websites. We think they follow international standards but in fact they just fool people by their slightly cheaper prices. I will book only through the airlines' websites from now on even if I pay the double. It was the worst experience ever and I was about to risk the whole trip!
Reviewed April 4, 2017
I bought a package on March 26 from Expedia to travel on 28 March. Got email confirmation as usual as have used Expedia in the past as well. My credit card was charged as well. On 28 March at 1 am, few hours before travel, got an email from Expedia saying my tickets are not there. I called the Customer Care number provided only to be told by very rude agent (somewhere in Philippines) that it is what it is and all he can do is book again for about $400 more.
He first told me that money was never charged to my Credit card for which I gave him proof for. Then after putting me on hold for over 40 minutes at 1 am in morning, came back to tell me that Expedia cannot do anything and is not obliged to provide me with they got paid for. Asked him to pass the call to supervisor and he declined. Called again and got another agent who passed me on to Customer care agent who was actually embarrassed and admitted it is Expedia's fault but unfortunately does not have the ability or authorization to make it right. Bottom line is Expedia will take your money and may not deliver the product. I am in process to explore what my options are in this case.
Reviewed April 4, 2017
I called customer service to extend a stay but was billed for a second room on the same date as stay. All attempts to reconcile were dismissed by no cancellation policy. Really? For their error? As long as I live I will never do business with those disreputable incompetents again and I urge you to avoid them like a bedbug infested leper.
Reviewed April 4, 2017
This is the first and last time I have booked with Expedia. I asked them to change my tickets and they said that I have to contact the Airlines for that... then I contacted the airlines who said that my tickets are booked by the travel agency so I should be contacting them. They put me on hold for more than an Hour and dropped the call after that.
Reviewed April 4, 2017
Booked a round trip from the website. Everything was good. I checked everything before making payment. When I received the email I only got a confirmation for my returned booking. Lucky I took screenshots of the round trip. After spending an hour more with customer service and trying to figure out the problem thru language accent obstacle, the lady was able to see the problem and book my round trip. It's not the customer service fault and I tried to keep my composure. But definitely would not recommend Expedia.
Reviewed April 3, 2017
Hotel Oui Go DON'T GO!! - I weighed whether or not I would write a review of this hotel, as it had mostly great reviews, but in all honesty the way my husband and I were treated at this establishment was deplorable. We booked the hotel for one evening, as we were passing through the area. The hotel was pricey considering all it was, was a room and a light breakfast, but it was only one evening, and we didn't get away much.
My husband is retired from the military very recently. He was medically released, as he has Rheumatoid Arthritis, and PTSD. He has a service dog for both these conditions. She aides him physically, and mentally. It has been very difficult for my husband to be out in public for many years, but since he's had his service dog, he has been slowly acclimating to public life. She is NOT a pet, and it not treated as one, as she has a very important job to do. When we checked in that evening the gentleman working the front desk notified us that pets were not allowed in the hotel. My husband told him that she was a service dog. The gentleman then said, "Oh OK that's fine then." We checked in, went for dinner, came back to our hotel and went to bed.
As every evening, my husband's service dog sleeps on her pillow we bring for her beside my husband. She is trained to wake him from the night terrors he experiences from being overseas. She does her job well, and is very trained. She is trained to stay in one spot all evening, not jump on furniture, urinate or defecate except when outside. When my husband went down in the morning to take his dog outside, he was informed when he was coming back in, by the owner Mr. Alex ** that she was not allowed in the hotel, or up in the room. My husband informed him that she was a service dog, and she was allowed in, and was checked in the night before with no problem. He also informed him that we were told the night before that it was OK. He told my husband that pets were not allowed in his hotel. Mr. ** failed to understand the difference between a pet, and a service dog.
We came back down for breakfast, and packed our bags, and went downstairs to check out. Mr. ** asked how our stay was. I told him it was fine, except for the treatment about my husband's service dog. He responded by aggressively saying, "Don't get me started on that, my partner will talk to you." His partner then said the room needed to be inspected, and so I told him I would go with him. All this was done in their lobby/breakfast area in front of all of the other guests. His partner Mr. Gilles ** and I went upstairs and inspected the room, twice. He could see nothing wrong with the room, of course. My husband's service dog is once again fully trained, and we of course would never leave a mess behind.
We came downstairs where I told Mr. ** this treatment was deplorable. I asked him if he would treat someone with a guide dog in this manner, and proceeded to say that my husband's dog was a pet, and was not allowed in his hotel. I asked why we’re permitted to check in, if this was so?! He responded by saying that animals of any kind were not allowed in his hotel. He said, "Whatever you want to call it, it's still a pet, and it's not allowed." I informed him that he was indeed wrong, that service dogs are not pets, and have the rights that pets don't have. He also said that people with wheelchairs wouldn't stay at his hotel either because of all the stairs.
I responded telling him that he was being rude, and that my husband served our country for his freedom, and to berate us in this manner in front of his other guests was inexcusable. He then proceeded to tell us that he was going to charge us a fee for cleaning up the room. I told him that a pet fee is for damage done, as my husband's service dog had not damaged anything, he could not charge this fee. We were also checked in the evening before without any issues. Mr. ** was so aggressive that my husband phoned the police. Mr. ** then followed me outside, still aggressive telling us that he was charging our credit card for damages. There was no damages to charge for.
The police officer told Mr. ** as much, that he could not charge us. We then walked away with Mr. ** still yelling at us down the street, until the police car rode beside us to our car. Never ever in our lives have we ever been treated so poorly. Mr. ** should be ashamed of his behavior. It was disrespectful, unprofessional, and deplorable to say the least. We would not have stayed if the evening before if we were told that he would not accept a service dog, which is illegal.
Here is the law: A MEANS TO PALLIATE A DISABILITY. The Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms protects all people with a disability who use a guide dog or a service dog. A person accompanied by a guide dog or a service dog has the right to access, without discrimination: Public places such as businesses, restaurants and hotels; Public transport and taxis; Work places; Recreational facilities such as campsites or movie theaters.
My husband has a legal disability. He has the paperwork, cards, and his dog wears her official vest. I had to handle talking with Mr. **, as my husband cannot deal with such hostility. Thanks to your treatment, more than likely my husband will not be able to go anywhere for a long time coming. Shame, shame on you Mr. ** for such disgusting behavior. His staff, however, were courteous, polite, and very respectful.
Reviewed April 3, 2017
After 10+ hour of being with them over the phone they still wouldn't admit that their "representatives" made a mistake on canceling my flights. They will not at all try to be helpful. It's a long story, in short they simply don't care about ruining your trip or being sympathetic about losing your thousands of dollars and missing important business engagements. I also purchased their expensive insurance and it's absolutely useless! There are all the images with the times I spent trying to speak to someone for your reference. The phone numbers from Arizona are when they actually called me. I've spoken to more than 12 agents to no avail. I hope this helps to prevent further frustrations with naive clients
Reviewed April 3, 2017
Room booked was already given away on arrival with card on file and charged. Options due to Expedia were to pay cancellation through Expedia and directly book through hotel for additional cost and to wait until next morning for Vacancy. App difficult to make any changes to additional information. Cancelled future booking through app due to this inconvenience, app failed to delete and was charged a full nights room and cancellation fee within same trip. Was reimbursed $200 credit by Expedia which I used a portion of and when went to use remaining credits informed any remaining is forfeited. Then was not re-credited remaining amount.
When trying to leave a 1-star app review conveniently kept deleting comments due to name being taken or password error instead of editing option. First time Expedia customer, I will be sticking with Priceline & other agents if any as I have never had any issues in all my traveling years and I will not use Expedia ever again for these many factors. Saving money with Expedia did not happen, it costed our family money and a full night's sleep on the streets of Orlando without paying double. Expedia was still paid by above hotels at their customers' expense and they didn't make it right. Horrible customer service and portal.
Reviewed April 2, 2017
This review could go on for eternity. I'll save the time. I wish I could get back from over 30 hours of my life lost on hold or with rep on the phone. Initially I called in to complain about bad customer service, was offered a voucher to conclude as I wanted to book. The voucher was never honored, nor the other two and an offer from their corporate center for points. Overall, I was hung up on, lied to, called a liar, shrugged off, many attempts to wait me out, passed off on, offered false promises all the way to corporate. Finally dealt with by the worst service support personnel in my life at CORPORATE! Note they were some standout employees but less than 5 of 30+ do not get into too far. I'm a gold member and have spent thousands only to be disappointed and neglected. Go elsewhere, try to find a business with Western call center.
Reviewed April 2, 2017
Expedia confirmed and charged for a booking and the next day said the airline did not confirm price, because of this false booking I lost the opportunity to book at a much lower cost, now almost all airlines have increased their prices by 25%. All I got was "I am sorry. Have your money back."
Reviewed April 1, 2017
My flight had long layovers and no hotel room booked. My flights I had with Emirates seats were uncomfortable seats but great service. I think Expedia should have asked me if I wanted a room. I found out from a friend you can get rooms with long layovers. I had to walk around in a foreign airport for 14 hours.
Reviewed April 1, 2017
This is to bring to your attention the pathetic service rendered by Expedia.com whereby I had cancelled my ticket but nowhere on the ticket it is mentioned that it was non-refundable and now after cancellation of tickets the customer care executive is saying that there would be no refund of the entire amount of the ticket value of 93000 INR which has come as a rude shock to us and we are contemplating of taking legal action on the website as they are misleading the customers. All users please refrain from using the website for any transactions and treat this as a warning.
Reviewed March 31, 2017
I can't believe this company is still around after what I just dealt with them. Scheduled a hotel booking over a week out and it didn't say anything about not being able cancel the reservation. Two days later I call them to cancel the reservation and they tell me the hotel won't refund my money, so I contact the hotel and they say that it's Expedia who won't refund my money. Beware of this place as they do not care one bit about the people who use their service they are just internet scam artists. Horrible company.
Reviewed March 27, 2017
Last night I spent 2 and half hrs on the phone with their customer service trying to book a trip for my family. In that 2 and half hours I was disconnected once. Called again, gave all my information, and they ran my credit card incorrectly. I'd ask to get transfer to a manager. The lady transfer me to some guy who I thought was the manager. After about 30 mins with that person I found out that I wasn't speaking to a manager. Once they finally transfer me to a real manager my trip price went up by $600 and they said that there is nothing they could do about it because I didn't give pay for the trip. She didn't understand that I was trying for 2.5 hrs to book my reservation.
They were telling me that I need to speak to my bank to see why the transaction wasn't going thru. I told them that it was a credit card company and there should be no problem. After about 20 mins of going back and forth with them, I decided to call my credit card company and found out they Expedia reverse the charge so they could get a higher price on my trip. I will NEVER book with them again.
Reviewed March 27, 2017
I purchased multi-city plane tickets for my family to Europe. It was not a cheap package but I knew that I didn't want the traveler insurance that Expedia offers because my mother-in-law always purchases through a separate company that also includes health and emergency medical services. When I got my confirmation I didn't think to check that the insurance package was not on my itinerary because I was sure that I had not purchased it. When I pulled up my itinerary to coordinate travel plans with family a couple weeks later I noticed the extra charges. I called Expedia and explained the situation, that I thought there had been an error somewhere.
At first the representatives were pretty nice but when I got transferred to the supervisor Rachel, and then Lead Supervisor Jessica ** they were immediately rude and condescending. They told me that because it had passed 10 days there was nothing that could be done and it was my fault for not thoroughly reading the confirmation details. Keep in mind there was still plenty of time before my trip, it's not like I called the day before to cancel. When I said that I truly believe that there had been a mistake, she told me they had a screen shot of my computer with the insurance box checked. I don't think this is true in any way so I asked her to email me the screenshot, to which she replied it was proprietary information and she couldn't share it with me.
In the end, after over an hour and a half of wait time and rude representatives, they just said they wouldn't do anything about it. This is actually the second (but by far the worst) issue we've had using Expedia. I won't use them anymore. Too bad, the reason I pulled up my itinerary was to start booking hotels for our two week stay in multiple cities for my in-laws and my family. Needless to say, that won't be happening with Expedia.
Reviewed March 27, 2017
I had booked a room at the Hilton Boston/Woburn and needed to cancel or change it. I called so many times and talked to so many agents. Finally, I spoke with "Martin" and calmly told him my story, as I tried to do with the others. It took him a great deal of time but he was able to do just as I asked. He was so polite and helpful. He saved them a customer today. I will continue to use Expedia because of my good experience today, where earlier I would have vowed to delete my account.
Reviewed March 26, 2017
My booked a hotel on Expedia. It was busy. The hotel canceled Expedia then did the right thing and moved us to another hotel. Unfortunately that hotel canceled our booking as well on the 14th of February. The problem occurred when on the 15th of February we received our confirmation saying the hotel was booked, couldn't be canceled and was nonrefundable. So we arrived at the said hotel on the 24th of March my wife's birthday. Unfortunately we found ourselves in a foreign country without a room and nowhere to go.
We rang Expedia only to be passed between departments and left on hold indefinitely. I rang again. The lady was helpful and told us she would organize a room for us at the same hotel. Problem we're already at the hotel. It's full and 95% of the hotels are there. Just to add insult the next day we received a text reminding us to check out of the hotel that had canceled our booking. In no way possible is it ok to not notify people when bookings are canceled. They ruined my wife's birthday. We will never use Expedia again.
Reviewed March 24, 2017
Trying to cancel a hotel room has been a nightmare. Three phone calls into it, including multiple transfers and extensive hold times, I'm finally directed to the 'final' person who can help me. 1 hr 47 min wait time for the return call. Missed it. 1 hr 7 min for the second return call. Will keep you posted.
Reviewed March 24, 2017
I booked a hotel at days inn and suites madison heights MI. The rooms were absolutely disgusting!!! My beds sheets hair in shower on floor, carpet not vacuumed at all. Fridge, microwave, mirrors all had gunk on them and I promise you when I went downstairs on March 9 2017 to tell the front desk (because they were not answering the front desk phones from my cell or my room phone!!!) **, had the audacity to tell me to change my own sheets and pillow cases or get a full refund.
When I came back he had called the police on me because he did not want to give me my full refund like he had asked. How dare Expedia know this information, see all the videos and photos I took and posted to twitter, all the emails we exchanged to take over 3 weeks to tell me they wouldn't refund me my money. After I was told they would and explained the thug at the front desk, ** called the police on me because he did not want to refund me the money he promised me!!! I will never ever ever do business with Expedia again!!! After!!!
Reviewed March 23, 2017
On March 3rd I had to book a flight for the same day because of a family emergency--actually, 2 flight segments from Sacramento to Ft Lauderdale, FL, with a change in Dallas. After booking the flights, Expedia told me to select seats, and provided seat maps for each leg of the flight showing every available seat requiring a fee. Given this reservation was being made less than 12 hrs before departure, I didn't question the fees and booked the seats. When I got a confirmation email about my itinerary, I saw only one seat selection had gone through, so I went to American Airlines' site to reserve the second seat, and it was then I discovered there were free seats available on both flight segments.
I contacted Expedia and was told they would not provide a refund on the seat charge; that if I didn't want to pay for the seat I simply shouldn't have reserved it on Expedia. Bottom line--they offered up a seat map showing no free seats were available--I was basically scammed into paying for something I could've gotten for free.
Reviewed March 23, 2017
I booked a ticket for my mom from DLA to Dulles but when I got the confirmation it was for the reverse. When I tried to change it I was told it will cost me $300.00 even after an agent told me if I canceled I will get my full refund. I spent a total of 10 hours on the phone and I was given the runaround. I finally got transferred to a Corporate Manager by the name Renee ** who not only hung up the phone on me but was incredibly rude and didn't take account of all the time I had spent on the phone. I will file complaint with any channel available. Worse customer service from a corporate manager.
Reviewed March 22, 2017
A group of us bought a package deal from Expedia to Cancun. To start off the trip, our plane was delayed for 6 hours because of mechanical issues and we almost had to stay at the airport overnight. Anyways, we missed the first full day at Cancun, and got no compensation for it. When we got to Cancun, our hotel was overbooked, so we were transferred to some rundown hotel. The first two rooms they try to put us in, had people in it already. Not to mention, we had to share one king size bed for three grown men.
When we came back to our original resort, we waited in line for 2 hours to get our room. We did not receive any compensation or anything from the hotel. Once we got to the hotel room, we found again only one king size bed. We went and complained because when we booked through Expedia, we made sure we had two separate beds for 3 adults, but they said "sorry, we have no more rooms available". So we did not have much of a choice but to go along with it. The whole week was difficult to sleep, and I ended sleeping on the ground a couple nights. Also, on the Expedia page, it said that hotel had different entertainment and night shows, but that was not the case. Anyways, this was one of the worst experiences and I will not recommend booking through Expedia to anyone else because you will not receive what you are expecting.
Reviewed March 22, 2017
I rarely write reviews, but I feel obliged to state that this is an unethical company. I have been seeking a medical refund since June 2016, and have consistently experienced delays, denials, obfuscatory emails, and now (today) an outright lie in response to my legitimate attempt to understand their refusal to comply. Alitalia customer reps were "shocked" today when I indicated that Expedia had said that they (Alitalia) had "denied" me a medical refund. Alitalia stated that no such denial had taken place.
I also shared with Alitalia an email from Expedia that stated that the airline had insisted on "Hospitalization Documentation." Again, Alitalia reps (I called twice, just to confirm) stated that "hospitalization" is not necessary if you have a letter from a physician. And that Alitalia doesn't even play a role in decisions about third-party flights that were never initiated. That in fact it is Expedia's right and obligation to follow through on the refund. After two hours on hold with Expedia, and three supervisors having summarily passed me along, each insisting that Alitalia had indeed turned me down and that they don't have the "agency" or money to refund me ("the ticket is with Alitalia," they said, "call them"), the line was disconnected and my call was dropped. I dutifully called Alitalia again, just to confirm what they had initially stated, and they once again indicated that Expedia had been authorized to follow through with a refund. That "no denial" was on record.
I recontacted Expedia, and after a subsequent period on hold was once again hung up on without having an opportunity to speak with a representative. I then contacted Expedia HQ and tried to find out the appropriate legal contact to initiate a legal case, and the answering service to "leave a message" repeatedly disconnected. I have 10 pages of documentation since I began my much-documented and legitimate attempt to receive a medical refund last June 2016. I don't have a large salary. I work as a librarian. It is profoundly disheartening to come up against a company that actively obfuscates, delays and disconnects in order to avoid the rights of their customers.
Reviewed March 22, 2017
This is the worst travel site I have used to date! They are unhelpful in solving problems but real quick to take your payment! I was in a horrible hotel (Travel Lodge San Fran North Airport) and the room was leaking water from ceiling and bathtub. They did nothing about it either at hotel or when I asked for one night's refund. Expedia does not back up their name. I will never use them for my company or person.
Reviewed March 22, 2017
Booked a cruise that changed the destination. Cancelled the cruise and booked a different one thru a different cruise line. Different day and port. Unfortunately, I had already purchased the flight thru Expedia. I bought the travel protection plan and thought I could just change the flight. Nope! Under their guidelines, this reason is not covered. Even though I was going to rebook a different flight, they would not work with me. I would not recommend them to anyone!
Reviewed March 22, 2017
So I booked a flight/hotel for Sept. For my wife and I. Turns out the flight was cancelled because I put that I was wheelchair bound in my traveler's information (which I am not). I don't remember even adding that to info. So I went ahead and booked the same flight same hotel for it to be cancelled again!! Sending me a phone number to contact with a case number. So I went ahead and called to be told it was cancelled because I forgot to add birthdays and gender in the traveler info (even though I remember clearly that I did) so I went ahead and gave them the info for him to tell me the flight is no longer the original price I paid but $300 more, that is exactly the amount Expedia said I would be saving by booking with them. So in the end I ended up paying full price for my trip. I will never use Expedia again.
Reviewed March 20, 2017
Booked a flight to Baltimore, Maryland. On the return flight, was asked if I wanted to upgrade to first class on Delta. I did so, and paid the upgrade fee. When I received my itinerary, however, I noticed that I was in Economy after the connecting flight. Called Delta and spent an hour on the phone with its rep. The rep ultimately told me that this was Expedia's fault, but that she would happily place me in first class on the connecting flight if I paid an extra $900 per ticket. The flight that I purchased from Expedia WITH THE FIRST CLASS UPGRADE was $510 per ticket. Then I called Expedia, and got the run around saying that it was Delta who had a last minute schedule change. **. I will NEVER EVER use Expedia again.
Reviewed March 20, 2017
Never booking with Expedia again! When booking a hotel online, I overlooked the smoking vs. non-smoking detail. It was my mistake. When I called to change it I was told the rates had changed and charged an extra $15. I had no option of canceling and getting a refund. The service from a man named Randy **, with an India like accent, was the absolute worst I have ever received in my life. He kept cutting me off when I was talking, insisted on wasting my time talking about things that did not need to be said. He was extremely disrespectful and rude to me with his attitude. I would never recommend that anyone use them. It was a simple problem that should have been resolved quickly and easily - instead it took me over an hour on the phone which was an hour away from my family on our short hotel stay.
Reviewed March 19, 2017
If I can convince one person to not use Expedia I will be happy! We booked one airline fare for March 20th to March 30th but then called back and booked two airline fares from April 20th to April 30th, canceling the first airline flight. "No problem," they said, "Your refund will be on your credit card in less than a week." Well now it is a month later and through numerous telephone calls we still are being charged for three flights! As someone else mentioned, they simply hang up the phone on you when they don't know the answer. We have been on the phone off and on with them for hours with no resolution.
We are still hoping for a refund of the first booking as they promised but we are going to try to fight it through our credit card. Obviously we would not have made the second booking if they had not cancelled the first, but now we have three tickets with two passengers and no resolution in sight. My strong suggestion is BOOK THROUGH SOMEWHERE ELSE. We didn't think we had a problem as they said they would refund. Liars.
Reviewed March 19, 2017
First time I used Expedia and the last. Stay away and be very careful of your credit card. Getting double charged and it's an absolute nightmare to speak with customer service as their English is so broken and difficult to understand. I never had an issue with Priceline and have learned a very good lesson. Please all viewers do any other booking site other than Expedia!
Reviewed March 18, 2017
I don't want to rewrite a long boring story so long story short, I was booking a trip to the Bahamas and exactly what happened to Nicole of Zachary, LA (another reviewer) happened to me. Interesting thing is that it was on the same day and for a similar amount, they still haven't reversed the charges and I am having a hard time getting my money back. It's been 7 days no money, they basically have my rent money. Never had a problem with Expedia before but after this never again!
Reviewed March 17, 2017
I booked a vacation to Aruba on 03/16/2017 for my daughter's sweet 16. The trip, scheduled for 07/5 - 7/12/2017, included flights and room at the Hyatt hotel for a family of five. During the reservation process, I entered all the required information to include proper ages of my teenage kids. With that being said, Bjs booked me an executive suite that allegedly could accommodate my family. On 3/17/2017, I began re-check the hotel to ensure everyone would be comfortable. I called BJs travel and spoke to "JACK", who put in a request for a roll away bed. He said it should be good... I then went on the Hyatt website and discovered that there is no roll away beds. I called Hyatt and they transferred me to the actual hotel property in Aruba. I spoke to the Representative and was told that this is misinformation. The room will not accommodate my family comfortably. The room had one king bed and a pullout TWIN couch.
I then called BJs travel (SUBCONTRACT TO EXPEDIA) back and was told they can't help me and that it went through Expedia. I spoke to "Christie" at Expedia who was of no help!!! One option, cancel everything and re-book for two rooms. OR, keep the executive suite and book a second room, and when you get there tell them you have two reservations... I explained that wouldn't be good because then there is no guarantee we would have connecting rooms or rooms on the same floor close by... Absolutely ridiculous direction! I canceled my daughter's sweet 16 trip because of the incompetence of your travel department! You have made this a disappointing and frustrating process! To top everything off, I had to make an additional call to Allianz to cancel my insurance... more frustration and time wasted.
If I would have went according to this itinerary, the trip would have been a terrible surprise showing up and not having a place to stay because they couldn't accommodate my family! I must say, my wife and I are disappointed and extremely upset with BJs and the customer service. I didn't expect this and I felt they did nothing to fix this, but to do it all over online. NOT ACCEPTABLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!
Reviewed March 17, 2017
On March 14, 2017, I booked 10 hotel rooms on Expedia TAAP for my clients. I discovered about 15 min. later, that I had booked three rooms incorrectly. I attempted to correct my error and was told by the computer that the three rooms were NOT cancellable. As a 30-year full-time travel agent, I knew this problem was solvable and I called customer service at Expedia TAAP. I reached India. I explained the issue over and over before the agent seemed to understand that I needed help, not the cancellation policy explained. He finally, at my request, transferred me to a "supervisor". Johnathon listened and seemed to understand that the hotel needed to be contacted, on my behalf, and the issue fixed before more time went by. The date of the hotel stay was mid-September, 2017. I was on the phone with Expedia over 2 hours. Johnathon said he was unable to reach the hotel but would follow up and get back to me. He never did.
Today 48 hours later I called Expedia TAAP again, reaching India again. I again related the entire issue to Steve this time. I ask for him to send me over to a supervisor, now, rather than using up a great deal of time to find out he, Steve, was unable to help me. He refused. I ask to be transferred to a US agent, he refused. I was put on hold and after over 1 hour I was disconnected. He said if we were ever disconnected he would call me back and took the number, he did not call me back.
THE ISSUE is that Expedia actively pursues travel agents knowing we are "agents" and will be expecting service when service is needed. However, they offer no service at all to agents. I am expected to cover a $400 hotel booking error, that was only 15 min. old when I first ask for help, because they refuse to offer back up to agents. Agents need to be aware of this and not do business with them. Our clients expect "service" and "help" and Expedia TAAP offers none of the above. I have made every attempt to contact them to no avail. I contacted the hotel directly and they said because this is an EXPEDIA contract I must go through Expedia. I cannot solve this issue without Expedia and Expedia is not concerned, they after all, will make their money! See how this doesn't work??
Reviewed March 15, 2017
Expedia is not professional at all and I don’t recommend it for anyone who wants to book a flight ticket. I’ve successfully booked a flight ticket from Cairo to Ottawa with 2 stops, the 1st one is in Istanbul and the 2nd stop in Toronto. But when I arrived to my 1st stop in Istanbul I discovered that my 2nd flight to Toronto got cancelled 2 weeks ago, and the Airline operator told me that Expedia was supposed to send me a notification and that there is nothing she can help me with, and that I should call Expedia to figure out what should I do.
Unfortunately Expedia who didn’t send me any sort of notifications to let me know that my flight got cancelled, couldn’t help me either. So I had to call the customer service of Air Canada, who eventually helped me by getting me a ticket from Turkey to London, then from London to Toronto, then from Toronto to Ottawa. Of course I arrived Ottawa extremely late and I missed my appointment and the people I was intending to meet, as my trip was supposed to take around 18.5 Hours to get to Ottawa, but it took almost 28 hours instead. That’s why I’m never going to book any tickets from Expedia anymore and I don’t recommend it to anyone else. My Itinerary # **, my Expedia booking reference # **.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
Expedia is the worst company I have ever used. First, they double charge me for my tickets. So one charge has gone through and the second charge is on hold. I try to get the hold removed and Expedia agrees there's a hold and says it will be removed overnight. Next day it's not gone and Expedia says "too bad, it only went through once. Also, you never called us." So I had to send proof I called them?? 8 STRAIGHT HOURS OF CALLING LATER, all Expedia has done is confirmed they refuse to do anything despite the bank and both airlines saying the fault is at Expedias end.
Expedia is still pretending that they can do nothing despite being told they need to send the merchant's code or something. So because I'm two solid days of phone calls into this I gave up, admitted I understood that they refused to remove the unnecessary hold for "3-5 more business days" as I assume it's a pyramid scheme, and then asked for some kind of compensation for being lied to, condescended and hung up on by their employees. To which they said "sorry that happened but no we refuse to acknowledge that you were actively lied I and then mistreated". They are scam artists. They WILL steal your money and will lie to you about it. DO NOT USE EXPEDIA.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
This is a long story, but here we go. Do not use Expedia. I attempted to book a flight to visit my friend. Expedia's website glitched and did not confirm my flight, but charged my bank account 4 TIMES, completely clearing out all the money in that particular account. I called Expedia customer service to get this resolved. The representative I worked with was unfortunately quite incompetent and could not figure out what letters I was saying for my email address, let alone what I was asking for, which is to confirm the one trip I want and help me cancel the rest so I can get my money back.
She told me I needed to make a new reservation with her, over the phone, with a different credit card, with no regard to the fact that I couldn't use my preferred card BECAUSE EXPEDIA TOOK MY MONEY. I reluctantly agreed because I didn't know what else to do. We tried this, and it didn't work. The website still had that glitch apparently. She tried again, it didn't confirm again. Now I had 2 MORE charges on my credit card for the same damn flight, and it kind of feels like she did that on purpose. While still on the phone with her, I went straight to American Airlines and booked my flight, no problem, for less money. Expedia charges about $90 in fees just FYI.
Anyway, I still had to deal with Expedia and the 6 charges on my account for nothing. She tells me there's nothing she can do, wait a few days and "see what happens". I told her, as politely as I could, that I can't wait a few days when I have $0 in my checking account and my bills are about to come out of that account and now will go unpaid and it's because of Expedia's crappy website and they won't fix it. She literally did nothing.
I call back the next day and work up to 3 managers beyond a general representative because no one could help me. This guy does finally help, he faxed a letter to my bank requesting that the funds be released. They were, but now I'm waiting for a new debit card a week later (which I didn't ask for) so I still can't actually access my money. I got a voucher through Expedia, only to find out I can't even use it for a flight to see my family, another thing they didn't tell me. Apparently it's only good for hotels, the one thing I don't need. Nice way to act like you're helping me out, Expedia. I will find a way to use my hotel voucher eventually, but they have absolutely lost a customer. Never going back.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
I booked a vacation package for flights and hotel through Expedia. They booked five one way tickets to Florida, but no return flights and no hotel. In the ensuing days, I called multiple times and was put on hold for a total of three hours. The "customer service" reps could barely speak English and could not resolve the problem. I ended up having to book my return flights and my hotel at the highest last minute rates. When I got to the hotel, I charged a one day ticket to Universal Studios for $176. That night, I saw that the $176 had been taken out, but also an additional $352! I bought the ticket through the concierge, and did not know the whole transaction actually went through Expedia.
It is now day three and I still haven't received my refund. My bank told me they do that all the time--put in a pre approval amount and don't release it for up to 72 hours. I will never do business with them again. My bank said Expedia's explanation is they pre approve an amount just in case more tickets are purchased. That is insane nonsense.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
We used Expedia.ca to book a hotel room at Embassy Suites in Niagara Falls with a whirlpool/Jacuzzi/jetted tub but we're given a room without one. When we called the front desk they could not offer a room with a whirlpool and also told us that Expedia has no way to know if a whirlpool equipped room is available. Odd. When I called Expedia after the weekend to complain I was given quite a runaround and some blatant trickery to get me off the phone. I was put on hold for well over an hour! No recompense was offered or given. I am extremely disappointed in this company and will avoid doing any business with them in the future.
Reviewed March 14, 2017
This was the first and last time I will use Expedia. During my conversation with the agent the additional cost for booking was never discussed $12.99. When I called the customer service number the customer service rep informed me that the amount from the hotel was the cost that they got the room for. The customer service rep also stated that I could not go to the hotel and get the room at a better cost. I called after I hung the phone up it was actually about $27.00 cheaper than he stated that they could get the room for. Not pleased with the customer service or the response that I received.
Reviewed March 14, 2017
If possible I would give 0 stars. I had to cancel a bundled trip that I booked online through Expedia last summer and was issued a flight credit. I then booked a new flight online, like I had previously, to then find out that because I did not call up to book my flight that I was unable to use my credit. I was extremely upset because the only reason I booked the new trip was because I did not want to lose my $700; however, no one told me when I called up to cancel my flight that there was a specific process I had to follow in order to use my credit. So now, after this experience I call up to book yet another trip only to find out that I can not use my credit on a bundle trip. Even though Expedia was able to separate the charges and credit me for my canceled trip they were not willing to apply my money to a bundled trip. The only way I would be able to use my credit I learned was to book a flight and hotel separately.
For the trip I was trying to book that means that Expedia expects me to pay double the price of the bundled trip just to book the flight and hotel separately! Basically Expedia is telling me to just piss my money away and that I might as well not even use my credit and just throw that money down the drain because it is cheaper to pay for the bundle than to even use the credit. I will never book with Expedia again. The customer service was terrible and would not work with me to help me use my credit ---- moreover I should have been explained to at the beginning how to use the credit. Expedia is a money hungry company just trying to steal innocent customer's hard earned money!
Reviewed March 14, 2017
I have just booked flight and hotel with Expedia for May this year. The total price 'guaranteed' for Hotel + Flight, before giving my credit card details and paying, was £1,707.24 + £20.00 insurance cover, but I was horrified to find that the total price has jumped to £1,818.61 when I got the booking confirmation. I immediately phoned Expedia about what at first I thought was an error, but their Customer Services Staff were most uncooperative asking me to send a copy of all the stages of my booking (showing the price of the Hotel and flight as I saw it originally). I replied that I could not provide them with that information because it was not in their final booking confirmation and that they surely could see the error if I gave them the Booking Reference Number...
They said that although they could log into my booking details with the booking reference, they could not see the details of the 'original price' as I saw it and that I needed to email them all the booking stages, which of course I could not do because by then they did not show on the PC!! However, they were not interested and at the end I decided exhausted after even talking to their Manager, I decided to quit. I am very sad and disappointed and the whole thing reminds me of something similar that I watch in RipOff Britain when the Travel Agents gave on their web pages lower prices than the final ones after payment had been made. I think the whole thing is disgusting and I will never again book through them. I just hope that the booking is ok and will not have any further disappointment when I get there. I also think that someone should stop these frauds, which is what they are, as these companies are conning their customers.
Reviewed March 13, 2017
Long story short. Spent over 6 hours on the phone with these people. They messed up my original travel plans and had to start over from scratch only to have the rep disconnect right when I confirmed everything. However I call back just to make sure and sure ** enough. Nothing was ever completed nor did the agent bother to return my call. Three hours later when an actual human rep from the Philippines got on the phone, they told me the three hours I spent booking the trip were useless because nothing was booked and now they want to charge me double for the exact same travel arrangements. Oh hell no. That is a scam folks.
My wife and kids are going to be so disappointed. Hell I am tired from all the time I spent with these people on the phone just for them to give me a bait and switch. Not right Expedia. I will never use nor recommend you to anyone I know and guess what? I run several online publications. I will get the word out about you guys being shady. Beware they are crooks.
Reviewed March 13, 2017
I called Expedia to change the date of a flight I was put on hold for 10 minutes and then a customer service "specialist" answered the call. I explained that I had to change the date of a flight and I was put on hold again for 34 minutes. The same person then said I would be connected to somebody else and sure enough the line fell. I am writing this now out of frustration because I am on hold with Expedia again and it has been 21 minutes and no customer service "specialist" has yet to answer. But my call is important to Expedia as they keep repeating to me. This will be the last time they get my money and my time. Shameful customer service!!!
Reviewed March 13, 2017
My daughter and her friend booked a vacation package to Aruba through Expedia only to find out that the trip is going to cost a significant amount more that what was told. There are the baggage fees for one of the flights. (Spirit airline) charges ridiculous fees, even for carry-on bags. Then there are the taxes and surcharges for the hotel. They are staying for 8 days and the taxes for the hotel are going to be almost $400.00 over the cost paid for the package. This means that the trip will cost around $500.00 above what they already paid for the package. READ THE FINE PRINT!!! They are very misleading.
Reviewed March 13, 2017
Motel/hotel EXPRESS INN 221 Byers Ave., New Stanton, PA -- I really don't have the words where they sent us, they obviously don't do any screening. Only the photos will tell everything. When tried to check 30 minutes, later they said no cancellation, and we book for 2 nights, they said it's our booking agent problem.
Reviewed March 11, 2017
Don't ever book through them! The worst customer service ever! Called them twice and got hung up twice. If they don't have an answer to your questions they will just hang up. What ** service! Please don't waste your time. There's many better company out there such as Travelocity, Priceline, Southwest, CheapOair, CheapTickets etc!
Reviewed March 10, 2017
We booked the Hilton Miami Downtown with Expedia with the understanding through online links that we were booking our parking for a week and Port of Miami Shuttle service as well. On checking in we find out that neither is available with our booking and we'll be out over $300 US as a result. This was totally misleading and we will never use Expedia again.
Reviewed March 10, 2017
I recently tried to book a flight and hotel package and upon entering my credit card and submitting my information, I get a message that it cannot process my itinerary. Thinking that I made an error or something went wrong with the site, I entered everything again, same message. Tried one more time and the same thing happened, so I decided to try again later. Long story short, Expedia charged my card 4 times for a $3500 trip!!! I never received an email, itinerary number, nothing! I have been on the phone with a foreigner that barely speaks English and can hardly understand me for a total of six hours in a two day period!
It has been the worst experience I have ever had with any company! I don't know how they are still in business! I usually give people a second chance, but this has been such a headache, that I will stay as far away from Expedia as I can. After 4 days of being on the phone they have finally agreed to refund my money, however, my trip is still not booked! The refund will take 10 business days and Expedia took one click to charge my card 4 times! Do not waste your time with these people, they do not care about their customers!
Reviewed March 9, 2017
6 weeks before our travel date, I booked a flight for myself and my daughter from Guatemala City to Flores. It departed at 6:30 a.m., which meant we had to get up at 4:30 (having arrived in GC the night before at midnight). We get to the airport, we wait a long time in line, only to discover, there was no flight booked in our names! We were traveling with other family members who had to leave without us. I called Expedia and they told me the airline had canceled our tickets - yet there was no communication from Expedia to me about that. I've sent an email complaining and have received no response whatsoever. Like everyone else here, I'm done with Expedia.
Reviewed March 8, 2017
Never again will I book through expedia.com. When I created an Expedia account through my cellular phone I used my nickname, when it was time for me to book and add my payment information I added my government name as well as my payment information but the website did not give me the option to update my name on my ticket because it automatically used my login name instead of my government name which does not match my login name. I don't understand why Expedia will accept a payment from me with my government name that does not match my login name but it automatically puts my login name on the traveler's ticket. As I tried to explain the supervisor ANNA which I believe is her "American name" is that I was not given the option to change traveler's ticket name. I was only given the option to add the additional travelers' names for the other tickets. It automatically put my login name as the ticker holder.
I was told by the airlines that if I like to change the name on my ticket that I will have to go through Expedia. I contacted Expedia and they're telling me that I cannot change my ticket name to match my payment information. So I'm currently SOL with a ticket, hotel, and my money back. All I ask is for them to change the name on my traveler's ticket.
Reviewed March 7, 2017
Expedia is not clear and honest about cancellation policies. They clearly stated that any fee would be charged if I canceled before midday the day before my arrival day to the hotel. I did exactly that, canceling by 11:10 am the day before my arrival, and they still charged me the cost of the night. Even when I explained to them that I will book again, same hotel, just for the next week, they said that it was a hotel policy to charge the whole cost of the night if cancellation wasn't done two days before. I tried to work something out with the hotel and they brushed me off saying that since I booked through Expedia they could do nothing about this. So they just took $75.00 from my credit card.
Reviewed March 6, 2017
People need to understand that Expedia is merely a "broker" of services between the buyer and the company that sells their services to said buyer. They are not an airline or hotel service. They only link you up with an airline & hotel. Also, they own many of the other website on the internet that many frustrated people say they will be going to since Expedia caused them some type of grief which I find funny... but anyway, the only real complaint I have about Expedia, and it looks like I'm not alone, is their customer service. Their customer service, if you even want to call it that, is horrible! These poor people don't even comprehend the English language in some cases and the language barrier is such a big deal why their customer service stinks. To sum it up, here is an analogy for you: Me - Expedia service rep, what is 2 plus 2? Expedia service rep - The color red... they are just bad and it's not even their fault.
Reviewed March 6, 2017
False advertising. I have used Expedia several times for work and personal travel and have generally had few complaints. But this is because most businesses listed are honest. When I had a recent experience where a hotel misrepresented their amenities, Expedia tells me "well, we called and they won't refund your money". They have not offered to desist the company or any action that would make me feel better about the $380 lost or convince me to ever use them again.
Reviewed March 5, 2017
We rent a car in Costa Rica for 11 days though Expedia. The email confirmation certified that I had only $177 left over to pay on a good price rental car. First, we arrived and the car we asked for was not there. The guy wanted us to take a crappy car instead. And next HUGE fees were required added to the $177. For a "insurance" they asked us more than $700, telling us that it was indispensable and we won't find any other car available anyway. Of course we find another car somewhere else in 5 min, where they told us the 'insurance' fees were only optional. So basically I paid for a service, that they weren't able to provide and that they lied about and now nobody want to give me my money back. You have to harass them but it's never the right person. So Expedia, tell me, do you think I'm stupid and trying to steal my money or are you just the most incompetent company on the planet?
Reviewed March 5, 2017
I recently made a 2 night hotel reservation with Expedia for a hotel in California. When my husband could not make the trip I attempted to cancel within the standard 48 hour cancellation time frame. First I called Expedia and they said this hotel does not allow cancellations and I will still have to pay. So I asked them to call the hotel and request that this be refunded. They agreed to do this and put me on hold. After waiting for 30 minutes, they returned to the phone and said the hotel would not reverse the charges and that I would be charged the full price.
Frustrated I hung up. I then called the hotel directly and spoke to the same person that Expedia had just spoke to. I told her what Expedia had just told me and she said that she did not tell them that I could not be refunded. She said that she told the that I would be refunded for one night. So I asked her to hold and I conferenced both of us in on the line with Expedia. I reached the same person at Expedia and explained that what he told me was not true. He apologized and said he was just confused. I then asked him to ensure that I would only be charged for one night. After waiting another 30 minutes and being put on hold several times, he said I would only be charged for one night. He said that my card had not actually been charged yet and sent me a new email with the one night charge.
Today I received my credit card statement and was charged for the two nights. I am now on the phone with Expedia again. They keep putting me on hold and telling me that they will process the refund but I have spoke to two people and they still have not completed my request. The are trying to wear me down and exhaust me to the point where I will just give up. I have been on the phone for over 45 minutes and I am on hold again right now. The most recent supervisor, Elaina says that I must talk to someone higher than her. I asked for a confirmation email that I am being refunded but am on hold again.
They lie and they are scam artists. When I originally made the reservation, I thought that I was calling the hotel but was somehow redirected to Expedia. This company needs to be investigated for fraud. I have now been transferred to another supervisor, Rocky. I have explained that I have now been on the phone for 1 hour and 3 minutes. I asked her to complete the refund and to not put me on hold. She keeps saying that her screen keeps loading and she is having difficulties. She offered to call me back but I am not confident that she will do that. I am on hold again. She came back and now says she has to wait for a manager, but she will be back.
Came back and says she is one the other line with her manager. I have now been on the line for 1 hour and 15 minutes but on hold again. Rocky just came back and said she will be back to update me from time to time and put me on hold again. Ridiculous! Finally after 1 hour and 21 minutes with the Philippines, I received an email that says I will get a refund. I am not completely sure that that will happen so I will follow up with my credit card agency in 5 days. Never use Expedia.
Reviewed March 5, 2017
I had a prepaid booking with Little Hoian Central Boutique Hotel & Spa in Hoian. Expedia had charged my credit card ahead before the stay. I was told on check in that Expedia had sent a message to the hotel to say that my booking had been cancelled by me. Fortunately the hotel was not full and the local staff at the hotel honored my booking. I called Expedia's helpdesk (which was no help) asking them what had transacted. I spent a good 15 mins with the call centre and was treated as if I was the party at fault. Told the centre to work out the issues with the hotel. Later the Expedia staff asked me to move to another hotel. He obviously could not understand me.
1. The hotel had already honored our booking. 2. We did not have a problem with the hotel. 3. The hotel is excellent. I had called Expedia to clarify the situation as I did not want to pay another charge on checkout for the hotel stay as Expedia had already collected the payment from me well in advance. This is my first and last booking with Expedia.
Reviewed March 4, 2017
I recently tried booking airline tickets on Virgin from Melbourne to Sydney, through Expedia. The price quoted was $111 each so for two people the total was about $240 with taxes. I completed the online forms and even selected seats. When I went to the final payment page the price had gone up to $1460. I then phoned expedia and was informed the prices changed every second. The operator then offered tickets at $370 which I declined then finally got down to $279. Even then he could not guarantee the price until I had given him my credit card details. I declined. I then booked seats through Flight Centre who charged me the quoted price online. What sort of scam is this? I will definitely never use expedia ever again.
Reviewed March 3, 2017
In November 2016 I accepted to keep 2 tickets on hold as credit for my family. While on the phone the person explained I had two options, to keep the ticket on credit and pay a penalty of USD 200 or to get a refund paying a penalty of USD 500. They explained if I decided to keep the credit it had to be with the same airline and that I needed to contact them before June the 23rd/17 to reissue the ticket. I asked if it could be possible to use the ticket from a different origin - destination as long as it's still with the same airline, and they confirmed it was possible.
Today after 2 weeks of heaps of calls talking every time with different and incompetent people, and explaining the same thing to each of them all over again, and after several emails going back and forth, they don't know if the ticket can be reissued. There is no one accountable. The customer service team just don't know how to provide a decent customer service experience, and they have no idea of what they're doing. The last email I received was from another person I haven't spoken to, saying the issue has been escalated and that it will take 5 to 7 week days to review.
As a result and since I can't wait for them to provide a decent service, I had to buy the ticket with another company, spend more money since the fare has increased in the past weeks, and waste precious time on the phone and writing emails. All of this due to the lack of competency of Expedia. But the nightmare it's not over! I have to wait until they decide to answer. I don't want to book any other flight with them. I just want my money back and I don't think I should pay any penalty for all the troubles they've caused.
Reviewed March 2, 2017
I'm trying to get them to honor the statement in their vacation waiver travel protection plan that says "Refund any amounts withheld by travel provider as a changer or cancel fee". After an afternoon it's clear they are not going to discuss the issue. However, I've been told by one of the airlines involved on my trip that if I refuse the credit card charges the airline will pursue Expedia, not me. Bottomline. Don't use Expedia unless your plan's a bullet proof.
Reviewed March 1, 2017
I just attempted to book a flight through Expedia. I was quoted $2092.95 for a round trip flight for a family of 5. After entering my credit card information to book the flight, I received an error message indicating the flight was not booked and to retry the payment process at a later time. I decided to wait and try again later only to find that my bank account was charged 7 unauthorized charges totaling $3,321.95! When I contacted Expedia they advised me I had no booked flight. The charges were pre authorization charges that were processed by them when "booking" the flight which made no sense as no flight was booked! I spent several hours trying to get my money back and was told it would take 3-5 business days for the funds to return to the account. Meanwhile I have incurred 7 insufficient funds fees of $34 each. I will NEVER use Expedia again!!!
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2017
I booked a condo with Expedia. I paid extra in order to have a washer and dryer in our unit. I booked two months ahead and Expedia immediately charged my credit card. My wife and I packed just enough clothes to accommodate us with the use of the washer and dryer. Upon arrival at the condo we were told by the hotel that Expedia had not booked a unit with a washer and dryer, and no units were available for the week with a washer and dryer. The entire condo only had ONE washer and ONE dryer for the entire complex, and these were coin-operated. We attempted to use them several times and they were always in use. I contacted Expedia and they told me they would give me a credit to be used within a year. I told them "NO DEAL" and contacted my credit card company. I notified Discover. This is the first I have filed a complaint with Discover and I found them to be worthless also.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2017
My credit card was charged on the original booking through Expedia, and then charged again when I checked out of the hotel. Multiple submissions on the Expedia Customer Service website link provided have evoked no response, and telephone calls merely go to music hold interminably. My recommendation is not to book any travel arrangements through Expedia.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2017
Expedia is awful. I booked my flight in November. In December I got a call saying one leg of my flight had changed. I meticulously went through the options and seats with the agent and felt satisfied. Then I went to check on my flight a month later and they had deleted all seat selections and changed 2 other legs of our journey adding an additional 3 hours to our flight time. By the time I realized the issue all free seats had been selected on our 9 hour international flight and after over an hour on the phone with Expedia they were unable to fix or help out in any way to fix the problem they created. I have since heard of others having similar problems. I will not be using Expedia again.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2017
We (friends and ourselves) were scheduled to fly home 2/25/17 and were checking in online 24 hours prior to our departure. The airline website at the end of the process said it could not complete the process and to check with the airline. We did not want to wait that long. We were on the phone with WestJet as that was the airline we were scheduled to fly although it was a Delta co-share flight. There was a problem and we were told to call back to Expedia and/or Delta as there was a problem with the ticket. Over the next 4 hours we were on multiple cell phones with Expedia, Delta and WestJet trying to sort the issue out as each was blaming each other for the problem. Four hours into the long waits on hold with the various parties, we determined (based on info from WJ) that Expedia was the ones with the power to fix the problem.
We called once again to Expedia and asked to speak to a Supervisor and basically had to explain the whole issue from the start. We explained we had been on hold for the whole afternoon, never sure if we had been disconnected or if anyone was even looking into our problem. We asked that while he worked on the issue, he let us know every 15 minutes that we were on hold that we had not been disconnected and he was resolving the problem. Over the next hour plus, he did come on line one time to give us an update that they were working on a resolution. After over an hour, he came on the line and had 2 alternative flights that they could book us on. The previous flights we were booked on were not available to us. That is a whole other issue as I had spent a lot of time ensuring we had those specific flights.
The slightly positive resolution was we (4 of us) got booked on flights in exit rows although we arrived 2.5 hours later than our previously booked flights. We spent from noon to 5 PM on the phone of a vacation day in a hotel room ensuring we actually had flights home the next day. While I have had generally good experience with Expedia, this is not the first problem, but I am sure it is the last with Expedia. I will NEVER use Expedia for any bookings ever again.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2017
I booked an express tour through expedia with Gray Line Tours from Las Vegas to Hoover Dam. The tour was suppose to start at 10am and be completed by 2pm. We were picked up at 9 am at our hotel and transported by Gray Line bus to Gray Line's Las Vegas office where we were subjected to an hour long sales pitch for Gray Line tours. We got back on the same bus and were transported to Hoover Dam. The bus driver instructed us to be back by a certain time or miss the return bus. We waited in line for an hour and half to take the Hoover Dam Tour.
By the time we arrived at the Hoover Dam Tour starting point our time was up and we had to return to the bus to get back to Las Vegas. We returned to Las Vegas and the bus driver left us off 2 hotels away from our hotel at 4:30 pm. So basically we paid $130 for a Hoover Dam Tour we never received. On top of that we wasted an entire day of our vacation on a hot, muggy bus. Gray Line Tours would not refund our tour cost and Expedia after 2 months of reviewing our complaint would do nothing. Stay away from Expedia and Gray Line Tours.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2017
I am very dissatisfied from a car rental I had through Expedia on 19/1/2017. On Expedia website the insurance was without deductible. After having a car accident Expedia verify with me that I did have an insurance without deductible, they even sent me a confirmation for it. But when the rental company deducted the money from my account Expedia backed up from their obligation and said that it was a mistake and I do not deserve for reimbursement. I sent them all the support documentation but it did not help. I did not received the deducted 1000 euro. I recommend for all of you - DO NOT ORDER THROUGH EXPEDIA.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2017
I tried to submit a best price guarantee under their Expedia plus program. I never received a confirmation email from them and therefore decided to call to figure out what had happened. The women who answered the phone COULD NOT, could not speak English. I understand everyone has accents. I even have one when I talk, but this woman was impossible to understand and I also don't think she could understand me. I tried to have this issue resolved and she was no help. Instead of telling me what I should do to either resubmit a claim or anything she said I'd hear from someone within 24 hours (I think that's what she said, it was hard to understand). Anyways I never heard from anyone so I waited.
By Friday I decided to call again and spent an hour on the phone (on a work day) to try to get this straightened out and they had no record of what had happened. Then tried to blame me for it, and while I was obviously angry the man I was talking to was talking to me like I was stupid. So because I never got any clarification the first time and their system never sent me a confirmation, I didn't get the price guarantee but they did give me a 50$ coupon OH JOY! Even though that's useless since why would I book with you again after such a shoddy customer service experience. Also who says 50 dollars makes up for the 2 hours and countless emails that went unanswered over a week and a half?
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2017
I purchased airline tickets from Phoenix to Paris and back, British Airways outbound and Iberia Airlines returning. When I couldn't get my seats assigned the next day, British Airways told me that the tickets hadn't been purchased. I called and talked to Expedia for 1 hour and they told me that Iberia Airlines had cancelled one of my two Iberia return flights and so the tickets were not purchased. They looked at other ways to accommodate my trip but the least expensive was a 250% increase in price. After I got off the phone, I looked at the Iberia Airlines website and found that they were still selling tickets for the flight that Expedia said had been cancelled.
Basically, Expedia lied to me and blamed the airlines while the real problem was that they had somehow failed to get the tickets while a fare sale was in place. I called Expedia back to tell them that I had caught them in their lie, and they would acknowledge my itinerary number but wouldn't speak to me because they said my email address and phone number didn't match their records, although 2 hours earlier I received emails from them and their phone system recognized my number and matched it to my itinerary.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2017
I usually use Hotels.com and I will never use Expedia again. I needed to change a reservation from one day to the next night. 24 hours before I have to check in and they try to tell me that the HOTEL will not let me switch without charging and that I can't cancel without charging. So I call the hotel and the hotel says they did not say that, they said they do not charge for either one, that she told the Expedia people that there would be no charge on their end but the hotel would still get their money from Expedia. So they come back to tell me that they can't do it. On my email it says the exact same thing that the hotel is saying they will charge for any changes or cancellations when in fact it is not the hotel. It is Expedia.
So I say I want to talk to a supervisor and they put me on hold. So I finally talk to another lady when I call back and they now say they will change my reservation but will charge me $10 because the price of the room has went up since Tuesday... I said "You mean to tell me the price has went up from 2 days ago." So I said "Whatever. Charge me the $10. I am ready to be off this phone." So she says she would send me an email about the change in the reservation. I check my email tonight. I have 36 emails from them with the same email. This website is a joke. They want you to not have the best experience, they want you to spend more money than you have to, they will not work with you and they also have false information on their email confirmation. I will not use them again. They are only out for the money.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2017
Very poor customer service. I booked a round trip flight for 3 business associates. One of the travelers wanted to change her outbound flight so I contacted Expedia to make the change, knowing that there would be a ticket change fee, as well as the difference in price for the new flight. When I spoke to the representative, they asked for my itinerary number, email address, and phone number... all of which I provided. They informed me that the email address and phone number were incorrect. Apparently, they somehow connected my reservation to some other account. I was told that they could not make the change until I provided the correct email address and/or phone number.
The credit card used to pay for the reservation was in my name, yet they still would not make the change, stating, "without the correct email or phone number they could not disclose any information". This makes absolutely no sense at all... I was not asking that they "disclose" any information... I provided the credit card number and all the booking information. They clearly sent me the email for the booking because I have the confirmation. I spent an hour and a half working on this, including speaking with two Expedia supervisors, without ever resolving the issue. I book a fairly high volume of travel for work and will not be using Expedia again. I will also be letting my colleagues know of my experience so that we can make an organization-wide change and not give our business to Expedia.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2017
Used their reservations service for a room in St Augustine FL, Feb 19, 2017. Not a room available for 3 days within a 100 miles. We slept in our truck. We are disabled and require a motel. I will never use Expedia for anything ever again.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2017
We rented a car through Expedia in Kauai. When we arrived we were told that our reservation had lapsed. Their lapse time criteria we were told (Advantage) was 2, 4 or 6 hrs, depending on which employee we spoke to. We were under 5.5 hrs and needed an upgrade as they did not have a car similar to our reservation. Our reservation with Expedia warned us of many possible additional "rules" of a rental agency but did not hint at this. My appeal fell on deaf ears. There is no reason for renting through Expedia (or from Advantage) that I can see.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2017
People working for Expedia are from outside the US and most probably PAID to wear you down so that you give up in the end. Here's my 10-cent from the latest: I was on the phone with them for FIVE hours trying to claim a credit. They put me on hold 9 times (actually, that's when I gave up counting). In the meanwhile, I cooked dinner, took a shower and answered their ** questions from time to time like a robot because I was trying to indulge their repeating idiotic issues. First off, they tried to tell me that my credit had expired. Tough **! That didn't fly with me because I've already called the airline and they confirmed I had 5 more months to go. Well, that didn't work out very well for Expedia now, did it? So they put me on hold for another hour and then they magically "found" that the credit was indeed, still available.
OK, now let's move on to the next step: booking a new flight. I have already found the cheapest ticket, they found one $200 more expensive and claimed they couldn't see the one I found. Here's the funny part: "Now we're adding your credit..." and actually ended up with the price I have found!!! So basically they would've totally wasted my credit!!! I told them I can book my own ticket, just give me the credit number or something if they "can't see" this particular much lower price. Un-** believable!!!
At this point, my husband snapped but I started laughing because I could only imagine how many poor suckers they fool on a daily basis... unfortunately, we had a higher-than-expected IQ and we didn't wanna give up! They finally agreed that there was a cheaper price and applied my credit to that one. Ohhh, but this isn't by far the end of the horror story, there's more to come related to the credit card charges, but I don't wanna take up much more of your time.
I found out it's actually just as cheap to book directly with the hotel/airline company if you're shrewd enough. I'm also filing a report with BBB. The more we notify the right agencies, the more chances these useless creatures will eventually succumb to their stupidity and greed. Good luck to everybody out there dealing with Expedia!
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2017
I booked excursions with Expedia Local Expert (which is actually Nexus Tours) (and the booking agent was neither local, nor an expert as it turned out), paid for them, was given tickets, but the tickets were not honoured. I found this out when I got stood up waiting for pick-up at 6:30 am!! You might get lucky with them, but I'm here to tell you: Save your money and disappointment by finding a more reputable service provider. They have a history of poor service (non-existent in this case).
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2017
I booked a hotel in Playa del Carmen, second day wanted to cancel cause I couldn't find a flight in those days. Expedia wouldn't cancel, and they say the hotel will charge you the full amount. They make you wait on the phone to call the hotel. It is a big scam. Expedia are the thieves of the 21rst century. All hotels in the world will cancel especially if the cancellation is done one month and a half. Expedia is getting away with this scam and should be stopped by the Consumer Affairs.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2017
We had stayed at the Gaia Hotel and Reserve in Costa Rica, rated by Expedia as a 5 star hotel. It was far from that. The stairs were rusty, the bathroom dirty, water stains on the floor and ceiling. The stains on the ceiling had been painted over, so I don't know what the paint hid. The check-in people were haughty. The A/C personnel was dismissive. Overall, poor experience. We checked out because of the poor quality of the room and hotel. We were assured that we would get a refund for the remaining days in 3 - 5 business days. That never happened.
After contacting both Expedia and The Gaia, who blamed each other for no refund, we have lost over $2000.00. Neither of these businesses have good practices and do not stand up to their promises. I have documented conversations with their employees including dates and times with whom I spoke. Still all I get are denials and stalling and no refund. Beware, do not ever use Expedia nor stay at the Gaia in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2017
I have been a customer for Expedia since 10 years now. Usually when I book online there is no problems but the moment I call to change a booking or adding an infant the disaster start. Last February I called to add a kid to my sister booking. I spend 30 days trying to do that. All the agents are clowns, have no idea how to do it. They keep telling me it is done but not sending me any ticket, then I called the airline and I was shocked that there is no booking. So I kept on calling and explaining again and again for each agent I talk to. Then finally I got a ticket but guess what!! They made a mistake with the baby gender so I had to call again to fix it. It took another month for them to figure out how to fix it. Good thing I did the booking early otherwise my sister's kid will not have a ticket on time.
Then they told me there is a penalty for changing the ticket and they have to cancel the wrong one and issue new one. They promised to refund me the penalty later. So here we go, my sister went to the airport. She discovered that the ticket have been never reissued and the gender mistake still there. Good thing the officers let her in the flight. But Expedia charged me twice already for the ticket plus the penalty so again I called to get my refund. They transfer me to their supervisor. I spent 3 and a half hour on the phone waiting for supervisor then she told me they will not investigate and they will not be responsible to pay for their mistake. After fighting with her and nearly got a heart attack, literally I got chest pain and a very high blood pressure that day. She agreed to give me back the penalty only, though they promised earlier to pay the new ticket in case if it is their mistake. But instead I was charged twice for two ticket.
No refund until now. I really did not have time to sue them but I swear one day I will. I called 13 time each time, spend hours and my phone bill was more than 150 dollars. And we are not done yet. I had to add another baby in the way back home because my sister got her second baby. Again the same thing and the same ignorant uneducated people, they told me they can't add the baby because of frozen system. And I should go to the airport and book. In the airport they told me there is no such a thing called booking at the airport for Expedia and I have to do it by phone again. I had to call those horrible people and of course I had to pay extra because it was the last min booking. I have all those agents' name and supervisor and all my phone bills that show the hours spent on the phone. I hope my complaint will be heard and action to be taken against this company.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2017
I ordered a round trip flights with Expedia and was disappointed in when it quoted me a price, but then forced me to add on fees as I was choosing my coach seat. If there are no seats available on a flight that do not require additional fees, then that should be divulged in the original price.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2017
I booked a room for one night at Comfort Suite and it says on the website that it's a Pay When you Stay and I would not be charged the whole price of the hotel. They charge me 1/2 price and which is ok for the room hold. My booking is not until March 4th and it's only February 14 and they charged my card with the full price. They told me that it's the hotel policy but that's not what it says on the Expedia website. They are blaming the hotel for it while their website is deceiving. Now, my expense budget is messed up because of them! Don't ever book a flight with Expedia!!!
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2017
It takes 2 minutes to book a trip - but 5+ hours of waiting on hold & 17 phone calls to get a refund. This was an absolute nightmare. Airline cancels my flight - I never received an email (which would help) but instead, a phone call from a mysterious unknown number. Upon returning the call, I was told that there were no flights available on Friday the 10th (my trip was feb 10-12) and my only options were arrive Saturday night (half my trip gone) or on Sunday. Logically, this would not work out so I inquired about a refund. The real nightmare begins...
It is 5 days later and I have FINALLY gotten my email in regards to the stated amount of refund. A tip - DO NOT use this company and save yourself the stress by using the airlines or hotels direct. Your purchase is better protected and you won't have to deal with arrogant & rude customer service. The clerk is coughing into the phone? How rude is that? Ask me for my information 2/3 times while I'm on the phone? Basic customer service teaches you MANNERS but also to NOT agitate a customer further with simple questions that you have the answers to on your computer. WORST customer service BY FAR.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2017
My name is Kaveshnee from South Africa. I planned to holiday for Malaysia in June. I went online to look at hotels in Langkawi. I found Dayang Bay serviced apartments and resort on the Expedia site. Was hesitant to book as I was not sure where I wanted to stay so was reassured to book as the booked said free cancellation before May 27th 2017 and that credit card details was only taken to secure booking but will not be charged. There were no charges made to my credit card.
I booked this morning at approximately 00h15 and cancelled the booking this morning at approximately 06h45. I then received a email to say that I will be charged a cancellation fee from the resort. To my understanding free cancellations before the stated date means if you cancels before the mentioned date you will not be charged for the booking. In future I would rather pay a agent to do my booking as using these sites are very risky. Expedia could not tell me if I will be charged as they could not get a hold of the hotel. Waiting for a reply. They said it takes 72 hours. Please be careful putting your card details out there.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2017
I entered the wrong dates into Expedia for booking a hotel 2 weeks out. I caught it within an hour and tried to change the dates. It took 3 phone calls to Expedia to finally get someone to help me. Unfortunately they told me I could not change the reservation nor could I cancel the reservation. I am out $350 for rooms I won't use. Be careful when you use Expedia. Be very careful. I have to forfeit using Expedia in the future. There are other travel sites out there that may have the same issue, but Expedia is the one that caused this issue. Book directly with the hotel in the future.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2017
I found a hotel on Expedia.com for $50 per night. When I clicked on it, it took me to the payment page, but the rate was $80. I called into Expedia and spoke with a customer service rep. She said I could book the room at the higher price and they would refund the difference plus $50 for the inconvenience. She said to book the room through her, so I did at the higher price. I submitted the price match immediately. I received an email saying that they would not honor the guarantee because it was 24 hours until my reservation, not the required 48. Why would customer service not inform me of this? I've contacted them a couple of times and the answer is the same. This will be my last booking with Expedia.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2017
I booked a trip and hotel with Expedia.ca to Greece in June 2015. I signed into my account on February 12, 2017 to book another trip to Europe to learn that my points have disappeared. When I called, I was told that they are only valid for a year and if you don't use them they take them away. I was shocked as I was never told about their expiry rule. I have never seen this with other travel services. When I commented to the customer service representative, I was told in a very condescending tone that this was normal. I want to caution others and those with Expedia accounts. Most importantly, I just want to make others aware not to make my mistake.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2017
I booked a flight with Expedia, and 48 hours later I had to cancel. I had purchased "Expedia cancellation insurance" which told me to go online and cancel if I needed to. when I went online to cancel I got a message saying "You have to call to cancel." When I called to cancel, after being on hold for almost 90 minutes, I was told... "You can cancel, and will get a credit but you have to fly on the same airline from the SAME COUNTRY?" OR Expedia said they would happily refund my 56 dollar "cancellation insurance" if I would just go away and let them keep my 1000.00. Expedia is one scam after another. Do not waste your time or money.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2017
I made a reservation in Sept 2016 for a car in Liberia, Costa Rica for Feb 2017. On checking the reservation, Expedia ignored my time of arrival at 1600 hour, and set my arrival time at 1030 hour. When I asked Expedia to correct their records, they asked me to cancel my reservation and rebook at the much higher current prices. This is the second time Expedia has screwed up car reservations. The last time was for a car reservation in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The Avis agent at GYE contended I had no reservation. I am now using Booking.com for my travel reservations, and contacting rental car companies directly. Expedia has not made an effort to correct their mistakes, and I will not live with their mistakes.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2017
I booked a trip to Puerto Rico to celebrate an early valentines day, through Expedia and selected the option All-inclusive and Wyndham Garden was the only Resort that showed up. I went on to booking the trip since it said all-inclusive and the price was pretty decent, however, when we arrived at the resort and headed to lunch the next day, it was brought to our attention that it was not all inclusive. My wife and I were very disappointed, as we picked this resort solely because Expedia listed it as "all-inclusive". I reached out to the company to get a refund as we were trying to save money however they stated they could not offer a refund. This issue increased what we were trying to spend initially since we had to rent a car to get to the resort, which was an hr away and we had to pay for food, which was very expensive. It would have been much cheaper if we had stayed in Old San Juan and bought our own food.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2017
I booked a car rental with Expedia.com with Enterprise and paid 70 for their insurance. When I got to Enterprise rent-a-car they said that they do not accept 3rd party insurance such as Expedia and I ended up having to pay again for insurance through them. I contacted expedia and they said since the date is already past they are unable to refund my 70$. How would I know they could not accept expedia's insurance until I went to pick up the car? However, I am sure that Expedia is aware that they don't accept 3rd party insurance but they sell it anyway! What a scam!
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2017
I booked a flight on Expedia and found the same identical flight $253 cheaper a few hours later, shame on me I didn't cancel and rebook with Vayama.com that was the cheaper company, I laid my faith in the good hands of Expedia's price match promise and they let me down, not only they say they will call you 72 hours later and you don't get any call or email. When I called to see what happened they make the match process so difficult and confusing that it makes it near impossible to get your money. I will never deal with Expedia's shady business ever again and I will calling an attorney to see if I can somehow get my refund as I would suggest to all unsatisfied clients that I read on this site. P.S. The same flight I booked at Expedia for $3,275 two hours later on Vayama for less and they did not honor it!!
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017
We decided to take the option of selecting a member rate for $119 a night. For a whole hour, we went back and forth on the booking screen because it changed my rate to $20 more a night. This is without taxes and fees. I called to try and fix this and only have gotten customer service reps with heavy accents and no auditory comprehension skills that could help. I took even snapshots on my iPad with the time and date to show this web issue and they failed to provide me an email address where/who can send this to. As a person that worked for many years in the headquarters for a major cruise line, I find this level of horrible customer service appalling. I kept telling the lady that I wanted to fix this. She kept understanding that I wanted to cancel my reservation when I told her that NO I just want to fix the rate. And I have proof of this misprint - scam. Lesson - double check when they supposedly have a member rate. It's probably FALSE ADVERTISING.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017
Planned a family vacation in December for week of July 4th. Called Expedia in January to cancel trip because parents were now divorcing and family was breaking up. They told me they would not give me my money back and blamed it on the airline JetBlue. I called JetBlue they said, "Not true." It had nothing to do with them. Had I booked the trip with them they would have given me my money back since I gave them a six-month notice and since Expedia never told me the tickets were nonrefundable. They should make it right but they won't. They want to keep my money and the tickets and after four hours on the phone with them said they would give me nothing. I told them, "This was a scam. You want to keep my money and the tickets," and they hung up on me. I can't afford to lose $3500.00. Expedia is scamming people and stealing their money. They are the worst so everyone beware. Don't plan a vacation with them.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017
I booked flights through Expedia in Sept to fly in Dec. Three weeks before the flight, I received an email from Expedia saying the flights had been cancelled. I called the 800 number on the email and the recording acknowledged that their information showed that my flight had been cancelled and that my credit card would be refunded within 24 hours but that it may take up to a week to process through the banks.
When my statement came and the refund did not show up I started calling. Expedia claimed that I was due no refund because I didn't show up for the flight. After about 4 hours total on the phone (try being put on hold for 45 minutes at a time while they "spoke to the airline"), taking a photo of the email they sent, demanding to speak to a supervisor, they eventually told me that I would have to deal directly with the airline. One problem: the airline really never cancelled the flight. Expedia just told me they had. ABSOLUTELY THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED!!! If Expedia is not an offshore scamming operation, they should be because they operate just like one. If you are considering using them, throw your money in the trash and RUN AWAY FAST.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2017
I booked a hotel in Turks and Caicos through Expedia. ca and within minutes of confirming the reservation, I found the hotel was MUCH CHEAPER directly on the hotel site. I immediately called Expedia customer service and was told to complete the price guarantee, and that I would be refunded the difference ($500) as well as receive a $50 credit for future travel. If this had worked, it would have been great. My request for the guarantee was DENIED since the hotel site books in USD. It turns out that the Expedia guarantee will only work for another CAD site, i.e. something like hotels. ca. It feels terrible to be paying $500 more, just because I booked through Expedia. ca. My recommendation - forget booking through Expedia and go direct to the hotel, or to an old fashioned travel agent!
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2017
As I was purchasing Disney World tickets, their website booted me out. I opened it up again and my ticket was gone. Checked my email, no ticket notice. So, I started over, purchasing the ticket again. Then I discover that they had billed my credit card for two tickets, both only usable the same day at Disney and only by me! I called Customer Service and explained that this was their website's fault and was told Disney tickets were not refundable. They blamed this on Disney though I later found out that was untrue. So, I waited a day, called again and got a different operator, explained that it was their website that had caused this to happened. The agent apologized and refund my credit card. I will never take another chance on booking with Expedia. Not worth it.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2017
Rating on hotel misleading. Dirty, housekeeping did not clean room, change bedding, tried to leave early due to this. Told I could not get refund.. I feel the high rating is wrong, this is how I choose a hotel in an area I'm not familiar with. I would give Magnolia Inns and Suites in Olive Branch, MS 1 star rating.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2017
I made a reservation for air travel with Expedia. Upon reviewing my reservation, I became aware that the date was incorrect! I called and asked them to please fix the date. After being on hold for 3 hours a man named Jim told me that he had refunded "all of my charges" and he would "adjust" the dates. Waited another 45 minutes. He then told me he could put me on a flight for 1000.00, 500.00! More than my original reservation! I said that was unacceptable as it was NO fault of mine!
He then transferred me 40 minutes later to "Daisha" - wow, this person was the antithesis of customer service. She was rude, insulting and incapable of solving the problem. She proceeded to tell me that Jim was in another country and she was not going to refund ANY of my charges! I have since proceeded with my bank. I will warn all consumers NOT to see this site. They are absolute crooks that only focus on charging you an exorbitant for me for NOTHING. When an error occurs, and they always do, they are useless and they find not uphold their stated policies. I will never use them again. BEWARE.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017
I had an existing flight with Expedia and several days later I called them to assist me in booking a hotel. I was flying into Providenciales and instead of booking a hotel there, they found a hotel in Turks and Caicos while failing to explain that I would have to take an additional flight. I had to cancel. They said the hotel will only charge me 20% of my deposit of $224 when in fact it was really 20% of the total hotel cost. I got hung up on, they lie, just bad business. I'm still fighting for my $224.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2017
I received a flight credit for a cancelled flight. I've tried many times to use that credit (using the same airline) to no avail. Every time I'm stuck on hold and transferred to various agents within Expedia only to be told after 40 minutes wait time that they cannot help me. Why give me a credit in the first place if they have no intention of allowing me to use it? A very dishonest company in my opinion!!!
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017
Months in advance, we booked a hotel room through Expedia for a joint family vacation. Other family members booked directly with the hotel, and phoned six weeks in advance to ensure that all of our reservations were in place and the rooms would be located close to each other. When we arrived, the desk staff couldn't find our reservation. When they did eventually find it, it was booked seven months later than the travel date listed on our confirmation e-mail from Expedia. Fortunately the hotel was not full and we were able to get a room, but it was nowhere near the others. When we called Expedia, we were told that 'this happens all the time.' We have received no follow-up from Expedia to date.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017
DO NOT BOOK YOUR HOTEL WITH EXPEDIA. I booked a hotel in Panama City charged in US dollars, with a Canadian credit card. The small print said the card was just used to hold the hotel and the hotel would collect the payment in local currency for X amount. I received a charge on my credit card for the full amount. It was free cancellation, however if I were to cancel the reservation the US dollars would be refunded at a much lower exchange rate, than the exorbitantly high rate I was charged. I booked the hotel because my card WOULD NOT be charged. The confirmation said "Will be collected by the hotel in local currency." Expedia answered that that meant they would charge my credit card themselves, that they were holding it as a deposit. It was a cancellable booking.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017
I paid $7,000 to book a trip through Expedia and as we are getting ready to leave for the trip our flight is canceled. We called them and trying to rebook for the next day was awful. I was on the phone 3 hours with some people from India. I could not understand them. They kept messing with me and trying to put me on a awful flight the next day that would take me on 4 stops to just get to Hawaii. I fought them over my $450 a night hotel room I would not be staying at. Awful, worthless and so stressful. NEVER AGAIN!!
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017
I bought ticket to USA around 1680 USD then I checked my bank statement the day after to find that I was charged twice! I stay without money as my balance at the bank is now negative. I have big problem. My bank make me pay too much charges for the negative balance and the problem that Expedia says that the airlines company don't charge me twice but I deal with Expedia and not with the airlines Company for that I insert my credit cards details in the page of Expedia. Expedia don't answer my messages anymore and told me to contact my financial institution. Where is my money???
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017
They took over $2000 of my money for a trip that I never took. I booked a short trip recently to London UK. When I arrived at the Calgary airport I was notified that there would be a seven-hour delay on our flight to London. This would have cut my trip in half. It was not worth traveling that far, stay a day and then come back again. I called Expedia right away. They suggested that I cancel and that they would make all the necessary phone calls to inform all the companies in my itinerary. I was also told that I would get a full refund and that I can then rebook at a later date. They didn't do anything they promised. They didn't make any of the calls and so I was classified as a NO SHOW at the airport, hotel, shuttle and the activities that I booked.
Expedia refused to take any responsibility and also refuses to give my money back. I've talked to seven people at Expedia in two days with little success. The last person I talked to told me to go through insurance. I made calls to the airport, hotel etc to try and rectify the situation but I am still out the money that I paid for a trip that I never took. I'll NEVER use EXPEDIA again. Their agents kept me on hold for hours, are hard to understand, not helpful and are very unprofessional. I'm so frustrated and unsure of what to do next. I've contacted the travel insurance agency as a last resort. I'm not sure if they can help me. Still in limbo and very dissatisfied!
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017
On the 22nd January 2017, I booked 2 rooms for a stay at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. They cost me A$1800. Literally, within 2 minutes, the price of the remaining identical rooms had dropped to A$1200. A reduction of 30%, for the same period of time, in identical rooms. There were 6 rooms still available!!! I wanted 2 of them, so I rang Expedia "customer service", explained the situation, gave them what info they needed and requested that they assist me. Assistance was not forthcoming, but what I got was, delaying tactics, stalling, incompetence, arguments and a lengthy list of different people to discuss the problem with.
The 6 rooms were sold to various people over the next 4 hours. We had missed out and Expedia were able to confirm that they could no longer help (????), as the rooms had gone. I have now been sending texts for over a week now, without satisfaction. They admit the prices dropped, as reported and offered a A$100 token, which could be used on future trips (not this one). As if, I would use them again after this show of incompetence and disinterest. Just to say, be very wary of dealing with this crowd. By the way, their claims of "Price Match" and "Price Guarantee" do not mean a thing. Words only.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017
Booked hotel room Nov. 11, 2016. Now 1-31-2017 and have received about 2-5 calls on my cell phone per week for 3 months. Have blocked over 25 numbers and calls continue. The calls are about different hotels' offers and specials. Called Expedia and told it's the hotel. Called Best Western and its affiliate and talked to 3 different people. (Best Western was very helpful.) They assured me the hotel never does this and was most likely Expedia. Called Expedia back and get hung up on and/or put on hold. Mix in occasional, non-English-speaking rep that acts like they have never heard of such a thing. DO NOT GIVE OR USE YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER. Since for most part have to use real cell # when booking flight or hotel I would never use the Expedia website again. How dumb do you have to be as a company?!! If you blow up person's cell phone that is probably best way to chase away the customer.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2017
I booked a hotel with Expedia which I then cancelled within the allotted time and have been waiting two and a half months for a refund. I have received emails confirmation that the refund has been processed which is not true and have made numerous telephone calls and sent numerous emails. Do not use them as their customer service is appalling.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2017
So I booked a reservation through Expedia for 2 nights. Cost me $250. I got my confirmation saying my room is booked and ready. So I'm at the hotel waiting 30 for the reservations to get to the hotel. Nothing. So I checked my itinerary. I couldn't believe it. They cancel my reservation after they took my money off my card!!! And told me they refund it. I had no money and refund takes 5-10 days. I called them for over 5 hours and no help. Me and my family had to sleep in the car. Expedia screwed me.Why would you take my money, then cancel my reservation??? Then tells me to get another room. With what? Smh so pissed. Dont do it... report them.
Expedia Company Information
- Company Name:
- Expedia
- Year Founded:
- 1996
- Address:
- 333 108th Ave.
- City:
- NE Bellevue
- State/Province:
- WA
- Postal Code:
- 98004
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.expedia.com
