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Expedia runs a global travel booking digital site. Consumers can book flights, hotels, car rentals and vacation packages. Founded in 1996, Expedia brings together advanced search tools and user reviews to simplify travel planning. It also offers personalized itineraries.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    Quite possibly the worst customer service I've ever encountered my entire life. I've never felt so compelled to write a bad review for any service company but here I am. After calling to book a ticket that takes me from Boston to Cairo, I was issued a ticket that took me from Boston to Toronto to Frankfurt to Cairo. I showed up on the day of my flight and was not allowed on the plane because I did not have a US or Canadian passport or a Canadian visa. The fact that I need a visa to get to my original destination was NOT communicated to me by your sales representative. Strike one.

    After getting going back and forth/being put on hold for about 2 hours with your representative (strike two), I was offered a different flight that left Boston the following day for $2200. I declined that ticket and went online and found myself a cheaper ticket for $1700 (strike three, again through Expedia, because I'm an optimist).

    Finally, in an altogether different flight: I needed to change the destination and origin of another ticket that I once again booked through Expedia (at this point it's idiocy not optimism), and I was told that that would cost $2000. I went online to find that same ticket for $555. I really truly STRONGLY discourage using their services.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    I've been trying to book a minivan for my trip to Texas for the last two days and it shows on their website a price of $57 a day not including insurance. I've been trying to book a minivan for my trip to Texas for the last two days and it shows on their website a price of $57 a day not including insurance for a minivan. I try to book it and the website will not let me. I called them and get put on hold for two hours just to find out that the price that is on there is false and they tell me that there's nothing that they can do about it.

    Get put on hold for two hours just to find out that the price that is on there is false and they tell me that there's nothing that they can do about it. This company is nothing but a bait and switch company. They do not care about their customers or future customers when they advertise false pricing on their websites just to draw business into their company. I will never use their service over again and I do not recommend anyone to use their service for any booking or traveling needs because the advertise price is not what you will get. Beware of this company because they were lying to you and put you on hold for five hours just to tell you there's nothing that they can do for you.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    Reserved a room at the Days Inn in Milan Ohio through Expedia. Upon arrival the front desk staff even though they had my credit card wanted $50.00 in cash for incidentals. When my daughter went to give them the money they heard me say over the phone that we would not use their establishment again and they told her to LEAVE!! So, I contacted Expedia to make sure that they did not charge me, well they did. While I am on hold Expedia contacts the hotel and the hotel says my daughter was a no show (a bold face lie). Expedia proceeds to tell me that there is nothing they can do and I need to take it up with Days Inn. My point being why even use Expedia in the first place. Trust me I have learned my lesson on this one and never again will they get my business!!

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    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    It is now early July 2015. I traveled to Waikiki Beach, Oahu, HI in March 2015. Booked a 3-week vacation through Expedia well in advance and prepaid in full. Arrived to find the hotel room I was supposedly booked into was not a hotel room. The hotel had not existed for years. The rooms were sold off to private buyers/owners as condos of sorts years prior. The individual owner of this "room" was an offshore real estate investor who had subcontracted with a local property manager. The local property manager subcontracted this "room" as a hotel room with Expedia and provided Expedia with false photos of it. Expedia posted the false pictures of the room without ever having determined whether this place actually existed or not. The room was too small to get around in and the bed was full of bedbugs.

    Trying to telephone Expedia has been a waste of hours/days/months of time. Expedia Customer Service phone representatives will put you on hold for hours at a time day after day. The representatives are rude, refuse refunds and basically refuse to deal with me in any kind of humane way. I tried to go to the corporate office in Bellevue, WA in person. Despite there being a high-rise building full of thousands of employees coming and going, the receptionist insisted there was no one there who could talk to me face to face. She referred me to yet another Customer Service phone number in Las Vegas, NV. The Customer Service reps in Las Vegas contacted me for information and asked for time to research the room in Hawaii.

    It has been months later now and I have heard from no one. The 3rd tier escalation representative's email bounces any attempts to email him. The software engineers have apparently generated email that will not accept incoming email. I also wrote to the actual property owner and the property manager. The property manager was EXTREMELY rude to me. The property owner themselves has never bothered to answer my email. The property manager threatened me with calling the police and the FBI on me, for what I do not know other than I said I would be writing these bad reviews on the internet.

    Needless to say, my travel partner (a long time Expedia user), myself and numerous people I know will NEVER EVER contract for anything EVER with Expedia in the future. I would advise anyone and everyone to stay well clear of this extremely unprofessional, rude and completely ineffectual business. Do you research, Expedia is becoming a monopoly. Please be aware that Expedia also bought out/owns/operates many other business names including Hotels.com, trivago, TripAdvisor, Hotwire, and many others (100 names in about 60 countries). As a monopoly, they have no incentive to care about customer service - and they don't.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    I want to bring this issue in your notice; I had booked a return ticket. Since there was a change in the travel plan, I had to postpone the return journey to Delhi so, I talked to Expedia customer service (person name: Pankhuri), who deliberately gave me wrong info that I can go ahead with the cancellation of return flight. This whole conversation can be heard as your side recorded it. Believing the info given to me by Pankhuri, I cancelled the ticket and booked a new return ticket on Expedia.

    After several weeks, I again talked to the customer service and I was assured for refund. After several weeks, I made another call to customer service and they said the ticket was non cancelable and they will look for the wrong info provided to me and assured again for refund. Since then, I have been just waiting for the refund but no response. This is disgusting and irritating to know that such things have been happening with the poor customers. I am sorry to say that Expedia is more interested in publicity and increasing users from a totally commercial angle and sees only its benefit than being genuinely interested in helping its customers. I am deeply frustrated that Expedia has unnecessarily wasted my money, time and peace. I will go to social media, consumer court to settle the things if necessary action has not taken soon.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    Booked a hotel with Best Western $70 per night less than when I called direct to the hotel. Who would pocket the difference if I had booked through Expedia? So that's how they make their money... What a tourist trap.

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    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    I am requesting to waive the travel insurance that I have not used since my trip is 6 months from now. The rep named Max put me on hold for a few minutes at first just to decline my request. So I humbly made another plea since I am booking another flight with them to consider waiving it and I am on hold again for 1 hour and 22 minutes now. No decency whatsoever to get back to me to give me a final decision! What an **! I have quite a good impression on Expedia but this experience definitely destroyed that! They are not just expensive but unsatisfactory too. So rude!!!

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    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    I booked two rooms at a hotel through Expedia. When I found out that I only needed one room I called Expedia to cancel. The rep told me that the policy was that the hotel wouldn't cancel for her but her Supervisor would call the hotel's manager at 1:00 on Monday and get it handled. She told me NOT TO WORRY several times. When we showed up the hotel Expedia had never called. Called Expedia back and they were sorry.

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    Reviewed July 5, 2015

    We had booked a vacation flight hotel and car through Expedia. Flight was fine but car rental we had to wait for four hours and they said we don't have a car for you after paying so much money. When we reached out hotel and was trying to check in, guess what? They said, "we don't have your reservations." After arguing with them, finally they found it - "the clerk" said, "our hotel is overbooked and we don't have any room available for you." We had kids with us and we had nowhere to go. I called Expedia. They could not help over the phone - stay on phone for more than two hours. Finally gave us our rooms after two days - meanwhile we had to get our own hotel for two days. I called up Expedia for some sort of compensation but they refuse to help me. We spent about $7000.00 in our booking and had no vacation. I would never book with Expedia again.

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    Reviewed July 4, 2015

    I booked a hotel online to stay in near the hospital because my husband was having surgery 3 and a half hours away from home. With the understanding I could leave a night early if needed I could. When I left the hotel they handed me a copy of my room receipt for a total of 276 dollars. Expedia charged me 410 dollars and would only give me 93 dollars back refusing to give me the extra 41 dollars. I called and wanted to understand where the extra 41 dollars went and why I was only refunded part. The lady who helped me just gave me the runaround and would not answer my questions. When I asked to speak with a supervisor she told me they will only tell you the same thing and wouldn't let me talk with anyone else.

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    Reviewed July 4, 2015

    Me and my son missed our flight back from Hong Kong to Paris because in the travel confirmation sent by Expedia.com. Hk, departure time that was mentioned was 12:25 am. I understood that this was meaning 25 minutes after noon time. Flight was actually leaving at 25 minutes past midnight. I checked exact definition of 12:25 am and could find one explanation issued by National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) saying that this reference to am and pm cause confusion and should not be used because unclear; a.m. Means actually ante meridiem, which means before noon; then 12:25 could also mean 12 hours and 25 minutes before noon; another site was proving that 12:25 am is between 12:00 am (noon time) and 1:00 pm which sounds logical.

    I called Expedia to get a refund but they just referred to airline company general conditions for missed flights which says "no refund" and denied any responsibility in this mistake, saying that 12:25 am means definitely 25 minutes past midnight. I could find any address where to send my claim, only customer hotline and email address. As many customers here, I am a regular customer of expedia and I felt cheated. I will never use again this website and try my best to get a refund.

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    Reviewed July 4, 2015

    Booked a New York trip months in advance and needed to change the last name of one of the passengers. Spent over 7 hours of hold time and 2 weeks trying to take care of the issue. Called the airline and faxed over the info they asked for with no problem. But EVERY TIME I called Expedia, I sat on hold for over an hour each time and was disconnected. No one would give me a direct line to supervisor, and the issue is still not resolved.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2015

    I reserved & prepaid for a handicap accessible room with an adjoining double room for my brother, mother and me. I get to the hotel & discovered the hotel doesn't even have such an arrangement. Expedia simply lied to get my business.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2015

    A person named Glenn answered the phone at Expedia. I needed a motel that allows budgies and told him that another person two years ago from Expedia had talked the Oxford Suites in Hermiston, Oregon into allowing us to reserve a room with our bird. He called the Oxford Suites and right away said they don't allow birds. I told him again that the other person two years earlier had talked them into allowing this. He did nothing and said another motel allows birds. I have reserved the other motel and had to squeeze information out of him about the place. He was in a big hurry to make the sale and had trouble with English at times. This guy was a lousy customer service rep and that business must be desperate to hire people like this.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2015

    First time on Expedia. I thought book now pay later is a very good catch for customers. Indeed it is a catch. Tried to book for hotel in Boston, click the pay later option, found two options instead. Lie#1: Pay in full or $50 reservation! Didn't it say pay later? Anyway, $50 won't hurt so I booked the hotel, went ahead and use my card, reservation got confirmed in less than 2 minutes. Lie#2: Printed my confirmation, read through it, it said "PAID IN FULL!!!" What? I dialed customer service and pleaded that their website needed to be truthful because I just lost my $$$ over what should have been just $50 reservation deposit!

    Lie#3: Website said it's FREE CANCELLATION. Guess what, when I cancelled being that unhappy, I had to pay $50 hotel penalty! Where in their website did it say "FREE CANCELLATION BUT HOTEL MIGHT CHARGE YOU $50!" I would have appreciated if all these were written in fine prints. I would have taken the time to read it before booking. But no fine prints, only easy to book in 2 minutes and everything that you need to know to warn you before booking be in your confirmation and itinerary! This is robbery in broad daylight! I'm going back to hotel.com who booked me in Key west at Waldorf with clear info and additional benefit. Never again with Expedia.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2015

    I have been using Expedia for years and have had no problems. However, for the first time, and because of my positive history with Expedia, I decided to book a room under their "unpublished rates". You choose a rate and room based on criteria and get a special rate. I chose a "boutique" hotel with 4 stars. However, once I gave the information, I found out they had booked me in a 3 star motel.

    When I called the number on my special "silver" card, I was placed on hold for over an hour. Then I called the "regular" number and was put through immediately to someone in another country. I spent another hour, spoke to numerous people including ** over two days and no one could help me. Finally, I was told that I would be put through to a supervisor in the states. I was then placed on hold for another hour. I have also sent two emails and have received "auto" responses only. This company does not have integrity and after 15 years, I will no longer be using them!

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    Reviewed July 2, 2015

    We arrived only 30 minutes before flight due to an accident on road ahead backing up traffic for 20+ miles. The check in window at airline was closed. No one else would help us or refused. We missed our flight. Called Alaskan Airlines to check for next available, they advised to call Expedia for an option since tickets purchased through them. On the phone for hours from the time we missed the flight (waiting at airport for several hours) until 10:00 pm and hung up on three times after 1 hour time investment with no call back.

    We were finally told that we would most likely not be refunded for any of the tickets for flight or hotel, but the representative already cancelled all reservations and stated she would have to call us back tomorrow. So, after 1.5 hours and being placed on hold several times, she was unable to get through to Alaskan Airlines. This was the most ridiculous experience I've ever had with any traveling assistance company and will definitely warn others about the negative treatment. Never again.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    We booked online and paid extra for pool view. Thought we would splurge this time. Not only did we not get a pool view but expedia and Hilton Orlando are keeping our money that we paid extra. That's stealing!!! NEVER AGAIN!!! Ruined our family vacation. I guess business is so good they don't have to worry about customer service.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    Used Expedia online to book a holiday today. Took 1574 euro x 3 out of my account as a shadow payment? No holiday booked. Have to wait another 72 hours for a refund or book with another card. Customer care line obviously transfer to a Pakistan country (due to accent) stressed no holiday no funds??? Thanks Expedia. Never ever again.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    I made a reservation for July 2nd. I checked and rechecked to verify the info was correct. Never received a confirmation email but usually I don't. I get the reminder email and it says July 1st. I know for a fact that I booked it for the 2nd after confirming it and re-confirming it over and over. They told me I lied and that they couldn't possibly have a glitch. I asked to speak to a representative, who gave me the runaround and then a manager who gave me the runaround. After an hour I get put through to corporate. By that point I just said I wanted the CEO name and address. I was writing a letter and complaining to everyone I can. I will no longer use Expedia for ANY of my travel means since they essential called me a liar.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    I tried too book a Vegas trip flight and hotel for my best friends 21st birthday. I had to call since there was a problem with my computer. The lady was very scripted but I was on the phone for over a half hour and she charged my card and said it was done. She then asked me to wait on hold while she typed something. I could hear her and waited for about five minutes before being hung up on. I figured, 'oh she will call me back ASAP.' I waited about an hour and nothing, so I called back to double-check since my cards were charged but I didn't receive an email confirmation.

    Waited 30 minutes before I got back on the phone with seriously THE rudest person ever. I have worked in customer service and I could not believe how he treated me. He told me the prices changes and I said, "Well that doesn't matter, I already booked and paid for my trip. I just need the information." He looked into it and said I did not book anything and I said then why did you take my money? He said there was nothing he could do for me except to rebook the prices raised over $100 more than what they were.

    I figure in this type of situation, they would figure out a way to help me out since it was not my fault the call got dropped. I asked him since he could not help me if I could speak with a supervisor. He said no there is no supervisor to help you and proceeded to laugh at me and say he was in charge. After arguing with him, I finally hung up and called back I got about another 2-hour wait before I finally talked to a supervisor. She was nice and was the only one genuinely sorry for the last man's behavior. She gave me a little credit and said that corporate would like to hear from me.

    So I called Tuesday morning and that took about 4 hours of being transferred before I got a manager at corporate. I explained the situation only to be asked, "Well, what do you want me to do about it?" The CEO needs to be more aware. I am not happy and I will never EVER recommended Expedia. I expect service. I was unable to even book my flight because they took my money!!! Expedia won't be around much longer if they can't even try to give excellent customer service - that's what pays your bills! Hardworking CUSTOMERS! They should come first.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    Bought airline tickets to go to Austin, Texas. Clicked round trip. Had to cancel trip. Tried to get refund. Was told two one way tickets were purchased and we would OWE the airline. Rude and uncaring company. Do not recommend using their services as they are not clear and you will lose money.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    Trying to make a change to an air ticket. So far it's taken 7 phone calls lasting around 3 hours. Expedia call center staff give contradictory information and don't really seem to know what's going on. I don't care how good a deal they offer. I am never going to use them again.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    My co-worker helped book a flight with Expedia on behalf of another co-worker. He then cancelled the flight because the business trip was rescheduled. When the trip was back on again, he needed my help to re-book another flight and use the credits from the cancelled trip towards the new flights. In order to use the credits, I had to call Expedia to book a new flight. When we booked the new flight there was a remaining balance that needed to be paid of $202. I used my co-worker's company credit card to pay the remaining balance.

    The person that initially booked the cancelled flight then received the email confirmation that the credit from the cancelled flight has been used, and the remaining amount due of $202 had been paid - along with the new flight info. However, there was no other detail pertaining to that charge. They also did not provide us with a new itinerary number. So when I logged into his account to obtain a receipt, it was difficult because I didn't have a new itinerary number and when trying to use the old one I only found information on the cancelled flight - nothing regarding the new flight.

    I then went through their process of getting assistance via email. I received the confirmation email letting me know that they try to respond to requests for help within 24 hours but 2 days later and I still received no response. I then sent multiple requests to have them call me - 4 requests total and I finally received a return call on my cell phone. Why was only one call returned? Because they forget to mention that when we leave you a number an automated service will then call me - not an actual person. So of course our receptionist isn't going to know what to do when she gets that automated call (unfortunately I do not have a direct line). So thanks for that heads up Expedia - you FAIL there too. Way to go!

    I finally get that call and the representative is very sweet, professional and courteous. However, 25 mins into the call and I still don't have a copy of that receipt. She ends up sending me details about the transfer of credits to the new flight... but nothing regarding what we had just talked about - the $202 charge that I need the receipt for. I then ask to speak to a supervisor (nothing against her, it's just WTF - still no receipt now 30 mins in?) I then wait 10 minutes for a supervisor to get on the call because they have high call volume and this man by the name of ** answers with a voice as if he's annoyed he has to take my call.

    I end up having to repeat the situation to him because I guess the other rep was clueless as to what was going on even after I just spent 30 mins on the phone with her. He then tells me to patiently wait while he looks into this, comes back on the line and confirms the credit card number that was used for that $202 charge and is prepared to send the receipt. I ask him nicely because I really am curious and I'd like to avoid this happening again "**, did I do anything wrong? Why is it that I have to speak to a supervisor 50 mins into a call just to obtain a receipt for this charge? What could I have done differently?" He then tells me with his annoyed voice that I could have asked for a receipt when I called to transfer the credits. Putting the blame on customer... You're an awesome supervisor **!

    I told him "why would I ask for a receipt for something you're charging me for? Your company is charging me, there should be a receipt sent to me for this charge" (as most companies send). I told him that the rep never even asked if I wanted a receipt, so how am I to know if you do or do not offer one? He then asked me if I received the receipt and I told him no because I didn't know he had sent it to me yet so I hadn't checked. I then asked if he can wait on the line with me while I confirm if I received it and he said he could only wait on the line for (specifically) 1 minute. I told him "Really? I've been on the phone with you for 52 minutes now just to obtain a receipt and you can only wait for 1 minute to confirm that I got your email?" and he responded with yes. I walked over to my co-workers desk (which is less than a minute away) to confirm that he received the email and then I hear the line drop...

    We didn't receive an email. We were somewhat of a small company and have just recently been acquired by a very large million dollar company. Sadly, we will NO LONGER BE USING YOU EXPEDIA. You missed out. :) THANKS FOR NOTHING.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    We made a hotel reservation on Expedia. After we made it realized that the state was incorrect, it was to be in Maine instead it went to Oregon I called them right away, was told it was enough time it was cancelled. Then while we were traveling we saw that Expedia took our money, had to call them over four times with different answers. Was told to call the hotel to cancel. They provided me with the wrong phone and person to speak with. I was willing to take the loss and put the money toward another stay. Their customer service is horrible. Will never book with them and plan on seeking further action.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    I received an email at 8 pm UAE time that my flight to Newark departing from London on 30th June VS001 has been cancelled. I called Virgin who informed me that as I booked via Expedia, I had to get them to make the change. I have now been on various calls with Salvador, India and God knows where to Expedia "so called" customer service representatives. They have kept me on hold, hardly understood the issue and have been extremely unhelpful. They have ruined my vacation before it has even started. I am seriously disappointed with Expedia's poor customer service. They have yet to resolve my issue 2 hours in and I have racked up a phone bill. Next time I'm never using Expedia and going direct!!!!!!!!!!! #expediasucks

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    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    I booked a holiday to Portugal for 10/07/15 but when paper work was issued it was for 10/06/15. As soon as I got the paper work I called them. I rang them too. They said it would go to complaints and would listen to the conversation that I had with their agent, which the agent changed the date, the time of flights and the deposit. I got lots of emails saying they were sorting it. Expedia did nothing to sort this problem out. My partner had to book time of work which cost us because it was one of the busiest times to complete work. Expedia have still not got back to me and to be honest don't think they will.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    In March and April I was checking hotels in Wildwood NJ in Expedia. I found one; El Coronado. I decided to make reservations, I think it was sometime in April because Expedia kept showing less rooms each time I checked. I made reservations when it said only 4 rooms left for June 2 to June 5. When we were there hardly anyone in the whole hotel let alone all the beach. I can't depend on Expedia telling the truth anymore when it comes to how many rooms are left.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    I made reservations Jan 26, 2015 to stay in Rehoboth, DE for 2 nights for a wedding. I received my confirmation and am set. I received a call from hotel to change from 2 queen beds to a king but told them I couldn't due to 2 extra people staying in room and they were good with that. Received an email from Expedia 2 days before my trip again confirming my trip and asking if I was ready.

    Got to hotel at check in time and there was no reservation. I was told it was canceled because card was denied and hotel manager OKed it. I showed the desk clerks my confirmations and kept saying their computer shows card declined. They worked to get a room for me and upgraded to a suite. As of my first night checked in it was still not resolved at 11 pm. I called Expedia and they assured me on my side everything was fine. They called hotel and had clerk on hold for 2 hrs to resolve. I come to find out that my card was fine but card from Expedia was denied. I will not use 3rd party instead deal with hotel directly.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2015

    I called to book a trip and gave the lady on the phone my card number. She said I couldn't use the card so I gave her a different one. Next thing you know my alerts on my phone start going off and she somehow charges 2709 dollars on one card and 2200 on the other card and still had not booked our trip. I asked to speak with someone that could help, she hung up on me. I called back 1 hour and 22 min later I get a supervisor on the phone that tells me she can't do anything and will not guarantee me the price of the trip after my bank disputes the card charges and then also hangs up.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2015

    BEWARE of Expedia free 24 hour cancellation policy. I made reservations for a trip to Punta Cana. I paid in full on my credit card for the trip. I cancelled well within the 24 hour period. Expedia refunded me my hotels and insurance within a few days which was fine but the airline refund went through two billing cycles on my credit card. Needless to say I now have to pay interest to the credit card company.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2015

    Booked a flight, hotel and rental car through Expedia website for a 1-day business meeting in Denver. Within 24 hours of making my booking, my meeting was moved back 1 day, so I had to make a simple change to my itinerary. This requires you to get on the phone with Expedia customer service, which was an absolute nightmare. First, I had a very hard time understanding anyone I spoke with, due to poor call quality and the accents. Second, I was bounced around to many different departments, including, inexplicably, Expedia's internal IT department, before being disconnected. I then spent 45 mins on hold before giving up.

    Ultimately, I was able to make my changes by calling each vendor individually (airline, hotel, car rental). But, due to Expedia booking policies, which I still don't entirely understand, I was unable to change or cancel my hotel reservation, and ended up paying for a hotel night that I didn't use. This, despite the fact that I had paid Expedia for travel change insurance during my initial booking. There is no added value to using Expedia to book travel whatsoever, and this was my first and last time using them.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2015

    I booked a flight and it didn't go through, it kept sending me to the error page that tell me to try it again in a few minutes. Then I looked at the unbooked section, it said my flight was un-booked so I thought the flight that I booked still UNBOOKED. I did not know that the website will automatically book it for me. So I bought the ticket off the other website, now I got 2 tickets. I called the customer service and they wouldn't refund me the money even though it is their website FAULT! After they processed my unbooked flight, they did not send me any emails for confirmation number or anything. If I didn't check my account, I would miss my flight!? I would NEVER EVER USE Expedia again! YOUR COMPANY IS THE WORST COMPANY!!!

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    Reviewed June 28, 2015

    I made reservations thru Expedia for a one night stay at the Radisson Hotel in Portland, Oregon while I was in Belgium. I didn't realize that the site I was on was Expedia.be which means it's the Belgian site. My confirmation email was in Dutch. When I returned home I called Expedia to ask them to send me the confirmation in English. I requested call backs twice. Received call backs, both outside the times they stated they would call me back, and both people I spoke with were entirely unhelpful.

    Three times they hung up on me. In order to get anything in writing or changed, I was told I had to speak with Expedia Belgium. I'd ask questions such as, "do I need to wait for Customer Service or will the call be answered by someone?" The CS person didn't answer my question, despite my repeating it. "Did I prepay for the room? Can I cancel it completely so I can start over again?" Both people I spoke with did not even give me an answer, "yes," "no," "I don't know." They were silent. The second person I spoke to sounded like she had marbles in her mouth and I could barely understand her. Nothing was resolved. Finally, I called Radisson in Portland and they worked with me to a very satisfactory end. Expedia, however, will never see me again and no one will ever hear anything positive from me about them.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    I purchased a vacation package (plane tickets and hotel) from Expedia for my family in December. We had confirmation for all of us from Expedia and Delta, but when it was time to check in for our flight in May, we found that my son didn't have a ticket. Instead, my daughter had two tickets assigned to her. The Delta ticket agents said we had to have Expedia reissue the ticket for my son. My husband and I both called Expedia right away. After being on hold for 50 minutes waiting for a "supervisor" to fix the problem and not hearing anything from him, we had to buy another ticket at the walk up price and then run for our plane.

    Now, after calling Expedia repeatedly since getting back from out trip, I have talked to 8 different people who all promise to help me and get back to me within 72 hours. Apparently they then disappear forever, because I have never heard back from anyone at Expedia. The trip was fun, but my next one will not be through Expedia. Or ever again.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    I have bought several vacations with Expedia, but after today's experience I wont be using Expedia anymore. Expedia was advertising a package to Grand Bahia Principe Punta Cana for $920 per person for 8 nights from San Francisco. I was going to pay extra $63 to come back in 11 hours instead of 20, but when I was ready to book, the website showed me a red sign saying "sorry, we are unable to complete your request 12968".

    I thought it was my computer's so we try to do the booking through my husband's computer, having the same issue. When we were finally able to "buy it" I noticed that the website had changed my option and it was just the flight, without the hotel. I canceled, but Expedia wont return the $14 of administrative fee. We lost hours in the phone with no solution to our problem, they won't return the $14.

    With the same phone call, we tried to book the trip, but the person on the phone was charging us $200 more than what we were seeing in the website. Then we tried again with the website that was still advertising the trip for $920, but after clicking the hotel it went up $100 per person. Basically a scam. I didn't buy my vacation and I lost $14 because of Expedia's website mistake.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    I booked a package holidays in January 2015. My travel date was in June. My flight was changed from 10:50 am to 9:15 and Expedia did not notify me (in their terms and conditions clearly states it is their responsibility). I came to the airport and that is when I found out that my flight departed without me. The airline was nice and put me on the next available flight. I have lost 1 night in the hotel and the following day to catch up on my sleep. I sent emails to Expedia, no response. Only after prompting several time, I got email from them which is rude and the man lack customer service skills. To get through on the phone is another issue - if you have all day, you can try.

    They do not want to deal with it and take responsibility for their mistake. They claim they send an email to me informing me of a schedule change but cannot provide a copy, so clearly is a lie. PLEASE DO NOT BOOK WITH EXPEDIA, YOU WILL REGRET IF THINGS GO WRONG. Price may be tempting but there are other companies out there which are competitive. Expedia promise they refund difference but it is not the case. They want to take your money and that is it. I bet they will go busted soon.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    I think people work for customer service in Expedia suffer from some sort of short-term memory syndrome. The airline cancelled my initial flights and changed my schedule to unreasonable time so I requested refunds. I called five times over one week period requesting cancellation and refunds. For some reason, everytime I called, the Expedia said it wasn't the airline's work hour so I have to call at different times. I pretty much called every work hour for all around the continent but still it was never the work hour. Also, even though I clearly expressed that I want refunds and said why, after few minutes the representative would ask me if I am accepting the change in my schedule and ask me over why I want to cancel.

    At the end, I gave up because I realized that the company never had the intention to give me a refund. Also, for some reason, I was able to contact with the airline within few minutes and heard their explanation that they could not give me a refund since I did not purchase tickets with them directly. Moreover, after my first request of refund, when I called the Expedia customer service and entered my itinerary number, I was told that I'll be on hold for more than three hours, but if I did not enter my itinerary number, I got connected to the representative without waiting. Hmm, I thought that was funny. Anyway, I'm taking this flights because I have no choice but I'm never using you or recommending you to anyone from now on. Thank you so much.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    We booked two Thai Airways tickets to Nepal from Expedia. Unfortunately, the trip got cancelled due to recent spate of earthquakes. Hence we contacted Thai Airways to try for a refund. Fortunately, Thai Airways has very kindly approved of a refund for all Nepal flights traveling in the same period and told us to approach Expedia for a refund. We contacted Expedia via email and sent the circular to them as well as the contact details of the person we contacted from Thai Airways to verify. The person on the line kept giving us all kind of excuses and told us to contact Thai Airways. Finally we resolved the issue that the issue lies with Expedia as Thai Airways has already sent out the circular to all their business partners.

    The whole issue dragged on for over a month with Expedia not replying to our emails and when we call them, we had to repeatedly go through the whole process of explaining our situation to different call operators (none of which has a personal email that can handle our case directly). They told us they will contact Thai Airways and did not get back to us for over a week such that we had to call up the Expedia hotline again which again did not resolve the issue.

    There seem to be a severe information gap between the management at Expedia and the call centre at India which I am sure is kept intentional. Brilliant business strategy, in future when I open my own business, I will set up my refund department all the way in India and never see them again. Their website's customer support page writes "We're here for you 24 hours a day..." I think they forgotten to add (until you need your money back for perfectly legit reasons).

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    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    Charge $22 for cancellation insurance. When I wanted to change my flight date Expedia told me that I would have to have had a death in the family. Also that it isn't their turf to do this. It's up to the airlines. Simply put their insurance is worthless.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    Horrible experience with Expedia. I couldn't simply book a trip online to Paris for seven days plus excursions, transfers for a significant (For me) amount of $ and research. I entered all the information, got all the excursions on the dates I needed and started to fill in the TSA info. I couldn't book because of a GLITCH in their system. Entering daughter's info, the GLITCH said she "had to be 12 years old for the entire trip." She is going before her birthday for her birthday.

    So I called and the first CS Rep told me he was having a problem with the excursions that I reserved. He suggested I book the flights first and gave me seat numbers (of course no three together), then, without saying anything, puts me on classic rock hold for 45 min and doesn't come back. SO, I call from another phone and get a decent CS rep. However, now the Monday excursion to London is not available and she offered Tuesday (Monday is my daughter's birthday). I reserved a Monday trip to London for three that suddenly was no longer available.. again, a MONDAY! Even though it is still in my working itinerary (have the screengrab). Oh, and btw, the other excursion is no longer available.

    This literally takes an hour. (Oh, and the other CS rep still has me on hold -- 1 hr and 45 minutes and counting.) So now, because of the computer glitch and first CS rep's time-wasting total lack of respect, the parts of the trip I planned for me and my family are no longer available. I finally just get the flight, hotel and transfers, ditch any other excursions, and ask to be transferred to customer service to complain. She does, and I've been on hold with them for over an hour. No one is picking up. It really is outrageous. The total lack of respect for the customer is just wrong.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    I made a motel reservation online and within 15 minutes received a phone call telling me that I was to go somewhere else. I called to cancel the reservation at approx 3:30 pm cst. By the time I was connected to the correct party I was told that it was too late to cancel that my cc would be charged a cancellation fee equal to the reservation fee because it was after 4pm cst. When I tried to explain my hold time and that I had been transferred 3 times it was to no avail. It would be nice to talk to someone that I could understand but that too was apparently not feasible.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    I booked a trip on Expedia.com back in May. The booking went through smoothly. My credit card was charged and I received a confirmation email. In the confirmation email, I got confirmations for my flights (round trip) and my hotel stays booked. In the email, my flights were showing ticketing in process. I didn't think much since all flights got confirmation numbers and my credit card was charged in full. And I never received another email/phone call letting me know something has gone wrong. Less than 3 Days before my trip, I wanted to pick my seats on the flights and found out my flights were never booked!!! Expedia only booked me 3 nights of hotel stay in a foreign country with no flights and charged me in full for the entire trip.

    I called the customer service immediately to figure out what went wrong. I was told I was responsible to check the status of the booking despite the confirmation email and the fees being charged. The representative sorted out my flights to the destination but told me my original return flights are no longer available and I only have 2 options. During the conversation I went on the Expedia mobile app and saw there are other flights available that fit my schedule (I have booked activities and airport transfer during my stay through a third party travel agency). When I mentioned I saw flights close to my original booking time and it works with my schedule to the representative I was basically told "that doesn't make sense". I don't understand the back-end process at Expedia to source flights, but I don't believe telling a customer "that doesn't make sense" is acceptable in this case.

    At the very end, I was given the 2 disappointing options and was told that "I've done the best I could. Now you choose". I know for a fact after searching on Expedia's own app that there are other flights available that works with my schedule. When I mentioned to the representative that I booked everything according to the flights, he told me "you can easily call the travel agencies and change it. Every travel agency could do that for you". Even the 2 options given to me less than 3 days before my trip are not confirmed. I was told I will be contacted to confirm the new flights but they are not confirmed now. What a disappointing experience. Expedia, I used to book most of my personal travels through Expedia and now I don't think I want to experience this again. I travel frequently for work and leisure and never had this issue before. This is a first and last for me with Expedia.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    This is the most horrible website ever to book plane tickets. I went online yesterday to book a round trip flight to Jamaica. They charged my card TWICE for the flight, but yet I got no confirmation or itinerary for the flight. When I called the customer service I was on hold for 90 minutes before anyone could help me and then when they tried to help me, no one had ANY idea what to do. It took three hours just for me to convince them of what happened and then explain to them that I needed the flight confirmation.

    After they realized that my flight booking did NOT go through, they told me that I would be refunded in 24 hours. Its over 24 hours later, I have NO refund and I still am waiting for the refund so that I can book my flight with a REAL website that actually get me on my vacation. Not to mention the flight prices are changing every second so I am NOT guaranteed the first option that I picked originally. Currently I am on hold with Expedia once AGAIN waiting to speak with another customer service agent who may not have a CLUE on how to help me!!! DON'T EVER EVER EVER EVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA!!!

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    I have used Expedia for years and it's been good but only when things go well. They cancelled a couple of flights on me this year. It's taken me 6 phone calls from overseas, most of which were an hour long, to agents I could barely understand and were not interested in helping me, a couple of time I was hung up on whilst on hold. I have been very patient and have not got angry with them once. Every time I was told someone would ring me back, no-one ever did. They struggled each time to find my details and had no notes of previous calls despite me having the reference numbers to hand every time. They have requested me to send an email they sent to me advising me of a cancellation as they've no record, I have done this 3 times now and they still either say they can't find it or dispute the 'meaning' of the email.

    They have done everything possible to make it hard for me and hope that I give up, they are trying to get out of giving me a refund for a flight they cancelled. I will not be using them again and advise others to be careful. It's fine when things go well but if there are any problems (even if you don't instigate them) then be warned these people do not do customer service, are not willing to help and will do everything possible to hang on to your money. It's a significant amount hence I'm still chasing but the calls are costing me almost as much.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    I reserved a car with HERTZ on EXPEDIA'S website. Due to a medical condition I could not make the trip but my wife did and because the car was reserved in my name she wasn't able to get the same rate. Ok, I get it. So I cancelled the reservation 5/20/15 through EXPEDIA, was given a reference number for the refund and was told it would take 2 weeks. Today is June 24th and after being on hold 6/23/15 with EXPEDIA for 1 hour (I kid you not) they disconnected. So, they have had my money for 1 month. If you're trying to make a car reservation DO NOT do it through EXPEDIA. Call the car rental companies directly because if you have a change to your itinerary it's much easier to get a refund. You have been warned!

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    I used Expedia's service to book a 3 star hotel and instead they booked me into a 2 star hotel and then said they couldn't cancel it. Bait and switch.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    Over 10 years of customer of Expedia.com. I tried to change my returning flight. They total 3 hours of conversation with 4 different agents (in Philippines. They said they don't have US office.) and waiting. They answered me I can pick my day after 3 months later which is ridiculous or buy new ticket. (Yes they have cheap price and that's it. No change is allowed.) I was expecting $150~$250 difference for changing my returning flight, but **. It looks like they lose money if they do like that. They didn't tell me 3 month later ** for my returning flight DEPENDING ON AIRLINE RESTRICTION. I purchased round trip ticket which I can't change my schedule. So it's like just one way ticket so far.

    One of agent (Jane? and another confirmation by Kyra [female]) said she changed my flight to 7/27/2015 and asked my credit card # and charged $85.28 and everything looked OK. I got no confirmation email. I called them again. And they said they could't make it. I will never use EXPEDIA.com again. I look for other travel web site.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    During my search for a hotel in SF, I was deceived into calling Expedia instead of hotel directly to book my reservation. Expedia answered with "hello", which prompted me to ask if i was calling the Fairmont hotel directly. Rep said i was indeed calling the hotel directly. The Rep put me on hold several times to "check" if he could honor my request for room type etc. At end of booking, rep went over Expedia terms and when I questioned him about misleading me to believe I was booking directly with hotel, rep told me Expedia was "affiliated with the hotel" and owned by the same "big company".

    Expedia rep assured me that my request for certain accommodations were pre arranged with hotel. Expedia rep humored me by saying that my room was "farrrrrrrrr" away from any assigned pet rooms. Upon check in at the Fairmont Hotel, I learned that none of my requests were indicated on reservation and that furthermore, they could not accommodate my request. I was also informed at check in that Expedia was not affiliated with the Fairmont Hotel Chain. Needless to say, I feel humiliated and insulted by the actions of the Expedia rep who booked my hotel stay. He lied, misrepresented his company affiliation, and caused me a great deal of stress. I will not use Expedia again.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    I used Expedia, for the first and now I know last time, in November to purchase return trip Melbourne - Buenos Aires in May this year (2015). 1st sector of my return trip Buenos Aires-Santiago was changed in March 2015. Expedia advised me all was changed and reconfirmed. When I arrived at the airport in BA to start my return flight home the airlines advised me that my 1st sector was never re-booked and no ticket was issued. This meant that although Santiago-Auckland-Melbourne were fine. The only way I could get on the first sector flight was to purchase another ticket - as it was on a spot ticket the price was high. I got print-out from the airline showing there was no reservation and copies of the cost of the new ticket I had to charge to my credit card.

    On return home I contacted Expedia and explain what happened. After 45 mins on the phone I was told that they had to check with the airline. As the airline was in Argentina I had to call back during Argentinean business hours (I live in Australia). I was given a case number - so I did not need to repeat my "story". I called back that night quoted the id case number. The person I spoke with was not able to read the notes, so you've guessed it... I had to repeat my story.

    After 45 minutes I was told someone would be in touch in 48 hours and given another case id number. The next day I emailed copies of all my documentation to Expedia Customer center - received a standard response and advise someone would get back to me in 48 hours. Since then it has been numerous missed 48 hours. Expedia acknowledged that they made the mistake, but never called me. All the calls were made by me. It is now 3 weeks later and still no refund. I'll never, ever use Expedia again and will discourage anyone using them.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    An agent spent over an hour to book my reservation to Bahamas - which required 4 adults to be booked into two rooms: 2 adults in each room. He totally messed it up by forgetting to book the fourth passenger into a hotel room for an all inclusive deal! I called Customer Service as soon as I received my email itinerary to correct the problem. But after several phone calls and over 10 hours spent on the phone, Expedia refused to acknowledge their mistake of short-changing us from one person's hotel room. Their suggested resolution was for me to pay for another single person booking which was as much as two people's bookings for the 1 person!

    When you call their Customer Service, an automated system takes your number to call back after an hour and 15 minutes... every time and any time you call. But they are sure quick to answer your call if you're making a reservation! Just don't call them back and expect customer service after the sale! NEVER AGAIN WILL I USE expedia! NEVER! NEVER!

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    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    I used EXPEDIA to book a hotel room. It gave me a rate for a hotel room, specifying that there were only 2 rooms available at that rate. I booked one room, thinking I was securing the rate. After entering all my information, all of a sudden a message appears saying "WE HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS: your rate just went up by 10$/night." SO of course because I nearly finished the booking I took the hit and still booked, thinking I was just being unlucky.

    After I finished booking I realized that I needed more nights. So I went on the site to amend my booking and increase the number of nights. Same scenario! "WE HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS"! This is clearly not a freak occurrence, or me being unlucky, this is a technique used by EXPEDIA to scam more money out of people when they are booking, and is illegal. You cannot advertise a room rate, stating the number of rooms available at that rate, and then changing the rate once the booking process is nearly over. Avoid that site at all cost.

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    Price

    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    I was going to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and contacted Expedia for shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. Expedia sold me a one-way service for $100 for 10 minutes ride. When I got there I noticed most of the shuttle services charging $25. This is a rotten deal that I got from Expedia. I'm totally unhappy about it.

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    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    I booked my vacation package with Expedia on phone because I was not able to do it online. The person who helped me book the flight for all of us but room for two adults only. So when we got to hotel they told us there was only one room booked. I tried calling Expedia and hold the line for almost 40 minutes and finally disconnected the phone. I ended up buying the room. I tried calling Expedia again next day to tell them the whole situation and wait time to talk to representative was 56 minutes. I called again and left message for them to call back. I was told that I will get the phone call in 7 minutes. Finally received a call back from Expedia and she put me on hold for almost 20 minutes without knowing the whole situation. I was traveling international so could not afford to call and waste more money for Expedia phone calls. I will not recommend Expedia for anything else in my lifetime.

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    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    Wish I could give them a 0. They charged me for the hotel and it was all booked by the time I got there twice and now that I'm trying to get a hold of them I have to wait more than 2 hours on the phone just to get hung up on. Nobody could help me. Ugh. Never again.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    I've been a loyal Expedia user for the last 20 years, but my experience last week had brought that to an end. They screwed up my hotel reservation and it took them 2 hours to return my call in the middle of the night, to no avail. I understand that reservation can get screwed up, but 2 hours for them to call back and deal with it? I also requested a follow-up with their customer service management team. It is now a week later and I still haven't heard from them. I also tried to reach them again today, and after an hour wait, my call was disconnected. DON'T USE EXPEDIA.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    I booked a shuttle to Orlando airport and the payment went through. They didn't take my pickup address. I called the Mears, the service provider to give my details, only to be told that they don't service my area. It's not possible to cancel booking on Expedia because the activity booked is in less than 72 hrs. The policy says after 72 hrs no cancellations will be allowed. But they didn't even check if my area was covered by Mears before rushing to take my money. I tried calling them but the machine tells me I'll be called back in 1 hr 32 mins. This is not fair.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    On 2 February 2015, I made two international booking with Expedia for travel in April 2015 from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur and from Kuching to Melbourne on Air Asia flights. I asked the sales consultant whether the flights included check in luggage and I was informed that 20 kg check in luggage was included in the charges and I proceeded to confirm the bookings. Upon checking my travel itinerary there was NO luggage purchased.

    So my nightmare to their call center and email for 2 long agonizing months and all they say was after they replay the recording, I was informed that NO luggage was included. What a LIE! I was 200% sure I asked before I confirm the booking and they turnaround and said otherwise. The recording was not played out to me. All I can say now is I swear I will never use Expedia and advise those intending to use their website to be very careful with their promise. Once committed, there is no recourse no matter how right your are!!

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    Reviewed June 21, 2015

    The airline changed my flight time to 6 hours 45 minutes later, unacceptable. Booked through Expedia, called the Customer Service Department. They were horrible - over 5 calls.They put me on long, unexplained holds, hung up on me twice, did not attempt to create a viable alternative. Their website does not even have a phone number, you have to search for it (good reason why, they are terrible). Turns out, I had to call the airline and right everything (Delta, a very good experience).

    I asked for a hotel refund, it took 5 days for them to tell me it couldn't be done. Their excuse for the 5 days? High mail volume! Of course, they are horrible, no surprise. I have used them in the past and even have another vacation lined up for November 2015 (I pray nothing happens, I really do). They have given me so much stress. They should hang their heads in shame. They sent emails in the interim, calling me a "Valued Member". Really? How do they treat others who are not? I will never use them or Travelocity (which they now own) ever again.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2015

    I purchased a ticket to go to Chicago in July. My husband can't go due to illness (I purchased travel insurance at the same time). I tried to cancel reservations. Expedia online did not allow it. I called airline. They told me to call Expedia. I tried calling Expedia and they said they would call me back in one hour. I waited two hours and they finally called and had me on hold. I hung up. Called Expedia again today and sat on hold for 1 hour. Then I was told I have to call the airline to cancel. I call airline and sit on hold for 30 minutes and they tell me they can cancel. Now I have to fill out a 5 page claim form and get my doctor's office to fill in all visits related to my husband's illness (rare blood disease) for which he has been treated for the last year and a half (he is seen once a week for chemo). This is insane.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2015

    I rang Expedia to check the fee for changing flight and hotel I booked for 2 people a week ago. I was told about $200 penalty fee. After calculating the fare difference ($60 cheaper for 2 tickets), the final amount that I had to pay was $140. It was not much so I went ahead and change it. Later on I got a bill of $340. Rang them again and I was told that $200 is per person. Well if I know it's gonna be that much, I would not go ahead and change it. I understand that is the airline rule but I was not told the correct amount from the beginning. Talked to the supervisor, she would not do anything to help me, she just hang up on me. How rude!!!

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    Reviewed June 21, 2015

    I booked a trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic through Expedia.com two weeks ago. Since they offered the Best Price Guarantee I kept checking online for lower prices. After three hours, Expedia.com itself offered me the same package but for $76 less. Following Expedia's instructions, I saved the Itinerary, took a screenshot of the offer and filed the request for the matching price. For two weeks I got different replies from them starting with "The lower rate must be available for booking at the time you contact us, as determined by our customer service representatives."

    Later on "We are unable to determine based on your screenshot. If the lower rate you found is exactly the same as your reservation, we need to check the website to validate."; and after that “As of this time, we can no longer validate your claim since it is already more than 24 hours of booking your reservation.” I called Expedia different times and they kept telling me different justifications. If they cannot verify their own offers I don’t know what they can do. So, their Best Price Guarantee is a big lie.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2015

    Hello everyone. I would like to make people aware of misleading information when making a booking with EXPEDIA. This is one company I will never use again in any travel arrangements as when I searched on their app for accommodation the hotel I chose was advertising free wi-fi and breakfast included in the price. So I chose to use EXPEDIA instead of going directly to the hotel site or my other company I use because it was the same deal as theirs and was cheaper, so I thought I would give Expedia a go. But this was my biggest mistake ever because after paying EXPEDIA when I received my confirmation email the breakfast were not included. If I wanted the breakfast it was an extra charge per person, which if doing this for per person I booked for it was A LOT more money than the direct hotel site or my normal company I use.

    TO ME THIS IS ILLEGAL AND FALSE ADVERTISING. I phone asking why and all they said was if change I would lose all my money paid. So anyone using EXPEDIA be aware - what you see online and what you get after spending your money is two different things. All I can say is they will never get another cent from me and I make a lot of bookings and travel. BUYER BEWARE.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    I bought 4 round trip tickets online yesterday. Only a part of the whole purchase price was charged to my account (the first leg of the trip, a different airline then the flight back and this is because, it turned out, my bank has a minimum charge allowed per 24 hour period. In other words, I had a charge on my account for about 1/2 the amount of the total, from the airline that is to *bring* us to our destination). So.... I called my bank (spoke to a supervisor) to confirm and they said that transaction **will go through by midnight tonight**. I called Expedia. It took 46 minutes to reach an operator. Told them the story. It took her a long time to understand. There seemed to be a language/cultural barrier but mostly she wasn't a good listener and that she *thought* she knew what I was saying so I had to repeat the problem about 4 times for her to understand my complaint.

    She then said I'd need to speak to a supervisor. She put me on hold. I waited 1 hour and 12 minutes before I decided to call from my son's cell phone. I called and reached an operator after less than 10 minutes. Asked to speak to a supervisor right away after what happened. She was nice and put me on hold and after another almost 15 minutes she came back and said she was trying to get a supervisor and it wouldn't be long. That was the nicest experience at that point. My other phone was still on hold for a supervisor.

    At this point it was 1 hour and 40 minutes!! Then an operator named ** comes on and says "Yes, what is your problem?" So I briefly explained how I was waiting a long time on the other phone and that I never heard from the supervisor yet. She said, "And?" I told her I was actually kind of upset that the 1st operator never put me through to a supervisor and I said that "there may be a language or cultural barrier" as far as trying to explain my problem.

    I asked the lady where she was located and she said she was not allowed to divulge that information. Then she hung up. I was not at all rude before that other than implying that there was a lack of being able to understand but I was perfectly nice. What got me was how someone can be rude, then hang up on someone after being told by them how long they just waited. I called them back right away and have currently been on hold for ***one hour and 38 minutes**** and counting......

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    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    Man, I booked a Motel 6 in Fredericksburg, VA for four days. I drove from NJ to VA and the initial area was nice, but as I approach the Motel 6, the area looked run down and horrible. The place looked closed and I was hoping it was not the place, but it was. The lobby was looking like an old building given to a non-profit who is not making much money. It looked pitiful to the fullest. I changed rooms three times. The first room had a dirty toilet and mildewed bathroom. The second room had no refrigerator. The last room, and my last choice, was a smoking room and it had mildew, a clean toil, filthy exhaust, no kleenex (they said they do not do that there), no pen and pad, old outlets that are not affixed to the lights, and no freezer section.

    I also noticed that there was no sofa as was a part of the deal. I was tired so I waited until the next day to take a shower. Then I realized that the shower had no shower head, it was ONE, thin stream of water! I called the desk at 3PM and they claimed they will inform maintenance. I called at 5PM, same thing. I just called at 10PM and they said they will call him in the morning. This brings me to EXPEDIA!!! I called them on my first check-in night to tell them what was above. They suggested I find another place - and pay more money. Clearly they do not like to cover anything with their ads. They then suggested I check out the other Motel 6 which had better ratings tomorrow, then transfer - but pay extra.

    I called today at about 4PM. The first guy said he contacted the manager and they would not give a refund. He then said he would call Motel 6 headquarters and he would call me back in about an hour. Of course he never called. I called back and another guy said he would offer me an Expedia courtesy refund of about $87 (out of $175), which was authorized by his manager. I tried to request a full refund, but then I settled on the $87, then the call dropped! I then called back, and a lady picked up. She could not find the notes from the previous rep concerning a partial refund. She told me that she would not give me a refund and neither would her supervisor. She then placed me on hold for about 30 minutes for her supe. She then came back, introduced the supe - then I got hung up on!

    I then called back, a guy picks up and sounds like he means business. He said he could do nothing, but he would get me his supe. His supe comes on the phone - after a hold of about 30 minutes (clearly hoping that I hang up) and she then says that this is a job for customer service! She switches me to them - after an HOUR on hold!! Someone finally comes on (as I am typing up a claim to my card company) and he insists that I won't get a refund. I then get placed on hold (for 20 minutes), then a supe comes on. All he could do was to continue to repeat that that he sees no notes for a refund (about 20 times), then says that they could not give a refund because the hotel will not authorize one. I ask him what is it that he CAN do? No reply. Then I ask what is the point of Expedia having customer service if you do nothing more than what is on the website and you basically refuse to do anything?

    So now I find this site to vent and to bring this to their attention. Some companies clearly train their reps to lie, place on hold and to do anything to the customer but give up money or make things right. Expedia has to be the worst ever - including worse than Comcast! On top of that, hardly anyone is a native English speaker, so it is hard to communicate, but they do know to stall. I will see what this site does, but this site is a problem. You are basically gambling your money away. Hopefully my card company will come through.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    When I first used Expedia.com just a few months ago, my experience was amazing. Then, as of June 2015, their customer service has become the WORST. I am trying to cancel a hotel, and it is outside of the penalty window (what does that mean, oh no penalties). So, why is it taking more than 20 minutes to cancel this? I am now being placed on hold. I had to cancel this hotel because I wanted to change the date, and the first representative (her name was nice, and if you get her, just hang up) messed up the dates!

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    Reviewed June 19, 2015

    I booked premium economy and ended up with an economy seat on a transatlantic flight, with two follow-on flights to Norway. All three legs of the flight were not PREMIUM but only economy. I called Expedia on THIRTY-FIVE separate occasions to rectify this situation and to obtain a refund for the return flight. I was assured on FIVE separate occasions that they would phone me back and e-mail me back and that they would get a refund. Other times they just hung up. They have done neither and when I contacted the airline they told me Expedia did NOT call to obtain a refund. They used to offer excellent customer service. Now it is perhaps the worst customer service I have ever received.

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    Reviewed June 19, 2015

    I purchased a hotel room for one night and within 10 hours saw a 50.00 cheaper rate posted on Expedia's own web page. I applied for the best price guarantee refund and was met with nothing but lies on Expedia's part. They kept telling me my email didn't match my account, when in reality that was nothing but a lie. I have an email thread of 14 emails trying to resolve this to no avail. I am currently on hold for 20 to 30 minutes waiting for a supervisor. I'm sure that will never

    happen. I see that there have been some 810 bad reviews on Expedia, yet they are still allowed to continue their fraudulent practices.

    I myself own a business and if I were to consistently lie to my clients, I'm certain I would no longer be able to maintain my business. How is it that Expedia gets to roll along, ripping folks off left and right with no consequences whatsoever? No wonder this is still going on. Consumer Affairs, what are you doing to stop all these practices?

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    Reviewed June 19, 2015

    Booked hotel suite with separate room and was told by the Expedia salesperson there was a separate room with closing door before booking. Salesperson put pressure on me because it was the last one. Then I find out he was liar because there was no door between the bedroom and living room. Plus this room cost a lot per night and is not what I asked for. Plus good luck if you are trying to contact Expedia. They will not answer and hang up on you for trying to change reservation. The room reservation was not able to be changed.

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    Reviewed June 19, 2015

    So I misspelled my friends name on airline ticket with Expedia. I been calling them for the last 3 days. On June 17, 2015 @ around 630pm. They had me on the phone for 2 hour and 21 minutes. They didn't fix the problem. Then, they said they will get back to me in 24 hrs. "Never Did". I had to call back again today June 18, 2015. Been on hold with them, now for 1 hour and 39 minutes. I WILL NEVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA EVER AGAIN, cause of their POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. I STRONGLY ADVISE, just book DIRECTLY with the airline or with A REAL TRAVEL AGENT. That is my advice for people, that are thinking of dealing with Expedia.

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    Reviewed June 19, 2015

    Long story short.. I booked a trip to Brazil using Expedia.com. I was on the phone for two hours booking this trip and I even asked the agent.. "DO I NEED A VISA?" I was told no; however when I get to Brazil they requested it. I was taken by immigration and a stewardess to a small room, where I stayed for 7 hours before they escorted me to a plane and sent me back to Texas. All in all I spent 22 hours in total going there and back. I called Expedia to see what they were going to do and they denied the agent told me I didn't need the visa, as if I would be dumb enough to travel to a foreign country alone without proper documentation. I asked if they would cancel the remainder of the trip, considering I wouldn't be able to enjoy it and the response was "NO, it's too late"!

    How is it too late when the last leg of the trip is over a week out? This company doesn't care about its customers and what they go through. I was horrified throughout the entire ordeal. Security to all forms of ID I had on me and denied phone calls and everything, but Expedia doesn't think that warrants them allowing me to use the insurance coverage I paid an extra 100.00 for. Talk about disgusted!

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    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    They booked my rooms in Fredericksburg Virginia instead of Fredericksburg Texas. After I called they said they couldn't refund my money because the Holiday Inn Express wouldn't allow. I called the hotel and they said they would be happy to refund the money. I will never use them again.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    Due to a glitch or lag in their system, a coupon I tried to use was not applied to my reservation. I did not notice until after my hotel stay, at which point I contacted customer service to resolve the issue. I emailed back and forth with them (a response from a different person each time, even though I was simply hitting "reply") and it was clear the only message I was going to get was "Sorry for the inconvenience, but there's nothing we can do."

    I tried calling and got transferred around to four different people, none of whom were at all interested in hearing out my situation. The last person I spoke with apparently was bored with me and disconnected the call. At no point was I hostile, aggressive, agitated or anything like that. To their credit, neither were they. For the most part, they were courteous (other than hanging up on me), but they just had no interest in helping me resolve my issue. I'm done with Expedia.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    For a seven day cruise beginning May 30, 2015, I was offered an on-board credit per stateroom by Expedia as an incentive to book with them. I submitted the form within the required time of 21 days prior to date of sailing. I expected the credits to show up on my final bill with the cruise line, and when they didn't I was told that the cruise line didn't have any notations that there would be any such credits. Expedia's system doesn't give any confirmation when submitting the form for the credits, (which a confirmation to one's email would be nice at least) and they refused to refund since I couldn't SHOW proof that I had credits coming. Needless to say, I would never again book with Expedia, especially after reading dozens of reviews about the company--and not one of them was positive.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    I was suppose to receive a $50 best price guarantee. When I contacted them I was on hold for 35 min. Then the lady spoke to me for 15 and couldn't help so I was transferred. Another 35 min. Another lady another hold. Disconnect at 2 hours 54 min.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    I booked a roundtrip to Kahului, Maui on May 21 using Expedia for Hawaiian Airlines. On June 17, the EXACT same flights were $85.00 less on the Hawaiian Airlines website. I called Expedia - they would not do anything to adjust the price, since it had been over 24 hours since booking. I pointed out that most all airlines will do adjustments within 24 hours, why would anyone use their service if they don't offer more "service". They claim to be following the rules set by Hawaiian Airlines. I called Hawaiian Airlines. Had I booked directly on their website, I would be entitled to an adjustment, less a $40 fee. I would have been able to pay for the baggage fee, and still had enough to buy a Mai Tai or two. There is no point in using a site like Expedia if they won't offer at least as much service as the airlines do!

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    We purchased hotel and tickets through Expedia for disneyland. We arrived on Thursday to enjoy the park and we were staying until Sunday morning. The hotel reservation and the tickets did not have the "correct" validation number on it and DL couldn't do anything about it because they were a 3rd party biller. I spent the first day of our only time off during the summer on hold for 6 (no kidding) hours. The first time I called it was a estimated 45 minutes, turned out to be 1 hour and 10 minutes. The second was over 3 hours until I talked to someone who couldn't help me. Told me to re-buy the tickets and submit the receipt for possible reimbursement. I will NEVER use them again. I am asking for my money back since we didn't even get to the park the first or second day. The worst customer service EVER. I am also filing a complaint with the DA in San Francisco.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    I needed customer support to cancel a hotel booking. I first tried using Expedia's email feature to have them send me my itinerary. I tried three times to get the number by having them email me, but I never received an email, so I used Expedia's callback feature. It was a few minutes after 10:00 P.M. and the site said to expect a callback within 30 minutes. At 11:00, I still hadn't received a call, so I went to bed. At 12:35 A.M. More than 2 hours later, I got the automated call. It woke me, my wife and our infant up. I will never book with Expedia again and I will advise against Expedia to my friends.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    I have never come across the worse customer service ever. Think twice if you want to book with Expedia. I booked a Hotel through their services, they misrepresented me and promised me a refund. Now it is the 13th day... All the managers, supervisors promised a 24 hour call back, I have evidence of emails stating that they would call me back and resolve the problem. I have called 12 times, god knows how much I have spent on calls. The call operators are all based in India.. there is nothing wrong re-routing services overseas but there comes a point where it seems it is clear they do not understand what I am saying or they do and are completing ignoring my requests for a refund. Worst service ever. The CEO or the equity holders should seriously look into this.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    My husband booked a trip to Virginia Beach, VA a few months in advance. But, my father passed away and his funeral will on the date we were supposed to check in to the Hampton Inn hotel. I called Expedia and asked to move our reservations back just one day. They said they could do that but, they would charge double the original price. It would have come to over $1,000.00 for a three night stay. They said they would only waive the fee for the change. I find it a disgrace that they choose to make a profit off of someone's hardship. We asked to change the dates by only one day. Expedia did offer another hotel but the hotel reviews state it is not a clean hotel.

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    I downloaded the application on my Android phone and was given a code "for 25.00 USD for your next booking over 100.00 USD." I could have easily called the hotel directly to book but decided to use the code. Upon entering I received a message that "coupon code not valid for this booking." I called Expedia customer service and spoke with ** (obviously an alias as this was an off shore call center, probably India. ** said he could not help me. I hung up, not happy.

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    I purchased a vacation package with Expedia with the written assurance that if I found a less expensive price with the same flight and room type they would reduce my package price and give me an additional $50 for my next purchase. I agreed. Within 2 hours I found the EXACT package on CheapCaribbean.Com for $121 less expensive. I screen shotted this offer and sent it to Expedia with a claim form for the refund. They refused to honor the BEST PRICE GUARANTEE stating that my flight was in a "different class," that they would cancel my reservation and I could go elsewhere.

    I have been so loyal to this company to be discarded without hesitation. I couldn't believe it!!! They claim that there are different "classes of Coach." None that the public can see. So, there is NO way that you can verify and obtain ANY refund ever for their BEST PRICE GUARANTEE. It doesn't exist. They are a fraudulent company with the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE, from the Philippines, ever!

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    I wanted to go to Thailand - two cities. I thought the booking would be a little complicated so I called Expedia to have them assist. BIG MISTAKE! After TWO HOURS on the phone (that should've been the hint), the girl had charged four credit cards over $5,500 (the trip was $3,000) and there was no trip booked. We kept giving her credit card because SHE SAID the first one was declined, it wasn't. They continued charging until our cards were maxed out and the trip still isn't booked. Had to wait 3 hours (until the middle of the night) to have them return my call.

    After explaining clearly what happened, the customer service rep (using that term lightly) rebooked the whole thing only to tell me the credit card was declined. I had explained clearly what occurred. I had to get up at 6 a.m. to call another "sales" person who is supposed to transfer me to "credit card release" section. The "billing" lady in MANILA PHILIPPINES was unable to release anything or help in any way. I spent 40 minutes in the middle of the night for nothing. I had to take off work today (more money lost) in order to try and get this resolved as all of our credit cards have been maxed out. We have (had probably!) great credit. With Expedia screwing us out of money & time. They outsourced their service and any reasonable customer service is GONE! EXPEDIA SUCKS!!!

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    Booked my trip through Expedia.com.au and the amount quoted went from AU $3950 to $5281 after checking the credit card statement. Upon inquiry, I was advised that I paid through expedia.com and that the charges were as per USD and Not AUD. I advised them time and over again that our budget was $4000 and that is why we booked something under $4000. We are losing $1200 for no fault of ours. One of their supervisors agreed to refund part of that money but the manager refused to give any refunds saying it's not their fault and they cannot help me at all.

    After 3 years of being a loyal customer and giving them business of over $15000 myself and over $50,000 through referrals, this was not expected out of such a big brand. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. Regretful decision of choosing Expedia. I would have rather got myself robbed on the street than wasting $1200 for nothing. Please be careful people. I would never recommend Expedia to anyone but will expose them to more and more people through social media.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    Wife made a reservation. Got to the hotel, they said it's a different day. She had proofs of the dates so it was ok. Next they said is only 3 people. Wife +3 kids=4. Well we paid 200 so we tried to upgrade. Expedia only credit us with $120. Upgrade is 300+200=500 - we paid to Expedia for 2 nights on a regular hotel. We would it got it from the hotel 250 USD. Time over the phone + stress + money worth less. Thanks to Expedia. Another thing, when you called they may dropped your calls or keep you waiting so you decide. Another thing, when you called to make a reservation is 1 minute, that's how quick they are to get your money. Advice: Do your homework. Make direct deals.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    Look people, please listen or read this message. Expedia is the worst of the worst. They lied about giving veteran discounts and didn't honor their commitment as they indicated on their website. The hotels that they recommended was the absolute worst hotel I have ever stayed in. They lied about the address of the hotel (Sun N Sand resort) and was sending people to the seawatch resort, which is a 4.5 out of 5 star rating hotel. And did not honor their refund policy. Please stay away from them. I am reporting them to consumer watch and south carolina attorney general.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    Tried to book a three-night stay in Vermont and when I get my itinerary, it was for the incorrect month and the incorrect number of days. I would have not made this big a mistake. After being on hold for 90 minutes, Expedia refuse not only to credit my account, but to even make the substitution. I've used the company many times in the past, but never again.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    I booked a round trip airline ticket with insurance - Pittsburgh to Denver. Three days later I decided to take my ten year old granddaughter. I called Expedia and 30 minutes later I was told that I could not get a ticket for her because of her age. The woman advised me to cancel my ticket (since I had purchased the insurance) and to get two new tickets. So I agreed only if she booked the two tickets before canceling the original ticket. She had me on the phone for 45 minutes. Several times she would say wait a few minutes and come back, she finally found a flight that was acceptable to me. She told me to hold and an hour later she never came back.

    I used my cell phone and called. A man answered. You could tell he was new and I could hear and tell that he was being told what to say. He recommended that I wait ten more minutes and then call back. I waited another 20 minutes. I called back and was told my call was valuable and I was to leave my number and I would be called back within an hour. I waited an hour and 20 minutes. I was very upset and frustrated! I decided to find a flight and then cancel the other ticket myself. I found two tickets and booked them. Finally after another an hour and 40 minutes they did call me back, I explained the situation. I was told I would have to pay a fee over the $30.00 I paid for the insurance! I told her that was not acceptable.

    I had purchased the insurance and tickets only three days ago and that I was advised by an Expedia operator to cancel. I had to talk to three supervisors and finally talked to **. She told me I would be reimbursed for the $422.20, the entire amount minus the insurance, and gave me a case number. I received an email about 15 minutes later and I was not reimbursed the correct but only the amount for the flight to Denver and not the return flight!! I spent over 5 1/2 hours on the phone and waiting for a call back! This is not good business.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    I booked a hotel through Expedia which was over 2 hours away from home. The hotel, Ashlan Inn, Fresno, CA was advertised (glorified) on Expedia's website showing pictures that looked nothing like what we drove up to. We even passed it up and had to turn around. We walked into a small hotel lobby that looked nothing like in the picture. The attendant named ** (whom was pleasant) came out, took my license number down, handed us a room key. I asked about the free breakfast service noted through the site and he knew nothing about it, but being that it was near 10:30 p.m. and we just finished traveling over 2 hours and it was over 90 degrees outside, we didn't make a big deal about it.

    We walked up to the second floor where our room was located. Flipped on the light I spotted a few cockroaches running quickly across the wall. At first I thought okay I'm just tired, but when my kids and husband saw the rest of the cockroaches scattering further in the room by the restroom area I told them not to put their things down. The room was listed as non smoking but smelled heavily of old smoke and the a/c had no button on it to turn it on. We spent less than 2 minutes in the room, turned around and walked back out. I had the kids load up in the car and went back to the lobby which was now locked and waited outside a service window for over 10 minutes before the attendant came over.

    I addressed the situation about the cockroaches and he still remained polite but looked baffled like he didn't know what we were talking about. My husband spoke up and said "no this room has cockroaches", then the attendant decides to pull out an exterminator receipt and said "well the place was sprayed 2 days ago." I told him "well then they must have forgotten that room or they all ran into there because we clearly saw them and we're not planning to sleep in there with them in a room that smelled like smoke and no a/c." He offered another room, but said he couldn't be sure if it had roaches as well. I told him I just wanted to cancel and he said okay but he couldn't refund because we went through Expedia that it was up to them to give me a refund.

    Believing him I said fine and we drove off to a McDonalds to use the wi-fi to try to contact Expedia because their telephone wait time was over an hour, but we continued to wait on the phone line as well. I finally get a representative on the line named ** who did nothing for us but apologized over and over. She called the hotel and spoke to the attendant, as I remained on hold, and he denied the scenario and refused to refund us. I then asked to speak to a supervisor. **, who stated he was the highest up person there, said that they did not have a corporate number, continued to apologize and repeatedly stated he understood our situation. Basically told us over and over again that there was nothing that he could do about it and might as well have just said tough ** you just got screwed.

    We ended up spending the night in our vehicle hours away from home in over 90 degree weather. Not a good experience at all. We rarely take trips due to a tight budget and after going through an experience I don't think we will be doing anything for a long while. I hope no one has to go through anything like this especially when traveling with kids. I think that these companies should have someone go and physically stay the hotels before they decide to advertise them. I wish I had taken pictures or a video of what we saw, but we were so disappointed and shocked we just wanted to get out of the situation.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    I booked a hotel in Porto and within five minutes of booking realized I made a mistake with the dates. Expedia told me there was nothing they could do about it so I asked to speak to management. Management phones the hotel and the hotel mentions they will not change the booking to the different date I provided. This is ridiculous. They had no to little concern over this and when I mentioned it's the last time I would do business with them, they basically shrugged it off.

    The same situation occurred a year ago in Greece. The hotel I booked was not in the location they were stating so I wanted to leave a day early. Expedia told me they contacted the hotel and the hotel said they wouldn't do anything about it. When I talked with the hotel the next morning, they said nobody from Expedia talked with them and they help me check out a day early. This company is horrible and I will never do business with them again. I'm out 300 dollars over a simple booking error. They need a better system in place to deal with these issues and much better customer service.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    They lie when they say you can get a refund if you cancel a flight within 24 hours. 12 days after booking, I have gotten the run around after 10 calls including speaking with 3 supervisors. They still have 1754.28 billed on my credit card for the 2 tickets I cancelled and have lied continually about it, saying the charge came from the airline, XL airways, directly. When I called the airline I was told Expedia charged it and not them. Avoid Expedia - they are crooks and fraudulent. You will have to sue to get your money back!

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    Usually I'm not kind of person to complain and write comments. But Expedia is totally make me such angry with their Terrible service. My son name is ** (but ticket we book is **), and he is under age. He supposed to come with me together from Australia to China, round trip. We found problem in airport. China Eastern airline said our ticket is changeable and refundable, but has to change from Expedia cos we bought from them BUT Expedia said our ticket is no-refundable, no changeable. Look what they said to us. "In reference to the itinerary number **, we contacted the airline and as per them you can use this ticket to change date." Name don't want change for us, change date???

    We lost usd1200 for the round trip for my son, plus buy new ticket at airport at usd 1600, and back trip as usd 800, and my son has to back by himself as such small kids. We spent usd3600 for my son ticket because Expedia bad bad service, that's really nightmare for us. Every call at least 1 hour, and we has repeat our story again and again cos no record in their system, and India calling center, they don't want give us office address in Australia. Never ever use Expedia, this company is absolutely thief!!!

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    After shopping around for a hotel in Montreal Canada, I found a good price for the Intercontinental Hotel on the Expedia website. Before booking with Expedia however, I searched the website to make sure there were no cancellation or change fees involved. I felt even more reassured after reading this statement on their homepage, "No Expedia cancellation fee to change or cancel almost any hotel reservation." I therefore booked this hotel for 2 nights, bringing the total amount for 2 nights with taxes and fees to $370.88.

    Our plans changed and we had to postpone the trip. I canceled the Intercontinental hotel reservation via the Expedia website on June 13 for a June 20th arrival. The cancellation generated a response that a refund would be issued for $170.84 because the hotel charged a $200 cancellation penalty before AND after June 18th. This message was rather confusing since there were no agreements or rules about cancellation fees stated on the Expedia website. On June 14, I called the Intercontinental in Montreal to confirm this fact about the $200 cancellation fee. I spoke with the front desk clerk, **. She informed me that there was no cancellation penalties on their side, and that Expedia is the one who is charging this fee.

    I called Expedia again and eventually asked for, and spoke with a supervisor, after not getting anywhere with the customer service rep, **. ** said he would call the hotel to confirm what I told him about there being no cancellation fees. He came back online after placing me on hold for a good 5-7 minutes and stated that the hotel's policy states that there is a cancellation penalty before and after the June 18th deadline. I asked where this June 18th cancellation deadline came from since it did not come from the hotel, nor was it stated on their website during the booking process. I also stated to ** that the only time this information was disclosed was after I received the email confirmation of the reservation.

    It was at this point that I asked to speak with a supervisor. I spoke with a supervisor by the name of ** and relayed the entire ugly scene again to her. I told her I already spoke directly with the hotel who confirmed to me that there was NO cancellation fees on their end. Again she placed me on a 3 - 5 minute hold after saying she was going to call the hotel. She came back online and LIED that she had spoken to ** at the front desk of the hotel and ** told her that there was indeed a $200 cancellation penalty. I told her she could not have called the hotel since ** would not have told her something completely opposite of what she told me when I called.

    I told her that she was making up stories to scam customers out of their refunds. She told me that I needed to call the hotel again to confirm her conversation with **. I told her we can confirm this information right now by her doing a 3-way call so I can be on the line with her and Lorraine when she called the hotel. Of course she refused to do so because she would have been caught up in her own lies. She insisted that I would need to call the hotel again and then afterwards call Expedia to speak with another supervisor.

    I did call the Intercontinental Hotel in Montreal again, but this time I spoke with the Front Office Director, **. He reviewed my canceled reservation and again confirmed to me that there was no cancellation penalties on their side and that the cancellation fees were Expedia's not them. ** even gave me his direct line and email address for Expedia to call him and confirm that the Intercontinental was NOT charging a cancellation fee. I again called Expedia and this time spoke with **, another supervisor. I told him about the conversation I just had with ** the front office supervisor at the Intercontinental Hotel in Montreal, and that I was again told that there was NO cancellation fees from the hotel. ** was argumentative and non-accommodating for a supervisor.

    He kept repeating that Expedia shows that this hotel charges a cancellation penalty and that the other supervisor, ** already confirmed with ** at the hotel that there was a $200 penalty. I told ** there is no way I can confirm that ** told ** that, and that I believed ** was lying after she told me she called and spoke with the hotel. I then insisted that he call the hotel again and this time speak with the front desk director **. I further told ** that ** instructed me to have Expedia call him on his direct number he provided to me, or email him at the email address he also provided to me. ** said he would inform Expedia that the Intercontinental was NOT charging a cancellation fee if they contacted him.

    At this point this guy ** turned arrogant and belligerent when he yelled that I should just give him the number, and he did not care what the name of the person was that he was supposed to be calling. He again placed me on a short hold and came back to say that the number I gave him did not work and asked if I was sure of the number. He then added that he spoke with ** who again confirmed to him that the hotel policy charges a cancellation fee.

    At this point, I finally figured out that everyone I had spoken with at Expedia were playing games, and that I was caught up in the middle of a scam they more than likely exercised with every customer who might have canceled or changed a reservation. I realized that neither one of these supervisors had called the hotel and spoken with anyone, and neither did **, that first customer service rep I spoke with earlier. All they did was repeat the name I gave them after I told them that I spoke with someone named ** at the front desk for the Intercontinental Hotel. This was so they could sound more credible on their end when they would lie that the hotel informed them otherwise.

    It was quite obvious then that Expedia plays the game of scamming every customer with what they label “hotel cancellation fees”. They just did not bargain on any of their customers calling the hotel directly to confirm that there is a cancellation fee, and they also did not bargain on the customer speaking directly with the front desk supervisor himself. I ended this call by saying I was done speaking to Expedia. I would just take this up with the proper authorities. I do not have the last names of these supervisors since after I asked for ** last name, she informed me that they were not allowed to give out last names. I therefore did not ask for ** last name.

    I am in the process of disputing this $200 charge with my credit card company. I feel it's also my responsibility as a consumer to expose such illegal and fraudulent business practices. I will therefore file an official complaint with the BBB, the FTC, Office of the Attorney General, and Call For Action. I may even consider calling my local news station.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2015

    Paid an extra $68.31 for one night's stay. No, it was not the taxes. Those had already been calculated in the sidebar. The first time through the payment process, they changed the dates and included more days. Luckily that time I made a mistake entering the CC number.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2015

    I bought over $10,000 worth of plain ticket, not realizing that one of my booking was wrong. My two kids were in other schedule to leave at a late fight. I try getting them in my flight and no one could help me. I called and was on the phone for hours. The said time is that I ended up having to pay for a change in my cousin flight. It very sad because customer service is **. I spent 5 hours on the phone... and still got no help.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2015

    I have called end of May 2015 Expedia service for updating an itinerary (initially booked from their website). I requested two changes (date and class change). The Expedia Operator indicates me that the update will cost me $650 AUD. I provided him with my Credit Card number for finalizing the booking. We confirmed the cost of the change for a total of $650 AUD and he as well confirmed me that I will receive a mail with the itinerary change (I never received this email confirmation).

    On Sunday the 31st May, another operator from Expedia calls my mobile indicating me that an error occurred during the estimation of the price. He indicates me that although I was told that it will cost me $650 AUD, the changes cost in fact $1150 AUD. I indicated him that 1/ I cant accept this cost and 2/ that creates me a problem now since I changed another booking to be inline with the change requested and agreed with Expedia. He then indicates me that Expedia will assume the error and he confirms me again that only $650 AUD will be charged to my credit card.

    However beginning of June, Expedia charged me twice, one for $650 AUD, another one for $1150 AUD. I have contacted several times, no progress at all, wrote mails, no progress. They indicate that their system indicates only $650 AUD so I have been charged $1150 by the airline and I then need to contact the airline myself. I am very disappointed as 1/ I can't get back my money, 2/ They clearly passed by credit card details to the airline without being authorized to do so, 3/ they are not trying to solve anything at all.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2015

    Requested a hotel that had a shuttle to the Atlanta airport and allowed for long term parking. Gave the address of the Microtel on Massachusetts Blvd as a first choice and Expedia booked me with the one in Union City where none of the criteria were met. I had to wait 45 minutes in the lobby for my reservation to show up on the computer and waited over an hour for Expedia to call back and address the error. They informed me that regardless of the fact that it was 1 am I had to check out immediately to receive a refund and were unwilling to attempt to get me a room in the proper hotel.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2015

    Within minutes of booking 4 international round trip reservations I needed to add insurance for one traveler. I was told I needed to cancel the reservation and rebook. I offered to add the insurance to all four reservations. No go. Customer Service was horrific in providing no satisfaction or willingness to work with me to add the insurance. The Supervisor Taylor from Central America was difficult to understand. He read repeatedly from a script, and offered no solution other than to cancel one or all 4 reservations and rebook. Since there were only 4 seats left on the flight I was hesitant. I am appalled that Expedia would work with me to a satisfactory end. I'd been a good, loyal Expedia customer for years and will never ever utilise Expedia for any needs going forward. Horrific Customer Service within minutes of booking a nearly $6,000 reservation.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2015

    I have a $1,352.49 flight credit which I am trying to use. I have tried to arrange this trip since Monday of this week with no success. I have called repeatedly, waited to speak to a supervisor, and have had calls dropped numerous times. Each time I call, I must start the story from the very start. It is as if no one there takes notes and then log them into the computer. Most of the workers have a strong accent and I cannot understand them. I would go on www.expedia.com and find a trip.

    The trip was priced at $1330.00 on their website. They ran the exact same trip through and told me it would be $5,409.43. Now this is the exact same flights and times. They come up with lame excuse that they are using a different database that is in real time like I am suppose to know what that means. I told them that I could pay for this trip right now with my credit card for what it came up as. They could not give me a legitimate reason as to why their price was higher. It all sounds like they don't want people to use any credits they have. I will never use these people again.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    Originally booked two hotel rooms in London via Expedia, and realized that I needed an extra night at the same hotel. Called Expedia for assistance. They had promised to get back to me within two days. Didn't hear a word from them after 4 days. Called Expedia customer service again, was put on hold for about 40 min after being transferred to the supervisor. The whole phone call was an hour 40 min, and NO ONE came back to resolve my problem. I've spent over 2.5 hours on the phone for one small issue!

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    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    Expedia emailed me with my flight itinerary that said "confirmed" for both my flights. I then realized money had not come out of my account for the return flight 4 days later (SYD-PER). I read through FINE PRINT of the email and checked and the 'confirmation email,' turns out it was not confirmed. Although there was more than enough money in the account that I purchased the flight with, Expedia said my flight failed and that: "We were unable to confirm your reservation with the airline. A customer support agent will contact you to discuss your options. If an agent helps you book a replacement flight, it will be found on a different itinerary." This was written in small font halfway through the email, although it said 'CONFIRMED' at the top.

    No one contacted me to DISCUSS MY OPTIONS, and I spent 3 hours calling to and from airline companies and Expedia until someone resolved the issue. I was told to re-book the flight. It was $60 more expensive, so I contacted Expedia and a lady named ** told me to book the new flight so she could refund the $60 gap. Very inefficient way of managing this problem and I am now $60 out of pocket until the money is refunded (which will probably end up being after my Sydney trip or toward the end, which is inconvenient).

    I suggest that in future Expedia should NOT SEND CONFIRMATION EMAILS IF THE FLIGHTS ARE NOT CONFIRMED and I also suggest that you provide incentive for disappointed and stressed customers who have been served poorly, to continue using Expedia in the future (e.g. gift vouchers, discounts or upgraded flights, etc). I am very annoyed at the hassle of this issue, and I will not be recommending Expedia, nor booking through them ever again. Lucky I checked my bank statements and didn't turn up to the airport with my 'FAILED' ticket. I was flying to SYD for surgery. Some of us have full time jobs, and can't afford to be screwing around calling back and forth and trying to bridge language barriers with service operators just to book a flight that IS ACTUALLY CONFIRMED.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I booked a hotel in Daytona, Florida through Expedia. I'm writing my complaint now because it bothers me that Expedia doesn't take responsibility for their actions. EXPEDIA WASHES THEIR HANDS CLEAN FROM TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY OF THEIR ERRORS. This is not right. What happened is, I booked a reservation for a hotel and the date changed. And Expedia admitted that I booked it for the date I wanted, but then the date changed after it booked. A so called Manager was able to track down my online booking. Somehow Expedia recorded following my navigation on their webpage. Again, I booked a hotel reservation. And it changed. Yes, the date changed within minutes after it was booked. I assumed it was correctly booked. And then, Expedia blamed me for not noticing the change on the email confirmation. I assumed it was done right. I lost over $3000 dollars. I will never use Expedia again.

    All my friends or family will not use Expedia again. And they haven't. Expedia are the mafia of travel websites. Expedia will "ROB" you with your eyes wide open. They should be punished by law. I'm still very upset. I'm not a wealthy person. And I don't have $3000 dollars to throw away. It is very upsetting. I have to admit. I did cry my eyes out.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    We booked two rooms on their website for Miami Beach at Freehand Hotel for June 6-June 09. We arrived Saturday night and were told that our reservation was for one room and one shared "dormitory." We are a family of 4 and never agreed to be split up in shared rooms or dormitories as they are called on their website. We specifically wanted two private rooms and their website states that "all rooms are guarantee." It also states that reservations could not be cancelled so we needed to keep our reservation and try to get the problem straighten out. The hotel Freehand didn't have the two rooms a liable but placed us in one room and accommodated us into two rooms the remaining of the nights.

    Never was there a discussion or agreement of upgrades or extra charges, we just wanted our receipt from Expedia to be honored. On June the 8th, Monday night, I was told by the manager that Expedia wasn't honoring our reservation and we owed extra money. I told them, "no, everything was prepaid and nothing extra will be owed since we didn't upgrade." We called Expedia that night and they kept stating that they would make it right. Upon checking out, we were told that we owed extra money and I refused to pay but since they had my credit card on file, they fraudulently charged it. This matter wouldn't have happened if Expedia wasn't running scams online and not promising the actual rooms requested. I wasn't satisfied with their service and they failed to deliver what was paid for.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    From San Diego, CA to Shreveport, LA. I entered my card number and last 3 digits of my account 3 times. Each time denied. Began at **, then ** and then **. I finally called and was told I owed more than $700, as the prices were not stable. I called my bank, everything was in order. I spoke with ** in the Philippines and asked to speak with a supervisor. 28 minutes later she put me through a supervisor but the line was dead. I was previously a Supervisor in a call center. I know how it works. You have my email address. I will call corporate headquarters if you do not reply.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I had the worst experience ever!!! I booked a Hotel room, but the room was not as I booked. I reached to Expedia and they contacted my hotel who agreed to refund full money. An hour and a half later, I'm still waiting for Expedia to give me a confirmation number, and after that long, they I will get my money within a week but no confirmation number is ready yet. I ended the call and waited 3 weeks for my money but never received a penny! I called again and spent another 2 hours on hold until they reach a manager; then the manager said they can't refund my full amount because it is over $300 so if I agree they will refund me those $300 and close the case!!! If you plan to shop with Expedia; make sure you don't pay over $300 because if something happens and you need your money back, you only get $300!

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I am currently on hold now because they can't seem to find the flight I want. For some reason or another I have to speak with a supervisor, which takes 30 mins to locate the guy. Now that the customer service rep found a supervisor, I am still put back on hold. I have already been on the phone for an hour and still haven't booked my flight since most of that time is spent on hold. This has to be the worst customer service ever.

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    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    I asked to cancel one day of my hotel reservation. After 3 calls and several hours and dropped or calls placed indefinitely on hold, no help was provided. Even the Best Western Hotel manager told me Expedia could easily change the reservation. I was treated rudely by ** a supervisor there. I will never book with them again.

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    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    I made a telephonic booking for 7 travellers with an Expedia consultant called ** based in the Philippines. I was asked the birth dates and the names of the 7 travellers. Talking to a Philippine from South Africa with a language barrier was extremely difficult and to say the least basically impossible. I requested that I forward her the travellers details via e-mail because our African names and spelling is not easily communicated over the phone. She agreed. What she did not tell me is that the names she needs to do the bookings had to be exactly how they appear in our passports.

    Because of this I now have to buy three new tickets for the travellers whose first names do not match their passports 100%. Etihad airlines refuses to do a name change request and the powers that be at Expedia refuses to accept responsibility for their consultant's negligence. The number of telephone calls I had to make and the amount of time I wasted talking to Expedia tele-operators is staggering. If you are thinking of using Expedia as your travel agent, be warned. When things go wrong, you will be on your own and the experience may be very unpleasant. I should have made my travel arrangements with a reputable local agent.

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    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    NEVER use Expedia! Made my reservation over 4 months ago thru expedia at the Radisson Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco. I get to the hotel to discover that hotel has changed ownership to the Zephyr and they remodeled, took out the pool and other amenities. Apparently hotel changed ownership even prior to my booking and Expedia never changed their website. Expedia never notified me within the 4 following months of changes. If I had been notified then I would have had ample time to change to a different hotel with the amenities and quality that I need. I contacted Expedia and was jerked around for 4 hours and eventually told to just leave this hotel and have nowhere to stay but on the street of San Francisco.

    Horrible customer service. They would not relocate me to a different hotel with comparable amenities that I booked. They offered no compensation or adjust rate to be in line with hotels in area with no pool. I just sat on phone with 5 different representatives. Mysteriously phone gets disconnected from the call center overseas. There is no customer support. To be told by the last representative that she can't do anything and it is my problem not theirs! I expected to be relocated to equal quality hotel or get compensated for lesser quality. Right now back on hold all morning asking to be transferred to corporate office and they put me on hold for over an hour. Really rude. Really dissatisfied. EXPEDIA IS THE WORSE!!

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    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    Expedia has the worst customer service I have ever come across. They have very ineffective system and their follow up of an ongoing issues is close to none. I have been chasing Expedia for almost 4 months about my 300 refund which has been approved but is not in my account. They have long waiting times before someone answers your call and you will have to explain your problem from square one every single time you call them. I have been on phone for almost 8-9 hours and still haven't got my refund. I am just looking into the option of taking them to court. I highly advise not to use this site particularly if you are one of those who tend to cancel your holidays because of last minute commitments.

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    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    I have been a long term user of Expedia for all my travel needs and have had many wonderful experiences booking through this site. Then in the last few weeks, I've had so many bad experiences that it seems systemic! I have been trying to plan a trip to Europe this summer and based on the number of accumulated points, have a $400 coupon for VIP Access hotel. I called their rep and asked about redeeming the coupon and was told to go online and do it directly. I clicked on the link to use coupon and booked my hotel and found that they did NOT apply the coupon and at no point gave me any indication that it would not count OR that the hotel was NOT VIP Access hotel.

    I called Expedia back and customer service rep was extremely unhelpful, and supervisor was rude and hung up on me. Last night, I tried to use the same coupon for a hotel in Paris, found a rate online and called their rep to apply the coupon. She gives me a much higher rate than their own online rate then tells me that she cannot match their own online rate, but a supervisor might be able to, transfers me, and am on hold for one hour.

    I call Expedia back from another phone, and a diff rep now tells me that he can help me, but tells me that the same hotel room that is $183/ night online is now $10,000 /night. Takes him quite a while to sort that one out in his head. Comes back and offers to book the hotel for me and apply the coupon. After we have been talking for over 30, he then wants to charge the full amt to my credit card. He informs me that the hotel I want is not a VIP Access hotel, so no Coupon. I ask him to downgrade my coupon from VIP to regular, which would give me only $200 off any hotel, and he refuses. He then puts me transfers me to a supervisor and am hold again.

    IS THIS A SCAM OR WHAT? If you have coupons and no clear pathway to use them, they are meaningless. If you go through the USE Coupon link, there should be a way for the customer to know that the coupon is not going to be applied. There is a field for Coupon number, and no Expedia rep would provide me with clear instructions or a coupon number. Reps do not seem to know HOW the traveler can locate a VIP Access Hotel to use the coupon online. Price mismatch, with their OWN reps being unable to find and match their OWN WEBSITE prices. I still have the $400 coupon and was not able to apply it to any of my hotel bookings on Expedia, and the whole experience was extremely dissatisfying.

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    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    I accidentally booked a week through Expedia while looking for a hotel to stay in while my daughter had major surgery at the Mayo hospital. I was told they had free parking at the hotel. They did - only for guests that booked through them. Expedia was charging 12.95 in a public parking ramp that I could have received 5 nights for $40. But my daughter had to have tests with an 8 hour surgery so I waited until that was over and then cancelled four days with Expedia and rebooked the days with the hotel.

    I asked Expedia to send me a cancellation email confirming the refund for 4 days and they pleasantly agreed. That should have been the end of it. They not only did not send an email or refund my money - I have called numerous times, been on hold for hours waiting to speak to a supervisor, was told the supervisor couldn't call me even though they have my phone number. Been hung up on and found out they are working from home all over the country and have limited access to what went on previously. So when I checked out I paid the hotel for four days in that room and Expedia for four days in that room. And called my bank - another run around and I'm wondering just where I can go to get over 600.00 back.

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    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    We booked our hotel with Expedia the night before travel. My daughter decided to go with us. She found our same hotel on Priceline and Kayak for 55$. I paid 119.00. I called Expedia because of their claim that they would match price if we found cheaper prices on another site. While driving I was kept on hold for hour and half total throughout two different calls to get a price reduction done. Each person I talked to gave me different excuse why they would not help, even insinuating I was lying.

    Wasted 3 hours of vacation on phone to Expedia to be told they would not help me and that they only match prices 48 hrs before reservation. Well I just booked room the night before so that was impossible to do. I asked for the name of corporate which he said he had no names or numbers for me. I wasted 3 hours of vacation time with these people who could have cared less. At least 100 motorcycles. Omg... I was devastated and frustrated. I will never use Expedia again!!! I will do my research before next vacation.

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    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    I want you to be aware of this scam before you choose to book anything with Expedia.com. I have been researching flights for my family coming to visit from Russia and there is only one airline that does direct flights between Moscow and Los Angeles, which is why I decided to pay extra to ensure that my family wouldn't have to spend too much time in transit. After we all agreed on the dates I already knew the flight numbers and exact departure/arrival dates and times by heart. So I went to proceed booking through Expedia.com, found the flights, entered all of the required information, verified flight details, looked over the information one more time before pressing PURCHASE (as prompted), and thought I was all set and done.

    However, the tickets were not displayed on the last screen as they normally would, and I was prompted to enter the email addresses where those could be sent. I did that, then checked my inbox a few times and after I did not receive anything I went back on Expedia.com to my account, re-keyed my request for the flight itinerary - only to receive the flights info I never booked. I could not believe what I saw - it was an airline that never even came up in my searches and I'd never heard of, with 2 stops, at the price of the direct flight.

    I immediately called Expedia, they made me hang for hours (waiting for my turn on their packed 1-800 line) and having spent half a day I realized that they will not fix the situation or return any of my $$. Then, they actually suggested I contact the insurance company I'd booked the trip protection plan from and find a way to get our family doctor to give us some kind of proof that my family was sick and couldn't travel to be able to cancel the flights booked. As a plan B they said I could pay 130 euro for ticket exchange to the one I originally purchased (!?), with any additional costs in case the price has gone up, and in this case they quoted me 3 times the original price - and all that was happening while I could still see the tickets I originally bought available online, at the same price!!!

    I then requested the log of my transaction so that I can pursue this further with bureau of better business but they won't provide that either - they sent me a hand typed email stating the date and time of my online purchase! And that's after I waited for my turn on their 1-800 for another 45 minutes. Their rep was also very sarcastic and condescending. I have emailed their main email for inquiries only to receive automated messages. This is the worst experience ever and it looks like my family will have to go through a 26 hour flight with 2 stops one way vs 10 hour direct flight that I know I have booked. This is obviously a scam - I got handed a cheaper ticket at the price of the direct flight. We use Expedia's sister company at work for business travel booking and will not continue with them. For sure!

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    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    Expedia double billed us for accommodation. The system if written well should not allow this to happen. Anyhow, since then it has been 50 phone calls and countless hours going nowhere thanks to Expedia support services in India and anywhere else where you don't have to pay much. Never to use Expedia again, will see if lots of other people feel the same way. At least Twitter will be helpful getting things done.

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    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    I wish I could give no stars because that is what Expedia deserves!!! I decided to book a Disney vacation for me and my two sons. I went on Expedia to check the prices and decided to book with them on May 25, 2015. I purchased the flight, hotel, car rental and Travel Protection Waiver. Well, on June 3rd I called to cancel my reservation but was told I need to contact the airline directly (Spirit, if you can, do not deal with them. I was on hold twice with them for 2 hours and no one answered). I tried calling tonight. On hold for an hour before I hung up and went on their website. I finally cancelled my flight online.

    I called Expedia back. Waited on hold for over an hour. When I finally got a live person and told them the situation, I was told they would not pay for the airline cancellation fees. I asked to speak to a manager. After over 30 minutes on hold, a manager ** came on the phone. I informed him I had a Travel Protection Waiver and it states it would pay for any cancellation fees imposed by the vendor. He said if I could send him this Protection Waiver because he did not see on my account. I informed him I purchased it from Expedia and if you have my info you will be able to see it.

    Okay now I am really upset. He actually told me, "I don't see this on your account and you are responsible for the fees." I paid $1473 for the air, hotel, car rental and travel insurance and he told me he would only refund me $614 and change. I wanted to just cry because I had planned this trip for a year. I will be fighting for my cancelled air, hotel and air cancellation fees. I will be emailing a copy of my travel waiver in the morning. Purchasing the waiver was more money I have wasted with this company. I wouldn't use Expedia again if they were offering vacation packages for $1. I will be contacting the BBB.

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    Reviewed June 7, 2015

    Each year, three friends and I indulge our busy lives with a 3 night overseas break. This year, we unanimously decided to go to Marrakech and spent a lot of time seeking out appropriate accommodation, finally settling for Riad Vendome booked via Expedia. We booked a junior suite at the Riad, arriving on 27th May for 3 nights on 1st March and received confirmation that the booking was confirmed.

    Fast forward to our date of travel, we arrive into Marrakech airport and are met by our transfer driver who tells me he has the owner of the Riad on the phone, needing to speak to me. I take the call and the owner advises me that he is full and cannot accommodate us. He goes on to tell me that he advised Expedia of this back in March and again on 20th May and was assured they would contact me. Given it is now 20:15 pm and we have nowhere to stay, we agree with the riad owner that we will head over to him where we can access his wi-fi and speak to Expedia to understand what is going on and where we are to stay. He only became aware of the fact that we had not been contacted because the transfer driver had called him to provide him with an ETA for our arrival.

    On the way to the Riad, I contacted Expedia who told me they had no such email from the riad owner and would need to pass the matter to the customer concerns department but would call me back in 5-10 minutes. Upon arrival at the Riad, the owner duly shows me the email he sent to them on 20th May and when I then access the wi-fi I discover an email from Expedia to me sent at 15:47 on the date of travel some 10 minutes prior to our plane taking off, hence why I was only just seeing it.

    No callback was received so I called again, some 45 minutes later. I spoke to a female, by the name of ** (who would not disclose her surname). I also broached the subject of compensation with her, explaining that all the calls from my mobile were costing 3 per minute or thereabouts and I expected to be reimbursed for these and they had failed to sort out alternative accommodation for me ahead of my arrival. Interestingly, whilst discussing this with her, another person within Expedia called the owner of Riad Vendome and asked if there was any way in which they could accommodate us, which he advised he could not. She placed me on hold to ask about compensation and returned some 10 minutes later to advise that they would only compensate me $15 for any additional transport and $15 for me calls, which I advised was outrageous.

    She continued to place me on hold numerous times and kept repeating stock phrases, beginning with "I'm sorry" or "Our Customer Concerns Dept." I requested that I stop being placed on hold and again she said she would call me back in 5 minutes. No call received for some 20 minutes or so and when she returned the call, she told me she had found us accommodation at Riad Lena but that I would need to give over my credit card details to secure this. She also made mention, when I was hesitant, that if I did not provide my details, she would no longer be able to help me. At this point, I asked her to confirm that the standard of accommodation was the same or better and that we would be staying in a suite and not 2 separate rooms, which she promised we would be.

    I reluctantly gave over my credit card details but advised her that if it subsequently came to pass that the accommodation was of a lesser standard or in 2 separate rooms, I would be expecting a full refund for any charges applied to my card. She advised me that she would now confirm the booking and would call me back within 10 minutes. I explained to her that I wanted an email confirmation of the booking and exactly what had been booked for my records and she said she would provide this.

    From memory, the time now would be around 21:30 I also asked the owner of Riad Vendome to provide me with the email he had sent to Expedia on 20th May as I wanted to complaint about the shoddy service. He did this immediately and immediately it was received into my inbox. The Riad owner was surprised to hear that we could stay at Riad Lena in a suite as he had already called them, after initially speaking with me and they had told him they only had rooms for 2 persons. On hearing this I asked him to call them then so that we did not have a wasted journey and more travel expenses. He did so and it came to light that the accommodation booked was a room for 2 persons (at the cost I had paid for the 4 of us) and that upon arrival, I was to be offered a 2nd room at an additional cost of 100 euro per night.

    Bizarrely at 22:15pm I received a call from another department from within Expedia who told me that they were sorry to be contacting me but they needed to let me know that my accommodation at Riad Vendome was full and they were going to source me an alternative accommodation. Mentioned Lena to the man I spoke to and he told me that he was unaware of this!! Outraged, I contacted Expedia again, this time speaking to ** who told me that ** was on the phone right now trying to confirm the booking at Lena.

    No call received, I call again, at what must have been close to 11pm because the owner of Riad Vendome needed us to leave and naturally we were scared to venture into the unknown without having accommodation secured. I called Anshu back one last time and told her that we knew the accommodation was not suitable and to cancel the booking at no cost to myself. Given it was now 11:15pm I told them we would sort ourselves out, and taking some local Riad numbers from the owner at Vendome we did exactly that, finally checking in about 30/45 minutes later.

    My grievances are as follows: 1. At no point during the evening of 27 May did Expedia / Easy to Book.com display any concern for our wellbeing. What happened to safeguarding? We were four lone females in a foreign country at night without accommodation?? 2. At no point did they display any evidence that any formal procedures were being followed or that any policies existed in relation to safeguarding. In fact, they completely failed from a duty of case perspective. 3. I do not understand why, if they were contacted by the riad owner in March and again on 20th May they failed to contact me until 10 minutes before my flight took off. This has to be unacceptable behaviour as I had no opportunity to do anything but call them and run up a large phone bill.

    4. I fail to understand why during my many conversations with ** she kept telling me that they had not had an email from the riad owner, clearly this is not true as I had a copy of the email and secondly, they had made contact me with me to confirm the accommodation was not available, albeit it was too late! 5. ** promised me that the accommodation at Riad Lena was a 4 person suite and would cost as we had already paid. Having had the Riad Lena on loudspeaker whilst the owner of Riad Vendome called them, I know this was not the case. 6. I had advised when giving my card details that if the accommodation was unsuitable I would want a full refund, yet I can now confirm they have charged my credit card to the value of £263.18 a charge I refute and want crediting!

    7. Compensation for calls How can they limit this to $15. My phone bill is some £150 higher than it would normally be and, living in the UK, I deal in £s not $s so a reimbursement of £9.82 at today's rates is insulting. These calls would not have been needed had they done their job properly and contacted me prior to my being on the plane and duly arranged other comparable accommodation. 8. I asked both ** and **, why, given I was promised callbacks in set timeframes, these did not materialise and I was advised that if there is nothing to update you with, we won't call. We were four lone females, in a foreign country at night with no place to stay surely if they say they will call back, even if there is no update, they should honour this?

    9. At one point in the evening, I became quite upset by everything, I'm guessing this was about 10pm and my friend called. She was very calm and just asked about what was happening in terms of alternative accommodation. She was promptly cut off!! 10. Their email trail is also suspicious. If the timestamp of the email is to be believed, they sent an email at 21:56 confirming Riad Lena but as can be seen this is only for 2 persons (as I already knew) but this email was not received into my inbox until the following day, yet the email the owner at Riad Vendome sent me, arrived immediately. Interestingly later, at 23:27 they send another email confirming my original accommodation at Riad Vendome explain that??

    I have posted my complaint to their facebook page, at which point I was immediately contacted and asked to send my complaint in full privately across the airways which I did. I was then contacted on Tuesday of last week, asked what the itinery number was for my trip and advised that it was a matter for Expedia.com and not Expedia.co.uk. I was assured they had been made aware and I was to expect a call within 5/10 minutes. No call has ever been received and I've noticed that since then, if I attempt to post anything, it's seemingly blocked!

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    Reviewed June 7, 2015

    I booked a few hotels via Expedia in April. I called one of the hotels to confirm the booking and advise them the city pass will be sent there. The morning I leave for airport on May 12th, I got an email from the hotel saying there is some mix up in their system. They just want to confirm me if I want the room. After 5 mins, I got an email from Expedia saying that the booking got cancelled. I called Expedia immediately to ask what happened. The girl checked and called the hotel, then told me there was a glitch in the hotel's system. The booking got cancelled and there is no more other room available for me. I have to look for another hotel.

    I complained to Expedia that this is impossible, how can the hotel just cancel my booking? The service team then made up a story that it was because my credit card did not go through so the hotel reserved the right to cancel my booking. But in those calls, neither the hotel nor Expedia told me about the credit card issue. I requested the team to listen to the calls again and investigate what went wrong. I then checked with the bank, they confirmed there was no payment rejection in the past 18 mths. The service team just keep ignoring everything I said and respond to me saying this is a credit card issue and said to close the case. I cannot accept that they just made up stories to push the responsibilities to the customer. They literally say things that was against the facts!!! I can't accept this kind of complaint handling.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2015

    Expedia's customer service seems to designed to frustrate and grind down callers with extended wait time, rep who are unknowledgeable, unhelpful and sometimes downright rude. My last interaction was with a "Manager" named **, from the Escalation Office last Sunday night who assured me I would get a call on Monday as the issue could not be resolved outside of normal business hours. Did I get a call back? NO! Email? NO! Can I call him or the Escalation Office directly? NO!

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    Reviewed June 6, 2015

    I booked a trip to Rome through Expedia. The hotel they gave me was horrifying (thefts, power outages, trash in the streets, no served breakfast, etc.). The hotel is for, at max, two day bookings. On my return I asked Expedia if I could give my feedback on the hotel. They would not allow me to do this. They also never apologized for placing me, a diabetic, in a hotel area where breakfasts was suppose to be but was not available, racism rampant, no lighting on the streets and trash everywhere. I broke my toe and suffered unbelievable harms for two weeks. I also suffered gastric problems that have yet to heal. The hotel, The Euro House, was just bad. Rat traps were definitely there and needed.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2015

    I have used Expedia to book overseas holidays for years. This time however was an absolutely appalling experience. I will never ever ever ever use Expedia again. Every single flight we booked was incorrect. When rectifying the flights the phone calls to customer service were extremely painful. I was on hold for 30 minutes. The customer service person was rude and disinterested. After being on the phone to her for over 20 minutes she told me I would have to call back another time as she was having to wait too long on hold to the airline. I then had to call back at a later time (in order to rectify THEIR problem) and explain the entire scenario again. Our flights were then rebooked.

    To our disgust, when checking into the flights we were told the flights didn't match up and we wouldn't even have enough time to transfer planes. Expedia had rebooked us onto flights that they knew would never work. This left us stranded in Mexico. This happened several times throughout our holiday, almost making us miss our own wedding at one point. Just DISGUSTING! I will NEVER use Expedia again. I complained and received a generic email in response. Very poor.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    Bought ticket through Expedia with Etihad Airways and clearly read the rules stated that ticket is changeable by paying $250 change fee and fare difference. After few months when I want to change the return date, they said it is non-changeable ticket and suggest to buy new ticket. Never going to buy through Expedia and with Etihad Airways. Even travelling with Etihad Airways is horrible experience and even lost hand language which they made me to check-in.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    After cancelling the second night of a reservation (April 28, 2015), and the hotel agreeing to a refund, Expedia still has not refunded our money. They sent me an e-mail on June 4, 2015, after I had called them 3 different times, saying the hotel denied the refund. After checking with the hotel again they said they'd returned the refund to Expedia on April 28, 2015 -- A TOTAL LIE FROM EXPEDIA!!!

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    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    They Cancelled a direct flight (with an infant in my lap) and rebooked with a connections. When I needed to change the flight, they had no flights that same day and had to leave a day earlier. The lady who rebooked me did not book seats for me and my husband to sit next to each other like she said she did. By the time I checked a month before the trip, there were only middle seats for me and husband and my infant son. I ended up having to pay extra to get us near each other.

    Additionally when I complained about their error and asked them to fix it. They changed my return flight's seats when I specifically told them to leave those seats alone. They deliberately added some comments that was forcing us to pay for an infant in the lap even though it was a domestic flight. The lady at the counter finally figured out how to unlock it but before she did we were going to have cancel our seats and get new seats at the gate for a full flight... we almost missed our flight. That had to be deliberate. There was no reason for them to touch our return flight and they locked it with some comments. I can't believe how awful this company is. Years ago it used to be a good company but not any more. I suppose they could have been worse and just cancelled our tickets so I guess small favors.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    Is the normal anxiety of family vacation not doing it for you? Traveling with an infant and a four year old is no easy feat but Expedia really goes the extra mile by sending a sweet little seat request. When this is ignored they promptly do nothing. When you get to the airport you can find out in person that you don't have a secured seat, or even seats next to each other, just a miniature asterisk that leaves it up to the good 'ol airline to figure out.

    This really adds a nice zest to your vacation after a delayed flight and litany of tantrums. I will never use Expedia again. Our family was looking for both the best and cheapest option. Flying is stressful, maybe not as stressful as the in-laws but it's preoccupying. No one should have to worry about having a panic attack in the sky because there family has been scattered like marbles across an airplane.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    Reservation # **: Arrived at hotel 5/28, we booked 3 rooms, hotel only had 1 room booked for us. Expedia's resolution was to have me pay upfront for the other 2 rooms and they will refund me in the back! I paid upfront because the hotel held my passport (along with all my other guests) hostage. I had no other choice! Expedia should have paid this on their end, in my opinion. I checked for my refund everyday after my trip and did not see a statement credit. I called 3 days after my trip and my refund was NOT processed!!!!! It would take another 2 weeks for you process my refund! This is unacceptable. The only compensation Expedia offered was a $200 credit for a future trip that includes a hotel?!!? After this experience, my party and I never want to book with Expedia again. Now we are forced to use this "voucher" that has no value in our eyes.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    I get emails from Expedia because I used the site a few times before. I was upset because they were sending me a lot of emails. I went into my account and unchecked every box for category of email I want to receive. I had to do that because there is NO OPTION to unsubscribe from the list on the site or ON THE EMAILS I HAVE RECEIVED! So, after just receiving another email from them, I logged back into my account to CLOSE MY ACCOUNT and NOWHERE ON THE SITE DOES IT ALLOW YOU TO CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT. I click "close account" and it says, “contact us”. SO I Sent them another email telling them to close my account. I despise being boxed in like this from an advertiser. I thought these practices were illegal.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2015

    I purchased a ticket with Expedia on April 6th, 2015 and then I cancelled the ticket on April 7th in order to rebook since your rates dropped. I cancelled this within the 24 hour period and never received my refund for the flight. I have called 4 different times (over 8 hours of time now) to address this situation and continue to be told different answers as to why they cannot refund the ticket. Answers have ranged from that the airline cancelled the flight and Expedia is not responsible to saying that somehow I cancelled the flight directly with the airlines, somehow bypassing Expedia.

    Time and time again, I get routed through their international call centers only to be told that the people who have the authority to help aren't available and will call back later. My last interaction with the customer service team ended in being told that because the airline cancelled it and that because I couldn't prove that I cancelled the flight through Expedia, I would not be assisted and this was in no way Expedia's fault. The customer service agents have repeatedly been extremely unwilling to listen or help.

    As a result, I directly contacted the airlines directly to see what their records indicate. In fact, they have records that show the flight was cancelled on April 7th by Expedia. They have sent me the documentation and I also have evidence that shows the flight being cancelled in the My Trips section of the site. I am beyond belief in terms of how I have been treated. I can truthfully say this has been the worst customer service experience I have ever seen and still has not been resolved.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2015

    Using the phone rather than their list of dropdown options that are just a maze and not meant to be helpful. I booked a hotel room in London, England. When taxes and fees were added it cost me $40 more a night than stated. I realized I had booked an extra night and tried to make a change. It was impossible without jumping through hoops. When I finally got a person I was barely able to understand her and then was disconnected. I called back and could not understand the next person. I asked to speak to an english as a first language employee and was told that was not available and ended up being forced to hang up. The calls were not coming out of Arizona, I am sure of that. The first person did call me back but the situation of having booked an extra night is unresolved and I will need to wait 48 hours to hear back from them.

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    Reviewed June 1, 2015

    Wow, we had to change our flights and hotel that we booked to Cancun and paid over $60.00. First of all, every time we called, we had to wait 45 mins for them to pick up the phone then they kept putting us on hold then kept hanging up. We spent trying to get of hold of them from 9am till 6pm. I've never, never had as bad experience before in my life. Will never order anything from Expedia.com. Stay away.

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    Reviewed June 1, 2015

    My problems started at the booking stage where certain features were not available online so I had to continue my booking on the phone - the price rose mid-order and the itinerary number was never synced with my account so although it was booked, this was not reflected on my account and also on the booking info that was sent. It still showed as unbooked after numerous phone calls and emails and only up until days before my holiday, my only confirmation was my receipt and emails from the staff. Not what I wanted to rely on after spending over 2,000 through Expedia and had a feeling that if I did have any troubles at the airport, this would be MY fault with no holiday and/or refund... Still don't know if this sync problem is resolved. No contact regarding this.

    Unfortunately, I did end up having problems and due to an emergency was delayed and was unable to board my flight. Through experience in flying, I'm sure we all know that there are only extreme circumstances when an airline/agent will take the responsibility for this so I was not expected any special favours but at the very least some empathy but I'm not entirely surprised seeing as I was never asked what this emergency was. I was told that my problem is nothing to do with Expedia as I have missed my flight. I will now have to buy a new ticket from the airline.

    Another contributing problem to this delay was the US Airway/AA flight confusion, we were sent back and forth between these two airlines at the airport with at first no one being able to claim the ticket was theirs. Flight number stated 'US' however 'AA' flight (AA have acquired US however a few flights are made via US Airlines). Again something Expedia had nothing to do with, not their problem, again told must buy another ticket from airline. This was not even information that the Expedia agent was able to confirm at the time of booking or when contacted. When checking in, was diverted from one site to another one for this above issue and Expedia do not provide this information even though they are purchasing tickets from these companies...

    Now speaking to the airline, they had informed us that due to this being a ticket purchased in bulk from AA and as a package, they have no information about our ticket prices so could therefore not apply any fee/penalty which is normally done in cases of missed flights and charges are applied in relation to price paid for ticket and as this info is not on their system (saw this for myself) because we had not purchased from them direct. It was the agent's responsibility to confirm the missing information/provide an updated itinerary in order to board a new flight.

    I was on hold for hours to Expedia when I finally got through. No answer from international line, tried US number (as I was in JFK) then got forwarded to "UK" customer services where I was placed on hold for hours - apology given, but no reason as we were still no further to finding a solution - the same response was repeated - it was a no show so you have to buy another ticket from the airline. This is by no means an exaggeration as I was in JFK from 5pm EST, flight due to depart at 6:05pm EST and by the time I had come off the phone with them, the Airline desks were no longer manned.

    Being on hold to Expedia for hours was a complete waste of time when the result after explaining was to just be dismissed and told to contact airline, Airline telling me the opposite so to me and my family's detriment, we were in between a battle of wills between uninformed and ignorant staff and an Airline with no details of our flight due to it being purchased from Expedia. I was also unaware that Expedia will need to be informed of any unforeseen circumstances at least 6 hrs before they occur... Supervisor said that he was unable to help due to not contacting them early enough but attempts to contact Expedia even on the way to the airport meant that I was left on hold and diverted to and from the US office just be speak to a live person. Judging by the time I spent on hold, this was not going to be enough time anyway.

    Expedia should not have conflicting information with the airline that they are supposed to be working in line with. Even when Expedia agents were speaking with them directly, there was conflict of information so I do not feel as if I ever stood a chance at getting my problem resolved easily. I was told that this was not Expedia's problem. I had booked a holiday with you, spent over 2,000 but I am not expected to contact you with any queries or for help, in a foreign country.

    Extremely disappointed. I even had to ask if they had any UK flights. Was never suggested from the start even though THEY ARE A TRAVEL AGENT which could have saved a lot of time. Under their advice, I was expected to find all solutions myself - read T & C's, contact airline, buy new ticket from airline - there were other US to UK flights that night but only one available after all that wasted time on phone was next day at 2:00pm EST. The information provided by Expedia about what is the Airline's responsibility does not correspond with the actual Airline's policies and procedures meaning the customer is the loser as a bottom line should any problems occur as I experienced first hand having to sleep in JFK airport after spending in total nearly 3,500.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    It is with a heavy heart that I am prompted to write a review to help others who may fall into the trap of using this third-party booking service. If you are considering booking with Expedia and value your sanity and you don't have money to waste...AVOID at all (literal) cost. I booked flights for my boyfriend to see his dad in the US with a second leg on the same trip for a wedding. Both legs of his journey had their own share of flight drama, and I found myself having to ring Expedia to assist with schedule changes.

    Even to consider dealing with Expedia akin to recompense for sins committed, but even that does not warrant a satisfying explanation for the torment I endured. Without giving the blow-by-blow detail of every call or unpack the gory detail, envision my pain through the following statistics: SCENARIO ONE - flight schedule change, 5 phone calls in total made, 2 calls mysteriously disconnected, average length of each call: 45 minutes, longest call: 1hr 05.

    SCENARIO TWO - airline changed flight time, Expedia failed to notify flight change so flight missed. At Expedia's complete mercy. Total number of calls made at least 11, call mysteriously disconnected once (a good day?), average length of call 45-50 mins, average hold length: 20 mins, number of times given conflicting stories - 4 times, number of times they avoiding taking responsibility (advised to speak to airline direct/speak directly with airport staff, or told categorically there is nothing they can do) - 5 times, number of times I lost my rag and started to rant about dissatisfaction - 6 times.

    Please, please do not use this company because your life may well depend on it, I'm not exaggerating. From personal experience and from reading other reviews, they really DO NOT care. Despite the severity of the situation - and plead with them all you like - they will avoid taking responsibility for their mistakes. In my case I pleaded with them to help my stranded loved one get home. All they did was keep me on hold for an interminable time and come back to spin me one cock-and-bull story after another to get me off the phone. Woeful.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    We booked a trip to San Francisco using Expedia. Since we are not traveling with our children, we wanted peace of mind we could change/cancel our trip if we had to. We are not experienced travelers. We purchased the travel insurance through Expedia and they made it seem so simple. Their advertising makes it appear if you have to change or cancel your trip, just simply call and they'll take care of it. No worries, no extra costs. That is not so. Apparently, since we purchased through a low cost carrier, we have to work with them and there are fees to cancel the trip and we wouldn't even get our money back.

    It's a credit only. If we wanted to change the dates, we have to pay the cancel fee in addition to the difference in ticket cost. Expedia assumes no responsibility yet they advertise the insurance on their website. I sincerely feel tricked into buying the insurance through Expedia. Shame on me for not reading all that tiny fine print but shame on them for not being upfront. You don't have much time to think when buying a ticket to secure a good price, so you feel rushed. Expedia takes advantage of that and on impulse to get peace of mind, you buy their insurance.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    Booked for one night stay at the Springfield hotel in Leixlip Ireland for the 9th March 2015 for one person. Single room. Confirmation comes back in a few minutes from Expedia for two adults, triple room, for the 29th March. After spending approx one hour and forty five mins of tel calls to Expedia customer service to explain their mistake. At one point was down right lied to by their telephonist. I gave up, called the hotel and rebooked over the phone. Hotel was perfect but having to pay twice (once to Expedia who will not refund or admit their wrongdoing) sucks. Beware using Expedia. When they make a mistake, you the customer is left to pay over again. Down right crooks but they're a big company and hard to even get to talk to anyone who can understand English.

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    Reviewed May 30, 2015

    Expedia booked a 3 segment flight. When I tried to get seat assignment from the airline, I was told that Expedia had booked me on a flight that did not actually exist. I have been told by them there is a change fee for their error and otherwise, I can go to the airport and it is the airline's responsibility to find me another flight. I explained this in an email and was told to get my seat assignment from the airline. I'm not sure they read my email. I believe my choice is to pay Expedia more money to correct their error or to show up at the airport and hope the airline can deal with it. I would never, never use Expedia again. Their customer service is non existent.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    We arrived at airport at boarding time. Airline (Iceland Air) counter was not clearly marked. Navigating through airport, we were able to board plane. Contacted Expedia, cost of phone call exceeded $250 because of being placed on hold and disconnected several times over a 2 hour period. After all that they did not help with rebooking. Basically stranded us!!!

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    Flying from Dominican Republic to Antigua then on to London. One of my 3 fights was cancelled so I had to call EXPEDIA to reschedule the DR to Antigua flight. I kept getting disconnected and each time I called back, I could not speak to the same person so with every call I had to go through the automated process and re-explain my situation. Eventually, after 3 weeks, 19 phone calls, 5 supervisors and 12 hours of my time I re-book the flight BUT 3 days earlier, because during the 3 weeks I had been trying to re-book, all of the flights had been taken. So now I have my flight but have lost 3 days of my holiday and I now have to find another hotel in Antigua for the 3 days lay-over. EXPEDIA compensated me by way of a $200 EXPEDIA coupon to redeem against the new hotel booking so I follow the procedure to do this and GUESS WHAT?!?!?! The $200 coupon doesn't redeem against the $882 total of my new hotel booking.

    Back on the phone to Expedia who tell me that as I have booked the last available room at the hotel, they cannot cancel and re-book it because the system will not allow it. They can offer me a different room or a different hotel, however it will take 2 weeks for me to get my refund on my credit card. Then the inevitable happens, I get disconnected after almost an hour on the telephone. They return my call but only for 1 ring, just enough that they can say they returned my call, and short enough that I don't get a chance to answer it! (this happened 5 times previously) I have exhausted every single ounce of patience that I have. I cannot call them back again as I am getting no nearer in amending my credit card payment or redeeming the $200 coupon they gave me.

    The whole process has caused me so much upset and cost me so much time and money that I NEVER want to use this site again. I have wasted too much of my time on this ONE TRIP which has now cost me 12 hours of my time and an extra $882 but on the bright side, I still have a $200 coupon to use on my next trip. Hilarious!!!

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    I booked a flight and hotel and when I hit book it said something went wrong. I tried with another credit card and the same thing happened. I have been on the phone for hours with several different reps for hours and can't get no one to help me. This company is the worst. Please folks. Read reviews before doing business with them. Most disappointed since I made plans six months ago for this trip. Now it seems like all my planning has gone down the drain.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    How does one actually get customer satisfaction from Expedia when things go wrong? We booked flights back in Feb 2014 for August 2014. Due to a change in circumstances we needed to change the return date of our daughter by 2 weeks. We actually managed to do this in June 2014 and paid a fee to Expedia which was to be paid to KLM. When my daughter went to check in in Amsterdam in August, KLM had never received the money from Expedia and we had to pay again for the change to her flight. I have been trying to get my money back from Expedia ever since!

    I've tried to find contact info for the CEO, Dara, but it is absolutely impossible to get hold of anyone in the Company. I've tried calling but always put on hold and then get cut off, sent numerous emails to expedia@expediamail.com, even asking for my message to be forwarded to Dara. Still nothing. All I want is my money back that they have charged me and not done the right thing by passing it on to the airline. They will have had my money for a year next month. Would love some help in getting some customer service. Thanks.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    I booked flights from Newark, NJ to Malaga Spain through Madrid (two legs). Once we got to Madrid we searched high and low for the flight and terminal of our next flight only to find IT DID NOT EXIST. We checked with Iberia, US Airways and Customer Service at Madrid and all confirmed. We finally persuaded Iberia to at least let us get on next flight 10 hours later. My young daughter was flying into Malaga on a different airline and expected that I'd be there to pick her up. I spent the entire first day of a 7 day vacation at the Madrid airport desperately trying to get ahold of my daughter so she did not worry.

    Expedia now states it wasn't their fault but the airline. I booked through Expedia - the agency of record - they are responsible and must deal with the airlines versus claiming "nothing they can do." They keep sending a generic form letter with the case number stating "hope this solves it" with a case # of phone call. I have called 4 times and each time the call suddenly disconnects. Complete unacceptable after I've solely used Expedia for 15+ years.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    This is both a complaint and suggestion. I have used Expedia times but recently used the undisclosed hotel deal. Beware! If you book a hotel from this having done a search for a specific area. This does not mean your hotel will be in this area! It is only the closest special deal! In my case over an hour away! There needs to be a disclaimer to your clients that makes them aware of this! I assumed that the special deals in my search would be within the area I was looking for! Very hard when you are not familiar with the area!

    These special deals are useless unless they meet your location needs. I understood these were non refundable but depended on Expedia to give me hotel in area of my search! Very disappointed in this type of service! There was no disclaimer that informed client that these hotels may be far away from requested area. You are not allowed to see Hotel until after you pay. I feel that it is reasonable to assume that the hotel would be in requested area. The hotel was not usable due to its location and no refund is being given.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    Booked a hotel through Expedia. Told them the dates and I was looking for a room for 2 adults. Price I got seemed realistic, until I finalized the booking - and was hit an extra $10 / night for the 2nd adult! Other sites I checked offered the same room at the same hotel - at almost the same exact price - except they don't have the 2nd fee! I think it's just another way to scam the customer - bait with one thing, and on the backside - raise the fee so they make a couple extra bucks!

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    I believed that they are discounted tickets. I purchased 2 round trip tickets for a total of $2450.00. Out of curiosity, after my purchase, I checked with the same airline's website. The cost of the same trip for 2 was for $1250.00!!! Almost half of what Expedia, a supposedly discounted ticket agent, sold them to me for. Needless to say, I have been offered no recourse by Expedia. Never again.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    Let me first start out by saying this is the first time I have ever used Expedia. I never in my wildest imagination envisioned having such a bad experience. I booked tickets for myself, my husband and our two kids to travel for my sister's graduation. That being said you can see why it is so important to me to make the flights and ensure everything goes smoothly so we make this event. My husband cannot make the trip. I had already anticipated him having to work so I purchased insurance. I called the Customer Service line to make this change, also to add another family member on to the flight. The automated system did not recognize any of my itinerary information and I had to wait again and again, as I was forwarded from menu to menu to simply get a customer service agent. I was told by the customer service agent that the changes could be made with no issues by customer service agent **.

    I was then placed on hold, several time in which I heard the associate joking around and singing with other workers. I was on hold for at least 15 minutes. The associate then said he couldn't find seats available on the same flight. As he had already said he could make the changes and promised me a smooth exchange. I was upset. If I was simply exchanging one name for another you would imaging them simply being able to use the same ticket. The associate then said he would see what he could do to resolve the issue. He stated that they could return the tickets and place a credit on the account, mind you he never stated the ticket credit would have any sort of expiration or limitation. I was pleased and explained that I would like to use the credit to add my family member to our same flights.

    Then ** said he could not help as he could only use the credit towards future flights for my husband. I don't need a flight for my husband. As I explained several times to the rep, my husband could not make the flight and I needed someone to take his place. The associate said he would place me on hold to find out more information, after he already told me could help then changed his mind? That call was then "disconnected" (I say "disconnected" as I was boldly hung up on after this). I called back and told that there were NO notes regarding my previous conversation. I had to then speak to another customer service agent who refused to even review the notes on file. I asked to speak to a supervisor or management. I was told I was being transferred. I held the phone "on hold" for 20 minutes. During which I took it upon myself to call back on another line as I assume I was hung up on yet again.

    I called back for the 3rd time and spoke to a 3rd associate (**) who again stated that there were no notes on my file regarding any of my previous calls or inquires. I explained the situation yet again and let the associate know that I was supposed to have been transferred to management but was still on hold on another line. He apologized and transferred me. The manager or supervisor picked up immediately which enforces the fact that I was hung up on previously. The Manager, ** stated that there were no notes on file and I had to review my concerns and explained again what I needed to be done. To begin with ** had an attitude and a very snarky tone.

    After about an hour of talking, ** saying there was no way they could help me and stating that I needed to file a claim with the insurance, which she would not give me the number to, she finally said she could switch the passenger names for our first flight and let me know there would only be a name change fee of $125. I was tired of being on the phone with such bad customer service and just wanted to have a resolution so I agreed to pay the name change fee. However, ** offered no solution for our returning flight. She stated that she could not do a name change for the second flight as that particular airline had a different policy. That was fine, I mentioned that the new family member I wanted to add would like to return a day prior to myself and my children. I asked if they could give a refund for the ticket for the second flight and purchase a new one for the day before. She said they could.

    Then she said that I would need to contact the insurance to get a refund. I asked her about the insurance/refund process. She had no answers. She gave no number or no way to reach the insurance and simply said "I cannot guarantee they will give you your refund". I let her know several times that I needed some sort of solution or guide to resolving the issue or getting a hold of the insurance. She continued to restate the policy over and over, but did not give me any information on contacting the insurance or any information as far as who to speak to, how long a claim would take or even if they would be able to refund me.

    She then said she was going back on the notes, note that she claimed in the beginning of the call did not exist. I asked why the notes were not reviewed initially to which I received attitude. I asked several times for an option or a way to help get a returning flight home. She simply repeated "contact the insurance to get a refund" but again offered no way of getting a hold of the insurance or any information that would help me resolve the issue and simply said "That's the policy". She then proceeded to repeat herself and say that I should call in the morning if I don't like the way she helps. I asked to speak with another supervisor or manager to which she responded she was the only person unless I called the following day. I let her know several times that I had been on the phone for HOURS with Expedia, being transferred and hung up on and having no resolution and just wanted someone to help.

    She ended up "releasing the call" as I was asking again for the insurance information so I could file a claim or find out if that was even possible as she again gave me zero information. After being hung up on yet again, I called back at 12:20 am. Again the automated system did not recognize any of my information or the itinerary number. ** picked up and asked for my information, after which I let him know I had called several times and there should be notes on the issue so hopefully I could be transferred to management without issue. Again I was told there were no notes on file. No one in the 3 hours I spent calling and talking to agent after agent took notes? ** insisted he could assist me without needing to transfer me to management. I went over the fact that my husband could not make our flight and that I needed to have someone take his place.

    He then informed me that he could not do name change even for a fee for our first flight, even thought the manager had just told me she could. He let me know that all he could do was refund the tickets for a credit which would be under my husband's name and could only be used by him and expires in a matter of months. I let him know that management had advised me otherwise and asked to speak with management again. I was then transferred to **. ** went ahead and said she could do the name change for my first flight at the name change fee of $125 then she added a rebooking / difference in fare fee which was NEVER mentioned previously. I let her know that the previous manager i spoke to made no mention of this fee and agreed to charge me only the name change fee.

    ** insisted this was the policy, which frankly at this point was a little hard to believe as I had spoken now to 5 other associates who all had a different explanation and take on their policy. ** insisted that I call the insurance regarding the refund but again did not give me any information as to how to reach them. I had now dealt with 6 associates. No one offered any real solution or answer and everyone had a different take on the policy. I was originally promised that I could easily change the names on the flights and spent over 4 hours back and forth on the phone, on hold and being hung up on. I finally received the insurance information and was also given the airline company's contact info and told they could assist me further. This, after every agent before ** said the airline could not assist me as I booked with Expedia.

    Again, everyone had a different answer and NO one had a solution. I am beyond upset and disappointed with Expedia and the lack of compassion each and every one of their customer service agents displayed. I wasted over 4 hours of my time and am left with nothing more than a very bad experience. I asked several times for the corporate number or email and was told that "information is not given our to customers". I was told that I would have to call the automated system AGAIN, be transferred to a customer service agent AGAIN, ask for the call to be escalated to management AGAIN and then ask management to escalate the call to corporate. I need a solution. Instead I got attitude, misinformation and no help.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    Ordered brunch at a New Orleans restaurant through Expedia. The quoted price for brunch for two was $94.54. We were surprised when the bill came and the total for two brunches was $60.00 plus tax. Contacted Expedia customer care and was put on hold for 20 minutes. The customer service representative couldn't find the itinerary number. I was put on hold for another 20 minutes and then disconnected. I called back, waited on hold another 20 minutes and asked to be transferred to the Retention Department.

    I explained my situation and was told I had to be transferred back to customer service. I explained what retention means and that Expedia is not the only travel site. I was put on hold while I was told I was being transferred back to customer service. After another 20 minute wait, the call was disconnected a second time. It is obvious to me that Expedia doesn't care about customer service. If I ran my business like this I wouldn't have any customers at all!

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    I called Expedia to change the date and destination of one flight on an international three-flight itinerary. The customer service representative told me that we would get a credit for $1,384, which was surprising to me because that was the cost of the entire itinerary (again, three flights). I asked him several times to confirm two things: 1. That we were just canceling the first flight and 2. That the refund was for the first flight only (which I still had trouble believing). He said I was correct. He canceled the "flight" (turned out to be all three flights, which we wouldn't discover for some time).

    I then told him that I wanted to re-book the first flight for the new date and destination. I found a good flight on expedia.com and gave him the flight number. He then told me that he got a popup saying he should advise the customer (me) that I could only rebook on the same airline. What?? This was news to me. I asked if he could just reinstate the flight he had just canceled. He said no. I asked to speak with a supervisor.

    To make an already long story relatively short, it turned out he had canceled the entire itinerary as I suspected. On top of that, the $1,384 credit included a cancellation fee, which he also hadn't disclosed (he had mentioned a $240 CHANGE fee, but not cancellation). After speaking with three supervisors who all told me that they couldn't refund the cancellation fee, they finally got on the phone with the airline and reinstated the flight, paying for the cancellation fee themselves. Woo hoo. Thanks so much.

    Now you've just wasted three hours of my life (no exaggeration) and all I got was... well, nothing. I'm back to where I started before I made the massive mistake of calling Expedia. The most shocking was that I had to argue with one representative to convince her that I didn't deserve to pay the cancellation fee. This is after her junior had already acknowledged that the original representative made a mistake. A major disappointment, Expedia.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    I was trying to book a hotel for my fiance and I to visit Minneapolis. I found a cheaper price on the HOTEL'S website. So I read Expedia's "Best Price Guarantee" information on their customer support page. NOWHERE on that page does it say that you MUST purchase the hotel on Expedia.com then submit the refund request and the application fails to have the terms and conditions as well. I booked our stay on the hotel website as it was over $25 per night difference, then submitted the claim. Expedia refuses to honor their "Best Price Guarantee" because I did not book it on their website. Why would I pay over $100 more for a hotel when the actual hotel website was CHEAPER than Expedia.com??

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    We made reservations for May 30 to go to Gettysburg for a weekend. An injury over Memorial Day weekend forced us to reconsider and cancel. Expedia insisted that the motel would still charge us for the room. A call to the hotel directly and we were assured they would "never charge to cancel with so much notice." (We did so 5 days ahead.) She told me to go ahead and cancel through Expedia and we should be fine. As of the moment, we do not have a charge on the card, but are waiting through the weekend to be sure. It's unconscionable to lie to people about charges just to get them to keep the reservation. Even if this (hopefully) does work out well, I will never use Expedia again simply because of their deceptive practices.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    YOU WILL FEEL LIKE THE PHONE IS GROWING OUT OF YOUR EAR SHORTLY. Get some food, use the restroom, call your loved ones, and shore up for a VERY VERY long wait. As I have spent the better part of 3 days on hold, and am on hold now - I figured why not type whilst I'm waiting. I have tried to give them 2 stars as the few times I have managed to get through and get a human to help, the humans have been helpful. But this is absolutely ridiculous. Any second star received for actual help has been overshadowed by the GRUESOME lack of customer service.

    Fast (slow?) forward three weeks - and many emails and hold hours later - I still have not received my refund. I was told that cc# is invalid (same one I paid with?). I finally got through to reconfirm credit card # after days of holding. (By the way - they only play 4 songs total on their hold recordings. It is slow psychological torture.) I now hum them in my sleep and upon waking. Anyhow, for any type of refund, change question, etc. they have a policy of 'no email' so phone only. You are absolutely STUCK if you need help, waiting in this ridiculous queue. Oh God - here comes Hotel California for the 208th time =(.

    OK Managed to Get through to a Rep after only ONE HOUR this morning. You won't believe this. She says, "Call us back in one hour", as they are having 'technical difficulties'. I guess that means I should hit redial right now?? What an absolute waste of the client's time, and absolute lack of respect for those doing business with you (for the last time). These are hours out of our LIVES we're wasting on this nonsense. Companies like this survive on selling mass quantity only. Only when enough of us are dissatisfied enough to go elsewhere will they care AT ALL about their atrocious customer service.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    I booked my trip through Expedia, which come to learn that Expedia is really just customer service booking your trip, not actual travel reps. There were hidden fees we knew nothing about regarding the hotel and flights. It takes forever to get a hold of someone when you call. You're not told of extra fees, everything except for the flight and hotel room, you better be thinking about cause Expedia is not helpful with how you get around, or other things you would think someone helping you plan your trip would mention. Next time I will either call the actual hotel or book through another travel site.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    I booked a hotel room through Expedia thinking I was getting a cheaper rate by using them. Kind of the point, isn't it? I received a receipt upon checkout from my hotel and noticed the actual charge was much lower than what Expedia took out of my account. I have spent days on the phone with Expedia and the hotel. Expedia couldn't even find the reservation using my full name, itinerary number, phone number, or email address. They put me on hold for 45 minutes saying they were calling the hotel to find the reservation information. Then, they said the extra charge was for taxes. Uh, no. Receipt in hand included taxes. Then, she said she wanted to put me on hold, again, to call the hotel back. Came back with the excuse that hotel rates changed from the time I booked 3 days earlier to a lower rate. Okay, so why was I still charged more?

    I finally called the hotel back and asked about the rates myself. I was told their rates had not changed in a very long time, that Expedia was charging me extra fees, and that whoever gave me the receipt upon checkout shouldn't have. I call Expedia back to ask why I was told the extra charge was for taxes when in fact it was their fees and why they had lied about the room rate changes. After spending the next 20 minutes waiting on them to find the reservation, again, they wanted to put me on hold, again, to call the hotel. I told them I did not want to be put on hold, just an explanation of what the fees were for that made my rate much higher than the actual room rate.

    Mind you, I had to get her to repeat everything because she barely speaks English. She just said that was the room rate the day I booked and it had changed to a lower rate 3 days later and they just do not refund any extra. Once booked, their charge stays the same no matter what. Still lying! The rates had not changed. I checked. I then asked for a breakdown of the fees to which she replied, "It was the taxes the hotel charged". Her total breakdown of the taxes was around $10.00. First, my overcharge was way more than $10.00. What about the rest of it? Second, I had the receipt showing the room fee and taxes already. None of the extra that I was charged was due to taxes. After much more back and forth, she finally told me they never issue refunds FOR ANY REASON. Finally, something that's not a lie came out of her mouth. Stay far away from Expedia. Incompetent and downright deceitful. Spread the word.

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    I tried numerous times to book a hotel on Expedia's website and redeem the $200 coupon that I got from my Expedia points, but each time there was no coupon code to be found on the website in my rewards account though it has been showing the $200 available to use. So I called customer service twice trying to redeem the coupon but each time I was told either the hotel was not available or they could not use the coupon on that particular hotel, though I was able to book the hotel online without the coupon.

    When I emailed the Expedia's online customer service and asked for the redemption of the coupon, the answer came back was all scripted wording that provided no solution at all except rejection. There was no explanation why the coupon code was not available and no alternative solution was provided. However, they kept on sending this message: "If this does not answer your question or solve your problem, feel free to reply to this message or call us at 1-855-397-7392 or 1-417-520-5298 (for callers outside the U.S.) and reference case ID: **. I requested a supervisor to call me back, but was rejected again. When I told them if they cannot provide a solution, they need to stop sending me this type of scripted and meaningless messages, they still keep on sending the message with no solutions.

    It makes me wonder if I have been talking to a software instead of a real customer service rep sitting at a desk somewhere. The experience was very disturbing. Basically there is no customer service from Expedia but some sort of automated service that keeps on sending scripted messages every time you write to them. It is very sad to see Expedia using such a lousy approach to try to fool their customers. Their coupon is a bait to get you to use their website but you will never be able to use it. I will never use Expedia again!

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    My Girlfriend and I booked a hotel for Memorial Day weekend in St Pete/Treasure Island area about 6 days prior to our trip. We got charged $234 for our room only to show up to the hotel and be told there's no reservation! My USAA Bank mobile app clearly showed a charge of $234 but I noticed Expedia never sent a confirmation number/ itinerary email.

    After on hold for 40 mins, I was told by Expedia that my account wasn't available, my phone number didn't match anything in their system, no reservation was coming up, there was no charge on record, no records of any transactions!!! I called my bank to dispute this charge and it's going to take 60 days! DON'T BOOK WITH EXPEDIA! How the hell are you going to charge my card and have no idea how it happened! Sounds like theft to me!! NEVER AGAIN!!!!

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    Booking for Hotel was made months in advance, confirmed by Expedia the day of. Arrived at Hotel, no room. Hotel said it was an Expedia mistake. Called Expedia - over 60 minutes on hold and 3 different "customer service" reps, no resolution, no room and included speaking to an Expedia "customer service manager" who was disrespectful and rude with no accountability. 2 days later received standard boiler plate email, still no resolution and no response to their actions and no accountability for their mistake. Don't bother using these web sites, just set up your stay with the hotel directly...

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    Recently I needed to take my 85 years old mother, who lived in Michigan, to Las Vegas, and I live in Boston. I called Expedia to book the tickets because I would meet her in the Detroit airport and would go to Las Vegas together; after two days, I would come back to Boston myself. I explained this situation to an Expedia staff who took a while to finish the booking tickets and told me that everything was settled. However, I only got e-mail to confirm my mother's airline but not mine after half hour.

    So I called back and found out that the staff failed to book my tickets. If I booked again, my airfare was gone up $200 than the price I got at first. I talked to several staff including the manager. Everyone was polite but refused to give me the original price half hour ago even though it was their fault. At the end, I did not have choice but had to purchase the tickets with $200 more. Their service was disappointing and disgraceful although I had been a long-term customer.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2015

    We booked a hotel through Expedia, in which we were supposed to have a King bed. We ended up squeezing into a Queen bed. We requested that Expedia call us back, they were an hour and a half late calling us back. Disappointed, will not use Expedia again.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2015

    I had booked 2 nights in Mar 15 in Eldorado Resort through Expedia. The Expedia had charged me full before my stay. However upon my check-out, the hotel charged me an extra night. I found this out the next day and went back to the hotel. The receptionist claimed that they could only receive one night and then refused to talk further. I made a complaint to both the hotel and Expedia subsequently. However, the hotel did not respond and the Expedia had lingered it on until now and they refused to refund me, despite me showing all the bank statement and receipt. I cannot understand why a customer, having made no mistake, has to suffer because of the dishonesty of both the hotel and the Expedia!

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    Reviewed May 25, 2015

    Best Price Guarantee by Expedia is a SCAM... I bought a 5 day package to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Less than 24 hours I got a lower price from www.bookit.com so I took a screenshot of the offer and filed a claim. The room matched exactly, but the flight also matched the exact same but the in Expedia the wording was "Economy / Coach (N) | Confirm seats with the airline" but on bookit.com called Coach. Technically both are coach and same but the other the word "Economy" is not there so claim was declined. I called support but the explanation was it's not Apples to Apples because of the word "Economy (N)" is not there. It's a disgrace, flights have first class, business class and coach so the denying based on word is a scam.

    Finally after all the haggles, canceled my itinerary and made reservation through a lower price. Surprisingly I have noticed that the ticket had the same Economy (N). So the Expedia was customer service and management was giving the run around without any clear explanations so they can avoid matching my price. Customers should shop around before using Expedia and don't fall into pitfall of Best Price Guarantee. I will be posting these concerns in all review forums and hope it would help other before making their purchases.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2015

    I booked three nights in Edinburgh for an April stay when I was still in New Zealand. When in the UK, I decided to have two extra nights prior to the three already booked and the average nightly rate about the same. So I booked as done previously except I did not take a screen print of my booking (my mistake!). When checking in I was informed that I had just one night booked with a day's gap between my next booking. I checked the two night rate there and then on Expedia & the rate for the two nights I had paid was the same. Expedia say that the rate for the one night had increased and was correct. Despite many phone calls Expedia will not see my point and refund the hotel charge for the missed night. What I now do is get the rate from Expedia and get the hotel to match that which they will do because they do not have to pay Expedia a commission. Do not get Mad, get Even.

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    Reviewed May 24, 2015

    I booked a flight with Expedia for my mom, which has one stop in Shanghai. The airline company cancelled the second part of the itinerary, moving to the second day. But they did not move the first part, so there is about 30 hours layover in Shanghai. I called Expedia 5 times, to ask them to change the first part to the same day so my mom does not have to have the 30 hour layover. Every time I called them, they sound very polite. But they always say “I cannot get hold of anybody in the airline (no matter it is the morning, afternoon or night when I called), the airline's office is closed for the day, I cannot do anything to help, I submitted a case and it will be taken care of in a few days.”

    It was so frustrating that you will be put on hold for hours because they "are" trying to call airline. And after the long hold, they will say “sorry I cannot help you because it is the airline's problem.” They will tell you the case number and they promised they will call the airline and email me back within 48 hours, and I did not get any response back. Finally I find the airline's phone number and let my mom called them, they changed for her in just a few minutes. I spent over 10 hours on the phone with the Expedia customer services and they would not help me. This is the first time I used Expedia to book a flight, and I learned the hard lesson: Never use Expedia again!

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    Reviewed May 24, 2015

    Credit Card Delay Causes us to wait for Room. People traveling from out of town had to wait for Expedia to tell the hotel that we had booked it and paid. Much time was wasted!

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    We are Expedia Users, we have had many wonderful experiences using their app, online purchases etc - but the last purchase was a nightmare. We were trying to book an upcoming Vacation (flights and hotel) and were receiving an error message so we called to speak to a representative. After speaking to the rep we were sent on to "management". This is where it got worse! The man who was "helping us" made it appear all was fine, we would receive the rates we were trying to confirm etc... As we got to the final steps and were finally going to book, over 2 hours later he suddenly said okay your total is now $4,000 more than what we were originally quoted! He claimed those rates were not guaranteed and suddenly the price went up FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!

    Needless to say my husband was livid and told him he is CRAZY, and we would try to take care of this again online without his "help". The "manager Man" said we most likely would not get that rate and should checkout through him so we wouldn't have to pay more than the already uncharge of $4,000 dollars and be happy with that. UMMMM NO! So we hung up, went right back on the computer, called out bank made sure no fraud happened and were able to miraculously book the vacation at the rates that were give before the "Manager SHADDY Man" tried to "help" us and uncharge us 4K! Stick to the App or online, do not call or work with the people over the phone!

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    Expedia did false advertising claiming that a hotel was 4-stars when I would say it was a 1 star! It had mold stains and it was disgusting! What did customer service do? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! They hung up on me and refused to find me a nicer hotel and pay for the remainder amount.

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    When I made a change in a passenger name, (missing 1 alphabet) the system did not accept it and remain the old entry. When I called the agent, the amount already charged to my card. They said they can give full refund as cancellation was made on the same day. Somehow the second entry was canceled by them without my permission and until now I received no refund! I have made numerous calls and each time there were many excuses and apologies. I spent hours to clarify. Why they put Indians nationals who do not understand English as customer service reps? I am already on my nerve.. and never ever use this. My mistake for not reading Expedia review. I think this a real scam and their plan to rip people off.

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    I bought a direct flight ticket for 4 people at full price. A few days later, the price went down and we did not get a credit or a refund for the difference of price although it does say on the website that Expedia offers price guarantee. Also, a few days before our flight, they changed our flight from a direct flight to a layover flight. We called to ask them to change our flight or refund us cause clearly the 2 types of flights have completely different prices, but Expedia's incompetent workers were unable to do anything and making us lose even more money... We chose Expedia thinking they offered good prices and good services, but we were completely wrong. Calling 2 days before getting an answer is also one of Expedia's problems. This is the last time I'm buying my tickets on Expedia and I don't recommend anyone to buy from Expedia.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    I have spent the last 3 hours on the phone with Expedia based out of the Philippines. They booked my flight for $675.20 which I agreed to and I received my AMEX bill for the amount of $1331.80. Now they can not figure out what happened or how to simply refund me the money they have overcharged. I have an email confirmation of the amount they were supposed to charge me, they have that same amount on their computers, yet I am still waiting for a so-called manager to help me.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    I have been using Expedia.com and Expedia.ca for several years now and recently experienced their poor Customer Service. I booked a flight to Korea last week and neither received an Itinerary nor a receipt for my flight and Traveler's Protection insurance. I called once last week and three times today to resolve the issue. The first time I called to resolve the issue with Expedia, the gentleman on the phone told me that my reservation was cancelled and that the airline I booked with had to re-book my flight. As he was transferring me to the airline, the call dropped.

    When I called back later, I was told everything was fine with my reservation and that I was still on the scheduled flight to Korea. After the many times I called and the long waits on the phone, I finally got my Itinerary. However, I still do not have a receipt for my purchases (even though my credit card was charged). After my experiences last week and today, I will not be using Expedia again. It's not worth all this trouble.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    I booked a flight and hotel through Expedia. When my credit card statement arrived, I noticed I had been charged twice. After nearly 3 hours on the phone (mostly waiting for someone to answer), I was finally put through to the supervisor who informed me that they were aware that there had been a double booking and had cancelled the duplicate flight. Why then, I asked, did they not cancel the duplicate charge? I could not obtain any explanation and the supervisor went as far as to suggest that it was my fault. Talk about blaming the victim! If you book using Expedia, watch your credit card statement! Probably best not to use them at all.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    Received an email telling me hotel I booked could not accept my reservation. Was asked to re-book through Expedia, OMG held on for 45 mins, was told someone would call me back. Still waiting days later, rang back and on hold for over an hour while someone in the Philippines took my call, call kept going silent as if cut off. The language barrier was shocking, was told a refund will take over two weeks - why, my money was given the same day. Will never use them again!!!

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    I purchased trip cancellation insurance in September, but due to the storms in Mexico all flights in and out of Mexico were cancelled. Tried to get a refund and tried to see if we could transfer the ticket to another family member, but Expedia says that they have to go with the airline policy of not transferring tickets. This was a natural disaster and was out of my control, you would think that they would refund the money. They are also requiring us to pay $200 re-booking fee when we decide to use the voucher.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    I been using Expedia for years, for the past was some error due to hotel reservation pax but manage to solved it. Booking through them prices are slightly cheaper, maybe 20-30 dollars. However been searching through online and realize there are some sites like Priceline or Zuji selling the same prices too. Worst experience I encounter recently. Had book with Expedia and our traveler info was actually store inside so after booking, we just need to add traveler and the sites will auto fill.

    On 2015 March I had just book 4 tickets using the same method. It was correct . On 2015 May had book another 2 tickets using the same method as well but this time the name was wrong. Both ticket came out to have extra Family Name. Call them and they pushing responsibility to airline. Even call airline but was told the travel agent submit the wrong name to them. And if I wanna get the name correct I must pay SGD175 for each ticket. Of course we not gonna pay for it as it wasn't our mistakes at all.

    Call Expedia and ended up been holding on the phone dealing with different operator for nearly 11 hours. Ridiculous that they don't even have an office that we can approach to. Till the end, they draft an email to guarantee I can proceed to name change and we had to pay first. They will by then refund me within 7-15 days. Still waiting for refund and also decided if this not gonna resolved, we will head directly to Singapore CASE to let them investigate and get it solved.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    Most horrible experience booking through Expedia. THE CUSTOMER IS NEVER RIGHT IN THEIR WORLD!! It was a terrible experience after waiting on hold for 2 hours, and the Supervisor was no help. They had a price match guarantee which is a lie, horrible!!!

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    I purchased the travel protection insurance for my trip. I did need to cancel and went to Expedia to request refund. I was told to contact airline directly to get cancellation confirmation and then bring that info with associated fees back to Expedia for the refund. I did as was told and was repeatedly asked (6 times) for me to send in the receipt (which I did 6 times). I still have not had it resolved and feel they do this on purpose to discourage anyone actually obtaining the refund. Who has the time to make multiple hour long phone calls to sit on hold? Luckily I do and will! However I will never use Expedia again and will tell everyone I know to boycott them also!

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    I booked an all inclusive package for Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for my best friend's wedding on March 23rd, 2015 for June 8-13th, 2015. On May 11th, I realized I had booked a sister resort in Punta Cana, my mistake. I called Expedia immediately, I was then transferred multiple times, I am very stressed and upset at this point, understandably, yet received robotic treatment from every agent that I spoke with. I was on the phone for about an hour and a half only to be told that I need to call back in 24 hours because the hotel supervisor has not been able to give them approval to change the hotel. I then call back for the next 5 days, they keep saying the same thing and even send me a case number, however when ever I call, no agent seems to be able to read the notes of other agents until I tell them the whole problem to every person I am transferred to.

    By May 15th, I am beyond stressed, so I decide to research and call the hotel myself. I spent 30 minutes talking to the Dominican Republic (about $20) and found a phone number for the person that deals directly with Expedia at the hotel, yet Expedia somehow had no idea, nor were they clearly even trying to deal with this problem. I then call them back with this information, this is another hour and a half process which resulted in an agent being extremely rude to me because I repeatedly told him that I was almost to work and needed this resolved, but said I would call back to complete the process. He said that another agent might not be able to do what he did for me. He was trying to get me to cancel my reservation, and book a whole new one, in which I would have to wait about 2 weeks for a $2,396 refund, AND charge another $2,396... Absolutely not!!!

    So he took a second to confer with his "supervisor" and said he could actually just change the hotel for $365, even though the difference online was cheaper than my original package! I asked him why it was $365 and if I was still receiving my package discount, he said that the hotel rates had changed and he was also getting even more angry with me for the questions, at this point I said to him, "well I guess I have no choice to pay, I cant miss my best friend's wedding where I'm the maid of honor, do you need my card number again or can you charge the one on file?" There was continued silence from his end, I could hear random call center noises, I repeated myself a few more times, with no response from him, so I hung up, I was late for work, after more than 2 hours on the phone, again!

    So I called after work and (after the usual runaround) I paid $365 to rebook my trip, this agent, again told me that the hotel was not charging a fee, but the rates had changed, but yet again I looked the same package up online and the price had not changed, but they refused to admit that was a fee for rebooking. I asked to speak to a supervisor. I told him I would like compensation for having to deal with everything that I have. I said that I thought $200 would be fair, (even in credit) since that'd at least be closer to what the package was ACTUALLY selling for online. He said all he could give me is $100 and that he'd load it to my account....big surprise, nothing has shown up.

    The points that I am most upset about, after all of this, is the BLATANT LIES that Expedia is trying to get away with. I did not receive any documentation for the $365 that was charged to my card. My updated itinerary even says the normal price of the package. I did not receive a separate receipt for the $365. I'm not an expert but that does not even seem legal. Also, being promised at least $100 compensation, with no follow through. I will be calling again to request a receipt and the $100 coupon, but I would love to know about the legality of charging $365 with no real explanation or documentation and if it's even disputable with my credit card company. If this so called charge has no documentation attached to it I am done with Expedia. These words have not begun to describe the discontent that I feel for Expedia.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    I booked a flight and hotel but had to cancel. No problem because I purchased the insurance I was issued a credit voucher and a promise that a $200 re-booking fee would be refunded if I booked another flight. I booked another flight and when I tried to print my boarding pass the night before the flight the airline said there was a problem with my booking. I called Expedia. They said no problem since I had more than one airline in my booking I would just have to get my boarding pass at the ticket counter at the airport. I arrived at the airport the next morning and the ticket counter said my ticket was booked but not paid for. They suggested I call Expedia. After 4 calls, three calls dropped and over 2 hrs. total on hold I had long ago missed my flight and a supervisor said they were sorry and could book me another flight. Now the tickets are much more expensive since they aren't being purchased in advance and they want me to pay $245 more.

    I didn't feel this was fair since this was not my fault so the supervisor said they would call corp. office to see what they could do. I've been waiting several hours with no call back. After reading the reviews on this site I see that I probably will never get called back from the supervisor. Expedia has totally failed me. They ruined my trip and now they are making it nearly impossible to use my credit voucher. I believe this is a pre-meditated scam by design. A rep answers within 2 minutes but if you have a problem they put you on hold 30-60 minutes or more until the call drops or they come back with no help. The total lack of customer service, the super long wait times when you call and all the dropped calls are all designed to make you give up on your money. Thousands of complaints on the BBB site too. Fair warning. Don't do business with Expedia!! I never will again.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    Just booked a client a package trip with Expedia on the 15th of May. The clients are a family of 4 traveling to Maui. They are taking their daughter's friend to celebrate High School Graduations. The trip was booked but they had incorrectly spelt the friend's first name. They did not catch until yesterday. I contacted Expedia to try to get corrected. They put you through to their call center in India. The first time I was on hold for over an hour and they said they were trying to contact airline to see about if there would be a fee. They stated probably $125 fee. While on hold I was disconnected. I contacted Alaska Airlines to ask them about fee. They said they probably would not charge a fee but Expedia has to make the correction request. I then called back to Expedia where I was once again put on hold. After holding another hour was disconnected again. Then a third time after another 45 minutes.

    I gave up that night and decided to call in morning where I finally was transferred to a Supervisor, where the same thing happened again. I called back for a fifth time where I was told the customer would have to pay the fee of $125 to change the name from ** to correct spelling of **. Finally discussed again with client and she decided to pay the fee. The client called in and Expedia not only charged her $125 fee but $400 more they said they had to redo. I already talked to Alaska Airlines where they said this was not so. Expedia is ripping the consumers off. As a Travel Agent I was frustrated but feel like Expedia is really taking advantage of the consumers.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    Expedia has failed to cancel my hotel reservation. I have called 5x on 5 different days wasted 5+ hours of my time only to get an answer that they cannot reach the hotel but I have plenty of time to try to get it cancelled. Still not cancelled!

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    I was told I would have a king bed. It didn't happen. I didn't want smoking either. I called Expedia. Transferred to customer service. Then they pretended they couldn't hear me and hung up. Called again. The wait time to talk to someone was 12 minutes. What a joke.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    I purchased a holiday from Expedia. Later found I was double charged for the accommodation part. I checked my receipts statement and found it was definitely double charged. I contacted Expedia asap. They said they lodge a case and check with accommodation soon as the accommodation was verified I didn't stay, twice they would refund me. I was in meantime to email my statement and receipts and then they will get back to me. A day later - nothing, another day - nothing. I emailed they said they get back to me. Then they said the email was incorrect and went to USA site, I should contact the Australian department. I asked can I have that email. I got no response.

    So I called again the Australian number. Got transferred several times. Spoke to someone they said they still waiting on the accommodation company to respond. And I suggested they return my call when they know more. They said they would call me back - nothing. A day later I called again. This guy was lovely said all the right things and he wanted to help resolve this matter asap for me. He said no update has been put on my case but it top priority with their accounts team. He said I would get a response within 48hrs. 4 days later I emailed stating everything so far. To finally get a response that they have no record of receiving double payment and I am to ask for a charge back with my institution.

    On Expedia website states I have 12th to contact them and my bank if there is a issue. But the chargeback with my bank expires within 120 days. I was out by a week. Expedia have on my statement double charged me. I have the proof. I don't understand why it's so hard for them to refund money that's not theirs. They can't provide me with proof they didn't double charge me, they have only stated it. Don't make same mistake I did. Google Expedia double charges and you'll see I'm not the only one.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2015

    Tried booking a flight. Clicked "BOOK".. it read "could not process". I waited to be sure I didn't get confirm email. I didn't. Booked another flight, bc I didn't get confirmation on the screen OR a confirmation email. They charged me for the 1st AND 2nd flight! (Same names, day, location)! Now, I've been on the phone with them for 2 HOURS trying to get my $700 back!!! They keep telling me they cannot refund! How in the HELL is this possible?! On the phone with corporate now... NEVER AGAIN!!!

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    Reviewed May 16, 2015

    Four of us booked a 4 day holiday to Istanbul with Expedia, however my mother passed away and had to cancel. I phoned Expedia and after being put on hold for ages they didn't do anything. I asked them to move dates etc, I was being flexible but got nowhere. As for emailing them direct forget it, they just repeat themselves. What disgusting customer care, non existent really. Faceless voices hiding behind each other. They need a total revamp in their training. Boycott this company, there are many better ones out there and unless we as customers do something, they will carry on trading.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2015

    This was my first time booking a package through Expedia and more than likely my last. I missed my flight this past Sunday (May 10) due to unforseen circumstances. I called Expedia to reissue my flight for the following day and they tried to charge my friend and I a total of $913 to change it. We had to talk directly to a representative while at the airport who made the change only charging us a fee of $200 to reissue. I also told the supervisor I wanted to shift my package over by 1 day and to notify the hotel that we were coming in a day later and staying a day later.

    The next day we had to call Jamaica Tours to change the voucher dates ourselves because the rep "couldn't" get in contact with them. Concerning the resort, we had to call Expedia 6 times between Sunday (May 10) and Tuesday (May 12) where we talked to ** and ** (two different supervisors) before the hotel dates were updated. There seemed to be very little documentation of the prior phone calls and the only thing documented was that we were not to be logged as no shows. It was unacceptable and definitely put a damper on our vacation.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2015

    I usually never write reviews, but Expedia is so **. I just have to get the word out there and hopefully prevent others from experiencing the same as us. I would ABSOLUTELY NOT recommend Expedia under any circumstances. I would advice you to go straight to the flight company or hotel, as the customer service is awful, the staff is untrained and not helpful at all. We've just tried to change our tickets, and we talked to 5 different staff giving us 5 different prices ranging from $200 to $7000. When we said we wanted to go for the option of $200, they said that "Oh you can't do that after all my supervisor just told me". That was after giving her our credit card details.

    What a shocking customer service. We've been on the phone for over 4 hours with you guys the last couple of days, and for every person at Expedia we talked to we gave us a different answer to our enquiry. All we want is to change the date of our two tickets. We've talked with Emirates, and they've given us the green light to change the flight for a fee and that there's tickets available, but it has to go through you (Expedia) as that's where we bought the tickets.

    Having 5 different staff giving us 5 different explanations and five prices is NOT good enough. Expedia obviously lack training of their staff as the message we got is not consistent. The prices given ranged from $200 to a chocking $7000(!!!). Unbelievable!! Another staff of yours said that our tickets are non changeable. This is when we contacted Emirates and they told us that what you said was non-sense, and that we had to contact you again telling you that Emirates had both checked prices and availability for our preferred dates. We are still not able to get a clear answer from any of the Expedia staff, and I'm now concerned we won't be able to get any help from you at all. I hope that one of you reading this can contact us to sort out this minor problem that should not take much time at all. I will never ever travel through Expedia again. Neither will my family. What a nightmare!

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    Reviewed May 16, 2015

    The flight was fine. We got the rental car but was surprised we had to be charged AGAIN for insurance when it was already prepaid. We got to the hotel which is the America's Best Value Airport Inn and Parking, we checked in. The room was nasty, run down, and most of all has the WORST smell. I immediately called Expedia about the car and room. I demanded refund on car insurance and hotel. We found a better and cleaner hotel. My CLAIM # is **. Supposedly someone would call today but no one did. I will pursue said claim! DO NOT BOOK WITH EXPEDIA!!!

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    Reviewed May 15, 2015

    I booked a room through Condo direct (Expedia). Had a terrible experience because they screwed up my confirmation number. When I got to the hotel (Homewood suites in Orlando) I ended up with a smoking room. I specifically asked for nonsmoking. The hotel said they could not do anything about it because it was booked through a third party. This is totally unacceptable. I hate staying in a smoking room. I will never use Expedia again because of this. I would also say the same thing for homewood suites. I would rate both companies as very poor.

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    Reviewed May 14, 2015

    BEWARE, DO NOT USE EXPEDIA. I have 2 ongoing problems with Expedia and I advise everyone not to use them: First, when booking flight tickets with them, twice they have blocked far more money on my credit card than the value of the flight (over 1500 USD more each time). When I called, I was quickly told it was a "deposit" in case I damaged the hotel room. I responded that I did not book a hotel. I was then told it was in case I damaged the rental car. I did not book a rental car - only flight tickets. I was then told to contact my credit card company to show them "proof" that too much money had been blocked. I spent quite a bit of time doing this and sent them the proof. They simply never answered.

    After several customer service calls - each time being told the same useless information, I was finally told by one honest customer service representative that this is systematic with them and they will "hold" the money for 3 weeks and then give it back. He said the only thing to do was to wait it out. And in fact that is what happened - 3 weeks later my money was released. So they are apparently doing this systematically - giving themselves a free float at the cost of consumers as during that time, I could not use my credit card as they had "maxed it out".

    Secondly, when booking another small flight ticket (100 euros), they charged an additional fee of 3 euros to me and tried to claim it was charged by the airline company. I confirmed both with the airline company and my credit card and both confirmed that this extra charge was made by Expedia. They refuse to refund me (I know the amount is small, but it represents 3% of the transaction and was NOT AUTHORIZED by me). They refuse to answer me and they cannot give me any further info. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY - IT IS A SHAME THEY HAVE SUCH A DOMINANT PLACE IN THE MARKET AS THEY ARE EXTREMELY DISHONEST!!!

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    Reviewed May 14, 2015

    We paid in advance for this service and were given a voucher which stated return for 2 persons. When we tried to submit to the shuttle company they said the voucher wasn't right but took the voucher from Airport to Hotel. On return we tried to use the other voucher and the driver pointed out that it was not acceptable although the invoice showed we paid for two the voucher was for one on a different day. I have ring Expedia, spent 3 hours on the phone to them, emailed them with their promises to refund. The calls have so far costed me 5+. This company is impossible to get refunds from especially if it is their error. Don't book unless you are happy to lose your money.

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    Reviewed May 14, 2015

    We booked an all-inclusive resort for our client and paid $7,226.81 in full for the booking. We received confirmation but then Expedia change the room to a lesser priced room ($4,172.81 less) than what we paid for. Even though we showed them proof, they wouldn't honor it saying it was a site error. We went all the way to the corporate office and they still wouldn't honor the booking. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I just think it's wrong for a company to not honor what is confirmed and paid for even if it is a site error.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2015

    I tried to cancel a flight through Expedia and that was nightmare. They connected me to someone in India, it took me an hour to explain to them to cancel the flight. I had to make several calls just to cancel the flight. Even then they hadn't canceled my flight because United Airlines was still showing my flight as open. Nightmare working with this company, ever since they outsourced their customer service it's impossible to get anything done.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2015

    I booked a ticket through Expedia for my 80 yr old mother to travel to Sicily! When I booked it, it was for a 4 month stay! I was unaware, that she needed a visa, because I thought she had dual Citizenship. I feel as if Expedia should have had a pop up making me aware of this, before I confirmed dates and booked this! They are what the consumer believes, a travel expert!

    When time came for her to check in, she was denied boarding, and sent home to either request a visa or change travel dates! I called Expedia multiple times (like over 20) requesting we rebook, they repeatedly disconnected me, kept me on hold for hours (I have call logs) and never resolved my issue! They stated they would elevate this to a supervisor, and that I'd get a call back within 24 hours and never called! We (my mom, myself and relatives waiting in Sicily) were beyond stressed waiting on Expedia to fix this and they never called me or rebooked her!

    On the contrary they stated I needed to pay both American and Alitalia 600$ total in booking fees plus the difference in airfare but when I called American direct? They said I only needed to pay American, since the entire travel was booked through them! And by the way??? I purchased an insurance that cost $78 to cover any illness or travel interruption and I was denied applying this insurance to this situation without a valid reason! Her trip was "interrupted" due to lack of documents that Expedia (the travel expert) should have alerted me too! $385 later I rebooked her to fly out next month! Never ever will I use Expedia again.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2015

    Booked a package through Expedia to travel to Bahamas. I even purchased a Travel Protection plan. I found that the Hotel I booked is not going to be open for a while, passed my travel time. I contacted Expedia to see what they can do. To make a long story short, without any exaggeration, I've been on the phone with them for 3 days an average of 7 hours a day. Keep getting disconnected or transferred. Still haven't been able to resolve the issue. I now only want to get a refund. Still getting transferred around. There should be a LAW against this. This cannot possibly be allowed. I'm so angry and disappointed.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    I made a reservation with Expedia 3/26/15. I called an hour later to cancel, and they refused to give me a full refund!!! The refund policy states "cancellations or changes made before 6:00 on 3/27/15 is subject to a hotel fee equal to the first night rate." At first glance it seems as though you have until the 27th to cancel, but you don't!!! I called to speak to a manager at Expedia and they said it is a hotel fee not their fee. The Expedia manager said she would call the hotel to see if they could get it removed. While leaving me on hold for a while she then said she would call me back. She never called back. I called Expedia back and they said nobody was answering the phone at the property. What??? The Royal Palm a major hotel in South Beach doesn't answer the phone all afternoon??!!

    I called the hotel, (the number on the Expedia reservation is a number that doesn't work, you have to go online to get the real number) and of course someone answered immediately and they said it is in fact an Expedia fee!!! The manager at The Royal Palm agreed the fee was unacceptable. She went ahead and called Expedia to remove the fee!! THE FEE HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED!! They are charging me for a reservation that was booked and cancelled within an 1 hour. This is poor customer service!! I'm extremely disappointed that Expedia lies, give misleading information, gives customers the runaround and gets away with it. It is also disappointing that major hotels have a company like Expedia representing them.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    I booked a flight for 2 people on Saturday May 9th, 2015. The total amount for both flights came out to $1093.40. When I tried to complete my transaction I got an error saying it couldn't be completed at this time and to try back later. I went back and tried again and the second time it went through. My husband was worried about being double charged but I checked my bank account and it only showed one charge. On Monday May 11th, 2015 my husband and I tried to purchase something at a retailer and our card was declined. I went online to see what the problem was and saw that we had indeed been double charged for the flights. One of the transactions had gone through but had been split in half, one charge for each flight and the other was still pending.

    I called Expedia customer service and after being on the phone for over 30 mins the rep called US Airways who confirmed we had been double charged due to the error but said the money would be released the next day. This morning May 12th, I got an email from my bank saying my electric bill was returned due to insufficient funds so I logged on and saw the payment was still pending. I would have transferred funds if I hadn't been told it would be released the following day.

    I called again and after 40 plus minutes was told there was no second charge, basically that I was lying. I made a copy of my bank statement showing I was double charged but the rep said that I just have to wait because they only show one charge. Completely unacceptable! I think they have horrible customer service. This should have never happened, they need to fix their program that does the booking. When I says it didn't go through it should tell the customer to wait to make sure before trying again. I won't be trusting Expedia again for my travel purchases, it's not worth the chance of this happening again.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    I made hotel reservations on June 28, 2014 for a downtown Chicago hotel for my daughter's med school graduation. I reserved three rooms for three nights. I received a confirmation from Expedia on that date, another one on November 22, 2014 and a third one, after many phone conversations on May 8, 2015. Each one is the same and states that reservation is confirmed and no further communication is necessary before arrival. The payment was to be made at the hotel (Embassy Suites Lakefront Downtown). I called the hotel on Friday, May 8, 2015, just to ask some questions about the hotel and was told that there was no reservation under my name. Feeling a bit of panic rising, I called Expedia, many times and also spoke to the hotel management. Being that these rooms were for my husband, daughter, myself, 3 adult sisters and our elderly (80's) parents, I felt very responsible for this issue.

    Long story short, there are no rooms available for these day, not in ALL of downtown Chicago, due to some massive convention. The only rooms available are in the $700 per night range. My solution to the Expedia customer service was that they reserve the only rooms available and pay the difference between the price promised me at the Embassy Suites and the more expensive hotel. They flat-out refused and, actually, offered no solution whatsoever. I emailed the company CEO and have received no response. So we will be staying at an airport hotel, a very unappealing solution to this very frustrating problem and I am feeling very dismayed, disappointed and angry at the poor response of Expedia. Remember, they sent me 3 confirmations!!!

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    Reviewed May 11, 2015

    I have a flight to Finland from JFK May 28, 2015 which I cancelled May 2 by phone which is an automated call. The recording says "Iceland Air will give you a full refund to your account within 2 weeks, if you this is all you want just hang up." I checked my Expedia account on May 9, and the flight was still booked? I spoke to Expedia agents and help desk several times from May 9th until today May 11. Expedia help desk yesterday said "we can't give you a full refund but 50%", so I said ok. They gave me a confirmation number so I thought everything is fine. I checked today May 11.... and still the flight has not been cancelled. I wanted to speak to the help desk supervisor. After long waits I was hung up on 4 times, 2 hours of being on the phone. Their system is the worst, their customer service people are nice but nothing gets solved. I'll never use Expedia again, they're gotten too big and don't care about the customer!

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    Reviewed May 11, 2015

    We left April 29th 2015, for 10 days MB SC. We went Delta out of Ith. NY, from there to Detroit WTF? I was told direct flight. Until I seen itinerary. I specified room, and it was on the wrong side of road so we had to pay an extra $224.00 to be on ocean side. On the way home it was worse, MB to Atl., to Det. to Ith. Never Again.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2015

    Booked hotel through Expedia.com.au. Expedia website stated hotel included breakfast, but not whether it is cooked or continental. Clicking on the link only said breakfast included. After I booked it said continental breakfast. Speaking to Expedia on the phone they agreed it did not say clearly which breakfast was included and that I should have rung them before booking. My question was, "Why don't they state clearly what is included". Highly untrustworthy lot. If they were honest, they did not have to behave in this way. Be warned!!!

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    Reviewed May 8, 2015

    I researched and booked 1 week at this 4.5 stars (Expedia rating) Tan Son Nhat hotel at the address 202 Hoang Van Thu in Ho Chi Minh City with the knowledge that there is also 3 stars with the same name. When I arrived and check-in they put me over to the 3 stars which was not even 3 stars standard. I booked with free cancellation but when I check-in I could not make change nor cancel it. I felt that I was cheated either by the hotel or Expedia so I spent $20 phone card to make international call since the hotel won't deal with me due to the third party booking.

    I make 2 phone calls to 2 different Expedia's representative to explain the situation and got promised from Expedia to resolve the issue and send me email or have the hotel to make the switch or allow me to cancel and choose another hotel. Expedia also promised to give out credit of $50 for the inconvenience international phone call. So I kept waiting and waiting without any answer from either one of them and finally gave up and booked another hotel.

    When I got back to the State to call them all they told me that the itinerary has been completed and no note of $50 inconvenient compensation or anything they can do at this point. I also got rejected 4 times when submitting the hotel review with the same message by Expedia. I will not do any business with Expedia in my future booking, so please be aware... Fraud and avoid!!!

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    Reviewed May 8, 2015

    It's unfortunate. I used to use them all the time. In brief, I booked a package. A few hours later the same package was less money. I filed a lower price guarantee form and they refused to honor it saying that due to some fine print, I was ineligible. Made no sense. I tried to cancel my package, and despite the 24 hour guaranteed cancellation window, was not permitted. I tried canceling just the insurance portion and was told that it was cancelled and that I would get an email in 2 weeks.

    I called back to confirm that it was cancelled the next day and was told that the info I received was incorrect and that insurance can never be cancelled unless the whole package is cancelled (which apparently I can't do). All of these calls were handled by a center in the Philippines. I was put on hold each time for an average of about 15 minutes before I decided to hang up on more than one occasion. It won't be long before this company is defunct with this kind of poor customer service. So frustrating.

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    Reviewed May 8, 2015

    My son bought a ticket on Iceland Air through Expedia. He was given incorrect information on the departure date. We called Expedia to change the date. The policy is not to allow changes. So we are out 1200 dollars.

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