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Reviewed March 11, 2015
I bought an airline ticket through Expedia and paid additional for cancellation protection. On the day of my departure date, an emergency came up, I tried calling them multiple times and had to wait for a nearly hour to get through someone. An agent finally answered but it was difficult to comprehend what was said because of the heavy accent. He hung up on me and I to call back with much longer time and the whole conversation was futile. They refused to honor the protection plan as I had hoped. They came up with many excuses for not honoring the protection plan and the information was conflicting. They offered a solution that was twice the or three times more than what I paid in the first place. Their attitude was quite rude and impolite. I would never ever want to do business with them again.
Reviewed March 11, 2015
Booked a hotel and an email confirmation came saying hotel confirmed with non-smoking room. Go to the hotel they said confirmation is for smoking room. Called expedia, the Customer service after 30 minutes said they cant help as we cant guarantee a smoking or non smoking room. Even talked to supervisor and he said they cant help as its their POLICY. So people don't use expedia if you don't want to sleep in smoking room and on top you have asthma. Even asked that question that if I have a asthma and I cant breathe there, will they cover my health, they said their policy don't guarantee anything. PLEASE DONT USE EXPEDIA. OSHA and WSIB should be after expedia for this policy. They can endanger someone's health with the policy.
Reviewed March 11, 2015
I've been a loyal customer of Expedia's for many years and booked many trip. After my recent experience, I feel totally SWINDLED by the company and will never use it again. I recently made a series of bookings and was shocked to learn that they have changed the process significantly so that it was nearly, and in some cases, impossible to make changes to or cancel my reservations. There was no option to "manage" the bookings online because I had unwittingly paid upfront for the bookings, and when I tried to reach Expedia to make a change or cancel the wait time was anywhere from 43-53 minutes each time I called.
I can't afford to spend that time waiting to speak to customer service - which is one of the reasons I use Expedia in the first place. When I called the car rental directly they told me I couldn't cancel and had to speak to my "tour" operator!?! What is that all about. This is SO sad. Expedia used to be a great company - I will never use it again.
Reviewed March 11, 2015
Their best price guarantee is messed up. We booked a hotel with Expedia. Literally 23 hrs after booking found a super better deal on Groupon. Tried to cash in the guarantee with a phone call. On the phone for 45 min and got policy excuse of not within 24 hrs of booking... 24 hrs!!! Then they used we can reject this offer to anyone at any time for any reason. Man, you'll need a lawyer with these guys. Don't use Expedia for anything.
Reviewed March 10, 2015
I booked a trip on Expedia and bought travel insurance. I tried changing my flights when an unexpected event happened. I got the total run around from them. I then tried to cancel just one airline ticket, the person who was no longer able to come. Expedia again gave me the run around and finally said they would cancel it. Well, they did not cancel it. Now I am trying to cancel it AGAIN. Every time I have talked to them I have asked for a supervisor. I am either hung up on or put on hold for at least half and hour and then get the run around from the supervisor and "magically" disconnected. I will never book with them again. Their travel insurance is a waste of money. It does no good. To change my flights they wanted to charge me $1800!!!! You are better off booking everything yourself and NOT using this company.
Reviewed March 10, 2015
One hour plus wait times for "customer service." No chat options online to get issues resolved. No email address for customer response. The verdict: Expedia does NOT care about their customers. I won't be using them again. Whatever they save you in travel costs are more than offset by frustration if... God forbid.. you need to contact them. I honestly do not know how they stay in business.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
I called Expedia at 3:00 today to book a trip for my family. After waiting on hold and going back and forth to get all of the information correct we were finally done with the reservation and the agent informed me the price had gone up to over $300 more than what I agreed upon. I then told her I would not pay the extra $300 and she then informed me that she had already charged my credit card. Without my permission to the extra charge. She then said she would contact her superior. 45 minutes later her superior got on the phone and said I would need to call the airline if I wanted to cancel, and cancel through the resort as well. The airline would charge me to cancel the reservation, previously I had been told that there would not be any problem to cancel--just call them back and they would do it as long as it was with in 24 hours.
I then spoke with the next superior in line and she offered the $300 difference back as if she was doing me a favor, but then said if I choose to cancel I would have to pay the airline their fees. I never agree to the charge amount with the extra $300 and now they're telling me I will also incur the cancellation fees. Then on to the next supervisor by this time it's 7 pm at night. She agrees to cancel the reservation and the Sprint airfare fees. I am not sure if she did, But we went ahead and called the credit card company to cancel. It was 8 pm by the time it was over. 5 hours of my life wasted. I will never use this company again. I don't trust them at all. There is a huge communication issue and there is a huge lack of customer service. If this is how the conduct business then hopefully they will go out of business.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
This company has the worst customer service ever! My husband actually logged his time and was on hold for over 12 hours. I was disconnected and put on hold for four hours. They made an error with my reservation (booked 3 out of 7 family members) and then told me there was no room for rest of my children and husband. I asked them to cancel and they transferred and disconnected me. They are refusing to refund my trip for 3 out of 7 family members. I am so frustrated and annoyed. Called my credit card company and they called them and were on hold for two hours also. Atrocious company - could be a case study in Business School!
Reviewed March 9, 2015
We booked air and a resort package for mid April 2015 and are forced to move to a later date. We chose May 30 - June 6th. The same package on Expedia and separately on the airline and resort site is $1,000 less than the original date. The resort has a no change fee policy on their website if prior to 31 days of arrival which we are at day 34. My wife and I spent 12 hours over 2 days on hold with Expedia and bounced from one place to another, and when we did get a representative, they calculated $800 more for the same package instead of $1,000 less minus the $300 airline change fee, or $700 less than the original package. They also wanted to charge a hotel fee, when there should be none. When I called the hotel on another phone while with a Expedia supervisor, ** is her name, she hung up on me. I also gave her my cell phone in case we got disconnected because it happened 4 times the day before.
** did not call back, so she hung up, plain and simple. This is the most unacceptable and aggravating experience I have ever encountered in my life. We are also up against the clock because more fees are charged within 31 days of arrival and we can't get Expedia to work with us, they just hang up. Bottom line is we can cancel and book online ourselves for less than they want to charge to reschedule but we can't get Expedia to cancel this trip, they hang up on us every time to get to that point. Additionally, there is not a customer relations contact of complaint contact for Expedia, we have $6,000 at risk and we are powerless to do anything about it.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
I used the website to make a reservation. I called Expedia later that day to change the reservation. The lazy CSR cancelled the hotel and car but not the flight. Now I'm being forced to take a trip I can't afford. THIS COMPANY IS WORTHLESS!
Reviewed March 9, 2015
Used them for the first time to book flights. Did tons of research. Went to book the (3) tickets advertised multiple times as the lowest fare for flights with Jetblue. Went through the process to book and when I got to the end the fare had changed about 25 each person. But they had 2 at the lower price I clicked back to purchase 2 at the lower price. Then book the third ticket at the higher price. After booking two, and attempting to book my 15 year old, Expedia website would not allow it since now he is under 18 (JETBLUE AND OTHER AIRLINES ALL ALLOW you to book a teen solo, with age requirements from 12 on up or 14 on up). Expedia puts it at 18 apparently.
SO I Called to complete the booking. The representative told me he would fix it and add my son to our reservations. I was on hold for a while. He came back and said it was out of his control in his job category but said his customer service agent above him had the power to make this change..."Please Hold." I said, "Sure." I held, and held and held, 15 minutes, to 25, to 32, finally 42 minutes later and now 11:30 pm, I had to get to bed. NO ONE ever responded and picked up.
Needless to say, the next morning, the same experience except now the one fare had jumped up about 50 dollars more than the one initially advertised. When I spoke to Expedia and told home what happened and I was in the the cancellation period (24 hours per the website) and I want to just cancel and move on with booking thru American Express on Delta which is what I should have done initially, she told me to hold. AGAIN I HELD AND HELD AND NO RESPONSE. Time is money. I hung up. Am using the two flights I purchased and went direct to JETBLUE to add my son to our reservations. Chalk up to a POOR choice to use EXPEDIA. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY TERRIBLE IF ANY ISSUE arises. DO NOT RECOMMEND.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
I tried to book a room in Miami, Florida. I did not receive an email confirmation so I called Expedia, the Hotel, and my bank. The Hotel said I had no room, Expedia said they could not find any info with my phone number and email. My bank said there was a pending transaction with wrong three code... I told bank not to honor the transaction and called Expedia and Hotel back to let them know I had put in wrong code and no longer wish to book room. I was assured by all that it was fine and I had no room. I had just decided to go on to Miami and get a room once I was there.
All this happened at three am. And I called bank and both Expedia and Hotel back at eight the same morning. Well when I checked my back account again that night it had went from pending to paid. So I call Hotel again and they still say I don't have a room there. I call Expedia and they find no info either. When bank opens on the 20th I call and they give me the transaction code and an itinerary number. I call back to Hotel and the lady says that it was there for the day before but we were a no show and lost our money.
I call Expedia and they apologize and promise to make it right and get my money back to me so we can get a room somewhere. The lady at hotel said we could not stay in the one I had paid for because it was full of other guests. This was the second night in my car on street by a parking meter in Miami hanging on the phone while Expedia and Hotel were supposed to be getting things straight for me. I had my sister and her husband who is handicapped with me. After all night on phone again I decided that I would go to Hotel and ask why I been charged and could not stay in room. The lady said there was no manager available and would not be one until Monday. I was really upset by now and I went to police to file a report about this all.
I really felt like it was a scam, and if you are going to charge me for a room that I was told I did not have then I was told that I can't go in room because other people were in it. I did not understand why my money could not be given back. The Hotel told police for me to come back there and I would get a refund. When I get back to hotel they claim it's Expedia who has to give money back. I had Expedia on the phone and they were supposed to be getting it for me to get my family out of the car, and I stayed on the phone again with them until midnight. This was on the 21st.
Earlier that day Expedia had sent an email to correct email address. It was about hotel reservations an itinerary number. Too bad it was just a little late getting to us. Anyway after being on phone until after midnight with Expedia again and by then I knew even though they told police they were refunding my money I knew it was a lie. We spent three days in Miami at a parking meter on phone with these people while the room was sold to someone else. There did not seem to be one thing I could do about it. I was told that they would give a full refund but it would take two weeks to get on my card.
So I left Miami for the fourteen hour drive back to my home. Two weeks have come and gone and I have no money back yet. Each time I call Expedia. I am ask to hold while they call hotel manager. Each time they come back and say manager is not available and they have to call back. A lady at Expedia. Said manager was going to call her back in two hours and then she would call me. It's still not happened. These people have totally scammed me out of my money. The police even told hotel that if we were going to be charged for three days then why were other guest in our room. They just promised to refund to cop and then once he was gone it was back to we were not getting it back.
I have had my bank do a fraud claim and I know I am going to get my money back. I just think it was horrible that a company could take your money and leave you in your car for three days and then still not do one thing to make it right. The Hotel blames Expedia and says we did not show up. I gave police my phone and he could see how many times I called both Expedia and hotel and was told there was none. Then when my bank was able to give those numbers to me the Hotel says we did not show. I have receipts from parking meter that shows we were there we just got told we didn't have a room. This is horrible to do to anyone and then to just yell lie after lie instead of getting us in a room and out of the car was crazy. I am talking to attorney about this and I will continue to report them to everyone I can. Ocean Spray Hotel Miami FL and Expedia are awful and they did me very wrong.
Reviewed March 8, 2015
Having Expedia make a name adjustment to a reservation (i.e., adding a middle name to an existing reservation) is a major event. 40 minute call times, an inability to find the reservation and language issues that make looking up an email a ten-minute exercise. Then another 30 minute wait to talk to someone from an airline to make the actual change. Their customer service model is broken. Being able to service a purchased product is basic table stakes and they cannot seem to get this right. I for one will not use their business again.
Reviewed March 8, 2015
I have used Expedia.com to book travel for a number of years. This time, I experienced an error when submitting my transaction for purchase while using the app on my iPad. An error message/box popped up indicating that difficulty was experienced processing my transaction, and gave me the option of calling a listed customer service number or selecting a button to either Cancel or Retry. I selected Retry and after several seconds, that same message appeared. This time I selected Cancel and logged in and started over on my other mobile device without issue. Once I received a confirmation code in the app, I went directly to the airline to book seating and baggage arrangements. When checking my email several minutes later for their confirmation, I noted 2 bookings/confirmations from Expedia.com. I found out that 2 transactions were sent to my bank!
When I contacted Expedia.com to discuss the error and ask that the other transaction/confirmation be cancelled, the representative told me that I booked two times and dismissed my explanation regarding the app error, instructing me to contact the airline (for an Expedia.com error). When I asked to speak to someone regarding the system/app error and for guarantee of a full refund, I was placed on hold to speak to a manager. Many minutes later, a recording indicated that another number was created to assist me due to the high volume and the number was listed so that I could call. I called the number to find out that it was a number for the airline! After about 20 minutes, I was told that the booking was cancelled with full refund as it was within 24 hrs. I called multiple times as I never received confirmation of this cancellation as promised. I am still waiting.
The entire point of using Expedia.com in the past has been convenience. This was anything but, and I was left to fix their error. I will never use the Apple Expedia.com app again, nor will I ever book flights with Expedia.com again. I will be certain to inform others of their lack of their failure to assume accountability.
Reviewed March 7, 2015
I've been emailing Expedia customer service for a very simple thing: I needed a breakdown of my airfare and hotel (the itinerary only provided the total cost) so that my company can reimburse me. 8 emails later, the answer is still they can't do it. It's strange because back in January they did exactly just that for another trip after I had called. Not gonna have my business anymore.
Reviewed March 7, 2015
I had a return ticket from Norway to Angola and I needed to change the return date. I had paid $500 extra for the ticket so that it was changeable for a fee. After calling Expedia for 4 days in a row being on the phone with them for 1 hour at the time to try to change the ticket, they told me "sorry" it can not be done even though it was written on the ticket that it was exchangeable. In the end I had to buy a new ticket costing me $2000. The "we are so sorry" from Expedia is really offensive since in the end it was I as a customer that took a huge loss and the cost for Expedia was zero. I WILL NEVER BOOK WITH THEM AGAIN!!!
Reviewed March 7, 2015
I have been an Expedia customer for years, but have never had to make any changes to a reservation - I guess I have been fortunate that travel plans never changed. However, with a recent very expensive family vacation package, I had to cancel one of the party due to illness and re-purchase a ticket for someone to replace her. I fully understood there would be a fare difference and JetBlue agreed to waive the $150 change fee due to it being a verified illness. JetBlue was great, but I spent over 5 hours on hold and working with multiple Expedia agents and "supervisors" to get this resolved. I will NEVER use Expedia again and certainly will NEVER book a vacation package through them. Buyer beware.
Reviewed March 7, 2015
I booked a room for my daughter to visit a large University she is considering for her specialized degree. The next day we received two emails rejecting the reservation we had booked. We called both Expedia and the hotel for advice. The hotel said we had a room and Expedia said the hotel was full. Because we booked through Expedia, we believed them and booked a different hotel through their partner company, Hotels.com.
We thought everything was fine until we found the charge from the hotel through Expedia. We wrote letters, sent emails and spent countless hours on the phone trying to have this resolved. The manager we were assigned to work with actually directly lied to us saying they couldn't reach anyone at the hotel. We had no problem reaching the hotel, which was more than willing to refund us, but didn't have the ability to do so because Expedia was the merchant account which charged us. If Expedia would release the charge they were willing to refund us. Expedia refuses to refund us.
The hotel has since stopped using Expedia as they feel the company is no longer reputable and they and their customers have had too many problems with them. They have been apologetic and have offered us a night’s stay to offset our problems with Expedia. We are very very unhappy about this and find the company lacks integrity, decent morals and functional service.
Reviewed March 6, 2015
My wife's aunt passed away and we traveled from San Antonio, TX to Houston, TX for the funeral. We made arrangements through Expedia and the hotel definitely was not representative of the photos on the website. And on top of that at the Motel the front desk advised us that the room we had reserved was not available and then had us go to the rooms they had available and one the rooms they had given me a key for was occupied and the key still worked and sewage was backing up into the sink.
We called customer service and they weren't able to refund our money stating that it will take two weeks but based on the service at this point I doubt that will happen so I asked for a supervisor and to speak with someone from the United States but they were not able to transfer me to the U.S. So I am now going to call my bank and dispute the charges and hopefully we can be accommodated but do not use this website. They will not subrogate for their clients. They will ask the management if they are able to refund instead of telling them that something needs to be done immediately.
Reviewed March 6, 2015
I booked a hotel via Expedia & used a coupon code. Then my reservation was cancelled, because this code was only for special card holders & etc. and they didn't give me even a chance to do something with reservation, just cancelled. But it was Expedia mistake, normal companies decide problems like this without ruining their reputation & clients' plans. So I will never use Expedia and I advice you to use other reservation systems.
Reviewed March 5, 2015
We traveled to South Texas through Expedia. We had several problems with flight, car rental, and then getting back. I was on hold with them for a supervisor after the Expedia customer service told me they couldn't help, for 1.5 hours and the supervisor assured me she could get a refund for our car rental within 24 hours. After 48 hours I got a form letter email saying we would get nothing. We will never use Expedia, Dollar Car Rental or American Airlines again. Terrible companies with Terrible customer service.
Reviewed March 5, 2015
From 8am to 12:37pm I have been trying to call Expedia to cancel my hotel. On the website they tell you how to cancel online. However, the button mark "upcoming" does not work. Therefore you are subject to the worst customer service in the whole world. I even clicked on support where they say they would call within 20 minutes. Thus far I am still holding after almost 5 hours. I would never book with EXPEDIA again.
Reviewed March 5, 2015
I fly 2 days a week, every week. This week, I tried to book through Expedia.com, and what a mistakes. I'm not sure they have a call center, and if they do, they definitely don't show their small staff how to use the phones. I was very calm and respectful (difficult after waiting on hold for 4 hours the 1st time), and got hung up on 3 times (spent from 11am-8pm day 1 and 7am to 9:30 am day 2 with no results). My 24 hours was almost up by then and I spent most of the 24 hours trying to get a hold of them. Finally I decided to go to my bank and stop payment (total time spent trying to contact expedia 11.5 hrs and still didn't talked to anybody). I do not suggest ever trying to use this site. Most of the time, you can get the flights for the same price as Expedia, through the airline. If you value your time and money don't use Expedia.
Also, if you need to make a change and they say that the airline is going to charge you $200 for the change, call the airline yourself. I tried to change my flight and they tried this. I called the airline and they were surprised when I told them Expedia had to charge me because the airline required charge for the change. SCAM! After talking to colleagues and family members, I can't find out why anybody would trust this company with even $1 of their money, unless you feel like donating to Expedia. Expedia.SCAM.
Reviewed March 5, 2015
I made a booking on Expedia through Trivago for a weekend stay in Paris a month before I was due to travel. The day before departure printing off all my confirmation bits & pieces & my online account on Expedia said that my booking had been cancelled. I called up and was told that the booking had apparently been cancelled as my card hadn't been accepted or verified. I was never informed of the cancellation either via email or telephone. So had I not gone to print out confirmation or my booking details I would have been none the wiser! When I called Expedia, the CS agent informed me of the above details and was unsympathetic in trying to help me book my hotel again. Instead I booked myself, dealing with the hotel direct. Lesson learnt, no 3rd parties!
Reviewed March 4, 2015
I received a charge of 3 times what I agreed to pay by Expedia. It was not my mistake - I booked alongside a friend who confirmed the change of $ AFTER I clicked ok. Their "customer service" said there was nothing they could do. AND kept me on hold for over 45 minutes before I was forced to hang up.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
After filling out the form after 2 hours of booking I still have not gotten a response from them. I've tried to call but kept getting put on hold for over 2 hr. I finally was transferred to someone who might help and then..... the phone cut off. I've sent 3 appeals, at least 5 hours of phone time. And still problem not resolved. First and time using them LAST time using them. I've never had problems with Priceline - my husband booked this nightmare. NO CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
Reviewed March 4, 2015
We booked a vacation package with Expedia to visit our Naval son with our grandchildren. We purchase Expedia Travel insurance which stated that we could cancel one time for any reason and receive a full refund. Our son received orders that he was sailing unexpectedly the week that we were due to be down there. We called Expedia to cancel (the intention being that we would rebook later). Expedia refunded our hotel and rental car booking. (We could have done that for free anyway.) Expedia then said that because the change fee for our airline tickets was greater than the cost of our tickets there was nothing they could do. Result: Expedia has over $200 dollars in travel insurance. Delta or Expedia has over $900 worth of our tickets. We are out $1,100. To us that screams Fraud.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
Booked our very first family out of state vacations through Expedia was a worst nightmare. Our agent **, very persistent, all she cares is her commission and never cared the customers' satisfaction. Well, to make the story short, she has been aggressively calling me to book a hotel in a middle of nights or sometime I have been awaken by her calls. I finally, said okay since I will booked our vacations, she quoted me less for our package which includes hotel, air and travel insurance. But there is shady part of it, she booked us at the wrong hotel and a wrong flight with no travel insurance and to top it off she over charge us $500.00. Never mentioned anything that there is a change, and did not go over with us about what we have discussed, hung up the phone and that's it.
Called Expedia back to resolve the problem, I was on hold for 90 minutes and mind you it was 11:30 pm and I have to get up at 4:30 am to go to work. When an agent was on the phone I have reviewed with him and told him about the situation, all he said was the trip that we have is non refundable and we cannot change or cancel our vacations. I have called several agent to make the situations straight but no one could help us.
Now we are stuck with this flight and hotel that we didn't want to. Plus it is now a nightmare to me, I have been stressing over this for the past 3 days. I want this vacation to be as memorable one like we had before even though it is just a road trip. But now I am in thought of consulting a lawyer for this situation. I feel like someone is deciding for a vacation. Never. Never. Never again. Expedia is/have a very bad customer service. I will never booked my vacation through Expedia again.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
Do not use Expedia!!! Do not use Expedia!!! Do not use Expedia!!! My son was leaving for Afghanistan and we booked a flight to see him. Because of inclement weather we were forced to change the flight to the next day. The jerkoffs at Expedia scheduled my original trip but never followed through so I arrived at Newark and I had no tickets! The Jerkoffs at Expedia told me by phone that the tickets were there and it would not be a problem. They were not. United reps said the Jerkoffs at Expedia never completed the transaction. I then attempted to re-book my flight but went through four hours of disconnections, different representatives and confusing information only to give up. I never got to see my son before he was deployed to Afghanistan. Expedia is a scam company. Please do not use them!!! They are all Jerkoffs!!!!!
Reviewed March 3, 2015
I can say their price was a slight bit lower than BookIt and others, but that was about all I can say that is positive. 1st, I had to call to clarify a feature and after having my name mispronounced about 10 times and being told I would need a passport to travel from the mainland to Maui, I decided the call was a waste of time. I finished booking our 30th anniversary trip to Maui, online and thought that was it. When I did the online check in with American Airlines 24 hrs before departure, I found that the seats I had reserved trough Expedia were no longer ours. I was able to find seats together for the flight to Maui, but the return flight had us rows apart and the return flight was on our actual anniversary date. To their credit, the American Airlines employee at the departure gate was able to persuade another passenger to move so we could sit together, but Expedia needs to fix their glitches.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
What a nightmare. I booked a resort for my honeymoon 7 months in advance, making sure that it was a free cancellation since I was still looking around. I canceled the reservation one day after making it because the booking had all sorts of "taxes and fees" not noted when I initially looked at the hotel. The quoted rate on Expedia was $658 plus $131 taxes and fees per night; I ended up being billed for $1100 per night plus an additional unexplained $1400.
Expedia had no problem charging my credit card for the reservation immediately, but when I received no credit for the cancellation I had to call. After being put on hold (code for "I'm going to hang up on you now") three times I finally got through to someone, who had to contact her manager, who had to contact Corporate. I spent nearly 2 hours on hold and still have not received a refund. I'm going to dispute the charge with my credit card company because the customer service at Expedia is a joke and I see no way to get my refund by calling the "customer service" line. I cannot believe an online travel agency funnels all requests to a call center where employees are unaccountable - what about email or chat support? Also, I found out that booking through the hotel directly was hundreds of dollars less than Expedia's "sale" price. Given how difficult it has been to get my money back - $7K of it - I will never use Expedia again.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
I'm a SILVER Status member with Expedia. I booked a trip for my fiancee and I to Cancun with Expedia for hotel and flights so that I can propose to her. Attempted to check in in advance for the flights which I was unable to do so I called Expedia. They kept me on the phone for over 2 hours and assured me that our seats were set and we were good to go. We get to the airport hour and a half prior to flight and proceeded to Aero Mexico which our flights were on. Come to find out at the check in that none of our seats were reserved and we did not have a connecting flight from Mexico City to Cancun... Under stress, we were told we would need to purchase that leg separately if we wanted to get to Cancun, so we did. While the whole process, I called Expedia again. They recommended I call Delta as that's who they purchased our flights thru and Delta used Aero Mexico.
Delta told me to call back when I get to Cancun and they will have me reimbursed. Result of that night was we were not sitting together, in fact they sat us as far apart as they could. My fiancee had to sit next to the bathroom in the back to Mexico from Las Vegas in a middle seat next to two sick children who kicked and cried the whole way there. Obviously she was not happy at all! We get to Cancun and I had to call using hotel phone again. Sat on the phone with Delta for 30 mins before telling me that I would need to call Delta headquarters to get a refund. I then call Expedia and they again had me on the phone for 2 hours as they were trying to resolve the issue on their end and reserve our seats for the flights returning so that we would not encounter the same experience we did going there. Again I get to the airport on the day of departure back to Vegas with no seats held. We luckily got there earlier enough for them to reserve seats at counter.
I've been trying to get my refund and some sort of compensation for my troubles thru Delta and Expedia for over a week now and nothing offered or anything. EXPEDIA has officially lost my business for good! I was billed for the flights, the whole package for two to Cancun and a $111.00 phone bill from the hotel for calling Expedia and Delta... What a joke!! I have made the decision to blog about my experience to as many as I can so that the world knows how Expedia handles their "valued" customers! I will not stop until my mission is complete!
Reviewed March 3, 2015
I booked a cruise thru Expedia. At the time of booking, I had a promotion at that time. I was eligible for up to $500 on board credit eligible for booking thru Expedia. When I used my Visa credit card, the person who booked the cruise did not told me that this promotion was eligible for Master credit card only. But when I asked about the promotion, the booking person informed me that he will send me the form to fill it and send it to Expedia to get the credit. Even after 2 or 3 days, I did not get any form. When I called Expedia to check, at that time I was told that, this promotion was only for Master credit card. This is total mistake by the Expedia person. When I called the Expedia again, the support person was rudely told me that it is for MasterCard and disconnected the phone. I am not going to book any bookings thru Expedia any more. People who read this comment, please be aware and be careful.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
Booked a vacation with Expedia for 3. Told me they'd take care of airline seating. Called 3 times to ask about this as it was not showing on AA.com. Last call on Feb 18 - was told the exact seats that would be booked. Still did not show up on AA so today 3/2 I booked directly on AA as I was waiting for 2 hrs for a call back from Expedia. Had to pay $58 for 2 seats that were never booked. When I finally spoke to Expedia rep he told me that those bookings are not confirmed until they are. Well don't you think you should call me back and tell me I need to rebook?? Was polite but told him I was very disappointed and now felt I had to check hotel reservations too as I couldn't trust Expedia. He hung up on me. When I went to complaint site was shocked to see all the complaints. Buyer Beware. I will never use Expedia again!
Reviewed March 2, 2015
First, I booked a hotel on a trip to Little Rock, Ar. The hotel was in Conway. When I realized it was a little further than I would have liked to be from my appointment the next day, I called to see if I could change the location. Call 1 - the lady said yes and I could change with no additional charge. I never got email confirmation on the new hotel with address. Call 2 - the person apologized and said that I could change but it would be another charge and the first hotel would be credited back within 7-10 days and my call got dropped. Call 3 - the person told me I could book another room and get my money reimbursed within 7-10 days. Two weeks later after not receiving my refund, I called customer service and they told me it was non refundable. I would have never booked the second room and just dealt with the longer drive. I sure did not want to pay for two hotel rooms and stay in one.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
On Dec. 6, 2014, I booked a tour for Ethiopia through Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel. On Jan 13, 2015, I mailed my visa application with fee to the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington. On Jan. 23, 2015, I booked round-trip tickets between Denver and Addis Ababa using Expedia. This charge appeared on my credit card statement. The booking was confirmed by Expedia. On Jan. 27, 2015, I paid the final balance due to Wild Frontiers for the tour. On Feb. 5, 2015, I paid Wild Frontiers for booking domestic flights between Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa in Ethiopia.
On Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, I arrived at the United Airlines check-in counter 2 hours prior to boarding time. United Airlines had no record of my name, even after checking all of their data sources online and by phone. Despite herculean efforts by the United check-in clerk on her personal cell phone, by 11:30 p.m., she had still not been able to get sufficient information from Expedia to allow me to board the flight.
I called Expedia repeatedly (a dozen times) until giving up at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, as it was by then too late to catch any flights I might have been able to get had Expedia not been so inept. I had been put on hold, transferred, and disconnected every time, with Corporate Managers telling me to call Ethiopian Airlines to get resolution, and Ethiopian Airlines telling me to call Expedia as it was Expedia who issued me the tickets.
So instead of being on tour in Ethiopia, I am back at home in SW Colorado, still wrangling with Expedia, still with no resolution. The latest advice from an Expedia Corporate Manager is that I should get United Airlines to email Ethiopian Airlines a confirmation that they were unable to find my reservation. So the buck keeps getting passed, from Expedia to Ethiopian Airlines, and now from Ethiopian Airlines to United Airlines. In my view, it is ultimately the responsibility of Expedia, not Expedia's customers, to rectify errors made by Expedia or any of its client airlines.
Meanwhile, the tour in Ethiopia is concluding its 8th day and there remains only frustration and zero resolution with Expedia. I am a very seasoned traveler and have never before experienced anything like this. This is the first time I used Expedia, and I will NEVER use Expedia again! How is it possible that Expedia is still in business?!
Reviewed March 2, 2015
I had booked my air travel, hotel and rental car through Expedia.com. On the morning of my flight at 4:30am I received a phone call from the airlines saying our flight had been cancelled. I then called Expedia to cancel the hotel and rental car. I was told that it had to be done 24 hours in advance. Then they told me they would try to contact the hotel and see if they would cancel it anyway due to the situation. They then came back and said that the hotel wouldn't cancel the reservation. So I called the hotel myself directly and spoke to their customer service agent Samantha and they agreed to cancel the hotel but told me that they would have to contact Expedia since it was booked through them. So The agent at Expedia had lied to me about this and come to find out the same was true for the rent a car company as well. Never book your hotel and car rental through EXPEDIA. They will screw you if they get a chance....
Reviewed March 2, 2015
Yesterday I went to check in for my 7pm flight and realized that Expedia NEVER confirmed my flight with my airline. Luckily, I was still able to confirm it, but it was incredibly stressful and inconvenient. Then, when I arrived at my destination at my scheduled time of 11:23pm, I was stranded at the airport because the car rental service they booked me with closed at 11pm. They had already charged my credit card $318 for the rental car, but I wasn't even able to use it. I had to pay to rent a car with another open company.
I have called their customer service team 7 times now and have yet to speak to a human. I was on hold for 43 minutes and then immediately hung up on when the call was connected. So I'm currently still out a rental car and $318. This company is complete garbage. If you value peace of mind when traveling, NEVER USE THEM.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
I booked a hotel with Hotels.com to go visit my son in Ohio. Hotels.com triple charged me. Twice from my checking account and one from PayPal. I called Hotels.com to get the double charges refunded. The representative stated that I would have to call Expedia.com and that there are no refunds. I called Expedia.com and continued to get the run around. They said I had to call Hotels.com. After 6 calls, I discovered they are the same company!!! It has been over 10 days and still cannot get any resolution. I finally have reported to my bank to get the charges refunded. Do Not use Hotels.com or expedia.com. What a horrible experience this has been.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
I booked a trip on Tiger air through Expedia in December for a flight to Thailand from Indonesia. I received a confirmation email letting me know my booking was complete but when I showed up to the airport 3 months later Tiger Air let me know that they never had issued a ticket for me and had no record of a request from Expedia. I had to buy a ticket on the spot for $480 (original ticket was $212) and get on the plane.
When I returned to the States I gave Expedia a call explaining the situation (after waiting on hold for 16 minutes). The call itself took 35 minutes and the man on the phone was completely useless in trying to assist me. I explained that I wanted Expedia to make up the difference of $268 since that was the amount I was charged on top of what I was expected to pay. He put me on hold four separate times to speak to his supervisor and returned with an offer of "a $50 coupon for a future flight."
I was insulted and asked to speak to a supervisor immediately. At this point the total call time was 62 minutes. He finally came back and said his supervisor is on the line and then promptly hung up on me. I called back only to find that the next available agent will be available in approximately 14 minutes. This is an absolute joke. I will never use Expedia again and will deter all of my friends and family from doing the same. As someone who travels weekly for business and twice a year internationally for pleasure I look forward to receiving competent service through Kayak in the future.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
When you call Expedia to notify them that a flight was canceled by the airline and that you need a refund,they after many attempts to get through ask a million questions, put you on hold then disconnect you. I will not use them again. Also as I've been searching, many of their bookings are the same price or even cheaper when you go directly to the airline or hotel.. Customer service is apparently in the Philippines and the customer service agent can barely speak or understand English.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
7 passengers taking a family trip and I received an email 1st group itinerary was changed. Trip is not until May 15 so I thought I would respond right away to get the other group on the same flight. The only way this change can be made is by a live person but the hold time on the phone is approximately 1 hour. The agent finally answer and stated "I can barely hear you" but would call right back.
The call never happen which forced me to call back and stay on hold again. So it sounded like the same gentleman answering the phone, starting taking the info, suddenly after 2 minutes of gathering info the line was disconnected and once again no call back. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING! POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. I WILL NEVER USE EXPEDIA AGAIN AND BEWARE!!
Reviewed March 2, 2015
I am a longtime and previously satisfied customer of Expedia, having used its services for many, many years. However, I have experienced many frustrations with customer service. Last week and again today, I attempted to make hotel reservations. For some reason, the account was flagged. No one could tell me why, even though I was passed to several different individuals . Frequently disconnected. Took more than 1 hour last week and 1.5 hours today. [Checked with credit card company; no problem there.]
When I call customer support, asked to enter phone number. System doesn’t associate my phone # with any itineraries, despite being accurately recorded in my file. Without recognized phone number, get caught in rotary of phone system. Customer Support last week: 1st rep couldn’t help; escalated to someone else. Required to tell my story again. Disconnected; called again, waiting 11 minutes & disconnected again. We can call you back feature doesn’t work.
My phone rings; then disconnects. Tried 3 times. No one answers headquarters phone # listed on web site. Someone in Investor Relations didn’t know CEO. One rep said, "I just work here; I can’t help you." Finally connected with dept that handles Gold customers. Supervisor said someone in Transaction Processing Team would help & would call me within 3 hours. Waited. No call. Called Gold dept again. Told I’d get call from Transaction Processing within 24 hours. I give up.
Reviewed March 1, 2015
Feb. 19th I went online to book a flight out of Orange County airport for March 19 to Des Moines and return March 23. Their confirmation email stated the wrong month to depart - depart Feb. 19 and return March 23. I sent several emails the month was wrong. I was on phone for 1 1/2 hrs. They would not correct the error, they said that is my problem, that I had to pay additional 250.00 to re-book flight. I said to cancel everything now. They said I cannot have no refund...now they stole 347.20 from my bank acct.
Reviewed March 1, 2015
I will never utilize Expedia.com! Tried to book a hotel and plane for vacation to New Orleans. Picked the flights, hotel etc., entered payment (used debit card) and clicked book. Got error message stating could not be booked. I thought was due to using debit card. I proceeded to try to book on another site. I was told there did not have sufficient funds (which I did). Turns out Expedia had a hold of over $2100 on my debit card because I tried to book with that card. I tried to call and was on hold over 1 hour and 45 minutes. They could not tell me why they could not book the vacation originally, just that they could not help me with getting the pending charge off my debit card.
Spoke to one rep, one supervisor, and then a manager in their cooperate office. All, I was 3 hours of run around, was that it will fall off card in 1-3 days. They would not even work with me to book the vacation I had tried with them earlier, stated would not have funds because of their hold on my money. Will be writing CEO as not only is this unfair practice, their representative's customer service.
Reviewed March 1, 2015
I have being in this phone today since 9:15 am and is 3:36 pm and still I haven't been able to solve my problem. Since November 2014 I promise my grandson that I will take him in June to his dream place, Tokyo. I have worked 3 jobs!!! (I am 67 years old) to find the money to pay for that trip. Finally I was paid on Friday and completed the amount of $4,778.26. Had to pay with my debit card and a credit card one $2449 (debit card) and the difference to my credit card.
Well the girl at 9:15 am charged twice that amount to both card. The Credit card refused the charge because was above the limit and then she charged $1,959.27...obviously was short. Now she cancel all the reservation. The charges are still in my debit and credit card so NOW I DON'T HAVE NOR RESERVATION NOR MONEY!!! Of course sooner or later they will give me back my money BUT THE PRICE WOULD HAVE GONE UP!!! So after all my efforts to find the money to take my grandson I will never be able to go, At 11:00 am the price was $4,898.00 so in 5-9 days will be above what I can pay!!! Thank you Expedia for messing my trip and my money. Now I don't have nor credit nor debit money TILL they decide to give me back my money.
Reviewed March 1, 2015
Expedia itinerary number: ** Flight: MH K3Y7J. I was booked a flight for round-trip from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching (Malaysia) using Expedia.com. Upon my depart from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching, I was took another flight. Due to last minute changes I need to fly back early. I was aware the booking was prepaid and it consider no show...I was okay with that.
During a flight from Kuching to Kuala Lumpur, Expedia sent me a message that the booking was cancelled without any reason. I was surprised and another few more day I need fly back from Kuching, so that I have no choice to booked again and cause me a lot money due to is a holiday season. I try to called your side but it was very very hard to get someone to assist me and it hold me more than 10 minute and cut off my call. This is a very bad experience as I first time use Expedia.com to book my flight for holiday. I was demanding to refund the money for the cancel flight and need explanation on that. Hope that someone from Expedia.com will reply my email urgently.
Reviewed March 1, 2015
Rebooked several times due to weather and flight cancellations. Got to airport to be told by airline that there is a reservation but not ticket. How does that make sense and how can Expedia screw it up so bad repeatedly!?
Reviewed March 1, 2015
Having no experience in booking hotels, I quickly booked Candlewood suite in San Diego, not realizing it's non refundable. I figured I had over a month and if I needed to cancel or change plans I would get my money back. I decided to cancel after 8 days of booking, and was told I had to forfeit my $1200 that I already paid. Wtf!! There was nothing they can do, cause that was the penalty. This company is a joke! I should be able to cancel within a certain amount of time. I have 30 days!! Wtf!! Never booking through Expedia ever again. Book with someone else who gives a damn about your happiness.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015
It seems to be impossible to cancel a flight, and, trip protection is a fraud. Once you pay Expedia, they're done with you. They simply will not refund your money.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015
I have made several hotel bookings via expedia and to my disappointment, despite the money were charged, after around a week when I made further commitments, all bookings have been canceled. I wrote claim to expedia what happened but they ignore me, not answering to emails. I absolutely do not recommend expedia to anyone with the reason they are completely not trustworthy and there’s lack of professional customer service. It is beyond my understanding how's today is possible to confirm your booking, charge your money, and after over week, without any explanation cancel booking without even contacting you. AVOID THIS COMPANY!!!
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015
I just recently found out that I've been cheated. For a few years, you've acted as my travel agent, but you've been running an ESL program called "Chat to a Furious Native Speaker" in multiple countries on the side. I must say that you've done well. All of the 31 or so students I've talked to or heard in the background yesterday would most likely pass TOEFL. I would however ask your course book publisher for a refund. I think the chapters on "Thank you for holding" and "Please stay on the line" should go AFTER the chapters on "Let's find a solution right now" and "Let me try to arrange what you've asked for and call you back". You should also advise your students to take notes in class. It seems that they - in the short mandatory periodically occurring breaks after which the mentor has to redial into the session - tend to forget everything.
I know you've done a lot for me in the past and things have been great. It's just this one time that ruined it all. After all, I'd love to be a returning customer, but that requires a valid return ticket. The one I bought from you and you took away. Farewell Expedia.com.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015
Expedia is not a competitive website. Far far more expensive than say booking.com. Not helpful when it's pointed out and hide behind a small print to weasel out of refund. I advice not to use Expedia for any booking and I certainly will not be using it ever again.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015
I went to Expedia website looking for a hotel. The hotel Day Inn in Newport News Oyster Point was listed for $38.00. I called the 1-855-799-6859 to make my reservation because when I select 1 adult, no children, standard or king bed, it would give me the wrong booking information. I talked with two of the representative to assist me and each one of them said their price show for $45 per night. So I tell them they had the Crestwood Inn listed for $42, and I also read them what was stated. They said, they have to go with their price, but I can fill out a survey online and I will receive $50 coupons on the next booking.
My suggest, the website needed to be update, it was false advertisement. I asked to speak to a manager. He gave me a number 1-800-337-3342, but he transfer me to customer service, stayed on the phone 15 minute, no one came on the line. So I called the 1-800 number he gave me. I took a survey and answer the questions and then selected no and the phone disconnected.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015
We reserved a trip to Mexico intending to travel in February 2015. Prior to the trip I was diagnosed with degenerative arthritis and am, currently, a hip replacement candidate, experiencing almost constant pain. We cancelled the trip because I experience difficulty walking. Did not wish to vacation in pain or under the influence of pain reducing drugs. I communicated with Expedia who did secure a refund of the hotel charge but provided misleading and incorrect contact information for a United Airlines refund. Further, we purchased what we thought was trip insurance with AON through the Expedia web site. I was informed by AON that the trip insurance we purchased was not the correct trip insurance. Begs the question, when there is one available check off for trip insurance how can it be the wrong one? We will never work with Expedia again. This company deserves no support and economic Darwinism should shut them down.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015
I recently book a flight with Expedia. I had to change the dates due to a medical condition. So they wanted to charge me 1,000 dollars more for the flight and $200 to cancellation fee. They say there's no charge to change or cancel - false advertising they do but they will blame the flight company or hotels. I call them myself, there was no charge. Expedia lied to me the whole time. I'm calling my credit card company to do a claim. I recorded all the phone calls I made to Expedia to prove their lies and false advertising. Be aware of Expedia - I won't ever book from this site again.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015
I was lied to. They said everything I asked for was in the room. I called hotel immediately after booking and they had none of the things I asked for. Very unprofessional for a business. I will never trust Expedia to make reservations for me again. Thank you.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015
We had booked return flights for my wife and two girls from Sydney to Manchester return and due to an emergency (wife's mother being diagnosed with cancer and short time to live) needed to change arrangements so my wife could travel early and my children travel as unaccompanied. 3 hours on hold being disconnected many times recalling and $380.00 later we finally are able to update and change my wife's travel plans.
Not comfortable with the advise I phone the airline direct to confirm and further advised to go back to Expedia to upgrade my under 12 to an adult fare as now travelling unaccompanied. Called back and again 40 minutes and multiple call drops later plus $412 I am advised she has been upgraded, but will only be able to confirm with airline in 48 hours. As a family we are going through emotive and stressful times and Expedia customer service sucks. Never again will I use Expedia and frankly surprised they are still in business from other posts I have read since.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015
I booked a hotel with Expedia through unpublished rates which specifies to contact them for bed requests. I called Expedia and requested a double/queen bed since my husband and I are traveling together. One day before our arrival when I confirmed with the hotel, I was advised Expedia made a request for two twin beds and there was nothing they could do. Expedia won't issue a refund and neither will the hotel. I even asked Expedia to cancel it and rebook me at another hotel at a greater price since I would appreciate them bending over for me on this one. Of course they said no. Horrible service and just a bunch of lies. Now thanks to these jerks, my husband and I will be spending our first time in Italy on two separate beds.
Thanks Expedia for the worst customer service ever. Orbitz and Priceline would have and do honor customer service requests and that's why they are better than you. Never again Expedia and I'll make sure no one I know books with you again.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015
Phone-booked 3 tickets. Bangkok-Frankfurt-Bangkok. Because of my long name I requested email confirming of my name before booking. Received email...all names were correctly spelled (my correct name is also on Expedia's data base). Consequently I confirmed booking and paid for it on the phone. Next, I received e-ticket with correct names. Later that day got amended timetable -- on the amended timetable the names were spelled incorrectly. I advised Expedia by email and on same day Expedia advised name had been truncated because of system limitation. ALL WAS OK.
Well it wasn't. Over the next three weeks I spent about 17 hours discussing the "none event" with several Expedia staff members. We also exchanged many emails. All my emails advised them that there was NO PROBLEM. Their emails, in no chronological order, sometimes agreed with me and at other times kept insisting on me paying $200 for a name change I neither needed nor ever requested. Finally spoke a supervisor called ** who threatened me to hang up if I dared to call the company staff incompetent. What would you call them? Standard Indian call centre competence? We have a saying in Australia, "If you pay peanuts you get monkeys." Please note: I am not calling Expedia staff monkeys. I certainly formed the ability that Expedia employees the most useless and incompetent staff I have ever had the misfortune to encounter.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015
My name was spelled wrong on an airline ticket I purchased from them. I called them to ask it to be changed, waiting 45 minutes then finally asking to speak to a manager since the person couldn't do it. After ONE HOUR WAITING.... the manager PROMISED she'd call the airline the next day and sort it out, and would then let me know. DID SHE? No, absolutely not. She did nothing. Three days later I had to call back and wait ANOTHER 30 minutes to speak with someone about it. Bad customer service is one thing, but to lie about whether or not you will care for a customer is almost on a different level. I am embarrassed for their customer service department.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
On the Expedia website we found a room that said it was a 1 bedroom, King bed and a living area with a sofa bed. When we got to the hotel we received a studio, with a small queen bed and no living area or sofa bed. Hotel claims they have no rooms with King beds so this was impossible. Then the hotel tried to tell me that the request for a 1 bedroom suite is just a request not a guarantee. Really? Then why did I pay for a 1 bedroom suite when I had other options?
Needless to say, the hotel was horrible, argumentative and not smoke free which was mentioned on Expedia. Expedia was unhelpful as they just wanted to give me a $50 voucher for the future. REALLY? I will never use Expedia again. The worst part of this whole situation was that my parents had booked the same room and they were unable to get a suite because the hotel had no other suites free.
I blame Expedia for the bait and switch and not booking the proper room when we booked. Oh and on top of this whole thing, we were charged by Expedia AND then charged again by the hotel. We called the hotel and they said they would reverse the charge. After checking today, we were charged AGAIN. Had to dispute with our credit card to get this all fixed! HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE all around!
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
I booked a flight for my wife, my sister in law and myself ($480 each). This flight was booked 2-13-14. I had searched for months and this was the lowest flights had been for several months, maybe longer. Two - Three days later Expedia had the same flight for $150 less. Where is your (fair guarantee) policy for these type of situations? I know they say within 24 hours, but, this is not fair since other airlines offer fairer and much more consumer friendly guarantees. Cheap Air and other airlines offer better and fairer guarantees that are more appealing to people. I will never book with Expedia again if they do not offer some type of adjustment on our flight. I think this is dishonest and very poor customer relations. The itinerary number is **. Please see if you can give us some consideration for an adjustment. Your policy is unfair when other airlines offer better. We are anxiously awaiting a favorable response. Thanks.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
On February 28 my husband and our two children checked in at our hotel in Singapore. We had a terrible mix up with Expedia and was booked into a hotel that only accepts families of three. We are a family of four. The hotel told us we would need to book two rooms at double the cost. Of course this is not possible for us. We DID NOT blame the hotel. We DID NOT try to sneak in an extra child. We DID NOT try to bully the staff into getting what we want.
The hotel DID NOT make the mistake. I called Expedia to ask for help to find us a hotel that would accept our family of four. After THREE HOURS of being placed on hold and transferred three times I was hung up on. I am unimpressed with Expedia's customer service in our situation. As a result we had to book an extra room at our expense. We sent many emails of complaint with no assistance.
Today I called after Expedia.ca requested that we call. I never asked for a refund. All I asked for was a room that would accommodate our family. If only someone would have helped us on February 28 I would not be as infuriated as I am today. I asked the customer service rep what Expedia will do to encourage me to continue doing business with them. He said nothing. Nothing.
As a travel writer I will never promote Expedia as a way of booking travel of any sort. I am saddened that Expedia does not see me as a valued customer. I am in disbelief of how poorly I have been treated. I am however thankful that there are numerous other sites that want my business and I will shout them not Expedia from the roof tops of my blog.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
I called to book reservations for two hotel rooms. When I make it to the hotel at 2:30am I'm told by hotel clerk that they were booked. Two minute later I call Expedia/Travelocity back to cancel reservations. I was told by CSR that they had been cancelled. The next day I checked my card and the hotel not only charged me for two rooms but also charged me a no show fee. I've been backwards and forwards on the phone with both and no one give a darn about my 320.00. It takes me a week to make that money for them just to tell me to go to hell. I travel every weekend and I can assure you I will never use their service. Not The Florida Hotel and Conference Center again... Bullies.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
Expedia announce discount codes for booking accommodation. I have use such coupons, booked a room in one of the Brussels hotel, payed for the room. I have got a confirmation from Expedia on the booking. 2 weeks ago I got a letter that my booking was cancelled. They used my money for 2 weeks and then cancel the booking. They can't explain me the reason, and don't answer on my further letters concerning the problem. I think we can't trust such organization in booking flight and rooms in order not to spoil the journey.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
We booked a 5-day trip thru Expedia to the Be Live Resort in Puerto Plata. I confirmed our reservation one week ahead of time with the Manager. When we arrived, we were told there was no room for us and we would be taken to another resort. Well the other resort was not compatible. We didn't get the room we had requested, the food was bad and we were even woke up one night asking why we were there! It was not the enjoyable, relaxing vacation my husband and I had been waiting for! After contacting Expedia several times, we were dismissed. I will NEVER book thru Expedia again!
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
I use Expedia for business reservations and this is the 2nd time that Expedia mess up my hotel reservations. The first time they decided to change hotel around 11 pm the same day we were traveling. They sent an email saying they have to change the hotel??? (same I didn't choose!!). 2nd time, same thing. We go to check in to the hotel I made the reservation with and they didn't have anything close to a confirmation from Expedia. Of course they were full and they could help us, and Expedia didn't take any responsibility. They just offer to reimburse my payment. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE, I WILL NEVER AGAIN WILL USE EXPEDIA FOR ANY RESERVATION.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
In early January I booked a holiday and flights package for two for 7 days (28/06/15 - 05/07/15) to Gloria Palace Royal Hotel & Spa for £777.55, leaving from London Gatwick. I was then contacted on Friday the 20th of February to say that our British Airways flight had been cancelled due to operational reasons and was offered a different flight with a stopover in Madrid, leaving from London Heathrow. I was not happy to do this due to the extra travelling time it would result in. So was advised by the Expedia help desk to cancel my holiday completely, receive a full refund and simply re-book it on a different date.
I was more than happy to do this until I discovered that the price of the holiday had gone up by an extra £200. I fail to see how I should have to pay more money, for dates that I didn't originally want all because our flight being cancelled. The Expedia help desk also forgot to cancel my hotel, and only rectified this when I called again this morning (Sunday the 22nd of February). I booked this holiday as it was both cheap, and still a very nice looking hotel. This would be the first holiday my boyfriend and I have been on together and now the experience has been tainted by this inconvenience. DO NOT BOOK WITH EXPEDIA!
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
Booked a flight with Delta through Expedia. Needed to change the flight with Delta and they said all changes must go through Expedia. We were traveling the next day and called Expedia numerous times to no avail. They kept saying they would connect to a supervisor and after a half hour on hold they disconnected. We need to travel the next day so we continued to call and continued to get disconnected. We finally had to book a different flight and did not receive any credit. Delta made it clear that if you book through Expedia they will not help you. If you book direct with Delta they will help you make changes so, never again. Expedia non-responsiveness is mind boggling. They do not seem to care.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
We booked a trip with friends and split the cost of the trip. They charged the air fare to our friends and the hotel to us. We were not aware that they had done it this way. Because of that, we were not given our free baggage on our United flight.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
I have booked through Expedia a hotel room in Venice called Bellevue suites Venice. The problem was since the American date places the month before the date and I live in the Middle East were they put the date before the month, my booking was one month mixed. So instead of going in May the booking went to June. I called Expedia to explain where the problem was. I wanted my booking yet since the booking is one month late then it is no use. Expedia refused to help or move my booking. I have had the worst treatment and I believe no one should go through them. I lost my money and off course Expedia cares less... Thanks. Lara.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
EXPEDIA HAS A FRAUDULENT AFFILIATE CALLED RESERVATION COUNTER!!! DO NOT SUPPORT EXPEDIA OR RESERVATION COUNTER. GO DIRECT THRU HOTEL OR BOOKING DOT COM!!! This company fraudulently represents itself as a booking engine for hotels. They are taking reservations, taking deposits, and charging money for a room. When the customer arrives to hotel, there is no reservation. The hotel does not have any affiliation with this company & there is no agreement to represent. DO NOT USE THIS FAKE COMPANY TO MAKE HOTEL RESERVATIONS! IT'S A SCAM.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
Booked a flight to Kelowna for $482. Bank statement says $622. This price included tax as stated on the site. I have called both Expedia and WestJet and they have completely ripped me off. More so, I would suggest never to fly with WestJet. They get away with overcharging and act like it's nothing.

Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
I booked a flight through Expedia going from SFO to LAS on Virgin America, casually noting the 'best-price' guarantee that Expedia mentioned as I checked out. Six hours later, as I confirmed my seats with Virgin, I was surprised to find that the cost of the exact same trip was about $30 less, when booked through Virgin America directly. All variables were the same, the time of departure, the time of return, the dates for each, the aircraft and the class of service, but at Virgin's site, the cost was significantly less. But I was relieved for moment remembering Expedia's 'best-price' guarantee. I made note of the difference in airfare cost, captured the information graphically, and submitted a claim with Expedia, naively confident that Expedia would do what they advertised. I was shocked by the response. The Expedia customer service agent emailed me several days later, claiming that I had filed my claim too late to take advantage of the guarantee.
They said simply that all claims must be made and received by Expedia within 24 hours of the original booking. From my point of view, I made my claim only 6 hours after the original booking of the flight, as evidenced by the header data in the email chain that had been copied between myself and the customer service agent. In spite of that data, the agent maintained that it had been 25 hours from my original booking to the time the agent reviewed the matter, and that because the review of my submission could not be completed in the 24 hour period, that the guarantee was void. In my humble opinion, the sheer mass of offal associated with the best-price guarantee that Expedia is so proud to promote on their website, would ground an entire fleet of Boeing jumbo jets if you tried to haul it all between any two cities in America.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
I booked a trip for four to Hawaii. We had to cancel one ticket due to the fact that the representative misspelled my husband’s name. So I called Expedia, talked to the supervisor in charge and “she helped me” canceling the first ticket and booking another airfare ticket for my husband. I called back the same day when I booked the trip so canceling the airfare ticket wasn't under any penalties. Then I received my Visa statement - well they never credited or refunded the 400 dlls. Back from my husband’s ticket. I have called, talked to a few supervisors and they don't do anything. They just keep putting me on hold for hours and meanwhile I'm paying interests on this ticket that was cancelled! I have spent more than 400 minutes on the phone waiting for help. Expedia doesn't want to give me my money back…
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
Me and my boyfriend tried to book a trip. But Expedia changed the price for $60 more after I hit "Order Now" button. "Because rates changes quickly". 5 minutes later we went to a different computer and ordered it for the original price. How Come It's POSSIBLE? Expedia trying to rip their customers off!!???? We would like an explanation.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
We (2) booked a flight and hotel accommodations to Florida for a weekend. It became necessary to change the date (any other weekend would have worked). To change the flight date (JetBlue Airlines) Expedia wanted to charge me an additional $1200.00. They said the ticket was issued as no changes or refunds. They did refund me the hotel portion. So, I lost the original $1200 on the flight that I had already paid them for. No ticket or refund and not even allowed to change the date for a fee. I am pissed......and I hope to take this issue to someone else and some kind of satisfaction. It does not seem fair that any company should be allowed to do this to anyone.....DO NOT EVER USE EXPEDIA.........
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
On Feb 20th, I booked a flight online on Expedia and needed to change the date to another date. I then called customer service and explained that I needed to make this date change. I asked the customer service representative if there were ANY fees at all to make this change and was told that there was none. I was told by customer service (CS) that she would cancel my original flight and given a new one for the requested date. I was assured that I would be refunded my entire purchase flight for the original flight and then recharged the same amount for the new flight itinerary.
After completing the call and looking at the new itinerary that was sent to me by CS via email, I saw that I was charged another booking fee of $14. I was assured that I would not be charged any fees. I then called Expedia Customer Service and spoke with another CS agent and her supervisor and explained the situation and was told that I would not be refunded the $14 booking fee. I understand being charged $14 for the original booking fee when I booked online, but I feel that I should not have been charged another $14 for the new flight itinerary as I was told by the agent that I would incur NO fees. To me this is a deceptive practice.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015
I won't recommend Expedia at all, they are just the middle people to sell you flight tickets but when it comes to resolve any trouble you may have with the services you bought through them there is nothing they can do. They tell you to call the airline and that's it, even I asked to speak with the supervisor and that idiot hang up on me and when I tried to call back he never answered. What kind of site is this? What's the point of using Expedia when you can get your tickets straight from the airline for the same price or even cheaper. Looks like all they want is to sell tickets and other services and get their commission. People be aware, don't use or trust this crappie site.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
I booked a flight for myself and my two sons through Expedia. I was flying from Newark NJ to Daytona Fla round-trip on Feb 7-9. The day before our flight, I noticed an earlier flight to Daytona. Since we were going to be there a short time, I called to see if I could change the flight. They told me that it would be $200 a person as a penalty and the difference in the cost of tickets. I told them that I had Travel Protection. They said that I had to put out the $200 per person and I would get that refunded within two weeks ($600). So I changed the flight.
While I was in Florida, we heard weather reports indicating that there was going to be a snowstorm on Monday, Feb 9. Since I have MS, I could not take the chance of being stuck in Florida, so I called Expedia again and asked about changing my flight to Sunday the 8th. The woman told me the same thing about a penalty. I once again told her that I had travel protection. She told me that I would have to pay the difference in fares plus $200 per person as a penalty. I told her that I had travel protection. I told her that I used it already for my outgoing flight. She said I had to put out the money and that it would be refunded to me within two weeks ($600).
I made sure that she knew that I changed my outgoing flight already and used my travel protection. So I changed this flight. I paid Expedia an additional $600 out of pocket, not including the cost of the fare differences. I paid them a total of $1,200 in penalties. Now, two weeks later, I have not received any money. When I called, I was told that I would only get $600 that back. That it was not their policy to apply travel protection twice. I asked to speak to the manager and then the supervisor, and was put on hold for over an hour waiting for people.
I was finally told that I would have to talk to a "lead" and that they would call me back within 72 hours. I said that I would rather stay on hold. I waited another 10 minutes and was told that I could not stay on hold, that I had to wait for them to call me. When I told the supervisor, Katie, that I did not want to wait around for 72 hours for someone to call me, she told me that I didn't have to wait, that was my decision. She said, "They're going to tell you the same thing anyway!" So I gave her my number and I told her that I would keep asking for the next person in charge until I received the entire $1,200. She said that was not going to happen. I have used Expedia before, but I will never use them again. I am still trying to get my $1,200 back. Is there any way that I can get help from Consumer Affairs?
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
NEVER USE EXPEDIA!! Why do we read reviews AFTER we have had a bad experience? Everything I have read below is exactly how it went wrong for us. How can an American company train (or not train) their 'Asian teams' as they do? I am appalled at the way I was treated and by the tactics that they use. Either they have no idea, and no power on how to solve problems, or the tactic is deliberate knowing that you will have no choice but to give up!
I and my husband made international calls to the "helpline" call centre for a week. I was sent from department to department, I was fobbed off, I have been cut off, I have been told to call back again and again, I have waited on hold for up to an hour and a half at a time, every day. I have been told to call the airline direct, to call The States.......... just to resolve a simple problem.
We received email information that our flight had been cancelled one week before we were due to fly. After speaking to the airline we know what the error was - Expedia never ticketed the booking so it was automatically cancelled, but no money was refunded to us. Surely this whole process is, simply put, fraudulent. Twelve hours before we were due to fly we realised that we had no choice but to make another booking. This was almost 3 times the price due to the late timing. They have simply stolen our money. We won't stop until we get it refunded. Keep in mind, we were at no fault at any point, and they did nothing to assist or help us in any way to resolve the problem that they caused. The stress has been immense.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
Called 8am for booking flight. Was given the perfect scenario - time, price was quoted 427.20. After giving all info, name, address, CARD info, agent told me to hold for Confirmation number... the phone disconnected. OK... called back immediately... received another agent. Asked if my Confirmation number showed up and said it hadn't explained what happened. So again went through the entire process to find out at the end... ticket now was over 500 bucks.
This was after I gave all the INFORMATION AGAIN to book. Then was told it was 545. NO WAY. Ask for Supervisor... waited over 25 minutes. Get on the phone tells me that the Airlines change prices. WAIT I thought for the first one (hung up) I was waiting for Confirmation number. Doesn't make sense, so off we go again giving her all my info... finding out the flight now is 645 dollars... and it was an entirely different day, time... ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Told her this is FRAUD... waiting for a Confirmation number for a 427.20 ticket with a HANG UP... over an hour and half on phone Supervisor giving me entirely different time and day... with an INCREASE. IT'S FRAUD!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
I have nothing but negative feedback for Expedia's customer service. Called to cancel my reservations which were for Via hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. I spoke to a customer service agent on Feb. 17 to cancel my room. I live in Shanghai, China, so obviously this is long distance. My cancellation was urgent for professional reasons I was unable to be in Taipei. The first agent Jonathan, told me the reservation office was closed when he called Taipei but reassured me, he would get back to me via email with a cancellation information.
I woke up, checked my email, no information or contact from Expedia. I then decided to call. I spent over an hour talking to 2 different agents who apparently tried to talk to the hotel. The first one had me on hold for over 30 minutes of long distance from China with no information, so I hung up after being frustrated and angry and tried again.
The 2nd one was absolutely no help either. He called to talk to the hotel saying they could not speak English, which is not true because I spoke English with the hotel earlier and they told me I needed to make my cancellation with Expedia. They then gave him a number to call for cancellations and he told me it did not work. I asked him the number and then realized after hearing it, he was calling with the COUNTRY AREA CODE!!!!!!
This is a company that works with international flight, hotels and bookings! How is that even possible. Then I was put on hold again and after sometime he just hung up on me. I don't know what kind of customer service this is, but I am one unhappy customer and I expect some sort of compensation for my time as well as all of the money it cost me for long distance, non helpful phone calls! Also my hotel is still not cancelled!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
I have to file a complaint against your company - I was the victim of a BAIT AND SWITCH tactic, which is ILLEGAL, and can be reported to Consumer Affairs and be exposed in the media. I booked a 50$ VIP coupon from you based on my choice of a hotel, which appeared on the list when I clicked on 'find a VIP access hotel' on your site. Since I wanted that hotel I booked the coupon. When I couldn't access the coupon number for payment, I called Expedia and then the agent told me I couldn't use my coupon because the hotel of my choice was not a VIP hotel. He offered to find me another, more expensive hotel.
This is typical bait and switch tactics. When I asked for his name, he hung up on me. I requested a REFUND OF MY POINTS, because the only reason I redeemed the points in that fashion was in order to book that hotel - the GARLAND in North Hollywood, CA. He refused. Please do so or I will report Expedia's illegal and dishonest business practices of bait-and-switch, worthy of a third world country. In addition, your service has become horrendous, abysmal. I don't think I will ever use your company again."
In reply I received an automated message that sends me right back to their website. In other words, we are not dealing with people, we are dealing with robots. Meanwhile I called Expedia directly (1-800 - EXPEDIA); the agent referred me to the rewards department, who said she had to send me to another department - another half hour of waiting. Those in turn said I had to speak with the rewards department; you get the picture. After I threatened legal action, the agent promised to refund the points to me. She didn't seem convinced. I doubt very much that any step will be taken.
This is horrible company, they deserve to be sued. I just read on Wikipedia that they were spun off from Microsoft. No wonder! Also now they own Travelocity and are about to acquire Orbitz. They have little competition, are a monopoly. I think legal action would be appropriate. If you are an attorney, please e-mail me, don't call. Thank you.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
I booked a trip on Expedia for 12 people and was told that they have a price match guarantee if you find a lower price within 24 hours. One hour after the trip was booked I went back on Expedia to book additional people and the price had gone down approximately $200 per person. I called Expedia immediately only to be disconnected several times. I finally got through to someone only to be put on hold for a ridiculous amount of time and then told they would not honor the price match because the trip was not paid in full. I was never told that nor could I find it in my confirmation. I asked for a supervisor and was told that I would be contacted in 24 - 48 hours and of course never was.
I called back several times with a promise of a call back that never happened. I finally got someone who seemed competent and he agreed that we should have been told and if I wasn't said we would be credited. In order to prove this they need 72 hours to pull and listen to the recordings. I patiently waited but never received a call back. I called once again and after being on hold for nearly 2 hours was told they pulled the recording and I was correct that I was not told it had to be paid in full. However, they now needed a screenshot of the lower price to honor it. I was not told at the time to take a screen shot so this was just one more lie they are telling me. This has been going on for 2 weeks and I am beyond frustrated. I am again waiting for a call back from a manager in the corporate office which I doubt will come. I am wondering what recourse I have?
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
I booked a flight from San Jose, Costa Rica to San Antonio, Texas, round trip for the 24th of Feb, 2015. Their rates looked good. Their confirmation said "You are on your way from San Jose to San Antonio". Their ticket on the page looked good. Even their confirming email only said "San Jose". When I contacted United to ask about baggage charges, they tell me that I am booked from San Jose CALIFORNIA to San Antonio, Texas, and NOT SAN JOSE COSTA RICA. What a nightmare. Lost my money. Got less than half in a future credit. Will NEVER use Expedia again.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
Here is my story. I was late to my flight from Seattle to Calgary. As I bought tickets from Expedia the Delta agent advised me to call Expedia which I did. The girl on a line tried to find change and also asked me if I still want to use my return flight from Calgary to Seattle. I answered YES. Finally, she did not find anything for this day and I purchased one way ticket from Alaska directly and flew next day. When returning back from Calgary at the Delta counter they told me that MY RETURN FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. This was because of some kind of policy which called no show. That means if you miss your forward flight, your return flight is also cancelled and to get it back, even on the very same flight you have to pay a change fee. How do you like it?
Ok, I had no choice to pay a fee and a bunch of taxes totaled of 330 dollars. But the worse thing that I traveled abroad with one way ticket and an itinerary from Expedia which already was a piece of paper. I called Expedia and asked how on earth could this happen that my flight is cancelled and nobody told me that and even a girl on a line asked if I still want to use it. I requested a refund, they declined telling that they don't charge my credit card, Delta does.
The conclusion of this - Expedia does not possess the situation and does not have a clue what's happening. If everything goes smoothly you can use their tickets with no problem, but if anything happens, they just mislead you into trouble. Try always buying tickets directly from the air companies. I do this very often - use Expedia like a free search portal and then go directly to companies' web sites. The prices are almost always the same for the same flights. This time I bought tickets directly from Expedia for convenience and I don't want such "convenience" anymore.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
I purchased a first class ticket through Expedia and Expedia was required to notify me of flight changes (apparently, Delta notifies Expedia and they are supposed to notify us). That never happened and I had to drive to another airport (cost me $250.00) to catch another flight, which I did not make. So several changes and significantly late (missed the event altogether) I ended up in the back of the plane in coach. I asked for a change (since I didn't fly First class) and Expedia did what others have experienced which is to keep you on hold, then hang up. Neither I, not any member of my family will use this agency ever again.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
Flight was changed and customer was not notified. Consequently customer pays additional out of pocket charges for flight. Had to sleep in airport and wait on standby for vacant seats also not compensated for. Expedia initially deflected responsibility onto the airline which has been proven false then deflected responsibility onto us the customer. Additional Flight cost: $150 + sleeping overnight in airport + additional parking + waiting on standby for a seat to open-up for connecting flight. Customer compensation: 0 dollars.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
Made a reservation thru Expedia for the Hampton Inn in Tempe Arizona. By mistake entered the wrong date and of course it said non-refundable. Within 5 minutes, called and the person I reached kept telling me that she could not get thru to the Hampton Inn. Said she would call me later which she did and told me the same thing. Said she would notify her supervisor and he/she would contact me. Never heard back and was charged for the night. I understand the policy but mistakes do happen and lies should not be told.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
I spent one hour online with Expedia booking a vacation package. The booking for the hotel alone did not process, per the online information. So, I went back in to Expedia and started over (or so I thought). I was successful in booking the vacation but then looked to see there were 2 itinerary numbers, so I knew there was a double booking. I called Expedia the next day and spent over an hour online with an agent and a supervisor. While online with them, Expedia showed a room rate of $116/night when I had paid the previous day a $143/night rate. So, I filled out the form to get the lowest price, per the instructions from the Expedia agent. The form showed the dollar amount was incorrect and the application would not process. BUT wait, then I went to my emails and there was a THANK YOU FROM Expedia for processing the application for lowest fare (but online it said it could not be processed).
The information for the room rate was incorrect and I tried to get that answered by the supervisor, but that did not happen. So, after over an hour on the phone, I ended the call because I WAS EXHAUSTED AND DID NOT SEE ANY END TO THE NIGHTMARE. This is my first and last experience with Expedia. I think they want to wear you out and they have done it.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
I booked a hotel room through Expedia online. When I went to hotel they did not have a reservation for me. I traveled over 4 hours for a small get away for Valentines day with my husband and my cousin and his wife. I called the hotel around 1:15 to see if we could check in early. After giving them my confirmation number from Expedia ** the hotel Wyndam Garden Shreveport said they didn't have anything and that I would need to contact the 3rd party that booked my room.
So at 2:45 pm I called Expedia to find out what happened and I was told that I could leave my number and I would be called back within 1 hour and 45 minutes and I would not lose my turn in line. So I left my number for them to call me back. At 4:45 I had not received a call so I called Expedia back and was able to get a hold of a agent, I asked her what happened and why I didn't have a room reserved. The agent told me that she would research and get back with me, I held for about 15 minutes and the agent came back on the phone to tell me she was still researching and would get back with me. After holding another 15 minutes the phone hung up so I called back and got the same agent I had before and she said "oh okay let me call the hotel to see what happened, please hold."
I asked the agent to call me back if the phone hung up and she said she would. After hanging on the phones for another 20 minutes, I hung up and called back and the same agent answered the phone. I asked her how she could answer a phone when she was assisting me already and never came back on the phone but was able to answer the next call in. At this time I asked to speak to a manager. So I spoke to a Manger explained again to her what happened and that this was my 4th call and that I needed to find out about my hotel room and what they were going to do about it since I was a long away from home and had nowhere to stay.
Manager said "please hold and I will research," again this manger hung up on me. I called back the 5th time and asked again for another manager, she started to research my account again and she game me another complaint # **. Explained again to this manager that I have been on the phone for at this point for probably 2 hours solid trying to get a room for the night. Manger said she was looking for me to see what they could find me and again the phone was disconnected. I called back again and spoke to another manager which gave me another complaint # ** and said she knew all about my issue and that they would work on it.
At this point I had been on the phone for more than 3 hours. Then finally I was able to talk to someone that could research me a hotel room and by this time I had already been on the phone for a solid 4 hours. Mind you I was on a Valentines get away for the day and night and very excited to get away. We were at the Mardi Gras Parade and I was on the phone the whole time so I didn't get to even enjoy the parade and had to stand way back because of the noise. Then we went to dinner after that and I had to stay on the phone the whole time during dinner. At this point it was after 8:00pm and then was told that there was no hotel for over 45 miles from where we were.
So we had to go back home the same night and got back at 1:30 am in the morning. Can I just say I am very glad we made it home safe. I couldn't even enjoy my get away because I was on the phone half the day. Expedia told me they would refund my money for the hotel room, I said well of course you will and then they told me they would give me $75.00 credit. I told that agent no way and then the agent said $150.00. I agreed to this because I was so tired of being on the phone for almost 5 hours. I think they should have at least given me a check for what I would have spent if I had stayed or even more.
This was very inconvenient for us all. I would have hated to see what would have received a room for a week and then to realize I didn't have anything. I just cannot believe that this could happen and Expedia didn't even act like they cared or it was a problem. This is very discouraging that the agents didn't even care. I hope that all the calls were recorded because if you could have them pulled you would have know how much time I spent on the phone and how many times I called. I also filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
Expedia quoted me one price and then charged me another. I spent most of the day trying to resolve the issue. I selected a hotel/flight package deal on line. Due to technical difficulties, I was unable to book on line, and called a representative to book over the phone. The Expedia representative quoted a package price that was slightly lower than the one online. I agreed and provided my credit card info. When I received my invoice via e-mail, I found I had been charged much higher than either the on-line price or the price quoted on the phone.
I was informed when I was finally able to speak to customer service that the hotel had been charged separately at a significant price. Expedia would not honor the price offered. I checked on line and the package deal was still offered at the price I should have received it. I spoke to a supervisor on the phone, and she could not grasp the principle that what was quoted to me was what I should have been charged. She just stated that prices change. This is a completely unacceptable response to essentially a breach of contract. I waited to speak to a manager, only to be cut off after a long wait on the phone.

Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
Made a mistake on booking dates. Booked for two days only intended to book for one day. Could only find a phone number that promised to call me back in one hour. In the mean time I figured out how to change on the web site. So I did this. The site promised that the charge had been remanded to my card. On the following Monday still no money. I called expecting that they would have a good reason for the transfer not taking place. Instead I got double talk and they passed the problem to the bank. I spent from almost 9 A.M to 2:38 P.M Monday February 15, 2015 on the phone or waiting for a call back from your company.
Call one was hung up on by rep before stating my business. Call #2 young lady didn't have an answer for me other than to say "don't know, can't help you, call your bank." Terrible customer service. She didn't even attempt to get a manager to help out. I shamed her and hung up. Then called my bank "CHASE". Chase made it clear to me that if the request had not been sent and they "Chase" upon respite of request funds are remanded to customer's account.
Now call 3 same thing wait one hour... hung up on. Call 4 agent said same thing "can't help, nothing he can do, i must wait." I asked for a supervisor 39 min later. I get another CSR and had to wait another 2 min to get supervisor. When I explained that my problem called for compensation she flat out told me "no can't do that." After demanding satisfaction she hung up on me.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
Beware of Art Deco Suites in Cancun and EXPEDIA who represents them. My email request to Art Deco for clarification on published pricing inconsistencies [on Trip Advisor site] went unanswered. I saw this same listing on Expedia and called an agent to clarify my questions. Satisfied with agents answers, inaccurate, I booked via Expedia agent on the phone. [He assured me the taxes of 19% were included].
Later, on checking my invoice I noticed several errors... overcharges. First was for a second person supplement. I'm a solo traveler, secondly was the inclusion of a hotel 19% tax. The second agent agreed with the errors, and agreed to my request to reissue an amended invoice. This did not arrive. When I called back I was told to deal with the hotel when I arrived... if they wouldn't correct the amount in error the call Expedia. Not a satisfactory option.
Three phone calls ensued, total time well over three hours. I was told Arts Deco wasn't answering the phone and a supervisor would follow up the next morning.I found Art Deco's website and sent an email asking for Airport transportation options... still unanswered. Next AM, called to find the Expedia supervisor had NOT been notified, so we started again. Another hour on the phone, he was still unable to reach Art Deco. Following day, new supervisor who knew nothing, still unable to reach Art Deco. Phone message stated this was no longer a valid phone number.
I requested a full refund and was told Expedia was unable to do so, and Art Deco would charge for the FULL 28 day reservation regardless of whether reservation was cancelled or not. I was told the last step was to escalate this issue to management [Expedia] and I would receive a call back within 24 hrs. So, less than ten days prior to my departure, I cancel my Credit card as the last and only option to protect myself from this shady situation. BOO to both ART DECO SUITES and EXPEDIA. I now have airline tickets, no hotel nor credit card to book one with!
Update. More than 72 hours later, two more calls to Expedia initiated by me... still unable to reach a department who is authorized to discuss issues with me.My complaint now is that I was emailed this morning by Art Deco stating they couldn't accept a credit card, they have no terminal. They are requesting payment for the incorrect amount through PayPal. All online sites warn never respond to private requests for payment. Why is Expedia still carrying this listing after repeated customer service issues?
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
I made a reservation with them for hotels for my vacation and everything is confirmed, but when we got in the hotel. Worst hotel ever. America's best value in needles told us that they were over book and no hotel for us. We drove 4 hours and driving another 4 hours total of 8 hours because they don't have hotel for us. This is very horrible and disgusting. This travel agency should be evicted. I called Expedia customer service and I waited for 50 mins to get hold of them and just hang up with me and cannot help me at all and stated to just risk my life driving another 4 hours cause they over book? Disgusting. No help at all. Do not book in this hotel if you don't want to ruin your vacation. WORST SERVICE EVER. Worst experience from Expedia. I hope Better Business Bureau should do something about this. Expedia should be evicted as a travel agency. Worst.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
I had reserved a hotel room through Expedia but had to cancel my vacation before it even started due to an emergency. I called the hotel and canceled the room (a nightmare unto itself) but then was told to speak with Expedia to get a refund. I had to call FOUR TIMES for a total of THREE HOURS to get nowhere. It's hard to understand what their customer service associates are saying, they placed me on hold for 40 minutes at a time, and then told me they didn't know how to give me a $90 refund. I will never use this stupid company again and wanted to share my story before more people lose their money.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
I spoke with 11 Filipinos agent to get a ticket for my daughter travelling overseas. Full payment was done back in January. Our trip coming up in 15 days and they are not ticketing. Airlines saying they have a booking but these people are not issuing a ticket. I even had a conference call with airlines and these people. Do I file a lawsuit again Expedia's Filipino customer service practice? They are taking money and not issue a ticket? OMG. Real scam going on here that America must look into.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
I have a reservation in April at a Holiday Inn at Heathrow through Expedia. Yesterday I called to add a day at the beginning as we land at 8am and cannot check in until 2pm. I spoke to a supervisor named Oscar. He added the earlier day. I specifically asked if my reservation was still refundable since I changed it. He said yes until three says before the hotel stay. When I received the email confirmation it said non refundable. I immediately called, talked to a fellow named John. He said it could not be changed to nonrefundable. That stinks.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
After coming to a conclusion to a price, they changed the price. Mr. ** was as rude and nasty as they come.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
The worst service for booking I've ever seen! Without reason cancel my booking before 4!!! day of its beginning! And just sent me a letter about cancellation, but do nothing with it I account. So, I need to visit my account and cancel on my own this room. Never recommend Expedia!!!
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I have been on the phone with Expedia since they canceled my flight for 11 hours straight! I just got married yesterday and me and my wife are trying to get to our honeymoon and no one cares. After waiting 45 min to an hour to speak to a rep, they say, "I need to transfer you to my supervisor." I said "no stay on the phone with me", and then they would just hang up or transfer me to a so called supervisor who would just hang up. Or they say they will connect me to an airline company and then hang up and leave me with the airline rep on the other line who says I need to speak to Expedia directly.
This is really a joke. I will never, nor ever allow, anyone to ever use Expedia. This is the worst company I have ever had to deal with. I'm not racist at all but the fact that every rep that answers is in the Philippines just makes it that much more frustrating for me. Not one person cares that it's my honeymoon. They officially ruined it. I'm so upset that I will be going to public media and news about this because it is seriously not ok to run a so called business in this manner. Expedia should be disgraced with their actions which they know about because some people have similar reviews to my own.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I never received promised confirmation e-mail for an overseas edition trip that was supposed to arrive within 24 hours.. Since it was my child traveling and I wanted him to be with me (and coming back with my husband), I booked directly with the air company. Later, looking for some other information, I found by chance the itinerary in my Expedia account. I called (within 48 hours) to cancel and the manager arrogantly told me that I needed to know that if I don't receive cancellation e-mail, that means my flight is reserved! Also, the manager couldn't do anything about it!!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I wish Expedia was spending less time on gobbling up Orbitz, and more time servicing its existing customers. When I called the evening of 2/6 or 2/7 to make trip plans for a Kauai vacation in May, a recorded voice came on. It said "due to the weather problems on the east coast and Canada, we will not be making reservations unless your trip is planned for the next day or two." Are you serious?? No alternate suggestions, no timeline as to WHEN to call back? Nothing. Just a hang up. Needless to say, I didn't call back. Thank God for AAA travel services. I book with them and won't be trying to use Expedia in the future.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I booked with Expedia a flight from Amsterdam to Lviv through Warsaw. The first flight had 20 minutes delay, that was already enough to never be able to reach the next flight. Even if the first flight had been on time, I wonder if I could have reached the second flight. And no comment from Expedia. Apart from this, Expedia always gives troubles with check in. I am never going to use it again.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2015
Terrible experience when I had to change date on a flight and hotel package booking. Just wanted to move to one week later (2 months ahead of holiday, not last minute). It took 3.5 hours of waiting on the phone on 6 separate calls to resolve! Kept getting cut-off after they put me on hold and no one called back despite promising to. 20 minute wait each time I called just to get through to someone. Eventually said they had changed flights then emailed that they had "forgotten" to tell me about an extra charge, so I had to call yet again to resolve. Couldn't even properly change hotel booking so it still shows wrong on my itinerary.
Poor English of some staff although supervisors are okay. Only offer premium line to call which costs 40p per min from landline and more from mobile so I incurred massive bill to solve problem! Eventually agreed partial compensation for phone call cost, but only as Expedia credit and no compensation for wasted time and poor service. Never use this company if you need to resolve a problem.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2015
I had several bad experiences with EXPEDIA'S FALSELY ADVERTISING hotels/resorts on their website. I booked a hotel named Avalon Waterfront Inn in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida... The hotel was really nice on the website. I thought to myself, why is this hotel much cheaper than the other waterfront hotels? Anyway, I drove past this hotel three times thinking maybe I had the wrong address. I proceeded to go to the office. There was a long line of people complaining about the filthy rooms. The front office was so dirty and outdated furniture... I walked out to see if I could cancel but after being on the phone with Expedia for 20 minutes, I was told I couldn't cancel... So, with no place left to go, I went back in.
There were two women at the front desk. They were dressed very unprofessional and they were very nasty. They put us on the third floor. I asked where the elevator was and the woman said there wasn't one. We had four suitcases weighing approximately 50 pounds each. We were staying there just for the night. We were on a cruise and at a resort in the Keys for three weeks. We had to carry the luggage up 6 sets of 12-step stairs. The room was so bad, the windows were broken, stained furniture, wet towels, 4 locks on doors, tile in bathroom falling apart, the curtains and mini blinds were ripped... I was sick!! In the morning, I noticed bumps on my neck, legs, arms, scalp and arms. They itched so bad. I took pictures of them and Google the description. They were bedbugs' bites!!! I went to the doctors when I go home. She confirmed my finding.
I went on Expedia site again to see what others reviews were... OMG!! There were over 1,000 with negative feedback. Expedia has the nerve to advertise this hotel knowing the conditions... They put us at risk to make money. I wrote customer care three times, I even sent pictures of the bites and the filthy hotel they falsely advertised. NO RESPONSE!!! THEY COULD CARE LESS.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2015
They stole our money and, when even found in the wrong, tried to get us to pay them more. Booked a weekend trip in Qatar, flights AND hotels, through Expedia. Got a confirmation email saying, and quote, "This is your e-ticket," to be used for boarding, and "Booking confirmed. There is no need to call to reconfirm your booking." Arrived with ample time at the airport, and the flight agent at the counter says there is an alert saying, "Cancelled due to lack of tickets." We called long distance from the Middle East, spent THREE HOURS (while at the airport) on the phone with an Expedia representative, because THEY cancelled our tickets with no notice, would not get us on the next flight, and could not re-book our hotels, which are "non-refundable."...So we're supposed to walk to the Island of Qatar?
Since the hotel was non-refundable and they weren't able to problem-solve to get us there this weekend, WE proposed that they try re-scheduling the booking for the following weekend (they can't problem-solve to save their lives). They wouldn't. Even after we'd already paid transportation to and from the airport for this weekend, and the next weekend tickets were CHEAPER (would save them money, not us). They wanted us to pay an extra $400 USD for re-booking the hotel that they wouldn't help us get to. Expedia still has not returned our money for neither the flight nor the hotel bookings, only sent an email saying, "Sorry for the inconvenience. Please call them long distance, again." [Insert appropriate insult here].
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2015
We booked a last minute cruise via phone with Expedia for Valentines weekend. After I booked the cruise I secured our flight via frequent flyer miles. Everything was all set for a great weekend, but wait the incompetent agent from Expedia booked us for the wrong weekend which we didn't figure out until 36 hrs before sailing. Expedia challenged me from the start when I let them know about the mistake that was made. They said it was my fault and that they needed 24 hrs to review the phone call. They did get back with me, but only said that the phone call didn't give them "sufficient evidence" that they made a mistake. What's even more BS is that they said that I needed a court ordered subpoena to get a copy of the tape. Needless to say I was treated horribly by the managers at Expedia and will never use them again. STAY AWAY FROM EXPEDIA!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
12th day of February 2015. Called Expedia 3am to book the flight so they gave me a flight for 12 noon from Edmonton AB, took my visa info, sent me a travel confirmation. We went to the airport at 10:30am where the Canadian Airline said, "No ticket been purchased by Expedia, you need to talk to Expedia." Right away I called Expedia and the customer service agent apologised and said, "No it needs 6 hours for the flight confirmation." I said, "I already have a confirmation in my hand and I am at the airport." He started to purchase me another ticket which was a 1000.00$ more. I said, "No then cancel everything, I will check with another company," and did repeatedly asked him, "Make sure everything is cancelled." He said, "No madam, nothing will be charged."
So we made another reservation from a travel agent, and after an hour I called my bank to make sure that there is no charges. The bank tells me that there is a authorised amount of $2137.73. I was shocked. Now I have been calling Expedia back and forth. Now I have been told that an investigation department will call me after 3 hours. Let's see what comes out...
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
Upon checking out from Expedia you are asked to purchase trip protection. I always purchase it because it states that, if for any reason you were to get sick or need to cancel or change flights, this will cover your costs. I never had to use it until my most recent trip. I was attending a conference and caught a nasty bug while I was there. There was no way I could fly home. I called expedia to back up my flights a couple days to allow time for me to recover.
The first rep that I spoke to told me that I needed to reschedule my flights BEFORE I departed to my conference. I told her that I didn't get sick until I arrived to the conference and that I had no way of knowing that I would be sick while I was there. It is for these specific reasons that I purchase the trip protection. She continued to state that the only way I would be covered is if I changed flights BEFORE I departed. In other words - I would have needed to predict that I would get sick (by foreseeing the future) and change my returning flight before I knew that I would need to.
I asked to speak to a supervisor. I was put on hold for 35 minutes and then disconnected. I called back again. I was put on hold for 25 minutes and then disconnected. I called back again. I was able to reach a supervisor after a half hour. The supervisor told me that he found a solution and that he needed to speak with his manager to approve it. He said that he needed to put me on a brief hold and that he would be right back to fix the problem. I was put on hold for 45 minutes and I was forced to hang up. I tried calling back one more time and spoke to one more supervisor. I explained to him the situation and also told him what the last supervisor told me in regards to a solution. He was ridiculously nasty to me and said that absolutely nothing could be done as the insurance did not cover me as it stated when I purchased it.
My only solution was to purchase a full priced one way ticket home, or pay the airline a $200 flight change fee and the difference in the cost of the ticket, which was equivalent to purchasing a full priced ticket. I hate to use the word scam... but I feel that I have never been scammed as bad as expedia scammed me. I was a VERY loyal customer, spending well over $10K with them. Now, I will never use them again, and I'll be sure to make sure everyone I know, knows not to ever trust their services again. Very upset and disappointed.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
I booked a flight with Expedia for the 23rd but when I arrived at the airport the airline showed that my reservation was for the 22nd and I had to pay a $200 change fee. Expedia customer service is saying their system shows the reservation for 22nd as well, even though my online Expedia account shows the 23rd. They kept me on hold for hours and several email exchanges asking for screenshots, etc, only to ultimately refuse the reimbursement with no logical explanation. At this time, they are using the "language barrier" defense as their cust serv dept is out of the country. Complete fraud. Use their site to find the flights then book directly with the airline!
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
I booked a hotel received a confirmation number then a day later received a cancellation email. Now they won't give me my money back but yet they sure were ** quick to take it from my damn account. I called spoke to a supervisor she rudely hung up on me then transferred to corporate and they couldn't help me either. They're a piece of ** YOU EXPEDIA.... ** in the ass.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
Booked a trip for a group of nine. Paid for the trip in FULL. Contacted the resort in Mexico prior to the trip to confirm reservations and request preferred rooms - Thank God I did. The resort had not been paid in full or there was some misunderstanding between Expedia and the resort. When I contacted Expedia, they actually suggested that we pay the additional amount and then after the trip, Expedia would work with us to refund the overpayment.
WHAT?! Are you serious? I had to make several phone calls to Expedia. I dealt with some very rude customer reps. That to me is extremely poor customer service. I was assured that everything was take care of. But, when we arrived at the resort in Mexico, they still tried to charge us an additional amount. Fortunately, I went with all paperwork and correspondence in hand and was able to prove that we had paid in full. This was four years ago. I have gone on several trips since then and absolutely refuse to EVAH book through Expedia again.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
I do not even want to give them 1 star, but will because they did get our dates right. We booked a hotel room through Expedia and when we checked out our hotel the rate for the week was $75. cheaper than what Expedia charged us. And when we called to get a refund Expedia would not. For others I would call the hotel first and find out their rates before calling Expedia. I will NEVER go through Expedia again!!!!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
I went through Expedia 2 days before traveling overseas. I booked wrong hotel and tried to cancel it the same day as it was booked. After 6 phone calls to them, each time i called, they said they had to contact hotel to try and get money back, as policy stated here was a no refund policy.?? Each time they said they couldn't get onto anybody. I was able to contact them??? Anyway after contacting hotel direct to try and get money back. I Finally get an email from Hotel, they are going to charge me 4 days rate of my 16 days holiday??? Not one night as all other hotels usually charge. Anyway my stress levels have gone up sky high today because of the useless staff at Expedia and the slimy hotel manager. I bought and tried to cancel holiday all on same day....
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
This business is the worse ever made! DO NOT USE THEM! My bf and I booked a hotel and paid online while driving to the hotel. It was 12:38 am. When we got to the hotel we were told there were no rooms, I called Expedia and was told it's only 10:38 pm there so my reservation was actually for the next night! After I explained the problem, the customer service rep told me my two options were; get a refund that would take 2 weeks to process or drive 10 miles away. We had no more money therefore was forced to drive the 10 miles.
After getting to the next hotel, we were told no they didn't accept Expedia pay. We are now 3 hours into it in the cold at 3:00 am and still no room. We were made to pay an extra 10 dollars that we had to borrow so we could at least get warm (it's freezing here). We don't know anyone here and no money so we will be sleeping in the car.... no blankets, now no gas. Expedia has all our money and we are in a car in the ghetto for the night.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
In January I booked 2 rooms in NYC for February 14 and 15th. I used Expedia. I have never used Expedia before, always used a travel agent but since it was a short trip I figured I would use the web. I booked 2 free cancellation rooms. The weather in the northeast has been pretty stormy and we wanted the optional to cancel if the weather was bad. My husband's mom has been in and out of hospital and another reason to possibly need to cancel. I read on their site that you had a specific time to cancel - sounded good to me.
While looking at different sites I noticed the price had gone down, so called Expedia to see if we could get the lower rate. The customer service rep had an accent and was a little difficult to understand. He told me he would save me $90. Sounded good to me and would send an email confirmation. In about 5 minutes I received the confirmation. He had changed one of my rooms to non refundable. I called back immediately but was met with refusal to fix. I asked to speak to managers and went up the ladder 3 times to still be denied my original package. As it turns out the weather is going to be bad this weekend and now I am out over $400. Who gets that money? Expedia, the hotel??? I will never use their service again and they should be reported to the Better Business Bureau.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2015
I booked a vacation package to California, called Expedia while booking before completing to confirm cancellation/change procedures - explained I knew I would need to change outbound flight but wanted to secure current pricing. I was told $10 per ticket for change or cancellation - thought this was extremely low, asked for confirmation, on hold for minutes, attendant returned, told me absolutely is the case. 3 days later when itinerary changes were necessary, I called and for 3 days was unable to get through - 2 of those days system 'down' due to tech difficulty, one of those days recording suggested calling back in 72 hours depending on travel schedule - given I was travelling 14 days from then, I did wait the 72 hours.
I called 72 hours later, got through and rep told me no changes can be made because its past the deadline? - what deadline I asked, previous rep told me no deadline - this rep says there's a deadline AND NO such thing as 10 dollar change fee - must be same as airline. I ended the call to consider other options, and called airline - who told me they would waive the change fee, just need to ask Expedia to escalate and call airline directly on my behalf.
I called new rep at Expedia, took 2 more DAYS to get through - finally on Feb 7th on line with rep for 2 hours 15 minutes, he alleges he is looking at telephone records but can't find any evidencing any of my calls, then we talk about the airline's recommendation - puts me on hold and alleges he is calling the airline, I asked him to be sure that the rep at airline notes on my file so I can confirm later. Back on line says he called airline and they wouldn't do it - I asked if he specifically asked to note the file, he confirmed. Rep checks the itinerary and tells me he can match the flights I want to take, but will be $4,150 dollars for change fee, I ask why this amount, he replies $200 per ticket change fee = $1000.00 + change in flight costs.
Later I look on Expedia, I can re-book the same flights for $500 more than my original $3500 itinerary. My signal goes weak - drop call and rep never calls me back. I try again on Monday Feb 9th, all day no ability to connect due to tech difficulty (5 attempts), I call Tuesday Feb 10th, 44 minutes on hold during morning drive and call goes dead - call back and 35 minutes on hold, finally answer - explain situation to rep, they have 'half' accurate notes from previous attempts and rep tells me 'sorry, nothing we can do'. I'm on the 3rd week, 11th call to Expedia, aggregate time of 6 hours and 35 minutes trying to hold them accountable to doing what they said - and it's a game of Teflon. ***if at all possible, DON'T USE EXPEDIA*** this is the 2nd of 3 Expedia experiences gone bad.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2015
Worst customer service, had to call over 10 times to fix a booking. First and last time using Expedia!
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2015
I'm struggling to get through to anyone at Expedia. I booked a ticket yesterday evening on Expedia for a flight from Cape Town to Barcelona for US$ 2,315 (at approx. 5:45 pm GMT+2). Later that night, at 8:22 pm GMT+2, I was sent an email from processing@expedia.com saying: "Purchase: ** has been cancelled due to one or more of the following reasons: --We were unable to authenticate the credit card. --We were unable to authenticate the card holder. --The purchase was declined by the credit card company..."
I sent several emails to processing@expedia.com asking for an explanation, but no reply and no call from them. I still have not received a reply, 3 emails later. The email also said: "Please do not call Expedia Customer Service for assistance with this matter. They will instruct you to e-mail process@expedia.com." I had no choice but then to book on another site, Travelstart, as prices were going up, and seats were getting scarce on the Lufthansa flight I, and I was afraid of losing the fare. This morning I received a call from ABSA's VISA card fraud division, saying the transaction had gone through and they won't refund me. Can you please help me asap.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2015
I booked a hotel through Expedia. Within 24 hours I found out it was the wrong hotel. When I contacted Expedia to change the reservation in which I was going to book the correct hotel through Expedia I was told my reservation was non-refundable. This was not clear while I was in the purchase process and it was only made clear AFTER Expedia took my reservation and credit card payment. This was a simple mistake and the fact that I could not correct it a proper fashion left me with a very poor impression and I would recommend people not to use Expedia in order to avoid the situation I encountered.
I would of gotten better service and cooperation IF I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE HOTEL ITSELF with my reservation. If a company like Expedia cannot help their customers correct a simple mistake then they don't believe in putting their customers first and given this I will NEVER use them again. In addition I will inform my friends and business partners not to use Expedia given their poor customer service and business practices.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2015
Background: I booked through expedia on 08/14/2014 for 6 nights from Feb 16 to 22, 2015. I booked flight plus the hotel and also travel insurance for $249. I opted for oceanview room. I stayed in RIU before and I knew that they have pool and also a gym. Expedia merrily booked it but I found out in a few days from the RIU website that it is under renovation and will open in late November. I took it for granted that Expedia being in hotel service business knew that the hotel was closed. My booking was for February and I thought everything will be ok. But I was painfully wrong.
The Story: In December 2014 , I started checking but everything on the website was the same, saying that it will open on late November. On Tripadvisor, I saw one review on Dec for RIU and I thought it was open but on re-reading carefully, I saw the person stayed there in April. I never received any information from Expedia or the hotel about the status.
Around February 5, I started getting antsy and called the hotel's 1 305 673 5333 no. but it was always busy. I called 1 888 RIU 4990 and they told me to send an email to RIU hotel. I never got any answer. Then on Sunday, I called Expedia and apparently they did not know and opened a ticket saying that they will answer in 24 hours. By this time, I knew something was wrong and posed a question on TripAdvisor and someone answered and I knew I have to get back on the phone to Expedia. Calling them is like pulling teeth. You will be on a queue and on hold in between.
I am already on phone for 4 hrs and then at around 8 pm, someone Expedia person told me that it is indeed closed and they can find me another hotel but I have to pay the difference. At this time, I came to know that I am being charged about $372 a night at RIU. When I inquired what my travel insurance covers, they said they are LodgeOps and they know nothing about insurance. They told me to call another dept for insurance and the queue was 1 hr 35 mins long.
At this time, I am getting desperate because this is a busy week in Florida and maybe I will not have a place to stay. I stayed in RIU before and I knew what type of a hotel that is. Expedia started offering me hotels way out in North Beach in 6000 Collins or some hotels without Oceanview like in Washington Ave. Finally, some supervisor found Marriott Courtyard with Oceanview , pool etc on 3900 Collins. It will have two double beds. Expedia sent me mail and the description says 1 king bed.
By this time it is 10:30 pm and I called again. I got someone, I had to retell the story and they said they will check and send me a mail. At 12 midnight, I get a mail from LodgeOps that they checked RIU and I have two double beds. It is already early monday morning, I gave up.... Buy Why RIU, they rechecked me in Mariott. Apparently, for all these troubles I have got some coupon which I can use on my next travel package. Moral: Probably, I should book hotels and flights directly without travel agency.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015
I booked a hotel using Expedia, in a city I'd not been to before. When Booking, I reviewed the info and booked a rate that included hotel and breakfast. When I got to hotel, I found out they give the worst rooms and no breakfast when booking on Expedia. What is more, the rate was not discounted, in fact was more than if I had simply called and booked myself. The room was dirty, bed filthy, and room was above a fat fryer. It stunk! I will never use Expedia again. The hotel claims it is Expedia's fault and vice versa.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015
I was trying to determine why my credit card was charged without a confirmation number for a hotel reservation and trying to contact someone somewhere to cancel without results. I spent about 2 hours on the phone trying to determine who to contact form the hotel to numerous other agencies, I was directed to contact EXPEDIA. After two hours on phone with customer service at EXPEDIA asking for a manager, disconnected twice, I gave up and caulked it up to a learning experience losing $102 and never using EXPEDIA for future reservations for anything. In conclusion I would say speaking to EXPEDIA employees that don't understand English from Foreign Countries is frustrating to say the least.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015
Expedia customer support is the worst I have ever experienced in my life. I booked a hotel in Goa through Expedia for February. I noticed another website for same room type and conditions which was £88.00 cheaper. I filled the Best price guarantee form within twenty four hours. I had no response 72 hours after, apart from the confirmation that they received my query and Expedia should respond in 48 hours, so I phoned customer support. After numerous phone calls, being on hold, speaking to manager who all admit 'yes' there is a price difference so the appropriate department will come back to me. One hour later I receive a email that I do not qualify for the Best Price Guarantee as I used a coupon.
Where is the logic in this. After numerous phone calls and explaining the situation over and over again I had an agent named Yarmi who kept answering my calls and kept promising a manager will get back to me. I was promised I would get £75.00 in voucher in my account and my sale call would be listened to, and verify if the sales staff mention that the Best price warranty is void if I use the coupon towards my booking (I am certain this was not mentioned). If this was the case I would be refunded the price difference, again another promise. It is four days later now and still no response from their managers.
I will never use Expedia again and advise others to avoid them at all cost. Expedia is full of promises but not ready to fulfill. They are liars and total scam. Expedia needs to be investigated and sent out of business. I am really hurt and feel they have stolen from me so I will look at having them investigated as I have all the case numbers and names of staff I have spoken to.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015
My father was having emergency surgery in Maine. I live in Virginia. I booked a flight through Expedia to get me there in time and paid $97 for travel protection. On the day I was supposed to leave, my flight was cancelled due to weather so I had to try to drive to Maine. Then my father had complications. I called Expedia to cancel my return flight and get reimbursement for the cancelled flight. They keep telling me they have to talk to the airline (despite the fact that they took the money for the travel protection) and I have been on hold for more than an hour. I think they want me to quit. I am furious. This is the second time I have had something like this with Expedia. I will NEVER use them again. You shouldn't either.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015
I booked a flight for my family of four, including a 3 and 5 year old. I was given assurances by the representative that he would be in charge for booking the airlines seats with JetBlue and that we would all be sitting together on the plane. Upon check-in and printing the boarding passes the night before, I find not one of us has a seat booked on the plane. There are 4 seats scattered throughout the cabin with an upgrade of $60 required for the remaining seats. It's one thing to have a policy of not booking flights, but don't lie and provide assurances when it is clearly not your policy to good seats. YOUR mistakes are MY added costs....
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015
I booked a trip through Expedia for travel on American Airlines. When I reviewed my itinerary that was still three days out I found that the return date was off by a full week. I bought travel insurance for $25 a ticket and called to change the date. They notified me that AA would charge me a total of $660 for $500 worth of tickets to change them. They told me the insurance was just to keep them from adding their own change fee. Sure enough this was part of the small print that no one reads. My main problem is with AA, but Expedia basically charged me $75 for nothing. I see this as false advertising at best.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015
When I was looking for a hotel, a waterslide and free breakfast were a must! I found advertised on the Expedia site a hotel with exactly what I was looking for. When we got to the hotel, the hotel informs me breakfast is not included. The pool does not look like anything it did in the picture either! Very unhappy with this hotel. Won't use Expedia again!
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015
We booked our dream vacation on April 8, 2014, ten months ago. Our hotel was hit on September 14, 2014 by a hurricane. The Expedia Customer Support representative called 11 days prior to us leaving for our vacation to tell us that our hotel was not open; it’s still under construction. Our options were to change to another hotel or cancel. By the time they called us, there were no more equivalent hotels available unless we paid $2821.00 more for a hotel with our requested amenities.
This feels like a bait and switch scam and is outrageous. Our vacation is ruined and their customer service is dismal. We thought Expedia was more professional than this. Expedia should have called us as soon as they knew the hotel that we booked was out of service! I feel obligated to tell others about our experience with Expedia. The other comparable hotels are booked at this late date. Expedia's only other offer is $250 toward our next Expedia vacation. This offer seems totally inadequate and an insult and it is not likely that we will ever book with Expedia again.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015
Where do I even begin? After you cancel your reservation within the 24 hour period and have been told you get your refund paid in full, please make sure that you actually did. When you call back to inquire as to why they didn't refund you the Expedia insurance (which was confirmed by the representative that they did), the only way to get through is to go through the sales extension because the other ones ask for your phone number. Being that you've cancelled your trip, your phone number is no longer on file so go through sales and ask them to send you to customer service.
After 1 hour and 15 minutes, I finally received the refund for the insurance but when I asked about why the airline didn't refund me in full, they suggested to call my bank because maybe they took the money (I swear this was actually suggested). When I explained to them the obvious, I was put on hold for 15 minutes (with no one to check in with me) and when the supervisor (Alex) returned, he informed me that I have to call the following day because the LAN Help Desk is closed. I asked him why it took him 15 minutes to find this out and he didn't answer. He stayed silent. I'm not kidding.
I called the following day (today - February 6) and was put on hold for a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes JUST TO BE HUNG UP ON. I could hear her periodically taking me off hold for a second and put back on hold repeatedly. Being that they "can't do a three way call because it's not possible" this obviously means that I'm just being put on hold and they're not actually talking to anyone at LAN airlines.
So overall, my refund was not given to me in full as was promised. Getting through to customer service is only possible through the sales extension. They frequently put you on hold, up to an hour each time, just to come back without any answers or get hung up on. The exchange rate they use is through the roof absurd. All in all, never again. With such a low overall review, I'm surprised this company is still in business. I genuinely wish I had looked up their review before dealing with them. It's pretty obvious that they put you on hold for long periods of time just to see if you'll stay on because not once have they come back with anything actually fixed.
If you have had or heard of good experiences, please let that be it because you were obviously lucky.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015
I'm actually surprised at all the negative feedback. I've booked four times since October 2014 with Expedia, two round trip flights from miami to Newark, one round trip to Las Vegas including hotel for 3 nights and one from Miami to Tokyo that I just booked a couple of days ago. I had no issues with the flights to and from Newark. The flight and hotel package I booked to Las Vegas, I had no issues with either. When I went to book my flight to Tokyo online, it kept giving me an error so I called their customer service. The flight I was looking to book round trip was 1500$. I had been tracking flight prices for the past 2 months and they were mostly around 17/1800 for the time I'm looking to go so when I saw the 1500 I wanted to book it immediately.
The man helping me informed me that that flight was no longer available which is why I was unable to book it online. Then he tried to book another flight for me over the phone with a similar price and that one did not go through either because the airline no longer offered that flight. I started getting frustrated and was about to hang up but then he found me a deal for a round trip flight with Japan Airlines for $1280, which sounded too good to be true considering JAL is one of the more expensive airlines and reg prices for them were around 1900 from Miami. He told me he can get that price as a deal vacation package if I booked a hotel in Tokyo with it as well. I decided to just book a hotel so I can get that price even though I won't be needing it since I'm staying with family while out there. After he booked it I received a confirmation email with the flight/hotel details.
I was pretty skeptical since I got such a low price and all the negative reviews I've seen online, so I called Expedia back later that night to reconfirm the booking. They assured me there would be no price change and the flight is confirmed. I then called Japan Airlines and they confirmed the flight with me as well and helped me pick my seat assignment for my flights over the phone. I think as long as you call and confirm with them and with the airline itself once you book your flight, you should be fine.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015
We had a reservation at Una Hotel Palace Hotel, Catania from 20th of June till 25th 2014, for 2 rooms. However we missed our flight due to Turkish Airlines' mistake of early gate closing matter which left us and some other passengers not be able to on board. After that, THEY changed our tickets to 23rd of June from Istanbul to Catania and 27th of June from Catania to Istanbul, which makes 4 nights. So I told this situation to Una Palace and they told me they will apply penalty of 2 nights (tonight and tomorrow night) and they will charge 2 more nights from us as an extra. I also called Expedia's call center on 21st of June and they told me they will send an email to me about this but I did not receive any email from you.
As a hotelier (I'm the partner of Prestige Hotel Istanbul and Boutique Saint Sophia Istanbul), I know that if Expedia reached the hotel and tell about this situation of the guest, hotel can waive any charges, and reschedule our stay and in exchange Expedia doesn't receive any commission for the unused nights and hotel doesn't receive the charge for the unused nights. However, I was really disappointed at Expedia. They did not support me, call me or try to contact the hotel or me whatsoever, so I was forced to pay for 7 nights in total and stay for 4 nights. This is the first time I used Expedia as a customer and this seems to be last time.
Till this time, which is February 6, 2015 by the way, I have sent several emails to customer care and got the response that "they will contact the hotel manager and get back to me." By the way, some of mails left unreplied as well. Is hotel managers that unreachable??? Is it this hard to get a response from a hotel and defend your customer?? I am so frustrated and disappointed at Expedia.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015
NEW SCAM BY TOP ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANY, BEWARE!!! In short: Price change at transaction screen causes unsuspecting travelers to purchase expensive flight tickets. Read on for the details and the company involved. When booking flight tickets online we must now be extra cautious about online travel companies. We booked my parents tickets from London to Singapore return. At the transaction screen the price was correct and the credit card details were entered. However the credit card required funding before we could proceed so we opened some windows into online banking and paid off the credit card. On return to the transaction screen for the flights we hit the 'pay now' button. Then came the shock -- whilst the card was being processed we noticed that the flight price had jumped up by another 300 GBP. We tried to escape the transaction but the transaction had already gone through.
However, we did not worry immediately as we had booked through a reputable online travel company (that we had used many times) and were sure that there had been some mistake on their part that could be rectified. Long story short, after 3 weeks of lengthy phone calls where they promised to return our calls but never did, they eventually decided that they could not refund or reduce the cost of the flights and proceeded to explain that there had been A LAST MINUTE PRICE CHANGE which they blamed Lufthansa for.
They also said that there would have been a pop-up which would not allow us to proceed to finish the transaction. Of course there was no pop-up which they then went to admit. They also said the transaction screen would've changed the price before we hit the pay button so we should've been more observant and seen that. However of course we did not recheck the transaction screen as you do not expect prices to change within two minutes. I tried to argue that if this was the case then the transaction should not go through unless the customer consents to a price change.
The customer service supervisor Naveen said he would pass on this feedback and we would hear from them and then he cut the line short!! Of course since then we have heard nothing. They are blatantly tricking you into purchasing more expensive tickets by hoping that the customer does not keep rechecking the flight price. Anyhow, afterwards I did research on dissatisfaction by other customers and found a lot of different cases. So this is one more to add. The name of the scamming online travel company: EXPEDIA!!! Thanks for reading and beware ;-).
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015
I made a reservation not realizing I had the right hotel, wrong location. I immediately called their customer service department thinking it was only made 5 minutes ago. This was the rudest customer service department I've ever had the misfortune to deal with. They tell me the hotel will not allow the cancelation that it had already been processed. I could call the hotel directly and see if I could pursued the front desk manager. So I call. The front desk manager tells me that they can not cancel because the booking was made through Expedia. They are the ones charging my card.
Ok so I call Expedia back. Rene picks up this time she tells me I need to go through the same process I just went through not 5 minutes ago. NOTHING BUT ROBOTS!! I EXPLAINED again the situation for mistake booked not more than 5 minutes ago. She tells me she has to call it's procedure. Ok I wait 5 minutes on hold. She comes back on the phone and tells me comfort inn will not let me cancel the reservation because it's been reserved for over 24 hours. I cant get a refund.
I'm losing it at this point because I had already called comfort inn and talked to Jazz who again tells me it's not up to them it's on Expedia. Any cancellation fees are from Expedia. As long as a cancellation is made within 24 hours they waive the fee. I was extremely irate that a customer service rep for the company would bold as you please lie to me! So I requested to speak to a supervisor. After waiting 18 minutes, I get to speak with Jareb (I had to ask twice to which he replied "I already told you my name once") nice management skills.
He proceeds to tell me that comfort inn is mandating policy. I listen to him try and fabricate and spin a reason I'm going to be charge for a room made in error and attempted to cancel once I got the confirmation email. The management of Expedia leaves a lot to be desired. Rude condescending belittling. What I liked best was his tone. That and the comments that he didn't understand my irate.
He was following "comfort inns" policy. Lies! Serious! I already called the hotel myself and knew "policy" this was a bold and in my face attempt to charge me. This manager didn't even know their policy. I read them. Expedia doesn't change a cancellation but hotels might. Comfort already said they needed Expedia to fax over the cancellation and they would process without a penalty.
So who was going to keep the $129 for a night when the room had been books @ $87. I'm becoming more irate. Jareb finally says the magic words. He doesn't like my tone. And he was prepared to refund me my full charge but now he wont. BLACKMAIL- EXTORTION? BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LIKE HOW UPSET I WAS ABOUT BEING LIED TO BECAUSE I CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT POLICY. HE WAS NOT INCLINED TO HELP ME OR REFUND MY MONEY. DOES EXPEDIA KNOW THIS IS GOING ON? TOP NOTCH EXPEDIA!
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015
I have read the reviews here and find them fairly accurate of my experience with expedia. They have no customer service whatsoever. I booked a flight for my family (two adults, two children and one three-month old in my lap) and was charged an adult fare for the child in the lap. I contacted expedia within an hour of seeing my tickets to tell them that they had made an error and I wanted an "in the lap" seat for my infant but was immediately told that my tickets were "non-refundable."
I was allowed to speak to a very-rude supervisor who began to warn me ("this is your first warning") as I complained, telling me that not only would she not help me but that any hint of anger or frustration in my voice would result in her hanging up. She gave me "two good options," according to her: they would be happy to "do nothing for me" (option one) or my infant could take a trip later in the year (as infants so often do). When I pointed out that neither option really helped me in any way she became very angry with me. I thought it was unfair that she should be able to be angry with me so I ended the call. Will never use expedia again.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015
I used Expedia for my last 3 trips and I will never use Expedia.com again! A vacation should be relaxing. By adding expedia to part of your trip you are only asking for major difficulties, many hours of wasted time, and extremely poor communication if a small problem should arise within your reservation. I don't have enough time to cover the many problems and difficulties I encountered with Expedia. Save your sanity, your time, and your money by booking with the hotel and airline directly. Adding a 3rd party to your travel plans is a huge mistake!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015
I could not board to Hanoi and I am now trapped at Vientiane, Laos. I demand full refund of this flight on my credit card due to the fact that Lao Airlines allowed neither me (Fernando **) nor my friend (Jorge **) to do the check-in to Hanoi. Once a customer intends to purchase a flight from Laos to Vietnam, Expedia MUST bestow upon him the information that a visa to Vietnam demands more than 24 hours to be issued. Nevertheless, if I had flown from Brazil, I could have gotten the visa in Hanoi but that's not possible if the customer is departing from Laos due to local policy (information I just achieved at the Vietnamese embassy in Laos). Inform your consumers better if you really want them to conclude their flights rather than only draining their money.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015
I purchased a one ticket from Colombo to Bangkok on Jan. 26, 2015 for the total amount of Rs.17,525.94. I had gone on the site for Expedia.com and as a matter of fact I was at the airport in Colombo using a computer from the airport. Once I received my visa bill, I noticed that the ticket was charged in Indian Rps instead of Sri Lankan Rps. This means that the price was higher than what I had calculated. Had I been aware of this, I would not have purchased the ticket as I had other options. There was no way for me to know that I was being charged in a different currency when I was not in that country and not doing the transaction from that country. Furthermore, the total price was indicated in Rps without any mention of whether it was Indian or Sri Lankan Rps.
When I wrote to Expedia customer support, they wrote that Expedia does not have a Sri Lankan site and it automatically goes to the Indian site. They also wrote that the Rps was clearly that of India, but this is not true since the country of the currency was not indicated. I would therefore like to put my case into dispute and make a complaint about this treatment which seems more like cheating to me.
I have been purchasing tickets from Expedia for many years and have NEVER been placed in such a situation. I believe this is shameful for a company that claims to provide the best services. Furthermore, I spoke with your representative Shiv ** who basically told me that it was my fault that I had not paid attention that the computer was on the Indian rather than the Sri Lankan site. This is a very bad excuse, especially given that many who do not speak the language and/or are not computer savvy could have been easily fooled.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015
I spent about $20000 on Expedia for 18 flights from Los Angeles to Toronto. I saw the same itinerary on this other website for globally for $3000 less. I called to ask regarding this and was rudely told that nothing could be done about that!!! They told me that American Airline was charging that price on their website, however, I really don't understand why we had to compare the price to AA website since I had purchased those tickets on expedia.ca, not AA.com.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015
Expedia may be a discount travel "advisor", but they will never return calls or communicate to paying customers when there are problems. They have foreign offices somewhere that doesn't communicate in english fluently. Heaven forbid there was an emergency or errors while at the airport. 3 hours on hold is normal practice. Penalty fees/charges are their revenue for changes and cancellations. Total disregard for paying customers. No responsibility for bad advice from Expedia employees. "We are sorry for your inconvenience" should be their motto. I will never book again with Expedia and will never recommend them to anyone. Take this advice - use a reputable agency for travel!
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015
I have used Expedia.com many times to book flights and hotel reservations and have had only minor problems with them in the past, but my latest experience has been the worst. One of the flights within India that I booked through Expedia was nearly two hours late getting to Mumbai, which caused me to miss my connecting flight with Etihad, which I also booked through Expedia for a return flight to Paris, France. The airline, Etihad, decided to mark me as a no show since I couldn't get to the ticket window in time for a boarding pass. Instead of allowing me to go out on the next flight, I had to purchase another ticket at full price.
I had bought travel insurance through Expedia to cover situations like this, but Expedia said "since Etihad declared me to be a no show" the travel insurance that I purchased from Expedia was void. So I had a rather expensive trip from Mumbai to Paris and basically wasted my money buying trip insurance through Expedia. I also had to pay extra taxes on my room in Paris by booking it through Expedia, which I didn't have to pay when using www.booking.com. Etihad said they were unable to allow me to fly out on my next flight because I had booked my tickets through Expedia. That sounded like a weak excuse to me, but the bottom line was, neither Etihad or Expedia were willing to provide any assistance through customer service.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015
I booked a night at a hotel through Expedia. About 2 weeks before my stay I had to cancel due to a work obligation that came up. I called Expedia and they put me on hold with the hotel to make sure I would not be charged. All was good until I got my bank statement and was charged for the night I canceled. Turns out Expedia never canceled the reservation. I never got my money back. The customer service workers did not speak English very well nor could I understand them. They put me on hold 40 minutes to talk to their "supervisor" before I just gave up. Never never will I deal with them again!!!
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
Summary: Expedia messed up a vacation package we made on phone for 5 families. They booked flight for some, but missed booking hotel for some, booked the wrong child with the wrong parents, 8+ hours on phone but in vain; customer service call keeps dropping.
Details: We are a group of 5 families trying to book a vacation to a resort in Mexico. On 1/25/2014 at midnight we called Expedia to make the reservation. After spending 2 hours on the phone to complete the reservation, when the final confirmation email came through we found that there were several errors in the reservation. Even though the service was for group booking instead of having one consolidated booking the service agent made 3 separate bookings for 6, 6, and 5 (it appears the agent was also running into the unusual 6 person per booking issue).
More egregiously, the total number of folks in our party are 17, however total guests in the rooms totaled to 12. Since it was a All-Inclusive resort, it was even more important that all guests show on the hotel room reservation. Some rooms should have had 2 adults and 2 kids, but the representative only booked for 1 adult and 1 kid. Not only that, kids of some parents were booked with different parents.
The next morning we kept trying to contact Expedia phone customer service and facing the following problems: 1. The call to the customer service consistently disconnected abruptly while talking or while being on hold for hours. And then we have to repeat the whole process all over again. Multiple folks in our group have experienced this issue. We tried calling through land line and different mobiles to rule out an issue on the phone on our side. 2. On one instance the customer service claimed that the hotel's reservation office is closed on Sunday and they would follow-up the next day. However, after that I called the hotel directly and confirmed that their reservations is in fact open. 3. On another instance while discussing it with one of the supervisor, we sent an email to travel@customercare.expedia.com and got a case number back. On some of our future calls to customer service, they couldn't even find our issue by the case id number.
We were on the phone for more than 6 hours to try to get the issue resolved, however no solution. It felt that Expedia charged us $21,000 and once they had the money they do not care about their customers. Finally we called Expedia to cancel our booking, and since it was booked on Alaska Airlines and within 24 hour we were able to cancel the booking. That itself took 2 hours!
In totality we were on the phone for close to 10 hours at least including booking, trying to get the issue resolved and cancelling. We are all surprised at the response that we have received from Expedia on this issue. An error that was introduced by an Expedia representative, costed us several hours of stress, and spoiled a Sunday for several of us that we would have rather spent with my family. For a lack of a better term, this experience with Expedia has been traumatic.
For us a vacation that was supposed to be relaxing and energizing, Expedia caused us enough anguish that we considered dropping the vacation plan. We wrote an email to Expedia leadership explaining this whole incident and haven't since heard from them either. I understand that errors can happen while making reservations, however I expect that for a company like Expedia to correct such errors promptly and not subject their customers to such a painful process.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
Expedia says they don't charge a cancellation fee. I have found out that is not true. They do charge but they blame it on the hotel. Have talked to customer service. Wrote a letter to president. No one cares. Mine was 1 day after I made it. 4 months to check in.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
Booked a hotel with Expedia for the first and last time. I had a note in that my daughter would arrive ahead of me to the hotel and let me know if this was an issue. No one contacted me. I called the hotel a few days prior to ensure that she would be ok to check in and they said they aren't allowed to do anything without Expedia. I called Expedia and now it is an extra $25 charge AND they now need her credit card. I was not impressed. If I hadn't have called she could have ended up by herself in a different country unable to go into the hotel. I will always book my travel directly.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
I booked a room in a very nice hotel, paid for a nice room, nice hotel chain, for the use of their very nice pool and spa/hot tub. At check-in, found out the hotel's swimming pool and spa/hot tub was under construction. Expedia did not publish this information. I looked on the hotel's website and saw the hotel had the notice published, but NOT Expedia. I believe that Expedia fraudulently advertised this hotel had a pool and hot tub. This was the MAIN reason I booked this hotel. THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL EVER USE EXPEDIA.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
My husband booked our Christmas trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic in August of 2014. Airfares and hotel fees were paid in full online to Expedia in August. In November, my husband contacted Expedia and asked them if everything was good. Their answer was everything was good to go. Then on December 4, Expedia contacted my husband via email telling us that the hotel we booked was already booked by someone else back in June. So we had to either cancel the trip or find another hotel. Since we did not want to disappoint our three children, we decided we choose another hotel via Expedia's offering. We chose Alsol Luxury Village. We have five people in our family, we needed to have 2 one bedroom suites.
Since Expedia caused us the inconvenience, they agreed to pay for a little extra expenses. My husband spoke to them enormous times before our departure to Punta Cana. According to Expedia, everything was all set. We would get 2 one bedroom suites at Alsol and everything was all paid for. When we arrived at the Alsol Christmas Eve, the receptionist told us that there was only one bedroom paid for. They wanted our credit to pay for it then. This was about 10 p.m. Christmas Eve, we just traveled from Connecticut to Punta Cana, we did not want to argue too much. My husband gave them our credit card and decided to talk to Expedia afterwards.
A few days after, my husband talked to Expedia, they said they would credit us for the extra bedroom. So everything was alright again. We returned to Connecticut on December 31, my husband had continued to talk to Expedia to get us refunded as they promised. Talking to Expedia is very difficult. They constantly put you on hold. They gave all sorts of excuses, such as they were calling the hotel right now, they were calling the lodging department, Alsol manager is going for the day. Every time my husband talked to them, it was a two Hours event. They promised to get us refunded which has never come.
We booked our first hotel in August. The hotel was already booked by another party. They should have told us from the beginning. And tried to find us another hotel. But they waited on December 4 to tell us. Then they said they should solve the problem by finding us another hotel and pay for it. We did everything right and according to the rules. Throughout the whole thing, Expedia is very dishonest. They have tricked us from the very beginning. And they continue to deceive us. Future travelers, be careful with Expedia's tactics.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
I received a booking email from expedia as well as a confirmation email stating "there's no need to confirm your reservation, we've done it for you!" I arrived at my hotel in a foreign country per my confirmation, only to find out the hotel tried processing my credit card info and it wouldn't go through, therefore the hotel cancelled my reservation without expedia bothering to notify me!!!
So here I am, in a foreign country, where I don't speak the language, with my luggage and no hotel room thanks to Expedia’s gross negligence! Once I found a room, I immediately emailed expedia and received their robot reply of "here's your case #. Someone will get back to you within 24 hours". Well, it is still FOUR DAYS LATER, and I still haven't heard from them!!!
I called them only to be repeatedly told it's not their fault. Then they told me they had sent me an email, which is a lie, and when I asked them to prove it and forward me the email. They went back to the "it's not their fault" lie!!! I had been using expedia for about 15 years, but after leaving me stranded in a foreign country, I will NEVER EVER use them again!!! DO NOT USE EXPEDIA FOR YOUR TRAVEL PLANS!!!
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
Expedia continues to deliver some of the worst customer service imaginable. After waiting over six weeks for the Brazilian Consulate of Chicago to issue my visa for travel to Brazil (which had been promised within 3-7 business days), it finally became clear to me that the visa would not be processed by my departure date. I called Expedia to arrange for rebookings. So far, I've been on the phone with Expedia agents for over five hours today with no progress on this issue. They're empathetic about the visa issue but have made no effort to arrange for a refund or reasonable rebooking. If you are considering booking through Expedia because it's deals appear unparalleled, I suggest you remember that time is money and you'll lose many hours of it on the phone with both Expedia Customer Service and Expedia Corporate if there's any glitch at all in your reservation.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
I booked a trip to Italy several months back. My wife and I are traveling with my sister and brother-in -law. I called and made reservations and because my sister lives in MN and we live in TX we had to book live as I couldn't figure out how to do it online. Everything went smoothly with flights from MN and TX flying into Charlotte. We paid in full and waited for April, 2015 to arrive. Expedia has contacted me at least 4 times indicating that our flights had been changed, now flying to Philadelphia which was ok. Then a few emails telling us flights had changed, mostly only by a few minutes.
Yesterday I got an emergency email stating that my flight from Houston to Philadelphia had to be changed as it did not give me enough time to make my connection. The only option now was for my wife and I to take a 6:20 am flight to Philly in order to make the flight with my sister. They have not traveled overseas and would not travel unless we were with them and this was told to Expedia at the time of booking. I was assured it would be ok. I called yesterday, was on hold for a long time, spoke to IZA, who told me it was my only option. Asked to talk to supervisor and was put on hold for over 20 minutes only to get the same answer, take it or cancel.
Fortunately, my sister's flights have not changed, at least not yet. I called this morning and was hung up on both times. Called corporate office and was told the only option was to leave voice mail and someone "should" get back to me with 72 hours. My wife and I are senior citizens and getting up at 3:00 am to get to airport in time for a 6:20 am flight, to sit in Philly for eight hours prior to boarding to fly for 9.5 hours to Rome does not seem like something we can tolerate. Calling corporate seems to be a waste of time. I have made many trips to Europe using Expedia with not problems at all. What has happened this company?
Calling their customer service line in Manila is a joke. High background level of clapping, laughter and bells going off is very distracting. Last conversation with Iza was rude and did not try to help, just kept telling me that was the only option I have. After reading all of these complaints I see a constant pattern of very poor customer service with no caring to help at all. Once you book, you are stuck. I don't know where to turn... maybe the WA state Attorney General...
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
12-2-15 While trying to book a package I would constantly get an error and was unable to proceed to checkout so I saved the itinerary, and a few hours later tried to book it. But of course the price has changed. I wasted my time checking flight and hotel rates to see if the rates have changed but none of the rates changed, all were the same except for Expedia's price. When I called Expedia and was explaining my situation to the lady name Breana, she was very rude to me told me the prices are per package and she hang up the phone on me. Very unacceptable.... btw, have anyone noticed that expedia's and Travelocity websites are identical? Makes me wonder...
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
After much difficulty booking a flight from Mi to Fla on their website the dates kept changing. I booked a flight to leave on 1/21/2015 and to return on 1/27/2015. Well somewhere during the process my return flight changed to 1/21/2015... Showing I spent less than 45 mins. In Fla. I tried to contact customer service when I discovered the mistake... I spent hours on hold. Finally reaching someone who wanted to charge me $540.00 for a one way ticket home, double my round trip ticket I already paid for. Plus I purchased flight insurance (useless).
I ended up contacting Delta Airlines, explained the situation and also explained that I had become very ill and had to seek medical attention... I did receive a one way flight for $300.00 to get home. I am still out hundreds of dollars. I did finally contact Expedia customer service... what a joke. The woman mispronounced my name multiple times. And before I could explain my situation, told me there was nothing that could be done... then click. I will never use their business again and will tell everyone I know not to either. Poor service, 100% of their reviews are bad, no satisfied customers. Wish I would have read them before I booked my flights..
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
On Jan 12, I reserved a flight for Jan 23. Expedia mis-booked the flight as Feb 16. We didn't notice this until the night before the flight which caused us 350 in fees from JetBlue (50 of which was because we used Expedia).
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2015
I used Expedia to book a vacation package for a flight and hotel for 4 people to Kalibo, Philippines. I was on the phone for over 2 hours with an agent and it was disastrous to say the least. Issue 1: The agent not only broke the booking into 2 halves, he also overcharged the trip to a total of $2,404.54! The booking price was only supposed to be $637.16. When I called to have this corrected, I was informed to wait 3-4 business days. All the while, my debit card has been charged, money taken out and the bank charging me overdraft fees! Issue 2: On the airline booking of the same 4 people, the same agent separated it into 2 trips. This should have not been an issue. However, the agent booked one of the passengers twice!
Now I have 4 tickets for 3 people, with one passenger double-booked and another passenger with no ticket. When I asked for resolution, I was informed that I have to resolve it myself by seeking a refund directly with the airline company and that there is no way for me to speak with them - I would have to log it on their website. I am now sitting on another $90.14 ticket that needs to be cancelled and spend more than that amount to get the fourth person booked on the same flight. My expectations of a more seamless and stress-free booking process with Expedia is the opposite of what I experienced. Instead, I ended up wasting my time, resources and then having no support to resolve the issues that came up. This is extremely frustrating and very disappointing.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2015
More than a year ago I booked an airline ticket through Expedia for my father. My daughter got sick and I changed the ticket once and paid all penalties and fees. My daughter continued to be sick and we had to cancel the trip. My father was not able to travel to the same destination so I requested a partial refund for airport taxes paid but not used. Expedia referred me to TAP airlines (who were very professional) and after many phone calls and excessive time spent on the phone, Expedia agreed that they would refund me the amount authorized by TAP airlines. I forwarded to Expedia by e-mail the TAP airlines authorization (as instructed by Expedia) on December 5, 2014 and I never received a reply.
On January 5, 2015 I contacted Expedia by phone and they said that my last e-mail including the TAP authorization was corrupted and requested that I forward it to them again and that somebody was assigned to my case and would get back to me within 3 business days. Today, January 30, 2015 I still have not heard back from Expedia. TAP insists that it is Expedia’s responsibility to refund me the airport taxes not used directly and without the TAP authorization.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2015
I received an invitation for an Expedia offer on my cell phone. It started as a computerized call and I pressed "1" to speak to an agent and express that I do not want to receive spam, but she hung up. It is truly pathetic that a few inconsiderate money monger companies are now calling private cell numbers to spam us. I NEVER give companies permission to use my info to send offers nor share my info with others. I WILL NEVER USE EXPEDIA BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE, THEY DON'T RESPECT OUR PRIVACY.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015
I arrived on-time for my flight and I was informed that the visa requirements had just changed 20 days prior and I would not be allowed to board the plane. I have traveled to this country several times and the requirements were always the same. Brussels airlines then counted me as a "no show" and discarded the ENTIRE value of my ticket. Zero dollars redeemable to use towards another flight. I spent the next day on the phone with both Brussels airlines and Expedia, where I had booked my ticket. Neither were helpful and blamed the other as being at fault. I'm told by both that I am not able to recover the $800 spent on the ticket I was not allowed to use.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015
I booked a ticket through Expedia and got confirmation as well. After a week, got email saying that the flight needs to be changed due to airline company change. The change they have provided has layover time of more than 10 hours, so I called in to see if there is any other option. I have called in more than 5 times. Sometimes after half an hour waiting time, get to talk to a customer service representative, repeat all the same information to different people, and then was put on hold forever, or get disconnected after I was told they're going to talk to supervisor or airline (I have provided call back number, but never got call back when disconnected). I will never buy ticket from Expedia again. The customer service is the worst one I have ever experienced.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015
Booked trip and had documentation of a lower price with a competitor. Customer representative said they had to book at an even higher price than what was originally quoted but would send a refund that should be received within a week. Never got it and they said they can't give it to me now because 24 hrs have passed.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015
I booked a trip for my daughter and I to go from VA to TX. My daughter had a change of plans so I needed to cancel her flight (get credit) and book a flight for my husband (putch is still 3 months away). The ISSUE is I have been on the phone for over 45 minutes to make this change because the customer service representative I first talked with is not allowed to make these changes and it had to go to her supervisor. Now I am on hold for his supervisor? Seriously?
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015
I had to call three times and spend over three hours just trying to use a $516 credit on Expedia. The first "service person" could hardly speak English and took my information wrong so many times. I told her she needed a different job and hung up. Hoping for a better person the next time, I called again and got a person who took about 25 minutes to try and book the replacement flight, which cost $865 on the website. She told me the flight suddenly costs $2600 now.
I told her I was looking at the exact flights on the Internet and there were 50 different itineraries available for my destinations, and none of them costs more than $890. She put me on hold, and eventually a recording from US Air picked up telling me about the merger with American!!! The third call finally resolved my issue after another 47 minutes. I will NEVER EVER TRY THIS AGAIN and it will be long time before I ever buy anything on Expedia. Their people are in the Philippines. I want to talk to someone who knows the difference between Nashville and Nassau!
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015
I had credit with United Airlines after cancelling a previous reservation. The customer service in Philippines dropped out about 4 times. Finally when I got on, it took them over 2 hours to get my information and process it. Even though I had travel insurance, I was told that I had to pay $200 processing fee which will be reimbursed later. In addition, I was able to find a lower fare on United, but Expedia refused to book it at that price and booked me at a higher price. After this I still had credit, which I was told I had to forfeit. The supervisor was extremely rude and refused to wait on me for 2 minutes while I checked the new itinerary on United. Her response was, "You have the email with confirmation number. You can check it any time you want. I'm not required to wait on you while you check." All this after I waited patiently for 2 hours to get this mess sorted out.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2015
I contacted Expedia customer service on 01/26/14 in regards to my flight been cancelled due to weather conditions in NY. The person on the phone said not to worry and that things would be figured out. She also said she would have her supervisor give me a call back (she said in about 3 hours) as the wait time to get through a JetBlue representative was too long. I never got that call back! Also, when I ask her about hotel accommodations as I was supposed to check out that same day she said for that "you will have to contact JetBlue and maybe they can give you a refund." So not only did I spend close to $300 on phone fees trying to have Expedia solve the issue but I’m told there’s nothing they can do about it? And don’t even have the decency to call me back after been told so?
Moreover I had to pay $430 for an extra night at the hotel after paying you over $2100 including travel insurance!!!! I’m extremely disappointed at the way things were handled and I don’t know if this is the way you guys go about your business but I don’t think I’ll ever risk booking any packages with you. I hope you do better with your future customers.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2015
My tale begins a week ago when I attempted booking a flight to San Diego. When I got to check out all of a sudden I was informed my ticket price "increased by $200.00". I cancelled the transaction and searched for the flight again. The flight was still its original price. I then reselected the flight and returned to checkout again. Once more, at the very end of the checkout my ticket price had increased by $200.00. Well I attempted this for a third and final time before calling my fiance and asking him to try and book me a flight as I was at work and could not waste anymore time trying to book the damn thing.
My fiance attempted two times as well, with the same results (increased ticket price at the very end of checkout). He then called Expedia's customer service line where it took him altogether an hour to book my flight to San Diego. Altogether we spent a total of 3 hours collectively attempting to book this flight. I received my confirmation email from Expedia notifying me of round trip flight to San Diego had been successfully completed (for the same price it was listed online at!). My tale does not end there. Upon completion of transaction I noticed my bank account had 6 "pending transactions" from Expedia. At that point in time I was not concerned because the transactions were pending.
Fast forward to four days later. I am checking my bank account online and notice that Expedia had charged me TWICE for my ticket and the money had been taken out of my bank account. I immediately called their customer service department to figure out what had happened! Well at first she was only able to see that I had one flight. She tried telling me I only had been charged one flight. I responded "Well if I was only charged one flight, how come I have been charged twice?!" She then did some further information and alluded to the fact that another flight had been processed with my card on the same day to the same city with the same card but the confirmation went to a different email address than mine.
She also alluded to the fact that the transaction had been fraudulent. Well I demanded what Expedia was going to do to refund me. She mentioned that there was nothing she could do because American Airlines was closed on Saturday but would leave this for her supervisor to handle on Monday. In the meantime she would change the flight information to mine to make sure the person who had purchased the flight couldn't cancel, refund or actually use the flight. Total call time: 45 minutes.
Yesterday I checked to see if I had been refunded and noticed that I had not been. I called Expedia customer service again. Three hours later I had talked to a representative and "supervisor", both who spoke fragmented English, and they informed me that they would have to charge me a $75.00 cancellation fee. I informed them that I never purchased the second flight! They stated that I did because it had my information on it. I told them to look in their customer service records and case file and the THEIR EMPLOYEE had suggested changing the fraudulent flight to my information. I even stated that, "As you can see, this flight is not even on my Expedia account!"
Well 3 hours later we got nowhere. I called American Airlines and they stated there was nothing they could do as I purchased the ticket through Expedia (30 minutes). So after a grand total 7 hours and 15 minutes I called my bank and have filed fraud charges against Expedia. Here goes to an attempt to get my $400.00 back. Wish me luck.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2015
I made an airline reservation on December 14, 2014 through the EXPEDIA website for my 6'4'' son on flight 222 from LAX - Boston for Dec.21,2014. It was to be "my surprise Christmas Gift" to my son, so he could come home from California to Boston to spend Christmas with his family. During the transaction, Expedia offered 'available seats view' and allowed me to select an aisle seat 25D that was "available." Because of the Christmas season, the only seat that would be appropriate for my son for the legroom was this one aisle seat.
I had read Expedia's policy. I knew seat selection was at the discretion of the airline, however Expedia falsely showed seat 25 D as available at the price of the ticket I was purchasing through Expedia when I was doing the transaction. Had it not been posted as such, I would not have gone through with the transaction since my son needs an aisle seat for his height. My credit card was charged immediately by Expedia. After my credit card was charged, I got an email from Expedia and the email said the seat was not accepted by American Airlines. I called American Airlines and the American Airline representative (who was very polite and professional), told me that the seat that Expedia had shown was NOT EVEN AVAILABLE at the price of the ticket I was charged, and that it was an "Elite'" seat not even available as Expedia had shown during my transaction.
The American Airlines representative politely explained to me that If I wanted to have a seat with extra legroom, the only available seats were 'middle seats' with extra leg room and I would have to pay almost $90.00 more for it. Even 'middle seats' with extra leg room do not work for my son since he needs an aisle seat and those were an additional $90 from the price Expedia had displayed.
I totally understood the policy of Expedia and I had read it beforehand, however, I feel that EXPEDIA WAS VERY DISHONEST in displaying that specific seat that was only available to 'Elite' members of American Airlines. Expedia had allowed me to select that seat only to find it was not only, "not available" for me to purchase, but that the only seats available with extra leg room were an extra $90 fee.
I called EXPEDIA immediately after I spoke with the American Airlines agent and spoke to the first Expedia representative (who was very polite) and when I asked to speak to her supervisor, she promptly and courteously told me she would put me on 'hold' and connect me to her supervisor which she did. Her supervisor (a male who I will not name) again explained the same policy (which I was totally familiar with). I told him I totally understood the policy of EXPEDIA and American Airlines, however EXPEDIA WAS VERY DISHONEST and had not only displayed but allowed me to select a specific aisle seat that was not available except to 'elite' members. I then explained to him that the only other option American Airlines told me that I had was to purchase a middle seat at an additional $90 more. (Expedia had not displayed that information at all during my transaction.)
I explained to the Expedia supervisor that I felt EXPEDIA not only displayed that seat as available but they allowed me to choose that seat (25D) and had immediately charged my credit card. As I spoke with this supervisor in a very calm manner, he kept repeating the same information over and over and over even though I told him I fully understood what he was saying and he had repeated that same information multiple times.
With the constant repetition of the same information to me, I felt that he was now speaking very condescendingly to me by repeating information multiple times that I told him "I already knew." I then requested to speak to His Supervisor. In total, I ASKED HIM 5 TIMES TO TRANSFER ME TO SPEAK TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND HE WOULD NOT TRANSFER ME! (Again, I won't disclose his name in a public forum, but I have all the specific details including names of all representatives, times etc etc.)
As I continued to be very patient with this supervisor and again request to speak to HIS SUPERVISOR, he again was very unprofessional and condescending and told me that his supervisor would just tell me the same thing as he was telling me! When he kept repeating the same information to me, I told him, I felt he was now treating me in a very, very condescending and (I felt) arrogant manner. I told him that I read the policy before the purchase and I re-read it after the purchase, I heard the information from the first Expedia representative, and I had now heard that same information in total at least 8 times! I ASKED HIM 5 TIMES TO BE TRANSFERRED AND HE WOULD NOT TRANSFER ME TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER SUPERVISOR! When he started to repeat the policy information again, I calmly told him "our conversation is now ended, I've asked you to transfer me 5 times and you wont, I'm hanging up now." I then hung up.
I hung up and I went to the EXPEDIA website and I CANCELED MY EXPEDIA RESERVATION! (Free cancellation if within 24 hours), however those funds are now tied up for approximately 5 -7 days. I am currently pursuing this matter through the Better Business Bureau, and the responses I have received from Expedia representatives are exactly the same response I received from the representative I spoke with. EXPEDIA IS NOT ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM IN ANY WAY. What I do recommend based on my personal experience in dealing with Expedia is: DO NOT BOOK AIRLINE TICKETS THROUGH EXPEDIA!
I would recommend booking directly through the airline where you know the truthful information right at the time of purchase regarding seat selection and all of the airline's policies. I feel that Expedia gave false information on what seat was available based on the cost of the seat I was purchasing through Expedia's website. EXPEDIA QUICKLY CHARGED MY CREDIT CARD and then I spent almost 2 more hours finding out the 'truth' about the seat I thought I was purchasing through Expedia. Even though I was able to cancel my reservation through Expedia, my funds charged by Expedia were not available for 5 -7 business days.
Because I do not have additional funds to purchase a ticket since my money is tied up with Expedia, I am not able to purchase my "CHRISTMAS GIFT TO MY SON" that was to be 'A SURPRISE CHRISTMAS GIFT" of a plane ticket to come home for Christmas and spend with his family. I hope that through my personal experience, I can alert others to what I experienced to be FALSE ADVERTISING BY EXPEDIA IN BOOKING AN AIRLINE RESERVATION. I hope that others will consider the information I have presented. Until Expedia is truthful in their advertising of seat selection on their website, I personally would never book through Expedia again. Also please consider, that once booked, even though a consumer is able to cancel the transaction within 24 hours, the funds will not be credited for approximately 5-7 BUSINESS DAYS to the credit card it was charged to.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2015
The operator who took the booking misspelled my wife’s name. The recording has been "lost". So I have been told to buy another ticket and wait months for a refund. After 15 phone calls to dehli, it is not resolved. Never again. Expedia are rubbish.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015
We are a small television production company. One of our associates booked three hotel rooms in Florida for a shoot. Expedia acknowledge they saw him setting the dates for Feb 2015 and when he pressed, "Purchase" the computer changed the date to January 2015. They then sent a copy confirming the dates that was about 5 or 6 pages long. The first page only showed the date the confirmation was made. Given we had an Expedia employee on the phone with us when we did it, I never thought to check the confirmation when it came in. The hotel kept the $2780 and Expedia would do nothing to assist us in amending the problem. You should really be quite careful and they just lost a company that probably spent $5,000 to $10,00 a year with them.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015
I booked an hotel online. The wrong date appeared on the booking. I called them straight away when I saw it and asked to change or refund. They said non-refundable, the hotel won't refund. I called the hotel and they said it was Expedia who had to refund. Expedia told me reservations was closed and they could not change!! Surely there is some law that if a mistake happens, and it was not mine, you can get a refund? I will never use Expedia again!!!!! They said they will call me tomorrow. It cost 140 pounds for nothing and now I will not sleep.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015
I recently booked a trip to the Cook Islands from NZ with Expedia. The trip was supposed to be 3 weeks long, from 16/12/14 to 9/1/15. On the 1st day in the Islands my partner became very ill and spent 4 nights in local hospitals before we had to travel back to Auckland to continue recovery. As soon as I knew we would need to leave early, I cancelled our remaining accommodation and was refunded by Expedia almost immediately and informed that when I needed to change or cancel my return flight there, would be no issue with either option.
On 31/12/14 we flew back to NZ with Air NZ as our airline Virgin Aus was not flying to Auckland for another 2 days. The day after we landed (1/1/15), I called Expedia to cancel the unused VA flight. They were in the middle of a party when I called but the guy I spoke to explained there was no problem cancelling the flight, called VA and told me there would be a full refund issued within 15 business days. Great I thought!!!! After 10 days I called to check the status (10/1/15) and was told it was coming and would be with me in a further 5 business days. 15 business days came and went and I called them on Sunday past 25/1/15. I spoke to a guy who put me on hold for 30 mins while he read the case file. He then came back and said he needed to call Virgin and put me on hold for a further 20 minutes then I was cut off.
I called back immediately and got the same man again as soon as I explained who I was, I was cut off again. He blamed a system error. I called back after this immediately again, but got a different person, a lady this time. She informed me that the refund was process and I just needed to speak to Expedia billing department to arrange the transfer. I didn't have to do any of this to cancel and refund the hotel booking. The billing department would not be open for another 2 hours so I would have to call back later.
I called back the following morning 26/1/15. This is where things got really bad. I was put through to a gentleman called Naveen. I told him straight off I would like to talk to billing. He told me he could help. And put me on hold for 10 mins. He returned to inform me that there was no refund on my account and that my return flight had been forfeit. I explained that all the previous people I had told me I was being refunded in full and that I just needed to speak to billing. He didn't apologies once for his colleagues mistakes as he put it himself. But he said he would call VA to confirm the flights were forfeit and placed me on hold for 35 minutes.
After this he came back and said that the flights were definitely forfeit. As if we had read the fine print in VA's Ts & Cs, we would have seen that if you travel part way on a return ticket, the 2nd half of the ticket cannot be refunded. I explained that the itinerary said all tickets were refundable, he said that it didn't matter. I explained that the flight was cancelled well in advance of the trip, he said it didn't matter and kept saying it is the airlines fault. I had been on the phone for over an hour at this point and getting fed up of going in circles. So I accepted what he was saying and asked to get it in writing so I could submit a claim to my travel insurance.
This where things get very suspicious. He then asked, would I hold another few minutes as he would need to speak to the airline. After another 15 mins on hold, he came back to tell me that the airline would in fact refund my flights in full???? I asked how long this would take and he mumbled something that sounded like 15-19 business days. I asked him to repeat and what he had said was 40-90 business days!!!!!! I asked how it could take so long and once again he blamed the airline. Despite all the previous people telling me it would take 10-15 working days. He also mentioned that I should call back in 2 weeks to confirm the refund has been processed. I agreed and we ended the call.
Then this morning as I arrive in work, I get a call from Naveen to inform me that he was just processing my refund and had noticed there was a mistake and the amount I would be getting back was some $200 less than he had told me the day before!!!! I asked since he was processing it now would it come through any quicker to which he told me 40-90 business days. The other interesting thing here was he was able to call me something all the reps had claimed could not be done if the call was dropped.
I intend to call Virgin Australia my self today to find out what exactly is going on. If they were ever even contacted by Expedia. I've also searched and searched for some way to make a formal complaint with Expedia but can find no other way to get in touch with them other than to contact Naveen and his pals in India.Terrible company, terrible service. AVOID AVOID AVOID. How more people don't know about these fools, I don't understand? I called back 2 hours late to be immediately placed on hold for 35 mins. I gave up and tried calling back after another hour. Again I was straight on hold for 45 mins until I was once again cut off!!! This was midnight NZ time. I called again the next morning.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2015
I booked a room in Tucson. Arrived at hotel today. The pool is empty, so is the Jacuzzi. Told them I did not want to stay. Was told because through Expedia, no refund!
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2015
I booked a hotel room for 25th & 26th September 2014. Upon arrival booked room was unavailable. Expedia still charged my credit card €160. Despite many requests I haven't received a refund. Now when I email I receive an auto-reply advising I phone. When I phone they say how sorry they are but must refer my refund request to a supervisor. Either of two things then happen: they promise to call / email back and don't, or I'm put on a lengthy hold which ends in being cutoff.
Earlier calls to Expedia are unrecorded but I have since spoken to Muriel on 20 October, Jules on 28 October, Caroline on 5 November, Princess on 12 November, Angel on 10 December, Mark on 30 December and Cece on 2 January. It's become clear that Expedia have no intention of refunding me and are just "wasting my time" until I give up. If you book with Expedia then hope everything goes well, because they don't refund, even when they say they will.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2015
I called to redeem a credit I had from a previously cancelled flight with Expedia. I went through 6 agents and 2 hours before the flight could be booked. I was repeatedly put on hold and every time I called back the flight rate and additional amount I had to pay would increase. At one point I was told that the flight I needed on the particular departure date was unavailable which would drastically threw my vacation off because I was travelling with someone else. The information I was receiving was conflicting and I felt like delay tactics were being employed for some reason. When I finally requested to speak to a supervisor she was unapologetic. She took an additional 30 minutes to finally book the flight. I would suggest booking directly with the airline or using another travel website because the customer service is horrible, time consuming and not trust worthy to say the least.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2015
I was booking a package of flights and a rental car (including loss damage insurance). However, when I returned the rental car they charged me another bill for the loss damage insurance. I contacted the Expedia customer service. She cannot refund me that bill. She transfer me to her supervisor, his name "DOUG" (I got his name from another supervisor). Doug told me that the loss damage insurance that I booked was different with the loss damage insurance the rental car charged. I asked "Why?" He said, it's a different company and he cannot explain clearly than that. I was discussing with him to solve the problem, but he hang up on me without the result. He's very unprofessional, no knowledge and uneducation. I don't know why the Expedia company hires someone like Doug to be a supervisor. The CEO of Expedia needs to check up on your lead personnel if you want to keep and expand your business.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2015
Nov 3, 2014 I booked round-trips flights for my son and I's Alaska Cruise in July 2015. I selected our flights from Indianapolis to Seattle on Jun 29. I selected our return flights from Seattle to Indianapolis on Jul 7. I then decided to add a hotel to the package for Jun 29. Apparently when I did this and did not then change my trip to multi-destination Expedia unilaterally and unannounced changed my return flight from Jul 7 to Jun 30. With only the date being changed I did not notice that Expedia made this change without my consent and completed my transaction.
Upon finding this error, today, I tried to get it corrected. Expedia said I would have to pay $200 per ticket and the difference in flight cost but that they would immediately refund the $200 per ticket as I had purchased trip insurance. They then employed even more deceptive practices because they wanted to charge me a $273.10 difference in ticket price above what I paid in Nov 2014, but I could purchase the same ticket at full price for $262 on Expedia. Some tickets that day are as low as $202. So Expedia changes my flight details without my consent then refuses to give me the tickets I originally paid for; wants me to pay $473.10 per ticket to fix their mistake then wait up to 2 weeks to get $200 per ticket refunded. This is a highly deceptive practice that needs to be stopped.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015
I was contacted after booking what I found to be a deal on a flight. When I was told that the flight was over sold on 1/16/2015 I pointed out that it was still being advertised at this price as we spoke. She agreed that yes this was an accurate price. After placing me on hold several times, told me that I will be receiving a confirmation email and that it was all handled. I then speak to an agent on the 17th telling me that the airline won’t accept it but the price is accurate to what they have in the system and were advertising, but I'll have to pay the difference.
After some back and forth a VERY nasty supervisor named Esie comes onto the line and admitted no fault to the false advertising or slow system updates. When I explained, the agent the day before told me I was good. The long story short, told me tough luck. Now getting someone to expedite the refund is a nightmare as EVERYONE keeps hanging up on me... I WILL NEVER AGAIN USE EXPEDIA.COM, they DO NOT believe in CUSTOMER SERVICE and I am now left watching airfares disappear before my eyes.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015
I booked a place for $55 a night through Expedia. I got a confirmation # and my total price of $385. They wrote that I didn't need to check with hotel, it is all booked and good to go. Just to make sure I did and the charge for my hotel was for over $500 a night which made it over $3,000 instead of the confirmed price of $385. I was put on hold from 8 am till noon and the only thing they would do for me is cancel my reservation. I told them I had the confirmation at the $385 with them and they need to keep to their agreement. They wouldn't do a thing about it, not even change the wrong price that they had on their site. This trip was all arranged around this hotel and now I have nowhere to stay while I am there.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015
The Expedia "Best Price Guarantee" is a scam. I called in requesting details of how it work (as I had just booked through Expedia 20 minutes earlier). The gentleman on the phone said duration, location, rooms, flights must all be identical, and my claim must be submitted within 24 hours of my original booking. I found the exact trip I had just booked for $364 cheaper on a different site. Identical flights, departure times, same resort, same room type, same number of travellers, and same dates. All thing were identical!! I submit my Best Price Guarantee claim within an hour of the original booking.
I get a reply back stating that the vacation I found for $364 cheaper is not "apples to apples". However, all things were identical, except for the price. In speaking with the customer service representatives, first it took 72 minutes to find someone who was able to discuss the phony guarantee, then they kept saying "sorry sir, it's not apples to apples". This guarantee is a scam!
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
I had a terrible experience. After an uneventful flight from IAD to MSY Saturday, I arrived at MSY this morning to find I no longer was booked on the flight. I was told by United Expedia had cancelled my flight. I called Expedia and got a rep from Manila on the phone who told me it was because I was a no show for my flight to MSY on Saturday--the same flight I took on Saturday morning. She accosted me, asking again and again why I didn't get on the flight Saturday morning. After two calls to Expedia I gave up and went to United for help, who saw me through to a flight, recognizing I did fly there on my assigned Expedia flight and was essentially stuck in New Orleans thanks to Expedia. I have been an Expedia customer for years, but that ends today.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
I reserved a car through Expedia with "Europcar" in Cancun, Mexico. When I got to the car rental counter, they told me they did not have a car for me. I called Expedia and they said I "did" have one reserved. The rental price I received from Expedia was VERY low and I determined that was WHY I didn't get the car. The people at the rental counter were only willing to help me if I paid over $300 more than I had originally reserved the car for. Expedia obviously made a huge mistake.
I didn't pay for the rental of course, and I am in the process of getting a refund for the mandatory car rental "insurance" that they force you to buy while driving a car in Mexico, but that you pay for "in advance" through Expedia. I had to go back to the airport from the rental car company and find another company to rent a car from. I actually ended up renting from Dollar, who gave a great deal for the week. $280 everything included! (Tax and "mandatory insurance"). So BEWARE of reserving cars out of the country from Expedia (probably with any car company).
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
I rented a car from Frankfurt Airport through Expedia, quoted as $217. I returned the car a day early & was charged $1138. I provided all the insurance paperwork required, couldn't get an answer from Expedia. I got through to one of their email addresses and an Expedia rep was extremely rude; said I had reached the wrong branch & there was nothing he could do. I will never use Expedia again and advise others to avoid them at all costs
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2015
I don't know where to start but would never recommend them. Unless you are spending money with them they will put you on hold and put the phone down on you. They have made so many mistakes - it has been awful, and then they refuse to do anything about them. On one occasion they blamed American Airlines for them cancelling a flight, without telling us and leaving us at the airport without a flight. American Airlines confirmed they were the only codes on the booking, so they had lied. After 6 hours of getting put on hold, cut off and no help - eventually it was escalated and a flight begrudgingly given.
They also messed up a later flight - booking a wrong flight. They said - either have a $200 coupon or we will have to escalate the problem to 'Corporate' - but if you go to corporate we won't give you the voucher. Having been on the phone for 2 hours - I was happy with the voucher. Guess what - they now claim it can't be used on flights. What is more... If you try to redeem the voucher they increase the cost of the flight. I've just tried to use the voucher again and they have put me on hold for another 1 hour 30 mins and cut me off twice. This is only a sample of the last 3 weeks. I WILL NEVER USE EXPEDIA AGAIN - and I think they should be investigated.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2015
I planned a vacation to Aruba and purchased the insurance in case of illness or weather. Good thing I did get the insurance because I was hospitalized the night before I was supposed to travel. When I went to reschedule the trip, the agent(s) at Expedia had no clue what they were doing. I was put on hold numerous times and hung up on and had to start the whole story from scratch all to have the same thing happen time and time again. I finally was able to get the flight changed but had to pay a $200 rebooking fee. Kind of defeats the purpose of the insurance.
But then I was told my hotel was a loss because I did not change the hotel at the same time as the flight. This was due to the fact that the Expedia agent could not get in contact with the proper person at the resort to change the cancelation to the new dates. The agent was supposed to contact a supervisor at the resort the following morning and call me back and never did. In the end, after fighting with several agents and waiting for return calls that never happened, I demanded to speak with a supervisor at Expedia. She finally changed the hotel reservation and I'm hoping when I get there I'm not sleeping on the beach for 8 nights.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2015
I called Expedia support at 2:35 pm, 1-14-15 and the rep hung up on me. I called them back (same number) the rep said no one wanted to do anything and then hung up. Meanwhile, it's an issue of changing my son's name to the correct name and Expedia would not do it, the rep told me. The reps hung up 3 times on the US Airways booking agent (whom I got a statement from). I told them that I wanted to speak to Corporate and then 4 hrs. later they resolved the problem. I lost one of my days' vacation, the airline already sent my luggage to the Caymens. I'm not able to get a flight until tomorrow morning at 9:30 am. No luggage, I'll lose my reservation for my car, and Expedia is telling me it's my fault.
I want to be compensated. I'm so upset right now and furious that they think they can just bully people, tell them its their fault and they'll just go away. Expedia, I'm not going away and you will compensate me for my loss due to the time the other reps wasted. I could have made my flights had your staff put me through to Corporate from the get go.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2015
Flight date: December 23, 2014. Expedia failed to email updated flight information - providing my husband and I the wrong confirmation number to a flight that had already left George Bush International Airport in Houston. Expedia claimed that I was not providing them with the correct email address for security purposes but the email address (**) remained the same the entire time through out transaction. December 18, 2014 - after spending a total 2 hours with customer service in an attempt to change my flight to have an earlier return trip, Expedia kept claiming that they did not hold the tickets and I had to contact the other airlines to change the ticket information.
When I called other agencies they stated that Expedia still held the tickets. This was a deflection, as Expedia was unaware of how to resolve this situation. When asked to speak with a manager a female identified herself a a manager named "NICOLE," placed me on hold longer, and they asked if she could call me back. (It was already 10 pm in the evening). "Nicole" never called me back. December 19th 2014 - I speak with a more competent manager at Expedia the following day. When relayed the situation from the previous night, he snickered and was surprised that about my dealing with "NICOLE" alluding that she was not a manager with the agency. This gentleman told me that he could assist me in changing the return ticket but I would have to land at my final destination and THEN call EXPEDIA. This gentleman quoted me at $300.00 to change the ticket for my return flight, which I was happy to pay.
The validity of this is still in question and due to the fact that all customer service personnel reside in Manila, Philippines language barriers interfered with any resolution. This made things exponentially more difficult because when I did reach my final destination and tried to change my ticket, I was told it would cost the same amount as purchasing a brand new ticket. December 23, 2014 - at George Bush Airport we discover that Expedia failed to send emails on our updated flight information and our plane had left. We checked our flight information and believed we were on time, but Expedia had emailed up the wrong confirmation number to a flight that did not correspond to the one we were supposed to board. Luckily, we had a helpful ticket agent at Aero Mexico who was able to help us.
Simultaneously, we called Expedia from the airport to see if they could assist with our troubles and the manager I spoke with, "Justin" was outright demeaning, rude, and a deplorable representation of Expedia or any customer service professional. I let him know of the litany of troubles from the flight leaving, no email communication from Expedia, and he said it was "my responsibility". This is what we pay Expedia for - to handle the simple details of our flight.
When I advised him we were being helped by a ticketing agent he incredulously said "she is helping you without a fee!?" This furthers the contention that Expedia is solely interested in profit - cutting customer service by placing in the a third world country of the Philippines where your paying customers cannot communicate and reach resolutions on their requests, and the fact that Justin was upset that Aero Mexico was helping a pregnant woman and her husband because it was the right thing to do. Three months pregnant, the failures of Expedia at providing baseline customer service do not meet their mark.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2015
Around 6:00 this evening, I placed a call to Expedia in order to find the number for a flight I had booked for February 13 - the number I had obtained from my email did not register with the Disney Express Service that I was confirming. I was told by an agent that my flight had been moved to February 12. When I asked why I had not been notified of this major change, the call was disconnected. I then called back and spoke to another customer service agent. I explained my situation, and he stated that the flight on the 13th had been cancelled and we were reassigned a flight for February 12. When asked why I was not notified of this change, he referenced an email I received on September 28 stating that the time of the flight had been changed. I agreed that I received this email, but again stated that I had not been informed of the change of date. After going back and forth, I asked to speak with his supervisor.
I was transferred to the supervisor that stated she was aware that I was upset with the airline canceling my flight. I told her that the cancellation did not upset me; I wanted to know why I wasn't informed of this change, and what I can do to fix this, as I am unable to take a day off of work, book another hotel room, etc. for this trip that we have already invested thousands of dollars. I was again told that I was notified of this change. We reviewed the emails I received in September about the change in time, but again no notification of date change. I was then put on hold for a long period of time. When the supervisor returned, she said "yes, you were informed of the date change". I asked for the date of that notification, and the response was "it was sent on..." and then the line was disconnected.
I called customer service for a third time, immediately asking to speak to a supervisor. Once connected, I explained the issue and was again met with the response that I was notified by email about the change in time. I then asked to speak to a manager. After a long period of time on hold, I was transferred to a corporate manager. I explained the situation in detail, and was then told that I had received notification. When I started to disagree about the extent of notification, I was reprimanded for being "extremely rude" and told that I was not to interrupt. I was then read the list of communication that I had received concerning the change of time of the flight. I agreed that I had received that notification, but again stated that I had never been notified of the change in date.
I was then told that it was my fault for not checking my itinerary. When I asked how I would know to check for date changes, I was told that I should always be checking my itinerary. Again, I asked how I should know that, and I was told this was my fault - I should have been checking my itinerary. I was confused why I would receive notification of changes in time, but not dates, and again she stated that it was my fault for not checking my itinerary. All I wanted to know was why I wasn't notified and how to solve this; the manager quickly told me that I was wrong and made me feel at fault. I then asked for a refund. I was placed on hold for nearly an hour. When the manager returned, she stated that the airline will issue a refund in 7-10 days. I hope this is true and I will be following up.
During the 3 hours on the phone with your company, not once was I offered an apology or a solution. The focus of the phone call was more on how I was incorrect as they attempted to make me at fault. I do not blame Expedia for the flight being cancelled; I understand that this happens. I just do not understand why I was not notified of the cancellation, and why the entire phone conversation was built around trying to prove I was wrong about being notified? I do not understand why someone up the chain of command did not simply say "I apologize for this confusion, let's see if we can find another flight". Instead, I was met with more aggression as I moved up the command.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2015
I submitted the claim on January 12th, the same date as my booking. I got an automated email from expedia on January 14th that they received my claim. Within 15 mins I got another email from Expedia stating that they are denying the claim because it was not submitted within 24 hour period on the basis that they received on January 14th and not January 12th. The entire delay was on the expedia system and I suspect the online claim system is configured deliberately to delay/or change timestamps of when the actual claim was submitted so that expedia can conveniently deny claims on basis of being over 24 hours.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2015
I attempted to book a flight through Expedia.com this morning. Their website had various errors and after 45 minutes I was still unable to complete the booking. This cost me $300 because the airline raised the rate while I tried to get their website to work. I have spent another hour on the phone with reservations - getting hung up on once - finally managed to book the reservation and get transferred to customer service only to be disconnected again. At length, I was able to speak to a customer service supervisor, who insisted that it was not a problem with the website. All they were willing to offer was a hotel voucher.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015
I just spend three days trying to book a flight with Expedia with a credit that I had from last summer. Their customer service is now located in India (or wherever) and my phone calls dropped out about 10 times. I called at different times and on different days (and on a land line). I spent 1.5 hours on the phone with a manager after giving four different people the exact same information - only for him to tell me that the flight I wanted to book was now approx. $350 more since we started the conversation (plus the $200 change fee from United). Even though it was still posted on the website for the lower price. This will be my last time using them after being a customer for about fifteen years... actually... since they started!
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2015
I am very disappointed with Expedia’s customer service lack of responsibility. I booked 3 hotel reservations back in September for a trip that I’m taking this week. I requested certain accommodations and the customer service representative documented my requests within my itinerary and advised that all was in order. She processed my credit card and I thought all was good to go. Last night I called the hotel to confirm my reservations, I am due to arrive on 1/15 and they stated that the type of room that I reserved and paid for does not offer the accommodations that I was looking for.
I called Expedia and shared this information. After various calls, transfers, and being on hold for an hour, an Expedia supervisor stated that the only way I could get what I was looking for was to pay an additional $1,000. If I would have known this back in September I would have budgeted for this and gotten what I looking for. Expedia did not take responsibility for their customer service rep’s miscommunication. Expedia, this is all documented in my itinerary, shame on you!
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2015
I booked flights through Expedia.com on October 2, 2014 for travel on March 14, 2015. I received an email from Expedia.com saying "We have received notice from US Airways that they have made changes to your flights. Expedia has accepted the updated itinerary, reflected below, on your behalf. It is not necessary to call us to reconfirm your flights." The changes were going to cause my party of six to miss our connecting flight to London Heathrow, United Kingdom.
On 1/10/2015 at 3:20pm CST - I called Expedia 1-866-327-8682 and selected option #3 (notified by Expedia that airline changed flight schedule). I spoke with "Annabelle". I explained my concern and she explained that US Airways had "already processed the tickets and therefore they had control of the tickets" and therefore she would transfer me to US Airways.
At 3:32pm CST - "Annabelle" with Expedia transferred me to Stacey with US Airways and she explained that her records indicated the tickets were "issued by Expedia" and therefore Expedia would need to do the change. She was very pleasant and suggested that I do a three way conversation with Expedia and US Airways. Stacey also said she would notate our conversation in her "remarks" section indicating Expedia had accepted the change and therefore they were responsible for making the adjustments.
At 3:56pm CST - I called Expedia again and spoke with "Mark" at the same phone number mentioned above. I explained all of the same plus the information Stacey at US Airways had shared with me including the three way conversation option and her notes in the "remarks" section, etc, etc. Mark with Expedia put me on hold multiple times as he discussed the information with his "help desk" then his "support team" then his "Supervisor, Diego".
At 5pm I was still on hold with Expedia and nothing was resolved. "Mark" said his "support team" recommended that he call US Airways. Mark told me he spoke with Mary at US Airways and that Mary told him "I had authorized the flights and therefore the tickets had been reissued" so there was nothing he could do to assist. I asked Mark why he didn't do a three way conversation to include me (his customer). He replied "I don't have the ability to do a three way conversation". I questioned his answer and Mary’s conversation with him. I was completely confused since the conversation I had with Stacey at US Airways wasn't at all what Mark with Expedia was telling me. He insisted he could do nothing, and I requested to speak to his supervisor.
At 5:10pm CST - I was greeted by a very angry loud man yelling at me through the phone asking me what I wanted and why was I bothering him. I tried to explain but he kept yelling. As I started to cry I asked if I could be put on hold for a minute so I could compose myself. He complied for a few seconds then started yelling again saying he did not have time for this conversation and he wouldn't allow me another minute and he could do nothing to rectify the situation. He said he could offer me a different set of flights for a fee of $200.00 each (x6) and that was it - he told me to make a decision immediately or he would hang up.
At 5:14pm CST - while I was on hold with Expedia I quickly dialed US Airways - I wanted to know for myself if indeed US Airways had spoken with Mark at Expedia and if US Airways had told him "I authorized the changes and the tickets had been reissued". I spoke with Debbie at US Airways - at this point I'm completely bawling and flustered at what has taken place and that a supervisor with the travel agency Expedia was yelling at me on the other line. Debbie was so pleasant and so comforting and understanding and patient. She read the remarks and explained that Mark was not being completely honest about his conversation with US Airways. I asked Debbie if I needed to keep Diego, the supervisor with Expedia on the other line and she said she would handle it - she probably could hear him yelling at me. She said I had endured enough ridicule, bullying and run-around by Expedia and she would handle everything without them.
At this point I had been on the phone since 3:20pm CST, I was suppose to be at work at 4:30pm but I was still on the phone until 6:26pm. All because Expedia tried to pass the buck and the blame and the cost onto US Airways. I understand changes occur in flight schedules but I think Expedia handled it terribly. I will never do business with Expedia again. I was their customer and I got treated like I had done something wrong. The supervisor tried to scare me and succeeded. He threatened me saying I had to make a decision or that was it. He threatened to hang up on me and continued to yell into the phone although I'm sure he could hear me crying. Terrible customer service to say the least! The bottom line is Expedia accepted a change on my behalf and didn't want to accept the responsibility to correct the change in order for our party to reach our connecting flight. Expedia did not want to lose $1,200.00 so they continued to blame someone else. Expedia would have lost far less in the long run if they had handled the situation differently.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2015
After searching for accommodations through Expedia.com website, I was shown a rate of $24 for a 1-room shared bathroom. When I went through the booking process, the rate was note at $23.97 with a $4.79 tax and fee (all fees and taxes included) per night, for 7 nights from January 15-22, totaling 482.79. I contacted a representative, they said there was probably an error on the site and to book the fare and resolve the issue after because it was probably a special rate for me.
After 2-3 hours speaking to representative and getting no assistance I was told by a rep to contact the Best Price Guarantee and notify them of a lower rate that the rep was seeing, and notify them of my own rate. I submitted to them 3 more times, I submitted to the bpgreview@expedia.com. After receiving a letter, I contacted customer service again. I was told I had to wait 2-3 for a resolution not based on the fare or prices I was quoted, but based on the hotel and what they wanted to do. I was told they may or may not cancel my hotel so I may be stuck with a fraudulent charge or I maybe traveling without a place to stay.
I feel like they are putting me in two very uncomfortable situations and one where I may be stranded in some foreign country. I think they are ill-equipped and unable to handle the customer service aspect of customer service. They were unable to give any resolutions prior to my departure time in less than 24 hours.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2015
I was online looking at cruises for 2/14 for 7 nights. As I was going through the booking, I selected the 2/14 and went through all the steps to book the cruise for $1160 for 2 people. We get the invoice from you showing $1510 so we call and see what happen, then come to find out that we are also booked for 3/14 now. The first lady I spoke with was very nice and helpful, she sends me to her supervisor as now the cruise we book is sold out for the cabin type. The supervisor Felicia gets on the phone and says she will look into what happen and call me back.
At this point I had already ran to the bank to put money in the account so we do not overdraft that account, they let me know that they are not sure why I got an invoice for $1510 because they show that my charge was for $1160. Felicia called me back and says that she sees it was my fault and I clicked on the wrong day, so there is nothing she is going to do. She then says "well you're all set for March", I told her I do not need March - we cannot travel on those dates, we needed 2/14, what we booked. Not sure how I made the mistake but somehow I get a mixed up invoice and wrong price.
So now I tell her I need to cancel that because we cannot go and she now puts me on another hold and I wait about 30 minutes for her to come back and say "ok it is all cancel." And I ask how long will it take to get the refund, and then she says "I have to ask the cruise line." Now I am confused, I booked through Expedia but the cruise line charged us? So now the cruise line tells her 7-10 business days. Great, so now we are now stuck with no cruise and our money is now tied up for about 2 weeks and we are planning on leaving in a month.
So I call back to try and speak with another supervisor there and get a guy named Jonathon. He goes over with me, that he sees it is my fault but sees I was looking at 2/14 on 3 different parts and then when I went to book it switched to 3/14, but can't tell me how I got to that since I chose cruises in February. I look at your website and see that if you pick February as the month you want to leave, it might put a few dates in March on there as well, so why have you pick a month then?
I am also confused how you see I was booking for 2/14 the whole time and then it moved to 3/14 when I chose a different cabin. I asked him about customer service and said is not the first thing to apologize and try to make the customer happy whether it is there fault or not? He agreed and then I asked, "so we see that there are mistakes on both sides, you say I picked the wrong date but you sent me an invoice that shows wrong info and pricing". He also agreed to that so then I asked why they never tried to resolve the issue, offer to see about other cruises or other trips, maybe apologize for the inconvenience of having to run around after thinking you over charged me. Nope he response was "so you want us to hold your hand and find another trip - that's not my job - that is what the cruise agents are for".
Now I am a hotel manager of a 4-diamond property that has account with Expedia, I asked Jonathan if he felt that telling a customer that "you want me to hold your hand through the booking process" was an appropriate thing to say. He responded with "yes you're asking me to hold your hand through the booking cause you made a mistake on booking". I said I never asked for that, I asked why as a supervisor of a cruise customer service department, that no one there wanted to even try to find a resolution to the issue.
I also asked why they don't have on the website that you are having the cruise ship process the payment and not Expedia, and does he think that maybe that is now an inconvenience for a customer 'cause now they have to wait 7-10 days without being told. He agreed and stuck with "you booked wrong and there is nothing were going to do". In all my years in the service industry, I have never come across such awful customer service and the worst part is that it is your supervisor telling your customers this. This has really made me rethink having your company as part of my resort.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2015
I booked my flight on 12/31/14 for 1/28/15 - 2/4/15. Expedia made my reservation for 1/28/15 - 3/4/15. I really did not look at my Itinerary until 1/7 when I log on to their web page and found out the dates were wrong. I immediately called them and explained this to the rep (Douglas). She told me she can change the date for a $200.00 fee, I told her that was ridiculous. She then proceeded and told me that the only way to avoid the fee was for her to cancel the flight and issue me a voucher that I can turn around and use. When I called back another agent told me I had to pay $200.00 rebooking fee. As of 1/07/15 to today (1/9/15) I have been calling to have this sorted out and to no avail am I being assisted. This web site is AWFUL. Will never do business with them again.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2015
I booked a cruise via Expedia.com on 1/7/15 and received a confirmation email from Expedia at approximately 6pm on 1/7/15 confirming booking number ** with a total of $846.88. On 1/8/15, I received an email from Expedia indicating that the credit card had been declined and booking number ** totaling $848.88 would be cancelled if Expedia was not contacted by 1/7/2015. Note: The booking number and total do not coincide with my booking number and total. Further, the email was received on 1/8/2015 at 12:19am - not allowing any time for the customer to contact Expedia to resolve. Nevertheless, I contacted Citibank regarding the online transaction who confirmed that Expedia never attempted to put through a charge on my card. As such, there was no declined transaction as stated in the email.
On 1/9/15, at 8:00am, I contacted Expedia and spoke to Carla. She confirmed with me there was a system error that appear to have occurred in that the "Urgent" email had incorrect information, was received late, referenced another name on the booking, and that my correct booking number ** did not carry over my husbands name on the reservation. Carla later advised me that unfortunately the cruise was now sold out and Expedia would be unable to correct this mistake. I immediately asked to speak to a supervisor and was transferred to Brian. Brian stated that I am my own travel agent and that I must have input something incorrectly. I tried to explain to Brian that my information was input accurately. My credit card information was correct and I confirmed with Citi card that Expedia never attempted to charge my card, and that the email sent to me included an incorrect booking number, incorrect total, and was received on 1/8/15 after the deadline of 1/7/2015 to contact Expedia for resolution.
Brian stated that he didn't know why that occurred, but that my booking ** was cancelled and there was nothing that can be done to fix it. I expressed my concern, frustration, and aggravation with Brian as I did nothing wrong and as Carla confirmed, there seemed to have been a system issue on Expedia or MSC's end and that I, as the customer, should not be penalized for Expedia's negligence. I asked why someone didn't call me versus sending an email the following day, and Brian stated he didn't know. Brian spoke in a monotone voice, offered no apology, or resolution to remedy this situation. Our vacation has been completely ruined. We were cruising with my husband's colleagues and believed that the confirmation email from Expedia received after our booking online was just that a confirmation of our cruise vacation. I am so disgusted with the lack of empathy and customer service by Brian.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2015
They do not deserve any star. They put me on hold for long time. Transferred me to different agents. I will never use them again.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2015
I booked an online vacation package from Expedia.ca for 2 Adults and 1 three-year-old in Jan 2014. I booked this package from Edmonton to Maui. Since Expedia rated this package for $1500 per person (including taxes) which was supposedly the cheapest, I went ahead and did the bookings. I did not pay attention to the calculations for my three-year-old son and paid the total amount of $4496. I later realized that Expedia had overcharged me as the charges are never full for a child. The airlines charge lesser for a child and hotels do not charge anything if the kid shares the same bed. In fact no other travel agency charges full amount for a 3-year-old.
When I called up Expedia Call Center, they had no explanation of the charges applied and they kept arguing with me. I eventually got frustrated and cancelled my booking with Expedia. I had to even shell out $225 + 5% tax as the cancellation charges for no fault of mine. It was an extremely frustrating experience for me which led to just a monetary loss for me.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015
I had to make a couple of changes to a package that my husband had booked for us. These changes took a dozen of calls, where half of them were dropped - from their side - with no call back. My experience showed that the CSR are not empowered to do anything, they were not able to help me and just wasting my time, until we would be disconnected. The only way to get something done was through a supervisor, and even then it took 4 times (speaking to 4 different ones) calling. Each of them would tell me a different story, you really wonder what is the actually truth behind all this. I must add that the last supervisor who finally completed my transaction gave me a 200 dollars discount on the 1500 additional costs for the inconvenience. Much appreciated, but does not make up for all the trouble that ultimately lead to these 1,500 worth of changes. All in all, AWFUL experience and I will NEVER give this company my business again.
Expedia Company Information
- Company Name:
- Expedia
- Year Founded:
- 1996
- Address:
- 333 108th Ave.
- City:
- NE Bellevue
- State/Province:
- WA
- Postal Code:
- 98004
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.expedia.com
