Orbitz

I purchase 4 tickets to Dubai from SFO in August 2018. Right after getting confirmation of the flight booking I noticed my middle name was missing a letter. (This was my fault and should have double checked before committing to the purchase) None the less I needed assistance to get it corrected. I spent 3 hours on the phone with Orbitz trying to find the solution between them and Emirates Airlines to get the letter added. Thought it was fixed, but then received an email the next day saying that it was not processed correctly. Another 3 hours on the phone trying to fix it again. I was told that all was taken care of and the new ticket with name correction was submitted.

I booked a flight and hotel package to New York with a full insurance package and was told it covers any changes and/or cancellation. After realizing I booked my wife's reservation in her married name with her passport still in her maiden name, I called to change. We also wanted to change our outgoing flight to an earlier departure as our daycare situation had become more favorable.

On 11/4 I booked a flight between Columbia, SC to Fayetteville, AR for 11/19. I went in an hour later and clicked Change Flight and booked another flight for the same day. It allowed me to do so and sent me an e-mail confirmation. Today (11/18) and check in e-mail for the flight I changed and the second flight I booked. When I called Orbitz and spoke with several people until I spoke with Monica, a manager. She said there was no record of me changing it and also said the flight I booked originally did not allow me to change it and didn't know how the website let me do it but then stated I would have to pay for both flights.

I booked a night at a B and B in Asheville through Orbitz. It said the owner/manager would contact me. 2 days later No contact made. I called their # and left a message. NO callback. Tried again. No callback. Called Orbitz. They called the "property manager" and received no callback...they said I would get a full refund. 2 weeks later... No refund. Called today. I was on hold for 25 minutes and was disconnected. Called back... I'm an hour and 7 minutes into this call. Not only am I out $170.00+ But I had to make another reservation. ORBITZ should be more attentive to complaints like this! I have 3 more reservations booked through them this upcoming month. I hope it goes better than this fiasco. Still haven't been reimbursed. Very disappointed. ***Stay away from historic home in Asheville!!!!

They did not provide me with an accounting breakdown receipt. I wanted a receipt showing a breakdown of cost for flight, flight cancellation insurance cost, car rental, car rental insurance cost, taxes and fees. In addition to their lack of detail in providing a receipt, they also kept me on hold for over 45 minutes without answering my call. Very poor customer service. Their company is obviously understaffed. I do not recommend. Deal directly with the airline and car rental agency.

We admit to missing the email sent months ago about a flight change. We have to own that, but never did we receive any reminders about the change in flight or receive the usual email reminders that travelers get from airlines or other booking companies about the upcoming flight. I know for a fact that there is the capability for companies to track unopened emails in order to resend, but apparently it is not used by Orbitz.

Orbitz SUCKS, booked flight, hotel & car via Orbitz. Had a four night stay in Flagstaff A.Z @ Quality Inn. Had to leave after 2 days, the room was just dirty. Front desk told me to get refund from Orbitz. Just getting runaround from Orbitz. They said they paid hotel already. Hotel refuses to refund me. Informed manager will be back in 1 week??? What **. Orbitz basically told me I am screwed for the 2 days. Use Hotwire Or Hotels.com. Got really tired talking to third world rep from Orbitz whose English sucked also. 9/9/18.

To summarize: received an acceptable rate for a car rental through Orbitz, to be picked up in Omaha. Once we were in Omaha and went to the Thrifty desk, cost was an additional $90 (??). Once we turned in the vehicle (on a holiday, no desk help), and got home, now Thrifty was nailing us for a "deposit" fee of $250!!! They've gotten the car back!!? Orbitz numbers are all B/S! Thrifty would not provide an answer on the deposit issue!? Orbitz stated rates are pure deception. Refrain from using Orbitz!!!

We booked a package vacation for a family of 3 for Round Trip flight from Sacramento to New York, including rent a car, and paid Insurance in case any unexpected events came up. Decided we wanted to change flight times and were not able to help us without penalties of $200pp so $600 added to our total amount already paid. I was very upset since confirmation Reservation never showed penalty fees.

I booked a flight and car rental through Orbitz in February 2018 for a vacation to Syracuse, New York from DFW, Texas in August 2018. I received my itinerary almost immediately, and made sure to not only print it, but also to copy the email, and also use the Orbitz app on my cell phone. Two days prior to my flight, I did a final check on my traveling plans and discovered that my itinerary, other than the dates, had totally changed and I did not receive any notification of these changes from Orbitz.

On May 29th 2018 I booked two rooms on August 1st for a hotel on the Isle of Skye. On that same day we had to change our itinerary and cancelled the booking. We still got charged for one room on August 2nd. Although the cancellation email stated that rooms have to be cancelled separately this was not clear from the website. Orbitz refused a refund citing the wording of the cancellation note. Very deceptive. We will not be using Orbitz anymore.

Terrible experience with Orbitz and Payless Car Rental. Rented a van for 7 people on 8/4/18 with a confirmation number from both Orbitz and Payless Car Rental, the day I show up to pick up the car 8/19/18 at the airport - No one picked us up as stated on the confirmation. I looked up the contact information for Payless Car Rental from the Orbitz confirmation and their phone # was wrong!!! I had to pay a taxi to take me to the location and I was told that the car was not available!!! The rep kept telling me that Orbitz doesn’t contact them to check inventory and he denied having received the reservation...

My family and I reserved a boathouse via Orbitz and arrived at the location, thinking all was well. However, much to our surprise, the owner was not expecting us and told us he had not posted a listing on Orbitz. Without a place to stay, we drove out another forty miles before finding an available hotel that wasn’t an online scam. Fortunately, we have received our chargeback, though we will never get back the time we wasted correcting this false transaction. tldr; This is a fraudulent service that pockets your money without making good on it. Don’t use Orbitz, unlike of course you enjoy being exploited and swindled.

Flew into Salt Lake City, Utah and reserved a car the day before. When I landed I literally received email: "We canceled your reservation no cars available." I had no other option because other agencies did not have a car. Had to Uber to my destination cost $300.00. NEVER EVER EVER USE ORBITZ. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE INTERNET.

We made reservations for Nasta's B&B in Rome through Orbitz several months ago. Before our trip to Italy I printed the Orbitz confirmation information. When we showed up at the B&B we were told that the B&B had no record of our reservation and that rooms were not available. No support was given to find a new place to stay. While I tried to resolve the matter with Orbitz and our credit card company in the space used by the B&B using unsecured wifi our credit card information was hacked. I was on the phone on hold with Orbitz for 15 minutes using expensive international phone time. In the long run all Orbitz said was "Sorry." We received no help from them either. Now I have read that this sort of thing has happened with other people. Never again will I use Orbitz. Today, I am dealing with a dispute involving the Orbitz charge and the related fraudulent attempt to use our card at the same time with my credit card company.

I reserved a car of luxury class. When I got there the first time I was told they did not have the car on the lot and was offered a Hyundai for a different price which was more than what I had reserved the first car. So I left that day with no car. So I booked another car and came back the next day and was told again that they did not have the car again. Someone rented it out. I said how can you rent out a car that is reserved?

Overall simple to use. I use Orbitz for all of my travel plans and the whole process was fairly easy. You can search multiple days for cheapest flights and getting extra services like wheelchairs and escort.

I would give 0 stars if I could! I cancelled my reservation within hours of booking because I realized that it was in USD not Canadian dollars. I've spent hours calling Orbitz and my credit card company. Orbitz said they released the funds the same day I made the cancellation, however 9 days later, they are still pending on my credit card and because they are pending, I'm unable to dispute nor use the credit card. I have called back to Orbitz with an authorization code they can call in to my bank to instantly remove the hold, they refuse to do it. Now, 9 days in, I'm still waiting for the refund and because it's stuck as pending, I'm unable to do anything and the funds are in limbo, meaning I can't book another flight either. Do yourself a favour and avoid this company.

The same thing that happened to Elaine of Sea Cliff, NY happened to me today. I called Orbitz today, because the first name on the reservation was misspelled, everything else was correct (last name, dob). They informed me that nothing could be done and basically that ticket would just not be usable by anyone. After calling the American Airlines to confirm this, they let me know that this was Orbitz's policy not there's but only Orbitz could change it. That if the seat remained unfilled American Airlines would not be paid for the seat and Orbitz would be able to keep the full funds that is why they do not allow changes to be made. They seek profit off of any potential errors even they could have caused.

Didn't do my usual due diligence and booked a flight with Orbitz, nowhere does the website say any changes must be made within 24 hours or you basically forfeit your money. I went back to the website (more than 24 hours later) and it gave me to option to change my reservation. As I was paying what I thought was a change fee, I realized I had purchased a whole new ticket with the same airline, and there was no way to cancel or even partially refund the old ticket. Orbitz claims their inability to change reservations is imposed by the airlines. This is not true, the airline would have changed it for free had I booked through them. Orbitz has decided to exclusively sell non-refundable tickets. Don't be duped, buy from the airline directly if possible.

We'd carefully planned a trip to Colorado and received a confirmation from Orbitz stating "No need to confirm, you're booked!" for our Durango VRBO. A few days before we were to stay there, I called the property manager to see if we were still on due to the wildfire near there. I was told we didn't have a reservation - they'd never heard of us or from Orbitz. I called Orbitz, after an hour I was assured I'd get a call within 24 hours to correct the problem. No call. I called them back, after about an hour of explaining and holding, I was told to call back first thing in the AM so they could contact the property management company, and inform me when I called.

Misleading on terms regarding hotels and flights and on fees and charges to customers. Example: it will say fee includes luggage/baggage yet it does not.

I booked plane tickets and a rental car through Orbitz. Two months later, someone got my credit card information and spent over 3000 dollars on the Orbitz website. Either someone at the company is stealing customer information, or, their website is not 100% secure. Thankfully my bank did an investigation and refunded the money to my credit card. Using this website to book travel is not worth the hassle of having to cancel your card and ending up on vacation without one. I would choose another booking site.

After I paid Orbitz their card was declined by Hampton. They had to use 2 different cards to get it. Yet I already paid Orbitz. Even called to check status. Orbitz card was declined so be careful is all I can say. I have an amputated leg & had to stand for 2 hrs at front desk because Hampton was not paid by Orbitz. My flight was fine & shuttle. Paid for all by Orbitz but their card was decline doing at the motel. Do I need to say more. They had my money but couldn't pay. BE VERY CAREFUL!

One part of my flight was cancelled by the airline. I called Orbitz since they are the ones that called me to make alternate arrangements. I received zero viable alternate arrangements and spent now 4+ hours dealing with this situation. I escalate this to 2 supervisors and even the Expedia corporate office. Not one single person was able to resolve the issue and continually directed me to speak with the airline. Don’t sell something you don’t plan to back for your customers. Don’t call me to communicate the issue with a cancelled flight if you’re incapable of actually resolving anything.

We traveled to Spain this past week. Our son became ill and we were unable move him, so we needed to stay in current location. We had reservation to stay in Barcelona at Leonardo Hotel for 2 days, which we would not be able to make due to circumstances. I cancelled the reservation via Orbitz online (2 days before arrival date and was notified afterwards of a cancellation fee of the entire stay visit ($750), including taxes and other fees. I was surprised by this. Our reservation paperwork did require 7 days notice for cancellation, which I was not aware of until time of cancellation.

I purchased a non-refundable hotel stay thru Orbitz, the charge was $719.37, after $30 bucks applied. Still, a $20 daily fee was to be charged by the hotel. Sadly, there was an accident involving a member of my family and we had to cancel the trip. I reached directly the hotel to ask for at least a credit, because of the situation we were going through. I had access of my reservation thru the hotel website and for my surprise, the cost was $583.30 and it was payable at check in. The hotel approved the cancellation without penalty, and Orbitz insisted that they could not refund, because they couldn't confirm this information with the hotel. After a few email communications, and an angry phone call from my part, I finally received the refund.

Orbitz is of zero help after the sale. Missing baggage help with dealing with the airlines. Multiple flight delays - without compensation or the offer of compensation; zero help with dealing with the airlines for lost luggage. Assuming Orbitz is a customer service organization is incorrect. I will never use Orbitz again. Orbitz is good at collecting your money - and after the fact they are awful.

FIRST OFF -- no stars. Had to choose or could not post. About 10 days ago I made a flight from Odessa - Minneapolis to get my cancer treatment. Once again life has taken a bad turn and I no longer will be living in Odessa and I will be in OKC. Okay -- I BOUGHT AND PAID FOR TRIP INSURANCE for $48 through Orbitz. Last night in wee hours I called because I need to change ticket. I got Josh and May who either are not well trained and gave me misinformation and they are NOT American with competent English know how and understanding your questions.

Well I guess there had to be a say for Orbitz to gouge the consumer on airfare. I was a very enthusiastic user of Orbitz but today after I booked I found that Orbitz added a $45.00 "Booking Fee". Their explanation when I complained was that the fare I got was 'economy' and now they charge. If I had gone directly to Delta I would of course avoided this outrageous charge. So, my STRONGEST recommendation is to check out the fare on Orbitz and see if this "Booking Fee" would be charged and if so go to the airline to book directly and you will save the money. No need to trust these sites anymore - they found a way to get on the 'gravy train' of excess charges.