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Travelocity provides online travel booking services where users can book flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. Established in 1996, Travelocity offers a Price Match Guarantee and customer support for flexible travel planning.
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- Affordable pricing available
- Frequent booking errors
- Long wait times for support
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Reviewed Aug. 17, 2009
I brought a round trip airline ticket on March 30, 2009 to San Juan, PR from New York to travel on July 11 and return on July 19, 2009. On my return trip, I had a layover in Washington, DC. Washington has two airports. So, I was scheduled to land at Washington (IAD) and catch my connecting fight at Washington (DCA) to New York. The problem I had with Travelocity is that they did not disclose that I would have to get to the connecting flight the best way I could. They did not provide a shuttle bus. I called them and tried to get them to exchange my ticket and even pay the difference in the ticket, but they refused both times. I also tried calling the airlines directly but United/US Air told me I had to deal with Travelocity since I brought the ticket from them. I felt that Travelocity have deceived me and made the whole ordeal very stressful by selling me a ticket that would require me to spend additional money to take a taxi complete my trip. I eventually brought another ticket with JetBlue.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2009
I am so angry. I booked a cruise through Travelocity. The lady, who made my reservations, triple booked me by error. My bank account was overdrawn by $2000.00. It took Kelly, a supervisor, 2-7 days to refund the money owed to me. However, I had bounced all over the place with a total of 22 fines at $35.00 each. When I first brought it to Kelly's attention, I only had a total of $330.00 in fines. It's just a mess. Kelly told me she was going to take care of everything and get me a $50.00 on-board credit to Royal Caribbean. I asked the front desk, and there was no credit. I called Kelly when I got home from our trip, and she has not returned my calls. This has been truly a nightmare. Please help me.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2009
On March 1, 2009, I made an online reservation through Travelocity for airline tickets to Puerto Vallarta. The selected airline was Mexicana Airlines, and we were to fly June 6. I paid for the tickets and for a flight cancellation insurance policy. In April, the governments of the United States and Mexico, along with the Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, issued travel advisories against vacation travelling to Mexico due to the recent swine flu outbreak. Mexicana announced that it would issue refunds to travelers wishing to cancel their trips.
My wife and I made the decision to cancel our trip. Our two young daughters, who were to travel with us, had pre-existing medical conditions that could have been complicated by a swine flu exposure and a quarantine preventing re-entry to the U.S.
I contacted Travelocity Customer Service by phone, requesting to cancel. Travelocity was unable to contact Mexicana and suggested that I try to contact them directly. For ten days, I tried to call Mexicana using every telephone number I could find. The recorded "All circuits are busy" message was the only response I could get. Finally, I was able to make contact, only to be told that I could not cancel my reservation, only my agent Travelocity could. The Mexicana customer service agent was rather brusque and could only repeat the same answer to each question I posed. When I asked to speak with a supervisor, I was told that none was available ever!
Frustrated after speaking with Mexicana, I contacted the insurance carrier, Berkely Care (owned by Travelocity and underwritten by AIG) to file a claim and retrieve the cost of my tickets. After explaining the situation with the insurance company, I was immediately told that my claim would not be honored because disease was not a covered item. I hadn't even filed the paperwork or pediatrician statement yet! Angry at the treatment I received at the hands of Travelocity and Mexicana, I filed payment disputes with my credit card company, American Express. I also initiated complaints with the Better Business Bureau.
Several calls between me and Travelocity ensued with no resolution. A few days later, my wife received a phone call at work from an individual representing her self to be an employee of American Express. This individual wished to resolve the Travelocity (but not Mexicana) payment dispute and release the funds for payment to Travelocity. My wife forwarded the call to me. I spoke to the person and recognized the same East-Indian accent that all Travelocity Customer Service agents seem to have. This person again represented her self as an employee of American Express and wanted to resolve the Travelocity payment dispute. I asked her if she really was an American Express employee or an employee with Travelocity, and she assured me she was with Amex. I asked her for a call-back number, which was refused. I told her I was sure she was a Travelocity employee, and she told me "We are one and the same."
I asked her to clarify for me that she was stating that Travelocity and American Express were the same company, and she said, "Yes, that is true." Truly amazed at this statement, I asked to speak with a supervisor and was, of course, refused. When I accused this individual of making a fraudulent statement for the purpose of coercing me into releasing my payment dispute, she backtracked with another gem "We are affiliated companies." I hung up and contacted American Express.
There has been no contact with Travelocity since, other than an indirect suggestion through the BBB complaint to tell me to file a claim with Berkely Care. I found this amusing, because Berkely Care had already told me "Don't bother." They have not responded to my letters. I never did receive any airline ticket. Mexicana patently refused to get involved. They denied each request for a refund or modification, pointing me back to Travelocity.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2009
I booked two rooms for 5 nights at a hotel for $115 a night for 3 months in the future. A week later, I discovered that I could not get the flights I needed and would need to only stay 3 nights. Travelocity's agent said that was fine and they would credit my credit card three hundred something dollars. It sounded about right and they said my confirmation would be emailed shortly. When I received it, I was shocked to discover that the rate went from $115 a night to $159 a night and no one told me. I did ask about penalties and they said that there were no penalties associated. I would say that's a penalty.
When I called back again after adding up the receipt, I was told because I made the original request over a week ago, the price guarantee didn't count, even if there was a new price involved. I said I am looking at cheaper rates online now for the hotel. They asked if I wanted to cancel my reservation. I asked again what the penalties for that would be. The response: You would lose your entire amount! Also, they told me I could submit a complaint after my trip. It's been another week and they have not even credited my credit card yet. Do not use Travelocity no matter what they say the price is - it's too much.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2009
On a trip to Colorado recently, one of the hotels we stayed at charged us $117.81. We were billed in advance by Travelocity for $153.97. I called Travelocity and spoke with a Jonathan in Bombay who said he couldn't help me, but was told he would transfer me to his supervisor Aaron **. I was disconnected, but Jonathan did call me back. Aaron could not help me so I was transferred to the manager named Rene. She went on and on about that’s the way Travelocity makes money and I could hardly get a word in. I had to stop her once and ask her if she minded if I spoke as she had had her turn.
I was offered a "credit" of $50 for a pre-paid hotel providing I stayed two nights, which basically is worth nothing. All I wanted was the difference of $36.16 refunded to me. Both Jonathan and Aaron were professional, but Rene was rude. I was kept on hold for "three to five" minutes at least eight times. I was on the phone for an hour and the only consolation was that it must have cost at least $36 to keep me on hold from Bombay. I have used your company many times, but I may start dealing directly with hotels in future. I appreciate that you have to "mark-up" your prices, but you shouldn't let the customer see that!
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2009
We booked a room through Travelocity for $83.35. When we checked out, our paperwork showed that Travelocity was only charged $63.40 for the room. They refused to void the $83.35 to our credit card and add the $63.40 charge!
Reviewed July 31, 2009
I was delayed 7 1/2 hours at DFW Airport because Travelocity said I had no reservation. Therefore, AA rescheduled my flight reservations to LAX instead of PHX. The flight to Kona Hawaii Airport was delayed also for 2 hours when I arrived at LAX. I was scheduled to arrive at Kona Airport at 01:55pm. I arrived in Kona at 10:30pm Hawaii time. I had to pay a penalty for flight change which was not my fault but Travelocity's fault. I paid an extra $50.00 which must be sent back to me. Trip ID is: **, reference code **. Send me your fax number so I can fax you documentation of the $50.00. Please respond in a timely manner.
Reviewed July 28, 2009
I reserved a room at the Holiday Inn Express Vancouver, WA through Travelocity. The confirmation from Travelocity said that we would be charged $108 for 1-night stay. At the checkout, the hotel provided us with the bill, which stated that our stay cost us US$93.96, $15 less than the Travelocity quote. I thought we would be refunded the difference and we were not. To correct the problem, I called the customer service. The representative kept me on the line for more than 10 minutes only to tell me that they couldn't refund my $15, but they could give me a future credit for $25 if I reserved a room through them for more than 3 nights (they are smart, aren't they?). I told them I am not stupid to book through Travelocity's overpriced website again now that I know I can book directly from the hotel's website, so why would I need a future credit?
I asked them to simply refund me the $15 difference, but the representative said she couldn't do that. How can they charge me a higher fee when the hotel itself charges less? I have the receipt in my hand and I feel very angry over this. Travelocity website claims that they provide you with the lowest rates and they promise to correct any mistakes, adjust the differences, etc. but when it comes to action, they do nothing! I will never book from such sites again. And there is no such thing like Travelocity Guarantee. Yeah, there is one; they guarantee to screw you and that's it! What if I had booked three nights? The difference would be 3 x $15. You do the math!
Reviewed July 27, 2009
This was my 4th trip to visit my new husband in Charleston. All previous flights I scheduled online. On June 30, 2009, I used Travelocity to schedule a trip from Phoenix to Charleston. However, at the conclusion of the booking, the price went from $268 to over $600. This was an obvious error on Travelocity's part. I called the toll free number to help me book my ticket.
I spoke to a woman who proceeded to assist me. I gave her the dates, flight numbers, times, and cities of the reservations that I had tried to book online. She told me that she had put them in as I had requested and that the fee was indeed $268. Her assistance would cost me an additional $25. I accepted her schedule and paid the additional $25 for her help. When I received her itinerary, it was skewed in the email and on the page making it almost impossible to decipher. I forwarded it to my husband twice. He never received the itinerary.
In the airport on 7/10/09 at 4:30 a.m., I realized I had been scheduled to Chicago and then to Charlotte. Sitting at my gate, I called Travelocity to beg for help. The man, Shawn, provided me a new schedule and told me that it would cost a change fee of $180, which I did accept. He told me United Airlines was notified and to return to the agent to change the itinerary to 8:29 a.m. Phoenix to Charlotte and then Charlotte to Charleston at 4:22 p.m. arrive 5:20 p.m.
I thanked Shawn of Travelocity and was willing to pay the additional $180 for an error. I then ran to the United agent where they told me they'd received nothing from Travelocity today. I had to pay an additional charge of $647 to United. As result, I am disputing the charge $647 for a flight scheduled with United on the day I was to travel caused by the confusion with Travelocity. Oddly, Sanford ** at executive offices at Travelocity was able to confirm my initial phone conversations. And, yes, I agree, I did not recognize the error on June 30. He did not, however, address the conversation with Shawn on July 10.
I am appalled that this company can make it nearly impossible to understand what these people are saying, that the agents are rude when asked for clarification or to please speak up. This has been a disaster I will not subject myself to again. I honestly believe they owe me the $647 and I would be willing to assist in any way if you can help me in this situation. Thank you.
Reviewed July 26, 2009
Trip planner ** reference code # ** - The flight going to Las Vegas was fine. Time to depart Las Vegas, arrived at the airport on time for my flight just to find out the plane was cancelled. I called Travelocity about the incident, asked them why I never received an email for the cancellation. The agent for Travelocity said Continental Airline never reported the cancellation. Because of this incident, I had to out of pocket pay for an extra night in the hotel and for taxi services to and from the airport to the hotel.
Reviewed July 25, 2009
Upon learning that Air Trans had adjusted my reservation so that my arrival time in Rochester, NY was moved from approximately 5 p.m. to midnight, I called the airlines to see if other arrangements could be made to accommodate an earlier arrival. I had a scheduled business event for that evening which could not be rescheduled. It was either be there or there would be no event. Air Trans told me that since I made the reservation through a travel agent, Travelocity, I would have to work through the agency to change the reservation.
I called Travelocity and was told that I needed to call the airline! Upon informing the Travelocity agent that I would not accept a run-around being bounced from the airline to the agency and back again, she agreed to attempt to work with Air Trans to get the matter settled. With very little luck and a lot of telephone holds, nothing was accomplished and the conversation ended.
Today, Saturday, July 25, I called Travelocity again and this time inquired if the reservation could be changed to an earlier day so I could still make the business event. After several on holds and attempts to get some assistance, I was told that the best that I could expect is that Air Trans would be willing to cancel the reservation and issue a refund. I very explicitly told the agent to not cancel the reservation and to not have a refund issued. I asked if the cancellation had already taken effect and was told that it was not, that I had the option of either accepting the refund or the rescheduled flight itinerary. I informed the agent that no refund or cancellation should be issued and that I would call back. She agreed.
After about 90 minutes, I felt uncomfortable about the situation and again called Travelocity. Without going into all of the details of the conversations I had with the agent and her supervisor, I was told that the reservation had been canceled, a refund had been issued and that I had agreed to it. Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! I was further informed that there was nothing that could be done about it. I requested to speak to the next line up supervisor and after being on hold for another long period, I was told that "Nick," the next person on up the line, was on a telephone call that would last two hours and could not be interrupted but that he would call me back. I asked for "Nick's" full name and a way to contact him directly, only to be told that that would not be possible. I demanded to speak to someone with "Nick's" authority level and was put on hold. After another long period, I was told that "Nick" was not his real name but that he promised to call me back in 45 minutes. The only information I was given about "Nick" is that his employee ID is **. That conversation ended 30 minutes ago. I am expecting a call back from "Nick" in 15 minutes.
It is now an hour later and having not heard back from "Nick," I again called Travelocity and was told that it was impossible to transfer a call to "Nick". I am now on hold after having been told I would be transferred to a supervisor. After being on hold for over 5 minutes, I called again. I am now on hold again and it is 1 hour and 15 minutes since I was told that "Nick" would call me back.
I am still on hold and it has been over 7 minutes. After 10 minutes on hold, I was connected with someone named Andrew, employee ID **, who asked me to hold to see if he could find out if Nick was available to take my call. It is very difficult to be able to speak to anyone with authority to correct any mistakes.
Well, I was once again told that I approved a cancellation and refund and nothing could be done. This is so wrong and so incorrect I am seething right now. Oh yes, I am on hold again. By the way, I was told that "Nick" says nothing can be done. Not sure if "Nick" really exists but this runaround is really ridiculous. If Travelocity doesn't correct their error, I will have to reschedule my trip through another source and right now, my cost would double. This is not right.
I now have been on hold for 45 minutes total. Andrew, **, informs me that he called Air Tran, spoke to Chris who said that I would have to call Travelocity on Monday morning at 6 a.m. central time and request that Travelocity again call Air Tran and speak to Brenda who will be able to handle the matter. Since I know that this is another runaround, I did not accept that attempt to dump my call off and again demanded to speak to someone who could accept Travelocity responsibility for the mistake and secure me a reservation to Rochester, NY on the same days as my original reservation and at the same price. I insisted that Travelocity step up and admit the error.
I am on hold again awaiting someone named Rene ** who is going to help me. I am sure she will tell me the same things, so I will only speak to her if she assures me that she can solve the problem in my favor. I have been on hold for 15 minutes for Rene to speak to me. After 20 minutes, I finally spoke to Rene who informed me that nothing could be done. A long conversation ensued and she finally told me she would transfer the call to the ubiquitous Nick. But before that, she promised me that someone would call me on Monday to once again inform me that my reservation could not be reinstated. I will be amazed if Nick ever comes on line and even more amazed if Travelocity ever rectifies the situation.
Reviewed July 25, 2009
I tried booking a ticket online and was blocked and was told to call customer service. When the agent answered the call, he informed me that he can finish the booking for a $25 fee. This is a form of bait and switch since they claim not to charge for making reservations on their website. I used another service. I used another service.
Reviewed July 21, 2009
I originally booked a flight through Travelocity's website in May 2009. I had to cancel the trip, but planned to use my credit for a trip in July.
First call: The cancellation had never been registered with the airline, so I was instructed to call back during business hours of the airline.
Second call: The agent fixed the problem with the airline. He then quoted me with a price that was $200 more than I had seen online. I did not book the flight because of this price difference.
Third call: I was prepared with quotes from Travelocity's website and the airline's website (where the flight was $100 less). The agent told me this fare didn't qualify because it was an online special (even though it was not listed as one). He then put me on hold, coming back to tell me he had spoken to someone at the airline who confirmed the online special. I finally booked the flight using the Travelocity prices. After hanging up with the agent, I realized that the airline was already closed. I called them the next day to ask about the online special. They said it was not an online only price. Therefore, it should qualify for Travelocity's Price Match Guarantee.
Fourth call: I tried to explain the situation to the agent. He said I did not qualify for the Price Match Guarantee because the original reservation (in May) had been made 24 hours ago. I told him I tried to use the lower price when I made the change but that the agent had lied to me. I finally asked for a supervisor, who was useless. This fourth call lasted over an hour, and nothing was solved! I have never had so much trouble with a call center, or talked to anyone so unwilling to help their customers.
Be warned: Any changes to your reservation will cost you the $105 fee. This includes the Price Match Guarantee. If you find a flight that's cheaper by less than $105, don't bother! You will only waste your time getting the runaround from Travelocity agents and supervisors.
Reviewed July 18, 2009
We booked our dream Vegas vacation with Travelocity: round trip, hotel, and show. Air travel takes a 4-hr flight, but turned into a 2-day flight with multiple airlines. Transportation to and from the airport will not honor the Travelocity "vouchers". They state Travelocity is supposed to overnight the tickets and do not attempt to board the shuttle with a confirmation or other means of purchase. Show offers your many choices and you must pick your top 5 choices. Ironically, the only seats available are to a porno show... seriously and definitely not one of the 5 choices we selected. I can, right now (8 hours before I leave), book the flight and hotel cheaper than what I have paid!
Reviewed July 17, 2009
I booked our 7th anniversary trip to San Juan, PR. I attempted to print the boarding pass the night before the flight, to no avail. We got to the airport the next morning in plenty of time and still, unable to get the boarding pass. We went to the desk of United and was told the flight was overbooked and no additional flights available in the next week. I called Travelocity for assistance and we were told there was nothing they could do. United blamed Travelocity and Travelocity blamed United. No resolution came. I called Travelocity the next day and they said United had us listed as "no shows" and they have no record of us calling. I have supplied them with proof that we were at the airport with more than an hour to check in.
I called back to follow up a week later and they said they did not receive the fax. I re-faxed and they claimed not to have received that. I am livid then of course, they miraculously find it, called me back two days later and said they were working with United to see what they can do about refunding non-refundable tickets and that they have refunded approximately half of the hotel. Well, I did not ask to change dates. I have been scammed and as I have tried for two weeks to resolve to no avail, I will now be turning this over to the Better Business Bureau as well as my credit company to resolve. The total cost of the trip is $1,433.96 and so far, it looks like Travelocity is only agreeing to refund $245 of this.
Reviewed July 15, 2009
When booking flights using Travelocity’s online service, the booking automatically adds trip insurance to the transaction. If you don't read all the fine print and deselect this option, the $20 expense is automatically added to the transaction. When filling out the reservation, there is no indication that Travelocity will automatically add this and force action to deselect or be charged. When you call and then escalate, they state most people want trip insurance - which is an outright lie - but they insist most travelers want it and it is non-cancellable. At best, this is deceptive, but I feel that I have been robbed.
Reviewed July 10, 2009
We were contracted with Travelocity to be on what they call a VCARD payment method, which means for each reservation, they would give us a unique credit card to charge. Roughly around summer 2008, that changed without any notification. The card they were giving us just started declining. Because we were unaware of this, we ended up charging a number of guests that had already paid Travelocity.
I called after receiving these complaints from our guests. I was told by the hotel help that if a certain card was given, it meant we were supposed to send an invoice to get payment. I faxed these invoices in and never received payment. In January, I emailed our marketing manager about getting payment. I have since been going back and forth, trying to get payment. I have a string of emails in which I asked when we are going to get payment and received either no response or the response "We are working on it."
Finally, I threatened to cancel any and all future business with them. This time, I was told that we should be getting payment soon by our marketing contact. I contacted billing to confirm this (via email) and was told they had no idea what I'm talking about. And I was asked to resend the invoices to them, and they were asking for our tax information. I was told on 6.29 that we should get payment in 7-8 weeks! I responded that this wasn't at all ideal, and considering the history, I think 3-4 weeks is not unreasonable to ask. Not surprisingly, that request was ignored, until I sent another very pointed email asking why no one had responded.
Also, we have a number of new invoices, and I was told to stop submitting those. When I asked how I was to get payment for those, I was told to contact customer care. I did that and was told I had to contact my marketing manager to get those paid. I emailed my marketing manager, and once again, I have not heard back.
Reviewed July 8, 2009
On March 18, 2009, I made an online reservation with Yahoo Travel (trip ID #**). The next day, I received an email from them which cancelled the reservation I made and suggested I call 888-872-8356 (Travelocity). I did and they confirmed that the reservation was cancelled and also the billing. With this news, I made the reservation again, but for the following week (trip ID #**). Their billing was cancelled, but in a few days, NWA billed me again for $3294.93. I contacted Citi Cards and promptly disputed these charges. I called Citi Cards to check on the progress of my dispute and they informed me that they could not settle it. They did however forward my call to Travelocity. There we talked to a Michelle and after she received my information, confirmed once again that those charges were cancelled. Michelle said they would talk to NWA and call me back within 24 hours. They did call me back and informed me that NWA would not cancel the charges billed to my account.
Citi Cards is charging me interest on this $3294.93. I think they should pay me the $3294.93 plus all the interest charged to me until the final settlement. I have made many international phone calls to try to settle this matter myself. I am retired and 77 years old, and the loss of this money hurts very much.
Reviewed July 2, 2009
In July 2008, I booked a trip for my parents to come visit me on the beautiful island of Nevis (next to St. Kitts) in the Caribbean. I am a medical student and wanted them to watch me accept my diploma in April 2009. Since my parents don't travel much, I was nervous about all of the connections Travelocity recommended, but there wasn't much choice unless I wanted to spend more than twice the amount. In the end, I booked their tickets from Regina, Canada to Newcastle, Nevis for over US$4000 from April 7-15th, 2009.
Over the next 6 months, we received weekly (if not daily) flight changes and schedules re-arrangements. Every time something came up, I would faithfully log into my Travelocity account and make sure all of the connections still connected and that my parents would still get there in one piece. It was a hassle, but it was mostly fine until January.
In January 2009, one of the airlines canceled their services to Nevis and our Travelocity itinerary now ended in St. Maarten instead. Well, we didn't book a trip to St. Maarten and when we were told there were no other flight options available, I opted to cancel the trip entirely. Travelocity assured me that it would be no problem and they would contact the airlines and get the refund processed within 1-2 billing cycles.
I'm sure you can see where this is going. The trip was canceled in February 2009. On March 5, 2009, we received an email from "Keith" at Travelocity Customer Support verifying our refund was being processed. When no money arrived 2 months later, I hopped back on the phone and have spoken to Lucy (May 7th) Frieda (June 2nd), and Chris (June 29th) in various parts of the world. I waited about a month between calls because each time, I was told my refund had been approved by the airline and was being processed within another 10-12 business days.
Having lost all trust in the capacity of the Travelocity Customer Service, I turned to my VISA company for help. They are claiming they can't do anything because "it has been more than 3 months", whatever that means. I would like to file a fraudulent claim against Travelocity as they sold a product they never delivered and promised a refund that never materialized. US$4000 trip never happened due to airline changes and refund never took place due to Travelocity fraud.
Reviewed June 29, 2009
I purchased round trip tickets from ORD to LAX and the return flight was changed from June 28 to July and Travelocity would not help getting the passenger on a flight without purchasing a new one way ticket. They wanted to charge over 1,000.00 dollars then 650.00 dollars just to get back and would not refund the money that was paid for the original tickets that they changed the return date on. Lost the money for the original purchase and had to purchase a new one way ticket for 250.00 dollars.
Reviewed June 27, 2009
I booked a 7 night vacation package to Cancun on AirTran’s website which ended up being really through Travelocity. The 5-night trip was more than the 7-night trip - that is why I booked it for 7 nights! When I got my emailed itinerary, it was for a 5-night trip. I did not print my paperwork until Thursday. I booked it Wednesday night. I really didn’t look at it until Friday. When I called, they offered to cancel it for $1100.00 (non refundable fee). It is Travelocity’s policy to be unable to make changes even if the airline and hotel allow it. I have nothing that says the trip I booked was for 7 nights. All I have is the itinerary they sent me. I know I booked for 7 nights because I read over the confirmation page to my husband over the phone and it said from Tuesday, July 21 to Tuesday, July 28. Plus, I had a problem with my payment info going through, so I rechecked it 3 times. Still they would not fix it.
One supervisor, however nice she was, said she could not do anything about the airline portion. The next supervisor could do something about the airline portion but charged me for more nights of the hotel. He also could not guarantee me a seat on the Tuesday flight back home, which he thought was acceptable for me to get stuck in Mexico, but I didn’t. He could get me a flight on Wednesday if he could get AirTran to agree to reissue at no charge, even though the flight was cheaper on Tuesday (no refund either). Next, he said I would have to pay for the 3 nights for the hotel at $377.00. But I had already paid for 2 of those nights in the 7-night package I originally booked. After about 6 hours on the phone, I was totally exhausted and ill. I gave up and agreed to pay the $377.00 for 3 nights at the hotel. After he got AirTran to agree to the change, which he had said he doubted they would do, he said he had made a mistake and the hotel was actually $565.00. He had already changed my flight, so I didn’t feel I had much choice but to pay the $565.00.
The end result is that I paid $2,398.80 for a trip that should have cost me (and still is available today for) $1865.24. The eight-day package, today, would cost $1898.72 - approximately $500.00 difference than I originally agreed to pay for the 7-day trip I know I booked. I am so sick over the whole thing. I feel like I have been ripped off big time and spent about 12 hours trying to get it straight. All of that happened last night and today I am still very unhappy about it all. My credit card company advised me to cancel the trip and dispute the charges. I would readily file a dispute if I had anything that showed I had booked the 7-day trip in the first place, but all I have is the itinerary they sent to me. I went to the AirTran website today printed my same original trip, but it is not the exact amount I was originally charged either even though it was close. I am still considering disputing the charges and taking my chances that it will work out. I’m not sure what I should do or what I can do. I have also written letters to corporate headquarters in hopes that someone will believe me and do the right thing.
Reviewed June 23, 2009
We booked our 10 year wedding anniversary with Travelocity. We booked a 9-night-cruise, they asked us our residency, I clicked on the Hartford/Springfield, BDL because that is the the closest to us, 45 minutes away, the next would of been Boston, BOS which is 2.5 hours away. Then we booked 9 days before our trip. Now, they are telling us we need to pay an additional $610.00 because we do not have residency? We when I clicked on the one that said Springfield! I'm a little lost here! There isn't a Springfield, CT, so wouldn't the Hartford/Springfield mean us?
Now, if I cancel, they say we would lose $800 and if we keep it we would owe $610. I can't afford to lose $800 and if I pay the $610 then I have no money for the parking fee of $115. The tip money, any port money and the gas money it will take to get to Maryland!
Travelocity doesn't know why their site has the Springfield option, just kept telling me 'well it shouldn't be there!' But I say 'well too bad it was and is there!'I am in a losing battle and now my 10-year anniversary is going to be lost! I have no clue what to do, neither Travelocity nor Royal Caribbean will help me in the matter, Royal Caribbean says they can't change anything without Travelocity saying it's okay and Travelocity is saying Royal Caribbean has the final say.
It's my 10-year anniversary! That's big! We have never taken a trip like this before, it means a lot to us! If we lose the $800 we can't go anywhere or do anything and if we give the extra $610 we wont be able to afford gas, spending, tip, or parking fees.
Reviewed June 23, 2009
I booked a reservation in February. I received a checklist letter with my itinerary on it from Travelocity on April 23, 2009. When I arrived for my flight on May 2, there was no plane and there was no one behind the counter. It took 25 minutes to get the first representative on the phone. I started to explain my situation and he hung up on me. Over the next 2 hours, I talked with Delta and Travelocity. No one wanted to take responsibility and told me I could get on the flight the next day, even though Alaska Air had a flight available right then.
Finally, a Delta representative switched my tickets, they were holding the plane. I was told by Delta that my reservation had changed 1 month after making it and that I should had been notified by Travelocity. I was told that day by Travelocity and Delta that my return flight was the same. It's wasn't. The situation could have been so different. It would have been nice for Travelocity to have tried to help and take care of their customers. They didn't. I was on the phone the night before returning for 2 1/2 hours trying to get home and not have a 10 hour lay over in Salt Lake. Instead of getting home at 11:27 am that day, I missed my boy's baseball games and got home at 9:30 p.m.
I almost missed my mom's 60th birthday, and was physically exhausted from all the emotions of it. On the trip back I had to make different arrangements to the airport. It was not a good way to start or end my vacation.
Reviewed June 22, 2009
We scheduled a trip though Travelocity which included airfare, hotel and two tickets to either a Cirque Du Soleil show or to the Lion King. When we scheduled it, the website told us to click on a square to get the tickets reserved. When clicking on that square, it asked for a credit card number. We clicked out of the square. When we got confirmation of our reservations, the reservations confirmed the fact that we were entitled to two tickets to the show.
When we got to Las Vegas, the hotel said it had to be handled through Travelocity. We called Travelocity and they said it was not for the correct dates. They told us to talk to the hotel. The hotel then gave us a number for Travelocity show tickets. They told us to call Travelocity. Travelocity told us they would check and call us back. They called us back and said to call another number. The other number told us to call. Well, you get the idea.
We do have names of all the people we talked to. We also were told (finally) to show up at one of the shows (Mystere) to pick up our tickets. When we arrived, they had no idea that we were there to pick up our tickets and told us to call Travelocity. It just got worse and worse. We never did get our tickets. We feel that they did a "bait and switch" routine on us.
We heard from several of the places we were told to call (the hotels for tickets) that Travelocity had done this a lot recently and that a lot of people had the same experience that we did. We spent many hours on the phone and on hold waiting for Travelocity to help us. We did get one call back from them, telling us to call them back. We called back and had the same problem all over again.
We spent half day of our vacation on this waste of time and never did see the show. We also were going to make our own hotel reservations, which would have been less, but thought it would be great to spend somewhat more to have a production included in the trip. I believe that they should refund 30% of our trip, and we certainly deserve the biggest apology possible. Or, they could pay our hourly work rate for five hours instead! I just feel terrible that they do things like this and then, when you have a problem, put you on hold (after telling you to contact some poor person in India trying to make a living) and then come back and say they can't help you.
Reviewed June 18, 2009
On or about February 27th 2009, I made a reservation on the Travelocity internet site. Sheena made the reservation and gave me the number. So on June 17th, I called the 1-888 number to reconfirm my reservation for arrival on June 22nd at London Ontario Airport. Richard also confirmed my reservation number again because I needed some info. I again called your 1-888 number and talked to Robin, asking what time my plane will arrive in London Ontario Airport. She said that positively, that there was no Enterprise Kiosk at the London Ontario Airport, that she wasn't lying to me. After 4 to 5 minutes on the terminal, she reassured me that no Enterprise car rental there.
So I called my Richmond, BC location and they gave me the London Ontario number at the airport. So I called 1-888 number and Mark gave me a run through of my reservation and again, I was confirmed at arriving in Ontario, California. What? At what part of my three person conversation did anyone say Ontario, California? No, no, no. Another attempt for the correct info and the nicest lady gave me a new reservation number for Travelocity and gave me for Enterprise car rental. Then when I was still so very angry about the 4 hour mix-up she gave me a $50.00 Hotel Travelocity coupon to be use on the next vacation. I was grateful for her offer but, I was really looking for some compensation at the time of my arrival at the London Ontario Airport on Monday, June 22nd. After Mark was supposed to get a supervisor to call me back, that never happened. It was approximately 3 hours later that I called back again and got the above lady. I am waiting to see what kind of consumer service I'll receive when I arrive on June 22 at your Kiosk.
Reviewed June 13, 2009
We booked a hotel reservation in Amman, Jordan on Travelocity and were guaranteed everything was in order. We got there and the front desk manager said that Travelocity had not paid and that we would have to give a credit card number or we would not be staying there that night. I called up Travelocity two times when I got back home. Both times, they said that they were not able to contact the hotel and that I should try back later. I emailed them my problems and they first replied back about a completely different problem. Then, finally, another week later they said that I would have to contact the hotel myself and straighten it out. I've been calling the hotel every other day and keep being told that they solved the problem, but no money has ever been returned. This has resulted to phone bills calling Jordan from Turkey that should well exceed $100, not to mention the 20 hours I've spent on the line on hold and then explaining and re-explaining the problem.
Reviewed June 12, 2009
You gave me incorrect confirmation code on my email confirmation. Your representative said go to mail desk which does not open until 5 minutes before flight time (not enough to go through security) and their best answer afterwards was call someone else. I only got my ticketing because I spent an hour on the phone with an agent who was willing to take the time to search records and find the flight.
Reviewed June 11, 2009
I booked a hotel reservation with Travelocity. I paid a sum of $251 from June 7 to 10. I was appalled that the hotel's rate was $55.99 a night, which is cheaper than booking with Travelocity, for a total of $167 which would have saved me $84.
When I returned to my home state, I called Travelocity to complain about the higher rate I was given. I felt I was scammed because I was not given the cheaper rate. Although I was given a manager to speak to, I was told nothing could be done. I decided to do something on my own. I will never book with Travelocity again. The service is horrible.
During the reservation process, I was put on hold numerous times and waited approximately 2 to 5 minutes each time. I would like to warn everyone to check with the the local hotel you will be staying before booking with any online site. “You may save more money booking directly with the hotel,” this is an exact quote from the hotel.
Reviewed June 10, 2009
Today, I have cancelled my flight/hotel package with Travelocity dated August 16-August 22 after speaking with Patricia (PNQ) because I needed to make changes to the dates of my reservation. It was my error to book the vacation the wrong week, the total price was $688. Instead of August 16 through 22, my reservation is suppose to be for July 19 through July 25, 2009. I called in to get assistance with this correction and spent a little over an hour on the phone trying to get this accomplished. Astonished at the change fees, the first representative confirmed that it would cost me over $500 to change the dates. Just to change the dates. I quickly became irate and asked for a supervisor. After holding for 20 minutes, my options were to pay over $500 to change the dates keeping the same hotel or to cancel completely and go back to the website and re-book with the correct dates. However, cancelling everything would not be that much of a difference either. I will only be getting a refund of $455.65.
After advising Patricia that I understand there is somewhat of a penalty involved due to my error, paying $233 to go right back on to your website and re-book the exact same trip plus the difference because your rates now increased seems just ridiculous. I am not expecting a free change at all but I am expecting courtesy and understanding due to this simple mistake. My initial package was $688 but the exact same package now will cost me $897, and in addition to that, I have to pay $233 to change this? I have to pay for the $233 airline cancellation fee plus the difference in the new pricing? This makes no sense! I expect to pay a penalty but not the entire portion of the flights that I will be re-booking for earlier dates. Not to mention that after the cancellation took place, Patricia advises me that it will take up to 30 days for a refund. I was livid at that moment. I had just spent over an hour arguing about going back onto website to re-book and now I can't even do that until my credit posts on my statement. I cannot have open credit over a certain limit on that card.
Everything has just been such an inconvenience. I cannot believe that I have to experience this just due to a simple mistake of choosing the wrong week on their calendar icon! I am requesting to have Patricia's manager, Frances or Francis contact me. I would like to get in touch with a corporate officer in Texas office immediately. There is no excuse for treating a client this way. Travelocity would rather charge $233 than have a client happily re-book a vacation for $897. I have contacted Continental Airlines and British Airlines personally. They have informed me that they cannot refund me this $233 fee because this is not their fee. They cannot reimburse me even if I re-booked the flights with them directly and only re-booked the hotel portion with Travelocity. They would not discuss the $233 fee with me and referred me back to Travelocity. Both airlines did the gave the same response. The best they could do was offer reduced pricing for the flights. They informed me that this is a Travelocity charge and Patricia did not explain this to me.
Reviewed June 10, 2009
I realized Travelocity will either never see this or just will not care. Here is my story: I purchased a trip on Travelocity over a month in advance to the Florida Keys for my son and me--flight, hotel, car rental, travel insurance, the whole ball of wax. After reviewing my itinerary, I realized my return flight was at 5:30 am out of Miami. This would require me to get up at about 2:00 am to make my flight.
I called Travelocity "customer service" to ask if I could change my flight, realizing I would be charged for the difference in the price of the tickets. I was told It would be $380.00 to change my reservation. I asked to speak to a supervisor, and they put me on hold for 20 minutes and put on Vincent, a man who I could not understand. After I complained for about a half hour, he hung up on me.
So I calmed down and called back a few days later. I was told it would be $420.00 to change my reservation and $1000.00 difference in ticket price. Why would I have to pay $420.00 extra for a flight that is apparently not booked and is a month away? I paid as to not to screw up my entire vacations. I will never use them again. I leave for Florida on July 15. Wish me luck.
Reviewed June 8, 2009
I had a flight booked from Killeen, TX to Greenville, SC on June 1. I found out on May 25 that my son had been injured in Iraq. I tried to change my flight, so that I could stay an extra day and help him with some of his personal affairs. I did not know that I could not change my flight online, so I accidentally booked another flight.
On May 29 I was notified by a case worker from Brook Army Medical Center that because of my son's injuries, my son would required someone to stay with him to help him for at least 10 days to 2 weeks. I have cancelled both flights, but have been notified that to get my refund/credit back for the flights, there would be a $180.00 reprocessing fee for each flight. I cannot believe that Travelocity cannot make some kind of exception for the mother of one or our country's service men, and refund the accidentally booked flight, and waive or lower the reissuing fee for the other flight.
I will never use Travelocity again, and I will not recommend it to anyone. This has caused me not only mental anguish at a very emotional time in my life, but it will cost me $360.00 in reissuing fees, and the cost of each flight $207 and $235.
Reviewed June 8, 2009
I bought 3 one-way tickets in July 2008 for travel between Providence, RI and Honolulu between Honolulu and New Orleans and from New Orleans and Providence. The first two flights were on Continental and the third flight was for United. The United flight was never ticketed and paid for though my entire amount ($1,141.40) was transferred to Continental according to my credit card statement. United allowed my bags to be checked and had seats for me, but refused to issue me an e-ticket at the New Orleans airport.
Travelocity's customer service is outsourced to India (I think.) I spent two hours on the phone with them from the airport and finally gave up. I have sent them endless emails and digital and hard copy files all related to my situation. They keep telling me that they are seeking reimbursement, but won't even answer my simple question--from which airline? Continental got the money and did not follow through correctly. United says they were never paid for the ticket. Frankly, Travelocity is ** me around until I give up and go away. I will never use them again. I had to stay overnight at the airport, I had to buy a one-way ticket home on Southwest which cost me about $233 and I have not been reimbursed for the United leg which I paid for but was not allowed to use.
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I booked a flight and never received email confirmation, so I called back to find out why. Travelocity said the reservation did not go through and I needed to book a new reservation. I did that after I specifically said I want them to make sure the first reservation did not go through. They assured me it did not. I booked another flight. Now, I have two tickets on the same flight charged to my credit card. I have been on the phone with them for well over an hour and now they are saying I can't cancel the first one and I need to call back the next day to talk to a different agent and start all over again. Very frustrating!
Reviewed April 17, 2009
I made a mistake ordering tickets online with my credit card. I didn't complete the order because the date couldn't be changed and it was the wrong date, but my card was charged anyway. When I called, the agent told me they wouldn't do anything about it. We aren't even going to be in San Diego in April. I just made the booking last night. It's going to cost me $300.00. Poor business.
Reviewed April 15, 2009
I purchased a package deal to Vegas for March and paid it in full in January. I bought trip insurance as well. Wife had to delay her departure by one day. I called and ask to book her for the next day; they won't do it. After arguing and getting very frustrated with the man who could not speak English very well, I decided to book flight myself. I informed the Travelocity agent that she would be missing flight to Vegas but that we absolutely needed to keep her return flight exactly the same. He told us no problem and we didn't have to do anything. He would notate that she would be keeping her original return flight and that we had to do nothing further. It was all taken care of! I had to purchase another ticket on different airline at our own expense. So much for helping us every step of the way!
Anyway, the big ordeal was when we arrived at McCarran Airport for our return flight home. Wife was not in the computer and her ticket had been cancelled! Over an hour on cell with Travelocity (paying ridiculous roaming charges!) to no avail. They said that the agent gave us misinformation and that it was up to us to have contacted American Airlines and re-booked her return flight. They claimed there was nothing they could or would do despite the fact that their agent mishandled the situation.
(We were also dealing with more people who did not speak English very well!) They would not refund husband's ticket and give us new ones. Nothing! We tried to get American Airlines to rebook wife on husband's ticket so she could go to work next day. They wouldn't do it. Long story short, we had to purchase two new tickets on AmAir for the next day. (Nothing available for that day on any airline!) We also had taxi expense to a new hotel which we paid for, more meal expenses and taxi again the next day. American also shut down our flight the next day and only got us as far as Dallas! Missed yet another day of work! At least, they gave us vouchers for hotel, dinner and breakfast and provided shuttle to and from hotel. Travelocity did nothing and is still doing nothing! Yet, they had the audacity to send us a trip survey. Of course, we skewered them and their non-English speaking staff.
Reviewed April 13, 2009
On April 11th, I booked a flight from Sydney to London for the 13th of April. 3 hours before flying, I checked my emails. My reservation was cancelled due to non-verification. I assumed it was because of problems with my bank (in the UK) and the use of credit card internationally; I live in Sydney at the moment. I rang Malaysia Airlines. They still had my 'seat' under my name and said that they would keep it for one hour for me to arrange payment with the supplier (Travelocity).
One hour later on a mobile phone call from Sydney to US (or was it Bangladesh?), it transpired that they could not reverse my reservation. I could not pay them for my ticket. The only way was to order again online (which after me going red in the face, I explained that the online booking wouldn't recognize that there was a seat available for me). I also find out that they have debited my account of 1,200 GBP! They said it would take 30 days for them to return the monies. I am 1,200GBP down for 30 days (I await to see). I missed my mother's funeral. I spent an hour on a phone call from Sydney to the US on my mobile talking to people and supervisors that had no clue, and I was listening to jingly adverts on how great Travelocity was!
Reviewed April 9, 2009
On April 8, 2009, I attempted to book a fight and hotel. After picking my flight and hotel, I entered my credit card; and after they processed it, they informed me that the trip I had booked was sold out and I had to pick another. All other trip packages were much more expensive, so I did not want to. I called their so-called Customer Service (I think in India), and told them that I did not want any other trip. They said my card was not processed and to just close the window.
My card was charged for the trip that I never got. I have made multiple calls to the Call Center and so far, after many hours of being on hold, I haven't talked to one person who is able to help me get the charges removed from my card. I have e-mailed Travelocity and I keep getting the same auto response, saying for me to call the customer service number that I have dialed over and over. I am out $700.00 and have contacted my local news consumer watchdog to help me go over the heads of Travelocity's customer service.
Reviewed April 9, 2009
I booked a ticket in Nov. '08 for a trip on April 13, 2009. I was going to accompany my 9-year old daughter home after her Easter visit. Four days before the flight, I called to confirm the flight (since I have had airlines move my flights around, sometimes scheduling me to depart on my return trip before I arrive at my destination!). American Airlines had no reservation for me even though I had a confirmation from Travelocity dated 11-14-08.
Reviewed April 2, 2009
I booked a flight Chicago to Italy for my niece through Travelocity for Friday, December 19, 2008. I also bought insurance through Travelocity for this trip. The airline to be use was USAIR. On the day of the trip, there was a snowstorm in Chicago and they canceled all flights. Getting through USAIR or Travelocity that day was impossible. On Friday evening, USAIR sent me an email telling me that the trip was rescheduled for Monday, which was not good for my niece anymore. I tried to get a refund from Travelocity and they just said the airline could not do it. I asked them about the insurance and they told me I had to call the insurance company myself.
I called the insurance and they argued first that in order to get a reimbursement, the airport had to be closed for 48 hours. Then they argued that since the trip never started, they could not pay a refund. Where can we go to make this kind of outfit reimburse your money? I understand that this was an act of nature, but it is not my fault either. Now I can only change the ticket for $270 and with the same airline. From my point of view, the insurance with Travelocity is a scam.
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While on vacation in Wyoming with two other family members (with tickets purchased from Travelocity) my husband suffered a major heart attack. We had to reschedule our flight back to Ohio. We did this the day before we were scheduled to fly. The other family members we were traveling with were to leave as planned. When the other family members got to the airport, they were told that their tickets were changed and that my husband and I were suppose to fly. WE got the tickets switched back and they were able to leave as scheduled.
WE spent over an hour and a half with Travelocity on the phone getting this fixed. When we did get our credit card bill were were charged an additional $1378.00 plus $300 for changing our tickets. We called Travelocity again and told them that we were disputing the charges on the credit card. This was the beginning in September and so far they have only agreed to refund us $400.00. I am contacting any televison station that will listen and filing a small claims action against Travelocity.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2008
My mom and I were buying 2 tickets to go to Ecuador. My friend and I for his vacations in August 2008. We buy the tickets and when the confirmation was complete the tickets were dated to fly on March of 2009 we call the Airlines, they said that the tickets were purchase with that date that was not true. Then they told me that I need to contact Travelocity in order for them to help me to fix the technical errors that their system cause, they couldn't help either. Travelocity is ripping off a lot of people from the other complaints that are similar to mine. The consequences that this technical error cause, was staying home for the only vacation of the year. Travelocity is trying to charge fees anyhow. And I had family business to take care during my vacations.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2008
We purchased flights from Madrid to London to DC for December 07 for our daughter to join us for a Christmas family reunion. When she arrived at Madrid airport, she was told she was not on the flight. We had to pay $1400.00 to get her from Madrid to London. Once at London, they seemed to have a record and she went to DC. We paid an extra $1400.00 due to Travelocity or the airlines with whom they worked. We have been working with Travelocity since Jan 08 and have received no compensation and have been referred to a different person each time (no one on their staff takes case management responsibility for our claim). After 10 months, we keep getting the same runaround. I'm pissed.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2008
We booked airfare from Sacramento, CA to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for the dates of 10/11/08 - 10/18/08, through Tavelocity. I have been a member there for a couple of years, and have used their assistance in the past, successfully. Their website saves all data accrued, in placing a paid and confirmed trip with their service. During the past few months, when logging on to their site, I would receive a "Sorry, we cannot show the folder for unknown reasons" dialog box, when trying to access the information stored in a your trips folder.
I spoke with a gentleman name Jack on the phone on 10/ 05/08 concerning this issue and he suggested I contact their customer service through email and request they update my membership, as this might alleviate the log in problem. I have yet to receive a reply to that email. As a result of failing to access my planned trips folder, I was unaware the round trip flights had been canceled, with 4 days left until we depart. I made a call to Travelocity on 10/07/08 to confirm the flights and departure dates and times. While talking with their representative, Kay, she told me the flights had been cancelled. She was nice and tried to re-book a alternate flight but was unable to do so.
I asked to speak with a supervisor and she transferred me to Vincent. He has a strong accent and is difficult to understand. He said Travelocity had sent me an email on 09/01/08 alerting me of the flight cancellations. I told him I had not received an email and he argued that I did receive it. He further insisted there was nothing he could do to help me, except to refund my money. I told him to do so and that I would never use their service again. He offered me a $100.00 discount on a trip they would provide for me. I declined and asked for the refund. He was futile in his efforts to save our relationship and frankly made little effort to do so. Once my monies are confirmed as returned, I will dissolve my relationship with Travelocity.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2008
I booked a vacation to Aruba and booked 2 excursions at the same time. While in Aruba, I received a phone message in my room that one of the excursions was cancelled due to only having 3 people booked (we were 2 of them!). I was told to see the concierge the next day. I went as instructed. The concierge spent quite a bit of time on the phone and told me everything was all set for as refund, but to contact Travelocity when I got home to confirm. When I got home, I did call Travelocity and they told me I should see a refund on my credit card within 2 billing cycles.
I never saw it, so I called them back only to learn that in their memo they had said I was just asking the refund amount. The person I talked to, Angel, said I would have to go to a different website or call the vendor in Aruba myself!! I said I wasn't going to do that and asked to speak to the supervisor. After a lengthy time on hold, a supervisor came on and said basically the same thing. After going back and forth, he said he would call the vendor in Aruba and call me back. He never did! I then followed up with an email to Travelocity again in which I received a confirmation that they received my email, but never got a response. I can't seem to get my money back despite following all instructions that I've been given.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2008
I mada a reservation on Friday for a flight from SAT to HNL for 1/5/2009. I have the ID# if you need it. Yesterday, Monday I get an email telling me I could save over $200.00 on that flight. I spoke with representative, who nicely explained there was noyhing I could do to save my money. Being 75 and living by myself on SS, I am upset. Why was I sent the email at all. Why not let me think [the] company had given me a decent fare?
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2008
due to a medical emergency and Dr's appointment we had to re-book our flight from Boston to Tampa at a later time same day ... we were charged 200.00 looking to be re-embrused for the amount of 200.00 I will also send a fax with Dr's note to..I tried several times for 2 days to get through by phone but due to high volume of calls because of the hurricane my wait time was over 2 and 3 hours when I finally reached someone they told me they couldnt do anything for me
I had to contact Jet Blue myself when I did the operater at Jet Blue told me that person was wrong I had to go through Travelocity to make the change because we had purchased a package and if no-one would help me to ask for a superviser finally after several attempts I reached a very helpful young man who did everything for me right down to going on line with me to get the new flight number etc...It truely was a nightmare BUT WITH HIS HELP THIS MORNING WENT SMOOTHLY ....Thanks
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2008
I returend to Travelcity website multiple times to see if this Labor Day Weekend reservation was confirmed and it was never confirmed...to this day! So I called Spyglass Inn directly and made a reservation. Then I called Spyglass Inn and cancelled one day of the two day reservation I made directly with the hotel. I called Travelocity and told them I made the reservation directly with Spyglass Inn and do not process my request for a room. I was assured the reservation was not confirmed and I would not be charged. They could not give me a cancellation number because the confirmation never took place and it still has not! BUT, I was billed by Travelocity for the reservation.
And to top that off I was also billed by the hotel for two nights! Apparently Travelocity's reservation did take place AFTER I called the Spyglass Inn to cancel on night of the two night stay. So now I am charged for three nights when I stayed only one! And travelocity refers me to you site for resolution. I want both charges removed from by Mastercard account, one from Travelocity and one from Spyglass Inn.
I stayed one night at Spyglass for $207.90 and am being charged for three nights $204.29 by Travelocity and $207.90 plus $207.90 by Spyglass Inn.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2008
i bought a flight plus cancelation insurance so my dad got i'll and passed on and the rep was very rude and would not refund me my money when i called to cancel my trip and they said no even though i bought the cancelation insurance
i did not go on my trip to new orlean and everyone got evacuated due to hurricane and i lost all my money
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2008
I recently purchased a vacation package for my husband and myself to Jamaica. I also purchased the travel protection insurance. As the time for our trip approached Hurricane Gustav was crossing Jamaica. I called Travelocity to try and reschedule our trip. I was put on hold and passed around for 2 hours then I spoke with someone by the name of Ian. For every date that I tried to reschedule I was told that there would not be any flights that day on Air Jamaica to Jamaica.
I finally became frustrated and asked him what my options were. I could travel most anytime but, I did not want to travel during a hurricane. He told me that I could cancel the trip and there would not be any charge to cancel. He then attempted to cancel and stated that he couldn't cancel because he could not reach the hotel (that is because there was a hurricane). He told me to call back the next day because he could not help me. I called Travelocity the next morning and again I was placed on hold and passed from person to person for 1.5 hours. Finally I talked to someone by the name of Amber. She could not reschedule our trip either. I became so frustrated that I told her to cancel our trip.
It cost me $1200.00 to cancel the trip. I received a refund of approximately $500.00. I then contacted the travel insurance company through Travelocity customer service and was told that the insurance only covered a hurricane if it was at my home not to where I was traveling to! The ad for the insurance is very misleading. I thought that I was being protected. According to the insurance I should have traveled to Jamaica and risked my life and then I would have been covered if we would have had to evacuate. This is all just insane to me.
This was the first time I had used Travelocity and it will be the last. I have sent them e-mails and they have responded telling me how sorry they are but, that is all. I am still only being refunded the $500.00. I hope someone else reads this before they book a trip with them and are very wary.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2008
We made a two-night reservation at the Ramada Inn in Bangor, Maine. Although we were given a room, it was not anything close to what we had requested, and it was dirty. My wife had to actually call to have the sheets changed because they smelled so bad.
We left early the next day, and cancelled the reservation, thinking we would be able to get a refund for the unused day. However, Travelocity had a policy not to give refunds on pre-paid stays. I certainly would never use Travelocity in any future transactions, and feel lucky that they only got $100 for services that they did not provide.
We lost a night sleep, and about $100 but learned a valuable lesson--check the refund policies first, and if they are anything like what Travelocity offers, go elsewhere.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2008
I booked a room through Travelocity and they charged my credit card $53.00 more than the room actually cost. I am disputing this price and I feel that Travelocity is misleading and over charging the public for the courtesy of booking reservations online. So buyers beware when you book online with this company.
I was overcharged and mislead by Travelocity and I don't feel they are doing business ethically.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2008
July 9th I booked 3 connecting flights, 2 adults 2 way tickets. I recieved an email confirmation stating that my paper tickets were being mailed by FedEx. They came within 5 days. August 8th I recieved an email that my flight connection at LAX had changed and to call the number provided. I called the number and was told by the person on the phone that I had to mail my paper tickets back to San Antonio in order to get them corrected and I had to use FedEX. I did this at an extra cost of $16.18 and I included a cover letter explaining everything and to please correct it and get the tickets back to me asap.
Three weeks went by with no word, so I called the number again. This time, the person on the phone told me that they would correct it and I would get a call within 24-48 hours. 4 days later, with no word I called again, and this time the new person on the phone said he had no idea why they told me to send my paper tickets back to San Antonio and after being on the phone with him for an extended period, he finally told me that he was mailing my tickets back to me as is and I would have to take them to the airport and get the airline to fix my connections.
What about their Customer Care Guarantee ? Its a load of crap! I also paid an extra amount for Trip Protection which is meaningless. At this point in time, it is 51 days from the time I originally purchased these tickets and my credit card was charged for the full amount and I still have no tickets and no fight conections fixed! I can't beilieve no one has sued them for false advertising!
I have spent money mailing tickets by FedEx that didn't have to be mailed, I have spent a total of 51 days trying to resolve this problem, including hours and hours on the phone which costs me money in my time away from work. The extra money I spent for trip protection is just lost and I can't recoup, and the pure aggravation is causing my blood pressure to soar. Also I am going to have to go to the airport, spend extra gas and time lost to fix what they promise to take care of.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2008
I booked a trip to Atlanta and cancelled on Sept. 2007 and received a MCO (Miscellaneous Charges Order) letter. The letter informs me to call the Travelocity agent to exchange this MCO towards my next trip. I made lots of calls and no agent understood what is MCO for. I finally had one guy told me to send this MCO to headquarter to have them update this MCO into my cancelled trip ID.
I then sent email to Travelocity care center, and it seems like no one checks and replies to my message. Last year, it took me forever to call to cancel. This year, it is even worst. Travelocity agents did not understand how to solve this problem. One female agent put me on hold for almost 30 mins. Some agents (named: Justin, Kary, Neile and more from out of US) transferred my call to other departments back and forth until I could not be patient to hand up. They also pointed finger to the Airline. I booked at Travelocity not with the airline, come on. Will I book with Travelocity again? No way. There are other air line ticket online with better service.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2008
I booked tickets for our trip from Houston Texas to Montego Bay Jamaica on July 17th, 2008. We were to depart from Houston Hobby airport at 5:55 am on August 1st, 2008. We were at the wrong airport in Houston at the time we were to check in for the flight and did not make it to the correct airport in time and therefore missed our flight to Atlanta and then to Montego Bay. The Delta airlines personnel at Houston Hobby attempted to help us but were unable as the next flights to Atlanta were full and Delta no longer allows standby's on their flights.
We then contacted Travelocity to help us rebook our flight since that is where we booked the flights in the first place. After being on hold for nearly 30 minutes we finally spoke to a live person. The customer service rep informed us that the best plan of action would be to cancel our existing flight reservations and use the credit we would be issued to rebook our flights and that the credit would be good for up to one year. We agreed and he canceled our existing reservations. We then asked him to look for any flights that we could rebook as soon as possible (still hoping to travel that day) at either of the Houston airports and any of the airlines.
He then told us that we would have to go to the computer and look for a flight that we wanted to take and call Travelocity back because he did not have time to look for another flight for us. I informed him that we were at the airport right then and if he were able to book a flight soon we wouldn't have to leave the airport. He again told me he did not have time. So without any other option we went back to the hotel, which was kind enough to let us use their computer even though we had already checked out, and attempted to look for another airline ticket.
Once we got onto the computer we were very upset to find out that there was a 9:00 flight that left from IAH on Continental to Montego Bay, and had the customer service rep we had been speaking to looked we could have gotten on that flight. We then called Travelocity back and after holding again for 30 minutes we finally got to speak with a live person. We asked to rebook our flights on another airline carrier. The customer service rep told us that we did not have a credit from the flights that we canceled because we were a no show, and if there were a credit we would only be able to use it with Delta (which we were not told from the beginning). We explained that the person we had spoken to an hour before confirmed with us that there was a credit issued for the tickets we canceled.
This customer service rep told us that Delta had called back and said no there was no credit for our tickets. This upset us even more, so we went back and forth with your customer service rep about the credit we were expecting. After another 2 hours of being put on hold, told to call Delta, and being given different stories we were finally transferred to a supervisor
by the name of Lisa. At this point we were beyond upset about the amount of time it was taking to get some help with the situation, Lisa finally agreed to acknowledge the credit we were promised and looked for flights to rebook for us.
During the hour or so it took for her to book the flight she finally found a flight that we agreed on and quoted us an additional fee of $1,007 to book new tickets that would be flying out of Houston Hobby that night, we agreed and expected to receive a confirmation number. 3 minutes later Lisa comes back onto the phone and informs us that the ticket has gone up and is now $1,178 to book. I went through the roof. if she was supposed to be booking the flight right then when she told me the original price why would the price increase 3 minutes later, there should have been absolutely no lag time for the fare to increase if she were actually booking the tickets as she said.
We finally were issued tickets and went to the airport. The flight that we were supposed to take that night got delayed and then canceled so we had to spend another night in Houston, but were put on a flight the next morning to Atlanta. Once we arrived to Atlanta we were told that our tickets were not confirmed by Travelocity and we were bumped from the 10:00 a.m. flight to the 2:20 p.m. flight. After arguing with the ticket agent at Delta we were finally put on the flight to Montego Bay.
Not wanting to waste precious vacation time (since we already lost an entire vacation day, on the phone with the customer service department) I waited until I returned home to deal with the extremely poor customer service and the utter lack of help with our problem. I called the customer service number again today and again I was on hold for half and hour before I got to speak with a live person and once I did I was then transferred to a supervisor which was another 5 minute wait. A 'supervisor' named Thomas informed me that the best way to make a complaint would be to send an e-mail message and he offered me a mere $100 on a future Hotel or Package (not airline) with Travelocity.
I informed him that I would NEVER book another trip, airline or otherwise with Travelocity and would not be needing the $100 offer, because the customer service is so extremely poor that I do not trust if I had another issue I would receive appropriate service. I also informed him that the wait time on the phone was not typical of customer service departments and that I had recently contacted competitors in the same manner and did not have to wait to speak with a person and did not have the same hassle of resolving issues like I did with Travelocity.
I am very disappointed in the way that Travelocity handled this situation, although we did miss our original flight, the customer service that we expected to rebook our flight was non existent. We were not treated as valued customers, we did not feel that the customer service department did everything they could to ensure that we had a pleasant vacation (as the guarantee states). We were not given a timely solution to our concerns and therefore missed an entire day of our trip to Jamaica, and we were charged a considerable amount of money due to the lack of urgency of the customer service staff.
We want 100% compensation of the money that we spent with Travelocity due to the poor customer service, the lack of urgency and the disregard of our situation.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2008
I purchased a round trip ticket for myself and my grandson from boston to Denver. The return flight was canceled by United Airlines. It was the last flight out of Denver, and no reason for cancelation by United, except to try and rebook the ticket the next Day.I contacted Travelocity and they would not give me any additional options, and said to check with United.
I spoke to United and asked about the 11:30 PM flight on Jet blue, I booked a ticket on Jet Blue , but had to pay an additional $900.00 to return. I have been trying to contact Travelocity and get this refuned to no avail. I have called and spoken to people who request I send the documentation via fax,now 3 X. I also cannot understand the accents, and cannot get to a manager or supervisor.
Spent the night in the Denver Airport, until the Jet Blue flight delayed 3 hours left at 2:30 Am. and all this cost me $900.00, for (2) one way tickets. Just about the cost of the round trip trip I purchased from Travelocity.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2008
Booked 1 bedroom Luxury Bath, room for check-in 7/6/08, ck-out 7/9/08. Travelocitys' policy is to charge you for full amount of stay as opposed to (1) nights deposit.
Room was, unfinished baseboards all around, no counterspace for your toletries in bathroom, no door on the bedroom. We were traveling with another family, and there room smelled of urine. The swimming pool was dirty & cloudy and much smaller than showed online. When we complained at front desk, they advised us that they would move us to another room,but at $100.00 moving fee! We LEFT after that!
There wasn't any refund, or can we do anything to make this right? type of professional behavior. We have never used Travelocity before, nor will we ever again.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2008
first of all i booked a room with 2 queen beds then i got a room with 1 king with four of us sleeping in one bed. then i get my bill from my credit card and it is 39.36 higher than what my bill was from the hotel. this needs to be resolved and i have talked to 3 different people and they keep sending me yto someone else.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2008
I booked hotel reservations, requesting 2 beds for the 3 people traveling. I received a confirmation with the correct request. When we arrived at our hotel, they said Travelocity had requested only 1 bed for us indicating only 2 guests. The hotel was booked solid as were all of the surrounding hotels. I called the customer service number and spoke with someone in another country who couldn't understand me and I couldn't understand her. She told me that they were sorry but couldn't really do anything about the situation, and she never took responsibility for Travelocity's mistake.
I asked to speak to her supervisor. After waiting 15 minutes, a supervisor came on the line. I couldn't really understand him either. He said my money would be refunded if the HOTEL AGREED! We were being charged for a room with 1 bed that we couldn't even use. After 30 more minutes of being on hold he came back and said the hotel agreed to refund our money.
When I said I had spend 2 hours on the phone with no satisfactory outcome, and asked what Travelocity would do about it, he said I could have $50 off my next hotel of at least 2 nights booked through Travelocity! Like we would ever book through them again. We had to find our own hotel after 2 hours. The clerk at the new hotel said this kind of thing happens all the time with bookings through Travelocity. BEWARE!
We were exhausted after all of the hassle. I have Parkinson's and really needed to get some rest. We ended up having to pay more for the hotel where we actually could get a room.
Reviewed July 30, 2008
About a month before we planned to travel, my husband and I booked a room for three nights in Andover, Kansas. While booking, we became aware of the cancellation policy which stated that should we cancel our hotel reservations we could be subject to a cancellation fee ranging from $25.00 up to the price of the booking. Since I have booked and sometimes cancelled rooms previously online through other agencies with no problems, I assumed this cancellation penalty would only be applied if less than 24 hours of notice were given prior to cancellation. Boy, was I wrong!
I ended up being unable to go on my previously planned trip and therefore called to cancel my hotel reservations. That is when I was informed that even though I was giving almost 6 days of notice prior to cancellation my refund amount would be $0.00. This meant I was out $280.98. This may seem like a small amount to some but for us, it was equivalent to almost a week's pay!
When we called the Travelocity Customer Service Department, it was immediately obvious from the representative's accent that his job had been outsourced. We waded through the representative's thick accent only to be informed, very unsympathetically, that there was no chance of the cancellation fee being waived or even reduced. We are now at wit's end and trying to accept the fact that we just paid Travelocity close to $300 for nothing. I would feel better if they would at least donate it to charity! If you read this, think twice about making your reservations with Travelocity. Their business practices are, at best, highly questionable.
Reviewed July 21, 2008
I booked a room at the comfort Inn in Muskegon for 2 nights. Was unable at last minite to go, booking was done thru Travelocity. I called to cancel 20, stay was for June 21 and 22, 08 My credit card was charged the full amount of $304.54. Since I was unable to make the trip, I do not feel as if I should have to pay 300$ in cancelation fees. I feel this is unreasonable. This is about the fourth email I have sent with little response. Im a first time user of travelocity.
In these troubled times (high gas prices, grocery prices) it would be very hard for me to pay for something i was unable to enjoy because of a family emergency.
Reviewed July 18, 2008
Purchased 3 tickets on Travelocity to fly from Richmond, VA to Kansas City. Arrived at airport and Travelocity, for reasons NOBODY can seem to explain, cancelled our reservation on that flight and rebooked us from Canada on Air Jamaica! Travelocity customer service told us to purchase new tickets at the counter and we would be reimbursed but will not do so now, without explanation. I have complete documentation of all events, receipts, and time, date and operator of every phone contact.
I am owed $1,767 for airline tickets purchased, cancelled inexplicably, and repurchased. It has been a nightmare.
Reviewed July 9, 2008
However they did have the nerve to thank me for letting "Travelocity serve my travelling needs..." They have no ethics and certainly DO NOT live up to their advertising.... Never again! We were and still are stranded in the Philippines. Money allocated to fly us home is now tied up because Travelocity took payment for a service they haven't provided.
Reviewed July 7, 2008
Travelling accross the country and booked a couple of nights in different cities. Got to Chicago and the hotel that was prepaid is NOT pet friendly. Hasn't been pet friendly for YEARS and wants an additional 250/night for the pet if we decide to stay. Travelocity's response? Every hotel is different and you should call before going Ok... so your site is incorrect, useless, and it behooves me more to just pick up the yellow pages and call all the hotels in the city.
Asked for a supervisor call back and was told it's an incoming only call center. I've worked in a call center before and trust me when i say, there are various phones that can be used to return a call. I will NEVER use travelocity again. And, I will hit every internet blog and begin a letter writing campaign to voice my complaint.
$250 for pet. $30 for two beds, although the room was described as 2 queens.
Reviewed June 30, 2008
I booked a hotel room in Anchorage, Alaska thru Travelocity and was promptly charged $170. Arriving at the hotel (Americas Best Inns on Spenard) at 11:30pm I was advised that the hotel was overbooked, that they had called travelocity and arranged for a room at Al's Alaskan Inn.
Driving across town late at night, I discovered that Al's is a bar that rents out rooms upstairs (mine was painted ENTIRELY silver, cieling walls, everything). I got to listen to head baning music reverbrating thru the floor until 3 am. I was told that this hotel had sent over well over a dozen guests in the last few days.
When I called travelocity after I got home, they said they had no record of being contacted and since I had used the reservation I was out of luck. Even tho the most expensive room at Al's is over $50 cheaper than what I paid travelocity!!
I lost money because the room I was placed in was far cheaper than what I had booked, and I got next to no sleep. So much for the Gnome.
Reviewed June 24, 2008
I am profoundly upset with my experience with Travelocity. I have used this company for years without any issues, until a couple of weeks ago. I have been treated poorly and lied to. My vacation was completely ruined, and then to top it off I had to spend $200 out of my pocket on the day of my departure, which was meant to be spent on the vacation. I was promised by a Travelocity customer service manager that not only would I receive my refund but I would receive it within 2 business days. This was on June 11th, today is June 24th. I called today to find out why it was taking so long. Why? Because he lied to me. If I had not called today I would not have known that my refund status was in stasis as there was pending documentation. Nobody bothered to inform me that there was anything beyond the 2 hours that I had to spend on the phone with the Travelocity agent while they contacted Delta to confirm that yes, in fact, their customer was not only not correctly ticketed but had to pay $50/ticket to even fly that day.
When I get to the Delta ticket counter with my husband and kids in toe after waking up in the middle of the night, I am told by the Delta representative that we are not on the flight. I have my Travelocity itinerary in hand and point to it showing that in fact yes, we are. He explains that the itinerary means nothing; that Travelocity may have updated my itinerary but they failed to ever update the actual ticket with Delta.
Great.
Not only had I lost the seats that I had picked out and we were now spread all over the planes (going to and come from) because of Travelocity error, but now I had just been kicked off of a flight because of a Travelocity error. Not ONCE did I get a phone call or any indication that Travelocity was attempting to resolve any of the myriad of things that went wrong with this trip.I went out of my way to secure seats near each other not once, but three times. And even then, when I went to Delta's website I saw that the seats had NOT been reserved, so I reserved them myself. I went out of my way to contact Travelocity on 3 occasions to be certain that the flights were OK because I kept getting an error online when attempting to view the trip. Each and every time I was told everything was fine. Everything was not fine.
My connecting flight was earlier than my departing flight, my re-ticketed flight was never re-ticketed, I had to pay $200 to re-ticket at the airport, wait 4 hours in the airport, then spend an additional $60 on breakfast in the very costly airport, while spending 2 hours on the phone (most of which on hold while he supposedly spoke to someone at Delta) with a Travelocity representative who spoke bold-faced lies in an effort to pacify me, then spent roughly 12 hours each way either in an airplane or in an airport for a flight that takes less than 5 hours, and now if I hadnt called today to find out the status of my long overdue refund I never would have known that there was even an issue. Why has all of this happened? Because Travelocity doesnt give a damn about their customer, let alone act as their advocate?. If I hear one more vacant I apologize for your inconvenience? from a Travelocity representative, Im going to scream.
Reviewed June 22, 2008
I booked a hotel through Travelocity three weeks before my trip and received the confirmation that everything was booked. Less than 10 days before the trip, I received a call from Travelocity that the hotel was overbooked and they will not honor my reservation. They were extremely unhelpful. I had to make several calls to Travelocity before it was fixed. I must have spent over 5 hours trying to fix this with them.
Time and ended up at a hotel that was not as good as the original.
Reviewed June 20, 2008
I called to make reservatios for a hotel in Pocatelo Id, as soon a i noticed the dollar amount for the rooms had been charged immediatley I canceled the hotel rooms but was charged the full price of the rooms for a cancelation fee. I called Travelocity and was told I would be refunded in 24 hours. I called again today and was told that the person who told me 24 hours was wrong and that in fact it would be 7-14 days before they could refund my account.
My account will be charged insufcient funds charge before I am reimbursed by Travelocity. Please help me.
Reviewed June 16, 2008
I booked a flight flying out of Chicago O'Hare to Gulfport, MS for a cost of $319.00. I was emailed my eticket (American Airlines ticket number) and schedule and at the bottom it showed where my Visa had been charged. This was done on a Tuesday.
Four days later (Saturday Night) I booked another ticket flying out of Indianapolis the next day (Sunday) at 12:30 PM arriving in New Orleans. Once again I received conformation email, eticket and the same Visa was billed again.
It is a 3 hour drive from La Porte, IN to Indianapolis. On top of that, I was flying out the same day as the Indy 500. I left for the airport around 7am. I missed a call while I was pumping gas on the way to the airport around 8am. I could not understand the message because of the Asian influence and no call back number was available on my cell phone. I fly home every month period. No ifs, ands, or buts. I didn't know what to make of the call, so I continued on to the airport.
When I got to the airport I was told that my flight had been cancelled by Sabre (Travelocity). The Travelocity Indian dude said my flight was cancelled because they could not verrify my billing address with my bank. I booked this flight on Saturday night (Memorial Weekend). Please tell me what banks are open at 10pm Sat. night. Can someone please tell me how or why Travelocity can bill your credit card, confirm your flight, and send you your eticket before confirming this first? To make a long story short, Travelocity did nothing. Too bad so sad was all Achmed said.
I had to drive the three hours back to La Porte, IN. stay another night in the hotel and book another flight for the next morning. Priceline handled it nicely, and the ticket was cheaper.
It does not end there. While on the way back to La Porte after finding out my flight had been cancelled, I called Travelocity back about my first flight reservation. They told me that ticket had been cancelled also. Why that one was cancelled I will never know. Travelocity +$600.00 me -$600. My Visa has been reinbursed $282.00 for the second flight. When I ask Travelocity where my refund is for the first flight, they tell me they have refunded me the $7.00 and that they don't owe me. They want me to send a copy of my credit card statement.
Oh yea, About the email they send letting you know about any cancellations. They sent me a email three hours before my plane boarded. It was at least a three hour drive from my hotel to the airport. How in the heck was I supposed to know via email. They also said they tried to call me twice. TWICE! If I was cancelling someone's airline ticket and completely destroying their day, I think I would call them more than two times. Yes, I too have been round and round with their nothing but Indian speaking, I will put you on hold forever customer service department. It only adds fuel to the fire because you can't understand a dang word they say. Nothing that Travelocity has done has made any sense, and I have suffered greatly for it. I don't think they really know what is going on. **** poor way to run a business. Stay away from Travelocity. Please!! Stay Away! You will be much better off walking to your next vacation destination. I will get my $312.00 back. I can promise you that. I will fly to Texas if I have to.
I am still out $312.00. Two round trips from La Porte IN. to Indianapolis Airport for a total cost of $160.00. Extra night in hotel for a total of $75.00. My best friend drove four hours round trip to pick me up from the airport in New Orleans and I was not there. Buying third ticket put huge financial strain on my situation.
Reviewed June 15, 2008
Travelocity charges full reservation costs as a cancellation fee even if you call the hotel and cancel the reservation directly (after cancelling through Travelocity). In these cases, the hotel does not charge Travelocity yet Travelocity charges the consumer hundreds of $$. I would be willing to pay Travelocity a fair cancellation fee for their services but not full hotel costs for no services renedered. Also, after calling Travelocity several times about this, they stated they would refund my charges. 6 weeks later, I received no refund. I called back and they said they would refund in another 2 weeks. Still waiting......
Reviewed June 14, 2008
I am currently in the UK visiting parents, 11pm Thursday evening I received a phone message from an airline saying my 1st connection flight is now cancelled. I tried to call the airline. Office was closed. So, I called Travelocity and I was told no you are wrong your flight is booked. I tried to explain I am not disputing but I have just received a voicemail to say the flight was canceled and can they help, after 40 minutes I was cut off! Surprise! So I attempted to call again and after 40 minutes, a slightly more communicative person with a slightly easier to understand accent!
However, I didnt realize what he was doing until he told me. It was now midnight in the UK and he was calling the airline and they were closed... So I was on hold whilst he was calling numbers I had already called and they were closed!! So, I requested after a lot of coercing, convincing and very condescending conversation I managed to get the customer service person to call the next day, Friday to leave an update on the voicemail as I wasnt going to be available. Upon my return home I had a message that they had an option on a flight, I called at my expense! Initially the flight they offered me was not going to work as I would have to transfer from one airport to another, the transfer would take 1 hours and leave with me 5 minutes to get tickets, check in luggage, and get on board. I am not sure I would make the flight! Plus there would be a considerable taxi fare.
Then I was offered a flight that I would have to travel over 120 miles To another airport, I explained that was not possible. I was then offered leaving a day earlier not acceptable After 1 hour 45 minutes I was now speaking to the supervisor and he was going to research other flights and I requested a call back the next day as it was very late I am unwell and I need to go to bed and finally I am not sure that my parents phone bill needed to be increased due to the poor contractors that Travelocity had engaged. The next day Saturday, currently it is 1.30pm and I havent heard anything from Travelocity. I do not appreciate the way they are handling and if I wasnt aware of the location of the alternative airports they are offering I would have said yes and then been stuck at an airport!
I firmly believe that they should rename their customer service department, I am not sure to what but it is not a service, I felt it was a war of attrition and I would eventually say yes even though it was not what I had paid for nor would it be in my best interest. I would be very very careful about using them again as I have not heard from them and have no current resolution.
currently my parents are going to have some very expensive phone bills. I came here to visit parents and did not want a stressful trip. currently I can not leave the house as I am awaiitng for a contact from travelocity. I am currently now stressed,so is my famaily in the States and am having to reschedule meetings I have arranged for when I return to the States. In addition Ido not know what is happening and what additional costs I am going to incur!
Reviewed June 13, 2008
I made a reservation, on travelocity.com on last minute deals. I tried to cancel it, but I was not able to travel because I could not get off from work. The total cost of the reservation was 849.11. they would not return my money and they want to charge me 700.00 dollars in fees. and only return me 149. 00 dollars. The customer service representative was very rude and told me I could take it to court.
I lost 700.00 Dollars.
800 Dollars is how much I get pay at month I do not want to loose all that money.
Reviewed June 12, 2008
Through AOL Travel on 2/21/2008 I booked a flight from Denver to Tulsa for the departure on 3/16/2008 on United Airlines Flight #6557. I received an email confirmation from AOL Travel Reservation with my flight information and Confirmation Number and Seat. When I arrived at DIA United Airlines refused my ticket information & confirmation number and stated I did not have a reservation. Confirmation came to me from AOL.Travelocity.com on 2/21/2008 @1:18am central Daylight Time.
DIA to Tulsa Flight cost me $64 one-way. I had to buy a higher price ticket on Frontier Airlines flight #3209 for $164 and wait around the airport 4-5 hours due to this error on AOL Travel.
Reviewed June 12, 2008
I had cancelled a flight with U.S. Air which left me with a $300 credit to use in one year. I wanted to use this credit when I booked a flight from Phoenix to Paris. I called travelocity to book the flight and they transferred me to U.S. Air who had nothing to do with the credit. I called back and was transferred again. When I asked to speak to a supervisor they transferred me to someone in sales who said he couldn't help me.
On the fourth call the rep. said she would look into it and asked to place me on hold. I was disconnected. It seems that they don't want to talk to you when redeeming a flight credit, they just disconnest you or transfer you. I spent over an hour and got nowhere. So I just called U.S Air and purchased the ticket without using my credit.
It appears I cannot use my $300 credit.
Reviewed June 10, 2008
I went to Travelocity last minute deals- found and started booking flight. There was no place to check special assistance option. However, I read the Terms and Conditions section and it said that the special assistance must be entered before booking payment complete or no special accomodation need be made. Problem was there was no place to mark special consideration on form.
I called help line and talked to accented voice hard to understand. She said the special assistance was a drop down tab that appeared after entering my name in the customer info section. Nope, no such option after entering name. I called back and talked to accented voice harder to understand, and was told that the special considerations option was a choice in yet another section of the customer information form- after hanging up to reconnect to internet, I found that I was unable to locate it there, either.
I called a third time, still could not understand her name, but was told she did not know what I was talking about, special accomodations, and after repeating and reexplaining 3 times I was told the the option was in a different 3rd location, just below the promotional code box, ...... and nope, ain't there either. (I think they have different customer forms than we do)
I looked for corporate office contact info thru Google, thinking they could solve the problem, and can't find any state-side contact info. The foreign agents were nice but inaccurate. I do not know what or who caused the inaccuracies. I do know that the terms and conditions mandate settlement through Tx. courts, only. At any rate it was a waste of time attempting to get anything settled. All I needed was a shuttle ride from one gate to another, due to amputation, and MS complications. I found that reasonable accomodation was not offered thru online self-serve, nor available thru customer service.
I cannot book a flight insuring reasonable accomodation while using their protocol. I would have to book the flight and then be at their mercy to provide it, after signing the terms statement that says special assistance must be arranged before payment. Special assistance option not on their form, anywhere. I have MS, a leg amputation, neuro-toxicity, toxic encephalitis, chemical sensitivity, and other ailments. I hurt from typing, and very drained. A 30 minute ordeal turned into hours, with pain, fatigue, and frustration.
Reviewed June 9, 2008
I booked a ticket ottawa-Halifax for June 25. When I looked at the confirmation email from the company, it read June 12. I had problems with their website booking the flight, however they insisted I had booked the flight for the 12. which I did not. On calling, the automated system they use was totally useless, finally talked to a person who insisted I had booked on the 12th, not true.
Cost of 100$+ to change ticket
Reviewed June 7, 2008
On two occasions I made reservations w/travelocity, got to the airport to discover that travelocity mysteriously canceled my reservation without telling me. The airline then had to find an alternate route. Previously, my trip was moved - the airline said by travelocity, but travelocity blamed the airline. I have not found travelocity to care at all about customer service.
I had a meeting in San Francisco which I missed because my route changed from a flight to SF - and instead I had to sit in Kennedy for four hours. A previous time I was rerouted even though there were seats on a direct flight - but travelocity would not arrange for me to keep my direct!
Reviewed June 7, 2008
On 6/04/08 I booked a hotel with travelocity at galveston Tx Holiday Inn Resort from 7/14/08 to 7/18/08 for a long planned vacation with my kids. Travelocity billed my debit card 744.96. 06/05/08 we went to galveston for a day trip and found a cheaper hotel that had openings on the dates we needed. 06/06/08 I cancelled the reservation online and was informed that no refund was possiable.
I immediately called customer service and told them that if we could not get a refund than simply reinstate the reservations that had been made. very rude customer service person who I could bearly understand her english told me that it was up to the hotel and they would call and get back with me. She called back and said the hotel manager was on vacation and she could not do anything until 6/10/08. I immediately called the hotel, requested the manager and was connected to the manager tiffany, who was very professional and checked and confirmed our reservation was still avaiable. She said she would honor it but had to confirm with travelocity. She called back and said she contacted travelocity,however they would not give her any information without speaking to me.
I than called customer service and e mail a request to simply let us stay at the holiday resort since this was our savings and had no more money to pay for another room. Mandy at customer service stated that she would contact her agent and see what she could do. Keith T. e mailed us this evening and stated the agent could not reinstate our resevations that the hotel manager said she still had and that were referring us to consumer relations for a review. They advertise dream vacations but ours is now a nightmare. there cancellation policy is very poorly written since it states that penality of 25.00 to the full amount may be charged to us. In less than 48 hrs this comany has destroyed our family vacation for something that is over a month away.
We have no money to go on any kind of a vacation due to travelocity not refunding any amount of the 749.00. or reinstating our original reservations, they lied to us causing undo stress. My children ages 7 and 9 have been crying most of the day along with me. this was something I have been planning for months. It is not the hotel, they tried to help us, travelocity will not either give us a refund of any amount or reinstate our reservations which now prevents any vacation, needless to say the loss of funds for a 48hr mistake.
Reviewed June 3, 2008
I purchased 2 tickets for my elderly parents to fly to CA to attend their grandson's wedding. The day before I went online to confirm their flights. I could get no information on their flight.
It referred me to call. I called and the automated service confirmed the flight but I was not satisfied and called the airline. They informed me that their airline no longer flew out of Little Rock and there were no seats on any other flight. I then call Travelocity and threw a fit...they could do nothing to remedy the situation except to refund me the $656 and start over. The cheapest flight I could find would cost $1500.
I told them we could not afford this and I asked why we had not been notified. They, of course, said they emailed me...but I did not receive any email or phone call.
Reviewed June 3, 2008
Greetings and welcome to my travel nightmare,
I have a problem and it seems no one can either understand or help me fix. I just paid an additional $522.80 for a cruise trip I booked back last September. Let me explain why I'm so upset.
I booked a cruise to Alaska leaving from Vancouver BC on the 15th of June returning the 22nd. I also booked 3 nights at the Four Seasons Hotel one on the way out and two nights on the return. That would make our trip total days from the 14th of June to the 24th. To make sure my husband could get time off I waited to book the airfare because we have friends up in Vancouver and were hoping to spend a couple extra days with them. I was told that would be fine and to call back (well to go to the website and add them) to add my flight reservations at a later date to my cruise package. Um, okay I said but later I had no access, I called over and over but no one could fix the website problem.
Meanwhile I had no Internet access to my cruise reservations on Travelocity.com I called to add my flight and to see why I could not see my reservations. I was told to go to my stuff where I could pull up reservations for my mother's visit here to Dallas but nothing about my cruise. I spent hours working to try to access this. (Not to be confused with my mothers new flight to Dallas this April) I then tried to book a flight to go with my package on the phone because I still had and still do not have access to my cruise package online.
This was an absolute nightmare, I was put on hold, transferred 3 times, I spoke to people in India, Canada and the US. I would be put on hold for up to an hour or more then it would disconnect and I would have to redial and get transferred again and again and after an hour on hold be again disconnected. This took me an entire day till I found someone in I think Canada willing to help me try to access my account so I could add my plane reservations but to no avail.
Finally he or someone at that point said they would add my plane reservations to the package because I couldn't get online to do it myself. I paid by credit card and assumed that I would be good to go. I think they sent me an email confirmation but in my excitement I didn't look at the dates. They booked the tickets through your air department not my cruise package unknown to me and the tickets had us returning on the 22nd not the 24th as our cruise package showed. Again because I cannot access this on My Stuff on your website I had no way to look up the entire package. Had the been looking at the cruise package like they were suppose to the dates wouldn't have matched with the hotel reservations.
All I can say is thank God that I received an email yesterday saying my flight reservations had been changed or I would have never known. I looked at the dates in horror, we would still be on the ship as our plane left for Dallas. I quickly called hoping this was all a big mistake and that someone transposed the dates but I was accused of making the wrong reservations BECAUSE I did not book ONLINE!! I HAVE NO INTERNET access to my trip on your website. So the airline tickets were in the end unknown to me booked through simply Travelocity Air not added to my package where someone would have noticed my package was from the 14th to the 24th with hotel. Had I had access to my account back in September I could have made the necessary changes, saw the dates didn't mesh and realized the plane tickets didn't match my cruise package.
To this day I still do not have access to my account, I spent 3 hours again on the phone today trying to fix this mess, get my plane tickets changed and fix my access to My Stuff but all I got was an additional $522.80 charge for changing my plane ticket from the 22nd to the 24th and lots of grumpy employees and a headache. I already spent over ten thousand dollars on this trip and none of this was my fault. You should be able to fix my web access in seconds. How do I know... My husband is a Microsoft employee and with one click he can post this to over 45 thousand employees! Or fix my access in seconds with access to your main computer. How sad.
Reviewed May 27, 2008
Secondly, at my arrival I found out that I was charge twice, once for comfirmation 056311695 and also for 056311641. I only made one reservation for a Non smoking room. I want this to be taken care ASAP crediting my visa account immediately. I will formally summit a complaint with Comsumers Affairs regarding this situations. I expect a prompt action and response over these matters.
Reviewed May 26, 2008
$351 x 2 = $702 was the original ticket so we paid that. What was extra was: $146 x 2 = $292 $480 x 2 = $960 = $1,252.00 plus five extra hours in the airport and missed the rehersal dinner for the wedding. to get there for the wedding I was in. I do not know if the mistake was caused by a language barrier, or if the employee just made a mistake, but they did nothing to fix this. What do I do?
Reviewed May 22, 2008
Back in February, my husband purchased a $350 ticket on United via travelocity for a friend of his. We are still not sure if it was the computer's error or my husbands, but he inadvertantly purchased the tickets for the wrong dates. We called travelocity, and after about 2 hours on the phone and speaking to numerous reps, we were told that the tickets are non-refundable. After pleading and begging, they finally said that they would allow us to exchange them at a later time for another flight, but we would have to pay $130 plus what ever the difference is for the flight. Not exactly the best resolution, but we decided it was better than nothing so we took it and shelled out the extra money ourselves to buy the tickets for our friend for the correct dates.
3 months later, I'm now seeking a flight to go home to the East Coast to visit my family. My husband and I tried to call travelocity to use the credit that we were told we would have. The customer service rep told us that the ticket we previously purchased has no value since the flight was never cancelled and that we would get nothing. We explained to him that we had called in February. Clearly they must have record of the call!!! If anything they should be able to see who sold us the replacement tickets to know who we spoke to. We were very patient and pleasant with the agent, but the more we pleaded with him, he became extremely rude.
We asked him to connect us with a supervisor. He placed us on hold for a total of 55 minutes (I counted). FInally the line went dead and we were cold transferred over to a representative at US Air, who had nothing to do with this. By that time we had been on the phone for over 2 hours.
I have given up and we have now lost a total of over $350.
Reviewed May 17, 2008
I bought 2 tickets to the Masters in Augusta, GA. I initially purchased on February 26th for travel on April 1st - $440.00; however, we were actually travelling on April 8th. I realized my mistake less than 5 minutes after initial purchase. I called travelocity and they told me I would have a refund within 30 days. I purchased an additional pair of tickets for the correct date.
I have received no refund to date, May 17th, 2008. I have been told repeatedly that 'the check's in the mail' - I will get the refund within 7 days, or 7-14 days, or within 24 hours.
Reviewed May 8, 2008
Cancelled a fare because they wanted $600 to change the booking date (That was more than another ticket). Then tried to redeem my unused ticket to purchase another flight. They put me on hold and in circles for 2 hours. I have been a Travelocity frequent flier for the past few years and service has always been AWEFUL. I will never deal with them again, all over a $120 ticket credit.
Reviewed May 2, 2008
The following Letter is self explanitory it was sent to Travelocity as is and state to the Travel Company our complaint and what result we wanted. Following over a dozen email and one fax corrospandants the outcome so far is below under consequences. We have written again to Travel O city refusing ther offer and stated we will not settle for any thing less than our outlay, however we are very frustrated and stressed out with the whole buisness and in need of closure. Please help, we are prepared to take this as far as necessary as we have lost a lot of money and the stress continues.
"On the 3rd March 2008 I requested on line a DIRECT flight from Montego Bay, Jamaica to London Gatwick for two passengers. I did NOT ask for change of flights or any stop over. Travelocity offered a flight to London from Jamaica which I accepted in trust and good faith the flight as per e-ticket. Travelocity later confirmed this flight by telephone to me.
On arrival at Montego Bay Airport on the 22nd March at 1.30 pm to check in for our flight we were informed that the time for transit in Kingston was illegal and impossible we begged Air Jamaica personnel to contact Virgin in Kingston, she did and was told Virgin would not wait for us. We then contacted Travelocity to see if we could be re-routed. This exercise was longwinded, frustrating and costly as your staff was not listing to us or taking the predicament we were in seriously or see the urgency of the situation.
"In desperation we asked Air Jamaica staff to speak to your personnel on my mobile phone, he was duly informed by Air Jamaica of the impossible travel arrangements made by yourselves which was ILLEGAL and against IATA rules and to which you shouldn't have offered to us, especially as the transfer was from an internal flight to an international flight. Your personnel kept arguing and refused to accept the seriousness of the situation. At this venture our mobile credit ran out after a very lengthy conversation.
"Both we and the Air Jamaica staff then tried to reach Virgin in Kingston again to see if we could change our Kingston to Gatwick leg for Miami to Heathrow (taking a flight from Montego Bay to Miami paid for by us), unfortunately Virgin's telephone line was down. This also made it impossible for us to notify Virgin we could not take up our seats. After more lengthy and frustrating calls to your company without any success the Air Jamaica staff informed us that the only option left to us was to buy a new ticket on the 23rd (as by then the Air Jamaica flight to Miami had closed).
"From 4 pm to 8pm we made several very long calls to Travelocity speaking with different personnel. On two occasions we spoke to a Brian and then a Peter (Agent sign ATY) only to be told that we were late for our flight and had to pay $1,000 each for a new booking on the 23rd March! To say we had been late for our flight was totally incorrect and a false statement (as you can see from what we have stated above and this can be confirmed by several Air Jamaica personnel's at the Airport.) and indicated that Travelocity was trying to shift the blame to us the injury party.
We have had to spend one night in Montego Bay and have had to buy new tickets for Montego Bay to Orlando and Orlando to Gatwick as this was the only option open to us in getting us to our destination because of prior arrangements scheduled for the 23rd March. It is apparent that Travelocity made an error and MUST accept this as a responsible travel agent. You offered us an illegal travel arrangement and we therefore are expecting to be refunded for our expenditure see list below. We look forward to this being amicably resolved urgently and the amount refunded to my Credit card with email confirmation to myself. Expenditure Total = $1635 US
Reviewed April 29, 2008
My mother is 85 and has come to live with us in Michigan. She made reservations to fly to Phoenix then to Ca. in Oct. 2008 to see other daughters. She has been having vision problems which causes her to be unsteady and does not feel she should travel, so we tried to cancel the ticket with Travelocity they told us to call the company that the trip insurance had been paid to to cancel so I did this. Got much run around and received forms to fill out , us and the Dr. This would give her back her insurance money.
Then I Was told to call travelocity to try and get a refund on the ticket , they also want a form to be faxed to them from the Doctor that says she can not fly for one year. This lady is 85 the reservations are for a trip 6 months away , they will not just refund her money. When our elderly are taken like this is not right . Can you please help her.
The cost of the ticket and insurance combined was 250.40. This is not alot I know but with only SSI it is for her...
Reviewed April 23, 2008
I booked a vacation package to Maui that included airfare,hotel,and rent a car.The airlines we were booked on ATA went out of business while we were in Maui it was the the 2nd day we were there,Travelocity never notified me of this I was told by some guy there.
When I tried to contact them as soon as I found out I couldn't get through so I asked at our hotels front desk what I should do they told me to have their concierge help to contact them first thing in the morning so the next morning it took about 30 min. but we got through.We told them we were on the ATA airlines they put us through to a special line just for this,we spoke to Angel she said that we were booked on a flight with United for the return flight home she faxed us the itinerary we were so relieved that Travelocity had taken care of this so we continued on the vacation as planned .
Sunday morning we checked out of our hotel returned the rented car and took a shuttle to the airport when we arrived at the airport we were directed to a specific line for the ATA customers at the counter we were informed it would cost $1434.72 per ticket there was 2 of us this was the first time we were told this we were stuck.
I paid the fare because I had no choice I had to be back to work the next day.Also I was emailed that we were supposed to be reimbursed for the ATA ticket,I was never contacted again by travelocity.Once I returned home I talked to a customer care agent once again she told me I wasn't supposed to be charged for the return flight to fax all the documents showing proof of travel which I did and still have had no response it has been over 2 weeks.I don't know what else to do.
This trip ended up costing me 3 times the amount that was agreed upon at booking,and I was stranded in Maui had I not had the money in the bank to cover this.Travelocity has a motto you'll never roam alone,and I was also on their recording while waiting for a customer care agent they say that everything will be right or they will make it right .Not true...
Reviewed April 6, 2008
I will be charge approximately $1000 for monies that I already paid Travelocity in full in good faith.
Reviewed April 5, 2008
After getting a call from my mother in Germany at 5pm on Thursday that my father had passed away, I immediately booked a flight to Nuernberg, Germany via Travelocity. The flight would take me on Air France to France and then to Germany. Upon checking into the flight well in advance, I was informed that my passport was rejected due to wear and would have to be replaced to allow a biometric reading. The Air France agent told me she could easily book me onto the next flight but I would have to call Travelocity to ensure the ticket was transferred. Thus began a voyage of frantic calling. This less than 16 hours after my father's death wasn't something I was very equipped to do, however given the circumstances I persisted.
The first call was in a waiting loop for over 20 minutes. When I was connected it was almost 2pm (my flight was scheduled to leave at 3:30pm). I was asked the usual questions and the representative confirmed that I was able to reschedule the flight at this point. He transferred me to another person speaking very rudimentary English to the point of my having to re-spell my name and give my phone number close to five times, often having to repeat sentences and rarely having the impression that my conversation partner understood what I was asking, giving generic answers like do not worry on complex procedural topics. Hho called Air France on my behalf, dropped me out of the waiting loop a handful of times to tell me he was still on hold with Air France and then, after asking me to have another few minutes of patience, dropped my call.
Second call lasted close to 30 minutes in a waiting loop (it being close to 3:30 now) after which I was again transferred, put on hold while the representative called Air America, and dropped after 20 minutes in this loop. Third call happened around 3:40 at which time I was told there was nothing they could do for me. Fourth call, briefly thereafter, after calling Air France with re-assurance that for a Bereavement Flight a space was available on the next day's flight at the same time, I was again told nothing could be done except for a re-scheduling to the next day at the tune of $3500 extra. At the same time Travelocity was offering these flights for $712 on its website. When I pointed this out, I was dropped again.
Fifth call was made by my wife. She reached a supervisor who promised her to credit the already paid ticket to a new flight, then reneged and told her that nothing could be done since the call was made after the flight departed. I had called well ahead in advance before departure. Even allowing for the abysmally long (grand total of over two hours) time on hold I made the first two calls before the flight's boarding. I was given assurances by Air France twice that all it took was a Travelocity re-schedule, yet Travelocity gave me the runaround. Out of the money for this flight and out of the money for a funeral and associated costs which I had wired my mother that morning, I was unable to pay the $3000 for a flight the next day, which means I won't be in Germany in time to say my goodbyes to my father, best friend, mentor, and hero.
I am out of $800 for the first flight, extra cost for a new, shorter notice, flight which won't get me to Germany in time for the funeral, will have to purchase extra transportation from Frankfurt since I was unable to get to Nuernberg, and phone/Internet fees while trying to research my options when Travelocity refused to.
Reviewed March 15, 2008
I booked a hotel with Travelocity on 02/02/08 for $170.27. The date of the booking was 03/08/08. My plans changed and I called to cancel on 02/08/08. Travelocity customer service said I was not entitled to a refund. I spoke with a customer service supervisor who said the same thing. The cancellation policy states I would be charged between $25 and the total cost of the booking. I read the cancellation policy before booking the hotel and naturally assumed I would be charged the minimum amount if I canceled early. Customer service said there was nothing they could do because the hotels set policy. I called the hotel and they said they have nothing to do with the policy and that they don't get paid until I walk in the door. Travelocity not only took my money, they also lied to me. I am outraged by this event and I will NEVER use their service again. Neither will any of my friends and family.
I am out $170.27.
Reviewed March 9, 2008
We purchased two tickets at a cost of $403 to fly from Philadelphia to Miami. A day before we were to leave for the trip, my mother became critically ill. I called the company to learn and decide my options. I was told that I could cancel the flight and have it re-issued as long as I used the new tickets before April 26, 2008 (one year of the travel date). Recently, when we began the process of re-issue, Travelocity then told us that they no longer have our information in the system, and that we should contact the airlines (which has no knowledge of the transactions). I have now spoken with numerous people at Travelocity (I will spare you the details of lengthy times on hold, inappropriate transfers to airlines, and disconnections) and have lost $400.
Reviewed March 8, 2008
In January I booked a flight for my wife and I to fly from NY to Charlotte, NV for the weekend of Feb 29th. When I got to the airport, the agent told me there were no seats left on the flight. I did not understand since I made reservations so long ago. She informed me that I could upgrade to business class for $120, so I did because I was not missing my flight and ruining my weekend. I hope to be getting my money back but think I get lst in the shuffle. Can you please help me and get this reported so they will stop this. If I did not have $120 my weekend would have been ruined.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2008
First problem was with a flight discrepancy. I checked to verify my flight and found out that it was different than was booked through Travelocity. When I called Travelocity, I was told that I needed to contact the airlines and to ask to talk to the airline representatives supervisor because that were telling Travelocity they were wrong. I should have not have had to deal with the issue. Finally it was worked out.
The last time was when I purchased a package deal (flight, hotel, and car rental). When I called to change to leave a day earlier, I was told that I could not get a return flight the day earlier. I went to the airline directly and changed to the day earlier for $100 versus the $125 Travelocity claims to charge. When I called back to change hotel and rental car, I was told they cannot change since it is pre-paid, even though they say they can make changes for $25 for hotel and $10 for car rental. Since they have my money in advance, they have no incentive to make the requested changes, so instead of spending $25 to save $75, and spending $10 to save $40, I have to check out early and return the car early with no compensation. I've learned my lesson. Travelocity is NOT about customer service, and that's the last money they will get from me.
Loss of money due to paying for an additional day at a hotel, and day of car rental. This does not include the few hours spent on the phone trying to make the changes.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2008
We had planned a Hawaaiian business/vacation trip over six months ago. Two days in a row Us Air (4 hours before departure) canceled our flight and didn't offer any practical solutions to get us to our destination. We booked the tickets through travelocity and have realized there is no customer support when things go wrong so it's a waste of time to book through them. Do we have any recourse? How can companies ruin a planned vacation and just walk way with no responsibility?
My husband and I work very hard and needed this trip for our emotional health. We lined up hotels, rental cars, excursions and babysitting. We have spent a least 12 hours of our time making and changing these reservations. Who pays for that?
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2008
On June 7, 2007, I booked an all-inclusive trip to the Bahamas for a party of four. It was a package deal which included flight for four people, two hotel rooms, all meals, drinks and snacks for four adults. The flight was to Nassau, and the hotel was in Freeport. When we arrived at the Wyndham in Nassua, we were told the the Wyndham we were supposed to be staying at was in Freeport. We called the agency and were placed on hold for hours at a time only to be disconnected by the Agency. After being on the phone all day, I purchased two rooms for my party and paid for meals and drinks. The next day we tried again. We were put on hold for a very long time. Eventually they booked two rooms for my party at the RIU All-Inclusive Resort. Upon our arrival, we were told that we had no reservations. We made several attempts to contact Travelocity again, but were put on hold . We were hungry and exhausted and unable to eat or drink because the hotel was all-inclusive.
I went back and forth the the internet cafe for a confirmation email. When I finally received a confirmation, the hotel would not accept it stating we were not in the system and needed a fax from the agency. Finally a fax arrived, but it was for one room and three adults. The nightmare started again. We called again and were placed on hold. The hotel threatened to take the phone away from us because we were on hold for a very long time. We spent most of our vacation in hotel lobbies on the phone.
I was aggravated, frustrated and very annoyed. I had a severe headache all during vacation and experienced pain in my knee from standing while on the phone. My party was in tears. We suffered emotional stress and were very depressed after our vacation, and I am still paying for it.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2008
I think Travelocity fraudulently claims that everything about your booking will be right, or we'll work with our partners to make it right, right away. I booked a package deal with them involving two airlines and a hotel. I was leery of this, but I relied on the Travelocity Guarantee. The flight out on Continental was canceled because of mechanical problems. We booked a morning flight out of DTW to minimize problems. At least 5 other Continental flights left that day to the exact destination but they kept our plane at the gate while they flew in parts from Newark. Then they had to have mechanics drive in from Cleveland. We were held captive within paging distance of the gate for 12 hours before they gave up and flew us out the next day. They refused to put us on the next plane or find another flight while they attempted to fix the plane. We lost a PREPAID night at the hotel and a day of our PREPAID short vacation. We lost one of our two full days.
So why complain about Travelocity rather than Continental? Because I booked through Travelocity and they advertise that they have a special relationship with their partners. I looked to them for help. I made several calls to them and they were useless. In fact, I let them know of the delay and the hotel gave away our room with two beds so that we had to use a roll away for the third adult. If I had booked separately though the airline I would have had them correct the problem. I would have accepted adding a day at the end. This would have been a hassle with work and everything but I would have made a reasonable compromise. I thought Travelocity would have done the legwork as they advertised, for example contacted the airline and worked something out. But they were totally useless. They just rout your calls overseas to a call center where they politely tell you too bad, so sad. If you can even understand what they say.
The only thing Travelocity was willing to do was to change the flight and book another night at the hotel at my expense for the room, penalty for changing the flight, and any increase in fare. They would have actually profited because from the airline's incompetence and their refusal to honor there own false advertising! Incredible! Never book a package deal through Travelocity and don't trust their claim that they will help you with problems. You are much better off booking separately so if there is a problem you can deal with the individual vendors directly.
We spent over $3,000 for a ruined vacation.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2008
What a nightmare! In all my travels I have never dealt with a more incompetent company, and, group of representatives, most of whom don't have a clear understanding of the English language. After over 10hrs on the phone, most of which was on hold over a 2 day period, hang-ups in transferring me from one dept. to another only to be put on hold once again. I was just trying to make a change in a reservation to Cancun, where I had booked a vacation at what they advertised as an all inclusive but turned out that particular resort doesn't even offer that particular package, even though I was charged for an all inclusive at a that resort.
2 days before we were to fly out, I was looking on-line at the weather and the resort we were to be at, that I noticed some other travelers who had arrived at our place of choice,( through travelocity) only to find out that they didn't have all inclusive and they were already in Cancun. I immediately contacted travelocity only to be informed that I had not purchased an all inclusive. After several hrs on phone, most of it on hold I was finally put in touch with a supervisor who said that yes I had an all inclusive pkg, I politely informed him that I had spoken with the resort directly and they told me personally they did not offer all inclusive pkgs. After hearing that, I was put on hold again while he checked it out. After being on hold for over 2hrs again, he came back on and told me the resort did not offer that package I had paid for, but he would re-book me at a different resort that would be just as nice, if not nicer than the one we paid for. Needless to say, that was a joke! I originally paid for and was booked at a 5star resort, I ended up at a sub 3star at best, with no offer of any type of compensation or any type of an apology. My advice - Stay away from travelocity at all costs!
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2008
This is regarding a trip on October 8, 2007. I purchased an R/T ticket Belgrade/NYC from Travelocity for my mother. By purchasing the ticket, Travelocity entered into a contract with me to issue and mail the ticket to my mother in Serbia. Although the payment was made in full, Travelocity never delivered the ticked and on the day of my mothers departure, she was forced to pay for the same trip itinerary again. In the last two months I have requested several times a refund from Travelocity but the only answer I have received is that they are awaiting a response from the airline company. Since I purchased the ticket from Travelocity, I do not see why I should wait until they resolve this issue with their subcontractor. Therefore, full credits of $625.50 (cost of ticket) and $50.95 (Travel Agents fee) should be posted to my account immediately because of the following: The ticket was never delivered to the destination and Travelocity does not oppose that the ticket was never mailed to my mother. Travelocity has not satisfied the contract obligations to issue and deliver the ticket to my mother in a timely manner. As a result of Travelocity's poor coordination, I was forced to pay to Lufthansa for the same trip itinerary another $876.22.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2007
Do NOT use Travelocity. I was ready for my trip, checked my confirmation email and it has the wrong return date. NOT the return date I chose when I booked online. Guess who has to pay the difference for the correct date? ME. This is the SECOND time this exact thing has happened with Travelocity.
Travelocity refuses to pay the costs I incurred in correcting the matter, $117.51, and claim that they totally would have paid it if I had called 6 days ago, but today, I have to be honest we cannnot pay it. They said that phrase over and over. I find it hard to believe they would have paid me the money they owed me if I had called earlier, given the long list of complaints here from people saying that even when told they will get a refund, the refund never comes.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2007
I cannot begin to express how disappointed I am in the online travel agency ,TRAVELOCITY. On December 5, I was planning to travel to South Korea to begin what was to be my first vacation in many years to several exotic destinations in Asia. I was excited to begin this trip in Seoul to attend the traditional Korean wedding of a dear friend I had not seen in a long time. Then I was planning to play it by ear and travel to Japan and possibly Thailand for some R&R on the beaches. As a kindergarten teacher, I was very excited about the prospect of getting tickets at such a great discounted price. While looking on TRAVELOCITY I found a flight on two excellent airlines at a much lower cost than I could find anywhere else. I made my plans, packed my bags, and waited excitedly for what was to be my first vacation in years.
When I arrived at Miami International Airport and went to check in, I was horrified when the very polite woman at the counter told me that I could not check in without first showing that I had a ticket out of South Korea within 30 days of my arrival. I was aware that as an American my tourist visa was only valid for 30 days. That would give me time to attend my friends wedding and see some of the sites before deciding if I wanted to take a ferry to Japan or hop a flight to Thailand. Well, I immediately did as the cute TRAVELOCITY gnome suggests in their commercials and I called the 800 number. The woman was very polite and helpful, but after 45 minutes talking to her and 20 minutes on hold as she contacted the airline, she informed me that I would need to purchase another ticket out of Korea before they would let me board the plane. After all the time in line waiting to check in and then on the phone with the TRAVELOCITY agent, my flight was due to depart in less than 20 minutes.
I never did get my vacation and I never did get to see my friend's wedding. I may be a 32 year old man, but I went home and cried. As a kindergarten teacher the $812.00 that I spent on my ticket represents two weeks of my hard earned pay. Never once did TRAVELOCITY inform me that I would need proof of a departing ticket to use my one way ticket. There is no way that TRAVELOCITY can refund my lost memories, but I wonder if they will do the right thing and refund my money. If you plan on using an online travel agency such as TRAVELOCITY, think long and hard before you purchase anything from them because you may pay more for your tickets if you buy direct from an airline, but they will give you all of the information and service you need to avoid a situation like this. My $812.00 represents a single ticket sale for them, but to me it is more than a months rent and my car payment combined. I even emailed them that evening and have yet to hear from them 3 days later. Beware of these companies that do not hold up to the promises that their humorous little gnome mascot makes in their commercials.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2007
I used Travelocity to book a hotel room for our 25th wedding anniversary and now (two days before we leave) Travelocity tells me they won't honor it. Three months ago (Sept 2, 2007), I booked (and paid for) a Deluxe Augustus Tower room at Caesars' Palace for Dec 7-9 for $375/night. I confirmed the reservation with Caesars' on Sept 11. Today (Dec 5), two days before we leave, Travelocity called to say that there is a room problem. They want to switch us to a lower-star hotel (Bally's).
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2007
We made airline reservations through Travelocity. When we got to the airport we found that our reservations had been cancelled. We had not cancelled the reservationa and had receiveed two confirmations from Travelocity prior to our trip. We called Travelocity and were told to make new reservations and that they would reimburse us for the added cost. Not only have they not reimbursed us for the new reservations but our credit card was charged for the original reservation that had been cancelled.
We're out $1863.30.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2007
Travelocity.com advertises low air fares on its web site but once you try to book the lowest rates, you get a message that the flight is sold out. The funny thing is that you are offered to pick up a seat, meaning THERE ARE vacant seats, and a second later you are told the flight is sold out. If you repeat your search, you still get the same flight with the same low fare, and you get through the same motions to be told that the flight is sold out. In my mind, this is misleading advertising.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2007
The airlines we booked through Travelocity changed times and routes so that flight #1 arrived after flight #2 took off. Although we received reimbursement (after 4 hours of phone calls) from the airlines, Travelocity will not refund their fee ($33.95) or the cost of the insurance we bought ($31.90). They did offer a $50 coupon for future travel, but after this experience we do not intend to use them ever again.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2007
I have a $591.40 credit with US Air, which was booked with Travelocity. The original flight was booked online to Alaska. Unfortunuately, I could not make the trip and had to cancel. When I cancelled, I was told by Travelocity, that when I was ready to use the credit, that I was to go online and find a flight. Then, I was to call them to book the flight. I did that. I found a flight from Richmond, VA to Pensacola Florida leaving December 21 and returning Dec. 26th for $418. When I called Travelocity, they informed me that I was not allowed to use the online prices and that they were going to charge me $580 for the flight plus an additional $130 for transfer and booking fees. This policy is not fair. I originally booked this ticket online. Why am I not allowed online pricing? I do not mind paying the transfer fees. I understand that, but I do not understand the huge price difference. I then called US Air, since my credit is with them. I was told that I was not allowed their online prices and they were going to charge me $535 for the ticket plus an additional $100. They told me that my credit was for ticketing only and would not be used for the transfer fees. A credit with US Air is a credit. Why is the credit only allowed on the tickets and not towards the transfer fees? Can you help me with this.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2007
We moved from Southern California to Henderson, Nevada in mid-October and booked through Travelocity three nights at the Wingate Suites in Henderson Nevada. The charge with tax, which I was told was their lowest price, was $431.47, charged to my credit card. The day we checked out, I told the front desk that I would like to pay for the movie we watched, $9.99, in cash. The Wingate gave me the checkout receipt for the movie and on it was the price that Travelocity paid to the hotel for our booking. Travelocity only paid the Wingate Suites $316.02 (including tax). That was $115.45 lower than what I was charged on the credit card. I called Travelocity, and they told me that the hotel had no right in giving me a receipt with the charge on it that Travelocity paid to the Wingate. I paid 27% additional for the room charge that Travelocity received. I asked Travelocity why such a large charge and was told that this was the price of doing business with them. I said that a few dollars for each night I would understand, but $115.45 for just a phone call to make a three night reservation was totally ridiculous and asked if there was any recourse for a refund.
The person (Jonathon) seemed to have a care less attitude and kept saying that this was their business and this was how they made money. I spoke with a manager at the Wingate and they were quite astonished at the difference in price, but since they do not have control over pricing with Travelocity, they were not able to do anything, (which I did not expect), but they did say that it appears that it was an exorbitant amount just to make a booking. When they looked at the rate that they paid Travelocity, they said I could have received the same rate if I had called them direct. Mentioning this to Travelocity (Jonathon), he said that the hotel could not have given me that rate. So who do you believe? I know who I DON'T believe...but I know in the future that Travelocity will not get any of my business, and I will ensure that they don't get any business from friends or family.
There was not physical damage and economically I'm out $115.45, which may be a lesson to check into these so called, Let us save you money Internet travel agents. In the future it will be direct dealing with hotels, airlines etc...and will take their direct prices as the gospel truth.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2007
I purchased a ticket for my Mother, 76 years old. I received a confirmation. When my Mother got to the airport, there was no record of her booked flight. I called Travelocity and they emailed while I was on the phone with them stating they needed more information from me. They fare jumped me, so I cancelled and bought a ticket direct from American.
My poor Mother stood at the airport for 4 hours trying to get her ticket from Travelocity, and my mother was traveling to go to her Brother's funeral! The American airlines agent was on the phone for 45 minutes with Travelocity and they refused to issue a ticket. There is no good excuse. Travelocity Guarantee is worthless! Also, all their agents are in India, so you know they don't care. I will never do business with them again.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2007
I reserved 5 adult air fares on line with Travelocity. Their site shows both an air and air and hotel option, and since the increase was about $50 -$60 per person, I selected the combined offer. When we reached our destination, we learned that their additional costs charged for 5 people resulted in only one room being reserved. Their web description said that it would be based on two people per room. That was fine. Five adults to one room was not.
I had to purchase two additional rooms, for which I asked reimbursement from Travelocity. Their response was that is up to the purchaser to specify the number of rooms. That is true at their start page if you are searching for both. But, if you only buy air tickets, you are offered the option to purchase hotel accommodations also on a per person basis.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2007
I booked a room in Days INN (Savannah, GA) using my credit card through Travelocity online. When I checked out, Days Inn refused to give me a receipt, saying it was Travelocity's responsibility since they received my money. I called repeatedly the Traveloxity customer service at 800-835-2424 only to get the same short, rude answer, "Go get the receipt from where you stayed." It seems I will never get a receipt, andIi have no way to get my expenses reimbursed by my company.
I lost about $75 for a lack of receipt.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2007
Well the first thing is that when we got to Mexico on our so-called honeymoon the hotel tells us that travelocity only reserved our room for one person, and that being my fiance, which was kinda funny beings the web site for the hotel said all rates was based on double occupancy and we had 2 flights booked with transport from the airport for 2 ( sorry if I didn't laugh). So the first 2 days of my vacation I spent mostly on hold with travelocity , then finally called my son back in the states to call travelocity on my behalf, and after he spent numerous hours on the phone, some one from travelocity called me at the hotel and I told them the situation he assured me that he would handle the situation and call me right back , and then called me and said he could not understand the people at the hotel and I asked if there was someone that was bi-lingual available and he told me all he had was some one that spoke Spanish but not Mexican, then I informed him Mexicans did speak Spanish he said okay then told me it would probably be easier if I just paid the 325.00 difference that the hotel wanted and when I got home call for a refund, then assured me that he was not going to give up he was going to get someone who understood Spanish to call the hotel then he would call me back , however I never heard from this guy again. so on the last day I paid the hotel and when I got back to the states I called travelocity only to find out that I have to do all this just to have a chance of maybe getting my money back.... so in my opinion your customer service department really sucks and as for the hotel it was listed as ocean front and it was not and 2 of the six pictures that was posted on their web page was from different locations than where the hotel was located not to mention every time the toilet was used we had to call someone to unstop it and we could not change rooms because our reservations were wrong. Needless to say, this was a terrible vacation, not honeymoon because the marriage we postponed because of this experience and I am almost certain we will not be using travelocity for our next attempt. maybe some one could contact me about this situation to compensate us for disaster.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2007
My Husband and I were planning a Hawaiian cruise for our honeymoon. We did a search for US cruises that do not require a passport because my husband could not get a passport in time. One of the cruises we found was an 11-night Hawaii cruise. We booked the cruise in August and at that time we called travelocity to confirm that a passport was not needed.
Whoever we spoke to told us that we did not need a passport. We traveled from Charlotte, NC to Hawaii just to find out that they would not let us on the cruise ship without a passport. We spent 4 hours trying to straighten out this matter with the embarkation officer, Blake Bayler. He was extremely rude and basically told us to leave, there was no way he was letting us on the ship. Then we had to wait another two hours to get our luggage back. We spoke to travelocity customer relations and they told us there was nothing they could do about it, we would not get a refund for the money we spent on the cruise; that they would not let us on, and that it was our fault we didn't know that we need a passport.
Even though I called them back in August and was informed that we did not need a passport, and the documentation we recieved via email stated, and I quote, "Sea (cruise) travel: As early as January 1,2008, passoprts will be required for cruise passengers entering or re-entering the U.S., which our date of travel was October 20, 2007. Their excuse for their lack of refund is because we do not have a recording of them telling us we did not need a passport and they couldn't even find in their contract where it stated that we need a passport. And I quoted out of the contract paragraph were it states that guest should check with their travel agent about documentation requirements, which we did and we were told a passport was not required.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2007
Travelocity advertised via E-mail round-trip air fare between Orlando and Chicago for $103.00. I clicked the link and all sorts of dates show up in green as fare available, but when I click on a particular date, no matter which date--and I clicked on them all--there are no flights available that day.
I called to complain, and a week later I'm still receiving the same ad for a non existent air fare. This is the classic bait and switch.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2007
I bought a full fare business class ticket on Jet Airways (India) for a trip in February 2007. In March 2007 I changed the trip and bought a new ticket. Travelocity said they would refund the old one.
It's mid-September. No refund. I've been on the phone to numerous agents in India and all they do is transfer the claim to the refund department. Every time i call back, its been returned with no action and no explanation. They keep sending it again.
Checking on consumer affairs - seems I'm not alone.
This is a business trip and I need to get it solved. I'm carrying the charges on my credit card with interest. The ticket was $1700. So far, I've acrued $153.00 interest!
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2007
I had booked a room for an employee at The Quality Inn in Seattle. I had used Travelocity. When she got there the room was not what we had reserved, the hotel stated, We do not even have those rooms at this hotel.. The hotel was dirty and unsafe, no locks on the doors, no drapes. Nothing like the photos on Travelocity. She couldn't even stay there. When she returned home, I contacted not only the Hotel, but Travelocity to complain and get a refund.
After spending two weeks on the phone, on hold with different representatives, none of whom could answer any question or complaint, I was finally able to speak with a couple of different supervisors... Finally a supervisor, Brian at Travelocity, phone conferenced with Heather at the hotel and promised that we would receive a credit. That was on 6/27/07. Now 9/4/07 We still have not received a credit.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2007
Travelocity owes us $741.40 total for the 2 tickets purchased.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2007
I recently booked a cruise through travelocity. They booked the room under my daughter's name (she is 3 years old)! I want it fixed and Travelocity is telling me that if I want to do a name change I will have to pay a 50.00 name change penalty! The idiot at Travelocity that booked the reservation had my daughter's birthday and it is not that hard to figure out that since she was born in 2004 that makes her 3 and therefore the room should not be booked in her name! This is causing issues when filling out my pre-boarding information and when signing up for my shore excursions! I am a travel agent and I know that they should have better customer service that this! I am also filling a complaint with IATA and CLIA and the Better Business Bureau
Reviewed July 22, 2007
I purchased an on line ticket in June of 2007 for a flight from Albuquerque to Orlando for $350. When I arrived at the airport United Airlines told me my flight was never confirmed and Travelocity had me going to LAX, then to several stops on the East Coast, then on to Atlanta, then on to Orlando. FIVE STOPS! I wrote a complaint to Travelocity and called their number and was on hold for over an hour before I hung up. They never responded to my emails.
Reviewed June 26, 2007
I had a trip booked thru Travelocity that was cancelled due to a hurricane. The Frontier airline ticket was kept, to be reused at another time. I rebooked that ticket directly with Frontier for another trip and this time it was cancelled due to a blizzard and a blizzard. Afterwards, I spoke with Frontier and they decided to refund my money. However, they could only refund the money to Travelocity, who then had to refund it to me. I spent HOURS on the phone, sent letters and faxes, getting all the info needed and sending it to Travelocity.
Along the way I encountered endless on-holds, phone transfers, and repeated asking of the same questions, and of course disconnects. Eventually I got all the info required. I even traced the refund from Frontier, all the way to the Travelocity refund office. The last thing I heard from Travelocity was this was a non-refundalbe ticket from the carrier. Contact the airline directly. I went on to respond that the ticket ALREADY WAS REFUNDED and this wasn't an issue. I supplied all the documentation of the refund. At that point Travelocity stopped responding.
Reviewed June 18, 2007
I booked a trip to Costa rico in FEB 2007 for May 2007. The trip was for 7 people, 3 flying from LAX and 4 from MCO. The trip included airfare and 1 week at an all inclusive. Total cost was 6886.69. When we arrived at the resort, half the resort was under renovation and many things were closed. The rooms were some of the worst I have ever stayed at. When we talked to the resort manager, he agreed to refund all but 1 night for 2 of the 3 rooms.
I used the international Travelocity phone number to call and they disconnected each time and never got us a place to stay. We ended finding a motel for the other 6 nights. Upon returning home, I have had numerous phone calls and an untold amount of emails, all saying they wanted to help. As of 6/18/07--nothing.
I had to pay out $2000.00 for the three rooms, plus hundreds for meals. On top of that, the 3 phone calls made to Travelocity from Costa Rico cost me $100.00 each, for a total of $300.00. This is after I paid Travelocity $6886.69. I will never use them again and suggest, don't beleive they check out the resorts for you.
Reviewed June 10, 2007
I paid for a vacation for my husband, son and myself on Travelocity. When I went to check out the hotel charge my credit card 1020.00 for the 3rd person My paperwork from Travelocity says I paid for 3 people I have called, faxed, emailed, mailed and still after a month no answers They just keep saying they are working on it.
Reviewed June 6, 2007
We are out over $10,000 in direct costs to Travelocity, not to mention six workdays off, the cost of a pet sitter, and the tours that we booked independently. The total cost to us will exceed $17,000.
Reviewed May 23, 2007
I reserved two hotel rooms through Travelocity. One month before we were to use the rooms, we cancelled the reservation and received email confirmation of the cancellation from Travelocity. Travelocity had already billed my credit card $404.97. Their website said it takes 30 days maximum for a refund. On April 27th (31 days after I cancelled), I sent an email asking for status and got their happy reply that someone would look into the problem and get back to me.
When I didn't hear from them I sent another email. Today (May 23rd) I called them twice and got disconnected twice. I then sent another email asking them to contact me with status.
They owe me $404.94. I've already spent too much time trying to get some answers but none have come.
Reviewed May 18, 2007
I believe Travelocity knowingly lists low fares that do not actually exist. They lure you in with a low fare and then tell you that the fare is increased. They will nonetheless continue to publish the low fare as if it were available.
The bait and switch is real at Travelocity.
Reviewed May 16, 2007
We got the wrong connecting flight information which is why we missed our flight.
We had to go stand-by after paying more than $1,000 for our trip. It was a horrible start for our vacation.
Reviewed May 15, 2007
I purchased two roundtrip tickets for $1,056.92. After realizing I clicked the wrong dates, I called Travelocity on 2/23, 2/27 & 3/1 to see if I could get a travel credit since the tickets were non-refundable.
When I called, I would be put on hold for 2 hrs, transferred and disconnected. Frustrated, I called AMEX customer service to have them cancel the trip and deal with Customer Service. Today, I received a notice in the mail from AMEX stating that Travelocity is charging me for the trip and we were considered no shows.
I am very frustrated that they can charge me for services not rendered, yet disconnect my phone calls and take no ownership. I understand the cancellation policy but do have the right to get a travel credit.
Reviewed May 10, 2007
I ordered and paid for Air, hotel, and tickets to see Phantom of the Opera tickets. My tickets were non-existant at the theater. I sepnt an hour on my cell phone trying to straighten this out but to no avail. I was lucky to obtain 2 more tickets directly from the Majestic Theater which I had to buy on the spot. I am still waiting for Travelocity to refund what I paid for these tickets.
Aslo, my flight was cancelled but Travelocity did not bother to tell me even though I had registered 4 phone numbers through their automated service. In addition, when I went to their site, their Internet site was down. Because of Travelocity, I was stranded in New York for an extra day in the airport. HAd they called me like they advertise they would, I could have spent the extra day in a hotel room rather than sleeping in the airport.
Reviewed May 4, 2007
Called to reissue a ticket, was transferred several times and placed on hold a total of 3 1/2 hours - still no results. Very unorganized and no one seems to know what their doing so they continue to pass from one person to another. Asked to speak to a supervisor and was told none available.
Reviewed April 25, 2007
I arrived in San Diego, CA and was shuttled to my hotel accomodation. Previous to arriving I was told by one of the other people on the shuttle that the place I was going was not close to Sea World or the Zoo as advertised and also it was in a very bad neighborhood inhabited by racist criminals. (El Cajon) Travelocity did not mention THAT on their website when I was booking my trip and since it was my first time going to San Diego I had to accept their recommendations blindly.
I called their customer service number when I arrived at my destination
and was spoken to very rudely by one of their customer service reps, Victor. I asked to speak with a supervisor and
he refused to let me do so and did not offer any assistance with the matter. He just kept speaking to me in a condescending manner and repeating the same thing over and over. What also concerned me was that I knew a supervisor was listening in to each call and they did nothing to reprimand him.
My flight booking was great but the hotel that Travelocity put on the selection list for my package was in a very dangerous area that is not protected by police. I was appalled as a business traveler to have been put in that situation without warning and then not assisted by Travelocity when I called for help.
They had the nerve to give me a $50 promotional discount on my next trip.Like I would ever use them again.
Luckily I was able to stay with my brother-in-law on his military base. But if I was out there alone I would have been stuck in that motel full of druggies and parolees.
Reviewed April 25, 2007
Five months ago (Dec. '06), we purchased a multi-airline ticket from Travelocity online for our son in college for $540. After we had paid through our credit card, we were informed that the airlines involved could not honor the flights. We arranged for another flight with assurances from Travelocity for a full refund. It was frustrating enough to buy a ticket and trust that their efficiency would assure that our son would make it home for Christmas (we live outside the U.S.)
But the real nightmare began when we tried to recuperate our money, which to this day, due to an unimaginable ineptitude, or worse, outright fraud on the part of Travelocity, we have failed to do. It is impossible to describe the litany of all the long-distance calls to barely English-proficient operators in India, to getting shuffled from one indifferent consumer relations office to another, from one non-existent address to another, form one non-operative fax number to another. We do have it all documented though.
Our last straw was Monday, where, once again we were given a mind-numbing runaround and another series of impossible hoops to jump through from yet another Travelocity manager. We told her that from here on, we will seek other options to recuperate our money, plus the costs of our phone calls, which are now above $200.
Hours upon hours of lost time, almost every day since Janurary, on the phone, the Internet, trying to fax. Over $200 dollars of phone calls and faxes. Utter, complete total frustration.
Reviewed April 11, 2007
I reserved two tickets online for $257.60 using a secure credit card number for online purchases, from my credit card company. The next day, I received a phone call that the card number did not go through. I called Travelocity and they said all they needed was a different card number. I provided them with my regular credit card number and they said they would update the system, then check to see if the tickets were still available. The woman put me on hold for 20 minutes and I ended up hanging up. I called back and talked to a second person. I explained that I had just called and she said she could help. She asked if she could put me on hold for 2-3 minutes. I waited for over 30 minutes.
She came back and said your credit card has been charged $437.60. I was in shock. She had not quoted me a new price, nor confirmed that the price had changed. She charged my credit card without my consent. She was supposed to check to see if the tickets were still available, not charge me. I asked to speak to a supervisor. She gave me the number of the airline and told me I had to work it out with them.
Reviewed April 9, 2007
I purchased a New York trip (flight+hotel+transfer) which should came up to $523.5 per person. I received the confirmation email and didn't realize that Travelocity had charged me an additional $166 for travel protection, which I didn't choose for. I called them 10 days after the purchase and they said it was too late for them to remove the travel protection from my itinerary. Customers be aware of this situation, because from this experience I will NEVER use Travelocity again!
Reviewed April 4, 2007
I was relocating to Aiken S.C. to take a new job. I booked a hotel reservation for the Knights Inn thru Travelocity for an 8 day stay in Aiken S.C. Subsequently my employer contacted me to change my reservation to one week later due to the non availabily of training that week. I canceled the reservation online 4 days prior to the arrival date;however, the hotel charged me for two days because travelocity failed to notify them of the cancellation.
Reviewed March 19, 2007
Because of an emergency Heart Surgery of the person I was traveling to see, I needed to reschedule my travel. I had purchased travel insurance. I had to hold on the phone for 40-minutes only to be told by the Travelocity Customer Care representative that they could not help me. They transferred to another department. You have to call an off-shore call center just to be rerouted to the department you need! They force you to listen to the same awful recording over and over while you wait to be helped! They wasted over 3-hours of my time today and I still have not been helped!
Reviewed March 12, 2007
Our trip was scheduled to leave L.A. (San Pedro Pier) at 4 PM, Monday, February 26. First stop in Acapulco, then on to Ixtapa, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo San Lucas with a return of Tuesday, March 6, 7 AM. Before the ship sailed, while we were still in San Pedro we were handed a note from NCL stating due to engine problems the itinerary had to be changed because we would have to go slower. Although, we noted from the brochure that top cruising speed was 24 knots the in-room cruising network on the TV showed the ships speed was always at 20-24 knots. How could we not be able to get to our destination and still go full speed?
We have since learned that on February, 21, 2006 the same note was given to the passengers who were leaving on a NCL cruise that day. We have also learned that this is standard practice in order to avoid dockage fees at Acapulco.
We did file a complaint prior to leaving the ship. We could continue about the bad food, lousy service, rude personnel, and the inability of the ship to ever be on time; however NCL and Travelocity already have heard that story from thousands of customers. We are demanding a full refund of our fares.
Reviewed March 7, 2007
I was on an alert list with Travelocity for several years now and am supposed to get an E-mail when good/reduced fares to Washington, DC and Boston from HSV are available. Even on their regular web site they do this, namely; offer a cheap flight and when one wants to book it, the regular response is, it is no longer available even though these flights are still on their lists days afterwards. It is nothing but a bait and switch deal that should be investigated and stopped.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2007
I booked a flight for two and accidentally selected the wrong return date. I was reading through their website to determine what my options where when I came across the following statement: "The Travelocity Guarantee assures that when you book with Travelocity and encounter any problem with your booking, we'll work with our partners to make it right". It also assures a guaranteed low price for the travel you want.
When I finally got through after four hours on hold, I was told that paper tickets had been issued and mailed already and so there was nothing they could do. Well, for $180 plus another FedEx fee to mail the new tickets, I could get the date adjusted. Granted I made the mistake and didn't catch it before confirming my order, but shouldn't their Guarantee mean something? There is no mention of exclusions to this specific guarantee except that I need to contact them within 24 hours which I did.
I'll either have to pay $200 to stay the extra day or shorted the holiday and return home a day earlier than planned.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2007
Upon check-in I was given a room on the 5th floor. I replied I, booked a room on the first floor, poolside, beach front. He replied he could change and upgrade and I said no thanks I've already paid for that once. I got to my room and it was beach side not beach front, five floors up. I was assured by Travelocity I would step out onto the pool deck to a heated pool and would have access to a Jacuzzi hot tub and I would be beach front. I never saw the sunset, the pool for the tower I was in was ice cold and there was no hot tub.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2007
On 12/04/06, I booked a trip to San Antonio with Travelocity. When I finished the booking, I discovered that they had automatically added trip cancellation insurance to my fees. I immediately called them and they said they would take it off and I would get a refund in 30 days. 30 days has come and gone and I have not received my refund. I called them over a week ago and they said I would get my refund in 5 days. 5 days has come and gone and no refund. I called them again and they said I will get my refund in 5 days. I'm still waiting.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2007
We booked a vacation package for myself, wife and 15 year old daughter which included airfare and hotel. The day before we left the hotel, the hotel called us to the main lobby and demanded an additional payment of $2,238 because they said that even though our paperwork stated that we paid for 3 people, Travleocity would not pay for our daughter. We tried for 4 hours on 2 separate occasions to contact and resolve this with Travelocity in the hotel lobby. Travelocity continued to put us on hold and transferred us to different departments and finally, never came back on the line. The hotel held our luggage, harassed us and would not let us leave until the $2,238 was paid in full by us.
We paid $5,936.46 to Travelocity for 3 people and then had to pay an additional $2,238 because Travelocity would not pay the Royal Hideaway Hotel.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2007
We bought three round-trip tickets from Eugene to Denver to Sioux Falls through Travelocity. Our Denver to Sioux Falls flight was cancelled on the runway because its windshield cracked (defroster on too high in cold weather). All 60 passengers were stranded in Denver, waiting on standby for available seats on any of four already-filled flights the following day.
Not wanting to spend Christmas vacation at Denver airport, we rented a car and drove to Sioux Falls. Similar to other Travelocity users' experiences, we're unable to get a refund, despite hours on hold to customer service agents in India. Our next option is to ask our credit card for fraud protection. After that, Texas Attorney General. (Travelocity has to be sued in Texas.)
Lost vacation days, rental car fees and fuel in excess of $400.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2006
I purchased an air ticket from Travelocity for around 250 dollars on November 22nd. I proceed to have a nice thanksgiving weekend until I found out the confirmation email from travelocity charged me 419 dollars for that flight. I call Travelocity but they were unable to reimburse me the ticket price difference because it was after the 24 hour period. I agreed that I should have checked the confirmation email as soon as possible and was willing to get a voucher for the difference in the current ticket price, 297 dollars. They said they had to charge me 100 dollars for rebooking fee and that was their best offer for a mistake they started.
The damage was 150 dollars out of my pockets and several hours over phone and email exchanges.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2006
I purchased a ticket to Italy through Travelocity. They made a change in the itinerary and i waited and waited for them to fix it. The time of my flight was fast approaching and the changes were not made. i had to purtchase it with another company. I called at least 10 times. they put me on hold for over 30 minutes at a time and they never fixed the problem. They promised they will call me with the changes and they never did. Now they refuse to refund the ticket alleging that the airline should do it. Their customer service representatives from india are nice but clueless, unreliable and powerless. The Americans are condescending and disrespectul.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2006
I have contacted Travelocity customer relations with no response. It is disgraceful the way that they have handled my refund for a honeymoon that I never got to take because the earthquake in Hawaii prevented my plane from landing. I have been waiting for over 45 days and was already promised a refund. My husband and I got married October 14, 2006. The next day we were set to go to Maui and stay at the Grand Wailea. I booked the trip through Travelocity on my credit card. It was a package deal-- hotel, shuttle, and airfare. They did not break down the cost of each.
We traveled from Birmingham to Chicago on United. Then began our flight from Chicago to Hawaii. Three hours and fifteen minutes into our trip, they announced that there was bad news. There was an earthquake in Hawaii and we were not allowed to land anywhere in Hawaii, we were redirected to Chicago. When we returned to Chicago, we met with the United representative and booked our trip home for the next evening. Then about an hour and a half later we made it to our hotel room and called the Grand Wailea. I told them my name and my situation and that I would be unable to keep my reservation since my airplane would not land. They instructed me to call Travelocity. Which I did.
Travelocity told me that it was no problem, that I would receive a refund. He attempted to call the Grand Wailea, but their line was busy. He said to call Travelocity back in 2-3 days since he could not reach the hotel, but I would be refunded the hotel and shuttle. I would have to call United for the airfare refund. I called Travelocity back three days later and was told that the Grand Wailea called Travelocity and said that I was a no show. I told this representative that I had called the hotel (they did not take note of my call) and travelocity (which they did have a record of).
What I believe happened is that since the hotel room was purchased by travelocity and not myself directly, the hotel was waiting for travelocity to call and cancel the reservation. At that time, I was told since I was a no show, I would be charged a fee. I told them I wanted a full refund, but no fee. I then asked to speak to their supervisor. Then I was told I would be given a full refund for the hotel and shuttle(no fee), but they could not tell me how the trip broke down (what portion of our payment had been for the hotel and shuttle) because the refund department did not have a phone. This refund was supposed to be distributed within 30 days. That 30 days was up about 15 days ago.
I called and e-mailed Travelocity earlier this week and was told that they would investigate my request and that they were having difficulty obtaining the refund from Grand Wailea. I told them that my refund should not be dependent upon their refund from Grand Wailea since I did all that I was supposed to do and it was their error. I then called Grand Wailea and was told that Travelocity had all day to notify them of the cancellation. Also, United only refunded us the amount that Travelocity paid them and not the value of our tickets to Hawaii. I am very frustrated and do not know what to do. Do I need to pursue legal action? What should be the next step because I can't seem to get anywhere.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2006
I was booking a room for thanksgiving eve & Thanksgiving day to see my daughter who was being treated in a hospital. The internet offered a room with a $50.00 discount if you used your credit card. I tried to book the room. It asked for all my credit card info & attempted to authorize. A red error message came up saying that room was no longer available, however the same room was available for an increased rate.
I contacted Travelocity & was told there was a computer glitch & that the room was available & that they could handle the reservation for me. The rep. checked and said that the card had not been charged for the internet transaction. I checked my account later & found that I had indeed been charged both times & that only the later charge was assigned a room. I called back & travelocity contacted my bank. My bank told travelocity that until they released the authorization on my card that they could not do anything about it.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2006
Hello. Last April, I bought a ticket to Brazil on Varig Airlines via Travelocity. I was to leave the 6 of August. As you may recall, Varig went out of business so they were cancelling their flights starting from May of this year onward. My wife -who lives in Brazil- advised me to inform Travelocity about it; which I did. However, everytime I called, Travelocity would give me the same automated response; Your tickets are confirmed, eventhough Travelocity was sending me emails explaining about Varig's precarious financial situation.
Finally, I called Varig myself to see if I would still be able to fly the date of my ticket, but was told my flight was cancelled. My question is; Shouldn't Travelocity be held accountable for the cancellation of my ticket and should I expect a full refund of my ticket from them?
I contacted them several times about by ticket long before my flight was cancelled yet Travelocity did nothing. They had plenty of time to rebook my ticket in light of all the problems Varig was going through.
P.S I have been dealing with Travelocity ever since the incident and they have been very slow to respond. Also, they have said that they have try to contact Varig, but no response. The fact that Travelocity is not getting a response seems obvious to me since Varig is out of business.
Travelocity Company Information
- Company Name:
- Travelocity
- Year Founded:
- 1996
- Address:
- 3150 Sabre Dr.
- City:
- Southlake
- State/Province:
- TX
- Postal Code:
- 76092
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.travelocity.com
