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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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Reviewed Aug. 30, 2016
I tried to book a round trip ticket to Cancun from JFK. They offered me the flight there with InterJet, however the flight back, which I wanted because my companion flew with it was not available and just to put this reservation on hold I offered it with Air Mexico. The customer service rep assured me that the reservation was fully refundable till midnight pacific time the next day. I kept checking return flight with Interjet in Travelocity website, but it was not still available. The next day I decided to check with InterJet directly and there was only one ticket available. I paid and obviously had two reservation in the moment. All my attempts to cancel Travelocity reservation online failed.
When I called their customer service automated telephone line I was presented to enter itinerary number and press 1 to confirm cancellation. The machine informed me that my reservation was successfully cancelled and I won't be charged. When I haven't received any confirmation email within the hour, I became suspicious that something is wrong. I called them up again and after excessive wait was connected to India. The guy said that can cancel the second reservation with Air Mexico, but won't be able, however, to cancel the InterJet reservation and suggested to call them directly. Now the situation was that I had two reservation on my name on the same InterJet flight. Speaking to InterJet customer rep was also very frustrated. He offered me to change the reservation to another day. To have 2 reservation going there and one to return.
Finally I called my Chase credit card and they were able to remove those charges from Travelocity. It was such a relief. Travelocity are liars and scammers. Their own policy to refund your charges till next midnight is nothing but lie. Stay away from this site unless you want to get to the same trap as me or hundreds of other customers giving them 1 star review.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2016
I flew from Seattle to Auckland via a ticket I bought on Travelocity. Due to medical reasons I needed to come home early. I decided to call Travelocity (from New Zealand) to see if I could pay to change my ticket. Travelocity said it would cost over 500 dollars to change a ticket from Auckland to Seattle to an earlier date. Albeit I'm not a travel agent but I'm finding that very hard to believe. As I had already spend $90 calling Travelocity from an international phone line, I hung up and found another way to get home. Luckily, a family member was able to use their frequent flyer miles to book me a ticket home right away.
I called Travelocity when I was back in the US to see if I could change or cancel my flight to get credit with the airline. Travelocity said this was not possible. This time the phone call was 80 minutes. The woman (employee number S#**) said I couldn't cancel the flight, I could only change the date of the flight, using the same airline and same departure and arrival cities. In addition a change of date would be $300. Since I was in Seattle and not going back to Auckland anytime soon this was useless.
I called the airline hoping that they could help me. Hawaiian Airlines was fast and helpful and helped me cancel my ticket to get credit with the airline in 23 minutes. Travelocity's flight change/cancellation policy says to look at the airline's change/cancellation policy for guidelines. Travelocity made up their own cancellation/change policy on two separate occasions. Both customer service representatives were totally incompetent.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2016
Six years ago I received a Travelocity $100 gift card as a wedding present. Finally getting around to trying to use it, and find that Travelocity no longer offers or accepts gift cards. I reached out via their website and Twitter, since I had no notification that the gift card was going to become worthless. The back of the gift card states the gift cards do not expire. In my opinion they owe me $100. Reaching out to the website and Twitter has been nothing but boilerplate response. I attempted to send an email to their CEO Roshan Mendis, but it just bounced back.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2016
I should have read the reviews for Travelocity before booking because then I would have seen all the 1* reviews saying exactly what I've also experienced the past couple days with them myself. I was booking a flight for my friend and I from JFK to Santa Rosa, California - round trip - when I was given an error message with my itinerary # and told to call customer support with it for further assistance.
When I called I was told that, despite being charged for it, and having an itinerary created for the trip, that it was showing up blank and they could not "prove" I paid them. Over the next 14 hours on the phone with them (10 hours one day, 4 hours follow up the next day) and several trips to my bank which accommodated me past closing hours because of my circumstances, I would talk to nearly a dozen travel agents and representatives in India & America (to get to corporate in America you get a robot first, transferred to India, transferred to their supervisor, then they're allowed to transfer you to American offices) and everyone I spoke with had varying accounts of the situation.
Firstly, I was told that though I had an itinerary they saw no ticket purchases under the #. What they DID see is that they opened *3* accounts under my name and charged me a $20 fee *7* time ($140) between them, and they also saw 2 $44 insurance fees for 2 tickets, though supposedly I hadn't purchased tickets according to them. Those fees were refunded after leaving work early to go to my bank and having Sheri from Travelocity fax over the authorization #s to the fees so my bank could void the payments. They could not void the plane tickets.
Second, because they could not see I had paid them and they lost the info they booked for me, they could only tell me my flights consisted of a Delta flight, American, and Alaska Airline flights, and that I should call them. Travelocity could not tell me specifically which they booked it with since they lost my info and that I should call all three to see if they have any info for me. So a wild-goose-chase ensued and I called all the airlines and explained my bizarre situation. Third try with Delta yielded results: they saw that Travelocity had sent my name and my passenger's name to the airline but had no plane number, no payment, no ticket - just that they made a "ghost" reservation with only our names.
Many Travelocity reps told me the same thing: "Huh, that's strange." (and later "sorry, there's nothing we can do"). I spoke to the next agents about what happened to my plane ticket/money. They were adamant that I was not charged and I should just buy another ticket, not understanding I didn't have enough for another two round trip tickets with the money they overcharged me still. The first person I got said to wait it out, it's not a big deal/just a mistake (he laughed when I said it was a $1,400 mistake I was paying for). I was then told by the same corporate rep that I could book a one-way both ways and wouldn't be charged because they'd cover it with the round trip I already paid for and got no ticket.
I explicitly asked if I'd be charged and he assured me with his word I would not be (I was, but we'll get to that). He said I'd have to buy a way back since the original flight I wanted to return on was not available (not sold out, just showing an error) and the next available ticket was slightly more expensive. I agreed only because I was beyond worried at this point I'd be stranded in CA without a way to return, and the corporate rep explained I'd be refunded the other ticket anyway so I shouldn't worry.
He goes to put it through and couldn't - rushing to the bank again with them on the phone I checked my account and it was now down $2,000 instead of $1,400. They DID charge me for the one-way there that they assured me they wouldn't and now couldn't book the way back because I could afford it after being charged a roundtrip, one-way, seven service charges of $20 and the $88 insurance still pending refund. It was 12am at this point and I'd been on the phone for 10 hours straight at this point and the rep said he'd call back tomorrow to see if any of the $2,000 had been refunded.
Following day; I could not wait for a call back and called them again. I was charged "$0" and $1 charges several times by Travelocity over night. Being transferred around a bit again between India & America I reached a rep that answered many questions the others could not. With her we discovered Travelocity had also charged me - get this - for a flight to CHICAGO!! Two passengers. Again, was told "huh, that's weird." And again I was told "there's nothing we can do" - that I'd have to wait to see if the funds would "just be kicked back to your account".
I was forced to cancel the one-way flight there because I could not book a way back. I canceled the first vacation I was ever going to take, because Travelocity charged me for a roundtrip, one-way to California, one-way to Chicago, tried booking a one-way back to NY, and hit me with the same surcharges 7x. The rep that finally helped me/the one I discovered the Chicago flight with gave me $200 credit towards (some) hotels for my troubles, though I never plan on using Travelocity EVER again (or Expedia - I got Expedia customer support when I was transferred around by Travelocity so I think they're connected).
After this rep and I had finished all we could do and I was told to wait, the rep from the previous night that said he'd call back, called back (the one that charged me for the flight he said I wouldn't be charged). I filled him in. I spoke to someone and he looked in my account and saw I canceled my one-way and said "oh... But, that's not refundable." I freaked out a little and said the other rep told me I would be refunded and he kind of just retracted his statement and said to wait it out then. I've been partially refunded as of the beginning of this review and I continue to check for the rest of my money in my account.
Travelocity is a scam. They do not care about your troubles. I cancelled my card because I kept getting $1 and $0 charges from them. I canceled my vacation for my passenger and I. This has been the worst experience with a company I've ever had in my entire life. They nearly wiped out my bank account and scheduled flights to places I did not want to go without my permission and didn't book the flight I wanted/paid for. I've never seen an operation so sloppy.
Oh, and Victor at corporate was super disrespectful and I'd be ashamed to have someone so inconsiderate on the phone with customers arguing with them, telling them they don't know what they're talking about when Travelocity is the one that has had no idea what's going on this entire time. There is only more confusion with every new answer I got from them. Spare yourself the trouble. I will pursue legal action if necessary.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2016
Looking back at my family's first time using Travelocity, I can assure you we won't be using it again. My mother had booked a flight, got her itinerary, and everything was crystal clear. We had already booked stuff in the country we were visiting and we were packed and ready to go. As we were getting ready to leave, the day of, my mother checked another email she had gotten. The itinerary was totally different! My mother and a good friend of hers were on the phone for hours, talking to people who got them nowhere, people who didn't even know very well English!
It seems that our flight had gotten canceled and they didn't even decided to inform us so they just changed our flight. Even worse, the people we were talking to were all the way in El Salvador! I've never had such a stressful experience when flying. We ended up talking to a supervisor who was high up on the status, who lived in Las Vegas, and he got us a ticket. Though the stress didn't stop there. When we got to the airport we found out that that flight was cancelled as well! Our connected flight was cancelled! We ended up having to fly with Avianca airlines, which was a lot better than United Airlines. I do NOT recommend this website to anyone whatsoever. Take business elsewhere.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2016
I booked a vacation online w/ Travelocity for a house in Grand Cayman on 7/29/16. The booking was done w/ confirmation & awaiting the departure for 8/7/16-8/15/16. On 8/4/16 I got an e-mail saying my booking wasn't booked because the hotel overbooked & I'm no longer able to stay at the house that I got for my family vacation. I can only get 8/7/16 - 8/12/16 & the last 3 days go somewhere else. Now imagine I got me a 5 star residence for $4,765.20 for 1 week, the now wanted to put me, my wife & 3 daughters into a 3 star villa. I've been on the phone back & forth for 2 days and yet nothing has been resolved. I called and spoke to 8 different people in India & America, I still haven't gotten anything resolved but yet my $4,765.20 is still in the hands of Travelocity. A family vacation for 5, paid $4,765.20 & yet we're w/o a place to stay. I paid them & I'm getting nothing back in return for it. HELP, HELP, HELP!!!
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2016
I thought I would give Travelocity a second chance. Bad mistake! They have screwed me twice now. They will not get that chance again. I will never use them again. I've had to call 2 times now for this recent overcharge. I've spent almost 2 hours on the phone with them. This last time I asked for a supervisor. (The first person gave me her name but conveniently I could not talk to her when I called back.) They hesitate to give you a name and won't give you a direct phone number. I wish I could send them a bill for the time I had to spend on the phone with them. Please do not use Travelocity. I am trying to be hopeful that the supervisor I spoke with will actually do the refund but I was trusting the first person would follow through and do that too. We'll see. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2016
I was a faithful and longtime customer of Travelocity. Booked a Junior Suite for 9 days/8 nights at the Cofresi. When arrived to the room, I was disappointed with the garden view, which was far from a garden. Called the front desk and begged for them to change my room, the front desk told me to call the next day and talk to the day supervisor. I did that the following morning. The person at the front desk kept blaming Travelocity. I reply "I guess I'll be checking out earlier", was ignored. So the fourth day when I was checking out 5 days earlier. They asked me for the reason I told them about my earlier complaint, and the person at the front desk said "call Travelocity if you want a reimbursement for the 5 nights you did not use, because you booked with them." I left in tears.
My first called to Travelocity was 7/17/16 @ 10:54 am, 2nd call 7/17/16 @ 9:55 am (18 mins on hold), 3rd call 7/22/16 @10:28 am (1hr. on hold) all the agents promised to help resolve the situation and reply to me via email within 48 hrs. The 4th and last call was on 7/27/16 @ 4:09 pm (21 mins on hold) the agent told me that, "I didn't need to call again". To this day I still waiting for an email or a call from Travelocity.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2016
I needed a last minute rental car so I went to www.Travelocity.com. It's supposed to be a quick and easy way to rent a car... this has been the worst experience with any travel company in the history of my existence. 1st Problem: Booked me a car in a location that DOESN'T exist. 2nd Problem: On hold for 3 hours to resolve matter. 3rd Problem: Call disconnected multiple times. 4th Problem: The "on -hold" call finally answered to tell me to call back in an hour. 5th Problem: 5 hours later, problem not resolved. Told to call back later and then call magically disconnected. Life is great when your expectations are met when using a service. It's how you are treated as a customer when mistakes happen that reveal the issues within a company. Never book through Travelocity. They don't care.
Reviewed July 23, 2016
I "was" a long time customer of Travelocity; until they made a mistake on a phone booking. Although it was clearly a mistake the agent made, they refused to resolve the matter. Over 3-hours on the phone with customer service (if you can legitimately call it that); issue elevated to "customer service tier 3" which basically meant a customer service agent that actually spoke fluent English explained their terms and conditions that do NOT protect you even if they made the mistake in the travel booking.
One agent admitted they made a mistake, the next higher level agent denied it and said they would need to review the recording at "some later date" after they tried to cancel the wrong hotel booking. However, although a "package" was booked, they refused to cancel the airline without a fee. In other words, they would have you continue to keep the airline booking although you won't have a place to stay! Absolutely disappointing experience that is worth telling you about. Learn from our mistake, which was booking with Travelocity thinking they would stand behind us for their mistakes. Horrible company - avoid Travelocity and Expedia (which now owns Travelocity).
Reviewed July 21, 2016
I tried booking a package and got an error message so called in to agent. She attempted to book but got error message. I asked "will my card be charged?" She said no. So I asked for her name. She refused to give it so I asked for Supervisor. I waited on hold for over 45 mins with no check in at all and finally hung up. Called back in and asked for Sup and was put on hold for over 15 mins no check in and hung up.
Finally over an hour later got a call back from first supervisor and was told that the wait to speak to supervisor is usually 30 to 60 mins which is just unacceptable. My card was showing two pending charges by this time and asked the supervisor about this and he had no answers and no apology for my long wait time so asked for Manager. After a shorter wait I got a Manager who researched why the booking wasn't going through (system issue) and apologized for horrible customer experience and offered me a hotel voucher to use in future. I went in a few weeks later to book a hotel and the voucher was never added to my account.
Reviewed July 20, 2016
Booked a trip for me and my wife to the Garza Blanca Preserve Resort in Puerto Vallarta. We were supposed to get all inclusive and an ocean view. The week of our trip, the hotel tells us it's not all inclusive, and that we would not get an ocean view. Here's the best part... The hotel rep tells me a lot of angry Travelocity customers have been arriving there thinking they are getting ocean view and all inclusive and that Travelocity's website has been having issues lately.
So as you can imagine I'm beyond upset. I call Travelocity and tell them the situation... They admit it was a mistake! I was put on hold for over 2 hours as I kept getting re-routed. The entire time they tell me I'm getting a full refund. Finally a supervisor comes on saying he has to penalize me 1 day hotel fee and the airline fee. I yelled, "how can you penalize me for something you admit is your fault?!" He said it is what it is and that he had to follow procedure. In the end they kept $600 of my hard-earned money. Yes you heard me right, not only did our trip get canceled, they kept $600. Not 1 apology. No future credit. My wife has been crying the whole night. I've been on the phone with my credit card company trying to get that $600 back. Only time will tell.
Reviewed July 18, 2016
Booked our trip to Breezes, Nassau for 8/3/16, 6 nights. This is our second trip here, and one of many times we've used Travelocity. Wife booked trip cost 3000. Less than two days later she seen on Travelocity! that the same exact trip ocean view and same flight times had reduced 600. She called to get some help and was told they would see what they could do. Heard nothing for two more days so she called Travelocity and they said she had never talked to anyone. Well my wife had notes and named the associate, and asked if they would refund the difference. Well that's a big No!!!
And to top it off the trip is now 1000 less than when we booked. We dealt with Travelocity so Breezes cannot help. I will not use them again. Customer service and some sense of fair play should exist. We will enjoy our stay at the Breezes I'm sure and not hold them responsible. It's a great resort. Travelocity has however lost my business. BEWARE.
Reviewed July 16, 2016
7/15/16 - Thank you for refusing to help me. Your customer service reps are the worst. I bought a plane ticket for my mom to go back to Florida and my computer auto populated my first name in the passenger name field instead of her name. Although all the other passenger information like birthday, sex, and last name were all correct, your reps refused to help me and fix the first name. A simple little mistake, and no one from your company wanted to have the courage to fix it.
Everyone I spoke to kept stating the policies and procedures to change the name, and amount of fees that I need to pay to get this done. You should train your reps to be more helpful to customers, resolve problems, and correct human mistakes, instead of just sounding like robots reading from a script. I see that your company loves capitalizing on people's mistakes. My mother was not allowed on the plane and she is scheduled to have a medical procedure done Monday morning in Florida. Thanks for nothing. I assure you that I would never use your company ever again.
Reviewed July 14, 2016
I bought travel insurance for my recent travel. My first leg of my flight was delayed by two hours thus resulting in me missing my connecting flight. They provided another flight that was 16 hours later. That flight too had an hour delay. Spent a combined 6 hours on the phone explaining my situation. Was given a reference number for my claim. Every time I called back for a status update I had to speak to a foreigner and explained my whole story why I am making a claim AGAIN.
I can understand companies outsourcing to third world country to cut on cost but the people they hire need to be competent and understand basic English. What is the purpose of travel insurance when they want customer to go to HELL to file a claim that is rightfully deserving of a reimbursement. I will go to all length to find as many sites to write negative ratings for Travelocity and their customer service department. Will tell all friends and family to never ever book anything less with this company. I am fed up with Travelocity!!!
Reviewed July 11, 2016
So I'm sitting about 2 miles from the hotel I thought I had booked for 7/7/16. When I get to the hotel, the guy said Travelocity booked me for the 8th. I paid an extra 40$ thru Travelocity. To stay at some dump. The site claimed it to be the best in the area. Said it had free breakfast with your stay. When I got my first room key, the room the guy gave us had no door knob on it. The lights were on and so was the tv. Someone was living in it. When I got my 2nd key for another room, the room was dirty. Crumbs from other people eating in there were all over the floor. There was a spitter bottle on my nightstand. Hair in the bathroom drain. The bathroom you couldn't even turn around in. There was a meth head/prostitute living on the other side of the building.
When we got settled in, we went down to the office only to find out there's 3 undercover cops sitting in the office waiting for someone. The place is a total dump. Drug central. I was half afraid to sleep under the blankets. Under the beds were old bottles and food wrappers. I will never buy another hotel or anything off of this site. It's a joke. Your best bet is to go directly to the actual hotel site and book that way. Or call the hotel to actually talk to someone. 1st and last time booking off of here.
Reviewed July 10, 2016
This is a messed up website with untrained staff. I booked a flight from Toronto to Houston. They used Westjet's reservation system to make the booking with westjet flight number. Went to West Jet counter and was told its a Delta flight and not west jet as Travelocity has used their system to make the booking. Went to Delta and no record of booking. They asked me to call Travelocity to get the booking info and the ticket number. After 1 hour on the phone with them and three different people I was told its actually a United Airlines ticket and I should call them. Called United and after 30 min finally got the info needed. Missed the flight and had to wait another 10 hours to get the next flight and pay an additional $150 as the next flight had different fare structure. Called Travelocity to file complain and they didn't give a damn. I warn everyone to stay away from this website. Its a scam. They will make your booking and not pass the info to the airline.
Reviewed July 10, 2016
In Ireland and had problems with their site as the wrong day got booked. Approximately 2 hours on the phone with promises that never got enacted on. What a joke and waste of time. They actually never could fix their own problem. However Travelocity thought it was okay to make promises. Thanks Travelocity for making a bad situation worse.
Reviewed July 7, 2016
DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I did not learn the first time or second time. Every trip we planned had EXTRA CHARGES WE WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT. The room had a $50 extra charge each night! Car rental was $250 more than they told us. THEN, the car rental place Economy rental car in Cancun charged our credit card $500 that we do not owe and will not stop trying to get this money from us. We had to cancel card. Travelocity has been no help. They disconnect call when they find out we are having issues. Move on... if the price is cheaper... guess again!
Reviewed July 6, 2016
This is by far the worst company I have ever made flight arrangements with. I'll start by saying my original flight was pushed back which delayed me from my connecting flights. I was told by the desk attendant I could catch another flight in Chicago which took me to Fort Lauderdale, Fl instead of West Palm Beach as originally booked with the price of $779.20. Hence, I get to Chicago which I'm told that flight will not get me to Fort Lauderdale, FL until this morning 7/7/16. At that point I'm told by another attendant the only flight I can get will be to Miami, FL.
The expense I encountered to catch a Taxi all the way from Miami to West Palm Beach, FL was well over $150.00. I have been on the phone with 5 different people and only being offered a $50.00 coupon. No one seems to care about the inconvenience of the customer. It appears to make it your problem. NEVER EVER BOOK WITH THESE PEOPLE. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE CUSTOMER!!!
Reviewed July 5, 2016
Room had no working air conditioning. Had Sleep Number beds that did not function. Had no working phone in the room. I attempted to contact Travelocity (no phone number that I could find anywhere) and when I went to the Travelocity website and requested a call back I NEVER received one. So I had to find my own alternate accommodations. I contacted Travelocity via their website, providing an email and contact phone number, on July 2, and still haven't heard back as of July 5th. Thanks for nothing! Travelocity may be good for booking but USELESS for support.
Reviewed June 29, 2016
Booked a stay using the Travelocity.com website. During booking process the website explained $97.00 room rate and $50.00 for taxes and fees plus $90 cleaning fee for one night stay. I would not recommend this website or resort.
Reviewed June 29, 2016
My wife and I planned a family vacation using Travelocity for the flight reservations. We had been long time users of Travelocity and rarely ever had a problem in the past. Travelocity no longer exists as it once did. Apparently they have been purchased by Expedia (Microsoft) and ever since then their customer service has been non-existent. What's worse is they have begun to defraud the public on a massive scale. We purchased airline tickets for a round trip flight to the west coast. We were provided the ability to select seats on the Travelocity website.
As per the website warning/disclaimer, we called the airline a week before the flight to confirm our seat assignments. SURPRISE! We didn't have seat assignments. Not only didn't we have them, the airline told us Travelocity NEVER sent a request for seat assignments! Needless to say we were told we would be split up among a full aircraft, individually, regardless of age. OUTRAGEOUS! We cancelled our flights immediately with Travelocity and asked for a refund. It's been 6 weeks and we are still disputing this. STAY AWAY FROM TRAVELOCITY!!
For practically the same price we could have booked directly through the airline and had guaranteed seat assignments. Had we known of this recent change with Travelocity we never would have used them. It looks like now we are out $1600. Someone should initiate a class action suit. Travelocity should not be offering seat selection when in fact they do not have the authority to do so.
The airline told us Travelocity NEVER sends seat requests and Travelocity tickets are always UNASSIGNED with them. This was deliberate misrepresentation of a product or service to trick the unsuspecting consumer to purchase said product or service, or better known as fraud, simple fraud. That is exactly what Travelocity is doing by offering seat selections. They know and are aware they are no longer requesting seat assignments from any airline. In our particular case we had Virgin America for the departing flight and JetBlue for the return flight. Both airlines stated the exact same thing!
Reviewed June 29, 2016
I am writing in regards to a trip we booked at Purgatory resort in Durango, CO. The pictures showed a brand new condo with a beautiful kitchen and fully loaded. To our surprise, when we arrived, the condo was built in the 70s and had not been updated since they were built. To make matters worse, we found out from the people running the premises that they normally charged $120/night.... Travelocity charged us $150/night. The price would have been well worth it if it were the same condo they showed in the pictures.
Reviewed June 27, 2016
We booked a flight and hotel with an agent and he lied to us repeatedly on two separate issues and when we received confirmation emails we realized the dates for flights and hotels were all wrong. It wasn't even until I contacted their customer service agent that I realized he hadn't even booked the hotel for the correct dates. We spent hours on the phone trying to correct the problem. In the end we just cancelled everything and even then it took 1 hour and 46 minutes on the phone just to get a refund for their mistake. We then immediately found cheaper airline tickets on our own and another wonderful hotel. Don't waste your time and money with Travelocity. Awful experience.
Reviewed June 27, 2016
In April, 2016, we booked four tickets through Travelocity to Paris. On May 11, we realized that the names on our passports didn't match exactly. My husband needed to add "Sr." to the end of his name, and I needed to add my maiden name in addition to my middle and last name. We didn't need to change a passenger name, just add more to it. From May 11th to May 22nd we made 17 phone calls to Travelocity regarding this seemingly minor issue. We were kept on hold for 6 hours and 25 minutes, dealing with 17 "representatives" and 3 "supervisors" who, though polite and friendly, were completely unable to make these minor changes and confessed that they had never heard of the airline they represented.
Part of the problem was that none of the 20 Travelocity employees we talked with spoke without an accent, and, as a consequence, were difficult to understand; and they had no idea what it meant to add an "Sr." to the end of a surname. Apparently it isn't in their culture. The airline had no phone number, which was a problem for both Travelocity and us as well. (a different issue) Through emails, it became apparent that this had to be resolved through Travelocity, not the airline, we would have to re-book two of the four tickets, pay the price difference, and pay a fine of $125 each... a difference of almost $800. We have never dealt with any company that made it so difficult, frustrating, and costly to do something so simple. We cancelled our reservations and got a refund through our credit card company. The airline did not dispute the issue.
Reviewed June 24, 2016
This is the most atrocious and difficult customer service that I have ever experienced while trying to book an all inclusive vacation. I will absolutely never book with Travelocity again. When calling to inquire about my reservations I was disconnected twice. After being on the phone with a customer service representative that had claimed to process my account and then waited for over a half hour to never receive a confirmation on either end, only to be hung up on again.
I once again called back asking to have my vacation package to be confirmed and every representative I spoke to has claimed they couldn't find the information and that their "system was updating". At this moment I am still on hold for now 2 hours and counting waiting to speak to a supervisor. I still have no idea if my credit cards were charged for this trip because no one at Travelocity can even verify. The most horrifying customer experience to this day. If there was a negative number on this scale, I would chose it.
Reviewed June 23, 2016
I wish I would have read the reviews before dealing with this company as I am currently dealing with long wait times while they are suppose to be calling hotel. I made reservations on May 2nd for a condo in California. My grandson and his team are in the national dirt bike races. Of course they charged my card for the full amount. Our dates are 6/22/16-6/26/16. I was not able to go on the first day so I called the management company to make sure my son-in-law could pick up keys only to be told I don't have a reservation. After many calls to Travelocity the condo management company reserved another condo and wanted payment. At this time my family is on the way to the condo. If I would not have called about the keys they would have arrived and would not have a place to stay. For 2 days I have been trying to get a refund from Travelocity and all I get is a runaround.
In reading other reviews this seems to be how they deal with clients who want their money. Leave them on hold for long periods of time and hope you hang up.
This event for my grandson was to be a fun experience. Staying at the same condos with the rest of his team was part of the experience as well as a birthday party for his 21st birthday.
This company has pretty much ruined all plans but not doing their job and worse not to take care of the problem they caused. A company like this should not be in business. A simple hotel reservation has turned into a nightmare. I have been in customer service for 50 years. I know mistakes happen but it is how you take care of the problem once it occurs. Travelocity does not take care of their mistakes, they make them worse.
Reviewed June 22, 2016
I declined the Flight Protection Plan three times AND was charged for it. Then, when questioned, they say they will not/cannot/won't cancel refund the declined charge! This should be ILLEGAL!
Reviewed June 21, 2016
Being on the telephone with the Philippines for almost 2 hours is a frustrating, aggravating and annoying. Beside the language barrier they lose your information therefore, you now have the same price that's available in the system. Forget escalating it to a supervisor because she no better than the person that you were speaking to in the first person. And forget being transferred to the States because THEY ALL STICK TOGETHER. The bottom line, I lost the price while I was talking to the agent. But unfortunately, I was able to find it again online... I WILL NEVER CALL TRAVELOCITY AGAIN. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME and the ONLY reason I called is because I'm disable... Good luck.
Reviewed June 20, 2016
I used the Travelocity search engine to find a hotel in a specific neighborhood in Paris for a work conference and when their search engine populates "sales", it has a technical glitch that lists hotels in the !!totally wrong neighborhood!!.This did not just happen once. I took photos of many examples where they are flat out lying about location. I trusted their mapping feature to be accurate and it sent me to a hotel 30 miles outside of the city. I spent 8 hours!! on customer service calls **PRIOR** to my trip trying to correct the issue.
They told me only a supervisor could rebook me at another hotel. Then they'd leave me on hold for 1-2 hours each time and no supervisor would answer, or they would not get back to me about the problem. I finally had to spend 80Euro on a taxi to go to the hotel in person and cancel. The manager of the hotel confirmed the search engine location problem and even sent Travelocity a LETTER on my behalf requesting a full refund for a hotel I never checked into.
Travelocity has ignored all of our joint correspondence. They keep blaming the hotel saying "the Pullman La Defence Hotel does not allow refunds" but it's Travelocity lying to me. The hotel has written letters on my behalf. I had to PAY TWICE for a Paris Hotel and when I got to the 2nd hotel (La Fontaine du Luxembourg), it was under construction and fully tented. And Travelocity gave no warning about this.
It was the worst trip I have ever taken. Not only did they cost me $600 for a fraudulent hotel, but I paid over $100 in cab fare and missed $800 worth of work to deal with this ridiculous problem. Finally I had American Express reverse the charges. If you feel like Travelocity has tricked you or lied to you, get your credit card company involved. They often have far better customer service, especially when you have a paper trail proving the fraud.
Reviewed June 19, 2016
We booked a vacation package to Maui with Travelocity in March 2016 for September 19th. Something came up and we were forced to cancel. I started calling on June 15th. I told them I was forced to cancel this trip. They said to hold on while they check the package. They play this torture music for 30 minutes when they come on the line to inform me that Hawaiian Airlines has a no refund policy for cancellations even with three months notice. However, the airline will provide a voucher at a $200.00 fee if I use it before March 2017. I will not be able to do that so funds for are lost. Doesn't sound like Hawaiian Airlines with three months notice. They checked with the Westin Kaanapali and could not get a hold of anyone. They said they would pass it on and get back to me. This was June 15th.
On June 18th I had not heard anything and called Travelocity again. Talked to someone about the problem with a refund for the hotel after looking round 1 with the airline. She said to hold while she phones the hotel. Over thirty minutes later (torture music) she said that she couldn't get a hold of anyone and she would put me on the line with her supervisor. More torture music and he came on the line fifteen minutes later and said he had a different number for the hotel and would give it a try. Music on and he returns another twenty minutes later with news that the hotel has a no refund policy on cancellations even with three months notice. Westin Kaanapali. Not likely.
What I didn't tell the supervisor that I had already called the resort before even calling them. They said they have no such policy and it would be the third party's (Travelocity) policy. I asked him to send me a email saying that I will out $2700.00 because something came up three months before the trip. Wait it's not over yet. He said he would get a hold of the manager to get on the line. Put me on hold, music, music, music. 20 minutes. Gets manager and says "are you there? I say "I am" and he can't hear me. Hangs up. The manager did call right back from a different phone number. She said also that it was hotel policy for no refunds on cancellations. She said she get a hold of the hotel manager and put me on hold to see what she could do.
Another twenty minutes pass when she says she couldn't get a hold of the manager (surprise) and would send them a email and forward the response to my email, what I wanted a long time ago, as soon as she gets it. I said I would not lose $2700.00 and not put up a fight and now I have her personal phone number. I am sure they do not believe any normal human being would stay on the line listening to very bad annoying music for over a hour and a half and get nothing. I did get mad enough to call the manager back and the phone message says that this phone is for outgoing calls only. Perfect. Never again. They wouldn't let me rate them no stars.
Reviewed June 18, 2016
I canceled a travel package last September 2015, and I have tried multiple times to use that airline credit, and have spent over 20 hours on the phone with 6 different representatives to book my new flight, to no avail. I was, however, successfully charged the $200 change fee. This is the most frustrating experience had with any company, especially considering that I am a "Travelocity Gnomad" and have spent over $50,000 on travel through Travelocity in the past two years, and have proactively touted Travelocity as the best travel company for at least 10 years.
I am supposed to be flying out next week and thought that I had a reservation (emailed to me was a snapshot of the correct flights). I called the next day when I hadn't received confirmation and the representative assured me that it was "in the queue" and to check again the next day. It never showed up, and now I'm on the phone and was just told that there is no reservation for my flight next week. I have a feeling I will never be able to use my airline credit and even paid $200 on top of that. I hope no one else ever has to go through this, although I am certain now that this is the way that they make their money. I have spent too much time and money, and now I also feel like I might have a heart attack. NOT WORTH IT. Book directly!!
Reviewed June 18, 2016
Booked one leg of a flight, tried to book hotel reservations, phoned for customer support and was told I would not receive a discount because it was not a round trip ticket. But the website popped up and stated now that you have booked your flight, book your room now and receive 54% off. Not, you have to have a round trip ticket. Last leg of flight was not booked. Last time I will use Travelocity and I will continue to report this company to the better business bureau and anyone who will listen and encourage them to change their website and have it state - must book round trip ticket!!! Fraudulent advertising is fraudulent.
Reviewed June 17, 2016
I recently booked a car rental through Travelocity back in February. I received an email confirmation - all appeared correct so I didn't think twice about it until today. 2 days before our trip I decided to call Hertz just to ensure we actually get a van (there are 6 of us) only to be informed that my pick up location is NOT at the airport as I requested when I made the reservation.
I called Travelocity and after almost 30 min on hold finally got a supervisor (after being disconnected once). I was then told they would do some website analytics to determine if there was a problem with the website during booking that resulted in the error (vs. it being my error). After 50 additional minutes on hold I was greeted by the rudest customer service manager I have ever dealt with. I was informed that since I hadn't logged into my Travelocity account since I made the reservation it was MY fault and there was nothing they would do about it.
When asked why logging in mattered (I had checked my reservation email - it said "Car rental in Portland" and had a hertz address - but not location name. For all I knew it's an off-site location) I was told it was my responsibility to check to make sure the address was correct, not theirs. Why would I google an address that could be an off-site rental location when I put the airport code into the reservation request?
The supervisor was extremely rude - continually talking over me and not listening to what I was trying to ask or say. When I acknowledged that I knew I was being rude because I was upset but that I didn't appreciate that she AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER was being rude to me - the customer - she just told me that yes I was being rude and that she wasn't, she was just following policy. When I asked to speak to her supervisor I was denied because there was nothing anyone could do for me. I told her I didn't want/need help - that I wanted to report her behavior and got her name (but still didn't get escalated). I have provided feedback online and requested they contact me (and I will call them back again). So we shall see what they do to address her behavior. Unfortunately I am stuck with the incorrect reservation because the cost difference to switch it is astronomical (fortunately it is 15 miles away is all). DON'T USE TRAVELOCITY EVER.
Reviewed June 9, 2016
I was booking 2 rooms for 2 nights over the 4th of July weekend in Springfield, MO for a family of 8 vacation. I was having challenges finding a hotel. Finally selected one, filled out the credit card info but before I hit submit I changed my mind and decided to book a nice hotel. So I went back to the hotel that was more expensive, booked it, entered my card information and hit submit. I got a message that my card info was incorrect so I entered it again and hit submit. I got 2 confirmations and immediately realized I had booked 2 hotels, 2 rooms for 2 nights. I called Travelocity and because selected the non-refundable option, they could void either reservations. It was clearly obvious that at the same time I book 2 hotels in the same city, same days, 2 rooms. Then I received 78... yes I said 78 confirmations of these 2 reservations...
Reviewed June 2, 2016
I booked a trip with Travelocity heading to Russia for a month. I booked head in advance got a great deal to book non-refundable. A week before taking my trip a immediate family member became sick and soon passed away. This was a once in a lifetime trip for me. I had to cancel my trip to attend to my family. I was told by an agent that I would be able to use this trip whenever I wanted to. After 3 years has gone by and not being able to afford another trip I called to see if I could approach the subject of a refund, only to find out that the credit for my trip was cancelled as well. I was told I would be left on hold for a very long time and then was left waiting on the phone for over and hour before hanging up. My advice is if your thinking of use this company look somewhere else as this is the worst company I have been associated with yet in my life... Pooooooor Quality.
Reviewed May 31, 2016
First - wouldn't let me cancel a reservation with them 30 min after I had made it without charging me 1/2 (one night's stay and we were staying two nights) b/c I had found a site that offered the same room for $100/night less. Said cancellation would only be refunded in full by 4p THE DAY before the day I reserved it. Second - upon their suggestion, I filed Best Price Guarantee form to get the $200 back and was denied on the Best Price Guarantee b/c the room isn't "apples to apples" yet. It's the best they can offer – a two adult room is a two adult room.
Reviewed May 30, 2016
I booked a packaged deal on May 15 with Travelocity. I was unable to see the entire itinerary until tonight on my trips. The hotel in Acapulco was missing. I called to ask why and they said it had been canceled. I had already paid for the entire package and did not cancel the hotel. After speaking to a supervisor, he told me that I had to speak with someone from corporate headquarters because there was nothing he could do for me. He wanted me to send him a copy of my bank statement which I refused. This is the first time I had used Travelocity and it will be my last. I want to find out if there is a government agency I can report them to. I'd like to give them a zero. I wished I had checked the consumer reviews first. A big mistake on my end.
Reviewed May 28, 2016
When we got to London we were not happy with our hotel. We did not blame Travelocity just wanted to change it. On the second third day there we sent a Facebook message. Got a phone call a while later. Said we could look up hotels and let them know which one we wanted. We did this and it took another day for them to get back to us just to tell us the hotels we chose were either booked or too expensive. We picked more hotels. Took forever to hear back. They finally called back. All the while we spent two extra nights in an awful hotel. One of these nights the fire alarm went off from someone taking a hot shower and the steam set off the alarm. We told them to call in three hours so we could get to Internet access. They did not call. My husband called customer service on our dime. It cost a lot to call internationally. At least 50 cents per minute. Was out on hold for an hour and a half. He was hung up on twice. Finally got a hold of someone.
In the meantime our hotel had checked us out without our permission and gave our room to someone else who walked in on us. We were forced into a decision because it had taken so long to hear back. No hotels were available that were not expensive. So we had to pay $1100 extra for the new hotel and arrived past midnight very emotionally tired and exhausted. When we got back to the states we contacted Travelocity about our complaint. We did get the small refund for the four nights we did not stay at the first bad hotel. Haven't seen it in my bank yet by the way. We were told a higher up supervisor would contact us within 48 hours. It's been over a week. No word. I am greatly disappointed and if we do not hear back I will be even more disappointed. At this point we will not be using Travelocity again.
Reviewed May 24, 2016
I was forced to cancel a hotel reservation several days before the start of my schedule stay. Travelocity has a policy of charging a first nights fee for any cancellation. The website attempts to make you believe that it is the hotels policy. The hotel informed me that it is not their policy, but Travelocity's. The cancellation fee is a Travelocity scam and I will never use the site to book another reservation and encourage anyone considering using their services to find an alternative booking agent to accommodate their needs.
Reviewed May 24, 2016
I made a vacation reservation online. The website took several minutes to load a page and accept each form. It disconnected several times which meant I had to login to continue. After much effort I finally completed my reservation and received a confirmation page however I never received a confirmation email. I went online and for several days was unable to access my itinerary. I consistently received the message, "This service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again in a few minutes." After several days of trying I was never able to retrieve my itinerary via my online account. When I called it took the agent about 5 minutes to call up my reservation and have my itinerary emailed to me. Their computer system seems to be on the verge of collapse and is completely unresponsive.
Reviewed May 23, 2016
Stress free travel protection is a scam. It takes hours to work through process and at each step you are told that your case doesn't meet the criteria. On the end your claim will be denied. Nothing stress free or satisfactory about the process.
Reviewed May 22, 2016
So I have booked through Travelocity back in February and everything went just as planned however I just booked through them again and they sent me my confirmation information so I went to the hotel for my reservation and they told me that my reservation was for the next day so I called Travelocity to see what happened and the told me that the hotel was booked for that night so they changed the day to the next available day. They told me that it would be $200 to change my plans even though it was their fault that I was going to so I told them that I didn't want to change my day. I just wanted my money back and they told me that I could have a couple that I could use for them.
I was not ok with that so I asked to speak to a supervisor so she transferred me to one and I sat on hold for an hour then they hung up on me so I called back and was transferred again and it took another 30 minutes for someone to answer the phone and they started being rude and distasteful to me... This is a horrible place and I recommend that no one try booking through them.
Reviewed May 21, 2016
Booked trip to the Hard Rock Punta Cana. I am a cancer patient in remission. After being there for a couple of days I started feeling sick. I spent one evening vomiting all night. Got up in the morning headache and fever. My husband called front desk. They sent me to the doctor on the resort. He suggested I go to hospital. Dehydrated and possible infection and being a cancer patient no immune system. Went to hospital they gave me IV fluids. Wanted to admit me for antibiotic iv. Needless to say the hospital was beyond filthy and no one spoke any English and my husband wanted me out of there asap.
We went back to hotel where I spent a little over 2 hours being disconnected from Travelocity trying to book a emergency flight back to the states where I could get to a doctor or hospital. Every time I got through and told them I had been disconnected they promised wouldn't happen again and if it did they would call me back. NEVER happened. Sick, crying and frustrated I got online and booked a flight home on American Airlines. Oh by the way I had purchased the trip insurance. I do have proof of all these calls on my cell phone. I tried to call Travelocity today and just spent 29 minutes on hold no answer. This is how you treat your customers... I would NEVER recommend anyone use this company. An infection in my condition can be deadly. You people are awful.
Reviewed May 21, 2016
I booked a flight through Travelocity from Guadalajara Mexico to Puerto Vallarta scheduled on may 15/10 flight # 4422 AeroMexico. The flight was cancelled by the airline. Now Travelocity won't return the money as they claim they already paid the airline. The airline tells me to take it to Travelocity, so I end up losing $188.00. Do not use Travelocity for any flight or hotel reservation as this could happen again and again.
Reviewed May 20, 2016
We booked flights to London with Travelocity as they offered the best deal. For our return flight we included a layover in LA as it was $800 less than booking direct London -- SFO. The first issue occurred when we checked in for our outbound flight when the check in staff were unable to locate our reservation saying our ticket number was invalid and had Travelocity sent us another ticket number? They hadn't. After a few phone calls from the staff they got us on the flight and we went off to London with only a short delay. No big deal.
For our return flight we were due to depart at 4.15 pm from London. We had plans that day to spend it with friends and do some shopping before our flight back. My husband suggested we try checking in online so we could make sure we had seats together as we were flying with young children. When I checked my online reservation it stated our flight was departing at 12.20 pm which was 4 hours earlier than our confirmation stated. They had moved us to an earlier flight with no notification, no email, no phone call NOTHING!!
If we hadn't checked then we would have missed our flight. As it was we didn't have time to call Travelocity and try and sort it out as we had to scramble to get ready, the kids ready, take the hire car back and jam to Heathrow Airport for our 12.20 pm flight hoping they would be able to do something at the airport. Not good when you are travelling with a 5-year old and a 2-year old. The check in staff were unable to do anything as they said it was Travelocity that we needed to speak to and we just didn't have time to do that. We ended up being the last people to board the flight.
Now we are at LAX after a 10.5 hour flight and I finally try to call Travelocity to try and arrange an earlier connecting flight as we were only supposed to have a little over 2 hours to clear customs and recheck in for our SFO flight, now we had 5 hours in the worst airport in the world with 2 tired children. Surprise, surprise after being on the phone for around an hour, speaking to two different people, listening to hold music and having to explain the full details of our issue to both people they told me they were 'sorry but there is nothing we can do.'
I have since messaged them to let them know of my disappointment I received a cursory 'sorry for the inconvenience, we will look into it and get back to you' and have had nothing since... I think this pretty much sums up the level of their customer service. I can safely say I will NEVER use Travelocity again for anything and I will also do my best to spread the word far and wide so other people are warned about how they treat their customers. Pretty much like everyone else who has reviewed them on this site.
Reviewed May 19, 2016
I booked flights which I did not receive a confirmation for. When I went to track down my ticket info, I discovered I was booked on the wrong flights. Travelocity will not provide me with any confirmation of what occurred and now wants $1,000.00 to change these flights. I really wish I had read these before using them. Think twice before using their services.
Reviewed May 18, 2016
As I am seeing Expedia/Travelocity has a reputation for stealing from people. My experience is I booked a room at the NYC Hilton through Expedia. I arrived and gave a credit card for incidentals. Upon checkout I was charged for the stay due to lack of payment from Expedia. I tried to resolve this with Expedia and I was met with continuous holds, flat out knowing lies, when I called her out on her lies she admitted to it and admitted she just put me on hold because she is instructed to do this.
I asked for a supervisor. I was told there are many but I can't talk to one, so why can't I speak to one? They don't take this type of call. This practice is so mind numbly stupid it doesn't seem real, but it is! I am 1 month into this and still not a hint of resolution. I will not go into all the calls I have made and the lies I have been told from Expedia, I will say DO NOT use these folks. They do not have a culture of resolution or honesty. And don't waste your time trying to call their main office, when you try to contact someone it is a runaround and no voicemail actually works.
Reviewed May 17, 2016
Summary: I was charged an amount higher than the shown price. I appealed through Travelocity customer service and attached screenshots as backup. They declined saying there was a discrepancy in the information which I presented, although there was not. When I followed their directions to continue the appeal and resubmit my information, I received zero response. I stopped after the 4th inquiry with no response. I am seeking credit for the difference of the ticket price (before taxes and fees) for four tickets.
Additional Detail and Explanation: Friends booked the flight at the lowest price offered $278.20. I immediately logged on and saw 4 tickets left at the same price so I booked it right away. I was charged a higher amount which I thought was due to taxes and fees. Once I paid I realized that I was charged $325.58 per ticket (without taxes and fees), a difference of over $190 total. I called customer service right away and was directed to someone that listened to my entire story and request to correct the fees. His response was "How can I help you today?"
I once again explained my desire to be credited the difference and was told all they could do was cancel the entire itinerary. I do not want to cancel this flight as I knew I would then not get either the flight without friends who are traveling, or the lower fee. I appealed via the website and included screenshots showing the lower amount was available for purchase for my tickets when I hit submit. I have not been credited the amount and have received no response confirming my final appeal is rejected.
Reviewed May 17, 2016
We booked a trip to Cancun with Travelocity/Dynamic Airlines for a trip on June 2016. The Airline changed our outbound and inbound flights to very early and very late times. For example on our departure date the Airline changed our flight to 10:30 pm which meant we would have to stay in the airport waiting for the flight from hotel checkout time 11 am till 10:30 pm, with an estimated arrival in NYC at 3 am! This unexpected change was unacceptable.
I contacted Travelocity for a solution and after 1 hour and 36 minutes on the phone, Travelocity/Dynamic offered to change my flight to an earlier day - so I would lose 1 prepaid hotel night - then I was told that my only option was to cancel my trip which would be fully refunded (we bought travel insurance). I contacted the other passengers to confirm that we would have to cancel and that was my mistake - I lost the call and I had to call Travelocity again and even with reference numbers they took 1 hour to locate my reservation and start processing the cancellation of the itineraries.
They were supposed to send email confirmations for 3 itineraries for a total of 6 passengers - we only got an email confirmation for 1 itinerary and 2 passengers. Called Travelocity again and another 1 hour on the phone and confirmed cancellation and full refund for the other 2 itineraries - waited overnight and no e-mail confirmation. Once again, I called Travelocity just to request an email confirmation - it took them 1 hour and 18 minutes. Total time on the phone with Travelocity customer service: 5 hours.
Calling Travelocity with reference numbers from previous calls is pointless. Every call is an endless explanation of every detail and customers are transferred to supervisors and then to manager - and again I had to explain all the details. I wonder if Travelocity knows that not only they wasted 5 hours of customer time for a simple notification of cancellation - they are also paying 5 hours of employee time for lack of better service.
Reviewed May 11, 2016
We booked 2 rooms for 3 nights in a hotel May 2016 via Travelocity. We paid the entire bill upfront and when we arrived, the hotel told us they never received our reservation and even confirmed this with Travelocity by phone. We were stuck in a foreign country late at night with NO ROOMS or solutions. As there were 2 major events in the city, all hotels were full. We had to rely on friends and business partners to put us up. When we returned from our trip and tried to verify we were refunded, we were told that not only did the hotel get our reservations, but that they accepted the payment and refused to later refund it. Turns out they did this to multiple clients. Accepted lower rate reservations from online booking services and gave the rooms away to walk-ins willing to pay more.
Now Travelocity is saying that they cannot refund us because the hotel won't refund them. Who does Travelocity work for, us or the hotels who scam us and then refuse to refund? From my perspective, Travelocity is who I purchased a service from and they were not able to render that service because their partner did not provide the rooms that were paid in advance for. For me, this is an entirely fraudulent service.
Reviewed May 10, 2016
My daughter and I traveled from Dallas to Minneapolis to say goodbye to Prince. The first issue was the rental car place they booked closed at 11 and our flight got in at 10:59. The Indian dude kept telling me, "Don't worry about it" that they "may" wait for me. Being in a strange city with my daughter and possibly not having a car in the middle of the night WAS something I was worried about. So, they changed my reservation. Or so they said... So I get to the airport, shuttle to the new place and guess what? It's midnight and they have no record of my reservation. So I call and again an Indian guy who you can barely understand says 347 times, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience".
They definitely have cars where I'm at but he wanted me to go to ANOTHER car company. I said, "No, you are going to make this right and handle this here." I said, "Give me a refund" and he argued with me for 5 minutes that they couldn't do that. Then in a strange switch - he says, "I'll refund you what you paid for the car." WTF?!? So I paid for a car where I was (Sixt) and they were super nice and gave me the same rate. Don't waste your time with these losers - they are scammers and have no problem leaving you or your family stranded.
Reviewed May 8, 2016
In March 2016 I used Travelocity to book a trip to Brazil, Cuiaba. My trip ended up being rescheduled, twice. Almost one month later after I purchased the ticket, I received a call from a guy with a strong Indian accent. The guy said that he was calling on behalf of Travelocity and my flight to Brazil was cancelled. One hour later I received an email from Travelocity notifying me that my flight was officially canceled. I call them up and after waiting for almost 30 minutes, finally spoke to one of their staff members. They offered me a 48 hour itinerary instead of a regular 20 hrs flight to Cuiaba.
Thankfully, when I bought my ticket, I paid $82 for a STRESS FREE TRAVEL PROTECTION PLAN. Since the new itinerary offered by Travelocity was ridiculously long 48 hrs I asked them to reimburse my account for the full price. The Travelocity agent said that to cancel and reimburse my account she needed approval from her supervisor. Even though, I paid for the travel protection plan, I had to wait over one hour to get the manager's approval to cancel and reimburse my account. After trip cancellation, I received a confirmation e-mail stating that the flight was cancelled. However, there was no information in regards to when I would be reimbursed. Since I was still on the phone with the Travelocity representative, I asked her how long it would take to receive my reimbursement. She said that usually reimbursements takes about 8 WEEKS!
I told the representative that I wanted to talk to her supervisor. 8 Weeks reimbursement was not ethical, nor acceptable. She said that her supervisor would not be available until later. I ended waiting an hour on the phone to talk to her supervisor. Eventually I ended the call asked the representative to have her supervisor call me. Her supervisor never called! When I booked my trip through Travelocity, they charged my account immediately, so why do I have to wait 2 months to get reimbursed? While I was on the phone with Travelocity, I went online and found a DELTA ticket from SFO-Sao Paulo-Cuiaba, round trip $200 cheaper and 20 hrs faster. And in the case of a Delta cancellation I will get reimbursed in 7 business days.
So why use Travelocity, when you hardly can communicate with their inefficient staff, their fees are more expensive, their connections are not reliable, they are prompt to rescheduling and cancellations and in the case of reimbursement takes 2 months. I took the time to write this comment, so you avoid using Travelocity. When I was writing this comment, I found out that there were over 1,000 complaints to Travelocity. No wonder why Travelocity does NOT participate in the Consumer Affairs authorized partner program. My advice to you is, If you need to book a flight, go straight to a reputable airline. Don't waste your time with Travelocity.
Reviewed May 3, 2016
Travelocity recently handled my flight to San Francisco. As a result of their admitted errors in issuing the ticket I was left abandoned in New York's JFK airport without a valid ticket. Even though I had an American Airlines confirmation, locator number, and seat assignment, the ticket could not be processed due to Travelocity's errors. I missed my flight and had no choice but to cancel my vacation and make my way back home dragging my luggage through an unfamiliar transit system. Travelocity's only attempt to help me at the airport was the suggestion that I purchase a ticket and be reimbursed at a later date. The same day purchase of the ticket was over $1,000, $400 more than the original, and beyond my means to float on my credit card until some future reimbursement.
Furthermore, my phone connection to customer service cut off before I was given any instructions on how to proceed with such a reimbursement or if a price difference would be honored. As Travelocity's customer service system relies on their calling you back I had no way of contacting them in the time frame I had to find another flight. I had to wait too for them to call me back, which they did not. I'm curious to know why Travelocity couldn't book the flight for me and pay the cost directly? After the outrageous loss of my vacation, my attempts at reimbursement of my ticket and hotel fees resulted in my being placed on hold for more than three hours as I was shuffled up the line to corporate management. I spent an additional three hours the next day just to get a confirmation that my case was resolved.
Travelocity's final resolution was to cover only part of the ticket cost and the cancellation fee of my hotel. When I insisted that the ticket was worth more than what was being offered, they claimed that was the amount the airline said the ticket was worth. As a result I am losing $200. When asked about compensation for my lost vacation time I was given a flat "NO, we do not reimburse for lost time". Told to write a letter to corporate and given an address but no contact name. I, like many of you, am a hardworking middle class person. The loss of this vacation is the loss of my vacation for the year. Travelocity's choice to do as little as they can get away with instead of what is right is unconscionable.
Reviewed May 3, 2016
I used Travelocity to book a hotel May 13, 2016 to May 14, 2016. After selecting my dates and choosing my hotel, I made sure to read the cancellation policy before continuing with my transaction. The cancellation policy states there is no charge for cancellation or changes to your reservation. I completed my transaction by entering my credit card information.
The next day I checked my emails and found that the reservation date was for May 15, 2016 and May 16, 2016. I immediately called Travelocity and complained. They in turn called the hotel and the hotel (Holiday Inn) said they can change the date to the date I requested in the first place for $187.00 instead of $90.00 (the original fee). What a ripoff! Never use this site! I wish I had read reviews before booking with this company. I will be sure to tell everyone I know to never use Travelocity! I have not used Holiday Inn in many years and after this I will also never use them again as well. There are so many other quality hotels to choose from.
Reviewed May 2, 2016
In November 2016 I made reservations thru Travelocity/Expedia for two rooms in Lexington, Kentucky. We were attending the Rolex. On the day before our arrival I contacted the hotel GuestHouse Inn & Suites Lexington, Kentucky. I was assured that they had the reservations. On arrival at the hotel we were informed that the rooms had been given away and that any reservation made by a third party (Travelocity/Expedia) is not a guaranteed reservation. The cost of the room at a different was double due to the Rolex Horse Comp. Travelocity/Expedia determined the problem was mine and even though the hotel was full had I called that they would have made them give us a room that did not exist. When you book thru Travelocity/Expedia the room is not guaranteed and they (Travelocity/Expedia) will not stand behind the reservation. It would have cost less if I had booked direct with the hotel.
Reviewed May 2, 2016
I’m writing this letter on April 27, 2016 about my trip on April 22, 2016. Myself along with two friends with a 16 month child drove from Kaufman, Texas to New Orleans, LA, a trip that covered 477 miles in over eight hours. We didn't leave until 4:30 PM. We arrived around 12:45 AM, again that was over an eight hour of driving. Upon arriving at “Family Inn of America 6303 Chef Menteur Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70126” I was greeted with the news that they had no rooms. It was also brought to my attention by the hotel staff that this had been made known to Travelocity as early as 12:00 PM. Other guest had been showing up calling Travelocity stating this issue to which a Travelocity agent would call the hotel to verify this to be true. Once again this had been happening since 12:00 PM, a full 12 hours before I arrived to the hotel. On my itinerary it stated there was no need to call and verify the reservations so I took your company’s word.
I spent another hour and half going back and forth with your agent about this problem. To which her only concern was about me making it in time to “Best Way Inn & Suites”, a second Hotel to which she had called on my behalf. As a public servant I could lose my job if I treated a client in such manner. It’s not professional nor is it a good business practice to retain current customers or attract new ones. Your agent went on to state that the second hotel was an upgrade in cost and accommodations for all of my troubles to which I highly doubt that. In all I am thoroughly shocked at your company’s practice and feel as if you dropped the ball severely on my first and most defiantly last experience with your company. How you do plan on making this right with me because at this moment I still feel very dissatisfied in spending over $300+ with your company as a whole.
Reviewed May 1, 2016
These people continually claim that they have flights available at a stated price. However after you have entered all your information they tell you that they, "hate it when this happens", but increase the price approx 20%. They are a waste of your time and should be put out of business. Very unethical!
Reviewed April 28, 2016
Travelocity changed the date of our reservation after entering payment and when we called correct they assured us that they would correct it and send us a confirmation of reimbursement. When no confirmation came we called back and spoke with the corporate office. They refused to correct their error and required a forfeiture of one hundred percent of our payment for five days of a hotel room in Australia.
Reviewed April 25, 2016
I thought I could book thru Travelocity and get a better deal. We needed to stay at a hotel while attending a family funeral and had stayed in the Hotel 2 times in the past two weeks. I booked a 2 bedroom for 3 adults (my son was suppose to come but didn't). When arriving at the hotel I asked to be reimbursed because my son did not come but they would not. They said I have to go thru Travelocity. Called Travelocity and they would not saying it's hotel policy (just run around). Also there's a $20 pending fee for the hotel holding the room that the hotel said would be reimbursed. I will not stay at THAT Holiday Inn Express again or definitely will not be booking thru Travel Loss Me (TRAVELOCITY)- as a customer!
Reviewed April 22, 2016
Because I asked for 2 double beds, this hotel assumed that there was only 2 adults taking in the room. They never asked me how many, then they wanted to charge me for another person when the room can hold 4 people. I feel it is Travelocity fault they obtain these room for the customers. This was my first time with Travelocity & my last. Then when I called and ask to speak with supervisor I was on hold for over an 1 hour. So I hung up. They don't care about customer.
Reviewed April 18, 2016
Worst customer service ever. I just need to change my flight from a Sunday to a Monday and I've now been on hold for 1 hour and 17 minutes (and counting). Next time I'll just book with the airline.
Reviewed April 15, 2016
I have successfully booked many trips with Travelocity and Expedia (apparently one in the same company). Never thought to look at customers' reviews but now wish I had. I booked a trip in February of this year, put in my credit card information and after several minutes received confirmation and a printable receipt for over 100$ more than the price listed on booking page that included all charges. I informed my bank of issue and they provided a preliminary refund of the disputed amount.
Today refund was reversed as Travelocity provided a copy of the receipt. I explained that the receipt did not reflect the original charge but because I had no proof I am out that money. Though a relatively small amount of money the bigger issue is fraud. I will never book with them again. If the reader decides to utilize their service I strongly suggest you take a screenshot of the entire transaction. This probably won't help you with Travelocity but may with your bank. Goodluck!
Reviewed April 9, 2016
Long story short, I had an issue with reserving a car (Bell Trans) through Travelocity. I tried to work with their complaint department while the issue was taking place, but they could care less. After reading the reviews on here and combining that with my own experience, I will book through the hotel and company (not Bell Trans as they are equally crappy) in the future.
Reviewed April 8, 2016
I recently booked a hotel room through this company. When I received the charges and found that they were in US dollars, I chose to cancel as it was too much money. I was not refunded the full amount. The company could not resolve the issue by email, even though I had received an email confirming that I would be refunded the full amount. I had to call, and when speaking to the representative Becky, she was very unhelpful and I had a long wait to speak with a supervisor. The issue is still not resolved. Although the company says that there are not cancellation fees, that is not necessarily true. Avoid booking with them at all costs in the future.
Reviewed April 6, 2016
The most unethical torturous experience. Amazing this co. is in business. Fraudulent advertising. Zero customer service. Use any other online travel. Expedia is the same company. Caught their mistake in the trip confirmation and called right back to correct. Charged me for one room the price of 2 rooms. I needed 2 rooms for two grown adult males traveling on business. Clearly, not even debatable that they errored. 6 hours on hold for 10 days. Promised to be resolved to 10 days. Never heard anything back. They clearly errored and would not take responsibility. Reporting fraud to credit card company today. How a company who operates like this stays in business is baffling. Stay away at all costs.
Reviewed April 2, 2016
I never wish this to happen to anybody. I canceled my flight 14 hours after I booked it. According to Travelocity cancellations made within 24 hours after booking should be fully refunded. Today, after about more than 5 days I still didn't see on my credit card. Called Travelocity - that's where my sorrows started. After about TWO hours on the phone with the agent, we finally got to a supervisor. Immediately, the agent hung up. The supervisor said "Hello hello" several time and hung up! This is terrible. I am taking them to court. I think from all the reviews, they need a day in court to stop their assault. I OR ANYBODY THAT I KNOW WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH TRAVELOCITY. I WILL ALSO DELETE THE ACCOUNT THAT I created on their website. Stay tuned for the court decision.
Reviewed April 1, 2016
Booked a motel through Travelocity. Upon check in they said it was paid by travelocity. On my next credit card bill I got a receipt for the charges from Travelocity and from the motel. Upon checking them the motel charges were $40.00 less expensive. I contacted the motel and they told me to dispute the Travelocity charges. I did not do that since I had booked through travelocity. I called travelocity and after being on hold for 52 minutes they said they could not get a hold of the motel and would call me back. Needless to say I have invested over 2 hours on hold and still can't get it resolved with travelocity. Now they say I was booked at another motel and that is what the charges are for. DO NOT EVER DO BUSINESS WITH TRAVELOCITY.
Reviewed March 31, 2016
I booked a hotel room for 2 nights. I booked the room about 3 weeks in advance. The day before I was to arrive I checked and found same room plus breakfast included was $60.00 cheaper per night!!! I called customer service to ask for cheaper rate. The customer service representative's strong accent, plus the background noise, made it impossible for me to understand. I said repeatedly that I couldn't hear him or understand what he was saying. Think what you want about me but this angers me. I believe he told me I didn't qualify because I couldn't understand what he was saying. I hung up the phone in frustration.
Reviewed March 29, 2016
Where do I begin?! First off, I went on the site and booked 16 rooms to hold for wedding 6 months away. I immediately received confirmation emails with my hotel information including a note stating "YOUR RESERVATION IS CONFIRMED. NO NEED TO CALL TO RECONFIRM." Later I received an email from Travelocity stating that the hotel cancelled my rooms with no other explanation. I immediately called the hotel who then told me to call Travelocity. I ended up speaking to a "Mary" and spent about 1.5 hours on the phone with her while she offered me another hotel that was DOUBLE the price and I would have had to book 2 nights instead of 1.
After waiting to speak to a supervisor for another HALF HOUR, the supervisor picked up a few times, asked me to hold and then hung up on me without any attempt of calling me back even though they took my cell "in case we were disconnected." After calling back and speaking to a "Kim" who also put me on hold several times, she then transferred me to another supervisor, who also picked up the phone twice and then ultimately hung up on me after another 45min. I will never use this site again & will be sure to post this awful experience & total lack of cust service on any and all sites that I can. I am disgusted with the way they threw me around from person to person and wasted almost 3 hours of my day with them. I work for a global company and will be sure no one on my team ever uses this site as well. The only thing worse than what they did was their complete lack of effort to make it right.
Reviewed March 26, 2016
I booked a flight on 3/6/16 for my husband. I thought I booked for Saturday 3/26 leaving at 1145pm. I accidentally booked for am. I called Travelocity a few days later to confirm the flights. I asked the gentleman if I booked leaving Saturday and arriving early Sunday morning. He assured me that I had. I thought "great. Don't have to change a thing". I went to get things ready today for my husband. Saw that it was cancelled. Called them and said "airline did it because he didn't show up". I said "his flight is tonight??" They said "no, it was this am". I proceeded to tell them about my call to customer service. I said "listen to the tape of our conversation". They couldn't find it. They basically made me feel like I was a liar. Not only am I out the 234 for the original flight, I had to book another flight for 246. I will NEVER use this service again and plan on telling all of my friends and family to never use this site.
Reviewed March 26, 2016
I planned a trip with my parents in February 2016. I bought a vacation package for 4 days to go to Puerto Rico, even I purchased a vacation insurance. My dad got sick before the trip and I tried to cancel this trip for few hours in the phone. My first call, they only refund the hotel portion, not the airline and when I rescheduled the flight I have to paid $90 per person (we are 4 person). I had to talk to them after 2 hours they told me I will received a full refund, not a refund and airline credit.
My experience was really bad. Well, they lied and only gave my hotel refund and airline credit. When I received my credit card statement found out. My second call, 3 weeks later the same situation, put me on hold many times. After more than 2 hours, they told me that now they will check the phone call conversation (the first call) to understand what happen if I am not lying. INCREDIBLE!!!! DO NOT USED TRAVELOCITY NEVER AGAIN... THEY ARE LIARS and be careful with their vacation insurance is tricky.
Reviewed March 23, 2016
I booked a flight and hotel through Travelocity for my husband and I to go to London. The night before our trip I had trouble checking in online via Delta. When I called Delta they told me that Travelocity had put my name on both of the airline tickets even though all of the confirmation information I had showed both of our names. I spent 4 hours on the phone with Travelocity the night before our trip and was assured that the issue was resolved. When I asked for a number to call the next day if we had issues at the airport I was told that was not possible.
The next day the issue was not resolved and Delta tried to fix it at check-in. When we attempted to board the flight we found out that the issue was still not resolved and were removed from our flight. After that I had to spend another 5 HOURS on the phone with Travelocity at the airport. After waiting on hold for three hours I finally got to someone that had the authority to address my issue. However, even this person asked me to spend $1800 per flight of my own money to buy new tickets.
After a total of 5 hours on the phone with Travelocity (between me and the Delta agents) Travelocity finally booked us new flights. What this means is that we weren't able to get on another flight until 8 hours after we were originally supposed to depart. This means that we missed an entire day of our vacation that we had saved up for YEARS. This also means that our bags arrived a day after we arrived. Also, the agent promised me a refund of $442 which I have still not received, over 12 days after I was supposed to.
Travelocity not only ruined the beginning of my trip. They also ruined the end of my trip because I had to worry for days about whether or not we would have similar issues on the way home and, being in a foreign country, would have had to spend a lot of money on the phone with Travelocity again. We did indeed experience issues on the way back but thankfully Delta was able to resolve them. I have never encountered such incompetence and had such poor customer service in my life. Travelocity ruined a trip that cost us thousands of dollars, a trip that we can only afford to take once every decade. I will NEVER EVER use Travelocity again and hope that others will read this review and avoid the hassle we had to endure.
Reviewed March 23, 2016
I had to do a change with Travelocity and knew I would have to pay the $200 change fee. I changed airports also because as I could see on the airline website the price was comparable to what I had paid for a more convenient flight. Travelocity charged me almost $300 more for the flight even though the same price was posted on the Airline website throughout the transaction and still this morning! So I was cheated out of that money. Never again!
Reviewed March 21, 2016
The worst customer service I have ever encountered. Cancelling a flight, without refund request, a week prior to departure took 9 phone calls, spoke to 4 supervisors after speaking to several different under staff, supervisors who continuously "dropped" my call and either never returned it (after confirming my phone number) or returned it apologized then immediately dropping it again. The entire process must then be restarted because there was no record of who I spoke to and even though I had first names, I was "unable to be connected to that supervisor". After 6 hours and another person attempting to call for me (to no avail): I finally have my flight cancelled.
Reviewed March 21, 2016
I have spent the last 3 weeks trying to get a refund for my airfare from Travelocity. I scheduled a flight that had a significant schedule change that I did not accept. According to airline policy I am entitled to a full refund. I have spent countless hours on hold and have received numerous emails from Travelocity disputing my entitlement to a full refund. I finally received a refund for one ticket and am now in dispute with them once again for a full refund of the other ticket that was part of the original itinerary. They continue to make mistakes with this account and are not owning up to it. It is ridiculous that I have had to argue about what is rightfully mine. I have received authorization from the airline and still Travelocity, as the middle man, continues to argue with me.
Reviewed March 19, 2016
I was charged 2 times once by the hotel and once by Travelocity. The staff was so rude and unhelpful and then they refused to give me a refund! They charged me 259.00 and the hotel Westgate resorts charged me 405.00 additionally! Then they offered to give me a 25.00 credit! BEWARE! DON'T EVER USE TRAVELOCITY!!
Reviewed March 18, 2016
Recently when my boyfriend and I used this site to travel with we had realized we forgot to order a second key as I come from Canada and my partner is from America. When the problem was discovered my partner was charged extra money for asking for a second key. Considering we meet every month I can't imagine this being an extra necessary cost as rooms generally come with two keys. I can guarantee that we will never use this company again. A huge loss for the amount of money we spend monthly.
Reviewed March 10, 2016
Tried to book a flight for my wife. Having completed the process, I received a notice that they had not been able to complete the booking. So I did it again with the same results. Went to Orbitz and booked it there. Then my wife got a message referring to her booking with travelocity and offering other services which she did not open because she was busy. She later got a request to rate her experience with Travelocity. I then called them and learned that they had booked the flight without notifying us that they had in any way. After several minutes they told me that they were getting me a refund and promised to e-mail me to that effect. Several hours later I called and learned that we were not getting a refund because it was against airline policy. Just a reminder, I was notified that my attempt to book the flight had not been successful. Take extreme care with them. Their service people are in the Philippines, perfectly nice people but also powerless.
Reviewed March 8, 2016
I booked through Travelocity and was given the wrong check-in date. I then asked for a refund due to the error and they refused. The date was 22 days later and should not affect the booking refund. NO REFUND, WAS NOT STATED ON ORIGINAL. IT DID SAY FREE CANCELLATIONS. This is fraud and misrepresentation.
Reviewed March 7, 2016
I've been a customer of Travelocity for many years now and could not be more disappointed with how this company is being manage. At one point the customer service was adequate but now it is terrible. After being booked and charged for the same flight twice through the Travelocity.com website, Travelocity absolutely refused to give back the overcharge/duplicate money stating that DELTA is responsible. I didn't book with DELTA. I booked with Travelocity. Travelocity needs to deal with DELTA.
At some point, way back when, there was a need for 3rd party assistance with booking air travel but that's just not the case. In 1 transaction, Travelocity stole form me anything I've saved by using them in the past. 2 1/2 hours waiting for customer service to escalate to a "supervisor" I spoke with Blaine. (While the Capital One rep was on the phone) Blaine was absolutely useless and had nothing to offer but, "Sorry, you made a mistake." Keep in mind, this is for a future flight for the same passenger who can't possibly use 2 seats at the same time on the same flight. IMPOSSIBLE. It's in Capital One's hands now. Travelocity, is it REALLY worth $164.20 to lose a customer. Unbelievable.
Reviewed March 5, 2016
I booked a multiple destination flight with Travelocity and was prompted to purchase insurance "to change or cancel" so I purchased the insurance. When I called Travelocity to change my flight they said I should have looked at the fine print of their third party insurance provider because there is a $200 exchange fee plus all other fees associated with changing the flight. Plus, they have the right to deny the whole change and make you liable for all charges. On hold for 1 hr 45 min and all I heard was "I'm sorry ma'am, there's nothing I can do."
Reviewed March 5, 2016
I booked a trip through Travelocity that included a rental car, flight and hotel. It was my understanding that any changes made within 24 hours could be made without penalty. After reviewing the hotel I had chosen and deciding I would not stay at a hotel that should have been condemned according to 56 of 58 reviews on TripAdvisor, I attempted to get Travelocity to cancel that portion of my package and they couldn't/wouldn't because they said it was dependent on the hotel's cancellation policy which apparently stated no cancellations even months in advance. I was disappointed Travelocity would even list this hotel on their website considering the reviews and cancellation policy. But even that being the case, I would have thought they would have cancelled it and refunded my money just in the interest of good customer relations. Apparently, I was wrong.
Reviewed March 3, 2016
After searching several travel sites I booked an international flight with Travelocity. Because of not receiving visa in time I cancelled 4 days ahead of departure schedule on the website. I never got a refund as per their site policy and called about it. They claimed no record of my cancelling! After checking back through the emails from them, found the one saying "flight is fully cancelled." Called them again. Rep said airline had put me down as a "no show." Told them that I had proof of cancellation. Was told sorry they could not do anything about a credit for the flight.
Well, I told that it wasn't the end of the matter! Went to my bank with printout of cancellation from the Travelocity site and got a full refund credited back to my account. Love my bank... My advice is if you are dealing with these online sites is to document everything, printouts, screenshots, to keep track of all interactions with them because they WILL not help you after the booking if they screw up.
Reviewed March 2, 2016
I booked travel based on the terms and conditions which stated "that if I have a change in plans within 24 hours I would not be charged or penalized." I also purchased a travel insurance policy which was supposed to protect me from events/cancellations out of my control. I had to cancel less than 24 hours after my reservation and still I was billed due to circumstances beyond my control. I called, emailed faxed and voiced mailed Travelocity. WITH NO RESPONSES!
Once I was able to get somebody on the phone they told me they were not handling the ticket, it was Expedia. They could speak English. Keep that in mind. Obviously they are not Americans!!! And then, I contacted Expedia and the airline and both told me that they were not responsible. And that Travelocity was the booking agent. I then protested with American Express and they entered a dispute. Travelocity then lied to America Express about the circumstance of the booking and sent a templated rebuttal. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LEARN FROM ALL OF THE 1000 + COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE! DO NOT USE Travelocity. They are corrupt, dishonest, and not run by Americans. They lie and misrepresent the terms and conditions on the website.
Reviewed Feb. 29, 2016
I received an email with someone's flight confirmation and when I called Travelocity, they would not confirm if this was charged to my credit card. Asked me for the phone number related to this account; however, since this wasn't my reservation (I hadn't made any reservations), I didn't have any phone number to give. Customer service rep was completely unconcerned. Then when I was supposed to be connected with the supervisor, she pretended she couldn't hear me so she hung up. When I called back, I was disconnected.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2016
Terrible accommodations! I booked a 2 night stay at a Travelocity rated 2&1/2 star hotel from 2/8/16-2/10/16 and was the Extended Stay Hotel in North Indianapolis, Indiana. This place was terrible and was grossly overrated at 2&1/2 stars. I tried to get out of this deal to no avail. Then I tried to book another room at a different hotel but was out of luck due to a bowling tournament in Indy at that time.
To say that this hotel was a pigpen would be generous. There were bugs in all of the light fixtures and I pulled significant amounts of food trash (bottles and bags out from under the bed. Various items (hair clips, shaving cream, bags of peanuts etc. from past guests were found behind furniture and in drawers. The straw that broke the camel's back was that I noticed a small steel screw top vial used for carrying controlled substances attached to a lamp stand. Fortunately no drugs or residue was found or I would have called the police. This property is in serious need of renovation and major cleaning. Consequently I will not use Travelocity again. This property needs to rated 1 star in my opinion.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2016
I purchased two tickets for my family a couple of weeks ago. I purchased the ticket protection plan (in case the weather was bad and we had to cancel). I found out this weekend that my brother's wife fell and broke her shoulder. I called Travelocity today Feb 22 to let them know I have to cancel one of the two tickets for March 18. I reminded them that I had paid $108.00 for two travel protection plans for cancellation.
After much time on the phone and two supervisors, they told me that the plan would give me a year to rebook and that the airline would charge $200.00 for the future booking. I asked if they were kidding since that is what airlines do in an emergency at no cost. I kept asking what my $108.00 was actually for and they all repeated a pre-written above statement. I lost a $750 ticket because there is no refund and I paid $108 for a plan that is nonexistent. I travel a lot and always used Travelocity. Apparently they are not the same company. Expensive lesson learned - do not trust or use Travelocity for my future travel.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2016
There should be a "no star" option. Travelocity avoided informing us that the 3 seats we were allowed to choose from their site for a Virgin America flight from JFK to LAX would be an extra $50 per seat at check-in, which we had to pay to ensure that we (a family that includes a 1 motion-sickness preschooler and 1 lap infant) would sit together. Luckily, Virgin America corrected Travelocity's error. However, we are currently waiting to speak with the supervisor of the supervisor on Travelocity's customer service line (and frankly, I've been waiting for over 20 minutes now, so I think the coward will not come back on the line), as our Jetblue flight that leaves today from Long Beach for JFK, and AGAIN we are having seating difficulties. Per Jetblue, if we want to be assured seats together, we have to pay an extra $90 per seat, otherwise we just "take our chances" at the gate. Travelocity is a sham.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2016
Oct 9, Montreal. I booked a car through Travelocity. On arriving at the Avis counter, they could not find my reservation. I asked them to call Travelocity which they did. Travelocity's promise is to put things right should there be a mix up in the reservations but they claimed that since I only reserved through them, and did not pay through them, they had no responsibility. They were unable to help. My advice: Avoid TRAVELOCITY.COM - they do not honor their pledge to help.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2016
Complaining about a US airline or a travel company such as Travelocity is like throwing a grain of sand on a sand dune; trying to get any kind of redress is from the very start completely out of the cards. What you will get in spades are lame excuse, and repeated utterances of "I am so sorry this happened ma'am." What you will NEVER get is any sense responsibility, accountability or professionalism, never mind any attempt to be helpful or constructive.
On January 1, 2016, I used Travelocity (MISTAKE!!) to make a plane reservation for a flight on February 10. I was told that within 24 hours I would receive a follow-up email with the flight confirmation number. Today, February 8, I realized that I had never received the confirmation email with the reserved seat information (as promised). I called American Airlines and was told that the only seats now available were upgrade seats for an additional $35.00 each way. However, at the same time an agent told me that when I got to the airport, I would get a seat at no extra charge. It is not difficult to see the shoddy, dishonest behavior here: You cannot get a seat in advance unless you are willing to pay extra even though you are also told that regular seats are still available (but you can't reserve one even if you booked a reservation over a month in advance).
What is the take home message here: American Airlines just wants to collect more money by showing all the seats as filled except for those that cost extra. Needless to say, Travelocity took no responsibility for their delay and mistake in not sending me an email with my flight confirmation information. There is something so wrong, so unprincipled, so egregious, and maddening with what these companies get away; truly sad and disheartening. Stay away from Travelocity, some version of my experience would certainly be your experience now or in the future. And we MUST find some way to force the airlines to be less awful and less sleazy in their modus operandi.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2016
I called to cancel my trip I booked at Travelocity. When booking this trip I purchased travel protection. When I called to cancel this trip I was told I had not purchased travel protection. My first call was February 1st. My second call was February 2nd. I was on the phone from 8:39 am until 10:47 am. During this time they argued with me about not purchasing the travel protection. They asked me to send a copy of my receipt, which I did. They requested three days to review my account. They were going to escalate the attention to my account.
Today is Saturday, February 6th. I have currently talked to BriAnne, who could not help me. She said I had not purchased travel protection. I asked to speak with her supervisor. Renee picked up the phone and told me again I had not purchased travel protection. Asked me to send her a receipt. I told her I have already done this and asked to speak with her manager. Currently I have been on the phone with them since 8:59 am. It is now 9:52 am. I am still on hold. I would suggest not doing business with Travelocity at all. My experience has been more than unsatisfactory.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2016
I wish I could give a negative star, because it did not even worth one star at all. Last year I bought a flight ticket with insurance so I could get refund after cancellation. I had to cancel my trip and I got part of my refund as an airline credit toward my next reservation. Everything seemed good until I started to book my new flight. I had to talk to at least 7 customer reps and the average waiting time was at least an hour. I just wanted to use the credit to my new flight using the same airline. Easy process you think? No, complicated. Endless waiting, and the customer service sucked. I had to be on hold for an hour for them to get a manager and got nothing done: the rep told me that the manager was busy! NO WAY! Talking on the phone for an hour? Seriously?
On my fifth call, after a 45 min. wait, someone picked up the phone but didn't say a thing, while I can hear people talking in the background laughing and chatting in Indian. No one talked to me after picking up the phone for over 20 minutes while I knew there was someone there. This is my very first time writing a review, and DO NOT use this one for any of your trips, because they do not care and the service sucks. One more time, NEVER use this service, I warn you. Btw, I still couldn't use my credit after talking to a dozen people on the phone for days. At this point I don't even care now. It is wasting of time and I am done.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2016
We completed online trip booking. Several times during the process the website didn't accept information and kept telling us information was required yet there it was on the screen. Finally came to trip insurance & vacation waiver option. Made our choice and completed booking (credit info was already required to be provided). Hit complete booking button... and guess what - NO vacation waiver fee had been applied.
Within 5 min called customer service (JOKE). After 30 min and one supposed supervisor later they told they could do nothing. Only option was to cancel entire trip package, buy new one. I was told that this time I shouldn't forget to add trip insurance to package!!! I also would have to wait for refunds from the cancelled trip to be posted to credit card from the various vendors! The best part was the price had already increased for the trip package--and they expected me to pay the higher price! It gets better. I asked that the director of customer service call me the next day...and was told they don't call people...they only take incoming calls...seriously that's what she said. After that I did some checking. This package only saved me a few hundred over booking direct with airline, hotel and car rental. NEVER AGAIN. NOT WORTH IT!
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2016
I booked a flight on Travelocity weeks prior to the flight --- it was booked at a locked in/nonrefundable/guaranteed price of $598.40. The initial Travelocity paperwork had clearly indicated there was nothing more I needed to do - I was all set... Then on the day prior to the flight I went to the Travelocity website to book my seat selection... which is something I usually would JUST RUSH THRU AND BE DONE WITH IT.
But I was lucky enough to notice there was a note on the Travelocity trip summary info that stated: "Your ticket price has changed from $598.40 to $2,218.40 as the airline could not confirm the original price due to pricing or availability changes that occurred after we posted the latest prices on our site. Continue booking or look for a different flight?" Well obviously if I was to look for another flight - now only 24 hours prior to the flight - the likelihood was I would be paying a lot more (double triple or in this case quadruple) than my locked in "guaranteed price" of $598.40.
After hours on the phone with Travelocity I finally got the $598.40 price honored... But no one at Travelocity could/would ever tell me how it was I have this PIECE OF PAPER FROM TRAVELOCITY TELLING ME THAT IF I HAD CONTINUED AND PICKED MY SEATS I WOULD BE PAYING $2,218.18 = almost 400% more than my "guaranteed price" had I not looked closer than I typically would when booking my seat selection. I feel confident I would have been billed at the $2,218.18 price for my $598.40 locked in price... No one at Travelocity seemed to want to see the document - or know any more about it when I asked "Does this kind of thing happen all the time?" Which leads me to believe better watch if you book with Travelocity.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2016
I purchased airline tickets from Travelocity online with a Visa Debit Card. They charged my bank account 3 (three) times for $1,188.66. I called my bank and they said they required a letter on Travelocity's letterhead to remove the extra two charges. I have called numerous times and used their email to communicate the problem over the last 24 hours. They will do nothing beyond talking to me on the phone or sending me emails back. I am not sure what to do.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2016
Booked a trip in April of 2015 for a flight to Hawaii in Jan of 16, contacted Travelocity to confirm, nothing had changed and received an e-mail confirmation on 25 Jan16 that the flight time was 0925. Arrived on 29Jan at 0700 to find out the plane was leaving at 0735 and we were too late. The doors had been closed and we could not get aboard. Called Travelocity and they tell us "sorry we had a glitch and you were not notified" no kidding. Do I miss a day of my trip in Hawaii and they did not even care? Then they messed up rescheduling the hotel and after five hours (no joke) of phone calls and being on hold, I had to fix that problem myself. I will never again use these guys or any other service like this. I will contact hotels and airlines direct from here going forward. The employees were very rude and not helpful at all. I hope this business fails!
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2016
Worst service EVER. I had to call 4 times. The first 2 times I was disconnected after giving my info. The 3rd time I was put on hold by Sal for 15 min w/o her ever checking back and no hold music. The 4th time Paul told me I was being transferred to a supervisor. I waited over 20 min at the time I am posting this I am still on hold. I am trying to book 5 flights which due to the airline. Need to be done in 2 separate transactions. Have a feeling it would take me a week to complete the transaction with this company. No thanks! I'll take my $$ elsewhere. Not to worry though, I'm spending my endless hold time wisely blasting them on all sites available. P. S., why even bother giving customers your fake name if they can never get back in touch with you? Save the hassle. Go with another company.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2016
On 1/22 after weeks of research I booked my first and likely only family vacation for 4 to Puerto Rico. I had researched Hawaii but decided my family could not do the long flights. I selected a 6.5 hour flight from BWI to MCO to San Juan (11:20 AM to 5:55 PM) with a similar return flight. The next day I am showing the reservation to my husband and see that we are booked on a 14hr 49min outgoing flight from BWI to Boston to MCO (6 hour layover) to San Juan (8:50 AM to 11:30 PM). There is no reason I would have done this. The price difference was probably less than $50 a person. Why would anyone with a family of 4 do this??? I did not purchase any insurance because I had booked the perfect trip at the perfect time (no real chance of snow or hurricanes) and I really don't have a spare $150, I will need that for food and car rental.
I discovered this the next afternoon on 1/23 (during the BLIZZARD in DC) and immediately try to correct/cancel online with Travelocity and Jetblue. Jetblue's website says no fees if cancelled/changed in 24 hours. I get "Oops we can't assist you" messages on Jetblue website and am directed to customer service numbers on the Travelocity website. I could not get through on the phone to either company and get "extremely high call volume due to the weather" prompts asking me to "call back if not traveling in 72 hours." I hold anyway for over 3 hours and get hung up on. I call back and select to have an automated call back rather than hold. No call back. I call back on 1/24 and 1/25 and give up due to long holds and the same prompt to delay calling if not traveling in 72 hours. Again, I select to have an automated call back. Doesn't happen.
I get through today, 1/26, and am told that I booked it online so it must be my fault and that not only can they not waive any fees and get me on the correct flight, my tickets are completely non-refundable; I can't even opt to pay the fees and any fare difference. Additionally, I am told that if I had contacted them by 11:59 PM on 1/23 they could have done a courtesy cancellation. I re-explain that they were not available due to the high call volume due to the blizzard and then am told I could have cancelled online.
I requested that the CSR walk me through that process since I had not seen any such option and they could not. This call started at 1:30 PM today and was passed to a Supervisor who could not do anything and after a near hour wait to transfer to "Corporate" I was disconnected. The supervisor did call back my cell phone and I have continued to be on hold for another hour. I have been told I cannot be given the phone number to corporate.
I reached the corporate representative at 3:50 PM and retold the story. I am told there is nothing that can be done and that if I cancel I would still be charged for the entire airline portion. So, no it is not the end of the world, but this is really my ONE splurge. I have worked since I was 15 years old. I am 35. I guess it is possible that could have clicked the wrong flight. But I really doubt it. I have a very hard time believing that Travelocity or Jetblue can't help me to get on the correct flight which are still available and advertised for even less than the day I booked. Way to help me “Smell the roses…”
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2016
In November, I purchased plane tickets for my two daughters and myself to London for a trip in June. When I went on British Airways website on January 10th, I noticed that airline has made a mistake with my name. Initially they seemed very helpful in trying to resolve this mistake. I emailed them a picture of my passport that they were then supposed to forward to British Airways. They keep telling me that British Airways has their email system down. Really! A major airline has had their email system down for 15 days?! I am at my wit's end with Travelocity. I still have many months to fix this problem but at this point I'm just crossing my fingers I can board the plane with my daughters. Never, ever, absolutely never make the mistake of dealing with Travelocity.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2016
I use to love Travelocity. Not now!! We booked 4 months in advance for a trip. The airline changed our flight that didn't work for us. We called the number that was provided for us to call. We were on hold for over an hour. The customer service who was hard to understand said we would be able to change the reservations to a flight closer to what we originally chose. The rep said it was going to happen but a supervisor would call us back and confirm the reservation. The call never came. We called back 4 times with a long hold time only to be told the same scenario that a supervisor will call back. Never Happened!
After a really long wait we were talked to a 'supervisor' only to be told they would not change our reservations and if we wanted them changed it would cost over $200. Not of this was acceptable. They never should have told us we can make the changes without charges and then tell us $200. They lost a lot of business from our travels.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2016
The old adage, "If it's too good to be true then it must be..." These travel websites book flights to destinations using up to 3 different carriers. On my return flight from Lisbon to San Juan the leg of my flight from Lisbon to Rome was changed without my knowledge from 7:40 pm to 2:20 pm. To my surprise when I checked in at 4 pm thinking I still had time to spare I realized that my flight had already left. At the desk they said I needed to contact Travelocity because I had purchased my ticket online and not directly from the airline. Using international roaming I had to wait 30 mins to speak to a customer service rep. Their reply was that my flight had not been changed and that it was still on time. Travelocity had no knowledge of the schedule change and they made no attempt to help me.
I was basically stranded at Lisbon airport. I had to purchase a last minute ticket at the cost of 642 (706 USD) in order to make my last leg from NYC to San Juan. I've been trying to claim a reimbursement from Travelocity for the extra expense incurred and in almost a week of ridiculously long waiting on hold some time for over 3 hours. I have been given the runaround, calls dropped, promises to call back, promises to investigate.
After another 3 hour wait on hold I was finally able to speak to a supervisor and she offered me 200 dollars and a voucher for 200 for online booking. What a joke! As if I would naive enough to ever purchase anything from Travelocity ever again. I rejected the offer and now I'm on hold waiting for the corporate offices to investigate for a possible refund. The whole experience is a nightmare. Please if you value your life, money and sanity never ever purchase a flight from Travelocity.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2016
I booked our family vacation in Hawaii. I booked the package deal. Before 24 hours of my reservation, I called Travelocity to make changes on our reservation. I was on hold for hours and hours and no one come to the line. It was even said "leave your phone #" and they will call you back, but no one call back! I tried calling them all day long for the last 3 days. Until now I can't get a hold of anyone in changes/Cancellation dept. I spoke to the sales dept. however they cannot help me as it's not their dept. as I was been told and they're very rude! Not even supervisor is available to speak too! If I only knew Travelocity is like this, I would not book my family reservation/vacation with them! Please beware as this can happen to you too!
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2016
An awful experience with Turkish Airways & Travelocity. Never use them again! If you enjoy traveling as much as I do, read below and learn all about why you should never book with Travelocity or Turkish Airways. Back Story: On December 19 of 2015, I made a purchase for a flight on Turkish Airways via Travelocity. I paid $576 dollars for a round trip ticket. I told myself it was a great deal! I was very careful in choosing my time and flights because I was meant to be meeting a few friends in Europe & we all needed to arrive to our destination around the same time. My flights were confirmed & I received my receipts and confirmed itinerary inclusive of both confirmation numbers for Travelocity and Turkish Airways.
Day of departure: January 19, I arrived to Kuwait Int airport at an appropriate check-in time. As the agent was checking my name, his facial expressions changed. He then later informed me that there was issue with my reservation & if I was aware that I "missed my flight". Of course I was shocked; missed my flight? Absolutely not; it's 5:40 am. I have plenty of time to check in. This trip has been carefully planned with plenty time and all of my documents confirmed me at a 7 am flight departing Kuwait; or so I thought. The agent continues to tell me I'm not on the 7am flight; I was on the 5am flight. First of all, I would have never booked a 5 am flight as it interferes with my work schedule. Second of all, I need to be at my final destination at a specific time; and the 5 am flight would've had me arriving at a much earlier time.
I continue to argue with the agent. He then calls for his manager, or their lack of because the man was nothing more than just another agent, who didn't give a ** about what his clients (me) had to say or show. He looked through my itinerary and tells me I'm not confirmed on this flight, I'm on a 5 am flight. I'm still confused & shocked. At this point, I'm beyond frustrated and upset. It's 6 am and I need to get out of Kuwait and board a flight to Milan, and Turkish airways is not doing anything to help me. They continue to deny my confirmation on a 7 am flight and blame it on changes cancellations etc.
I showed both the agent and his manager all my documentation confirming my flights. When I checked in online using their garbage app, I didn't see anything different about my reservation. Nothing was enough, they continue to tell ME that I or someone switched my flights or allowed a cancellation or change to my flights - they didn't care what I had to say or prove. I was made a fool, the agents disregarded anything I needed to say and their only solution was for me to pay for another flight - cash, because "they don't accept credit cards". What?! I thought to myself, "Oh, how convenient, you want to take advantage of my current situation and keep the cash for yourself." Ridiculous. The experience was completely awful & embarrassing. I've been traveling since I was a young child and I've never been treated so badly by any company or airline.
They continued to put the blame on me, wouldn't take anything into consideration, and they cancelled all my flights. Their solution? Either I buy another flight with them or another airline to leave Kuwait - and then file a complaint with corporate, so I can get be "taken care of and refunded". Unbelievable. End result? I had to purchase a 1-way $600 ticket out of Kuwait to my final destination. I also had to purchase another $280 1-way ticket returning to Kuwait. Obviously with a different airline and booking agent. An additional $820 in flights... When I originally paid $576. I'm beyond furious and upset.
When I arrived to my layover in Dubai (with my new flight) I called Travelocity and filed a complaint regarding my original flight. Their response was "the airline changed my flights and they sent me an email". I didn't receive an email. Let me get this straight. I received a confirmation email perfectly fine. I get your garbage "promotional" emails perfectly fine, so why wouldn't I receive an email or phone call notifying me of any changes regarding my flights and service that I PAID for!? Unreal!! I wasn't even aware of a flight change let alone given an option for a change! The agent from Travelocity advised me to call corporate headquarters because she could no longer be any help. She said Turkish airways cancelled all my flights and If I want to make changes I have to pay.
End story - hours later. I logged on Twitter and let the world know that Travelocity and Turkish airways were business who only cared about how much money they can get and don't protect or respect their clients. Someone from Travelocity reached out to me. I finally spoke to someone that works in corporate, supposedly, and they said they were passing on my complaint to their corporate supervisor. She too told me I was sent an email notice, regarding my flight changes. What is it with these people and business not accepting their mistakes and treating the clients with some decency? I've checked my spam inbox and never receive any notices about any flight changes. Since December 19 I was confirmed on a flight departing January 19. I never knew anything was changed. I never authorized the change.
Even though I have all this documentation, both Travelocity and Turkish airways have do nothing to listen to my case or offer any compensation or help. They both just continue to ask for more money. I was advised by the Travelocity rep that they would reach back out within 24 hours. She reconfirmed my email and phone number. It's been more than 24 hours and I haven't heard back. Again, lack of customer care and respect.
Travelocity & Turkish Airways, I'm not Richy Rich who just throws cash around. I'm a client who enjoys traveling and would appreciate being treated with respect & understanding when you and your systems make mistakes. You refused to hear anything I had to say or show and have refused to take into consideration your systems' failure. My original flight was $576 round trip. I've now spent an additional $880 on flights. What was meant to be a fun vacation with friends and family has turned into a nightmare & stressed out trip. Avoid Turkish Airways and Travelocity at all costs if you want to travel worry free...
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2016
I went online to book a motel in Lakes Entrance, Australia. Not knowing any better, I saw an ad for Great Western motel - Banjo Paterson. It advertised 1 room with Queen bed and most importantly it claimed it was a Smoking room and the price was $123.00. Travelocity required my credit card details before they would process my booking.
I immediately emailed Travelocity to exchange Queen bed for twin beds, that it was a Smoking room and confirm the price. I got back an automatic email saying they would respond in 48 hrs. I then emailed the manager of Great Western to confirm personally our requirements. He had never heard of Travelocity but said they dealt with Expedia; he then stated there were no Smoking rooms. I told him about the online booking which he had just received from Travelocity confirming a Queen bed, $183.00 per night in a non Smoking room.
We know it is rare to find a motel that permits smoking on the premises. We were totally misled by Travelocity; unfortunately the manager said he required cancellation from Travelocity to confirm the booking was no longer required. This started as hugely annoying list of emails backwards and forward to Travelocity's help section (You have got to be joking!) to get the reservation cancelled due to misleading advertising of motel.
To cut a long story short we traveled 300 kms to personally speak with the manager who assured me he would not process any credit card charges. He was amazed on reading my itinerary from Travelocity that the room price was $30 more than their current rate - his words: "They are ripping you off!" I printed out the countless emails sent to Travelocity trying to cancel this booking starting within 10 minutes of making it once we confirmed none of it was correct.
I finally received an email saying that the manager could cancel the booking two days after being in our new motel. Such inefficiency is hard to believe. More importantly how can an American company represent an Australian motel to knowing Australians whilst unbeknownst to the manager, and advertise misleading motel requirements. Travelocity emailed me to complete a survey on their service - I am still laughing!!
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2016
I booked a trip with Travelocity in November for a flight and rental car. Several days later, Travelocity contacted me because my flight had changed and it would now get me home the following day. With no other flight options, Travelocity cancelled the rental car and refunded that portion to my credit card on 11/23/15. I was told that once American Airlines refunded the money to them, they would credit my card for the flight. On 12/3/15 American emailed me that they had processed my refund and Travelocity would have it within 10 days. All of these steps were done with Travelocity, using the same trip number.
After 4 weeks, I began to inquire about the status of my refund. Travelocity told me my trip number was invalid, they didn't book the trip and an affiliate company in Spain set it up. After talking to 8 representatives in the US and Spain, no one can even access any information or history using this number. I have offered to email my 2 correspondences from Travelocity using this number, or my credit card statement showing the charge. To date Travelocity denies any involvement in this transaction. So they have my $620 and they will help me if I come up with a "valid" trip number. Unfortunately, I am past the 60-day limit with my credit card company, which is probably what they wanted. They have definitely lost a long term customer.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2016
On 12/17/15 I was looking at a room on Travelocity.com. However I called to make the reservation. They made the reservation on the wrong date (2 months earlier than what I asked for) and I obviously did not show up for the night. The hotel rightfully put the charge through as a no-show. While I did receive a confirmation from Travelocity I did not notice that they had the date wrong until I checked after receiving the charge on my credit card. I called the hotel directly to check on the charge and to book some more days. I called Travelocity and they kept insisting that I had made the reservation online and that they would not cover the hotel charge. I spend over an hour on the phone with them, most of that time on hold. Their pricing was exactly the same as what was advertised on Travelocity. These sites are a scam, an extra middleman that adds an extra layer of potential problems.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2016
I went online to look for motels with free long term parking. Travelocity advertised that a Day Inn offered it for the time I needed it. I booked the room. Once I checked in I was told no that there was no long term parking and that was only through the main company and not through Travelocity. I was told that it was a package they did offer. Nowhere on the ad did they mention that the room had to be booked through Days Inn. I talked to a representative at Travelocity and this one woman stated that it was very misleading. She put me on hold. Another woman picked up the call and was rude and said there was nothing that could be done.
As I was siting there I overheard someone else come in and the price they paid for the same room was $30.00 cheaper, So in the end I paid more for my room and had only one night of free parking. Thank goodness the woman at Days Inn was great and helped me find a lot at JFK that would take my car. I will never go through Travelocity again and will spread the word.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2016
I booked my vacation package to Cancun back in September, and it contained a hotel reservation and a flight on American Airlines. When I completed my reservation and got my itinerary, it listed that the flight back from Cancun will leave on December 31st at 10:50am, and accordingly I booked my airport shuttle from the hotel to drop me off at the airport by 8am. I got a confirmation email from Travelocity confirming the same information and saying "Your reservation is booked and confirmed, and there is no need to call us to reconfirm this reservation".
On the day of the travel back from Cancun, I arrived the airport with my wife and two little children and tried to check in knowing that we are still 3 hours away from the scheduled departure time, and I was shocked when the airline officer said that you are late and the flight is leaving within an hour and he cannot check us in and I had to call Travelocity to find another alternative. I called them and stayed on the phone with them for more than 90 minutes and the only thing they were able to provide is to let me book another flight through another airline and pay for it with my credit card directly to get me back to the US.
We were stranded in the airport for 6+ hours until this flight time, and it was totally unfair for my little kids who had to struggle through this. When I came back I called them and after around 2:30 hours of long talks with a supervisor and a manager, they said that the airline has changed their flight information sometime in October, and they claim that they sent me an email that time, which I have never received by the way, and it is eventually my fault because I didn't check the flight information one or two nights before I travel. What if I have no Internet access in my trip? Aren't they supposed to make sure that I get the flight update since they are the travel agency through which I booked my trip.
Anyway, I had a very bad experience with Travelocity this time and was so frustrated when they didn't want to honor their mistake of not keeping me up-to-date with my travel details. This will be my LAST trip ever that I will book with them even if they are the cheapest deal ever. For example Costco travel keeps updating you on a regular basis with trip details even if there is no change. I would encourage also everyone else to avoid booking with Travelocity until they enhance their system for better notification.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2016
We used Travelocity for a recent two-week trip to the Bahamas with our young children. We booked our travel +8 mos in advance, paid in full for international flights for four, and confirmed all travel arrangements with Travelocity 3x before leaving. So imagine our horror when we arrived in Florida and found that we didn't have tickets at all. Nope, we had pieces of paper that said "Not a Ticket". When this went down, we frantically contacted Travelocity expecting that they would have some overview, some control, some idea of how this happened and a way to fix it, and boy were we wrong. They passed the buck to everyone else and had us running around between United Airlines and Bahamasair for hours and hours across days of our vacation, with no flight to our destination or back to the States. They did repeatedly tell us that it wasn't their fault when they didn't have us holding on an international phone call for 40 min at a time.
There's no panic quite like finding yourself stuck in Florida trying to get to your destination and then stuck on an island with two little kids and no way home, paying exorbitant international calling fees to sit on hold while your vacation days dwindle away and having your booking company offer no empathy, no assistance, and no solutions. Lovely. Thanks for that Travelocity. Eventually, Bahamasair came to our rescue, putting us on random flights whenever they could. They did their best to seat us with our children but that wasn't always possible. We lost two and half days of our vacation, missed preplanned activities, and added about a thousand dollars in unexpected phone, travel, and hotel fees. So my advice is to steer clear of Travelocity.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2016
We booked a travel package thru Travelocity for 4 people for round trip to LA including round trip air-fare and 5 day hotel stay to attend the Rose Bowl. The initial flight was cancelled and could not be rescheduled until 2 days later, when the Rose Bowl would be over, so we had to cancel the whole trip. I notified Travelocity immediately and they cancelled the return flight, and told me they would cancel the hotel, that I didn't need to worry about it. The following day, the hotel manager called us and wondered where we were.
I called Travelocity again, and once I finally reached a supervisor, they told me if I had cancelled the hotel the first day, I would have only been responsible for paying for the first night. Reasonable. Since the hotel wasn't notified, as Travelocity told me they would, I was responsible to pay for the entire 5 day stay for 2 rooms, that were never used. Travelocity ended up with almost $10,000 of my money since THEY did not cancel the room as promised. They denied. It was their fault, and it was my tough luck. They ended up with all that money for a trip I never took.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2016
Booked a flight and hotel in Vegas with insurance. Had to cancel due to a medical emergency. Called Travelocity to cancel, figured I would have no problem because I paid for the insurance. After a long run around I was told I would only be reimbursed 200 of my approx 1000 I spent. They are con artists. Do not book with them and especially do not buy the insurance and think you're protected. I am not giving up like they want me to do!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015
I booked a trip from New Orleans to Los Angeles for December 30, 2015 at 7pm. Two days prior I checked my flight and all was the same. The morning of December 30, 2015, I saw that my flight was changed to 1pm from New Orleans to SAN DIEGO, CA. I called Travelocity at 11am and they said they would have to give it to a supervisor and that they would call me in 2-3 hours. I called them back at 3pm and asked to speak directly to a supervisor. Supervisor said that I supposed got an email from United Airlines this morning and accepted the changes to my reservations to go to San Diego... So now it was out of their hands and I would have to contact United Airlines directly. These call centers were most likely out of the country in India or something, because none of the representatives spoke English well and I had to ask them to speak slower multiple times so I could understand them.
I called United Airlines, was on hold for 40 minutes... someone picked up and then hung up. I'm currently writing this review being on hold for ANOTHER 35 minutes and counting. Travelocity makes things up to give responsibility to anyone other than themselves. I booked my reservations through THEM. They should have been the ones to notify me of any changes and THEY should be the ones trying to fix this problem. Airlines also give priority to people who booked directly through them or are currently at the airport waiting... and since I live 2 hours from New Orleans, I'm pretty much screwed.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015
We booked our wedding trip through Travelocity and when we arrived at the airport our airline informed us that they had cancelled our flight. The airline refunded our money in less than 24 hours but the hotel informed me that we had to get our refund for them through Travelocity. My first call to Travelocity was that night, 12/15/15. At that time I was told that they had contacted the hotel and any communication to me from that point on would be through email. By the night of 12/18/15, we still had not received any emails so I called Travelocity. The girl that I spoke with couldn't find any indication that a refund request had been submitted or processed. She made a call to the hotel while I held the line and when she got back on the line she stated that the hotel agreed to refund our money and she provided me with a confirmation number. As of today 12/29/15, we still have not received our refund.
I have called Travelocity a third time today. The wait time was over 58 minutes. The representative that I spoke with this time also couldn't find any indication that a refund had been requested or submitted and after sitting on hold with that representative for nearly 30 minutes while he presumably contacted the hotel again, just like one of the other reviewers wrote, I was disconnected and found myself back to where I started. This was the worst case of poor customer service that I have ever encountered and I will never use Travelocity again for my future travel arrangements and I certainly don't recommend them to anyone else.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
Ticket bought from Travelocity 9-30-15. I was contacted 10-6 of a flight departure time change which I agreed to. Sometime after that date, the destination was changed to an airport 2 hours away. My 22 year old discovered this at 5:30AM when she checked in at the airport. Why weren't we notified? She isn't old enough to rent a car to drive the remaining two hours. Nothing but a runaround from Travelocity and American, blaming each other. Hours and multiple calls led to no satisfaction. Complaints filed with both agencies as well as ABC News' "The Fixer."
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2015
I purchased a trip to Las Vegas to go in March with the insurance for my husband for Christmas. When I needed to cancel 2 days after Christmas they would not refund any money and charging me a $311 fee. They would only give a credit for the rest good only until Feb 26th. If I did not use the credit by that date I lost all my money. They were very rude on the phone and difficult to deal with. I will never use Travelocity or Spirit Airlines again. Please use caution when booking a vacation with Travelocity.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2015
Travelocity booked my son's flight home for Christmas for the wrong return date... should have been 12.31.15. Instead it was booked for 01.31.2016. I was on the phone with the "customer service" for well over 4 hours on just one day - not to mention the 4 hours my son had been on the phone with them the day before. Come to find out - they are located in CENTRAL AMERICA! From 8 until noon for some very strange reason - "The system is down. Please call back in 2 hours." This was the case every morning.
After you are "placed on hold" the customer service rep NEVER returns; therefore, you are automatically cut off. No one should ever book a flight thru these people... Not only did they get the date wrong which I was charged $175 - they informed me to correct it would be an additional $200! Needless to say I cancelled the flight altogether and am in the process of disputing the entire amount of the charges and fully intend to fight it all the way to get my money back... These people are nothing short of a NIGHTMARE!
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2015
I reserved two flights in early July for mid-August. Within a few hours from that date, I found another, better flight through another site, using a preferred airline. As per their website, cancellations can be made within 24 hours of making a reservation, but flights comprised of two one-way trips must be cancelled via the phone and cannot be cancelled online.
I called the provided Customer Service number and was directed through an automated menu to cancellations. The automated process requested the itinerary number, which I provided, and correctly identified the flights I had purchased, for both dates. I confirmed that I wanted to cancel them, and was told on the phone that both flights were cancelled. I called a second time just to make absolutely sure that all the information was correct, and was again told that both flights were completely cancelled. I did not receive a confirmation email, but was unsure whether to expect one, as the automated cancellation process never stated that I would. There was no option to speak to a representative after identifying that the call's purpose was to cancel, either, as the call disconnected after confirming the cancellation.
I realized only recently in reviewing older billing information that the charges were never refunded. I contacted Travelocity and they reported that they had no record of my cancelling the flights, nor any log anywhere of phone calls received (though I could procure my own records of having called). I was eventually offered a $100 credit for Travelocity, but I have no interest in ever doing business with them again, nor does this even begin to address the money I lost by following the exact procedure detailed on their website for cancelling flights (an excess of $400).
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015
I am an extremely unsatisfied customer for two reasons. First, I booked my flight through Travelocity.com and was charged nearly 200 dollars extra (which I thought we were billed for the car reservation) from what appeared on the website. Had I purchased my ticket directly through AA.com, it would have cost me less. Second, I reserved a car for my trip at Hertz for a total amount of 176.10 (Itinerary #**). When I arrived at the Hertz counter, I was given a $488 pricing for the same car. When we called to complain, we were told that the pricing that appears on the website is only an estimate.
How does Travelocity expect me to blindly make my purchase, based on an estimate that can end up tripling as is what happened with the car rental: from 176.10 to nearly $490! I used to purchase my travels through Travelocity and even recommend Travelocity to friends/family/coworkers, but at this point, it's not worth it anymore. I'm definitely better off going directly through the website. They offer the same prices anyway. I will never purchase through Travelocity.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015
I made a reservation with Travelocity. After I got the ticket by email I noticed that the representative had wrongly wrote one name in the system, then I called Travelocity to correct the name in the ticket. After more than 4 hours dealing with 3 different representatives (dropped calls by their end, connecting me to the airline but not having a Travelocity agent on the phone) finally I was able to give the Travelocity rep in Philippines the local airline phone number. After a while I got reassured by the Travelocity agent that they were going to solve the problem and send me an email confirming the change of the name.
Two days later I am here on hold again other 2 hours minutes... Three Travelocity representatives and no solution no response. Without the right name, I won't be able to process the visa for a layover in Dubai and a life dream trip would need to be cancel. Why do you need to be on hold to help the Travel Agency to fix a name that was wrongly entered by a Travelocity rep?
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
NOT 2.5 stars--maybe just 0.5. Walked in the room and in 1 sec I noticed the 'cheap room' stench. On louvered closet door there was, what appeared to be, cockroach poop in 2 places. The toilet tissue roll had 2 squares left on it but there was a spare so I changed it so no issue there - just strange for housekeeping to not replace an empty roll. After getting the green light after inserting our card, we had to hit the door with our butts to get it to open - badly stuck. The crowning blow - this morning when we woke up, BOTH of us woke up ON THE MATTRESS! Would've definitely have freaked if we'd awakened on just the mattress pad but ON THE FILTHY MATTRESS!!! It was absolutely nasty. I must say the shower was wonderful - great water pressure and very hot. We scrubbed ourselves from top to bottom and got out of that gross place as quickly as we could. I'd highly recommend that you drop that place that could be rented by the hour. Never again.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
We booked our honeymoon & Travelocity didn't book our room for the first night. They were extremely rude & did not resolve the problem. We will never book a trip with them again.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015
In July 2015, my daughter and I flew to Orlando for a week. (I purchased tickets in February 2015.) We had a bit of a fiasco on our return flight to Los Angeles. We had reservations for a 5:11 p.m. flight on Saturday, getting to LAX around 7:30 p.m. At 11:00 a.m., I went to get my boarding passes at the hotel and they could not locate any airline reservations for us. So, I called the airline and was told our flight was cancelled back in April!! Because I made my reservations through Travelocity, the airline said I had to contact Travelocity since it was their responsibility to notify me of any flight changes. I was never notified. So, I called Travelocity and got caught in a horrendous telephone system that put me on hold for the next available operator. I waited about 40 minutes for a live person to answer. I explained my situation and they said I had to speak to a supervisor so they put me on hold.
About 30 minutes later, the supervisor said "Hello" and immediately disconnected my call! So, I called back and got caught in the telephone system and I waited and waited. Finally around 3:00, after having NOT YET spoken to anyone who could help me at Travelocity, I called the airlines and purchased one-way tickets back to LAX for $1,500!! It was getting late in the day and I had no confidence that Travelocity would ever answer my call or return my call (as I had also left my name and phone number in their queue for a return call) and get a flight home that night!! The airlines couldnt book a direct flight back to LAX so routed us through Charlotte, NC - leaving Orlando at 7:20 p.m., and connecting in Charlotte for LAX at 10:20 p.m. (Getting to LAX around 1:30 a.m.!) The following Monday, I began calling Travelocity to find out what happened. I called again on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday!!
After 5 days of trying to get resolution (stuck on hold for hours and hours, being transferred to supervisors, being cut off, being told the system was down and to call back in one-hour, having to tell my story over and over because, evidently, no one was entering previous conversations in my case, being told my case number didnt exist, being told that people I spoke to previously didnt work there, being told it was my fault, being told it was the airlines fault, being told my reservations were in another persons name (what??), and on and on. It was a nightmare! Travelocity finally acknowledged that it was their mistake in not notifying me of the cancelled flight so they agreed to refund me the cost of the cancelled flight from Orlando to LAX which amounted to about $440.
But what about the $1,500 I was out due to having to purchase one-way tickets at the last minute because I could not get through to anyone at Travelocity?? Well, they offered me a $50 hotel voucher for my inconvenience. So, I wrote a detailed letter to Travelocity about the situation and every phone call I made. I sent the letter by certified mail to 2 different addresses (which were difficult to find). I received not so much as an acknowledgement that they received my certified letters. A month later, I sent the letters again via certified mail - no response. I also sent my letter via e-mail - no response. I kept detailed notes of every phone call, who I spoke to, how long I was on hold, how many times I was transferred, how many times I was cut off, how many times someone told me they would call me back within 24 hours and never called.
I asked for the difference between the $1,500 and $440 since I should not be out any money because of their mistake. Because they are located in Texas, they probably figure that it wouldnt be worth me taking them to Small Claims Court. So, my daughter and I lost our last day in Orlando because I spent the entire day on the phone trying to get resolution with Travelocity. I will never deal with Travelocity again!! It's been a horrible experience. Dont ever use Travelocity!! If you have a problem, you're on your own!!
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2015
I should have known better than to use Travelocity, since I've had multiple bad experiences with them. I went to book a flight for my boss, simple flight from SFO to LAX. I specified that it should be in Business class. The only flights that come up are on Virgin America. I book the flight, it shows up in Main Cabin Select, which I thought was the equivalent of Business on Virgin. Upon the flurry of angry texts I received from my boss the next day (the day he was supposed to fly out), I was informed that that was not the case. When I called their customer support service, I explained to the woman what happened. She said she could make the change for me. Relieved I waited for her to do that. She then says "ok there is no availability for business". I ask her to check for another airline. She says there isn't. I ask her to please check again on Virgin. She says there is "no availability."
I ask her "are there not any seats available or does this flight not have business class?" She says "there is no availability". SIX MORE TIMES I ask her the same question since I'm not getting a clear answer. I ask her to see if my boss can at least get premiere access. Somehow we get disconnected. When I try to call back I get an automated message that says "we are experiencing a higher caller volume than usual..." I go on to Virgin America's website and see the same flights I had my boss on with seats available in First class. I book the flights, takes 3 minutes. Easy! I go to call back Travelocity to cancel and am prompted to push 3 if I want to cancel my flight.
They bring up my itinerary, and say "if you wish to cancel, just hang up." I do that. When I finally get into work I look online to see if it had been canceled and it wasn't. I canceled it online and then get a confirmation email saying it was canceled. An hour and a half later I get another email from Travelocity with the title "Planning for your upcoming trip to Los Angeles". I've never had a good customer service experience working with them, so really I should have known better. They are useless and stupid and really unhelpful.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2015
I received an email on Nov 22 stating there is a change to my itinerary for Nov 24. I call Travelocity, customer service told me Juneyao airline is not flying to Chiang Mai from Shanghai on the 24th. There is no other flight with original airlines to get me to Thailand on the 24th. (Which I understand that flight cancellation happens all the time. What made me so angry was the way Travelocity handled my case afterwards, as they lie to avoid responsibilities.) To continue the story, the agent told me not to worry and going to get his support team, he also got my number in case call drop. (He never called back.) I kept try to call back multiple times, all I get were people pretended to be answer machine states there is technical issue and to call back in 2 hrs and hung up on me. I interrupted the third person pretending voice machine, she said the best option now is to go ahead book my own flight and call back later to discuss refund.
After I bought a new itinerary w/ different airline, I called Travelocity 6 hrs after initial call drop to tell them what had happened, and asked the agent to cancel flight from Okinawa to Shanghai as there is no connecting flight but save my return flight. He told me that he has to call the airline first and put me on hold, then got back to me said he was not able to get hold of anyone (closed business hours) or supervisors from his team, he told me to call back 24 hrs. I told him I don't have 24 hrs, as I am in Japan I'm already 12 hr ahead and my new flight leaves less than 24 hrs. He told me to try to contact airline myself. On 23rd, my friend tried to help me to reach China Eastern local office while I'm on air, which was closed for Japanese holiday. On 24th, my friend was able to talk to local office to cancel my going flight, but my return flights can't be used.
Here starts what made me angry. In the afternoon I was able to call Travelocity (Do you understand how hard it is to make overseas calls from Thailand?) to check on the status of my other connecting flight on the 27th, and refund to my canceled flights. I had told them if it's too much hassle, just give me a statement for me to at least claim a portion of loss through my insurance (bought a cheap insurance). The female agent refused to give me a written statement, told me to contact airline directly and tried to hang up on me. I insisted her to let me explain my situation. This Travelocity agent claimed both my return flights on 27th and 30th are confirmed and not canceled (which is not what the airlines told me). I finally got a supervisor to speak to me. Again, this is the 4th time I had to explain my whole flight disaster.
Out of surprise, this time the supervisor told me my request for refunds make no sense as the flight from Shanghai to Chiang Mai with JuneYao Airline 1325 DO NOT EXIST in my booking record. She told me to call their corporate office during their business hours. (I'm in Thailand with limited access to overseas calls and still 12 hr ahead.) I told her I can't call, if she can have them email me. She said she will. I called back to China Eastern again, who confirmed my return portion of flights cannot be used, the best solution is purchase new ticket and get refund from Travelocity. China Eastern states per airline policy refund can only be processed through original booking agency which is Travelocity. The airline also told me my 27th flight cannot be used either. I called Southern China Airline, who told me the same stuff of what China Eastern told me.
Travelocity did nothing besides taken my money away and telling me to contact airlines myself then hung up on me, while all airlines pointing finger to Travelocity to get my refund back. The corporate office never contact me either! For this trip I have spend over $2400 for original cost of less than $1000, plus I had to use an extra day of leave, extra cost of lodging, wastes a day during vacation to make calls (plus all the charges for overseas calls). Don't use Travelocity at all, as they take no responsibilities.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015
I was misinformed by 3 people on 3 different occasions of when my ticket credit would expire. On the date I was told it would expire I called to book my flight. I was told it expired the day before! I lost almost $1,000 and had to cancel my trip to Belize. I will NEVER do business with them again. It is bad enough none of them speak English but then they are also not properly educated on the rule to booking the tickets.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015
Whole experience was bad. They advertise whole night club crawl at best clubs and limo with all-you-can drink in limo. Well 1st club we walked to and was told to meet at 12:05 to get bus to next club, the bus never came. A young woman from another group call and had to argue and yell until they agreed to send bus back for us. Rockstar changed pickup time to 11:30 but had no way to tell us and were just going to leave us there. So off to next club with unlimited drinks. We did not know at time of booking that next club is about 4 mins ride so no time for drinks. We are late getting to 2nd club and no arrangements mentioned about 3rd club. So basically we paid $98 each for entry to 2 dance clubs and 4 min bus ride. Travelocity defends rockstar.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015
We booked reservations through Travelocity for a hotel at Herald Square in New York but when we got to the hotel our reservations were incorrectly booked at the same hotel on 5th Ave. When we tried to cancel the reservations we could not do it online. We filled out the online form for a call back from Travelocity. After speaking with them for over 30 minutes we were told they would call us back with a cancellation confirmation. 12 hours later we still had no confirmation.
We went through the entire process again only to be told there was no record that we called earlier. Again we were told they could not give us a confirmation until they talked directly to the hotel. We spoke with a supervisor for 15 minutes only to be disconnected (by mistake?). We still have no confirmation number but are contacting our credit card company to dispute the charges. I only rated Travelocity with one star because zero was not possible. Please don't use Travelocity. You may be sorry.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015
I booked a flight: PHL (Philly) -> MCO (Orlando) -> PHL yesterday afternoon, on Frontier Airline as it happens. Checked email late last night and found Travelocity booked TTN (Trenton) -> MCO -> PHL. I never saw nor would have accepted the change of departure airport. There are no sane connections from where I live to the TTN airport - no buses, airport limos or trains, and it's over 50 miles away. I can't drive to one to one airport, park, and return to the other over 40 miles away. I can't reach any friends who will be in town to drive me, though I spent today trying. TTN was noted in the fine print but in 60 years of flying I've never had an airport switch made and it blindsided me. Such a switch should have been emphasized to any customer.
Phoned Travelocity to cancel that reservation this afternoon, and spent time on hold, then time with agent, only to be told I had to deal with Frontier, not Travelocity. The Kicker: the Filipino(?) agents for Frontier, after more time on hold, told me that because of the time I'd spent on hold and talking to Travelocity, I was several minutes over the 24 hour time limit for canceling. Further, as Travelocity had booked each leg separately, cancellation fees of $99 would apply per leg: for my $208 ticket it would cost $150-$198 to cancel.
I'm flying PHL MCO 12 times a year. Will I use Travelocity again? Emphatically NO unless there's some benevolent resolution of this. Will I fly Frontier again? Unlikely: their policies & Customer Service are horrid: tedious charges, inflexible policies, hold times & poor microphones that make their agents a pain to understand. I'm appalled at how this has run out... Had a better image of American companies.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015
Travelocity falsely advertised pictures for Warwick hotel by advertising the Westin hotel photos and when I called to inform them of this and told them they should reserve a hotel room for me for the pictures I saw. They completely did not help me were absolutely obnoxious and made it seem like I was making up the whole scenario. Will never reserve with Travelocity again! They do not care about their customers or their loyalty.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2015
A TALE OF BUSINESS WRONGS. Last year, I paid for a pair of honeymoon tickets to Italy for my fiancee and I using Travelocity. I also purchased travel insurance and protection, in case I needed to cancel for any reason. Later, I had that reason when my fiancee made an inappropriate decision outside of the relationship and we cancelled the wedding (and trip). But, this was not the end of hurtful things.
Travelocity made a series of incomplete disclosures about rules for using the credit. Each time I called them, the rules became more restrictive. First, I found out that the refund. Then, I found out that it could only be used on United flights. During the most recent call, they disclosed that it is United's policy to only provide airfare credit for the value of *my* ticket. My ex's airfare credit could not be recouped to me (the purchaser). To be clear: my ex did not pay for the trip and she did everything to lose entitlement to it.
Travelocity failed to compensate for the loss of my ex's ticket value. I then contacted United about this situation, since the airfare credit and policies are theirs. I informed them that even if they could not transfer the flight credit to my name (for legal reasons), I would accept a refund, voucher of equal value, or any equitable solution. This doesn't just make moral sense, it makes business sense: A retained customer will spend more over their lifetime. A middle manager at United stated that she could not make such concessions. She further refused to escalate my concerns to a higher authority who might be able to. She also insisted that she did not have contact with a higher supervisor. (Really?)
As it stands, both Travelocity and United have both stonewalled. My ex, whom is morally unentitled, still holds the airfare credit which I paid for. Since Travelocity's representatives have also failed to make this right, I've left feedback for both parties. I don't ask for anything unreasonable: Just equitable compensation for the money that I spent on this trip and protected. Most of us have an innate sense that there is something wrong about this situation. Yet, all of the representatives at Travelocity and United won't go far enough to right that wrong. Until Travelocity and/or United make this right, then I will make it my mission to inform every traveler I know of my story. Thank you for reading.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2015
I booked a round trip ticket, and when I checked in at the airport the wrong departing date was on my ticket. I called immediately and was told the problem would be fixed once I completed my departing ticket. To say the least when I called back I was put on hold and transferred around for 2 hours and finally gave up and bought a new ticket.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2015
BEWARE if you book an international flight with layovers. I had a return flight from Serbia to USA and they scheduled me for a 1 hour 15 minute layover in Paris. I learned the hard way that this was absolutely absurd. The (very helpful) people with Air France all told me that was insane and totally unrealistic at that particular airport, and a minimum of 2 hours was required. It took me an hour just to get through security after which it was impossible to sprint through a huge airport to get to my next gate in time. I ended up missing my flight and was stranded in a foreign country thanks to Travelocity.
When I called them to complain, the person I spoke with was very polite but told me they would do absolutely nothing for me (they just blamed Air France for the problem). They also told me that "our system indicates a minimum time of 1 hour at Charles de Gaulle airport and your layover was 1 hour 15 minutes, so it should be ok." I demanded either a partial refund or for them to put me up in a hotel, which they flatly refused.
I understand that problems happen, but they didn't even do anything to make up for it, other than blame Air France (those people went above and beyond to get me home, btw). If you ever book an international flight, just understand that Travelocity's scheduler does not apply realistic times to layovers! I personally think they calculate that based on domestic flights, and don't take security into consideration, so don't trust their layovers when it comes to international travel.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015
I booked my flight and hotel. Two days later I got an email from Travelocity about a refund. I called to find out why I got the refund they informed me that my flight was cancelled. I asked why they could not explain. All they were able to do was put an investigation and give me a $50 coupons for hotel. On the meantime I was without a flight and a paid hotel. I had to buy a flight a connecting with American Airline. Nonstop flight cost 3 times more than what I paid. Refund money takes 5 days to get. Be careful with this company. They will steal your money if you let them. Bad BAD BAD company. This company is doing business as Company: Travelscape, LLC.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2015
I booked a flight for my mother in law for some stop flight. She arrived to the states normally but her return ticket is changed to a 2 stop flight. Delta said they never had a 1 stop flight back. And that Travelocity misinformed me. Now it's either I take a 2 stop flight with for a diabetic senior citizen or I pay for a new flight. I spend hours, more than 4 hours on the phone with 4 different people. Eventually they just hang up on me. I will file a lawsuit for false advertising especially I have proof of the flight information - the one that never existed.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2015
I made flight arrangements from Chicago to Killeen Texas to see my daughter for thanksgiving. Her husband is in the army. Last Wednesday November 4th, my elderly father had a heart attack and had to go through a triple bypass. I called to cancel my flight as he will need round the clock care for the next few weeks only to be told I can't get my money back but I could get a voucher. I informed them I paid with my credit card and I want my credit back on my cards not a voucher I will never use as I'm moving to Texas in the spring and my daughter I'd coming here for Christmas.
I then told them it was a medical emergency so they told me I had to call the company that provided the insurance and file a claim. I informed them, "I bought the ticket with you, you call them and handle it or have them call me as I'm sitting in a ICU IN A HOSPITAL TRYING TO KEEP MY FATHER ALIVE." They said no. I asked for her supervisor and after 45 minutes, she said no so I asked for her supervisor and 40 minutes later I talked to Corp customer service and she treated me like a fool. So I asked for her boss and she said I can't go any higher than her. I quickly informed her that she has a boss and I want to talk to them. She said I could file a return call from a lead CS Rep but it would take 6 to 8 weeks to call me back. I said, "So I paid you, took out the insurance, need to cancel and want my money back and you refuse to help me?" She said that is how it is done.
So after all that, they NEVER DID CANCEL MY FLIGHT! WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER RECEIVED. I don't care if I have to pay a penalty. I just want my money back and not a voucher I will never use. I want the president of Travelocity /Expedia.Com name as number so I can call him and Complain as well. Any help in getting this situation fixed would be appreciated.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2015
Booked a round trip to Europe through Travelocity, which ended up using two different airlines for the outbound and the return flight. When I needed to make a change to the itinerary Travelocity decided to charge me the change fee ($300) for each leg of the trip, regardless of the fact that it was one trip itinerary! This outrageous practice renders their service value completely useless, as the changes would be substantially cheaper if I booked through these airlines directly. I would strongly advise any travelers to stay away from this site and its services.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2015
We booked 2 round trip flights thru Travelocity. The flights were canceled due to scheduling conflicts. We then tried to rebook the flights and was told there was now a $400 fee for us to do so. Reluctantly we agreed, our error on the conflict. So we decided to book. Suddenly it was $800 because although they sold us round trip tickets, they claim they sell one way tickets not two round trips. Dishonest and the customer service is absolutely horrible. Was on hold over hour and half total on just one call only to get sent to the next rude person.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015
I travel frequently. In this case, I purchased a return ticket. The airline/Travelocity changed the return flight... (laughably so I would get off the first flight and then back onto the 2nd within 35 minutes). The return flight still existed and had seats (I checked with the airline), so I requested to be placed back on the original flight. 1h 45m later, I was asked to pay 310 dollars to change the ticket back (the original ticket was 255). Despite this being their change, they wanted me to pay for it... Something about the airline's faulty!!! Absolutely disgusted in how they treat customers. I have used them without much problem in the past, but boy oh boy, for them to change my ticket without my permission (that can happen, so ok) but to then demand a ridiculous payment to get the original ticketed flight again is utterly outrageous... I wonder if is legal?!
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2015
I had to book a last minute trip due to a death. I booked the secret fare bc it was the best priced. The time stated 6-10 am. My departure was @ 230pm. Now how does that work? They hung up on me 3 times, kept me on hold & wouldn't fix it. They just kept repeating the same phrase.. "this is non-changeable", "nonrefundable". Total jerks & could understand what they were saying half the time. Horrible!
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2015
I really wish there was a negative star review!!! I am not a regular person when it comes to reviews but after being cheated by websites like Travelocity.com and Hotwire.com, I felt I should write reviews so no one else faces the situation I faced. I will limit my review to travelocity.com here. These guys are blood suckers. They check your patience to the core. The sales and customer care people are trained to repeat the sentences like, "We totally understand your problem!", "I am trying to help you", etc.
What happened? I booked a king bed ocean facing room at Maui Beach Hotel using Travelocity.com. When I ended up at the hotel, the front desk tells me they have a confirmation only for a queen bed or 2 double beds. I usually would take one of it and leave it as is, but this was the second website I was cheated (first one being hotwire.com). I decided to take it up with their sales guys (my wife hates me for this as the conversation went for the next 3 hours). The guys kept transferring the calls to their supervisors and no one was ready to come up with a solution. I asked them, "I have paid you guys the money so you guys sort it out with front desk." They acted like they would talk to the front desk and came back saying there has been some confusion. I got really mad at them and asked to transfer to a manager who could listen to all these audio conversations and help me out.
So the 6th guy finally says he would explain to the manager and put me on hold for 45 more mins. I finally gave up and hung the call. I noted the series of guys whom I talked to and mentioning them here: Sharon, Ramon, Simon - Sales Representatives; Kevin, Harry - Supervisors. I really hope these guys stop playing with customer's money and emotions! For anyone who reads this post, do not dare to book your vacation using Travelocity.com or hotwire.com. If you do then be ready to compromise on a lot of things in spite of paying them the money.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
My husband booked a multi-city flight a month ago. He found out that the airline canceled one segment of his flight, which he wasn't informed of not until he re-checked his itinerary. He called Travelocity and spent 5 hours over the phone saying that they will change his flight, making him extend one day in Shanghai, which he did not plan to. He was promised to be called within 2-3 business days but never heard from them at all within 6 days of wait. He was really upset that come his departure date to Bangkok, still nothing was resolved. I called them today (10/29/2015) and spent almost 8 hours on the phone, got disconnected almost 10x, put on excessive hold and cold transferred to China Eastern airline rep which was unnecessary.
The representative from China Eastern told me that they cannot cancel the segment of the itinerary because they need to talk to the Travelocity rep but I told them, they transferred me. I had to call about 8x, reiterating my issue, spoke with 5 different supervisors and no resolutions. Their empathy is so fake and scripted and never even understood what I am trying to tell them. The only thing I needed was to cancel a return flight and be refunded. If I was able to speak with a China Eastern airline rep, why cannot they? The worst customer service ever! To those who are thinking of booking a flight to Travelocity, please, do yourself a favor and book somewhere else. You are just going to waste your time with their lousy customer service. Also, don't expect for any compensation for the inconvenience they caused. They will put the blame on you. They don't deserve one star for this review, they deserve none.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015
Booked a stay using the Travelocity.com website. During booking process the website explained $97.00 room rate and $50.00 for taxes and fees. After my stay I discovered an additional fee of $146.00 was added. After contacting Travelocity.com they advised there was nothing the would do to try and explain or rectify the issue.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015
I have booked through Travelocity several times. This past booking in October 2015 brought a bombardment of emails trying to get me to purchase hotels and rental cars for my trip to visit family. After about ten emails to Travelocity, and their assurance that the emails will stop, I continue to receive them over ten days later. Will NEVER use them again.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2015
We booked a vacation from Orlando to Las Vegas through travelocity. After booking/paying for our vacation, spirit airlines called to inform that our flight had been changed not once but 3 times. The last time that our flight was changed they gave us a returning flight to Dallas, TX with no flight back to orlando. We spoke with travelocity and only got, "Well you are going to have to purchase a ticket to get back to Florida." Their reasoning behind this is that they are only a booking agency and have no control over the airlines. We purchased travel insurance and we're told that it doesn't apply to this case. I will never use travelocity or spirit airlines ever again. We are now going to miss our vacation and not get our money back.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2015
Attention: Travelocity Customer Relations, Just had the most HORRIBLE customer service experience with the Travelocity customer service number. I went to Travelocity.com to book a very simple routine one day business trip from NYC to Chicago, and it turned into a 3 hour ordeal, and a double booking. It started with me trying to book my trip online... I tried to book my very simple 2 passenger $1000 trip for over half hour on their website to no avail due to an error message during checkout. I then proceeded to call their customer service number where the agent on the phone was getting the same error. After a lengthy call that consisted of the agent trying to book my trip while trying to sell me a rental car, travelers insurance and trying to get me to download the app instead of trying to resolve the issue in a timely fashion, the agent put me on hold.
Eventually the agent realized that she was getting the same error message. After placing me on hold for a long period of time, she realized that this error was happening because the link on the website was an inactive link. She then continued to place me back on hold (at this time the call was about 45 minutes long). While on hold, and the agent did not tell me what was going on, and I was able to book my room from the website by selecting a different room type. Since I was on hold for an excessive amount of time, the only reason I stayed on the line was to let the agent know that I no longer needed their help... I could have easily just hung up the phone.
When the agent returned to the phone, I advised her that I had figured out the problem and no longer needed her services. She then proceeded to tell me "it would only be a bit more time", the same phrase that she had been telling me for about 45 minutes. When I declined for second time and told her to no longer proceed since I had figured out the issue on my own, the agent moved forward with the reservation causing me to be Double Booked. I'm not sure why the agent would do this as I clearly said, "I no longer need your help, as I was able to resolve the issue on my own, please do not proceed".
When I told the agent that now my reservation was double booked, she assured me that there was only one reservation. The agent was trying to rush me off the phone as I tried to check my bank statements and emails, and surely I saw 2 pending charges for the same amount, 2 email confirmations and 2 itineraries on my Travelocity account. Since there was CLEARLY 2 itineraries for this trip, I told her to cancel the one that she had booked on her end, where she told me that she has to charge me a cancellation fee, again as she tried to reassure me that she only saw 1 itinerary under my profile. I told her that there was no way I would pay a cancellation fee for a trip that I clearly noted that I did not want her to book just 5 minutes ago, she told me she was not authorized to do cancels and quickly put me on hold for an excessive amount of time.
After being on hold for an additional half hour, I decided to call from a second line since I was still at my office while waiting on hold. A second helpful agent was able to assist, but did notice that the previous agent had deleted their name from the double booked itinerary, and had also deleted all notes associated with this itinerary. The second agent was able to easily cancel my double booked trip and was able to provide email confirmations with the totals. The agent explained that they can do this since it was within 24 hours, so not sure why the first agent would even mention that a) there was a fee or b) that she could not cancel the trip.
As I got off the second line, I went to double check on my trip online, where I discovered that the second agent had canceled the flight from one itinerary and the hotel from the second itinerary, causing 2 incomplete itineraries. At this time, a different agent came back on the original phone line. As I reexplained the entire situation now with adding 2 incomplete itineraries, she confirmed that the agent had made a mistake and I now had 2 incomplete trips. Since I didn't want to risk anything wrong with this trip, I told her I just wanted everything canceled, and I was going to do a fresh new booking.
The second agent was also able to cancel my hotel to the second itinerary, but was not able to provide me with confirmations with my refund receipt like the previous agent due to her having issues with email. This 3rd agent would frequently put me on hold/mute for 5-10 minutes at a time without warning, and the call would just go silent or with hold music without the issue being resolved. Since I now had no choice but to wait on hold without any clue or why I was placed on hold. As the agent returned to the call, she said to check my emails for confirmations. The emails that I received was just an email stating my itinerary, but not proof of refund like the previous agent was able to provide. While I was waiting for this agent to sent me confirmations on refunds, I got a new email stating that I was being charged over $600 for a flight... When I asked the agent this, she said to disregard this.
Once the call reached 2 hours and 15 minutes, I could no longer just wait as the agent was "trying to resolve her emails issues"... where she simply just said "ok let me transfer you then"... After going on hold for less than a minute, I received an automated message saying "this call has been inactive for an excessive amount of time and will be disconnected" where the 2 hour and 15 minute call dropped.
All in all, I spent about 3 hours to book a very simple business trip for $1000 from NY to Chicago, got double booked and was not able to get full confirmation that I was getting my money back. My concern is how could someone who was not as computer savvy in front of a computer and 2 phones be able to handle this issue?!? Many others can easily be double charged and lose money for something like this.
I book about $20k-$30k in travel a year because I book business trips for my company, and will NEVER be using Travelocity/Expedia for any of my traveling needs ever again. PS - I also had an incident earlier this year, while I was booking a $10,000 trip to Greece where I called the customer service number for some help. I had some questions in regards to my connection, and understood that this booking was time sensitive since my preferred flight only had 6 seats available (I was booking for a party of 5). The agent was so adamant about booking the trip with her, she put the trip on hold even though I told her I had to confirm something with one of the other passengers.
By doing this, it would not allow me to book online or on other websites as now my preferred flight appeared unavailable, and my next best option was an additional $800 per person. This was a sneaky way to assure that I booked with Travelocity/this agent, as I no longer had the option to book on other websites since they had held down the last available seats.

Reviewed Oct. 23, 2015
My son was to fly from STL to PHL on Delta and fly back on AA. Delta had two mechanical breakdowns and had to reschedule his flight the following morning. He had a 0900 appointment in PHL which he would not make so we had to cancel his flight. Delta was very accommodating. I called Travelocity. They said they could not do anything to help me recoup my money. Called AA. They said they could not do anything because Travelocity had the tickets. Called back Travelocity. They said to call AA. I said "no, you call AA," while I am on the line and explain to them so I can talk to them.
He called AA and abruptly hung up on his end. Here I am playing chase the tail. So I call Travelocity and ask for a manager. He says he will not call AA because it is against policy to help out a customer by calling the airlines. WTF! You do not want to help out a customer? Well I finally got through to AA and got it somewhat resolved but by any help of Travelocity. Will never use them again for flights. TERRIBLE.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015
Carl was very professional, listened well to my issue and fixed the problem in a few minutes. We have used Travelocity for most of our travel needs for the past 15 years. They are wonderful for ease of using the website to pricing and getting any snafus dealt with immediately.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015
I booked a business class ticket from Dubai to the US. I needed to change the return ticket and called the helpline. The processing time was around 20 minutes, after which I would get an error. This happened 10 days that I tried, and I was put on hold for 40 minutes. The rudest supervisor would take over the call saying the error is due to a change price, thousands more, which is not the case as I was on their website, and he would talk over me, shout, asked me if I understood him and was condescending and rude. Nothing has changed and I have never in my life had such a horrible experience dealing with any entity. Rude, unprofessional, unhelpful people. DONT USE THEM, EVER!
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
