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Agoda

2.5

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Agoda Reviews Summary

Agoda has a rating of 2.5 stars from 4,448 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Agoda most frequently mention customer service, credit card and hotel room. Agoda ranks 15th among Hotels sites.

service
801
value
763
shipping
349
returns
464
quality
660

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Canada
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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They booked the wrong day for me over the phone and i was charged twice. I have spent more than 8 hours on the phone and I still dont have my money back. It has been a month and a half. Staff is unwilling to help, unwilling to transfer to supervisors and calls are frequently dropped. I use booking sites like expedia, hotwire and hotels all the time and i am telling you i will NEVER use agoda again. SAVE YOUR TIME AND YOUR MONEY AND YOU SANITY. BOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Date of experience: April 7, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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We booked a hotel in Naples and had to cancel because we had been exposed to the Coronavirus and can't get a hold of anyone by e mail or phone to listen to our claim. First and last time I use this booking service refund

Date of experience: April 7, 2020
New York
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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NO REFUND for my cancelled hotel stay.
Horrible customer service. I was hung up on twice, and refused to be transferred to a supervisor. Three weeks as hotel cancelled my reservation, but still no money. Completely useless.

Will never book through them again, avoid at all costs

Date of experience: April 7, 2020
Indonesia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible
April 6, 2020

Website has conned me twice. To try and make a complaint is the most long winded process. Its hard to find a local office to talk to on their website. Have to use 3rd party websites to try and find ways to contact them. Typical lets make it as hard as possible to get a refund. Do not use. Plenty of better options. Also not the cheapest.

Date of experience: April 5, 2020
Arizona
1 review
15 helpful votes
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They don't even deserve 1 Star! Management is terrible! They stole $650
From me for 2 night stay since United canceled our entire flight due to Coronavirus. I even had United write a letter to them. Frattina BIG Spanish Steps owner refuses to refund my money even though she already re-rented to some one else to use our dates! Thief's! I'm filing a class action suit!

Date of experience: April 2, 2020
AE
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Never use them ever
March 30, 2020

I have booked with them and their cancelation policy was no refund on some terms which I understand but unfortunately the country I live at banned travel due to the COVID 19 which happened to the whole universe and I reached out to agoda no one ever replied to me except with their repetitive ads and offers as if the world is safe for them, although the hotel i booked at i did reach out the manager of it and they approved the refund but Agoda wasn't even bothered to reply back to me in a whole month

Certainly never dealing with them again or trusting them or suggesting them

Date of experience: March 30, 2020
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Booked a flight from Denpasar to Perth on Citilink 2 weeks ago. I received a WhatsApp message from Citilink saying my flight had been cancelled due to operation reasons and then received an email from Citilink stating the same thing. So... I booked another flight on Jetstar. I called Citilink to enquire about my refund and they told me that Agoda had to refund me. I called Agoda and they told me that Citilink had to refund me. I have been going back and forth between the two many many times and 2 weeks later still no refund! I have emailed Agoda at their request with proof of the message and email froM Citilink and have been told again to contact Citilink. On calling Citilink I was told yet again to contact Agoda for my refund! I am emailing Agoda to follow up and they are not even replying now. Do not use Agoda!

Date of experience: March 30, 2020
Philippines
1 review
3 helpful votes
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BAD BOOKING SITE
March 29, 2020

This site does not respond to email or call. I was not able to refund my hotel accommodation fee in spite of emergency reason, specifically hotel lockdown due to COVID 19. Beware of this They will get your money and will not refund for whatever reason. This will be my last. I will not try to book here ever again.

Date of experience: March 29, 2020
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Agoda claimed Hotel Refused to Refund any part of Canceled trip due to COVID-19. I had booked the hotel to go to the US Embassy, however the Embassy closed due to COVID-19. The hotel refused to refund my prepaid room, the breakfast or even provide a voucher.
Booking ID: *******
Hotel: Grande Centre Point Hotel Ploenchit
Room Type: Deluxe
City/Country: Bangkok/Thailand
Arrival: March 19,2020
Departure: March 20,2020
Booking amount charged: USD 106.86

Date of experience: March 27, 2020
AE
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I had a reservation at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, due to the Coronavirus I requested the option to cancel the reservation, and they did cancel but kept my money. The worst, having into account the hotels were offering free cancelation.

Date of experience: March 26, 2020
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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No emergency refund
March 26, 2020

I guess im not the only one. No refunds even for Covid19. Agoda does not vouch for their customers. You will loose lots of money with them. You have been warned.

Date of experience: March 25, 2020
Maryland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Planned a trip to Las Vegas 3/24/20. Later learned the hotel is currently closed due to Covid19. Agoda has not contacted me at all regarding the hotel being closed. This is highway robbery and I will definitely never EVER use this site again. They are THIEVES...

Date of experience: March 21, 2020
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Heartless Company!
March 21, 2020

My family planned a trip to Dallas. At the time we had no way of knowing that pretty much everything we were planning on doing was closed due to COVID-19. My husband called the hotel to cancel our reservation, but was told to contact the 3rd party booking company. Well it sure doesn't tell you on Agoda's website how hard it will be to contact them if there is a problem. I understand having restrictions but when it comes to the well-being of your customers that should ultimately come first. Why would a person want to travel to a place where pretty much all there is to do is to sit in a hotel room or risk contracting a virus. I would never recommend a company that is so heartless and uncaring to their so-called customers. Please thank twice before using this company. Once they have your money they are done with you.

Date of experience: March 21, 2020
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst experience ever
March 21, 2020

Horrible customer service and very difficult to contact. Waited 2 hours outside our booked luxury apartment only to be told the owner was uncontactable and our booking was now cancelled. No offer for an alternative.

Date of experience: March 21, 2020
Canada
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Awful service!
March 19, 2020

Awful! No agents are available when I needed to return money for covid 19 global cancellations. They just kept money without explanations. Not reachable neither on the phone nor by email. Never again!

Date of experience: March 19, 2020
Philippines
1 review
17 helpful votes
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I made flight booking to Agoda last February 2,2020 for our Vacation on April. But then COVID-19 crisis came, and all of my other flights that I've booked to different airline have already been cancelled and refunded. So, I requested to cancel my flight booking due to COVID-19. But they did not take actions. They didn't care about their customers safety. I kept calling ang emailing them about my request but they did not respond! I even emailed them the supporting documents on our city lockdown. Worst travel agency ever! I will report this travel agency!

Date of experience: March 18, 2020
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Customer service is terrible, website is impossible to navigate if you have any issues with your reservation, it keeps putting you back into a dead end forcing you to call them which takes hours
I will never use them again and will in fact go out of my way not to use them. I never even got an email confirmation of my reservation

Date of experience: March 18, 2020
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The flight was canceled due to the Corona virus. So obviously couldn't use the hotel. This was beyond my control. They refused to give me a refund. I'm EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. WONT EVER USE THEM AGAIN.

Date of experience: March 17, 2020
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Terrible experience
March 17, 2020

Made a reservation with a Hilton property in Lisbon. Due to Covid-19 pandemic we were unable to travel. Our credit was charged for the total charge for the two nights and kept by Agoda, not refunded or or transferred to the hotel in Lisbon. With such ethics compassion they should avoided completely.

Date of experience: March 17, 2020
Canada
1 review
31 helpful votes
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Because of the outbreak we want to cancel or at least defer our reservation to a much later time in the year. Agoda told us because I didn't purchase the cancellation insurance they can't do anything. It's disgusting that in times like these they're not flexible. We were really looking forward to this trip but how can we travel when flights are being grounded?! To make matters worse, they have no toll free number for North Americans to call their call centre. I will never use them again. Booking with Agoda is like playing Russian roulette.

Date of experience: March 15, 2020