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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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India
1 review
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Fraud Agoda and its hotels
September 21, 2023

This company is a fraud, customer care Number, e-mail id not working.
The hotel is going deny the booking made by you whereas the fact is already some advance amount has been taken. But the amount actually credited to a fraud Account which may have no link with the hotel.

Date of experience: September 21, 2023
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Cash back is a fraud.
September 20, 2023

Cash back is a phony discount to get you to think you are getting a deal. I did not get my cashback after several phone calls and attempts to get it.

Date of experience: September 19, 2023
Hungary
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Agoda double charged the fee. They ask for bank statement, which is impossible to get when you are on holiday. All the info I sent from the bank app is not enough for them, though it clearly identifies the double payment. Back at hoe, got the official bank statement. They still don't accept it, but can't tell what is missing. The customer service is non existing, the same automatic email each and every time, without reading my emailt, or checking the attachment I send.
Imagine it happening to you, that you have to do your summer holiday, with paying double the hotel fee. Are you ready for that? Because if not in your budget, never ever go with Agoda... Not to talk about the mood during the holiday...

Date of experience: September 19, 2023
Malaysia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scammer on agoda apps
September 19, 2023

Nowdays, there are lots of scammer that use agoda apps. If you got scam on agoda, they just recommend us to find another one that just rate 1 star. Not even help us to pay the loss.

+5
Date of experience: September 18, 2023
Thailand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Misleading advertisement
September 18, 2023

The site charges you a different rate to what they are implying is a special. A nightmare to contact and cancel is automatically 8%

Date of experience: September 18, 2023
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible third party booking agency, very tricky, we will never use them again. Their listing price is low, but there are hidden fees you don't realize until you are booked. Customer service is a joke, if you try to cancel your booking, they will play run-around with you and you will NOT be able to get any refund. We learned our lesson, it is much cheaper to book directly with hotel than going through Agoda, plus saving lots of aggravation!

Date of experience: September 16, 2023
NL
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Thanks
September 14, 2023

This was my best experience with booking. I met the most responsive and responsible agent Crisanta that can work in the company. She changed my dates Immediatelly.thank you for your job Crisanta

Date of experience: September 14, 2023
Singapore
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It's a scam
September 12, 2023

Cancelled the booking within the free cancellation time, they charged me and informed me that the reservation was cancelled without any charges.

Date of experience: September 11, 2023
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Stealing my money
September 11, 2023

I'm on vacation now spending my time dealing with these thieves because they charged me full stay on a hotel I cancelled months ago. I've sent proof of my cancellation but now are asking for a fee to look into it.
I thought I was booking through Flair/Booking.com who apparently partner with Agoda Agoda is stealing my money
Be careful of partnerships within booking agencies!

Date of experience: September 11, 2023
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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$#*!s
September 10, 2023

$#*! Agoda they are money hungry $#*!s that refuse to help you when the hotel your booking with won't give you a room don't book through them you will never get your money back the worst company I've ever booked through If I could give it negative stars I would with no hesitation they can suck a dirty $#*! all these $#*!es!

Date of experience: September 9, 2023
Thailand
1 review
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Charge but no room
September 9, 2023

I booked 1 room for 2 night at The Base Central Pattaya Thailand from 09 September to 11 I received my booking confirmation email
Paid to Agoda but when arriving at the property no 1 know about my booking and not keys available no phone was available to contact the property only the email address
I send email notifications but no one replay
I send email notifications to Agoda but no one replay at the end I have to find a different accommodation and pay again
I want my money back
At the moment no one contacted me
Hope Agoda fix this issue and repaid my money back

Date of experience: September 9, 2023
India
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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We 3 persons from Bengaluru booked 2 rooms for me and my wife and my friend at hotel ranjitha palace,raichur on sept 7th 2023,these rooms were confirmed and amount duly debited from our credit card.After driving around for 500 kms and reaching late by 11.30 p.m at the hotel we were told by hotel reception that there are no reservations in our name.called agoda customer care,the call went to Malaysia and customer care were totally clueless to solve the problem,we were left to fend the problem ourselves with no rooms available in any other hotel of in such asmall town.God forbid anyone undergoing same stress with family and children and after all that Agoda has audacity to say refund will happen after one month.m.s.balaji, Bengaluru

Date of experience: September 6, 2023
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible experience
September 5, 2023

On June 22,2023, I saw the Hong Kong millennium new world hotel is HKD840/night on Agoda's website,so I booked the June 23,1 night.When the next day before noon to check in, I opened the mailbox to find Agoda confirmed letter display is USD840 / night, I was very surprised and shockd,I am immediately refused to check in, complaint to the hotel Front Office Manager, he suggested me to communicate with Agoda, Agoda customer service did not immediately give me any solutions, they said that they need to communicate with the hotel and suppliers, the fastest need 24-48 hours to give my response and solution.The hotel front office manager told me if I checked it in that day,this room is HK$3999,but I declined,because it's not my booking price,I feel cheated,so we left the hoter about 3 PM,There was no check-in and signature any paper. After then my credited card has been charged $840 instead HK$840.I feel so sad and I was cheated. Agoda refused to return the $840 to me until now.

Date of experience: September 4, 2023
India
1 review
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Didnt match price
September 3, 2023

I booked from agoda and after 10 min it shows less on agoda itself i send them ss they denied claim hotel was non cancelable so they did this i paid *******inr and it was showing after 10 min *******inr like 6000inr diffrence

Date of experience: September 3, 2023
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Scammers and liars.
September 3, 2023

Should be able to give zero stars! I have never come across such a lying and inept travel company in all my life.
If you do ever get a reply from their god awful message service it's just "we'll be in touch soon"
They even lied stating the property hadn't replied to them and had also refused a refund. Both were proven to be untrue by the property themselves.
They are not in the Uk and seem to be in China.
No way on earth I would use them again and would urge anyone else to go elsewhere.

Date of experience: September 3, 2023
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Price Freeze is a scam
September 1, 2023

I used the Price Freeze feature. I paid a deposit for a room that I would have to finish paying for in 13 days. The benefit is, if the price falls, I get the lower price. If the room price goes up, I pay the frozen price. Two things: Agoda doesn't guarantee the room will be available during the frozen period (I read that today, too late), and Agoda lies! Agoda says there are no more rooms at the hotel I booked. Yes there are, but they now cost $190 more for the three nights I thought I booked. Agoda sucks. So much for a price freeze and so much for integrity.

Date of experience: September 1, 2023
Colorado
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE experience with this website. Flight was canceled, so was unable to use my hotel. Refused to refund me or change the dates. Flight was canceled out of my control and they refuse to help me! I am now out over $400. I am SO mad! I hate their website and customer service is super unhelpful. Will only book hotels through official hotel websites from now on.

Date of experience: August 30, 2023
Slovakia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Agoda found an excuse because they couldn't withdraw money from my credit card, the bank confirmed that the card is fine
One week beforme my holiday they canceled my reservation which were created the 26th January 2023

Never more, dont use this company for booking, take care!

Date of experience: August 30, 2023
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I booked a hotel stay. Stated it was fully refundable and no cancelation fee up to 24 hours before stay. I canceled 2 weeks before stay and they have not honored the cancelation nor refunded me despite numerous communication. I would never use this site again and with should you!

Date of experience: August 28, 2023
India
1 review
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Worst Experience
August 28, 2023

I have had my worst experience with this company, No should ever book through agoda, I had booked a hotel, I mentioned 3 guests confirmation received of only 1 and further there is no body to revert on query's and no solution provided, no revert on mails, customer care number is not available, and a few fraud numbers are connected, looks AGODA is a SCAM. PLS BEWARE and AVOID AGODA

Date of experience: August 28, 2023