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Expedia Reviews Summary

Expedia's reputation is significantly marred by widespread customer dissatisfaction, primarily stemming from poor customer service and issues with booking accuracy. Many customers report difficulties in reaching live support, leading to frustrations over incorrect reservations, unexpected charges, and inadequate responses to cancellations. While some users appreciate the variety of options available through the platform, the overall sentiment reflects a lack of trust due to perceived unethical practices and inadequate support during critical situations. This feedback suggests a pressing need for Expedia to enhance its customer service responsiveness and transparency to rebuild consumer confidence.

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New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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If you want a travel nightmare, book with Expedia. Should your flight get cancelled due to delays or weather, let me be honest, you are screwed. I'm currently on hold with Expedia in excess of one hour, just to get the rental car pickup day changed. They put you on hold for thirty minutes at a time, never returning to the line to check in. They take a fricken hour to just change the pickup date on a rental car, and then they inform me that my bill is actually going up! I seriously would never ever consider using these $#*!s again. They have no respect for your time and less respect fort phone etiquette. One star rating, and that is only because there is no Zero Star rating available!

Date of experience: July 16, 2017
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Booked a ticket from here. The after the payment page the holiday did not confirm and went back to the search page saying a technical error in pink.

However a few weeks later we find that it had been confirmed and we booked alternative arrangements. Expedia will not refund the money and are not helpful. The international call centre is in India where the workers do not understand the customers rights.

I would not recommend expedia after this. Itinerary # **************

Date of experience: July 16, 2017
Kansas
6 reviews
17 helpful votes
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I am not a frequent traveler where I need a place to stay, but when I do travel, I check for hotel prices and if the price appears to be good, I will book thru them. I have saved money by booking in advance on some occasions and have not beat the price that would be paid for a quick checkin. As with any service business, the consumer needs to do some research in advance.

Date of experience: July 15, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Beware
July 16, 2017

I recently booked a hotel through Expedia. I later found the same room cheaper on the hotel website. I asked the hotel to match it but they said they couldn't because of third party booking rules, but they said that their own website is always cheaper then Expedia. Expedia, who claim a low price guarantee, refused to issue a refund or credit, siting fine print. I will never use them again and urge others to beware!

Date of experience: July 15, 2017
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My sister booked one room at a Hampton Inn through Expedia. Expedia booked two rooms, charged her credit card and then would not refund what she was charged. She was given a total run around by both Expedia and Hampton Inn. Do not trust this company!

Date of experience: July 15, 2017
Iowa
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Booked honeymoon through Expedia. Everything seemed ok until the flight home. First class got changed to last row in the plane. No refund from Expedia. They said it's the airlines fault. Airline says Expedia fault. Out time 4 hours on the phone trying to resolve. And no refund. Stay away far far away unless you like throwing away your money

Date of experience: July 15, 2017
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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They are thieves
July 13, 2017

I bought flight insurance. Had to cancel my trip and they refused to refund my money.
You complain long and hard enough and they will refund $20 insurance fee but not the $400 flight fee.
I will never use them again.

Date of experience: July 13, 2017
Argentina
4 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Not a big fan
July 13, 2017

Poor customer service and very difficult for cancellations refunds. Once you buy you're locked in. I'm not sure why companies like this continue to exist in today's online world where you can really just book everything directly yourself.

Date of experience: July 13, 2017
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worst CS Ever
July 12, 2017

Takes an hour on the phone to talk to 3 people, none of which can help. I'm out $700 because the car rental company didn't have the right type of vehicle. They claim that they need confirmation from the car rental company in order to move forward with the refund and then keep forwarding me on to their "supervisor". Worst CS ever.

Date of experience: July 12, 2017
Georgia
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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NEVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA AND AFFILIATES
7/10/17
BEWARE when booking for travels with EXPEDIA. I have made sure no one I work with, who works for me, my friends and family... EVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA. This was the worst booking experience for the following reasons:

1. The site booked me at a nearby hotel option which turnout out to be 2+ hours away;

Date of experience: July 11, 2017
California
11 reviews
27 helpful votes
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Found they seem to be containing less and less choices these days because some airlines and hotels would rather sell directly from their own websites (which is understandable). So this is a good starting point for price research, but you should always check out a few other websites before making a big travel purchase.

Date of experience: July 10, 2017
California
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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BEWARE when booking for travels with EXPEDIA. I have made sure no one I work with, who works for me, my friends and family... EVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA. This was the worst booking experience for the following reasons:

1. The site booked me at a so-called nearby hotel option which turned out to be 2+ hours away;

2. No one at the hotel would talk to me (the Expedia customer), saying they cannot speak to the customer but have to speak with Expedia; and

3. NO ONE at Expedia helped resolve the issue or ever update me ALL THE WAY from (a) customer service reps John and Mari who never responded over the course of two weeks after promising to update me in 24 hours, (b) corporate executive assistant Sandra Mendes also went radio silent for another week despite promising yet again to update me in 24 hours, and (c) all of the executives I emailed and pleaded with totally disregarded me... obviously too busy to bother with the sucker customers...

Total waste of time, money and lesson learned DON'T EVER BOOK THROUGH THIS HORRENDOUS OPERATION. IT IS A SHAMEFUL BUSINESS WHICH I WILL REPORT TO BBB ALSO.

Happy travels and stay off Expedia and its affiliates!

Date of experience: July 10, 2017
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM
July 10, 2017

Expedia.ca & expedia.com work on 2 separate servers where your account is recognized on both however you're membership to expedia+ to accumulate points is separate! Make sure you join BOTH expedia+ for the same account but on. Ca &. Com! What a scam! Reached a supervisor level who is trained to lose a customer & get a bad review rather than compensate/figure something out. Disgusting!

Date of experience: July 9, 2017
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I booked my holiday in March. When i paid the price had gone up over £142. I fortunately had took a picture of booking on my phone so they had to refund the difference.
Went on Holiday 25th June for 1 week All Inclusive. Only when i got to hotel they had got me booked in for B&B only. I phoned Expedia and the man told me that he would refund me nearly £300 and to keep all food bills. Phone the next day Lady said we had to keep bills and wait a further 48 hours before they could speak to me complete waste of call she did not help. Phone call number 3 was icing on cake He said Although we had paid a higher rate than all inclusive. We were getting the same deal as approx £370 cheaper room on B&B. He said it was Expedia policy to reserve a couple of rooms and pay higher for them and deal with it and get on with holiday. He was very rude. The same day they finally phoned me back The man said he would not offer any refund, Or be able to put us on all inclusive for the rest of our holiday. I told him how upsetting and awful they had treated us and that i would do my best to put other people off using Expedia he them offered me a pathetic &100.
I would never use them again. They cost me a few hundred pounds and ruined the first few days off my holiday.
Please Book with someone else. We travelled on 25, 07, 2017

Date of experience: July 8, 2017
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Super annoyed
July 8, 2017

First few times I have booked it was only minor issues. Like incorrect checkout time.
This time I saw they had a pay at the hotel option. I chose this option as it was a trip in advance that I was not sure I could afford. I loved the pay at the time closer option. A week before the trip I cancelled. No money was taken out, before hand and no money should have been taken out after. However it was, why? Because they failed to inform the hotel I had canceled. I had until the day before to cancel, I did it a week in advance! Not only that I called as soon as the money went post debit, what happened? Got put on hold by them then hung up on.

Date of experience: July 8, 2017
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I hope this prevents Expedia from taking advantage of another consumer and should be investigate by the government for corruption.
I purchased an airline ticket that clearly stated an upgrade to economy plus for an additional fee. After purchasing and having the reservation processed, the upgrade did not appear. After calling their unprofessional customer service to correct the issue within minutes of the purchase transaction. They notified me that they gave me an economy upgrade. What in the world is an economy upgrade when I clearly clicked on economy plus. I was then told that it's not there fault that their website or process did not process what I purchased. Instead, I was told the only solution was to cancel my ticket and they would purchase a new one after the penalties have been applied.
This is a standard "Bait and Switch" if I have ever seen one. I hope no one uses this company again.

Date of experience: July 8, 2017
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Anniversary trip to Orlando for my boyfriend and I. Booked through expedia, supposedly paid off through a third party Affirm. It allowed me to pay over a couple of months because over $1000 for flight and hotel was a lot for me all at once. Affirm stated that Expedia was processing the itinerary, we never got a confirmation and Expedia denied all liability. IF THERE IS NO ALTERNATE WAY TO PAY, DON'T ADVERTISE ONE. Spent an hour and a half on the phone with customer service who just kept repeating "We don't have a record, what's your confirmation number?"
I don't have one, thats the issue. Will a $50 credit do? For a $1300 trip I'm already out a monthly installment for? No.

Date of experience: July 7, 2017
California
4 reviews
13 helpful votes
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I usually book through hotel websites direct, never third party websites. But a friend unannounced she was visiting me but yet too far from my home. I booked a hotel through here so I could be closer to her instead of having to commute all the way back home (100+ miles one way)
Expedia filters the hotels that are affordable and can't go wrong with all the reviews. I booked a Best Western hotel with no problems. When I visited the front desk they upgraded my room different from what I booked. Thanks Expedia!

Date of experience: July 6, 2017
Connecticut
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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I booked a flight through Expedia and to change my seat I had to pay a 25 dollar fee. Then I find out I can't change my seat until I check in. On the day I check in online it turns out I have to pay the 25 dollar fee again to the airline if I want to change my seat even though I already paid the fee. Complained to Expedia but they just don't care. You got me on this one but I'll never be back. Expedia sucks.

Date of experience: July 5, 2017
New Jersey
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Crap
July 3, 2017

They changed my last flight and were a pain to deal with, i spent an hour over the phone without success.

Date of experience: July 3, 2017