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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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Package fare for a return ticket to Newark from fort Lauderdale and back plus car and cancellation protection package sounded very reasonable for $ 830.00. I tried to cancel this trip because of personal reasons. I was told that I have to pay $ 200 cancellation fee to the airline even though I had purchased cancelation protection policy from Expedia. What nonsense. I was told it is Expedia company policy. Not doing business with them or recommending them to anyone.
Have had no trouble with Expedia I think they have some fantastic offers. In Paris we paid a reasonable price for a fabulous room.
Never had ANY trouble. I rather use Booking.com and/or Trivago.com. Still, Expedia.com is good!
We booked our flights with expedia to Ibiza. Our outbound flights were good enough, even though our family of 4 were split up in different parts of the plane (travelling with 2 x 10 year olds!) When it came to our return flight things got out of hand! I went to check in online 24 hours in advance and was unable to do so. Eventually after much trying and many phone calls to Expedia and British Airways I was told they had cancelled our booking. They had no explaination as to why. Thereafter we spent hours on the phone to an Indian Call centre trying to get on another flight. All flights to London were full for the next 5 days. We had nowhere to stay and had to get back for School Term and work! We spent the next 23 hours being told we had to pay £2500 for flights to barcelona and onwards to london. We had already paid for our flights to london so we had no intention of buying any more. Eventually they got us on a flight to Barcelona and onwards to London. They gave us 1 hours notice to get to the airport. It was horrific. Our flight was then delayed and we had to run to make our connecting flight, when we got on the plane, we were treated dreadfully, there were not enough seats for us. Other passengers eventually made space for us and we made it to London. Of course our luggage didn't make it for another 4 days! Expedia have not responded to a single email or phone call. I have asked for them to investigate what happened and for compensation for our very very stressful experience. It was an awful end to our holiday and to simply have no apology or explanation of how this could happen is just unacceptable. I will never use this company again. After reading other reviews on other sites it seems I am not alone. There are law suits going on left right and centre. You should exercise extreme caution when considering booking with them.
One time I got a ticket from DC to FL 4 about half t airline was selling it 4, I think t airline look at me upset n say that they could had giving me a better deal n that sometimes Expedia sells false ticket but thanks good I have never had that situation, they used a lot off delta n sometime u have 2 change plain but how can I pass on a ticket 4 99$ b4 taxes
I fly about 200,000 miles a year and I use Expedia often because I have to, not because I want to. Customer service is poor, and they frequently play games with prices. While it's a good search tool, I often find better prices just booking direct. Second, there is no way to combine all of the people who book travel on my behalf into one account so they have no idea I'm the end traveler. The credit goes to whoever books my trip.
La usé varias veces y siempre me respondieron bien
This American-based parent company provides cheap flights and hotels worldwide. I love to use this site, but also loving their other brands like Hotels.com, trivago and more..
I have just changed seats on UA international flights, assisted by a superb Expedia customer service agent name Efrel, in Manilla, Philippines. I am an internet-challenged senior. Efrel was patient while navigating me through the UA site, until the purchases were complete. I am grateful for her support, and that of her supervisor, Mr. Max.
I used them once and price they offered me was shocking
At once i did not accepted that price can be that low
It was Lufthansa Flight
I prefer expedia to other travel sites only because it is easy to use and has a wide selection. Will definitely recommend them to others.
Expedian is a brilliant site and I visit it on a regular basis. Very good website.
I really like this site not just because they have more hotels listed than others infact they are listed many cheap travel packages
Have been using this site for years for last minute travel and upcoming travel. It's easy to use and has some great deals. I also would recommend it because of the reward points.
Expedia has such unfair policy for consumers. I purchased a plane ticket that was totaling almost $4,000. As soon as I purchased the ticket, they charged the amount from my card. Well. I had to change the schedule, but I thought I had to cancel the flight and repurchase the ticket. As they promote the 24hr free cancellation policy, I canceled mine in 24 hrs. Do you know when I got the money? 7 days later! They say that the refund process takes up to three business days. So I waited. No refund. So I called the customer service department. Representative I talked to said that refund would take FIVE business days. Omg. Do you even train your employees properly? How come they are not aware of their own company's policy? I argued with the representative regarding the refund. Representative soon started getting frustrated at me, and let me detect her frustration. Money issue is a sensitive matter that customer service department must take carefully. Customer service representatives must not show their customers how frustrated they are in no matter what kind situation they are put. I will never purchase any flight ticket from here.
Well i always get the best price with them, but it appears helping people save on hotels means that they can't invest in Customer Service - I tried but failed to modify a reservation immediately after placing it.
And it took them 48 hours and 3 calls to realize that.
Buyer beware!
I am from India so my rating may not be accurate but I tried to book/search for international travel tickets many times and never got a deal which was good. Local sites like cleartrip and makemytrip had way better deals.
Answer: You were lucky to get through to anyone at all at Expedia. I've spent hours and hours and hours over three days trying to get through to anyone on their customer service phone line, their chat line and their e-mail, all to no avail. They really owe their customers much better customer service.
Answer: Demand to speak to a Supervisor though you better have time because it will take anywhere between 30 minutes to 2 hours. Once the Supervisor does nothing or little to nothing to resolve your concern, ask to speak to a manager. Get ready to really wait. DO NOT ACCEPT THE "WE'LL HAVE A MANAGER CALL YOU WITHIN 24 to 48 HOURS" When you figure out you don't matter, sit down and right a review!
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