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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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309
value
284
shipping
103
returns
190
quality
240

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Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The initial website was easy enough to use. The problem comes in making a change to itinerary, it was an terrible experience. I had to contact their customer service line. Their agents were unfamiliar with US based airlines and processes. I spoke with multiple agents and supervisors. Do not blame them but the standard excuse was "the systems down." This went on for 3 days. How can Expedia.com have a system down for 3 days? I will never use them again. Stay away unless making a simple reservation.

Date of experience: July 4, 2013
Serbia
23 reviews
37 helpful votes
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Expedia.com makes travel very easy and about as cheap as it can be. Your one stop shop for low-cost air travel, hotels, rental cars, and tour packages!

Date of experience: April 23, 2013
Texas
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Received much better service than Hotels.com. Prices go up on hotels.com when you do a search and return hours later. Received better service with expedia.

Date of experience: April 6, 2013
California
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I can never book the price that they show me. Especially to Asia. Whenever I click BOOK price always goes up!. Very frustrating!

Date of experience: December 5, 2012
Connecticut
7 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Got a very good deal there! This website saved me about 1000 dollars on my trip. Will def use again!

Date of experience: August 23, 2012
Missouri
4 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Expedia saves a lot of time with multiple reservations. We rented a car for my father-in-law and it was easy and have better prices than other competitors.

Date of experience: May 13, 2012
New York
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Best site to plan your trip! Don't travel without it!

Date of experience: January 8, 2012
Connecticut
1 review
2 helpful votes
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We began booking a hotel in SC. We opted for the "Hotwire"-type deal where you don't know what exact hotel you'll get but you're told how many stars and the location. The first rate we were given was $65. The site wouldn't process the request and we had to start over. Then, the price increased to $75 at a 3-star hotel. After booking, we were assigned a hotel in a different location and the hotel that we were assigned does not even have any stars assigned to it on Expedia's own site. We called immediately to complain and they said there was nothing they could do about it. And, the customer service rep - Leonard - would not even provide us with his last name. I would strongly recommend against using Expedia --- false advertising and about the worst customer service I've ever experienced.

Date of experience: September 25, 2011
Canada
21 reviews
80 helpful votes
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I booked a flight with expedia.com, it was actually really cheap, i checked alot of other travel booking sites and even the airline itself, usually the airline website will have the best rates, but for some reason expedia had a great deal, the airline was subpar though, not expedia's fault i know.

Date of experience: May 10, 2011
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Used it on multiple occasions in the last few years to book holidays inc flights, hotel and taxi from airport etc and never had a problem. Prices fluctuate daily so check back a few times before actually paying.

Date of experience: April 7, 2011
Kentucky
8 reviews
15 helpful votes
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The call centers kill any bargains you get. Plus you pay and pay the same price as most airline sites but get the worst seats lowest "marker" like N or Y class and as stated the India and Manilla call centers don't help.

Date of experience: March 26, 2011
Washington
27 reviews
165 helpful votes
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Normally save quite a bit on rental cars and flights. There should be a way to change departure and arrival locations without having to reload all of your trip info. Other than that, it is pretty easy to use, and is a genuine money saver.

Date of experience: February 5, 2011
Colorado
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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I always book my trips with them since I usually find better deals here than if I book directly with the hotel. If your dates are flexible, they have a calendar that shows which dates are better than others, so you can plan accordingly.

Date of experience: July 13, 2010
Florida
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Quick, great layout, easy to use. What's there not to like, a little confused by the rating.

Date of experience: March 19, 2010
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Expedia's customer service is one of the worst. It is frustrating to talk with people that do not know what they are doing and do not provide solutions. They will waste your time. With so many options out there, I'm pretty sure they will loose customers fast if they don't have a clue on how to treat them.

Date of experience: March 14, 2010
Colorado
4 reviews
14 helpful votes
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They cancel a flight on me, they took 4 months to return my money. Expedia is a fruad, and always blames their vendors. If walmart sells me a fruadualent poduct I get my money back, at Expedia they tell me to get lost.

Date of experience: December 5, 2009
Ohio
11 reviews
65 helpful votes
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Expedia saved me about $200 in 10 minutes. I was at the airport and decided at the last minute to book a car rental. They wanted $49 per day and I said, I saw online that the rates were cheaper... the guy told me too bad, this is the price at the airport. I then went on my iPhone, navigated to expedia and booked the same exact car for $23 a day. Went back to the guy, showed him my confirmation phone number on my car and walked away saving $200. What would we do without internet?

Date of experience: August 13, 2009
Connecticut
1 review
2 helpful votes
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WORST ONLINE FLIGHT BOOKING - On March11th I purchased a one way ticket and was told I would receive confirmation in 24 hours. March 12th I received no confirmation so I called expedia and spoke to "Mary". I was told that the flight was not booked and that she would take care of ticket. I gave her all the information regading flight, time, date, and gave her my debit number. I received confirmation in 12 hours. On March 14th I went to my bank and had less money that I should have. I got a printed receipt from the bank and learned that expedia had taken out two plane ticket amounts, one on the 11th and one the 12th. I called expedia back and spoke to "George" I was told by him that the first ticket I had purchased had actually been booked and that there was a "glitch" in the expedia itinerary which showed it was not booked. George then said a supervisor would contact me to get my refund for the double booking. On March 16th I had to call back expedia after the supervisor never called me back. I was told by "Cheryl" that the airline was going to charge me $150 for cancelling the second ticket. I explained what was going on with the double booking and was told that it was out of their hands. Right now I am fighting with delta airlines to get my money back without having to pay the cancelling fee.

Date of experience: March 16, 2009