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Getaroom Reviews Summary

Getaroom has a rating of 2.3 stars from 6,368 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Getaroom most frequently mention credit card, customer service and third party. Getaroom ranks 16th among Hotels sites.

service
379
value
304
shipping
39
returns
78
quality
275
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Pennsylvania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Issue resolved.
March 20, 2019

After I gave them the below review, I got a phone call saying they would refund my money and they have since done so.

I wish I could give zero stars. I reserved a room through what I thought was the hotel website, only to find out later it had gone through a third party. When trying to cancel due to findinf s better deal they told me it as non refundable. This is absurd to me! Total scam!

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Date of experience: March 17, 2019
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Booked room for $145. Put in cc number for them to charge me $57 in taxes and add in charges. Called immediately to inquire and was told the system is down for maintenance. Wendy said to call back in 1-2 hour. Explained we would be there in 2 hours. Sorry system is down.

I hung up and called hotel who said it is only 145 with taxes.

Called customer service again and Wendye said she couldn't hear me because the phone was breaking up. I told her I had 4 bars and just spoke with them and she said it might be their phones because of the maintenance.

Can anyone help.

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Date of experience: March 16, 2019
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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NEVER AGAIN
March 17, 2019

The site is misleading when you are trying to book with Holiday Inn. I asked about state rate and they gave it to me on the phone but when booked they gave me a different rate. NEVER AGAIN! When I told them that the hotel gave me a lower rate, they gave me some bull crap excuse and would not change.

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Date of experience: March 15, 2019
Ohio
1 review
2 helpful votes
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SCAM COMPANY
March 17, 2019

Stole $4,700 from my credit card for a 3 night trip I booked to NYC for the end of this month. Their online booking system changed the dates that I input & booked me a 12 day trip that I never would have or could have ever booked! My kids are only on spring break 5 days total! Also added a $1300 booking fee. BEWARE! I've notified BBB, every review sight & fraud department. I will call the hotel directly daily screaming & get attorneys involved until I get this trip canceled & my money back.! Customer service call center claims to have your problem escalated # & never ever gets back to you. Total scam! Going to the media next. They can't keep stealing!

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Date of experience: March 14, 2019
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Quick efficient and uncomplicated
March 14, 2019

Taken through the booking process in a very efficient manner. No complications and confirmation was received immediately.

Date of experience: March 13, 2019
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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FRAUD
March 15, 2019

This company pretends to be the hotel you are looking to book at.

It misleads the consumer by making it look like you are booking directly, they charged my card over $500 dollars for a room at the wrong location.

When I asked them to simply change the hotel location they said they could not.

As someone that travels for business every week DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

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Date of experience: March 11, 2019
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I thought I was on the Davenport Grand Hotel's website to book a room in Spokane for late July. They obviously pay for google keywords so their site comes up first with the hotel's name. It looked completely legit however when I confirmed my booking with my credit card it they added $74 in "tax and recovery" fees! This is about 50% of the total room cost. They then told me I could not cancel this reservation, or I could cancel but I would not get a refund. I am seeking a resolution with my credit card company What a scam!

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Date of experience: March 11, 2019
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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SCAMMERS BECAREFUL!
March 15, 2019

I called to Holiday Inn and made a reservation, they gave me a reservation number which I tough it was from ( Holiday Inn) When I called to ask for the confirmation, they told me that I booked it through Get a room, which was impossible because I dialed to the Holiday phone number. Somehow this people took all my info from them and made a charge for 600 usd dollars. I NEVER CALLED THEM!
When I called to cancel any reservation with them they told me that they have already charge my credit card and that they wont give my money back.
Be careful this is a MAFIA waiting for you to steal your info and your money!

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Date of experience: March 11, 2019
Kathleen S.
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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RIPOFF
March 14, 2019

We paid $36.00 dollars more than if we had booked with the hotel THE GALT HOUSE LOUISVILLE KY. They would do nothing to help with the situation. BEWARE>>>THEY HAVE AN UPCHARGE> Thought I was hooked up to they hotel website and got ripped off.. I was contacted by the GetARoom REpresentative and they did handle the problems. Thank you GET A ROOM>

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Date of experience: March 11, 2019
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Resourceful
March 12, 2019

Kim (the agent) was very patient and helpful. She also was excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving

Date of experience: March 11, 2019
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Good customer service
March 14, 2019
Updated review

I have changed my review because their customer service is very good. They contacting me as soon as they were made aware of my concern and handled my concern with prompt and efficient service. Thank you for caring for your customers. I have changed my review in lieu of their great customer service and caring about their clients. Thank you!

Date of experience: March 10, 2019

Beware of this site!
February 20, 2019
Previous review

Hidden fees! They advertise great hotel rates and then charge a huge fee for tax recovery charge and service fees! Ours was an extra $98.00! Which was just about the same cost of one nights stay!
I also was not aware of their non refundable reservation! Their site made it sound like the cancellation procedure was to follow the hotels cancellation policy only to find out it was non cancelable I called their customer service to express my concerns and the rep hung up on me. I would never use this site again.

Date of experience: February 16, 2019
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I booked a hotel room yesterday morning with who I thought was best western. Come to find out was this 3 rd party getaroom. The lady told me the wrong check out time as well as overcharged me by $40! (I had to find all this out when the hotel manager told me) this was our first outing as a family and super disappointed that I got mislead. I called to figure out why this happened, getaroom lied and said they couldn't find my information to help. Again... very disappointed.

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Date of experience: March 10, 2019
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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'Very misleading' - full refund
March 12, 2019
Updated review

Getaroom overcharged me 400% on a hotel room in Buenos Aires, and then told me they had a no refund policy. It took a few days, but after complaining to them, leaving 1 star reviews here and on Trustpilot, and sending them screenshots from the hotel website which proved they had overcharged me, they cancelled my reservation and gave me a full refund. Their customer service department was extremely polite and helpful throughout. Part of the problem was that their website looked like the website of the hotel, and another problem was that they only charged the full amount after I'd pressed the 'Agree' button. Obviously I wouldn't have agreed if I'd known what I was being charged. Their website is confusing, and needs a rethink.

Date of experience: March 10, 2019

Very misleading...
March 5, 2019
Previous review

I am going to Buenos Aires for a conference in April, so booked a hotel online. I found one I liked, the Tango de Mayo, and checked it out on Booking.com. They told me it would cost £348 all-in for four nights. However I remembered hoteliers in the past who had complained about the rates they had to pay to Booking.com, so I decided to purchase a room directly from the hotel. I went to what I took to be their website tangodemayohotel.guestreservations.com - and it said that for four nights they would charge £351. That seemed fair so I clicked the button. I was then told that £2049 would come out of my account, no cancellations, no refund, no redress. It was £351 per night it didn't say that on the original page and on top of that they were going to charge £645 for Tax Recovery Charges and Service Fees'. It transpired that it wasn't the hotel's website, but the site of a company called Guest Reservations, a. K. a. Getaroom.com. I contacted Getaroom.com and received a standard reply saying they gave no refunds. My bank said they could do nothing, and they had to pay. I contacted a lawyer who said the same. If I'd used a credit card rather than a debit card I might have been able to do something.

Date of experience: March 2, 2019
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My kids found a resort that they wanted to stay at but every other site was sold out for our travel dates. GetARoom was able to get us a room.

Date of experience: March 9, 2019
Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had previously booked a Pet Friendly Hotel for one night. When I realized I would need an additional night I called to book and my originial hotel was not available. Getaroom found me a room for 2 nights in a Pet Friendly hotel at half the cost of my room for one night.

Date of experience: March 8, 2019
Florida
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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This company is based out of UK and has many employees sitting in front of a computer posing as employees from your selected hotel venue. They read from a scripted manual with rehearsed answers to your inquiries about their fee's etc. You will be charged a minimum of 90 dollars to have them book your hotel room. The charge will come though as a hotel tax of some sort. They will lie and say they are the hotel itself. They will not give your u the hotels number directly or their OWN physical address for uhhhhhh security reasons ( what).? What other company will not divulged their physical address.? Security reasons? After realizing I was scammed I called right back to cancel. The whole thing has been a whole day hassle and still not sure of refund even after calling to cancel 10 min after booking with getaroom. Really a fraudulent site. Beware.

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Date of experience: March 7, 2019
Iowa
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Penalty for cancellation
March 9, 2019

Kudos to Get A Room. I didn't know that reservations were not able to be cancelled. When i complained, they worked with the hotel to get me a full refund.

Date of experience: March 6, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good Job!
March 13, 2019

First class service from your représentative « Carrie »...

Courteous, patient & professionnel.

Thank you again

Date of experience: March 4, 2019
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I made a reservation thru Getaroom and didn't realize the fees were very high until I saw charge on my credit card- I called and got nowhere with understanding what the fees were, or getting them removed. It wasnt until after I posted a review on sitejabber that I got resolution. I was refunded 100.00 of the 215.00 they charged. The reservation that I made was great, it just seems like they should be upfront about the extra fees.

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Date of experience: March 3, 2019
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I went on line to book at room at a reputable local hotel. I got what I thought was their website and proceeded to make my reservation. The site advertised rooms for $124 per night. I did not receive a confirmation number or a receipt. When I reviewed my credit card history on line I was shocked to see I was charged $181.40. I contacted the hotel about the charges and a receipt this, the hotel manager said the reservation was made through a third party. He then was able to obtain a receipt that showed that I had been charged $52.69 in fees

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Date of experience: March 2, 2019