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Kayak Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is mixed, with customers appreciating its competitive pricing and user-friendly interface for comparing travel options. Many users find it a valuable tool for securing better flight deals compared to competitors. However, significant concerns arise regarding customer service, particularly in handling booking issues and refunds, leading to frustration and dissatisfaction. Complaints about misleading pricing, slow response times, and lack of accountability when partnering with third-party services are prevalent. Overall, while the platform is favored for its search capabilities, its customer support and reliability require substantial improvement to enhance user trust.

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57
value
48
shipping
18
returns
26
quality
43

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California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Absolutely awful customer service. No one I talked to had up-to-date information on my booking. Multiple missing emails from my communications with customer service. No supervisors were available to respond to requests. I had to be the one to find out that the booking had been canceled multiple times with no communication from the company. The only way they found out that my flight had been canceled was when I called them and told them. Completely useless. Do not book with this website. They will take your money and give you nothing for it.

Date of experience: June 1, 2021
Pakistan
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I searched a fare from Kayak.com and found the best one on eDreams. I made the purchase from eDreams, but when the airline issued the ticket, part of it was in a different booking class than the original one. This was due to error from eDreams. Their customer service was miserable. I finally reached out to Kayak. They helped me and eDreams refunded the fare difference. Thank you Kayak and thank you eDreams for resolving this issue.

Date of experience: May 12, 2021
India
7 reviews
1 helpful vote
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It help us compare many options available in the market to get what is easy and suitable for us. Easy to navigate the site.

Date of experience: May 4, 2021
Kansas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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There is not any customer service. I booked my flight and paid but didn't get any confirmation email.
I can not find my trip on their site. That is tiruble.

Date of experience: April 5, 2021
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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We booked a flight through Kayak and it has been a nightmare ever since. First they charged our card 400 extra dollars for no reason! Then when we went to check in to fly home we found out that someone at kayak used our confirmation code and canceled our flight home. Leaving my family (with 2 small children) scrambling to find a way home. We never got an email saying your tickets were canceled, we never got our money back. We had to pay an extra 1000 dollars and 4 hours on the phone to try and fly our family home! I will be looking into this company more and look into legal action against them! DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT USE KAYAK!

Date of experience: March 19, 2021
Florida
2 reviews
27 helpful votes
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Rip off
March 16, 2021

I booked a flight in May of 2020 for a family member on Kayak it booked it on FinAir.
I needed to change the dates due to family member receiving cancer treatment. I tried so hard to get hold of Kayak as well as FINAIR neither has customer service number or it doesn't work. There is no way to reach either one in case you need to change. The airline website even does not work. I can't believe Kayak can stay in business like that by ripping people off their money. Needless to say on top of our misery we lost $407.0. I will never use Kayak again or FINAIR. Stay away from both.

Date of experience: March 16, 2021
Florida
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Great comparison website
October 29, 2020

Kayak is an amazing price comparison website, I use it when I need to book a trip and I was able to save a lot of money!

Date of experience: October 28, 2020
Tennessee
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I used kayak in order to find the best price for a hotel in Aruba. However, kayak is only a search engine and redirected me to another site. I should have paid more attention, but thought kayak was a reliable search engine and continued with my booking. Everything was good. Then about a month before our trip my husband and I look through our details and had to change our trip due to Covid-19, we tried to cancel through kayak and it would not let us because it was through a third party website. It turns out the website that kayak redirected us to was a scam and we lost $1,200. Please do not use kayak, use google search or anything but from my experience, it does not look like kayak does it research on the companies it sends you to.

Date of experience: May 7, 2020
Australia
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Sight hard
April 27, 2020

Sight hard to confirm flights where is the shopping cart.,, Very confusing...

Date of experience: April 27, 2020
Canada
1 review
16 helpful votes
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I rented the car for my trip and when I got there, there was no car and I had to pay hihher price to rent a car from another rental company. Kayak charged me for insurance and didn't refund me the money. Don't recommend kayak for anything.
If there was less than one star I would give that.
BAD SERVER CE AND OVERCHARGE!

Date of experience: April 16, 2020
Canada
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Good!
March 28, 2020

Good experience! Made my trip much easier. Big shout-out to Luis who was really helpful on the customer support end!

Date of experience: March 27, 2020
GB
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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After trusting Kayak, I bought a ticket from Kiwi.com. What a terrible experience it's been, and my flight is three months away! After this vacation, I will neither use Kiwi.com or Kayak.com ever again.

I know Kayak is a search engine, but they should vet their vendors. The reason I say that Kiwi is a scam is that you buy a "basic package" that does not include email support, and they hang up on you when you call their phone support. I only wish I were joking. A British phone bot comes on and says, "Enter your booking number now" and when I key it in she says, "There has been an error. Please call again later."

I called three times. In my book, this is a scam. The reason I was trying to call is that today the coronavirus has shown up in the country of my destination.

Date of experience: February 25, 2020
Romania
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Nunca reservé nada en el sitio web de Kayak, pero creo que es una buena fuente de inspiración y consejos para los próximos viajes. El sitio web es muy fácil de usar y fácil de navegar.

Date of experience: December 27, 2019
NL
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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User friendly
October 18, 2019

Takes just a couple of minutes to get it available and the services to me are of good standards and i look forward for more

Date of experience: October 18, 2019
Michigan
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Worst company ever
October 3, 2019

This company is an absolute disgrace! Kayak/vayama sent us the wrong departure time so we missed our first flight and every leg of our international flight there and back was cancelled. The airlines will not help you at all and none of their policies apply if you book through Kayak. Not only that, but after spending 24 hours on the phone with Kayak, they did absolutely NOTHING to help us rebook flights and refused to reimburse even a penny of our flights! I am telling everyone I know not to book through them EVER. Worst customer service ever also... so incredibly rude and unprofessional! I'm astonished this company even exists.

Date of experience: October 3, 2019
Bangladesh
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Good
September 23, 2019

Popzora have an huge collections of products. I bought an dress for sister.The dress is very beautiful and gorgeous.The quality was incredible for such a low cost. Fantastic clothes with big savings. Very active staffs and nice customer service

Date of experience: September 21, 2019
Canada
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I just love their service. The website is very user friendly and got so many filters. I took me less than 10 min to find out the best flight and finish the booking. I am gonna use Kayak for all my future flight bookings.

Date of experience: September 7, 2019
Germany
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Frustrating
June 23, 2019

It was frustrating and confusing. When I finally made my decision it redirected me to a site I was unfamiliar with to make payment I couldn't choose the type of bed and by the time all was said and done it said there were only two types of rooms available and neither one would work for us

Date of experience: June 21, 2019
Australia
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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DON'T BOOK THOUGH THIS DISGUSTING AGENT, THEY ARE DODGY, I BOOKED TWO TICKETS FROM SHANGHAI BACK TO HONG KONG IN JAN FOR MAY, WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT AND OUR TICKETS HAD BEEN CANCELLED, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE NEVER PAID FOR! I PRODUCED THE BANK STATEMENTS SHOWING THE MONEY HAD COME OUT OF MY ACCOUNT THE SAME DAY OF THE BOOKING! STILL CAN'T GET OUR MONEY BACK FROM EITHER THE TRAVEL INSURANCE COMPANY OR TRAVELGENIO. WE HAD TO BUY NEW TICKETS WHICH COST $1200AUD - DON'T USE THEM

Date of experience: June 10, 2019
Pakistan
2 reviews
11 helpful votes
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May 24, 2019

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Date of experience: May 23, 2019

From the business

Kayak is a large price comparison search engine for travel. It has prices for plane tickets, hotels, car rentals, and vacation packages. Kayak doesn't sell any of these services directly, but instead directs you to another site where you can make a purchase.


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Founded in 2004
Stamford, CT, United States