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Travelocity review: Quick to take your money, will not refund it 104

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I wanted to travel from where I am working, Naples, Italy to where my family is, Alabama. I wanted to go for my daughter's first Christmas.

I booked using Travelocity. I paid extra for paper tickets and more on top of that for overseas mailing address - even though it is a military post office and therefore, not considered overseas by the USPS.

My paper tickets did not arrive before my travel date. This is the first time I have arranged flight for myself, so I did not understand the significance of this. I had my itinerary and my reservation code. I figured they could print me new boarding passes and I would be off. I went to the airport early to take care of it.

I was told that I could not fly without purchasing new tickets. I couldn't believe it. I made them tell me three times. I finally believed the floor manager. I broke down, in public. A grown man crying because I thought I could not go home for my daughter's first Christmas. I explained that I could not afford to buy a new ticket, considering the price of the first one and what the last minute ticket would surely cost. The clerk explained that I would be buying the same ticket, same price. I could not really afford it, but I decided to risk it. Of course they wouldn't take my Discover Card. Italy remember? So I had to use my company travel card. So now I'm risking reprimand from my company, but they told me I could file for a refund.

Ok. I make the trip home. I find a quiet time and call Travelocity. I only had to wait in the queue for about 15 minutes and I spoke with a polite and helpful young man who informed me that I could request my refund through customer service and that I could scan and send them my receipt and an explanation of what happened, with my Trip ID number and that they would get me a refund.

So I sent them the scanned receipt and explained my problem. Ten minutes later a response. I couldn't believe it. On Christmas Eve too. Happy Holidays indeed! Nope. Just an automated message confirming receipt of my message.

Three days pass before I can check my mail. A courteously worded email with name and address and phone number requesting that I fax several things. I respond with a request for clarification and explain that I do not have access to a fax machine (costs 6-20 Euro to send a stateside fax from here.) Automated confirmation. Remarkably familiar courteously worded email with name and address and phone number requesting that I fax in several things (some are different from the first.)

So I made it really easy, I made a numbered list of my questions and sent it back. So far I have gotten about 4 different responses, mostly canned. The most recent telling me that they did not receive my scanned receipt and telling me that the Italian airline with which I traveled would take a year to process a refund.

I wept again. This time privately. Then I decided to respond, politely, and ask once again that they refund the FIRST ticket not the second one. Attached the scanned receipt again.

Then I went on the web to see if anyone else had had problems like this, and if so, how they got them resolved. Not an excessive number of hits if you consider the amount of business they must do.

But here's the common theme. Travelocity's customer service is very slow, extremely bureaucratic and they simply do not like to return your money. I did find another email address for their 100% guarantee department, and have sent an impassioned plea for help. I do not hold much hope.

Tomorrow I try to contact my credit card company to see if I can dispute the charge that way. Tomorrow night I will probably be posting on blogs across the blogosphere. Hmm, maybe if I pasted together all the email traffic and posted that on a Google page. (Yahoo Travel is where I started...turns out it's a front for Travelocity).

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Gruzde
US
Mar 15, 2011 5:53 pm EDT

Airfare and hotel went fine, but Travelocity never notified the activities vendor in Mexico with our reservations. As a result we were unable to do the activity due to a booked schedule with the vendor.

I paid $260 for two reservations for this activity. In spite of me holding printouts with a reservation number, the vendor was unwilling to squeeze us in. Since we have returned form Mexico I have been engaged in a one way struggle with Travelocity to try and get my $260 refunded.

Travelocity is not communicating since their initial e-mail saying a rep is assigned to the issue and will contact me.

This has been over a month now. I have sent a total of six e-mails, and five phone calls with zero response. When I call the 1-800 customer support (that's a laugh) line -- if I can get through -- I am told a rep has been assigned.

When I ask for the reps phone number I am told they will contact me. I am still waiting!

In the mean time I am letting as many people I can know about Travelocity's service. One thing is for sure, I will never use them again. They are very attentive to your needs until they get your money, then they don't know you.

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Laisine
US
Mar 17, 2011 6:11 pm EDT

I purchased a ticket through travelocity.com. The cost online was confirmed by email for $153.

However, I was charged $213 by Shuttle America.

I have emailed Travelocity.com over 7 times and called over 5 months. You would think as quickly as they can process your charge they can do the same for a credit --- at least in 3 months.

I will not buy from them again until I get this matter resolved.

I'd rather go to each individual site to get my ticket.

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Lady Sil
San Diego, US
Mar 31, 2011 6:05 pm EDT

Do not book through Travelocity, unless you want to be held hostage in India. I called initially because I was unable to print out flight information on a flight from California to D.C. since their website never it to me. So I call with the confirmation number I was emailed and I was charged for the correct amount on my Visa. Well, I ended up with someone in India who couldn't find the reservations at first and then the system went down, I requested to be transferred stateside and was "accidentally" disconnected. I felt like I was held hostage in India. Finally the agent tried to rebook the flight that was now four times the amount I'd originally paid. So I asked to have the original flight cancelled, still they couldn't find the flight. Keep in mind the tickets were being purchased 4 months in advance! So I asked for a supervisor, who was right there in India, I got Chase on the line to confirm the tickets had been charged and the "supervisor" said their system didn't show any information. Finally the bank rep threatened to contact the airlines and I was promptly transferred back to America (Texas). That person, had no idea what was happening and need time to research the information, because now it was showing I'd booked the same trip eight times. Chase quickly reversed the charges and blocked all future charges from Travelocity. Chase went so far as to join me in my BBB and consumer report complaint. I will never book with Travelocity again. Southwest airlines at least keep all their bookings in America!

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Dolla
US
May 18, 2011 10:45 am EDT

A mistake was made booking an airline ticket for my sister to fly to Orlando, Florida on April the 20th. The ticket was for United Airlines and her maiden name was used rather than her married name. United Airlines gave authorization for Travelocity to cancel the original ticket and re-issue a new ticket with the right name; however, Travelocity refused to cooperate. DO NOT USE Travelocity, they are corrupt and only want your money...! No matter if they make mistakes or NOT... They are rip off artists and do not care if your needs are met. BTW... their call center is located in India.

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Eduk
US
May 24, 2011 5:30 pm EDT

Last year, my wife and I planned to travel from ATL to DEN to see U2 in concert. We booked travel through travelocity on May 11, 2010. The concert was canceled, so we canceled our flight in hopes of re-booking when the concert was rescheduled, understanding we would lose some money. We were informed by Travelocity that of the $508.80 for two tickets. Frontier Airlines charged $200 for cancellation and then Travelocity took $54.40 with no explanation leaving us half of our money for a credit. The concert was rescheduled for May 21, 2011. We called back in early March 2011 to rebook our tickets and were told that we had a credit of $254.40 which must be used with Frontier Airlines and Travelocity would charge us $130 per ticket to rebook our flight, which means we would be paying travelocity $6.60 for the privilege of taking all of our money. We called back several days later deciding that we would just rebook one ticket. The customer service agent told us that the rebooking fee would be $180 for one ticket. I questioned him about this based on our previous call. He came back after being put on hold and told me it would be $130 to rebook a single ticket. I told him the dates I would like to travel. He came back and told me that because my travel dates are after May 11, I could not use my credit because it was over one year after my initial booking. We call back again on May 5th, in attempts to get Travelocity to refund our credit. Travelocity contacted Frontier Airlines; said that our money is with Frontier Airlines and they could not offer a credit, but that they would call Frontier Airlines to attempt to get a refund. According to Travelocity/Frontier Airlines, we could rebook a flight prior to May 11, 2011 to fly any time, but under no circumstances would they give us a refund. Also, we wasted over a two hours-twenty five minutes on hold for three phone calls to Travelocity customer service.

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FUTravelocity
US
May 26, 2011 12:13 pm EDT

I don't know who is running Travelocity but they better get their act together. They not only ruined my vacaction but they stole from me as well as lied to me. Let's start from the beginning.

I was scheduled to get on a 6:15 am flight to North Carolina then take an international flight to Aruba on Sunday the 17th of April. Due to the storm that hit the east coast that weekend, our flight was canceled and we were not able to rebook our flight until the following morning (18th).

So on the 17th and the 18th I spent nearly 3 and a half hours on the phone with travelocity trying to get a refund for the 17th since I would not be there. Travelocity told me again and again they had to speak to a manager at the hotel but no one was picking up.

Fast forward three days. On the 21st of April, I was at the hotel sitting at the concierge desk speaking to a manager as well as the concierge. We called Travelocity together and explained that since the hotel would NOT charge Travelocity for the 17th since we did not check in and checked in on the 18th. So to clarify: The hotel said that they would only charge Travelocity for 6 days and 5 nights (18th night to the 23rd day). Travelocity confirmed with the hotel and told me I would see a refund for the first night I did not stay there in 7 to 10 business days.

I asked for a confirmation number and the woman I spoke to told me that I did not need one because she had documented the entire thing on my account and I would only need my Trip ID number... Okay. So fast forward to the present which is 12:04 am, Sunday May 8th 2011.

Guess what I am doing? I am back in New Jersey and I just got off the phone with Travelocity. It had been over two weeks and my refund never came. When I called again (which took over an hour because no one would pick up) I spoke to 3 representatives and one supervisor who told me that there was no record of a refund and that they would need to reconfirm with the hotel in the morning because there was no manager at the hotel.

Does that sound like a load of crap to you? Because it sure does to me. There is no record of my refund?.. What about the one hour phone call I made to Travelocity from a foreign country so that I wouldn't have to deal with this when I got back to the states? Now they are telling me there is a chance I will not see a refund because there is no record of it.

The supervisor said that he will call me tomorrow morning with an answer. I told him that if I don't get a refund I am going to take them to court because they are stealing from me. They were NOT charged by the hotel for the 17th but are still charging me for it. That is stealing. Not to mention the fact I was already promised a refund. This is not acceptable. So I will either get a phone call tomorrow morning from Travelocity saying that they are giving me a refund or I'll see them in court.

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Departer
US
Jun 02, 2011 6:16 pm EDT

I have been on hole with travelocity for over a half an hour and it is 3am in California. I have to call because they didn't leave me enough time to switch planes. If i cancel because of thier mistake, they will charge me up to 280 USD. I feel really helpless so I have to vent. Also, they outsource to indian people who are very difficult to understand at times. Also to change the flight, they need to put you on hold again to call the airline for you, which is nice, but it makes you angry to be on hold again as soon as you get online with someone.

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Corey_B
Walnut Hill, US
Jun 04, 2011 5:32 pm EDT

I booked flight from Kuwait to the United States through Travelocity. Several days later Delta sends me an email saying my Kuwait departure flight has been cancelled. I was currently in Iraq in a location with minimal support, so no direct ability to call customer service and intermittent email ability. I had my wife call Delta to confirm this, and was referred back to Travelocity. Several calls and emails later there was still no resolution so I asked for a partial or full refund. Travelocity would not refund anything of the $1800 fair. I explained that this was a business trip that I had to fly on the dates I bought the ticket for, but this did not matter to Travelocity. I was forced to book tickets with an airline that could get me from Kuwait back to the United States on schedule. Still Travelocity keeps my $1800 without so much as offering any concession or any type of refund. It should be fraudulent for them to charge a fair, then through no fault of your own the airline cancels the flight a little under two months before show time. My first time ever using Travelocity and my last time. I assume they knew I was in Iraq and nothing I could really do about them keeping $1800.

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Josie0562
Forked River, US
Jun 04, 2011 10:08 pm EDT
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I have been a travel agent for the last 25 years. My first piece of advice to anyone is purchase your airline tickets DIRECTLY from the airline. It is not only normally the least expensive way ( with some exceptions of course) BUT there is no one to pass the buck too. Travelocity is nothing more then another travel agency. If it is a trip such as yours, I would even go as far as calling the airline over the web site. Document date, time, number and person you purchased your ticket...if there is any issues they can go to the agent. In most cases, with airlines - it is TOO BAD unless you get the right, knowledgeable person and being on top of things. NEVER buy air tickets from any third party. Buy directly from the airline.

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California Trip
Paoli, US
Jun 05, 2011 8:22 am EDT

Travelocity is ignoring my complaints on a booking I made through them. I need a hotel refund and Travelocity is not working to ensure my refund. Best Western Villa Del Lago in Patterson CA is the hotel - dont book through Travelocity and sure dont stay at Villa Del Lago. Villa Del Lago and Travelocity not communicating at all!

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Corey_B
Walnut Hill, US
Jun 09, 2011 3:07 pm EDT

I agree, this is my last time ever using a third party. Most of the time when you are traveling with the airlines they at least help you when you are on the military's time either with scheduling or cancelling the ticket. I should have read more of the fine print with Travelocity instead of buying into there guarantees and other insurance gimmicks. Either way I'm out $1800 and still sitting in Iraq dealing with a company like Travelocity that could care less about the situation.

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Catapotimus
Panama City, US
Jun 14, 2011 6:17 pm EDT

I made the mistake of booking a business trip using Yahoo Travel, which is a front for Travelocity. When I realized that they had overcharged me for my room, I contacted the hotel directly and they told me they would adjust it. After I checked in, they informed me that they couldn't because it was booked through travelocity. My room cost over twice what it cost my travel companions. They paid $89 a night, I paid $183. Travelocity has refused to provide me with an explanation or a bill breaking down the costs. Their customer service is through India or Pakistan and it's been impossible to speak to someone who can speak and understand English. This company is a ripoff.

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Yomondo
US
Jun 14, 2011 6:27 pm EDT

I'm in the middle of a 3-week long customer service case with Travelocity, and I just have to say that their customer service system is horrible, and because of that, in the future I would only use Travelocity as a last resort.

What happened in my case is that I made a hotel reservation though Travelocity, and upon check-in, the hotel gave me rates different than what Travelocity quoted me. I had no reasonable choice but to accept the room rates at check-in, and work to resolve the discrepancy later.

So upon returning from my trip, I communicated with both Travelocity and the hotel and determined that Travelocity sent the hotel the wrong room rates. Travelocity agreed that this indeed occurred, but even so, it took a long time to convince them, and now taking a long time to get my refund of the amount I was overcharged.

It's been extremely frustrating working with Travelocity's customer service department. Even though my case is still open, let me tell you so far why Travelocity's customer service is so horrible.

- When you contact them by email, their email customer service agents can only give you scripted responses, and are incapable of providing any real service. If you need anything more than a scripted response, they require you to proceed by phone.

- When you call them, you're put on-hold waiting for an agent, and then the agent gives you the same scripted responses that the email agent gave you, and if you want more than a scripted response, you're put on-hold for a long time while they try and find someone who can actually provide more than a scripted response. It's a huge waste of my time.

- When I ask their email email agents to call their own phone support agents instead of me having to sit on-hold, they say that they can't. Unbelievable! They're incapable of communicating with other branches of their own customer service system!

- Every time you talk to someone, either via email or phone, you have to start all over again, explaining everything, and hearing all the same scripted responses, and repeating the same responses to their scripted responses, before you can proceed further.. More waste of my time;.

- I've asked them many times to escalate my case to someone who can actually help me, but they completely ignore that request, and continue giving me scripted responses and no real help?.

- They asked me to fax them my hotel invoice, which I told them I will fax within 5 minutes, which I did, and days later when I followed up, only then do they tell me they didn't receive it, . This went on several times/. I ended up faxing the document to them 5 times before they finally told me that they received it/.

- When they tell you they'll call you back, it never happens'.

- They've told me "I assure you, we'll have this resolved today", but that is far from true.

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rather
US
Sep 14, 2011 4:02 pm EDT

I booked a trip for my daughter and myself through travelocity, after not getting answers to my questions . I canceled the trip . They kept more than half the price of the trip, they said I was told about there cancelation policies, Iwas not told about this . I would not have canceled if I knew I was going to loose so much money . I am 68 and on social security I can not afford to just through that much money away . after spending 10 hours on the phone most of which was on hold I was told by karm that he was going to put the charge through on my card as fraudulant charge on a stolen card and then he hung -up on me . Please someone help me !

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beaware30
Queens Village, US
Oct 10, 2011 5:34 am EDT
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on saturday 8th october i purchased a ticket online from travelocity to a caribbean destination for my husband. i received my confirmation code and my credit card was immediately charged. when my husband went to check in at the counter the agent told him that his name doesnt appear on the flight list. i never felt so sick in my life because when we tried to call travelocity it took us hours to get a response, by then my husband couldnt get the flight because they said he had to purchase a new ticket. when a representative from travelocity finally came on the line, he sounded like he was from india, he kept transfering me and transfering me, they eventually blamed the airline and the supervisor said i would get a refund...but from reading other complaints about them am very doubtful.i wish i knew about this site before i bought that ticket...TRAVELOCITY NEEDS TO B STOPPED BECAUSE THEY ARE RIPPING POOR PEOPLE OFF!

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micia
US
Oct 20, 2011 6:22 pm EDT

I was scammed when buying a ticket on Travelocity. I found charges on my credit card dating back to 1 year ago form shopping essentials and passport to fun which are the same company. The charged $19.95 each 2 times in the first month 9/2010 which is $79.80. After that they have charged me $23.95 each ($47.90) every month since then. This is a total of more than $600. The only reason I did not realize this before is because this year I have dealt with an illness and death in the family.
I have no recollection of signing up for this membership but when I called they said it happened through the Travelocity website. Shopping essentials and passport to fun are not willing to refund my money and Travelocity is not willing to help. I have found numerous reports of this scam through Travelocity online.

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Lucia2123
US
Oct 20, 2011 7:32 pm EDT

I was scheduled to fly in from FL to NY during hurricane Irene. However, I learned the night before my scheduled flight home to NY that my flight was cancelled. I called Travelocity to ask them to re-book my flight and I was told that I needed to call the airline to re-book. (What's the point of going through Travelocity?)Then I asked about my hotel stay, I asked if they would cover the additional charge and they said "yes, since it was a hurricane, we will cover that." They told me that they'd call the hotel to re-book the room and would call me back within 2 hours. 4 hours later I called them back since I never heard from them and they said they would NOT pay for the room charge. I asked to speak to a manager and she said she'd call the hotel the next day to discuss a possible discount, but Travelocity will not pay for the additional stay. Such BS! And they never called the hotel. SO basically, I rebooked my flight and rebooked my room (at my own discounted rate after I told the hotel manager my story)on my own. What was the point of going through Travelocity? To top it off, after our last phone convo, they told me to "have a nice day". What a crock!

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Murad Jakarta
ID
Nov 16, 2011 2:35 am EST

I think my story sounds similar to those dozens that I have learned on this website. I wish I hadn't bought those twelve tickets in the amount of $16000 from singapore to los angeles. I bought tickets, received email with e-ticket numbers, and I was glad. But, in the morning another email "unable to ticket your reservation". What kind of reservation if I already paid for the tickets. As they say they couldn't verify some information, thus canceled the tickets. OMG. Now I am in a big trouble, because I don't know when my refunds will be done. If anyone (lawyer or anyone else who had such experience) in the US I would be glad to hear your advice or comments how to get out from this situation asap.

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bukmdanno
Duluth, US
Nov 17, 2011 5:54 am EST
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Travelocity has no empathy, no sense of urgency, no customer service, a completely useless outsourced group of people in India answering their phone lines doing absolutely nothing beyond putting people on hold for 15 minutes, coming back on the phone for 5 minutes to say there's nothing they can and/or are willing to do, then putting you on hold for 15 more minutes before coming back on the line for 15 more minutes to tell you there's nothing they can and/or are willing to do. Worst travel site on the net. I wonder how long it takes to row from NY to London? God knows it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd book a flight with Travelocity again to go across town, let alone across the ocean.

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Beowulf75
Hillsboro, US
Dec 02, 2011 10:06 pm EST
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Yesterday, I attempted to set up a vacation for my family for Xmas on Travelocity. After all was completed, I transfered the amount of money neccessary to my VISA. When it cleared, I tried to book the vacation and the site kept saying "We are having trouble...etc., etc."

I started all over again and...nothing.

Well, I tried it two more times after logging in to their site. Same result.

After several hours of doing this, I shut it down, thinking I would try another route. Later in the day, I saw where Travelocity had held two separate payments from my account in totalling over $4600.

No email, no trip number...nothing.

I called. No, I did not have any reservations, no trip, nothing. Travelocity has several thousand of my very hard earned money tied up and I have NOTHING. I am not wealthy. If I am going to take my family away (first time), I need that $ reimbursed expediently.

It would be most inconvenient and aggravating if I lost that money or if we did not get to take our long awaited get away due to this. I cannot get a return email. When I call, I wait forever and get someone who can barely speak my language, assuring me they'll reimburse it. Its was supposed to be done within 24 hours. Still nothing. Meanwhile, I watch the flights and resort I wanted fill up with no vacancies.

I am not happy.

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1st Class Vacations
Everman, US
Dec 03, 2011 5:10 pm EST

visit www.1stclassdreamvacations.com to book your vacation or your next vacation!

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miss melissa
milwaukie, US
Feb 27, 2012 11:50 pm EST
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HUGE let down on my Birthday! Got to the hotel and cried, it was nothing like I was promised or wanted! We checked out the next morning because I didn't wanna stay both nights and hit the road with hopes of finding something better. I will NEVER use Travelocity again!

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daviddhaddy
Minneapolis, US
Apr 24, 2012 11:34 pm EDT

How is it Travelocity's fault that the hotel wasn't to your liking? Travelocity just makes the reservation for you. The hotel is responsible for proving you a comfortable stay. People are always looking for the cheapest method for everything. Well a word of advise, if you are getting a cheaper rate for something, then corners are being cut somewhere. In this instance you are paying a third party to book a cheap reservation. But in doing so, you don't get to speak directly with the hotel and don't get to see every detail it. All Travelocity is responsible for is booking the reservation and paying the hotel. It looks like they did that. Well done Travelocity. If you are upset with the hotel, maybe you should go on their site and file a complaint. And next time, book directly with the hotel if you are unsure about something.

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Ajuled
US
May 03, 2012 10:28 pm EDT

I booked my flights for Thanksgiving in March and made subsequent flight reservations for my kids. The airlines notified Travelocity on 8/6 that there was a MAJOR (AND I MEAN MAJOR) change to our flights. I was not notified by Travelocity. I did not know about this change until we got ready to check in the day before our flights. I have an email from the airlines stating the date they notified Travelocity. Travelocity will not accept any responsibility and keeps having someone from India call me to tell me that they did nothing wrong. Really? Because Travelocity did not notify me of the change in my flights, I am out of pocket an additional almost $500.

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Sandra Lynch
Shamokin, US
Apr 15, 2014 7:16 am EDT
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Thank you for receiving me. I would appreciate a full refund for Confirmation number [protected].

Agent NEVER TOLD me I was booking 3rd. party...TRAVELOCITY... I thought I booked with the hotel chain! . .TRAVELOCITY did NOT inform me La Quinta was a Pet Shop HOTEL My beloved is highly alergic to DOGS!
A resolve was not reached with Customer Service when I ask to Change on the phone, and my Beloved is suffering...
LASTLY, I DID NOT GET A EMAIL RECEIPT .

Again, Thank you for all you to ensure outstanding Customer Claims and Refunding my 441.08.
Sandra Lynch

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Kathy DelBalzo
Fort Myers Beach, US
Apr 18, 2014 11:57 am EDT
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I will never use Travelocity again after the experience and runaround from them that I received trying to get a refund on an unused airline ticket I purchased for my father who had to cancel the trip due to illness and then subsequently died. Initially the Travelocity customer service representative I spoke with was very helpful. He spoke English plainly and clearly and correctly explained the process to me. After I completed the process (faxing the death certificate, ticket and confirmation numbers to the airline), I contacted Travelocity again to have them process my refund. That is when the trouble and runaround began. The customer service representatives I subsequently spoke with had very heavy accents and had difficulty understanding me and I had difficulty understanding them. The first call resulted in the Travelocity customer service representative contacting the airline and then claiming that the airline indicated they had not received the documentation I had faxed so I was told I needed to re-fax the documents to the airline. I explained that my transaction report showed the fax had been received and so when I refused to pay to have the documentation faxed again, I was asked to email my fax and proof of receipt to Travelocity and they would handle it. My emails to Travelocity kept bouncing back 24 hours later saying they timed out. Further calls to Travelocity resulted in long wait times and conflicting information whereas calls to the airline were answered promptly and they confirmed my fax had been received and that they had issued a waiver code which was necessary in order to receive a full refund from the travel agency who booked the reservation. Further calls to Travelocity resulted in claims that the airline would need to refund my money not them even though they were the ones paid and the ones who booked the reservation. After spending over an hour on the phone with them on my last call insisting it was them not the airline that needed to process the refund and providing them with the waiver code the airline gave me, Travelocity finally agreed they would process the refund. They gave me a confirmation code and said I would see it in 1-2 billing cycles (45-60 days). I'll believe it when I see it!

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Jose Liberona
CL
May 30, 2014 1:35 pm EDT

I am going trhough the same ordeal, Travelocity is taking the whole Us$ 2080 dollars of a reservation that they would not connect (two air france tickets), so there is not enough time to get the luggage and transfer to the other plain, the airline won´t check the luggage all the way to final destination (Birmingham England to Santiago Chile (going through Paris)), Air France will not connect the two flights because I bought them through Travelocity, will gladly do it if I had bought the tickets from Air France. So I have to buy another exact ticket but with the connection, an another us$ 2080 for exactly the same tickets on the same flights, an no refund what so ever (I have tried to call them, ask them but basically, No service, No refund, No solution), I told them that I will pay them a big fee, but they want the whole tickets again in order to give me the same tickets, it looks like an scam, pay twice for the same tickets.
They tell me that is Air France police, Air france tell me that is Travelocity. If any one has some suggestions please do, TRAVELOCITY will take your money, and no refunds without warnings, but at your own risk, we will solve nothing ever, please advice is any one has some.

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jaynesy
KR
Oct 12, 2014 8:11 am EDT

same here. i HAD to cancel my hotels because the flight got cancelled to Israel-due to the situation with Hamas and all- one of the hotel was refundable and the other one was non-refundable. so after several calls to Travelocity and my friend in Israel said she would pay me and use the hotel instead if the hotel wouldn't cancel my reservation, Finally Travelocity agent said the hotel understood the situation and would cancel with 100% full refund.

I waited more than a month and a half.
Both of the hotels (refundable and non) have been charged and deducted from my credit card after the cancellation.. so i waited.. nothing happened. I wrote them.. they give me stupid answer they can't help me with email and i have to call them.
Now i have been calling -international call- them every other day, talking to different agent, explain the situation, they put me on hold for hours, the phone gets hang up, i have to call again, talke to different agent starting from zero...

seriously.. i can't believe this is happening. they keep saying they didn't refund because the hotel was non-refundable? hey.. then what happened to the refund of the hotel that was refundable? doesn't make sense.
besides, it was a special situation and the agent at Travelocity TOLD ME! that the hotel understood and i will get my refund.. now they are saying they don't have a record of that. WTF?

This is NOT just a poor customer service, this is scam. how can they just take my money like this? i'm so mad right now.

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Looper
US
Jul 20, 2016 7:31 am EDT

Made a reservation with Travelocity. i am a seasoned traveler. I made a return flight from Atlanta to Las Vegas for 10:41 AM. Booked the flight and paid the fees and found out they switched my flight to 10:10PM. So i would arrive home at around midnight. Went to go on Standby and heard the SAME story from 6 different travelers. ALL used Travelocity. What are the odds of all seven of us being dummies and making the same mistake?

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Jody Sanseverino
Rochester, US
Aug 01, 2016 7:47 am EDT

I booked my family vaction with Travelocity. I had a problem on the website so I called th 800 number and spoke to a customer service representative. I booked a trip to forida. The hotel he bookes us in was called Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orlando, he told me about all the amenities it had, pools, a lazy river, and all kinds of things for us to do. Than we booked three theme parks, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World. Disney and Universal were fine, but when we got to Sea World we did not get the admission to the water park which I was told we had. We had a problem even receiving the voucher thru the e-mail for Sea World, so when we got there we had to contact Travelocity and wait for about a half an hour for them to fax the voucher to Sea World, than after all that he never gave us the water park, we were very disappointed. As far as the hotel, when we checked in we wer told that we could not use any of those amenities we were told we had, unless we wanted to pay for them, we were told we could only use the pool. Once in the room anything we needed like extra towels, toilet paper or tissues we had to pay for. I had to wash the towels, doing laundry is not of much interest to me while I'm on vacation. Well come to find out Travelocity booked us in a time share resort. Ane we were never told that. We are very dissatisfied with the way Travelocity handled our family vacation, and will not be interested in using them again. I would really like some kind of refund/

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Valerie
US
Aug 05, 2016 7:47 am EDT

After stranding me and my wife in Manila, Philippines by voiding our tickets, Travelocity proceeded to take payment only to tell us that 'maybe' it would be returned in 30 days. It was impossible to contact them on their customer hot line and when I emailed them, they offered no explanation. The ### in their customer service department had the nerve to email me with the news they had voided our tickets and to thank me for allowing "...Travelocity to serve my travelling needs..." They are unethical and very adept at avoiding any responsibility for their screw-ups. I am disgusted at the way they totally misrepresent themselves and their service in TV advertising and I wish some consumer group would expose them for the charlatans they are! NEVER AGAIN.

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Rosalind Copeland
West Melbourne, US
Aug 05, 2016 7:47 am EDT

Travelocity is one company you need to stay clear of.
I booked a reservation with this company and was not given the cheaper rate. I did not find this out until I checked out of the hotel, three days later.
I paid $69 a night for 3 nights, and the hotel's rate was $55.99 a night.
I tried to complain to the company once I got back to my home state, but even the manager denied me the courteousy I felt I was due for being loyal custoner.
During the booking process, I was put on hold numerous times and I could barely understand the person on the other end, not to mention the 2 to 5 minutes I had to wait each time I was asked to holrd. If you are given a cheaper rate, you can dismiss some of the problems with booking under certan circumstances, but when you feel you have been wronged, excusing the horrible service is not an option.
It is best to give your money directly to the hotel, instead of through a third party.

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cnatashia
AF
Aug 05, 2016 7:48 am EDT

Sometime after 5pm on Friday 8th of November 2013 I tried booking a vacation package to travel to the USA in December, however the funds I had deposited onto my prepaid mastercard hadn't been released to the card as yet so therefore the transaction wasn't completed, At about 1am November 9th, I came across a cheaper deal from Expedia and tried to purchase my vacation via them and it wasn't completed. I called my card company and was told that Travelocity had deducted $133 and change from my card. I need to know what the deduction was for, as my transaction with them was never completed. I need my money to be put back onto my account so that I can purchase my tickets.
I can be reached at [protected]

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Kazimaka
US
Aug 05, 2016 7:48 am EDT

I was charged $83.35 for a hotel room using Travelocity. Upon checkout our paperwork showed they were only charged $63.40 for the room. Travelocity refused to delete the higher charge for the lesser on my credit card.I want the $19.95 difference.

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Novaplus
US
Aug 05, 2016 7:48 am EDT

I would like to have someone from Travelocity.com contact me. I have questions about some prices. I have used you before but you seem to have some new rules that limit me from purchase based on competitors prices.

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Trudy Homa
West Sunbury, US
Aug 05, 2016 7:48 am EDT

I took out insurance for my flight for March [protected] which was canceled because of tsunami and earthquake in japan and they wont refund me for insurance that i didnt use the cost was $ 79.90
trip number is [protected]

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GEsplin
US
Aug 05, 2016 7:48 am EDT

Book a flight through Travelocity from Salt Lake City to Nepal. Tried to change the reservation with them (upgrade in fair class only, in other words, give them more money for the exact same flight). Four hours on the phone with them, multiple different answers and excuses but no results. Will NEVER use them again.

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madazhell
US
Aug 05, 2016 7:48 am EDT

I simply just wanted to change a name on a ticket i bought. I had to stay on the phone for 4 hours, jumping back and forth from lufthansa and travelocity.I sent alll the legal proof for my name and They confused me soooo much and in the end i paid 1000 dollars to get my ticket re issued . thanks a lot.

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Oltus
US
Aug 05, 2016 7:48 am EDT

Horrible. Booked a flight. Us air canceled flight. Sat on phone for three hours. Never came back on phone to change flight.

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Boyie
US
Aug 05, 2016 7:48 am EDT

I purchase a 2 tickets in 4/2010 for the amount of $598.80, to attend to a wedding . unfortunately had to cancel trip due to my illness suffer with diabetes . trip was cancelled for a year, i was not able to travel this year due to my work schedule . I was told by the supervisor ms . Brittney from savanna, that i lost my money . I find that is very unfair, no one has control over sickness . I hope someone can make this right .

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