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Booking.com Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company reflects significant dissatisfaction among customers, primarily due to inadequate customer service and a lack of accountability. Many reviews highlight issues such as harsh refund policies, unresponsive support, and problems with fraudulent listings, leading to frustrations over lost funds and unresolved complaints. While some customers appreciate the variety of accommodations offered, the overwhelming sentiment indicates a lack of trust in the company's commitment to customer satisfaction. To improve its reputation, the company must enhance its customer service responsiveness and take greater responsibility for the listings it promotes.

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value
1,675
shipping
698
returns
1,065
quality
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Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This was a nightmare from beginning to end. Do not stay here. We booked the entire villa through another agency but the owner was totally awful as was the villa. The villa is dirty despite advertising a cleaner three times a week - she did nothing! Owner was informed but she did nothing... Kitchen was appallingly dirty, bedroom was dirty, bathroom cupboards were dirty, lounge smelt of cat urine, we were left with their cat to feed, nothing was ready for our arrival, owner's dog was sick on the veranda, none of the televisions worked... Fine if the owner wants to live like that but not If you RENT IT OUT! On top of that, we returned one evening to find another couple inside our villa claiming to have rented out a room with breakfast via Booking.com! Bear in mind we have all our belongings there and trusted the 'cleaner' to have locked the front door on leaving... not! Booking.com were not at all helpful, informing me that they would not respond to my emails as we did not book the villa through them! They were at fault with the double booking of this villa but remained silent and the owner of the villa denied any responsibility - bear in mind that we had to sort this out on our own spending quite a bit of time and hassle. A holiday... No! Booking.com refuse to acknowledge any review as we did not book through them but the photos and amenities they advertise are not as they are in real life - none of the agencies go and look at these properties but rely on reviews from their own customers and if they are negative, they do not advertise them! Beware!

Date of experience: October 2, 2015
Saudi Arabia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I make a reservation by booking.com (Ref No. *******) for Eden Plaza Kensington, UK
And there was condition at the time of booking that if i will cancell this booking before 48 hours of departure, they will not charge any amount.
And i cancelled my booking 15 days before of my departure, and booking.com sent me an email regarding my cancel booking that there is no charges.
But after 15 days, I got credit card statment where hotel charged me GBP 250.51 and after long conversation when booking.com accept it in writting that its wrong charges and they will refund it. But after 2 months continuosly emailing booking.com called me and asked me for my bank account detail for refund amount.
I given them everything but after another month I didnt get back my amount nor booking.com replying to my any email.

Naeem Haroon

Date of experience: October 2, 2015
Hawaii
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Used booking.com to reserve a hotel room in New York for an important business meeting months in advance. Traveling from Hawaii, booking.com informed me two days before my arrival that they cancelled my reservation. Horrible site! I will never use them again!

Date of experience: October 1, 2015
South Africa
1 review
1 helpful vote
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A nightmare!
October 1, 2015

Best Western Cape Suites is situated right next to the Cape Tech University. Students share rooms, party, drink, do drugs, fight, throw up, shout all hours of the day/night. The poor security gets abused whenever they say anything. Police gets called in, Security companies only to sort out a situation for a couple of hours but then it continues again. I never felt safe and being a sophisticated young lady I would not advise you to stay unless you are here to be a student and party! For the same price, check out other spots that do NOT allow students to share rooms. Very disappointed and fear for the future of this establishment, unless they get rid of all the students!

Date of experience: October 1, 2015
Florida
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Sleazy small print
September 30, 2015

Ok so I booked a hotel and had to cancel. They charged me the first night as a cancellation fee. Not clear at all on the site feel really conned. I then looked at the tiny tiny small print and there is no way to cancel without some charge. So my advise book direct with the hotel. Same price but better cancellation policy. Very sleazy operation. I called customer service and they couldnt care less.

Date of experience: September 30, 2015
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Really bad customer service
September 29, 2015

Please do not book with booking, com. In June we stayed at a facility in Irving Texas. We paid cash and had a receipt to prove so. Then in July we got billed on our credit card for the same time that we paid cash for. I contacted booking, com to inquiry about this problem. They told me to send the credit card statement and the paid receipt to them but by scanned e-mail only. When I explained I did not have that ability what was the alternative they replied none and informed me I had only 48 hours to provide them with the info they were requesting. I met the deadline and over the next three weeks here are the people who were trying to remedy this problem and could not. Brittany Jager, Candy Zhu, Chihen Chens, Sylvia Guan, Mavis Chen, Nuraishah Binte Abu Talib, and Andrea Pandele. Now out of all these people none could get any thing settled over a 3 week period. First they told me it was a completely different hotel than it was and to contact my credit card company they could do no more. When I pointed out that they were dealing with the wrong hotel they then cut all communication with me and I have yet to hear back from them. Finally I called the hotel sent them the same info and the money was refunded to my card within a two hour period. Now tell me please why that many people could not do in 3 weeks what I got done in 2 hours if in fact they new what their job truly was. Once I pointed out their mistake they would no longer respond to any further question nor give me the number to call to speak with someone else.

Date of experience: September 29, 2015
Italy
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hotel Canne al Vento, St. Teresa Gullar, Sardinia
Wonderful hosts, whole of hotel spotless. We stayed 2 nights b&b
Breakfast - meats, cheeses, fruit, fresh rolls, croissants, home made jam,
Wonderful cakes, lovely coffee (we had Americano grande, but have other
Choices & tea).
I can't rate this hotel high enough, and the price was excellent £44 per night for
2 persons. Will definitely go again.

Date of experience: September 28, 2015
GB
3 reviews
12 helpful votes
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This site is easy to use but you may need to check the price often as the some other site may offer better price than them. On the whole it is a okay website. I heard from friends that they say hotel.com seems better. But i have yet to try them yet. But booking.com is better than that agoda.com.

Date of experience: September 26, 2015
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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5 STARS!
September 24, 2015

Enjoying the breath of fresh air! BOOKING.COM stands behind its promise. I write many honest reviews. Booking. Com stands behind its guarantee and im not sure about the many negative reviews. Did you people even try calling booking.com directly? Everyone was very pleasant and easy to work with. Explain you situation well and they'll do whats right.
If you had a great experience, you also need to write about it.

Date of experience: September 24, 2015
Armenia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Hello I used booking.com and it was good site until some point. Now it is a collection of garbage hotels with great looking rooms but when you arrive to hotel rooms are like a basement. Never will use that site!

Date of experience: September 24, 2015
RU
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Its good site to use
September 22, 2015

I have used that site in almost all of my trips. It's very useful! I can recommend it.

Date of experience: September 22, 2015
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The Zajazd Magnolia-Airport hotel Modlin is about a 20 minute ride by taxi from Modlin Airport (fare about £7). The hotel can be used as a base for travelling as it is a few minutes walk from a railway station where there is cheap and easy access to Warsaw and nearby towns. The hotel is great value for money. It is very clean and has a good restaurant where meals cost about £3 or £4. Breakfast is included in the price and this consists of a variety of cereals and cold and hot cooked meats. There is a bar (£1 pint for Polish larger) and a terraced area. The hotel is adjacent to river walkways where there is free-to-use keep fit equipment and free good quality children's play areas. The hotel managers are a young married couple who both speak English (the manageress has excellent English). They are both extremely pleasant and helpful and can provide stacks of information about places to visit and how to get to them.

I would say that the hotel is as good as you are likely to get in Poland for the price.

Date of experience: September 21, 2015
Singapore
32 reviews
44 helpful votes
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They never honur their low price guarantee. Asked for links but will reply 2 weeks later that they cant find the low price or available room. WTH, of course, it was two weeks after! AND THEN shamelessly asked for a screenshot which happened two weeks ago! If i knew a screenshot is needed, they should have asked for that in the first place! But their claim forms does not have that function. THE Customer service was a service to send me to mental torture with all sorts of excuses and unresonable reasonings! HORRIBLE SITE! NEVER USE THEM EVER!

Date of experience: September 14, 2015
New York
3 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Dishonest company. Period.
September 13, 2015

I booked a hotel room for a few days on Booking.com. It was rated 3 stars. It was a hell-hole. It smelled of mold; the AC didn't work and the door wouldn't lock. After seeing the disgusting room. I asked for a refund from the hotel and got all but one night refunded. Later, Booking.com sent an email asking for a review of the hotel. Then I realized why it was rated 3 stars. Booking.com doesn't allow you to rate any lower than 2.5 stars, which they round up to 3 stars. This is UNEQUIVOCALLY DISHONEST. I am certain I am not the first, nor the last, to be scammed by them. I'm sure they are being paid a fee by these awful hotels. They are not representing the consumer. There are many other ways to find discount hotel rooms. Don't use Booking.com.

Date of experience: September 13, 2015
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible Customer Service
September 9, 2015

I was supposed to arrived in Morgan Hill on August 15,2015. The reason of the trip was to start my university studies. I have to cancel my flight and hotel reservation for medical reasons. My dissatisfaction with the service received in the area of customer service is beyond words. The hotel used their reservation policy unfairly and charged me the entire stay, when it was "supposedly" under investigation. Regrettably, this site don't protect my rights as a customer. Never gave me another options like modify my arrival date after this unexpected event or charged me only a fee. This money was important to continue my college plans. Therefore, this site is not recommended.

Date of experience: September 9, 2015
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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We stayed at TP Hotel in Toms Rivers, NJ on August 15 2015 for only one night but they gave us the worse room available. We booked it 2 weeks in advance. Shower was clogged, only one set of small towels, for 3 people, no working TV and no Remote, no hair dryer, lights missing, the carpeting was so solid (not plush) on dirt and so old that it was faded, iron was missing and its holder had spikes exposed.
Manager Shawn and manager Kal were very nice but helpless because they could not help correct any issue.
In addition, their "Continental Breakfast" they offer was a hot coffee container with small Styrofoam cups (no lids) and small package of powdered Drakes Mini Doughnuts.
My wife and daughter were so discussed we left quick for a breakfast restaurant.
Mr. Tony Shad GM should pay more attention. Toms River is a real beautiful city but TP Hotel needs a face-lift allover.

Date of experience: September 7, 2015
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I will never stay at Bay mount Inn in monroe mi again the manger Jas was very rude she was in the laundry room when I came in to book a room and she hush me and said u see that I'm on the phone. So I waited ten mind and she still didn't help me so I left as I was leaving she came to the desk and then wanted to help me. I told her to hush and i said I was busy leaving. She decided to tell me I'm not welcome there. I said I wouldn't stay here anyways. Rude people there and very dirty pool and hot tub. It look like it hasn't been cleaned in a long time
No more for me there. Yuck

Date of experience: September 1, 2015
Florida
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Unacceptably bad accommodations with no recourse except to the non-responsive customer service at Booking.com. Pay through the nose for the right to cancel, but you'll pay more for any changes. Caveat emptor, READ THE FINE PRINT! It's August and I just cancelled a reservation for October because the spanish hotel doesn't take AMEX and I guaranteed the room with an AMEX card. Booking.com charged me 30 euros for the cancellation. That's the price for not noticing that AMEX wasn't listed in the hotel ad. I also booked another hotel in a different city for later in the trip. When I got the confirmation from booking.com, there was a meal plan is included that will add about 50% more to the cost of the room. As the saying goes "you can shear a sheep often, but you can only skin him once". I think I've finally been skinned.

Date of experience: August 31, 2015
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Not Worth it
August 31, 2015

Booking only tends to use reviews that shine the best light on a hotel. As a hotel rated 8.6, gets rated a 4.6 they will not use the review to help continue with boking it to make money and get users to book a hotel that has since gone downhill this was apparent for several hotels they featured.

Date of experience: August 31, 2015
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Outrageous cancellation fees when their website booked the wrong night

Date of experience: August 29, 2015

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Booking.com provides online bookings of hotels, resorts, hostels, and other travel accommodations around the world. The site attempts to separate itself from rival reservation sites by offering deals and its own hotel reviews. Booking.com is a subsidiary of Priceline.com, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: PCLN).


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