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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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1,836
value
1,675
shipping
698
returns
1,065
quality
1,443
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India
1 review
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This is most dangerous app.Don't believe this app. PLEASE delete this app first. See the photos which they made Fraud

Date of experience: November 9, 2022
Canada
1 review
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Cost of stay = $365
Cost of canellation = $205
The "FREE cancellation" was my motivation because winter was on the horizon. As I suspected, the weather turned for the worst. I called 6 days before my trip to notify booking.com of my cancellation. They took me on a rather unpleasant wild goose chase with the hotel to cancel the reservation. Hotel said it was booking.com and booking.com said it was hotel. I hope this helps someone else. Don't use booking.com. There's a ton of better alternatives that are transparent and helpful.

Date of experience: November 8, 2022
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Liars and thieves
November 7, 2022

They inform the reservation was free cancelation, but to cancel they are not giving the money back and blaming the hotel. So, if you want to deal with honest company, do not go with booking.com. They ask me to call the hotel and even proving them, I was right, they kept my money. So they are liars and thieves.

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Date of experience: November 7, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had a car reservation, but I couldn't afford the deposit. I do not pick up the car. I still have to pay for the car.

Date of experience: November 7, 2022
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I am extremely dissatisfied with my recent experience with Booking.com. I reserved a property four months ago and chose the option "scheduled payment". I received an email from Booking.com reminding me that my credit card would be charged on a specified date. No problem, I made sure I had sufficient funds in my account and that my bank would put the charge through. I expected everything to be processed smoothly because I used that same card to book another property using the same "scheduled payment" option. To my disappointment, I received an email the next day notifying me that my reservation was canceled due to "invalid credit card". I immediately called Booking.com and spoke with a supervisor but it was too late. There was no longer availability at the property and she said there was nothing she could do. She did not even offer to help me find another property nor was any compensation offered. My point is this, even if there was a payment issue, Booking.com should have called or emailed me before cancellation. Now I have no place to stay and will probably have to pay extra because I'm reserving last minute. I can tell you one thing, I WILL NOT use Booking.com again! This is the first time I have ever taken the time to write a review but felt it important to share my experience with others.

Date of experience: November 4, 2022
New Zealand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wouldn't use them again
November 4, 2022

I wouldn't waste my time with booking.com as the service was so bad the way they make the motels look bad then it's not the motel fault it's booking com

Date of experience: November 4, 2022
Singapore
1 review
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Took forever to contact booking.com, and when you get them, all they do is tell you they can't get hold of the hotel, then give you the hotel number and ask you to contact them directly. Then the ball bounces back and forth the hotel and booking.com and eventually nothing was solved. Very irresponsible and lousy service from booking.com

Date of experience: November 4, 2022
Michigan
1 review
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My husband and I booked a resort in Israel, through Booking.com There own policy states if you see it cheaper, they will give us the cheaper rate. There own site had the same resort and same dates cheaper after we booked. We asked for the difference and they would not comply!
We sent them snapshots of the cheaper rate and they kept saying they never got it, however they did!

Unless they correct this we will not book through them again.

Date of experience: November 3, 2022
Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I booked through booking.com for a hotel stay In May of 22 I still have not received my credit but it's due to me as i followed booking. Com's cancelation/change policy and they owe me thousands of dollars. I was within my cancelation/change Policy Timeline and booking.com has still as still after several emails phone calls have not refunded my money

Date of experience: November 3, 2022
Australia
1 review
13 helpful votes
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After having a nightmare 5 day experience in a derilict hotel supported by booking.com and being treated like dirt, I finally found alternate accommodation. Booking.com will promote accomodation providers who have mould, broken windows, dirty sheets, no lights, no electricity, toxic dust, no hot water, being locked out upon entry, you name it. You can be a dog kennel or drug lab and advertise on booking.com. They have no standards. Look at the reviews and avoid. Book direct and do your research.

Date of experience: November 3, 2022
Spain
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Absolutely FRAUD.
November 2, 2022

Their business model was fraud, and companies like AVIS and BUDGET who accociate with them. My flight was delayed and instead of letting us get our PREPAID 30 DAY rental for only 29 days they cancelled the booking, without telling us, and pocketed the cash.

Date of experience: November 2, 2022
Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They owe me money, never answer why, their team doesn't have a clue how the system works. Had to take my property down since they were keeping all the money guests paid!

Date of experience: November 1, 2022
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Watch the fees
November 1, 2022

Prices seem to be okay when you book your room but make sure you check your Resort fees, pet fees, and taxes at the end. Yoi may end up paying two three $400 or more extra on your booking

Date of experience: November 1, 2022
GB
7 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Avoid like the plague.
November 1, 2022

I can't believe what these gangsters get away with, selling people dangerous flea ridden sub standard hotels then when things go wrong they just wash their hands of it, try anywhere else it couldn't be as bad as booking.con.

Date of experience: November 1, 2022
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rip off
October 31, 2022

They will take you're money. I booked a room a it wasn't a good room the TV and ac didn't work the room was dirty cockroaches climbing on the walls it was not worth $141 for two nights it's been two weeks and they still giving me the run around about my money it's so sad a big company has to rip off homeless people

Date of experience: October 31, 2022
Canada
1 review
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False Advertising
October 31, 2022

We made a reservation with booking.com which included breakfast as per their website. We were charged for breakfast. Neither CitizenM Tower London or Booking.com will refund breakfast charged on top of the room rate on our invoice.

Date of experience: October 31, 2022
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Disgusting.
October 31, 2022

We arrived at our caravan to a disconnected unit.
No hot water electricity or heating.
Haven reconnected it, but the boiler didn't work.
Why is booking. Com letting places that are not fit for purpose?
Almost £300 for 3 nights last weekend in October, stay completely ruined by these people. Compensation offered £21.10
Avoid booking with these, cowboys without compassion.
If I could have awarded zero stars I definitely would.
Please consider other letting agents, don't be caught out.

Date of experience: October 31, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No Response
October 30, 2022

Do not use booking.com
I had the unfortunate experience of using this service and will never book again.
For almost 3 weeks I tried to make changes to a flight I booked online with them only to be told that they couldn't help me to go to the airline. When I called the airline I was told I had to go back to booking. Com as this was the method I booked with. They kept saying they couldn't access my profile. And they were escalating it and I would get a call back. I never received a call back and I continued to call. I asked to speak with a manager and was always told one was not available. This continued for 2.5 weeks. Less than 24 hours before the flight o again called trying to get the dates changed and again was told I had to wait they would call me back. I continued to call and finally 12 hours before the flight they said it could be changed and the cost of the new flight was an additional $200. Had they been able to help me when I initially tried to book there was no increase in flights and the delays resulted in the airline increasing prices. I asked that they pay for the change and they would not. I asked for them to pay half and they refused. I was angry and disappointed as I was trying to make this change for weeks for my elderly mother and the lack of urgency and customer service was appalling.

Date of experience: October 30, 2022
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I made a reservation two months in advance for two rooms for seven days almost 2,000. I received confirmation and payment had no issue clearing. Once I arrived at hotel they had no reservation from booking and after three ours in the lobby with a four year old and being hung up four times from booking including an hour and half hold, I paid for a one night stay for rooms I already paid for! And still nothing from booking!

Date of experience: October 29, 2022
Canada
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Level 3 Genius treated like a nobody
October 29, 2022

They simply refuse to post negative pictures uploaded as proof of a bad say. The location in question was Irma Manarola in Italy.

Date of experience: October 29, 2022

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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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