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Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I travelled from Rome to larnaca on 21/2/2025, and I had a very small suitcase that didn't exceed 7kg, which I have paid for, but they refused and charged EXTRA 73€ for nothing, although I couldn't afford it.

I'm totally disgusted at their treatment

Date of experience: February 21, 2025
Florida
4 reviews
20 helpful votes
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Fake Prices!
August 4, 2023

I have been trying to book a flight. Kayak shows what looks like a good price. I click on the button and suddenly the price changes, and definitely not in my favor! I try the other link that shows the same price, same thing! Kayak does NOT offer cheap flights, they offer you cheap LIES, and then they to bait and switch you into the actually much more expensive flights. I left the times on the photos so you can see these screen shots were within seconds of each other. And I could take the same pictures 8 hours ago so no, the prices didn't "just" change and the system hasn't caught up, they are like this as a standard matter of policy.

Date of experience: August 4, 2023
Texas
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Worst Travel site to use!
February 20, 2024

I recently booked a hotel room at the Hyatt House Charlotte, N.C. Using Kayak / Traveluro using the Kayak app. I selected the 2 queen bed room but they changed it to a king room and could not get them to admit their mistake or any help what so ever, terrible customer service,

Date of experience: February 20, 2024
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Slow page
May 4, 2023

One issue I have encountered is that the page can be slow to load, especially when searching for flights with multiple layovers or destinations. This can make the process frustrating and time-consuming.

Date of experience: May 4, 2023
Philippines
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good Customer Service
January 16, 2024

Since Kayak offers discounts from other websites, I appreciate it. The fact that they don't provide discounts for Southwest Airlines—which often have cheaper prices if you don't mind delayed flights—is noteworthy. When comparing prices on several booking websites, such Expedia and Priceline, I usually use Kayak.

Date of experience: January 15, 2024
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I always used Kayak for air tickets search. I might continue using them, but for search only, I will never book tickets through Kayak since 24 hours free return policy doesn's work with them! They will charge you $50 for each booked ticket! It never happened to me before. I always use 24hour return policy, It gives me time to make my final decision. Also you can check reviews of the company Kayak is using to sell their tickets: chatdeal, I think its rating is 1,5 star... it says a lot!

Date of experience: March 2, 2023
Canada
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Pay attention to customer service
June 12, 2023

I used Kayak twice. The first time it was quite good experience. But recently I faced the problem when tried to rebook the flight. It took me three hours to talk to the service rep. It was stressful! You really need to do something about it!

Date of experience: June 11, 2023
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My son (18) wanted to rent a car. I told him I didn't think any place would rent to him@ that age. He called Kayak & they told him yes & it would cost extra since he was 18. He paid his money, flew to Nashville & was stranded because the car rental place said they don't rent a car to anyone under 25. He called Kayak & they said they don't do refunds. He never received the services he paid for. I'm calling the BBB & he's disputing the payment to them from the bank.

Date of experience: July 21, 2023
Philippines
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The encounter was fantastic! Daniel helped me more than I could have imagined. Despite my non-flexible dates. I was too poor to fly business, so I kept nagging him for discounts. We eventually discovered a fantastic deal on Airfrance for just over 2200. DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Date of experience: January 15, 2024
Turkey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scammers
July 9, 2023

My name is Karim Elmasry I booked 4 stars from Super hotel a 6 nights in Turkey through Kayak app. For our anniversary. After traveling for 24 hours the hotel couldn't allocate the booking and after 3 hours talking to Super hotel customer service and spending more than $150 of roaming calls they told me to go to another zero stars hotel or take your money back and when I requested to talk to a supervisor she told me he will call me after 3 hours and when I told her to transfer me to the survey she hanged up on me.

Someone need to stop this false advertising and scam please. I spent more than $3000 and traveled across the planet to spend 6 nights for our anniversary and now i am staying in a hotel with 5 feet reception having washing machine next to the check in desk. This is not fair.

My Super hotel confirmation number is B_*******

Date of experience: July 9, 2023
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was clearly on the Canadian Kayak Website. A flight deal flashed on the website. It was a scam cause it was in USD and it never clearly stated it was in USD. When I complained they provided me a AI response of how their computer only generated to the locale that the user is using. Which is not true cause I am in Canada. Flights were way cheaper on Expedia and WestJet.

Date of experience: December 15, 2023
California
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Kayak used to be a trustworthy site but not anymore! They send customers to unscrupulous partners, like Travelgenio, who take your money, give poor customer service (no way to reach them, they ignore your emails, etc.) and don't give people refunds or vouchers they are eligible for (among many other complaints many people have). Kayak sends unsuspecting customers to these shady sites and then walks away with commission. Use the airlines directly, not these unnecessary middlemen.

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Nevada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Do not trust this agency. I couldn't board my flight I had 2 tickets worth over 2000$. I contacted the airline and they said I can rebook my tickets through my agency and the agency said the airline doesn't allow it. They are liars

Date of experience: September 24, 2023
Florida
14 reviews
25 helpful votes
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Perfect place to compare flights, hotels, or cars.

Truly a one stop shop. I'm so sick of popup and other ambiguous travel sites. Kayak's price predictor is top notch and the interface is bold but simple.

I like that you can set up alerts for price points

Date of experience: March 20, 2015
RU
5 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Love it
May 30, 2016

I literally end up booking all my flight via Kayak. I've tried many: expedia, skyscanner, opodo, last minute and etc - but every time prices on Kayak are better and they have some great search options, allowing you to quickly compare and book your flight. Highly recommend it.

Date of experience: May 29, 2016
Thailand
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Awful, bad price
July 5, 2017

If you want to find best price for your trip, avoid kayak. Low cost airlines like Thai Smile have their own online booking which is much cheaper but not included in kayak search. Kayak suggested to book same flight via kiwi.com 50% more expensive. Never again

Date of experience: July 5, 2017
California
12 reviews
26 helpful votes
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Why anyone would want to walk into a travel agents or use other sites for flights only is beyond me. Kayak filters everything down and is far easier to use and quicker than Skyscanner. You can also adjust to your own preferences if you have a favourite airline, or just browse with approximate calendar dates. The site makes it clear what are the cheapest seats available at any one moment.

Date of experience: January 29, 2014
New York
15 reviews
82 helpful votes
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Indispensable tool when you are traveling to get the best prices for plane tickets. Although it doesn't carry every airline, like regional stuff in south america, it does a pretty good job for US travels. I always use the search then link directly to the airline's own website. I've never seen a better price displayed on Travelocity or any of the other travel sites, and they always charge a commission and make cancellations are complete nightmare.

Date of experience: June 19, 2011
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Enjoyable stays
August 11, 2022

Wood Springs Suites San Antonio Tx Stone Oak
You can not go wrong with your stay here.
Easy in and out location. Safe and Quite.
Employees are very helpful. They'll help with anything you might need.

TR

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
GB
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Booked a car through kayak with enterprise. Went to pick car up in Stuttgart to find though quoted €230. We had not got any insurance even though I was sure I had added this and and also would have to pay €6 a day if we took the car out of Germany! We ended our holiday paying €437! When could eventually contact kayak they said it was all in the small print. My advice is check that your insurance is included and about the border money before you go as this put quite a damper on our holiday. Don't think I'd use kayak again.

Date of experience: August 4, 2013

Overview

Kayak has a rating of 1.6 stars from 322 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Kayak most frequently mention customer service, credit card and search engine. Kayak ranks 200th among Travel Search Engine sites.

service
57
value
49
shipping
17
returns
26
quality
43
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