TravelUp has a rating of 3.2 stars from 1,657 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with TravelUp most frequently mention easy process, hotel room and time user. TravelUp ranks 9th among Discount Travel sites.
I wish I could give them less than one star. Can't really say much positive about a company who spent 5 months ignoring every email and message I sent them and retrospectively altered their terms and conditions to include a cancellation refund fee of £50. After weeks of not hearing from them I applied for a chargeback from my bank. TravelUp then contacted my bank, informing them that I should have contact them (I had written 12 emails). They took 5 months to process a refund, always claiming that the money was with Emirates, who repeatedly refuted their claims. DO NOT BOOK WITH TRAVELUP. They've spent months ignoring customers emails, but a quick glance at TrustPilot shows they're reporting negative reviews. Such a disgraceful company.
Terrible experience. It said that it was a pet-friendly room when I booked. Then I found out from the hotel that it wasn't and TravelUp couldn't get it changed to a less expensive, dog-friendly room. And the hotel manager of the third-party bookings said they could have cancelled my reservation or changed rooms for free. They put a note on my file as well showing this. I would like a refund or for my room to be changed to the double queen room that allows dogs. We still have 8 days of free changes and free cancellation confirmed with the hotel.
There was an additional $100+ "Destination Fee" that was added on top of what I paid when I signed up... just include that in the price instead of after charges
Good afternoon, Jeffery.
We are sorry that you did not have a great experience at the property.
Please note, local fees, resort fees, destination fees etc. or any sort of deposit are to be paid locally at the property and are never included in the cost of the stay. They are decided and governed by the local authority, and we have no control over it.
Your feedback is important to us as we take all the reviews seriously and use them as an opportunity to deliver the quality expected.
We sincerely apologise for this unpleasent experience.
Regards
TravelUp
He has been excellent in providing all the information i needed. 10/10 for this gentlemen who didnt get frustasted and answered to all the million questions that i asked. I really apreciateThanks a ton
Worst check experience in my life. The room has a view of trash. Check in takes for ever. Requested a high Floor and they gave me the 8th which is the third lower floor. No Microwave, No fridge. Pool for families is closed at 5pm but even if you do a check in after 5pm you still have to pay the resort fee. Wouldn't recommend this hotel to No one.
Held my reservation for future use after selling my tickets to the highest bidder. Deceitful email after email with unrealistic promises.
These company changed my tickets several times and told the airline to hold my ticket for future use. They will take you back and forth when you call for updates. I had to spend £20 to call the airline by myself to find out what was going on and why was the ticket I bought 7 months ago was being messed with. The lady who was handling my booking was Sofia and was full of lies.
I would say very unreliable, DECIETFUL and unprofessional with their customers.
PLEASE AVOID
I booked March 2020 and was charged an admin fee illegally as I have my terms and conditions printed out which states FULL REFUND. - now at small claims court - travel up have ignored 40 plus emails I've sent them - go direct to the airline they will never get my money again
Booked tickets to US. Unfortunately couldn't travel due to my wife's mental health issues. Contacted travelup to cancel tickets. They said tickets are non refundable and asked me to send them cancellation request. And offered £35 travelup vouchers per ticket only. Where non refundable tickets still eligible for some tax refund. Which is equivialant to almost £115. I then got in touch with the airline, explained my situation. They asked to provide a doctor's note. But i had to go through travelup. Submitted the doctors note through travelup. The airline generously refunded all the tickets in full even the seat assignment fee. But travelup didn't miss the opportunity to charge me £50 in booking fee and £75 per ticket in cancellation fee. Total of £350. Quite a ripoff it is. They made money out of my situation. Normally they get only £50 in booking fees.But they did not consider my situation at all. I won't recommend anyone buying tickets from Travelup. Please avoid all travel agents and buy direct from the airline websites which with lots of other benfits.
Good evening, Naveed.
Thank you for sharing your feedback, and we are deeply sorry to hear about the challenging circumstances you faced.
We truly empathise with your situation and understand how difficult it must have been for you and your family.
At TravelUp, we always aim to provide support to our customers in every possible way. While we wanted to help you through this unfortunate situation, we are bound by the terms and conditions that were agreed upon at the time of booking. These terms explicitly state that regardless of whether a cancellation is voluntary or involuntary, an admin fee is required to process such requests. Additionally, the booking fee is non-refundable as per the terms.
We understand how frustrating this must have felt, especially given the compassionate response from the airline. Please know that we do not take these situations lightly and make every effort to ensure that our policies are as transparent as possible at the time of booking.
Your feedback is invaluable, and we will certainly take it into consideration as we continuously work to improve our services and customer experience. While we were unable to waive the fees in your case, we remain committed to exploring ways to better assist our customers during exceptional circumstances in the future.
Thank you for your understanding, and we sincerely hope your wife is on the path to recovery. Should you have any further questions or require assistance with future travel, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly.
Best regards,
TravelUp.
Scam company. Got a confirmation my flight was booked, then a few days later an email saying they couldn't book and offering 3 different flights of no use as I'd already booked train tickets. I found the same flights with travelup so I found and rebooked the same flights again with travelup at £5 extra to be told that it didn't go through either as it wasn't available (clearly was, twice). A few days later after the money cleared (surprise) I got the same email with the same wording offering 3 useless alternative options. I haven't had a refund weeks later on either payment despite their t&c and representative telling me 3-5 working day. Luckily I used a credit card to do a chargeback process but would avoid this company 100% they shouldn't be in business.
Good morning Jonathan,
Please accept our apologies for the challenging experience with us. We want to do everything we can to make it right for you.
At Travelup, we do not engage in any wrongdoing or illegal practices. All amendments are made based on the fare rules of the booking or governed by the airlines policies.
We would be happy to review the specific incident in more detail with you so that we can better understand what happened and how we might improve going forward.
Please feel free to reach out via email at - admin@travelup.com
Regards,
TravelUp
I'd rather give 0 stars. The customer service is awful rude.
My return flight was cancelled by the airline and after 13 months still waiting for a refund from travelup and now after many emails that they have not answered they are telling me I will only receive £31 refund out of £145 that the qatarairways has been refunded to them ages ago. I am not happy at all with the way they are handling my case. SUB ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE
I have had 2 flights cancelled last year and trying to use them all up with the only 1 year given prior expiry of such said vouchers. Since I cannot travel by plane to my country, I have had to make use of it for hotels in different cities in the United Kingdom. Most suggestions are not the best and every purchase has a £15 service fee, I also cannot plan and buy for multiple trips at a time making the £15 service fee amount to almost £100 out of my £524 ticket voucher, ain´t you trying to be lucky TRAVELUP?!
We are sorry to hear that due to the current pandemic you are unable to travel outside of the UK, however we are pleased to hear that you are looking to make bookings for some domestic trips. The service fee that you refer to is included in all our bookings and is inclusive in the displayed price. It is not an additional cost upon checkout. We feel that our prices are still some of the best available. If you are finding cheaper prices for the same accommodation on other websites, please do let a members of our team know, and they will see if the quote can be price matched.
So my fiance and I booked our annual spring vacation in March. We booked months ahead like usual in December the previous year. Covid came along and travel bans were put into affect so we couldn't go anywhere. So we asked for a refund. 6 months later we get half the money back. They kept the rest as a "cancelation fee" mind you this was during a global pandemic when there wasn't an option to travel.
Booked a trip in January through Travel up. I get an email a week before the trip, after I'd already been charged, telling me that the hotel is not available. These jokers are scam artists!
Please Please don't use this travel up it's the worst thing that you can ever imagine 1 the they did a hotel reservation for my sister took her money and cancer the reservation because they did not have a room available for me they make the reservation took my money and I called the hotel the reservation was in somebody else's name so I am still waiting for my money.
Dear Eliany,
We are extremely sorry you have been through this whilst using our services.
We can see the hotel team manager was able to step in a secure a full refund as the hotel was not able to honour the booking.
We apologise for the stress and inconvenience this has caused you during this time period.
Kind regards, TravelUp Team
I made a reservation on Friday for the middle of November, and I have not received any kind of reservation confirmation via email. My credit card has been charged but I do not see anything Proving that I have a reservation
Impossible to get through to, none of my online booking codes worked I couldn't change or cancel my flight and then they try to charge me 75GBP to change fight even tho I had literally just booked it. Rude criminals
I have been waiting three weeks to get my refund on the hotel that I did not find acceptable your representative at your company continues to state he is waiting on a written response but I will get a full refund on the hotel has already refunded my deposit but I have yet as of today receive my 250 for that you all have taken out of my account. I am going to file a dispute with my bank to get the Funds back that is owed to me I would appreciate a response so I can get the money that's owed to me
Dear Lavette,
We are sorry to hear your hotel visit was not up to standard. We are very sorry you have experienced delays whilst waiting for a response. This has mainly been due to a higher number of requests due to COVID-19 but mainly the time it takes to hear back from our supplier.
We are glad to see you have been refunded now and the issue is resolved.
Kind regards, TravelUp team
Zero Stars! The Customer Service of travelup is not answering emails for days. It was a simple Service sending a Secure payment link for a Flight change. Since 3 days we are waiting for s respond, called the Customer service and they promised us that the responsible admin officer will send us the link the Same day. Nothilfen happened. I am shocked by the way Travelup is treating me as a customer because it is Important to confirm the Flight change as we have to Book our corespondance Flight. It is a simple Email with a payment link, Travelup even earns Money with that. If you Need assistance regarding booking management Travel up is a desaster
Good afternoon,
Thank you for notifying your concern to us. We profusely apologize for the inconvenience caused you. We have made a note of your feedback and shall share this with our designated team.
Your concern is of utmost priority, therefore, one of our team members will look after your query as we are sharing your request with our team.
If you are further looking to discuss things, we request you to kindly write your concern to us at admin@travelup.com.
Team Customer Relations.
Hi Everyone,
I recommend you not to book anything from this website. Their Customer Service is pathetic. My flight got cancelled and they asked me to arrange alternative with the airlines by myself and when i did it by spending more than €300 calls. They said there is airlines restrictions which is not true. The airlines arranged the alternative and put in my reservation and travelup just need to re issue ticket and following was their reply:
Please note that we have again check the Airline policy. Unfortunately, as per the Airline policy we cannot offer you the flight which you mentioned in your previous email.
Please note that as we have already informed you about Airline restrictions but if you still have any issue regarding our customer service, so you need to send us a separate email at *******@travelup.com.
Furthermore, we need your confirmation to process the partial refund of your tickets. If airline would mark you no-show, we won't be able to take responsibility for any inconvenience.
If anyone needs any evidence than please contact me and i will provide you all emails screenshots and conversations.
But save your happiness and family with such travel companies.
Good morning,
We profusely apologize for the inconvenience caused you. We have made a note of your feedback and shall share this with our designated team.
Since, our confirmation email sent out to the customer specifically requests to check the status of your booking with the airline directly well before 48 to 72 hours prior to the outbound and inbound flight’s departure times so that any cancellation, revision or change in the itinerary, could be updated to you by the airline with an immediate effect of its resolution as well. Therefore, we advised you to directly communicate with the airline.
However, honoring you the option of your suitability over the cancellation, lies under the complete discretion of the airline as they did not approve of the request, we made on behalf of you.
If you are looking to discuss things or the assistance you require, we request you to kindly send us an email at admin@travelup.com.
Kind Regards
TravelUp Team
I get to this webpage through Trivago.com. Among all the others options, Travel Up has the best price; even best price than the hotel webpage. The process was fast, easy and all charges were detailed. We definetely has all the information required before taking a decision.
Answer: Hopeless. They don't reply to emails. Can't get through on the phone. Useless. Better to forget about them and lose the stress. Have accepted I'll never see my money again.
Answer: Good morning, we can see that one of the team has responded to your email this morning and sent over a payment link for your balance. Kind Regards, TravelUp Team
Answer: Good afternoon, Yes we are a legitimate site. If you have any questions please do let us know! Kind Regards, Travelup Team
Good morning,
We would like to assist however we have noted a chargeback has been raised for this booking.
We are sorry if you have been inconvenienced during your time using TravelUp.
Kind regards, TravelUp Team