Lorenzo D.

Very bad experience dealing with expedia to book an all inclusive vacation. I will book directly with the vacation provider the next time. I never received a confirmation email once I booked... So when I submitted a request to be contacted by customer service for a problem involving ''vacations'' and ''itinerary'' I was contacted by one Stephen who told me he couldn't locate my reservation and was told to call sunquest directly. Upon doing so I was told that having booked with expedia they were to send the the documentation and itinerary... The individual at sunquest was gracious enough to provide the itinerary number which wasn't even her prerogative. Upon calling expedia at the number they had contacted me from which I presumed was the correct number to address a vacation package itinerary issue the gentleman namely Stephen accused me of not having booked with expedia, when clearly, I was dead sure I had. I provided him with countless bits of information which he couldn't use to locate my reservation, finally I did a conference call between a reluctant Stephen and Sunquest to sort out the matter... Finally the polite individual at Sunquest explained that since the package was booked on expedia it was their responsibility to provide the itinerary and necessary documents... Stephen attempted to brush me off by giving me the number to call and I requested for him to warm transfer me over to the right department... After 15 minutes on hold, I was cold transferred to one Ray from the EXPEDIA TD VISA REWARDS DEPARTMENT... At the very least Ray stayed on the line with me and transferred me to the right place where one Allison accused me of not dialing the right number and not reaching the right department and not having a reservation code... Being frustrated as one can imagine I explained for the 6th time that I never received a confirmation email with the booking code and therefore was unable to provide this confirmation code when I requested that the VACATIONS department contact ME for a question concerning my ITINERARY. Furthermore Allison told me she was unable to compensate me for my time and stress after over 5h of back and forth calling between expedia departments and sunquest vacations... She finally sent me my itinerary with my documents after being on the phone from 7:20 till 11:40 am less than 18 hours before my flight... I asked to be transferred to her manager and asked for her to explain my situation to her... When I was transferred I asked one Evelyn if Allison had provided her a brief synopsis of my frustration... She answered yes, Allison told me you called the wrong department... I was livid, not only are expedia employees not equipped to handle a simple customer request they belittle and take their customers for a fool... Once again I explained to Evelyn that upon making a vacation itinerary request from customer service on expedia.ca I was contacted FROM EXPEDIA concerning my issue... I was told TWICE to call the vacation provider being accused of NOT BOOKING WITH EXPEDIA... Finally when performing a conference call with Sunquest and Expedia I was transferred to TD REWARDS VISA EXPEDIA VACATIONS before FINALLY being transferred to the right department being accused of not proving the right information and not being able to select the right department from the call number... The manager Evelyn didn't seem to understand my frustration of over 5h of arguing on the phone retelling my situation to over 6 people and being accused of not booking with expedia when clearly my credit card was charged and I never received a confirmation email. Finally when I asked what could be done for compensation Evelyn had the nerve to ask why I deserved compensation... Expedia customer service does not value the well being of their customers. I was offered a 25$ voucher for expedia, I told her it wasn't enough and she launched an investigation to see what other compensation might be considered... I have lost confidence in expedia, I was taken for a fool by most staff members... The only competent employees I spoke to were the two from Sunquest and Ray from TD VISA EXPEDIA VACATIONS who wasn't even from the same departments... Very sad experience with expedia... I am only glad I received my itinerary and documents and will not have to deal with them in the future... I booked with expedia to receive the expedia points but I would have booked and will book directly with Sunquest in the future to avoid being hassled, belittled, and accused of being dense from expedia customer service.