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Reservations.com has a rating of 2.9 stars from 3,016 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Reservations.com most frequently mention customer service, credit card and actual hotel. Reservations.com ranks 14th among Hotels sites.
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Don't use this company. I just paid a 15 dollar service fee, which by the way was not CLEARLY STATED. Called their customer service to complain and $#*! got smart with me. How dare you speak to a customer like some damm dog. Stay away from this site
I made a reservation yesterday and paid with credit card. Today I got a cancellation notice and was charged $103 for cancelling. I did not cancel, I called and asked for my reservation back and they said to bad can't. I think it is a scam.
By the time they were done charging me all their stupid fees. Hotel room cost double. Stick with trivago or expedia
Made an initial reservation with reservations.com. They added tax and service fees. Needed to extend the reservation and did it through the hotel web site. Their taxes were less than 1/2 what reservations.com charged and there were no additional fees.
Stay away from this "service". They will cheat you.
Booked the reservation on personal device while driving. Advertised@ $99 online and was best price. Total including taxes was $139. Booking was smooth and arrived at hotel and checked in.
Looked at the invoice the next day when driving home to find out that the charges were US funds for a Canadian hotel booking.
Figured this must be a mistake and contacted customer service. Customer service was rude and condescending. Representative stuck to the company line that the "US funds" was written in the fine print at the bottom of the form. Refused to refund the difference ($50) between Canadian and US currency. When I asked to speak with supervisor they hung up.
Followed up a few months later with customer service via email and basically was told that they would not resolve my complaint.
This company is a rip off and the epitome of a company that is designed to misrepresent and steal from customers. Will never use this POS company again. Would like the company to be investigated for fraud. IRS should go through them as well. With these shoddy practices they probably have numerous other practices that should be investigated.
Like everyone else I "accidentally" booked using this site, thinking it was the hotels website. My fault totally. I called with in 1 minute of my error, and too bad for me, no refund, AND they charged me $60.00 more then I would have paid had I booked directly with hotel! Complete rip off, and zero customer service. Reservations.com is absolutely the worst booking company on the planet!
My error
This site duped me into thinking I was at a different site. After I booked and noticed the charges were not what I expected I noticed my reservation could not be canceled or changed. When I finally got through to customer service, they were very unhelpful and hard to understand. Basically, I found out I was stuck with the reservation with no options to change or cancel without being charged the full amount of the original amount.
Sadly, I am here after getting duped by them. Same story as many others. Looked to book a known hotel, they popped up first in google with the name in it. Buried their fee in "Taxes and fees" and after complaining, they could not give me the actual fee number. Some BS about estimating taxes so therefore they don't really know the fee. Couple traded emails trying to ask politely for the fee number, but kept getting the run around. No responses now and I'm left to pass on my story. Hope you read this before booking. Never use these guys unless you like to throw money at people.
I thought I made my reservation directly with the hotel by looking it up on Google. Somehow it went to reservations.com I tried to cancel my reservation and they
Said I owed the entire charge even though I was at the hotel and they waived their
Charge. I waited 30 minutes to get through to attempt to cancel. They talked to the
Desk clerk and then called back to confirm with the GM that there would be no charge.
After more delay they called back and said there was a non-refundable service charge. I told them that the "service" was deplorable but they were unmovable.
Stay away from reservations.com
WATCH THE FINE PRINT! I am Canadian and was booking a Canadian Hotel and I was in Canada when reservations.com came up in a search for accommodations. There was no mention of the price being in US funds and when I was paying for the room there was a small notice stating the price was in US funds but no where remotely close to the final total. This site SCAMMED me on the exchange which was just under $100 CND. Buyer beware and watch for PARASITE scams like this...
Caveat: I didn't pay enough attention to the url.
Having said that, though, I have booked through several booking services in the last 60 days, as well as in the past, and have NEVER been charged a service fee of any sort.
"Customer service" really isn't, and will only tell you that you didn't pay enough attention to the checkout screen.
I did call and confirm that the room is reserved, so there is that. And, from what I have seen in other reviews, I suppose I am fortunate that I am only out an additional $14.99.
I will pay the stupid tax, this time, but never again!
I booked a reservation in a Canadian hotel in Trenton, Ontario thinking that I was booking in Canadian funds because I saw nothing to indicate that it was US funds. There was only a price beside the room. I didn't learn that it was US funds until I received the email confirmation and then I tried to cancel and they would not refund my money. Why would I, as a Canadian< want to book a Canadian hotel in US funds. It's a scam. Use these people at your own peril!
After thinking I was purchasing a room directly from the hotel site, I was redirected to this Guest Reservations site and the cost was $100 more than what it said. And the credit card was already processed and their policy was un-cancellable! This website is a rip-off! They only trap folks like me and charge a lot of money like 30% to 80%. WATCH OUT!
My husband thought he was going thru the hotel... realized he went thru this parasite co... within a min or 2 we called them to void the transaction bc we wanted to book thru the hotel and they sd no dice... we can cancel it but we keep the $$ anyway... scam artist $#*!ers! It's not like we waited an hr or next day... we called A MINUTE LATER... I emailed customer svc the next day and Mira sd sorry no $$ back... horrible horrible ppl...
How these scumbags are still in business is beyond me. Made the mistake of booking a hotel through them. The advertised price was 220. My card was charged 370. So I called them right away and they couldn't give me a reason why we charged so much. I said forget it I'm cancelling the reservation. The woman said sorry but we can't it's the hotels policy. So my wife got on the phone and asked to speak to someone else the no told her no and then hung up on her. Well thankfully the hotel was right down the street so I drove there and explained what happened. The manager of the hotel (Holiday Inn) was extremely sweet and called them to ask why we were over charged so much. So again they refused to tell the manager why we were overcharged. They then hung up on the manager. After about an hour of more bull$#*! the manager got them to cancel the reservation and refund us the money. However it will take 10-15 business days to get our money back. This was yesterday and I'm sure we won't get it back until day 15 if we get it back at all. I'm sure we will be fighting with them to get it back within 15 days. The bottom line is STAY FAR AWAY FROM THESE $#*! BAGS! Holiday Inn is going to stop doing business with them because of this. I hope more hotels do as well. These people are scam artists and should be shut down. Absolute $#*! bags.
This company preys on unsuspecting victims. I made reservations for 2 hotel rooms through them. The person I was talking to could not speak english well and the background noise over the phone on her end made it nearly impossible to understand her. I was charged 4 times for 2 rooms. 2 of the charges are more than the hotel itself charged me. When I noticed the charges on my cc I called the number next to the charges on my statement and *shock* that isn't even their phone number. When I did get through to them there is no way to talk to anyone about problems with charges and the recording just hangs up on you. When I tried to chat with a rep they were no help other than an email. So I began emailing them. The first email response from them assured me that the charges would never move from pending to actual charges. Well I guess they hoped I wouldn't keep checking because they sure did move to actual charges. So I emailed them again and was told they would handle the matter. I am still waiting for them to handle the matter. This is a scam company. Do not use them ever.
Do not ever book a hotel room using this site. My experience is that I searched for a hotel I wanted to stay at in Lake Placid, NY. I knew the name of the hotel having stayed there before. When I plugged the name of the hotel on google.com the first one coming up with the name ended up being the site for reservations.com. I unfortunately called them and put in a reservation for a refundable deposit. After booking I immediately realized I had booked the wrong date for the hotel but when I called them back I had to make six calls being cut off each time and after emailing them, calling persistently and waiting after a hold for 40 minutes a lady claimed to have cancelled my hotel reservation after I gave her all the information again e.g. name, address, booking number etc. She then went on to claim that the $14.99 processing fee will still be booked to my credit card even though the cancellation for the hotel is completely free. Nobody on the site ever claimed that I would not completely get all my money back when I booked the hotel reservation. They are at best a very poor site with terrible customer service or at worst a scam site. I anticipate having to fight the transaction with my credit card company after the charge posts in three days. Word to the wise, check the booking site especially for a small hotel that you know, otherwise you will be unduly hassled like I have been, and possibly robbed by the criminals who run this site.
I want to warn you about a fraudulent company. Be sure that when you call your hotel to make a reservation that you call the hotel directly. I thought I had called mine directly and when I questioned if I was speaking to the hotel directley the representative for Reservations.com blatantly lied and said he was a clerk at the Econo lodge. Their customer service dept. refused to cancel my reservation based on their lie. It is ok, i have my reservation and my plans with my mom and sister at no extra cost to me. But it will cost this fraudulent company alot more by the time I am done warning my colleagues, friends and familiy to watch out for them and posting it on every media sight and trip advisor available
Hidden fees and they will not cancel a reservation. I called customer service and they just put me on hold as soon as i complained until I hung up...
I booked my hotel through Reservations.com for a month from now. They immediately took the money out of my checking account, PLUS an extra $234.00! I called to complain about the overcharge and to cancel the reservations. I couldn't even understand what the operator was saying - their call center is somewhere in the Middle East. This website is a scam! I wish I had read these reviews before booking with Reservations.com.
Answer: Call your credit card company and report it as an unauthorized charge. You may have to cancel your card and get a new card and card number, but it's worth it.
Answer: Impossible to get money back. They're just scumbags!
Answer: Yes, this company charges a fee, which it will not refund even if you cancel your reservation within minutes!
Answer: Hello, Thank you for question. Please contact us at support@reservations.com so we can better assist you with this matter. Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to hearing back from you. Sincerely Reservations.com Support Team
Answer: It can be, if its refundable reservation. Every reservations has a different cancelation policy. Mostly last minute reservations are not cancelable.
Answer: My experience is the same. reservations.com obviously nails a lot of unsuspecting Canadians this way. They don't make any attempt to help you out when they are confronted by this way of hosing us. Its a sleazy organization.
Answer: Hello Brodie, We have sent you an email this morning regarding your concerns. Please email us directly so we may assist you. Sincerely, Customer Support Reservations.com
Answer: Yes, you were billed. Call your credit card company and report it as an unauthorized charge. Your company should remove it, send you a new card and assign you a new card number.