Anyone had any experiences with Travelocity or Expedia?
I'm about to go to a conference in Milwaukee and thinking about booking my flight and hotel with either Travelocity or expedia but I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with these online travel agencies or any others that were good- In addition, I've never used these online sites before so I was wondering what your opinions were for customer service, if you had any problems with them (and if so, if it ever got resolved), if the sites are safe (such as putting in credit card info), and if they are reputable. Thanks!
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I book frequently on Expedia and have never had a problem. I even booked a 2 week multi-city trip to Egypt and Jordan on Expedia, and all of the hotels had my reservation with requests and all. The primary thing to watch out for is that many of the hotels are non-cancelable, so you need to read the fine print before booking. (Usually Expedia partner hotels with discounts are non-cancelable, and the non-partner hotels with no discounts are cancelable.) You can also enter your frequent flier #s onto their website, and they'll pass it along to the airline on your reservation. You can sort hotels by price or location, and filter by # of stars (so, for example, you can eliminate 2 star hotels if you want a nicer place). I've never had a problem w/ the credit card on their site, but if you're nervous you can call your card # in -- they have a toll free #. Usually Expedia gives a small discount (around $20-50) for booking hotel and flights together. Expedia does have traveler reviews, but I found that http://www.tripadvisor.com has even more reviews, so I usually use them. Happy travels!
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Travelocity and Expedia have expensive travel package. I recommend when you book go to http://www.firstworldclasstravel.com They give excellent travel package rate.
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I booked a 10 day trip to LA from Toronto and it was great. I booked a flight into Anaheim with a Hotel for 3 days then drove to Beverly Hills for the remainder and flew out of LAX. Expedia set up all my flights, both my hotels, as well as my rental car and it prints everything out all in a nice itinerary. With all the flight numbers and confirmation numbers for the planes, hotels, and cars. It really makes for a hassle free trip. They give you options to change your flights so you can pick a time that suits you or just pick the cheapest one. And to top it off out of all the places to book out there this was the cheapest one i found and it was also the easiest to do.
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My family and I recently went to Amsterdam and I checked Expedia, Travelocity, and The Butner Travel Group. The best rate I received was with The Butner Travel Group. All of our airfare and hotel accomidations were exqusite. Go to: www.thebutnertravelgroup.com
