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ExploreTrip has a rating of 3.7 stars from 1,331 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with ExploreTrip most frequently mention good experience, flight tickets, and support team. ExploreTrip ranks 9th among Plane Tickets sites.

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    340
  • Value
    335
  • Shipping
    316
  • Returns
    325
  • Quality
    330
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 100%
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Top Positive Review

“Brice Was Great”

David W.
5/7/17

This gentleman was beyond expectation. As I am deaf asked him to repeat the details N number of times. He was patient, polite & helpful at every stage. Booked me a ticket traveling with the least time & price available. Kudos Brice, thanks Exploretrip for having such a professional.

Top Critical Review

“Unprofessional”

amit s.
7/5/21

Very unprofessional team! Never report back! Spoke with 7- 8 representative, no one take things seriously. I have to pay from my pocket for connect flight at last minute! No one even notify for delay When you call... put your on hold... looking for supervisor... who is always on break! Look for other better options

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Thumbnail of user cristianat2
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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November 17th, 2019

Price was higher after confirming booking. While I was booking it was 177usd and when I clicked confirm, I saw that they charged me 203usd. Don't think thats legal. I called them and they told me "the flight is now 215usd (yeah because I booked my seat) so I can apply you a $20 discount, so it will be 195usd"

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California
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June 3rd, 2013

NEVER EVER USE THIS SITE! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
First of all when you try to call expect to call at least 4 times before you talk to someone. I am currently trying to change the dates of my flight and they keep telling me that no flights are available even though I found the same route with the same airline on the airline site.
It also took them 47 minutes to tell me the above information and I am currently on hold and for god knows how much longer.
I wish I had payed a few hundred more to avoid this nightmare.
Dont use this site, it should be shut down, honestly the worst experience ever.

Thumbnail of user kthys
North Carolina
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August 3rd, 2016

This is one of the worst airline I have ever purchased you guys should shut down you company because you guys are one of the worst! You do not satisfy any customer needs. You only have 2 employees "stating" they are supervisors but they are not they are the only people working there. Extremely rude! And on top of it all no one should ever have to go through this lengthy process to get a refund I summitted 2 doctors notes stating that my mother was dignosed with cancer stage 4 and it was a family trip and still isn't good enough even with the dignoses. Which I was told if I had a dignostic I will receive a complete refund. My trip was 1 week away they said I was to late to send in a note from the doctor which is $#*!ed because this can happen at any time.

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California
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June 8th, 2017

Was very angry at the fact that my flight was confirmed and then canceled because of payment problems. Philip Brown was very proffessional and when he saw that I was very frustrated, he did all he could and on his own initiative decided to ask his superior, which I am very thankful for!. Philip should totally be promoted as he was very calm and did find a solution to make me happy and to decide to write a review to say thank you for his service. Please don't hesitate to listen to our recording to understand what the problem was, it does last 48mn though! In the end I am very happy and thankfull, I will most certainly choose flights again through Explore Trip.

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California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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May 15th, 2017

They have beyond poor customer service. I called 6 times due a flight change that was not my error. No one cared about making my trip a excellent one. NEVER use them again.

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Wisconsin
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April 18th, 2022
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Easy. Took a little to get my booking info BUT still quick. No more than an hour, expected it instantly but I also did it late so it could have been the server.

Reason I chose this business:

Was directed to the site from the app Skyscanner

Thumbnail of user pabloo7
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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March 29th, 2019

Many years traveling and never had a bad experience until I deal with these guys. Trust other people's opinions too, these guys should be out of business

Thumbnail of user miroslavk6
Serbia
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August 14th, 2019

Hi Thieves, waiting more than 4 months on my money. Is there customer service?
Stay away, worst customer service, they only know to lie and nothing else.

Thumbnail of user fernandap7
California
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April 9th, 2020

I'll make mine short and concise since my horrible experience pretty much reflects the same frustration that the others who gave this agency a 1 start rating. DO NOT book with this agency!

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California
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October 24th, 2022
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I purchased 4 tickets for international travel through a discount website, then decided several hours later to make the purchase through my travel rewards program instead. I thought I had 24 hours to cancel the booking without penalties but learned after speaking with Larry at ExploreTrip that there will be a $75 charge for each ticket ($300 total). Of course I wasn't happy with this, but I realize that Larry is just a guy doing his job. He has to deal with difficult and unhappy customers every single day. What I appreciate (and the reason for my 4 star review of this company) is Larry's willingness to listen and to answer my questions. He explained the company policies and after some back and forth, found a way to reverse my purchase, which thus eliminated the cancellation fees. I don't know if this would have happened regardless of who I spoke to, but I ultimately did have a positive outcome with this company and their employee. They had/have the cheapest airfare compared to all the other companies but the $75 cancellation penalty is a bummer so I docked one star.

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Doug M.

Dear Customer,

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us this amazing review.

We are so grateful for your kind words. Your business means a lot to us, so if you have additional feedback, please don't hesitate to reach us at escalations@exploretrip.com.

Sincerely,
Explroetrip

Thumbnail of user romanr30
Illinois
1 review
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July 25th, 2017

This company is Joke, I find the ticket, I paid and after 6 hours when they did not sent me e-ticket I called. They said that price change and go up 450 $. Wasting time with them!

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Virginia
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December 4th, 2015
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Above everything else I love the ticket pricing structure that the company follows. Most of the times you can be rest assured to be in for real good flight and travel deals.

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Thumbnail of user jackc134
Canada
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January 7th, 2017

This company is total fraud. I booked my tickets and wanted to cancel them. I called them within 2 hrs of booking and was told by the person on the phone that I have to send an email request for cancellation, and it will be done within 30 mins. After 2 hrs of waiting I called again and now it seems rules have suddenly changed. Now, I have passed my cancellation window and will incur airline cancellation charges. In addition, 24 hr cancellation period only applies to US customers and Canadian customers does not have this policy. I was billed in US dollars and by US registered company... go figure this out.

Customer services persons tell lies to you on the phone. Though the site is registered in USA, they are completely based out of India and it seems US laws does not apply. No US customer support. More over, their policy states...

"All legal disputes will be settled under the laws of Indian courts subject to laws of Republic of India"

If you want your hard earned money to not go waste... stay away from this website. Not worth the trouble. Seems like a the 5 star reviews are fake.

Thumbnail of user carolinec25
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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June 17th, 2015

I booked two tickets from EXPLORE TRIP, and I couldn't go so I cancelled it. They told me they would give me refund when I called them in the airport. However, after few days they told me my tickets were non-refundable by sending me email. They said I could use that money to order the next trip just pay another $200. But, when I decided to book two new tickets, they told me I need to pay the rest of money which is higher than I paid before. If I don't want to pay, they say there is no tickets through the days I want. Terrible service. WTF!

Thumbnail of user xingyiw1
New York
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November 26th, 2015
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Was very pleased, reasonable cost, good seats, leg room, high back chairs, luggage arrived on time and in good condition, beverages served 2 times on flight.

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Thumbnail of user luisv19
California
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December 10th, 2015
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Not sure what all the complaining is about - I bought an Alaska ticket via Exploretrip - everything worked like a charm. The charges came through with Alaska charging me the ticket and Exploretrip simply charging a small fee. I was given a Confirmation Number - set up a Member Account on Alaska - pushed in the Confirm number - and, sure enough, there I was and could manage everything else via Alaska - smooth as silk.

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Thumbnail of user lorim83
Oregon
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January 5th, 2017

In October I booked a December flight from PDX to TUC with ExploreTrip through Skyscanner portal for $274. Alaska Airlines cancelled the trip and provided refunds to their passengers. I called numerous times and couldn't get through the ExploreTrip so I went through their email and was told that I should obtain a voucher for the trip even though I walked them through the process that Alaska help desk provided. There was a 72 hour window to get a refund from Alaska and ExploreTrip did not follow through. When I finally got someone in Cancellation department, they said they were pursuing it and hung up on me. I never got a refund.

Thumbnail of user sylviaz3
Texas
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November 3rd, 2017

We booked 4 airline tickets through their website this May. By the time we got to airport on the travel date in October, the airline counter could not find our names. We had to make an international call to Explore Trip asking the reason. They told us that our tickets have never been issued because the payment did not go through. The credit card we used for the payment was Citi-Costco card which we have used all the time and never has problems. We did not get any notices either from our credit card company or Explore Trip about the payment denial. Anyway, we had to purchase the last minute tickets with the price more than twice higher. It's an interesting thing that we used the same credit card and worked right away. Then there was another problem for the airline counter to issue a boarding pass for one of us, because his middle name was misspelled. We had to call Explore Trip again to make the correction. When we got our credit card statement, It had 5 times of their agent fee charges (4 times of $101.07 for 4 tickets and $156 for a name correction) in addition to the expensive airfare charges. It was an awful experience! Never use Explore Trip!

Thumbnail of user angiew77
Oregon
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March 16th, 2019

TERRIBLE. I booked a trip with them and never received a confirmation. Called them and they said they couldn't book because the price had increased. I never received any communication from them and wouldn't have known if I hadn't went to check the details and realized I never received the confirmation email. They tried a bogus 'we'll make it right and give you a discount' and quoted me a price $300 higher for the same exact flight. Luckily I was checking the airlines flight at the same time and it was the same exact price the airline was quoting. Needless to say I did not purchase through them.

Thumbnail of user henryw47
California
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August 24th, 2016

When I was eagerly searching for some exclusive non-stop flight deal on web I went to skyscanner to book my flight that redirected me to book a flight through exploretrip first I was worried as it is unknown website to me but finally ended up my trip with a very good deal for Non-stop flight through this website.

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Thumbnail of user sris5
India
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December 3rd, 2013

I have booked my flight tickets here. They have quoted me the best price which infact no other website gave me. The prices are low and their customer support is awesome!

Thumbnail of user thuongn2
Arizona
1 review
6 helpful votes
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March 18th, 2020

Like everyone stated read the 1 star review! They will not give you back your money, they are a scam site, the use bots on all the 5 star to up the review! BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY! Will make you wait 4-5 weeks for refund then in 4-5 weeks tell you that they process, then 4-5weeks later tell you the same story without giving you a refund, picture are from 6 weeks apart!

Thumbnail of user waldemarw1
Poland
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March 26th, 2017

During the last 2 weeks I booked up to 5 times the ticket on the route Dubai - Johor Bahru. Each time I receive a confirmation of the reservation, but after a dozen or so hours I receive an email: "We regret to inform you that your reservation was canceled because the payment details were not provided."
During this booking I have already given 2 different cards: Visa and Mastercard. Both cards are money! The banks claimed that no one contacted them about the verification of the card. It's a LYING! During the reservation, the data security key disappears momentarily. Could this site be a credit card thief? Tickets do not want to sell. They will not reply to my emails.
ABSOLUTELY I DO NOT RECOMMEND

Thumbnail of user kirank50
California
1 review
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October 14th, 2019

I dont want choose even 1 star too, but no option there. WORST WORST WORST WORST customer support. No one is capable or professional at service, if you have any issue they won't respond in time and if you call them they make you hold forever. The worst customer service NEVER TRUST these guys, I strongly RECOMMEND not to book your tickets through this EXPLORETRIP they don't help you at all.

Thumbnail of user michaels344
New York
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November 23rd, 2015
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As a first time user I found the process simple and user friendly. Exploretrip delivers on it's promise to give customers the best/cheapest rates available.

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ExploreTrip is an online travel website providing new choices to the international traveler’s. ExploreTrip offers substantial selection of airlines private, discounted airfares with intelligent minimal layover itineraries from USA & Canada to any part of the world ensures saving time and money for travelers. ExploreTrip offers real-time sale of domestic - international airfares and other travel services with 24/7 customer support.

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