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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.

  • Service
    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 shannont24
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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October 5th, 2016

Tried booking a next day flight typed in the date when confirmed the date changed 27 days out? Called immediately to fix was told it would cost 150.00 to change a date on a 84.00 ticket! And of course it's non refundable! They got me! BEWARE

Thumbnail of user nikitaa2
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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October 10th, 2016

Don't even THINK of using this site. I have had multiple bad experiences for just one booking i did through them. They are PURE CHEATS. The information given on their website is incorrect. They charged me 400$ as a change fee which the airline said was 89$. They NEVER respond to your calls. Waiting time is frequently 10+ minutes on the call. No proper system to book to cancel or change on line, you have to call them. Every agent gives different information and there is huge communication gap. They argue with customers and have no quality checks on their calls.

It REALLY can't get worse than this. They should be out of business.

Thumbnail of user ar7331
Nevada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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June 23rd, 2016

Gotta love all the "positive" reviews of this site that they wrote and submitted themselves. This company is a joke that just tries to con you out of money by charging fees that they say they won't Never, under any circumstances, book with Explore Trip.

Thumbnail of user amyr323
Wisconsin
1 review
1 helpful vote
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September 21st, 2019

Explore Trip is the worst customer service and communication I've ever experienced from a travel perspective. Do yourself a favor and skip the headache of booking with them. If you don't, your flight could be cancelled and they'll never notify you!

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Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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November 15th, 2019

Booked a $300 round trip flight to Ecuador. I got an email saying my card needs to be verified. I called the number provided and the representative was short and curt with me saying someone will give me a call back. Red flag #1 for me. When I did get a call, it disconnected right away. Red Flag #2 for me. I got a call again from a different number and the representative was rude. I provided my credit card number and she told me there was an error in the system and that manual tickets were being generated. Red flag #3.

I called my visa provider right away to confirm no charges were made, and cancelled my card.

I'm glad I did as after having reviewed the comments on this site, it looks like this company may be running a scam or they are extremely poor in providing good business.

Thumbnail of user sabinam23
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 4th, 2021

I am very disappointed and unhappy with this travel agency. My overall rating is zero. The reason is my price of my ticket for my flight was $204 but as soon as I confirmed/ booked/purchased I was charged $272. This agency failed to notify me if there was the price raise. It is unfair. I felt like it was purposely overcharged and I felt cheated. I try to call the agency. One person hung up n other person spoke but. No help. He blamed it on the airline. The actual airline and other agencies same flight price is still ~ 50$ Or more cheaper than what I paid even after 3 weeks.

Thumbnail of user yashp19
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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November 24th, 2020

This company is fraud. I purchased Air ticket for Round trip but it got cancelled at the last moment. When i asked them for refund they asked me to pay extra CAD $229.99, which I paid to them. Now whenever I call them for refund status enquiry they are saying me to call the next day or they don't know anything about refund. Its been almost 1 year today but still they haven't refunded me a single cent of my flight ticket which never happened. They stole my CAD $1539. 00

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California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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September 12th, 2019

I've book flights to Japan, and airline rescheduled. Which I can't make it. So I contact the support service, they said I have to email, which I did. And back and forth emails asking for refund for whole month! Kept lagging and no response all kind of issue! End up it shows I didn't show on my flight so everything screw! Never ever ever again! I dont even get my money back!

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Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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October 5th, 2016

It was very bad experience. My card was declined twice during the processing. I tried third time on another computer and I've got the message that the reservation have been made. Next day I've got the message from ExploreTrip saying that my order is on hold because "the booking has been declined while charging for the tickets" and "call or e-mail us to reprocess the existing reservation once the problem is fixed". Yes, my issue bank blocked the card because there were several attempts to charge. When I unblocked it again I tried to response to the ExploreTrip's email I have been speaking with them three times and my wife even more, trying to reprocess. They were giving us different information increasing/decreasing the price, putting on hold, and so on. Finally they said that they charged us for a certain amount... Meanwhile, I haven't got any confirmation for this booking. So I had to block my Visa again and try to find more reliable organization.

Thumbnail of user wendij4
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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October 2nd, 2018

Total Scam. I booked 2 flights this afternoon, it even hit my credit card as "pending". Tonight i get an email, my flights are cancelled. I call for an explanation and they said the credit card validation failed. That isn't true as it already hit my credit card. Supposed to be getting a refund in 24-48 hours (I'm pretty sure this isn't going to happen. Total BS, stay far, far away from this site. As the saying goes, when something seems to good to be tue, it probably is!

Thumbnail of user margaretb740
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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August 10th, 2020

The rating of one star is misleading. I could not complete this review without using the star system. My review would be -2 stars. Please do not use this company to book any type of travel. This company is fraudulent, has poor customer support, and will cheat you in every way they can. I booked a flight through them in February 2020 and within one month my flight was cancelled. I've been corresponding with them since March 16,2020 about receiving a refund which I suspect will never happen. After I finish this review I plan to contact the fraud division of our state's attorney generals office to advise them of this company and it's practices. DOT USE THIS COMPANY.

Thumbnail of user davek330
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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August 2nd, 2020

I received email confirmation that they will refund my ticket. They refunded partial. But they never refunded the remainder which amount to $2060. I called them at least 10 times. Everytime I called, they keep saying it takes 2-3 billing cycle for the refund. We're 16 months in now and still no refund. Last time I called, they said they will not be refunding the remainder even though there is a written confirmation that they will. I'm thinking contacting a lawyer. Enough with the BS.

Tip for consumers:
Avoid

Thumbnail of user kierena
Arizona
1 review
2 helpful votes
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September 13th, 2017

This has to be the worst company I have ever booked airline tickets from! Go somewhere else to book, if you need to make any changes they will nickle and dime the $#*! out of you. Book straight though the airlines, this place is a joke. If I could give these people negative stars I would.

Thumbnail of user briana125
Washington
1 review
12 helpful votes
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April 9th, 2016

These scam artists used bots to write hundreds of fake reviews to bury the real ones far down the list. Look at all the fake reviews with only a single review to their credit! All the same naming convention, all done by ExploreTrip because they know what people will find if they do a little research. BEWARE this company, see the thread about them on FlyerTalk.

Thumbnail of user josephl496
North Carolina
1 review
12 helpful votes
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December 10th, 2019

This is a scam. Due to an accident, I could not travel. I contacted Explore Trip to change the flight date. They said any change to the original ticket is considered cancellation. They charged me $400/person cancellation fees and gave only 75% of my ticket price. Whenever you call them the phone is picked up in a foreign country and forget it... impossible to deal with.

Thumbnail of user kentj76
New York
1 review
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June 8th, 2023

I tried making a reservation and after waiting a few minutes I got a notification that the reservation didn't go through and I had to try again later. I ended up going through a different website only to find out later that it DID go through. So now I had two reservations for the same flight. I called customer service to ask for help or to see if they could at could switch the name to someone else who would be traveling with me. The 30 second conversation consisted of a man telling me that I "know full well" that I can't cancel or change my ticket. I am normally very patient and nice on the phone because I believe you catch more flies with honey. But this man didn't even consider helping remedy the problem his website had caused.

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Thumbnail of user ainsliem1
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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May 31st, 2019

Giving one star to this catastrophic company is even too much. I also ready terrible reviews of this company and choose to ignore in favour of their cheap flights. It would have worked out better for me financially and mentally to book the more expensive flight. The company cons people in to think they are getting a cheap flight before tripling the price once your booking is in progress. Customer service agents are con men, telling me my flight had gone up to $2000 from $500 after much back and forth (and a VERY expensive phone bill) they could suddenly reduce it to $900. Do not trust them and DO NOT book with them.

Thumbnail of user ninak32
India
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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March 23rd, 2018

They are full of lies and more lies! Customer service is absolutely horrible! I will never EVER book with them again! Save yourself from the headache, time and from wasting your money!
Book somewhere else!

Thumbnail of user kazimh
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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April 7th, 2020

It is a long story between exploretrip and me because of corona virus. They got my money and they are not giving me back that's all. Never again and please do not buy from exploretrip even you buy ticket in the future when you go to airport they might tell you there is no ticket. Customer service hang out on me 10 times they scream at me and they don't answer my phones anymore last time when they answer she said she doesn't wanna help me all I asked was refund of my money 2437. 68 Canadian dollar. When there is corona and I can't work and make money to pay my bills and rent exploretrip didn't give my money put me in worse station. I didn't wanna write all story because I need like 10 pages.And the other company Turkish Airlines didn't try to help me and they lie to me my 2437. 68 dollar is a big money for me to alive at this pandemic but for that companies nothing. All I want is hopefully they will became same position they put me in.

Thumbnail of user asadullahs1
Philippines
1 review
4 helpful votes
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May 17th, 2019

Bought an e-ticket -- had to cancel it as much better deals were available openly... called them to find the most cryptic and unfriendly customer service. They charged me 'non-refundable' taxes before they'd cancel the ticket. She said that the ticket is cancelled --- though she refused to confirm with an email. The airline tells me that the flight is still not cancelled. Generally terrible service. Not a great experience. I would certainly not revisit them!

Thumbnail of user jemd
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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March 27th, 2018

Complete Liars! I don't even know how to start this review! Please do not book with them! Please trust all the negative reviews! Spare yourself some headache!

I booked a flight with them after a few hours I got an email for confirmation but not yet a ticket. The next day I got an email asking for some documents like copy of cc, passport etc and they need the reply within 4 hrs or else they will cancel and refund you. In short, I read the email after 4 hrs so I called their customer service and the person I spoke to said that they already cancelled it and refunded the card and ask me to wait for 7-10 business days. It is more than 15 days already today and we still have not received the refund yet!

Does anyone have the same experience? Please message me.

Thumbnail of user nd4
North Carolina
1 review
6 helpful votes
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July 20th, 2011

The worst experience we had in our life! Never had to deal with people like the employees at this place. Please stay away if you can! Nightmare! We booked the tickets with them in may that were $5,400.00 for 4 people traveling different dates. They tried to charge my credit card for over $45,000.00, when we called them they just laughed at us. I had to close my credit card and dispute the charge that they put on credit card for one of the tickets. Its been over 2 months and we are still dealing with them. Stay away!

Thumbnail of user roksanag2
Massachusetts
1 review
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May 27th, 2021

I would have gave 0 rating if it was an option. Do yourself a favor and avoid Explore Trip. I booked a ticket with them with confirmation number, only to receive a call from them the next day, saying that my ticket is not available anymore and if I still want it, I should pay $600 more!

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Thumbnail of user rudrap1
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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August 27th, 2019

I booked a flight ticket through this online site. They are falsified their statement, they made me false promise while I purchased that ticket. For rescheduling the flight, they asked me to pay 1400 CAD while there were tickets available on 800 CAD. This is just worst site, never book any flight ticket through them.

Thumbnail of user marke643
Oregon
1 review
1 helpful vote
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April 3rd, 2019

I had to ask five times to be sent a proper receipt that showed all the information necessary to get reimbursed by my company for the flight. All that was required was name, date, payment method, and "economy class." In the end, the best they could do was send me an Excel spreadsheet with this information. An editable spreadsheet. Not only is that NOT an invoice, it didn't even say what I had purchased! This company is run by children.

Stay away from this company, and SkipLagged.com, the company I thought I was using to purchase my ticket (they contract with ExploreTrip, apparently).

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