TravelUp has a rating of 3.2 stars from 1,650 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with TravelUp most frequently mention best price, easy process and hotel room. TravelUp ranks 9th among Discount Travel sites.
SCAM COMPANY! I got ripped off by this company and they ruined my anniversary weekend celebration by taking my money for a 5 star hotel reservation (which I found out was never actually made) then the day before said they cancelled it. They have the worst customer service and phone manner I've ever dealt with. They kept hanging up on me whenever I called to get my money back. I'm now on a facebook group with nearly 2000 other people who have been scammed by this company.
I was not happy with my booking at all. I made a common error and your customer service rep would not help me fix it. Told me to cancel and start all over so I guess how you make your money if people make mistakes. This was the worst experience.
Good morning,
We are very sorry to hear of your situation.
Unfortunately this can depend on the booking made. Non changeable bookings we would have to create a new booking or try to liaise with our supplier. If your booking is changeable to we can change the dates for you and there may be a new cost depending on the rates on that day.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused to you.
Kind regards, TravelUp Team
This company operates as one of the most crooked businesses I have ever come across. They not only don't return phone calls or emails, they also do not refund money for any purpose. They are absolute thiefs who should not be given anyone's honest hard earned money. Avoid this dishonest company at all cost as I wish I had never dealt with them
Honestly so disappointed. Tried to change flight and got two useless emails back with no payment link. I'm literally about to fly in a few hours. Had to send at least three four emails to get a respond when I literally replied two minutes after i recieved the email. Wont be using this agent again. Been trying to do the same thing for literally a week - all you had to do was respond and i am all ready to pay and provide any information you need. Not sure why this was such an issue? You left this til the last minute - now its too late to do anything.
The reason i cant change my flight is because its under 24hrs notice when i literally contacted you 7 days in advance?
At this point just close down the company because it seems like no one in this company can get anything done right.
Good morning,
Please accept our apology for the delay in acknowledging and addressing your concern. We understand the inconvenience it has caused therefore our team are already working on this issue and will be in touch with you through email with an update.
Please write to us at - admin@travelup.com and share your booking reference number, for us to investigate accordingly.
Regards,
Travel Up
This was my first time using Travel Up. I had to change my flight time, I contacted the administrator, Mr Anderson for help in processing the change. He was very quick to respond and was extremely helpful and supportive. I was able to change my flight time which was a huge relief. I will definitely use Travel Up again.
Marlene
I booked flights with Travelup 10 months before my holiday in the US.
Halfway through my holiday I received a message that my return flight had been brought forward by 10 hours. The problem was that I was travelling and not returning to the departure city until 6 hours before my original flight.
Also, my flight changes added an extra stop and very short connection times, in one instance less than one and a half hours.
Travelup would not discuss these issues and just kept sending emails asking me if I wanted these return flights. Eventually I had to cancel and rebook a return flight a week before my journey. It was extortionate and left me out of pocket by £1163.
Travelup gave me a refund of £106.
I intend to report them to Trading Standards.
Never use them!
Good afternoon,
We apologise for any inconvenience caused that our team failing to meet your expectations.
This is very unfortunate, that you had to cancel your return flight due to the schedule change. Please be rest assured we are always remaining at your disposal to help with the best possible available alternate flights. However, many of the times we have no control for any last-minute changes made by the airlines. Please note, we have shared your feedback with them team, so they can investigate and assisted with your refund request.
Your feedback is important to us as we take all the reviews seriously to use them as an opportunity to improvise the quality expected.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us.
Regards,
Travel Up
I agreed to pay the amount due now for my hotel accommodation and $111 in resort fees due at the property. Upon check in, the property charged me $184 for resort fee and tax. The property said that has always been the cost for 4 nights of resort fees and did they did not understand where travel up got $111 from. I chose Travel Up because they were the lowest price but now I paid an extra $73 dollars more for my reservation which was extremely higher than hopper or booking.com.
Good Afternoon,
We are very disappointed to hear you have had a negative experience with TravelUp. We have contacted the team to ask them to respond to your query as soon as possible.
Please note that as per our terms and conditions we are not liable for any local charges including resort fees.
Local additional charges. Some Supplier/Principals charge a fee/tax per room for certain services. This fee is at the accommodation supplier's discretion and is liable to change without notice and will apply regardless of whether these services are used. Governments have on occasion issued additional taxes and may ask the Supplier/Principals to collect these directly. These charges, if applicable, will be payable by you to the Supplier/Principal directly at checkout. Please verify which extra fees are and/or are not included before making a booking. These charges are subject to change and we have no liability to you for these taxes or charges and they are not included in your booking.
Unfortunately we are unable to provide you with a refund for any additional paid to the hotel directly.
We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused at this time.
Kind Regards,
TravelUp Team
The booking process was straightforward. I was able to reserve the room I wanted at the price quoted on Trip Advisor. It would have been nice for the confirmation to contain more details. Hoping all goes well with my stay when the time comes.
Booked 3 flights with this company. Flights cancelled during the Coronavirus which is totally understandable but to get any sort of communication or refund is impossible. Phone lines shut down and no help whatsoever. Would never use this company again. The airline are offering full refunds but because I've booked with a travel agent I have to chase them for the refund something not easy when you can't get a reply.
Terrible experience. Requested information on fees and taxes that need to be paid when arriving at the resort. Was told to call the resort. The resort didn't understand me and this company couldn't help. Might have been a good deal but pretty sure they are loss leading by not mentioning additional costs on purpose to project a lower price.
Good morning,
Resort fees are always payable locally at the hotel; unfortunately, TravelUp has no control over this. Even when booking with the hotel direct, the fees will be payable at check-in unless the rate mentions otherwise.
This is covered in our terms and conditions agreed to at the booking time.
Local Additional Charges by Accommodation Providers: Some accommodations charge a fee/tax per room for certain services. This fee is at the accommodation supplier’s discretion and is liable to change without notice and will apply regardless of whether these services are used. Governments have on occasion issued additional taxes and may ask the Accommodation Providers to collect these directly. These charges, if applicable, will be payable by You to the Accommodation Providers directly at checkout. Please verify which extra fees are and/or are not included before making a booking. These charges are subject to change and we have no liability to you for these taxes or charges and they are not included in your booking.
Kind Regards
TravelUp Team
I tried to book a hotel through Trivago. When 'clicking through' to TravelUp, it was not obvious to me that the dates I'd entered for the booking had been changed behind my back. I immediately tried to cancel my booking (within minutes), however TravelUp denied to do this both over the telephone and by email.
I am totally disgusted with the service I received from TravelUp, and will never use them again!
Good afternoon,
We are very sorry if you have had a 1 star experience.
We can see that you had booked a non refundable/non changeable room. A member of staff has been able to get our supplier to agree to a date change for you however we have had no response.
Unfortunately we have had guests lie about the website automatically changing dates in the past, so therefore it is your responsibility to check your booking and read the terms and conditions before clicking book. We understand this is a simple mistake but you have booked a non refundable room rate and our supplier will not allow a FOC cancellation.
We are sorry if you have been inconvenienced during this time period
Kind regards, TravelUp Team
When we arrived at the hotel we were told that they do not allow pets. The booking said the hotel was pet friendly and I noted that we had a dog in comments. The hotel had cancelled our reservation without you or them telling us. It is a support animal. Created a problem in that our daughter and dog could not stay with us. Unacceptable practice! Very disappointed. Will go direct to hotel in future.
Good afternoon,
We are sorry to hear about the discomfort during your stay at the property due to the shortage of amenities provided.
We value your opinion and will take every measure to make sure it is shared with the supplier, so it does not happen again. We really appreciate you taking the time to give us feedback as it helps us assist you better.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
Regards,
Travel Up
Unfortunately, the hotel did not want to accept the reservation on the grounds that it did not know the company and that I probably ordered from a fake website. They required me to book a new room from them or from Booking. Fortunately, my stay at the hotel was three days and I received a fairly quick response from your representative. Answer only by e-mail, it was not possible to reach you by phone, waiting time of about 40 minutes and hanging up. Your representative contacted the supplier and everything worked out, I received a credit for my payment, but it made me nervous and ruined the vacation a bit.
Good afternoon,
Please accept our sincere apology for the bad & challenging experience during your stay.
It sounds like you had a frustrating time. Please be assured we will certainly take adequate measures to rectify the issue.Please write to us at - admin@travelup.com and share your booking reference number, for us investigate accordingly.
Regards,
Travel Up
This company is appalling and has left me stranded abroad (still stranded abroad at time of writing this review!) with no contact for weeks. They closed down all communication points (email/phone/Facebook/Twitter) so contacting them was impossible. After complaining on Twitter With hashtags for weeks I finally received a message back in a DM. They are fully aware I've been stranded abroad for 2 months, yet I am now still being repeatedly ignored. Last contact received was over two weeks ago. Multiple emails sent back to them which are again repeatedly ignored. Two months of being stranded abroad and counting. This company does not give a flying flip about its customers. AVOID AVOID AVOID. They will take your money and run. Shame on them.
Be careful! Never buy ticket from them as I booked month before and now my flight got cancel and asking for £50 administration fee.
Call them thousand time and all the time telling lies someone will call you but no one call and saying refund might take 12 weeks.
Been scammed soo badly and now not replying my emails and not answer my call.
Call today again on Friday 2:30 pm and saying some one will call you on Monday. What a joke.
And no refund no ticket nothing made yet
Good afternoon,
We are very disappointed to hear you have had a negative experience with TravelUp.
Our £50 fee is covered in our terms and conditions which you have agreed to at time of booking.
''For all bookings. Please note, the booking fee you pay to us when placing your booking (please see clause 7.6 for more information) is non-refundable in the event of cancellation of your chosen Travel Arrangements together with an administration fee of £50 per booking (unless you have purchased a service pack, in which case the administration fee payable will be as per the terms of your chosen service pack).''
If you require further assistance with your booking please call us on either 0118 955 6400 or 0203 771 3074. Alternatively you can email us at admin@travelup.com.
Kind Regards
TravelUp Team
Terrible service and questionable practices.
Will never use them again.
They scored second-from-last in a recent survey of ******* travellers by the moneysavingexpert website for customer service at the moment.
They have after many communiations refunded me a random amount, despite receiving the full refund from the airline.
Chasing them up is hellish. Use a more reputable company.
Scammers. Travel up charged an extra £97 to rebook flights that were cancelled due to the Corona virus situation. They claimed it was tax which was a complete lie. I've asked for a formal receipt with a full breakdown of the flight costs but they refuse to give one.
Never again
I made a booking for 11/22/22 to 11/28/22 immediately after confirming I noticed that the month should hve been 10/22 to 10/28 I called your office and was told to send an email explaining the error, I did its been over 24 hours and I still have not heard from you.
The hotel has rooms available I checked. Please respond immediately. Either you cancel or confirm change Tel.# *******858 thank you
Good afternoon,
Thank you for bringing this to our notice. We have forwarded your request to our supplier on immediate notice by prioritizing your concerns. We would request to kindly stay in touch with our specialized team looking after your request so that they could promptly get this honored to you. If you wish to discuss this further with the team, please email us at hotels@travelup.com.
Kind Regards
TravelUp Team
Booking with Travelup was no problem. Communication with them since March 2020 has been a massive challenge. I resorted to communicating directly with the airline to understand what options were available to me and how things were panning out. In requesting a refund, Travelup never replied to emails nor followed up with their verbal promise to call me back that day, five times. I still haven't heard anything from them and the expiry date to request a refund for the ticket has conveniently passed (convenient for them?). I wouldn't choose or recommend them again.
Good Morning,
We are very disappointed to hear you have had a negative experience with TravelUp. Unfortunately we have been unable to locate your booking with the details provided. Please can you respond to our private message with further information so that we can look into this.
Kind Regards,
TravelUp Team
I booked with this company Travel Up to go to Zimbabwe for a wedding. I paid £805 return but I wanted to the e-tickets for hour. The guys just tell me you get your tickets in 24 hours. I call again some told me 48 hours to issue something which is just a click of button. I call now I wait 2 hours with one talking to anyone.It's best to book with the airline. A. Katsande
Good morning,
We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with us. We are very glad to see your issue has since been resolved.
We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused at this time.
Kind Regards
TravelUp Team
Answer: Hopeless. They don't reply to emails. Can't get through on the phone. Useless. Better to forget about them and lose the stress. Have accepted I'll never see my money again.
Answer: Good morning, we can see that one of the team has responded to your email this morning and sent over a payment link for your balance. Kind Regards, TravelUp Team
Answer: Good afternoon, Yes we are a legitimate site. If you have any questions please do let us know! Kind Regards, Travelup Team
Good afternoon,
We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with us.
We can see that this case was dealt with by our team in February 2022 and a full refund has been provided.
We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused at this time.
Kind regards
TravelUp Team