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TravelUp

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TravelUp has a rating of 3.2 stars from 1,647 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 10th among Discount Travel sites.

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value
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shipping
90
returns
130
quality
151
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Connecticut
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Our trip got cancelled due to the Covid 19 outbreak. We had booked a hotel through Travelup and when we inquired, they refused to refund our fee (paid in full upfront). We contacted the hotel directly and they indicated that they did not charge anyone for cancelling their reservations due to the outbreak, but that we would have to go through Travelup for a refund. Eventually, they refunded half of our payment and kept the other half even though they were not charged by the hotel. We will never use them again!

Date of experience: May 13, 2020
Bangladesh
1 review
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I was ill on travelling to Bangladesh. Contacted them several times to change date of return as I was not well to travel. They completely ignored my emails and contacted the day before the flight asking double the amount to pay ti change the date. Would not recommend booking with them and personally I will never book with them. Very unprofessional and inefficient.

Date of experience: September 16, 2023
Rebecca H. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good afternoon, Fayeza,

Thank you for reaching out to us about your booking.

Please accept our apologies for the unprofessionalism you have received from our team. This is not how we conduct business at Travelup, and further investigations will be carried out regarding this experience.

Please share more at - admin@travelup.com along with your booking reference number so that we can follow this up internally.

Regards,
Travelup

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Didn't realize hotel was not pet friendly until AFTER I hit the submit button and paid in full. Not happy about being unable to cancel my reservation and losing my payment. It's hard enough dealing with the loss of a family member, finding a hotel shouldn't be such an issue. Did not contact customer service because they state — forfeiture of payment if canceled— right up front.

TravelUp attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: March 7, 2022
TravelUp T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good morning,

We are very disappointed to hear you have had a negative experience with TravelUp.

We are sending you an email so that we can discuss this further with you.

Kind Regards
TravelUp Team

Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I'm very disappointed this website offer FREE cancelation...
September 29, 2023
Updated review

I'm very disappointed this website offer FREE cancelation on the 24 hour period! And is not true. Be careful! I make a reservation yesterday and because the hurricane passing near my place in Tampa we desire to cancel the reservation. 2 hours after was made it! And now they're not want to gime my money back. Even went their know I'm one million percent rite

Date of experience: August 30, 2023
Rebecca H. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good morning, Edwin,

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 accordinging.

Regards,
Travel Up


Thanks so much
August 29, 2023
Previous review

Thanks so much

Date of experience: August 29, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
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I had not received a confirmation when I placed my hotel! For 2 days, I called and after 30 minutes, the call was disconnected. The third day, I phoned several times throughout the day, but was busy each time I called. Eventually, I did get through to confirm my reservations.
Following my first review, I was sent an email stating a confirmation had originally been sent and I should check my spam. I did check my spam. I had not received a confirmation. After speaking with travel-up they forwarded an email confirmation.
When you spend a considerable amount of money on hotel reservations, one would like to make sure the purchase is not a scam. For 3 days, I was beginning to think it was.
I did call the hotel and confirmed my reservations. So far so good!

Date of experience: October 3, 2021
Admin T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Dear Bernadette,

We are not sure why a confirmation had not come straight through as it is an automatic process after booking; maybe it had dropped into your spam folder.

We can see that our staff has re sent the confirmation regardless

We hope you have a wonderful stay away!

Kind regards, TravelUp Team

Florida
1 review
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I booked for a three day stay, unfortunately two hours later had to cancel, I was charged $148.00 for a cancelation fee the terms and agreement of cancellations doesn't appear until after you confirm reservation. We tried to explain but couldn't get a refund. My advice don't book with this site unless you are absolutely, unequivocally, will not need to cancel for any reason!

Date of experience: August 28, 2022
TravelUp T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good morning,

We are sorry to hear this!

Our cancellation policy for each hotel and room selected is shown at the time of booking and must be agreed to before the reservation can be confirmed.

We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused at this time.

Kind Regards
TravelUp Team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Waiting for a refund since Oct 2020 every time I call I get to speak to malik or Alex not there real names... Very rude no customer service at all plz plz don't book with this company... Jusr read there reviews on line...

Date of experience: June 3, 2021
Admin T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good Morning, We are sorry to hear you have had a bad experience when trying to contact us. If there is anything we can do to help you with your queries then please give us a call on 01189556400. Many Thanks, Team TravelUp.

California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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It took multiple tries to make my booking
September 7, 2022

It took multiple tries to make my booking. When I was finally successful, I looked back and saw that it was the wrong booking (I will never know whether it was my fault or their fault). I corrected the mistake and they charged me $491 for a same day change - just a few hours later. Reprehensible!
I will never use this company again.

Date of experience: August 8, 2022
TravelUp T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good morning,

We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with us.

When making a change to a confirmed booking, we have to abide by the airline's rules and cannot use promotional fares which you may see on our or other websites. If you wish to discuss this further with the team, please call us using the number listed on our website, if you cannot wait on the line to speak to our admin team, please email us at admin@travelup.com.

Kind Regards
TravelUp Team

Monaco
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This is a scam
September 10, 2022

Flight has been cancelled and they never managed to rebook us despite trying to do that for several weeks. They just pass you on to talk to some people by email with english names such as Eddie Cooper or James Smith, which respond in a computer like manner without helping you solve any issue no matter how small they are, such as rebooking a flight. This is a real pity that we are sorrounded by those dishonest companies. My flight is not even present on the app, and despite hours (see picture) over the phone, nothing has been solved. They ruined our holidays. (As you can see from the photo, being on a call at 1:00 am for two hours is not exactly the best holiday).

Date of experience: August 11, 2022
TravelUp T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good morning,

We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with us.

If you still require further assistance with your booking, please call us on either 0118 955 6400 or 0203 771 3074. If you cannot wait on the line to speak to our admin team, please email us at admin@travelup.com.

Kind Regards
TravelUp Team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This is a useless company that Sunday times has been paid to endorse. I would never use them again.

Their IT systems are rubbish. Waiting in a queue which reports time as 10secs when I have waited for an hour.

I have been on the phone to them 15 times and also emailed them. Polite replies. But they do nothing! Yes we will deal with please call us.

Shame on Skyscanner as they cant respond or deal with this company's service feedback. Go direct to the airline and be able to rebook pay the extra £15 admin fee you have to pay to the airline.

Shame on BA to making them a preferred supplier. There are no merit or tracking of service to customer who went through this agent.

Date of experience: January 7, 2021
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Was due to fly to San Francisco tomorrow with British Airways after booking via Travelup. Flights are obviously cancelled but I have heard nothing proactively from Travelup or reactively to the numerous emails I have sent (most bounce back as their box is full). No telephones work at all.

Atol does not cover the booking and British Airways do not want to know.

I have been left to raise a case with my credit card company to try and recover the money.

The most outrageous thing is that Travelup are sending out promotional emails asking you to book for 2021 now when they can't even sort out 2020.

Do not book with this company, I certainly will never do it again.

Date of experience: April 20, 2020
GB
1 review
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Poor customer service
June 9, 2022

I have been trying to rearrange a flight for my mother for over a month now (due to illness). Today, after a 1hr wait on the phone I had the member of staff hang up on me without even taking the ref. No. Or speaking to me.

Date of experience: May 10, 2022
TravelUp T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good morning,

We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with TravelUp.

Unfortunately we are unable to view your attached picture and have been unable to locate your booking.

If you require further assistance please call us on either 0118 955 6400 or 0203 771 3074. If you cannot wait on the line to speak to our admin team, please email us at admin@travelup.com.

Kind Regards
TravelUp Team

GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Lousy customer service
February 17, 2020

Booked 2 return tickets with Qantas LHR-SIN last year for this month, but less than clear over refund policy. Qantas has exercised discretion for cancellation and has clearly authorised a full refund to their credit, but this outfit (TravelUp) just keeps prevaricating through emails which are clearly not telling the truth and are downright deceptive. Say they are currently too busy to answer queries and pretended not to to be able to find the booking, clearly they want to hold to money that Qantas has authorised them to return. Avoid at all costs unless you want to bang your head against a brick wall

Date of experience: February 17, 2020
California
1 review
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Travel up booked me a hotel and never received a confirmation email or number when I called the hotel the booking never existed and they still charged me $400 and has not returned any of my emails to support. It's a scam

TravelUp attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: January 5, 2022
TravelUp T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good Afternoon,

We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with TravelUp. We have taken a look into your case and can see that you confirmed your booking on our website with full payment, we always publish the accommodation voucher on the confirmation page and your booking can also be viewed via My Bookings on the travelup.com homepage.

As per the FAQ page on our website the below is mentioned under

'I called the hotel with a query and they can't locate my booking?
If you have received an accommodation voucher from us then your booking has been confirmed, some hotel chains hold booking information in a central system and then pass the guest names to the individual hotel a few days before arrival. If the hotel is not recognising your booking at the time you call then please contact our customer service team so that we can act on your behalf.

Our team are always available to help with any queries.

We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused at this time.

Kind Regards
TravelUp Team

California
1 review
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I had a terrible experience I called the hotel and they said that my room was not paid for it in a hotel of already has taken out the money and I cannot find a decent phone number to cancel my reservations

TravelUp attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: August 23, 2021
Admin T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Dear Chris,

We are sorry to hear this. We are sure an agent could have sorted this for you.

We have checked your booking and can see a refund has been applied on this booking.

We apologise if you have had any inconvenience during this time period.

Kind regards, TravelUp Team

GB
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I booked a flight in June for my daughter to go to Bali. With Covid 19 about, she was unable to travel. Tried calling them but you're unable to leave a message, so have emailed them several times but got no response. I've now filled out their Covid19 form for a refund request and surprise surprise, no confirmation email to say they've received the form. I would definitely avoid them, just based on their lack of customer service. It's not nice being left in the dark not knowing where you stand.

Date of experience: July 13, 2020
Texas
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Paid for a bogus booking with this agency 6 weeks in advance and surprise surprise upon arrival, the hotel had no record of any booking the informed me they were not taking reservations the time i booked with TravelUp as they were over sold. Cost the family many hours of aggravation, found a room on our own at 1am and took another day to rebook the remainder of the trip several hundred dollars more... stay away from this sham outfit.

Date of experience: January 18, 2020
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scam! Stay Away
May 26, 2022

Scam! Stay away. I made a reservation for a hotel in Cancun. They send me a confirmation number and say all was set. Travel up Charge me $935 for the hotel. When I travel to Cancun, the hotel say they don't have a reservation. When I call Travelup they told me to give them half hour to proceed with the reservation, after more than 3 hours and calling them again and again, they didn't get my calls anymore and they never made my reservation. So we where there in Cancun, in spring break, without a place to stay and they never responded. We finished reserving a low class hotel because we don't have the money at the moment to afford paying double. After a week they send us a refund. This is the worst company ever and hope everyone stay away from them.

Date of experience: April 26, 2022
TravelUp T. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good afternoon,

We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with TravelUp.

If you require further assistance with your booking please do email us at hotels@travelup.com

We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused at this time.

Kind regards, TravelUp Team

Washington
1 review
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Sad to say I would never use them again
January 23, 2024

Sad to say I would never use them again. I had to change the date within 72 hours because of a work meeting. When I tried to rebook our hotel, the price was now $900+ more for the same 7 days. I checked directly with the hotel and their rate was $560 less than Travel Up. I told Jacob to match it or cancel it. After a few more blah blah emails from Jacob, I finally got canceled. A rip off and not at all a nice experience.

Date of experience: January 16, 2024
Rebecca H. TravelUp Rep
over a year old

Good evening, Kevin,

We are sorry that you are dissatisfied with the way we handled your concern. We will take your feedback into consideration as we move forward in our work. At TravelUp, we follow standard guidelines and do not engage in any unethical practice within the business. All amendments are made based on the terms & conditions of the booking or governed by the suppliers.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Regards,
TravelUp

Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Everything was great
June 24, 2021

I booked a one night stay in a hotel as a gift for my newlywed daughter and her husband. I have no complaints, everything was fine, and my son in law merely had to show his ID upon arrival. Well done!

Date of experience: June 24, 2021