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Holiday to Fiji on Castaway Island
It was an amazing holiday and was easy to book. Unfortunately once we’d paid, Virgin changed it’s direct flights from Sydney instead of Melbourne. We changed to Qantas and 6 weeks later haven’t received a refund.
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The number is TOCS317566
Also we paid an extra $72 for a water taxi when we were flying with Virgin as the flight got in later and that should have gone through by now.
This happened last year when w...
Hi Anna,
Thank you for that information. I have passed this on to our Reservations Manager so that he can look into this for you and give you an update on when you can expect your refund.
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Difficult to book, wrong dates but good price
I had booked for a small trip for 9-11 January. The booking process was extremely complicated and I had to call to make sure the booking went through. No one replies to their emails but this may be that it was during the holiday period. After confirmation came through it was for dates 10-12, we emailed and called and no response so my partner had to take an extra day off. We check in on spicers on 10th and they say that they had us down for 9-11 and we were marked as no show. I had to communicate with front desk to get us a room. They did not h...
Read moreave availabilities for the 2 nights and we had to move rooms in between days which was annoying as we had booked an early tour. Our second room was also a King room instead of a King deluxe which we had booked. On the second day to my suprise a travel consultant reached out and said we were getting charged a cancellation fee for being a no show for the 10th (which is incorrect). I had to call as no one was responding to emails, lady on the phone was apologetic. Edit: A travel consultant reached out and provided $100 compensation and said they ensure this doesnt happen again.- Transparency
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Hi Tiffany,
We apologise that this was your experience. This is certainly not the level of service that we pride ourselves on....
Read more I can see that there was some confusion with your booking as we amended the dates after your booking was confirmed due to availability with the property. The original dates were loaded into our booking system however different dates were confirmed by the resort in error. We sincerely apologise for not picking up on this and have had a Supervisor reach out to you to offer monetary compensation for the inconvenience caused. We await your email with account details so that we can forward the refund amount through to you.Not refunding-covid-19
I booked my accommodation on 4th of March and I was suppose to fly yesterday the 10th April. The hotel has informed me that they will cancell our bookings with no penalties due to all flights being disrupted because of Covid-19. Now I dont understand why travel online is still holding onto their what soever terms and conditions that you dont want to refund my money. We are not planning to travel any soon so we need refund not credit. It's very frustrating as I got email that I will be offered credit but with no other information like voucher ...
Read morenumber or something where it could be used in future. All our other accommodations are also canceled and they have kindly provided full refund as this is something which the whole world is being affected so why aren't travel online being freezing their terms and conditions and giving us refund. We pay on the spot so why cant we get our money back. Please I need answers and my booking ref is QW4253124. It takes a long while for your team to response our email,,,please try to be more efficient. I think my problem should have been fixed already before my departure date but it's already past my departure date and yet still not fixed.- Transparency
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Hi Rameeza,
As you can imagine we are dealing with unprecedented volumes of calls and emails and we appreciate your patience and understanding while we work to assist you. All inquiries are being prioritised and dealt with as soon as possible....
Read more We are working with a number of airlines and hotels to try and process thousands of amendments and credits for all our customers affected. The airlines and hotels are also dealing with extremely high volumes of inquiries so it is taking them a little bit longer to get back to us but we are doing our best. Whilst we are waiting to receive information from them in order to process your credit on file and send it out to you, we just wanted to let you know that your booking is in credit to put your mind at ease. This is clearly a very difficult time for our customers and everyone involved in the travel industry. Please understand we are trying to manage our way through this crisis and like other travel businesses, Travel Online is following ACCC guidelines. https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees/covid-19-coronavirus-information-for-consumers#travel-cancellations-and-changes- 2 reviews
After Sales Service - Disappointing / frustrating
Service to book my holiday was fantastic. Prompt reply emails and all the information I needed. Was very impressed. However I emailed Travel Online requesting some changes to flights 2 months out from the holiday and it is such a struggle to get anyone to email me back. I emailed 2 people and heard nothing so emailed the main email and someone got back to me but now have been waiting a week for a quick response to my email. Very disappointing and I would think twice before booking with Travel Online again because of their after sales service.
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Hi Sue, thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear your experience with our after sales service has not met your expectations. If you don't mind could you please private message us with your bo...
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Very happy.
Everything went as per itinerary. From very beginning to our flight home. Our first hotel in Karon was not really we think a quiet place for couples. Great for young families.
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There is only 1 advantage to this site, the rest is ordinary
Cumbersome and mildly irritating booking process. They are a booking agent, no different to Flight Centre, so be prepared for lots of to-and-fro slow reply emails because what is advertised on their site, isn't necessarily available or for the price. They are not like Expedia and others, where it is all instant.
PRO: this site allows you to delay payment on accommodation. Can give you some breathing space between paying for flights straight away then accommodation a month before you travel.
CON: slow, back-and-forth communication. Wh...
Read moreen you are booking late-ish....this is really stressful! You risk missing out on your preferred option. Their payments system is glitchy. We made full payment via Credit Card (so it's instant) - we then got approx 3-4 emails the following week saying our accommodation had not been paid for and was going to be cancelled! You ring them. They have a message service ONLY. They then ring you back when suits them. It took me nearly 2wk to sort this situation out. Meanwhile not knowing whether we would have accommodation, as no confirmation was received. I finally spoke to a manager 2wk before departure who emailed confirmation. Do not rely on their travel reviews either- they don't publish the bad ones. Stick with Trip Advisor.- 2 reviews
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Disappointing service while a lovely agent was on leave
I called before booking my holiday as I wanted to ensure my selections were correct, I was told everything was correct and to go ahead and book online. I book the $18k holiday and then am called straight away to be told the booking is incorrect, the rooms I’ve selected don’t interconnect. I have been to the resort before and know they do. The agent was condescending and unhelpful. She told me she could book different rooms, but it would then cost $22k.
I cancelled the booking and was able to book a better package at the same resort with the o...
Little personal service
I had booked 2 cruises but dealt with about 6 different staff. ..unfortunately everyone has left and you are not moved to another staff member. I booked a 3rd cruise with Jasmine then she left. ..luckily I have researched a lot through the cruise forums ..otherwise I would have missed out on activities on ovation. . Basically the rooms were booked and that's it.... I have 1 more cruise booked for January and haven't heard from them since the last payment was due from my 2nd cruise. ... I guess they will send an email for the balance. ...
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They just didn't listen
We went on a family trip to Fiji, needed a few nights on the mainland before going to an island. We asked for a recommendation and were very specific about our tastes (in particular about food). The resort they recommended had AWFUL food. There were other ares in which it was disappointing, and overall it simply wasn't anything like what we described we wanted. Had they actually listened to us, they could never have recommended such a place. Then when we gave them feedback they claimed that the consultant no longer works for them. Following tha...
Read moret, we received an email from the very same consultant. She still seems to have her job... We also left a message for the manager, who didn't respond. Anyhoo, they simply weren't interested when we booked nor after the event.Hi Deanna,
Thanks very much for taking the time to leave a review and I'm sorry to hear that you are still unhappy about your stay at the Hilton Fiji. We did contact you in regards to your issues whi...
Read morele you were away offering to change you from the Hilton to the Sofitel but you never responded to any of our communications with you. Cecilia was your original consultant and she is no longer with the company any more. You did not receive an email from her, you received an email from me and I am the Reservations Supervisor. Cecilia recommended the Hilton Fiji to you as we have never had a bad complaint about this property and have had clients travel and stay and have only good feedback about their stay. It is possible though that you were experiencing a lack of good quality food due to the fact that your stay was immediately after a cyclone and the property may have been having trouble receiving food orders.Find out how Travel Online compares to other Booking Services
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Service going downhill, check your invoice and itinerary carefully for any discrepancies and booking
I have just booked another Fiji trip after coming back from Bali in April. Been happy and a loyal customer since my first booking from July 2011 which I booked my first family holiday with Travel Online to Queensland Island. However it seems as the company grows with more customers, service levels has dropped dramatically.
Phone call was taken from an operator bluntly informing that a consultant would return my call and I am still waiting as I am writing this review. There has been multiple errors of my current booking which it concerns me as...
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Slow with correspondence
It was easy to make a booking but I wanted to change it. It has been over 2 weeks since requesting the change and still no confirmation if the change has been accepted or not.
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Lack of communication
I booked an overseas holiday for me and my family, could not get my agent to respond to emails or phonecalls not really what you want when out laying that sort of money without knowing whats going on.
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Great packages but...
Travelonline has great bargains and I would check their website on a regular basis but I’m still waiting on them to get back to me on a side trip to Singapore... well I’m not actually, gave up and went to Flight Centre for flights and booked hotel in Singapore myself. So, they are great and very prompt only on what you see online on their page but don’t seem keen to help out like a walk in travel agent would.
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NOT sure if booked
Booked Fiji flights and accom however only received a holding not a confirmation. Had to follow for comfort to know it had been booked. Flight holding also changed after I had selected seats?
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Customer services was not good
Online advertise is different than in person. False statements, online site says breakfast included and they were saying not included. Seems not bothered how customer will be feeling. No sorry etc.
Hi Yogesh,
We are sorry to hear that we didn’t meet your expectations when booking with us. We genuinely try to provide excellent customer service to everyone we deal with, and we are disappointed it didn’t happen on this occasion. ...
Read more In regards to your booking, I believe your consultant Louise has already been in touch to discuss this with you and try to resolve the issue. We offer a number of different rates with varying inclusions to give our customers the freedom and flexibility to choose the price and level of inclusions that suit their needs. Some rates include breakfast and some cheaper rates may not. I believe Louise has emailed you with the details that show this. On this occasion, you selected a cheaper non-refundable rate that did not include breakfast using our online system. Our apologies if this wasn’t clear enough at the time of booking. If you would like to discuss this further, please reach out to our Reservations Manager Michelle on 07 38048439 or email michelle@travelonline.com. We would genuinely like the opportunity to discuss this with you again.Review collected in partnership with Travel Online
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Hi I have been leaving messages and sending emails and no one is responding to call backs or emails, does anyone work here !!! I would like to change my booking before I pay my final deposit.
Hi Lisa,
We apologise for the difficulty in getting in contact with us. As more international borders have reopened, everyone is very excited to travel again and as such we have been inundated with ...
Read morerequests. We are currently experiencing extremely high volumes of phone calls and email enquiries.We have booked a holiday to Fiji for 21/07/22 the holiday is paid in full, I have emailed Holidayonline yesterday morning asking what to next, I have not had a response, can anyone tell me what i should do?
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Hi Anna,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're so glad you had a wonderful time in Fiji! ...
Read more We do apologise for the delay in you receiving your refund, unfortunately we do have to wait until we receive the funds back from Virgin before we can process the refund on our end and due to the high volume of customers in a similar situation to you, there is a bit of a wait time. If you can please provide the TOCS reference number for your booking I will have the team chase up your refund and give you an ETA on when you can expect to see it in your account.