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Travel Complaints

There are various modes of transportation in India be it through air, sea or land. Indian transportation, due to its immense population, is one of the most widely used in the world.

For traveling within India people generally prefer to rent a car or travel via train or bus as they deem convenient. Ola and Uber are prime examples of this. These startups have skyrocketed and are one of most used traveling apps in the India.

Meanwhile, many people prefer to travel via plane as it saves times. For this they either book the ticket through the website directly or look for agents to do the same.

Apart from big names there are some private travel agencies in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata etc, which try to lure customers by offering them lucrative discounts. Travel agent frauds are quite prevalent in India. The most common travel agent/agency complaints include refund not provided, hotel denying check-in, fake promises etc.

Travel complaints have a sense of urgency and responsibility attached to them because no one wants to board a late flight or wants to stay in low-quality hotel.

We all want our travels and trips to be smooth right from the beginning. And if something does not go as per our expectations, the mood gets spoiled!

Therefore, it brings a significant responsibility on the shoulders of the travel companies to solve the issues faced by their customers. One should only book their hotels/flights via trustworthy sites to avoid getting duped. However, sometimes even these reputed travel companies commit an error.

In this article, we have covered the common travel complaints that are faced by customers and how you can resolve them.

But first lets check out the famous travel companies in India

Famous Travel Companies in India

1. Make My Trip
Make my Trip is one of the leading online travel companies in India. In 2000 it was founded by Deepak Kalra and had its headquarters in Gurugram, Haryana.

They have more than 14 company-owned travel stores in India and have over 30 franchisee-owned travel stores in India. They also have offices in Dubai, Phuket, Bangkok, New York, Kuala, and Lumpur.

2. Yatra:
Founded by Manish Amin, Sabina Chopra, and Dhruv Shringi in 2006, Yatra.com is the pre-eminent Indian online travel agency. It is based in Gurugram, Haryana. According to the sources in 2012, Yatra became the second-largest online travel service provider company in India.

3. OYO:
Oyo rooms, popularly known as Oyo hotels and rooms and stylized as OYO, is the fastest and largest growing hospitality chain in India. They worked on the franchising and leased system, which fortunately turned out to be the best for the company. Founded by Ritesh Agarwal in 2013, OYO gained much popularity right from the beginning.

4. GOIBIBO:
Subsidiary of Make My Trip Limited, Mauritius Ibibo, is a travel organization in 2006 by Ashish Kashyap. In 2013 Goibibo made it among the top five most trusted e-commerce brands in India.

5. HappyEasyGo:
Happy Easy Go is one of the emerging online travel company founded by Boris Zha in 2017. In 2019 it became the second-largest online travel booking platform in India and had more than 10 million customer bases all over the world. It has its headquarters in Gurugram, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hong Kong, and Singapore. During late 2018 HappyEasyGo established its hotel business.

6. Thomas Cook:
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has its headquarters in Mumbai and caters to all the travel related requirements from visas to foreign exchange. They established themselves in India in 1881 and expanded its business to all the nearby countries.

7. Clear Trip:
Clear Trip earlier was known as Clear Trip Travel Services Private limited is a universal online travel company established in 2016. It has its headquarters in Dubai and Mumbai. In India, they started with a vision of making travel simple by bridging the gap between the Indian hospitality and travel sector. It was founded as an air and hotel aggregator by Stuart Crighton, Mathew Spacie, and Hrush Bhatt.

8. Travel Guru:
Travel Guru is India’s leading and growing travel website. It offers flights, holiday packages, and hotels at the best prices; they aim to make your trip smooth and convenient.

9. Travel Triangle:
Founded by three IIT graduates Sanchit Garg, Prabhat Gupta, and Sankalp Agarwal. It is India’s first fully stacked Holiday Marketplace that connects verified travel agents and travelers. It was founded in 2011 and competed with companies such as Thrillophilia. It is a platform that is trusted by many.

10. Travelocity India:
It is rated as one of the best online travel portals in the world and perfectly caters to the local needs of the people by launching specialized programs. In India, they cater to both business and leisure requirements.

Types of Travel Complaints

1. Tickets canceled, but money is not refunded:
One of the significant problems that are being faced by customers of major travel companies is that they cancel the tickets, but money is not credited to their bank account. This is the most common issue faced by almost all the consumers in cities like Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru.

During COVID-19 times, many have reported on the internet that they have booked tickets, and they got canceled due to the pandemic. However, the companies did not refund the amount. Either they are saying that they have refunded the amount, or instead, they are offering a credit voucher.

2. No refund for flights canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic:
Due to the global pandemic, suddenly, flights were canceled. It was reported by customers of many major travel companies that they did not get their refund; however, the airlines did return the full booking amount. Many customers were upset because the travel companies did not inform them about the refund from the airlines.

3. Partial refund for the flights canceled due to COVID-19:
Many customers reported that they did not receive the full amount of flights they booked pre-corona. However, airlines have refunded the entire amount, but travel companies did not credit the whole amount; instead, they deducted a certain amount without giving any valid reason.

4. No refund against booked packages:
Many planned trips in June assuming that pandemic will end, but in the wake of current times, still, the tourism industry is on hold.

As people booked packages for traveling and now are requesting for a refund, but many companies are simply denying it.
However, many customers are disturbed with it because, in these uncertain times, they are struggling so much to get their refund.

5. Unable to connect with customer care service:
Many customers from significant travel companies face this very issue when they contact the customer care, they are not entertained, or their complaints are not correctly handled.

Many faced this particular issue while they were contacting the customer care, and their complaints were not appropriately welcomed or they were not able to connect with them.

6. Fraudulent booking agents:
Many travel companies have their booking agents, but some fraudsters just dive in and cheat people.
Many customers from significant companies, including Make My Trip and Yatra complained that they had been cheated by fraudsters in the name of these companies, and they have demanded a refund from the company.

7. Rescheduling of flights due to COVID-19:
Due to Corona pandemic, many people had to reschedule their flights, but travel companies are not helping them or are not considering their request.

8. Over billing by travel companies:
The most common types of complaints regarding Ola and Uber include over billing issues and not returning the left item in the cab. But you can try contacting the customer care number of Ola which is 098842437 and customer care of Uber which is 1300091272.

How to resolve travel complaints?

1. File support ticket/send an email:
You can always contact travel companies through their official website by going to their contact us section and by sending them an email. Customer service emails of some leading travel companies are:
Yatra- support@yatra.com
Make My Trip- care@makemytrip.com
Happy Easy Go- cs@happyeasygo.com
Clear Trip- customersupport@cleartrip.com
Goibibo- travel@goibibo.com
Travel guru- service@travelguru.com

2. Call Customer support:
One of the perfect ways to directly come in contact with the travel company is by contacting it through phone call for customer support. All these well-known travel companies have a 24*7 working customer care number which helps in resolving complaints as they value customer feedback. The customer care number of some of the leading travel agencies and hospitality companies in India are :

Cox and Kings Customer Care Number - 1800 209 0400
Thomas Cook Customer Care Number - 1800 209 9100
Club Mahindra Holidays Customer Care Number - 044 6695 3435
Expedia Customer Care Number – 800-319-4834
Yatra Customer Care Number - 0124 3040500
Goibibo Customer Care Number - 1800 208 1060
Makemytrip Customer Care Number - 1800 102 8747
Travelguru Customer Care Number - +91 92111 77444
Oyo Customer Care Number - 093139 31393
RedBus Customer Care Number - 1860 121 2102

3. Report to the airlines/hotel directly:
As we have seen above, many customers have reported that the airlines and hotels have issued a refund, but the travel companies have not refunded the money in the bank accounts. It is always better to contact the airlines or hotels directly if the companies don’t issue a refund by time. You can contact the airlines and hotels by calling them on their customer care number or by sending the email.

4. Send Legal Notice:
Consumers can send legal notices to travel company in case it is unable to resolve his complaint. It is one of the efficient ways to handle the issue legally. Check below to know how to send a legal notice to travel company?

Step 1: Firstly, get a legal notice drafted by a lawyer.
Step 2: Check it properly and make sure it is signed by lawyer.
Step 3: Keep a copy of it for future purposes.
Step 4: Send the legal notice to travel company by registered post.
Step 5: Keep the slip or delivery report for evidence.

5. File consumer forum case:
Consumer forum deals with consumer complaints and you should approach consumer forum if you feel that your rights as a consumer have been violated.

If travel company is not responding to your complaints even after sending legal notice by a lawyer then you should file a case against it in a consumer court.

Here is how you can file a case in the consumer court?

Step 1: Intimate the aggrieved party via legal notice.
Step 2: Draft the consumer complaint
Step 3: Attach all the relevant documents and proofs to support your complaint.
Step 4: Select the appropriate court for filing the complaint.
Step 5: Pay the prescribed court fee that is required to be paid along with the complaint.
Step 6: Submit the case along with the affidavit & fees in the court.

If you feel uncomfortable doing all this yourself, then you should use Voxya to file a complaint against travel company. We will send Legal Notice and prepare Case for filing in consumer court. We, at Voxya, are generally receiving more than 100 travel consumer complaints every month.

Most Common Issue Reported for Travel Complaints

Money deducted, Ticket not booked

No Refund

Booking canceled

Customer care not responding

Bad hotel booked

Misbehavior by staff

Fraudulent Booking agents

Fake Club membership sold

Train canceled without knowledge

Booking dates changed

Room was not clean

Cab did not arrive on time

Cab driver canceled the trip

Makemytrip not refunding the amount from AirIndia (Makemytrip india Pvt Ltd) ^Open

I booked a flight ticket in AirIndia flight through makemytrip last year. PNR is AYHCSE. I cancelled the flight due to medical reasons and AirIndia refunded Rs. **** to travel agency Makemytrip but Makemytrip is not refunding me this amount des...

Jul 08, 2024 by Vidhya g

Redbus support delaying refund process for cancelled bus (Redbus) ^Open

The bus was cancelled at the last moment by the operator (Holiday appeals pvt ltd). We raised the same issue with Redbus immediately , ** May ****, but still to this day no resolution has been provided We have followed up with Redbus support ...

Jul 07, 2024 by Rishabh

Worst bus service (Vetri travels) ^Open

I booked bus from Chennai to Pallapatti on July *th **.** PM. Bus delayed for *.** hrs. My sleeper berth got totally wet and my dress also got wet. I travelled whole night in drenched berth and dress. It was the worst service and bus company is...

Jul 06, 2024 by Priyanka

I want my money back PNR BKDIERWTIQP (Thrillophilia) ^Open

I had planned the trip to Rajasthan for * persons total cost was ***** and travel date as **th Oct ****. The trip was booked on **th June by Hemanth Jangid and I had paid the **% booking amount *****. After *-* days I had to reduce * passengers...

Jul 06, 2024 by Milind Mungaji

Refund not provided (Travololook in) ^Open

I booked ticket and paid Rs. ***** for my flights. soon after I made payments, they sent e-mail saying that the prices increased so they will refund. I am waiting for my refund since last * weeks! ...

Jul 05, 2024 by Amit S

Refund not issued against cancelled trip (Goibibo) ^Open

On *-June I tried booking train tickets via GoIbibo app while the money was deducted the booking could not be made as confirmed by the app on the same day. The app further showed that the refund is being issued and it should get credited by **-...

Jul 04, 2024 by Soumik Guha Biswas

Complaint Regarding Delayed Bus Journey (Vrl bus) ^Open

Date: **th June **** I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with my recent journey on bus number GA** T **** from Hyderabad to Belgaum. The scheduled arrival time was *:** AM, but the bus did not reach until **:** AM, resulting in a dela...

Jul 02, 2024 by Abrar

Order Cancelled by OLA Foods but money not refunded (Ola) ^Open

Ordered from OLA Ondc. ** minutes later the order was cancelled and the order page said refund completed. I never received the refund nor a response to my email....

Jul 01, 2024 by Ritvik Raj Bhushan

Withdrawal not received of amount 7500 (Parimatch india) ^Open

Withdrawal not received of amount ****/- approved by parimatch on ** june **** ,today is * July **** still my money not received in Bank account,i already shared the bank statement and bank confirmation letter also,but problem not solved by par...

Jul 01, 2024 by VARUN UPADHYAY

Refund against cancelled flight (Happy fares) ^Open

I’m Geeti Sthapak, writing about a distressing flight booking issue via Happyfares with GoFirst Airlines for a BAGDOGRA to DELHI flight on ****, June *th.On May **th, the flight got canceled due to operational reasons. GoFirst confirmed for...

Jul 01, 2024 by Geeti Sthapak

Complaint Regarding Delayed Journey and Impact on Work Productivity (Vrl bus) ^Open

Dear Voxya Team, I am writing to file a formal complaint regarding a significantly delayed bus journey I experienced with VRL Travels on **-June-****, from Belgaum to Hyderabad. Despite the scheduled arrival time of *:** AM in Hyderabad, the...

Jun 30, 2024 by Abrar

HOTEL DENIED OF BOOKING AND CHECK IN (Agoda Booking App) ^Open

Dear sir/mdm, I had booked ** deluxe rooms in a hotel named as HOTEL GOROOMGO SRINAGAR through agoda booking app. My booking was confirmed and the amount was deducted. check in date was **-**-**. When i arrived at hotel to check i...

Jun 28, 2024 by Arun kumar das

Scammed by Hullikatte Homestay Chikmuglar (Tripture Hullikaate Homestay ) ^Open

I had an extremely disappointing stay at this homestay. As we were a large group of **, we had booked a dormitory. Here are the key issues we faced: *. **Difficult Access**: The path leading to the property was terrible, steep, and hard...

Jun 28, 2024 by Joel Dean Pinto

Refund not received against flight cancellation (Cleartrip) ^Open

Two Flight Tickets Booked from Cleartrip.com. Trip Ids: ************ and ************ These were GoAir flights cancelled without any prior notice or intimation. The first one was on May **, ****, and the second one was on June *, ****. To da...

Jun 23, 2024 by Hirak Misra

Refund issue (Adam Vacations Pvt Ltd ) ^Open

I booked an airline ticket on Adam Vacations (https://www.adamvacations.com), an online travel agency and airline consolidator, via Etihad Airways from Chicago to Bangalore with a stopover in Abu Dhabi. The booking was made on February *, ****,...

Jun 23, 2024 by Neelaja K M

Amount not refund (Fala Holidays And Packages) ^Open

Hi sir/ madam, am sathish fala membership, my membership id:- FHC#*** Since Last * year no response from fala staff side. Am affected loss of money from fala holidays and packages. Sir, I paid ** thousand and interest will be paid ** thousand,...

Jun 19, 2024 by Sathish s

Inappropriate Conduct and Denial of Washroom Facilities for Women and Kid (Laxmiholidays) ^Open

I am writing to formally lodge a complaint regarding the disappointing service I experienced during my recent journey with LAXMIHOLIDAYS Bus Service, which starkly contradicts your reputation as the best bus operator in North India. On **th Ju...

Jun 18, 2024 by ANUSAYA BOSE

Refund Not Issued (Orchid Hospitality And Holidays Pvt Ltd) ^Open

I bought a Holiday package from the Company. I cancelled the package and they have confirmed that the refund has been issued. However, I have not receievd the refund. It has been more than * months since I am chasing them for this. They have ...

Jun 17, 2024 by Vaibhav Garg

Hotel Charges Extra Amount (Oyo Hotels ) ^Open

Booked Oyo Hotel Raj Ratan in Ahmedabad. Booking ID - ZRUV****. During Checkin the hotel denied to provide the room and demand for Rs.***/- Extra. I said that i will complaint to Oyo regarding this, then they told me that if you complaint to Oy...

Jun 15, 2024 by Gaurav Pathak

Hotel Accomodation NOT provided after taking advance payment (Goibibo) ^Open

I made a hotel booking for * nights at VIVANTA Taj Hotels , Dwaraka , New Delhi from **-**-**** to **-**-**** and Paid full payment as advance, ( Booked on **-**-****) ** days prior to my stay . I have received a confirmation that My Hotel Res...

Jun 13, 2024 by SURIYAN PANDURANGAN

Not refunding my money for hotel booking (Ease my trip) ^Closed

We had a room booking at hotel ** elegance on July **, **** and when we reached hotel they mentioned they can allow only * of us but we had an infant of * year with us and they told they will not allow kid with us. As per the hotel policy they...

Aug 23, 2023 by Sirisha Jogiparthy

Flight cancelled but still refund not peovided (easemy trip) ^Closed

I have cancelled the flight around the third or fourth week of july.Its almost *month they are not giving response to the calls that I have made to the customer care.I have purchased the flight ticket via bajaj emi card....

Aug 23, 2023 by Mohammed Nadeem

Refund for my hotel booking cancellation (Yatra) ^Closed

I Have Booked A Hotel Through Yatra And I Cancelled The It They Said It Ill Get A Refund In A * To * Days I Been **days I Didnt Get Any Kind Of Refund And No Response From The Yatra and this is my second complaint first one was closed by yatra ...

Aug 17, 2023 by Pilla sai prasad

REFUND FOR FLIGHT CANCELLATION FROM YATRA (Yatra Com) ^Closed

Sir, I booked a flight ticket via Yatra.com on * July **** from Srinagar- Delhi-Kochi. Total passengers * includes me, my wife & our daughter. The total cost of the ticket was around Rs. ***** and an additional Rs. **** was paid for Cancella...

Aug 15, 2023 by ASHOK MURUKAN S

REFUND NOT GIVEN (Easemytrip) ^Closed

On **.**.****, i tried to book flight ticket from India to USA on easemytrip website. I booked it total three times as everytime they informed me that the airline rejected the booking. Fair enough, now the amount is credited to the Ease my trip...

Aug 13, 2023 by Satya Sandeep chintu

Delay is processing refund by yatra (Yatra Com) ^Closed

Following points may be seen to resolve my issue with regard to inordinate delay in refunding the flight cancellation amount of Rs ****.** [against the PNR No. NVBMSN] from Kolkata to Srinagar vide cancellation ID ************* dated **.**.****...

Aug 10, 2023 by Rudrajit Misra

Refund for my hotel booking cancellation (Yatra) ^Closed

I have booked a hotel through yatra and i cancelled the it they said it ill get a refund in a * to * days i been **days i didnt get any kind of refund and no response from the yatra...

Aug 09, 2023 by Pilla sai prasad

Flight Booking Unconfirmed even after payment deduction (Yatra.com) ^Closed

Hi, I recently made a booking through yatra.com for flight AI *** air india dated ** Aug from Dubai to Pune. Please look into this, and confirm the booking. Here are the details: Booking Reference Number: ************* Phone Number: **...

Jul 26, 2023 by Nadarajan Pappan

Ticket amount not refunded (Ease my trip) ^Closed

I booked a malindo airlines flight in April through ease my trip's website but flight got rescheduled so I had to cancel that. I waited for ** days for refund and after that I contacted the airlines they said they had sent the refund to the tra...

Jul 26, 2023 by Tilak Raj chhabra

Demand of refund (Ola cabs mumbai) ^Closed

Hi Team, This is to highlight the issue which I had on my last ride with Ola. We boarded the cab at *.** am on **th July **** from my residence as we had to reach Badlapur by *.** am for performing the final rituals of my late father. The cab...

Jul 26, 2023 by Kavita Santosh

Evaan Vacation Not giving service (Evaan Vacation Club) ^Closed

I have purchased Evaan Vacation club membership for * years In which they offer me ** Nights with AMC and * Free nights in their and all associate property which they claimed to be *-* Star. Every time I need to keep following up with them an...

Jul 21, 2023 by vaibhav agarwal

Refund not initiated against Tr ID dtdpartial cancellation of air tickets (Yatra Com) ^Closed

Following details may be perused: PNR No. NVBMSN Cancellation date: **.**.**** [ for * persons] i.r.o Indigo flights [Rudrajit Misra & Titir Misra] Refund amount : Rs ****.** + *** (e-cash) Cancellation Tr No. ************* Cancelled PNR n...

Jul 21, 2023 by Rudrajit Misra

Air ticket booked on yatra amount deducted ticket not provided (Yatra.com) ^Closed

Air ticket booked on yatra , amount deducted , ticket not provided Pathetic Service : While booking flight from ahmedabad to lucknow for **th july , amount deducted . Ticket shown on the portal with no PNR , now the ticket itself is not...

Jul 20, 2023 by Pramod kumar singh

Double Payment Issue for Extra Baggage (Easemytrip) ^Closed

This is regarding my booking (PNR No : ***VIN ) . I made a payment of Rs **** for extra baggage through EASEMYTRIP, but they failed to forward the amount to AIRINDIA. Consequently, I had to make a duplicate payment directly to AIRINDIA at th...

Jul 15, 2023 by PRIYA SHARMA

Bus did not turned up (easemy trip) ^Closed

I have booked bus from chennai to banglore yesterday night with easemytrip. No one bothered to contact me, tried calling the bus driver number and it is switched off. Contacted Yolo Bus customer service and they said driver will contact me and ...

Jul 14, 2023 by Suman

Book flight from yatra com money deducted but flight did not confirm (Yatra.com) ^Closed

Hello , I have booked a flight from yatra.com, money deducted but no flight booked yet .I tried to reach customer care but it wont help .I will attach the evidence for the reference of money deducted and message getting from yatra.com...

Jul 06, 2023 by Ekta Srivastava

Fraud JDP Clud and Resort Holiday Package (Jdp Club And Resort) ^Closed

I want to bring to everyone's attention the appalling experience I have had with JDP Club and Resort. I paid a hefty sum of ***** for a holiday package, but to my dismay, I have not received any booking confirmation and my countless attempts to...

Jul 03, 2023 by GANESH BHARAT GOLE

Rescheduling not possible (Yatra Com) ^Closed

I want to reschedule my flight tickets from Orlando to Munmbai as per details below VIMAL THOSAR BOOKING REF NO ************* TICKET NO ***-**********-** AIRLINE PNR WEL*R* UDAY CHITALE BOOKING REF NO ************* TICKET NO ************* ...

Jul 02, 2023 by Uday chitale

Complete refund on cancelled flight ticket (Yatra Com) ^Closed

I have booked * flight tickets from vijawada to delhi(july**nd,****) on yatra.com at a fare of **,*** including taxes. I need to cancell the flight tickets due to few reasons. While looking at iternary in yatra they are refunding *,*** on can...

Jun 30, 2023 by Bindu Uppu

Scamed By Easemytrip (Easemytrip.com) ^Closed

So on ** June **** which is today I booked * tickets through easemytrip.com From manali to Delhi. before I make payment the seats were available hence i proceed for payment details, i made payment and after the payment was successful the new wi...

Jun 27, 2023 by Aditya kekane