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The source of information about EXPEDIA you might not find anywhere but that might be useful for travelers to avoid bad experiences
Come back soon, EXPEDIA gives us a lot to talk about (pretty often)(Contact: webmaster@victimsofexpedia.com )
Complaints about EXPEDIA during
General information about EXPEDIA in newspapers and review sites
Link Exchange sites
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Indiana Jones-like adventures with EXPEDIA (very funny)
2007 Articles about EXPEDIA
NEW: Independent sites devoted to expose EXPEDIA unethical business practice:
These sites have no relation with www.victimsofexpedia.com or www.expedianews.com and shows that other people are willing to alert people about how they feel expedia cheated them:
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| Since Sep 2005 | Complaint/informative | victimsofexpedia | How EXPEDIA tried to scam me (1,254.95 U$D) and failed miserably (very informative and proves EXPEDIA is a scammer) | |
| Since Jan 2008 | Complaint/informative | Here you go! This is kind of a short version! More will be posted on my BLOG! I have some video I will be posting as well! |
This is the horrible ONGOING story of: Chris (You can contact this victim at: expediaexposed@gmail.com) |
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| ??? | Complaint/Informative | Kingkeld | WARNING: Expedia.com will STEAL your money! | |
| 10-17-2007 | Very Informative | AC associated contents | Expedia Issues "A Closer Look at Customer Service Complaints" (Don't miss these articles) | |
| 03-31-2008 | Complaint/informative | Blog | "No-show" | |
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Complaints from 2008 (EXPEDIA is behaving as I predicted) We can expect hundreds maybe thousands more complaints for this year. Expedia is very prolific in cheating customers. Come back soon to read complaints from people that are being cheated by EXPEDIA during 2008. This is just a tiny fraction of complaints in internet about EXPEDIA |
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| 07-21-08 | Complaint | IndianaJosh Blog | "....Technically, the problem itself was a result of Expedia and their system that glitched and double-processed our order without actually following through with the issuing of tickets. It was Expedia's error that began all this mess, and in my mind, if they were a respectable company, with any degree of integrity, they would've recognized and admitted this mistake on their behalf, and would've at least done what they could for us....." | |
| 07-03-2008 | Complaint/informative |
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:41:17 -0700 (PDT) Submitted to www.victimsofexpedia.com |
Well I just want people to know how horrible Expedia is. I booked a hotel with them because of their $50 gas card offer. So at 3 weeks, no gas card, sent an email to their customer support, you know - they claim to answer all emails within 4 hrs... right. So I did this every week and got nothing, so I decided to call them and of course the were sorry and advised me that they would email me a form and then the card would be sent. Well of course another 2 weeks went by and of course no email or form. Called again, and was on the phone, on hold for an hour and then finally, I was promised a $50 refund to my credit card, as they no longer can provide me with a gas card. I of course don't believe a word they say, but maybe I will be surprised! | |
| 06-26-2008 | Informative |
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:13:34 -0400 From: "Chris" <XXXXXX@gmail.com> Yahoo! DomainKeys has confirmed that this message was sent by gmail.com. Learn more To: webmaster@victimsofexpedia.com Subject: expedia BS |
Hello, Just felt compelled to share with someone what I just experienced. So, I googled "expedia scams" and found you. Put this up is you want, please protect my identity; call me Chris if you want, but don't use my e-mail or contact info please. So. I was looking for a romatic getaway from my girlfriend and I and thought "Hey, Captain Kirk's got my back" so I went on all those sites. Expedia, Orbits, Cheaptickets, Hotels dot com. Expedia had the lowest price, but for some reason, I decided to try to bargain with the hotel and just called them. I told the girl at the front desk that I looked at all these sites and the cheapest I found was 239$ a night. So I asked her if it was better to do that or go through the hotel first hand and she told me that is is ALWAYS more expensive to use those sites. She quoted me a price of 199$ a night for a better room! Anyway, my intuition was correct, and I booked two nights for probably 100$ cheaper and a better room just by calling the hotel myself. Im sorta pissed that these damn commercials make us think that we will save all this money when we actually save money by dealing with the hotel directly. I hope that you can get this out to people so they may take the time to do what I did. Chris. |
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| 05-23-2008 | my3cents.com | "Do Not Book With Expedia - Overcharged By $1,600 Dollars" | ||
| 05-06-2008 | Complaint | Submitted to victims of expedia.com (Jonas) |
"My
trip was a travel nightmare, unbooked flights, last minute
cancellations I was not notified of. Over $200 of long distance
charges from Europe, mostly on hold. Expedia will not return calls,
they require you call them back or wait on hold. Calling back gets a
different agent, and is invariably unable to follow up where the last agent
left off, so you are back to square one.We were stranded at the
airport when they did not notify the ground transport of a flight change
(they also did not notify us, we spent 12 hours at the airport). I called
and specifically requested they notify ground transport. They did not. The return flight was unbooked, and we ended up buying another ticket and having to stay in Greece longer than planned. Expedia is refusing to refund the money. To say they are crooks is an understatement. Even though the cost to me is probably less than the cost of a lawyer, their arrogance and irresponsibility are so outrageous, I will probably seek legal recourse." |
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| 04-28-2008 | Complaint | Submitted to victims of expedia.com (Jacqueline) | " Made airline reservations through Expedia using a prior credit. Expedia charged a rebooking fee through VISA but failed to have tickets issued. When the airline cancelled the reservation four months later due to Expedia's failure to pay, Expedia charged me the walkup fee. Attempts to straighten out the mess by e-mail and phone were infuriating. Customer service is not their modus oparandi. It appears that even though they had our money, they did not use it to pay for the ticket. This leaves me to believe that either they have a cash flow problem or someone has his hand in the cookie jar." | |
| 04-28-2008 | Complaint | Submitted to victims of expedia.com (Tish) |
"We booked round-trip air with Expedia
involving 2 segments each way. They called a couple of months later to say segment #3 would have to be re-scheduled as airline had "cancelled" flight. Expedia agent put me on hold & never came back. When I called back I found out the rep had cancelled all our flights... totally gone! In the next 11 hours (yes, I was on hold or on the line with multiple Expedia reps for 11 hours straight) it got "fixed", then "unfixed" several times. It was a nightmare! For my trouble they 'gave' me a coupon of $100 towards a 3-night hotel stay that expired in 30 days. We would have had to use it during the time our trip was already planned and booked. Worthless! We continued to get conflicting emails from them saying our flight were cancelled and not cancelled. At one point they had us on two different simultaneous flights. This went on for weeks!We were afraid the whole trip that we would get to the gate only to have them say we didn't have ! a reservation I wrote them an email about the problem and said I doubted I would ever hear from them about it...and I was right!! They must be doing so well that they could care less about their customers. Take your $$ somewhere else, not to Expedia! " |
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| 04-21-2008 | Complaint | Submitted to victims of expedia.com (Betsy) |
"More
than 13 international phone calls....more than 400 minutes on hold....
and I receive the great news that
Expedia has processed my refund today - 3 months after I requested it - and that I will have the money credited to my account in - hello?? - 30 to 60 days. At this point I should just be glad that I'll have it within a year of when I purchased the tickets. NEVER USE EXPEDIA!!!! THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE GUARANTEES ARE AS WORTHLESS AS THE TICKETS THAT THEY SOLD ME. Read the full Story |
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| 04-19-2008 | Complaint | "Expedia screwed up my flight trips and I have to pay for it" | ||
| 04-15-2008 | Complaint | RipoffReport.com | "...I had $300.00 on the account to get a Hotel and was gone. I asked Why? and they said I had 2 airline companies withdraw money from the acount. Thats when I found out that Expedia resubmited the order and when Hotwired withdraw the money my balance went -$400.00. I had tryied to get remborse my money but Expedia is refusing. The confirmation e-mail for the tickets they assigned went to a person named Orlando Tirado in atlanta Georgia besause Expedia used a wrong e-mail address with my phone #......" | |
| 04-11-2008 | Complaint | rateitall | " stayed in an.. Expedia hotel where I had problems. ..." | |
| 04-11-2008 | Complaint | Jeff On Cloud Computing | "I booked my first trip through Expedia.com. It was a package deal that included airfare and a hotel booking with Embassy Suites. I arrived at my destination and found that the hotel had no record of my reservation." | |
| 04-01-2008 | Complaint/Informative | RipoffReport | Hotels.com New York Palace Hotel, WAMU, Providian, VISA and consumer blamed for fraudulent booking by IACs Expedia-owned hotels.com, travelnow.com Dallas, Texas Internet'' | |
| 03-31-2008 | Complaint | rateitall | "Great service until something goes wrong and you need to contact them" | |
| 03-30-2008 | Complaint | RipoffReport | ";;;Expedia Scheduled us with a bankrupt Air Carrier, made us buy additional tickets from another airline and are not refunding us. East Elmhurst New York..." | |
| 03-30-2008 | Complaint | My3Cents | "Expedia Sucks !!! They'll Give You The Run A Round And Leave You Hanging" | |
| 03-30-2008 | Complaint | Blog | They won't let us leave! | |
| 03-28-208 | Complaint | "Lastest Victim of Expedia.com" | ||
| 03-27-2008 | Complaint | RipoffReport | "...Expedia didn't give credits after paying extra for cancelation Bellevue Washington" | |
| 03-26-2008 | Complaint | RipoffReport | "Expedia refuses to fly us home Internet" | |
| 03-24-2008 | Complaint | rateitall | " PLEASE TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW NOT TO USE THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE THE WORST AND NONE OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS CAN HELP WITH ANYTHING." | |
| 03-13-2008 | Complaint | My3Cents | "Expedia owes me $4,900 - Expedia Travel" | |
| 0313-2008 | Complaint | MouthShut | "Customer Service Problems of Olympic Proportions" | |
| 03-10-2008 | travelpod.com | "I've been robbed!!" | ||
| 02-25-2008 | Complaint | "My issue has not been resolved and Expedia or DELTA are not willing to change the seating because they don't have any seats available." | ||
| 02-17-2008 | Complaint | reviewcentre.com | "Their customer service is horrible. They made a mistake and I was billed for 227 for a flight I didnt want." | |
| 02-15-2008 | Complaint | reviewcentre.com | "Customer sevice is not helpful. I waited an hour on the phone to speak to a customer service representative." | |
| 01-01-2008 | Complaint | reviewcentre.com | "We will NEVER use Expedia again!" | |
| 02-12-2008 | Complaint | Expedia USAirways complaint | ||
| 02-03-2008 | Complaint | MouthShut | I'll Never use Expedia Again | |
| 02-06-2008 | Complaint/Informative | The Once Over | "User Guide: Expedia–What you need to know before you buy" | |
| 01-27-2008 | Complaint | MouthShut | "got a call from the FRAUD DETECTION DEPT to let me know about the incorrect amount expedia had charged. ..." | |
| 01-24-2008 | Informative | Elliot.org | "Is Expedia censoring negative comments about its resorts?" | |
| 01-22-2008 | Complaint | RipoffReport.com | "Hotels.com Is An Operating Company Of Expedia Nasdaq: EXPE Accused me of Lying Rude Ripped us off Charged for an unconfirmed Reservation Overcharged Venice Italy Internet Based Company Dallas Texas" | |
| 01-21-2008 | Complaint | Zieak.com | "Fighting Expedia for a refund" | |
| 01-17-2008 and 01-06 08 | Complaints | Consumer affair |
"....I spent 1030 USD which I am losing for no reason...." "...We had to buy a new ticket the day of our flight. It cost us a little over $1000 - so we have so far paid twice for a ticket to Cancun .." |
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| 01-15-2008 | Complaint | complaint board | "Hotel was in bankruptcy when I booked" | |
| 01-07-2008 | Complaint | Gadling | "Holiday Travel Hell Part 2: If you need anything from Expedia, scream at them for an hour" | |
| 01-05-2008 | Complaint/informative | thestar.com | "...." | |
| 01-05-2008 | Complaint/Informative | rateitall | "...Dont waste your money with this one" | |
| 01-03-2008 | Complaint | rateitall | "....Expedia customer service is no help, worst of any major company I have worked with...." | |
| 01-03-2008 | Complaint | "...Yet, Expedia.com has raped our company of over $600 plus their fee" | ||
| 01-01-2008 | Complaint | reviewcentre.com | "We will NEVER use Expedia again!" | |
| Complaints from 2007 (yes, a long cheating tradition) | ||||
| 12-27-2007 | Complaint | Complaintboards | "....There is plenty other method to buy air ticket, do not use Expedia....." | |
| 12-17-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "We were dumb enough to make a Hawaii package reservation with them" | |
| 12-15-2007 | Complaint | pissedconsumer | "Wrong flight time still get penalty" | |
| 12-14-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport | "WLI*RESERVATIONREWARDS ,RIPOFF,They Are Using The Same Credit Card # That I Gave Expedia To Charge Me! Sneaky Corporation in Kahootz w/ Expedia, hmmm Shelton Connecticut" | |
| 12-09-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | "Two travellers - One seat - Booking to Dallas " | |
| 12-09-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport | "Expedia won't issue any credits for airline fare changes- WON'T HONOR THEIR OWN POLICIES" | |
| 12-03-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "DO NOT USE THEM." | |
| 12-03-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Don't book anything with these scam artists" | |
| 12-03-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Don't book any "extras" through Expedia" | |
| 12-03-2007 | Informative | my3cents | "Customer service-receipt and Thank you points - Airline booking" | |
| 11-29-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport | "Expedia lied to, misled their customers " | |
| 11-20-2007 | Complaint | pissedconsumer | "Ghost Expedia Credit Card Charges" | |
| 11-18-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | ".....we found out we had purchased 8 tickets for the four of us and no refund".... | |
| 11-17-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | ".....Been trying to get expedia to refund or onbtain a refund for a trip in Jan 07......" | |
| 11-16-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "...EXPEDIA is a rip off!..." | |
| 11-13-2007 | Complaint | ComplaintBoard | "Non-existant customer service!" | |
| 11-12-2007 | Complaint/Informative | horsepigcow.com | "Why Smart Travelers Should NEVER Book With Expedia" | |
| 11-09-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "How is this company still operating?..." | |
| 11-09-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "A Kafkian experience, really: I've spent 7 and a half hours in total...." | |
| 11-09-2007 | COMPLAINT for Reviews for Expedia Corporate Travel Service | rateitall | "...want to lose valuable time and money and add frustration and chaos to your life. then book through expedia...." | |
| 11-06-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Expedia staff is trained to LIE and oh so conviently lose connection with unhappy customers" | |
| 11-06-2007 | Complaint | mouthshut | "Expedia.com Steals Money From Hard Working Folks" | |
| 11-04-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport | "The Expedia.com promise is worthless, get a travel agent" | |
| 11-02-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "I've been calling expedia every day for a week now....." | |
| 11-02-2007 | COmplaint | ripoffreport | "Use Expedia if you want to pay more.." | |
| OCTOBER 2007 | Complaint informative about EXPEDIA.CA | MyExpediaExperience.com | Horrible experience of one EXPEDIA.CA customer | |
| 10-30-2007 | Complaint | MiamiHerald.com | INQUIRY "Tickets for military R&R never made it to Kuwait" | |
| 10-29-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "...
trying to cancel a
flight been on hold for 3 hours total..." |
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| 10-26-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport | "They advertised a motel on their website as a 3 star but the motel put us in a occupied room, cracked smoke filled, & a mouse in the room." | |
| 10-21-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Do not book ever with expedia......" | |
| 10-20-2007 | Complaint | Complaints.com | ".....I am not satisfied with my entire experience with Expedia....." | |
| 10-16-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | "Absolute, horrible, without redemption service - Airline reservations" | |
| 10-15-2007 | Complaint | mouthshut | "Expedia Stole $500 From Me" | |
| 10-14-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport | "Expedia.ca falsely claimed higher room rate for a reservation change" | |
| 10-13-2007 | Complaint/Informative | pissedconsumer | "....Do your homework before going through one of these companies. It may look like they are offering lower prices, but it may end up costing you in the long run." | |
| 10-11-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "they are the aboslute worst..." | |
| 10-03-2007 | informative | Travolution bpisslog or BBC watchdog | "Expedia takes a kicking on BBC Watchdog" | |
| 10-09-2007 | Complain/informative | zieak.com | "Expedia refunds" | |
| 10-02-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "expedia has the worst customer service possible..." | |
| 10-02-2007 | Informative | my3cents | "Reservations Not Forwarded to Hotel - Reservations" | |
| 10-02-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | "Delta vs. Frontier vs. Expedia - Frontier vs. Delta - Expedia screwed this one!" | |
| 09-26-2007 | Complaint/informative | Shane Greer Blog | "Don't Trust Expedia" | |
| 09-26-2007 | COmplaint | ComplaintBoard | " Extremely poor customer service!" | |
| 09-25-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Too bad you can't rate them less than a star...." | |
| 09-25-2007 | Complaint | planetfeedback | "My Refund, 4trh request..." | |
| 09-24-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Expedia is a rip-off....." | |
| 09-23-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Expedia Sucks!! Do not even consider booking with these fools....." | |
| 09-22-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | Expedia put a hold on bank funds when no transaction had taken place - Flight Booking | |
| 09-17-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "...I LOST $685.00 TO THESE PR1CKS." | |
| 09-15-2007 | Complaint | PlanetFeedback | "I was lied to about a getting a voucher." | |
| 09-11-2007 | Complaint | Ripoff report | "Expedia.com International Travel Screwed by Expedia Internet" | |
| 09-11-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "....Bad service,bad system, long hold times, liars for customer service...." | |
| 09-102007 | Complaint | Planetfeedback | "Cancun trip" | |
| 09-04-2007 | Complaint | Ripoff report | "Expedia Stole $400.00 Deposit On-line Florida" | |
| 08-31-2007 | Complaint | Complaints.com | "DO NOT BELIEVE HOTEL RATINGS AND TRAVELER REVIEWS POSTED IN EXPEDIA!" | |
| 08-29-2007 | Complaint | The consumerist | "Expedia Refunds Your Canceled Trip Whichever Way It Finds Cheapest, Lies About It" | |
| 08-27-2007 | Complaint | my space blog | "DONT EVER EVER EVER USE EXPEDIA FOR TRAVEL NEEDS!!!" | |
| 08-22-2007 | Complaint/Informative | My3cents | "Horrible Service - Flight" | |
| 08-21-2007 | Complaint | pissedconsumer | "I'm so pissed I could Spit!...." | |
| 08-16-2007 | Complaint | MouthShut | "Slow, horrible service, don't use Expedia" | |
| 08-14-2007 | Complaint | PauloUTWEST | "NEVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA! NEVER! Never fly "Jet Airways" either." | |
| 08-14-2007 | Complaint | Complaints Board |
(Complaints on "Expedia.ca") Booked a hotel room that was not Available |
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| 08-10-2007 | Complaint | StarTribune | "Travel Troubleshooter: Expedia didn't book tickets, and offered no explanation" | |
| 08-08-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | "Missing Ticket - Airline Ticket" | |
| 08-05-2007 | Complaint | Daily Herald | "The reservation that wasn't on Expedia" | |
| 08-01-2007 | Complaint | randyrants.com | "....never thought I'd get to this level of frustration with an online company, but I getting extremely close to activating my "legal benefits" package at work and suing Expedia.com for the on going debacle that was my vacation...." | |
| 08- -2007 | Complaint | eopinions | "Expedia SUCKS" | |
| 07-31-2007 | Informative | LegalNewsline.com |
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| 07-30-2007 | Complaint | Elliot.org | "The reservation that wasn't" | |
| 07-25-2007 | Complaint | RipoffReport.com | "Expedia Reservation Ripoff followed by customer service nightmare ripoff Bellevue Washington" | |
| 07-24-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | "Will not refund my money - Hotel Stay 1 night, pay for 4" | |
| 07-18-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | "European car rental through Expedia.com - car rental" | |
| 07-10-2007 | Complaint/informative | eopinions | "Expedia's support will leave you on hold until you give up"" | |
| 07-07-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | "Caveat Needed For Expedia Airfare Credit - Airfare Credit Restriction" | |
| 07-06-2007 | Complaint | The Consumerist | "Man Locked Out Of Hotel Room, Expedia Agrees To Completely Refund ..." | |
| 06-29-2007 | Conplaint/Informative | World Wide Webber blog | "Expedia.co.uk - Read the small print first!" | |
| 06-28-2007 | Complaint | Planetfeedback | NEVER USE EXPEDIA - THEY WILL RUIN YOUR TRIP | |
| 06-27-2007 | Complaint/informative | Fainacial savior-faire | "Expedia Strikes Again" | |
| 06-27-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport |
Expedia Ripoff dishonest failure to refund tickets Internet |
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| 06-26-2007 | Complaint | planetfeedback | "Two Hours Waiting!" | |
| 06-25-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Do I have to even put one star?........." | |
| 06-20-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport | "Expedia.com Issued invalid tickets, did not refund, 7 months now, lost 800 USD Internet" | |
| 06-18-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | "Business Travel Not Possible on Expedia" "I encourage you to NEVER AGAIN use Expedia.com......" | |
| 06-13-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | ".....Expedia's business practices bordered on fraud....." | |
| 06-13-2007 | Complaint | eopinions | "Deceptive, outrageous cancellation policy" | |
| 06-11-2007 | Complaint | ComplaintBoard | "Worst of all, very rude customer service people!" | |
| 06-09-2007 | complaint | cogdogblog | "curses to EXPEDIA" | |
| 06-06-2007 | complaint | rateitall | "Cancellation fees are outrageous." | |
| 06-03-2007 | Complaint | my3cents | Consumer review about hotel reservation | |
| 06-03-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "Expedia sucks. Bottom line........" | |
| 06-01-2007 | Cmplaint | ComplaintWire | Expedia mistakes cost me $1225 and counting | |
| 05-31-2007 | Complaint | rateitall | "EXPEDIA SUCKS, LIES & TAKES YOUR MONEY!!!!" | |
| 05-25-2007 | Complaint/informative | pissed consumers | review/complaint about EXPEDIA's protection plan (probably a scam) | |
| 05-18-2007 | Complaint | ripoffreport | "Expedia Misleads consumers with hotel reviews" | |
| 05-15-2007 | Complaint | Define your world | "I hate Expedia.com" | |
| 05-08-2007 | Complaint | mouthshout | "" | |
| 05-04-2007 | Informative | Customers ROCK | ||