I regret ever booking through travel start. Getting an agent to assist is impossible. It’s been over 2 days trying to refund my ticket and I am yet to be assisted. Call centre contact number doesn’t g... Ver más
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I regret ever booking through travel start. Getting an agent to assist is impossible. It’s been over 2 days trying to refund my ticket and I am yet to be assisted. Call centre contact number doesn’t g... Ver más
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worst place to book a flight, I booked a flight and got contradicting information about transit visa requirements. An agent told me I did not need any, however I did. No accommodation whatever, all my... Ver más
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I request Travelstart to change one leg on my return flight of 3 differnt flights. I paid R6963 for the change. At the Airport I was told that Travelstart did not complete my booking. Spoke to a agent... Ver más
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Bolaget uppger ett pris i Skyscanner som är oriktigt och först meddelar att "priset har ökat" efter man fyllt i alla uppgifter i bokningen, accepterat villkoren och godkänt betalningssättet. "Vill du... Ver más
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Based in Sunny Cape Town, Travelstart is your one-stop online travel shop. Forget trawling the web for the latest flight specials. We bring you the best international and domestic flights from all your favourite airlines. Book your hotel stay at properties on every continent. We offer you travel insurance too, for peace of mind. Select car hire from top car rental companies, book bus tickets to anywhere in southern Africa, and even book your next holiday activity. For custom holiday packages to anywhere in the world, contact our travel experts and let’s make it happen. For all your travel needs, go with the best and we’ll take care of the rest.
Longkloof Studios, Block B,Darters Road, Gardens, 8001, Cape Town, Sudáfrica
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If I could give zero starts I would. These people are absolute charlatans and you should avoid booking flights through them. Just book your flight through the airline.
In 2022 I booked a flight with them and the flight ended up being cancelled by the airline. When you book through an agency it is their responsibility to book you onto another flight, they told me that there was nothing they could do for me and I had to nearly BEG the airline to put me on another flight. Travelstart doesn’t offer any real services so you may as well just book through the airline.
This year I booked a flexi ticket through them, in the past I’d made the mistake of booking trips that were shorter than intended so I thought this would help me extend my itinerary if I wanted. These criminal wizards proceeded to quote me R8000 for the new itinerary while the new flight itinerary in question was only R4000, although there should have been no charges!! When I contacted the airline they said they could only help me 48 hours before the flight and would only charge me 60$ for the date changes. When I informed travel start the sent me an email stating that if I chose a different date then it would come out cheaper!! How can you charge someone R8000 “airline changes” when the flight is half of that, and the ticket in question is a flexi ticket (suggests one free date change). These people are CROOKS and just like other travel agencies, their days are numbered. Don’t give these people your money! They are money hungry witches!

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Booking error on their web page caused wrong dates booked. Not able to refund as "LLC" supposedly does not refund. Got quoted on date change and the price ended up more than what I would pay should I book the flight myself!!! Including the discount of the price I've paid for the original booking. What a joke. Steer clear of this lot. Stay away from supporting the local small boys. They rubbish asnd so are their customer service.

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Ive spent an hour in the phone with my bank. Still no result. You say 3-7 working days my bank says 7-14 days. This is ridiculous !!!! You can charge the amount with in seconds from my account and I have to follow up with getting my funds back. Travelstart should wake up !!! I don’t have the time to spend hours on a call to claim back funds. When this is a problem with a virtual card for multiple clients, WHY don’t you state a line saying or advising clients ???? The history sounds like a normal problem to you or something that happens often.
As a private client with FNB i need to hold on to calls and get transferred multiple times just to receive no result what so ever. I always pick travelstart for the convenience of flying… but when a client needs assistance ASAP with a fault that is not from the client the service becomes poor.
I need an answer on why this is taking so long when you can take funds in second's and i have to wait two weeks ?? Also give a heads up to future virtual card clients that these duplicate charges happens VERY OFTEN as stated in you email to me. Just some friendly advice.

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My flights were changed. I called Travelstart, as my flights were bought through them. They said it was not their issue. Then I called the airline (AirSerbia), which said the same. This went on and on for a while, until Travelstart was able to request a refund.
I still have not gotten a reply for my refund, Travelstart says they are waiting a response from the airline. I now tried to call them again, as I cannot use their new option of WhatsApp services, since they request a booking number of 10 digits and the TravelStart booking request I have is of 8 digits. I called them, however, the assistant had such a strong accent so I could not understand her and neither did she understand me. I do not know if it was intentional, but the call was cancelled at one point, which left me nowhere. Definitely not recommended!

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Bolaget uppger ett pris i Skyscanner som är oriktigt och först meddelar att "priset har ökat" efter man fyllt i alla uppgifter i bokningen, accepterat villkoren och godkänt betalningssättet. "Vill du uppdatera priset"?? Jaha? Har man ett val? - Ja! Aldrig mer hos Travelstart och flertal övriga fuskbolag med identiska sidor och samma ägare.

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Never ever book flight with Travelstart
this company is a joak.
They have canceled my flight December 2022 and they didn't refund me after almost one year. very bad service.

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Hi,
I traveled to Thailand and for the majority of the trip I was sick. I am still currently sick and in hospital as I type this message, with Covid 19 and a bacterial infection on my chest. I am extremely ill and declared unfit to fly. I asked for our tickets to be moved by a week to allow me heal and be declared fit to fly. I am told to pay difference in fare, difference in airport taxes, airline change penalty fee as well as admin fee. I have huge medical bills and I can't afford another blow in cost. They would rather risk me flying in a poor health conditiom with the risk of infecting other passengers than rather helping.
I am so disappointed in the lack of empathy and understanding.

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Gwen from travelstart was helpful on email to help me confirm my E-Ticket number on the Airlines website, appreciated the prompt responses

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Never book with Travelstart. I have booked 3 flights this year with them to Europe. On the last one I chose economy with a 23kg luggage allowance for R10,800. They issued me an Economy Lite ticket priced R9,800 that allows no luggage. Call centre was useless and despite seeing my ticket said Economy not Economy Lite and seeing the price difference I was told I had to pay to bring luggage. Who travels to Europe without a suitcase? Never ever use these people. They will only ever say no to you, nobody will ever help

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Booked a ticket through their website, paid and received a confirmation but without any files related to the actual booking like tickets and/or receipt. Email states that I should be able to arrange further details (like additional luggage and check-in) through the airlines website with the credentials sent by Travelstart but the airlines tell me these credentials are invalid. Tried to email Travelstart and raise a support ticket to resolve this but even their own website says my booking reference number is invalid. Tried to call them to get it fixed via a customer rep but you get put on hold and after 15 minutes the connection just gets cut. I'm out of 85 Euros (although I will initiate a chargeback) and still have no tickets while I have to take the flight soon.
EDIT: Contact was quickly established after publicizing this negative review, go figure. Explained the issue and they said they'd have their backend team look into it and to wait 48 hours. Backend team got back to me stating that the credentials they sent me to manage my booking didn't work (as was already established by myself, hence the service request) and to go figure it out with the airline directly because they wouldn't pursue any further actions to remedy the situation. First and last time Travelstart for me, I'd advice anyone to avoid Travelstart at all costs.

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FINGER WEG!!!!!!
Leider habe ich mir nicht die Mühe gemacht, hier nachzulesen, das hätte ich besse gemacht! Das ganze System ist unnötig wie ein Loch im Eimer!
Keine Besätigung erhalten, den Flug bei Ryanair musste ich dann noch selber komplizert bestätgen, zweimal über 2 Stunden in einer Chat-hotline gehangen ohne Ergebnis......Lassen Sie die Finger davon.

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I booked the flight ticket a week ago, it was €1,5xx at final. When it switched to PayPal, i confirmed everything and clicked Pay button, some seconds later there was an error and I could still able to click pay again. This time it worked. And then my bank has popped up two notifications, one is €1,5xx another one is 1,7xx. I was shocked and immediately checked my bank account. It was pending and the next day i checked again, they deducted €1,7xx. Of course I wrote email to Travelstart. Am I so naive and wishing them to reply? Of course they never replied me. So don’t ever try to book anything from them.

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Travelstart does not refund money for canceled flights.
I bought 3 tickets to Zanzibar last year. As the flights were cancelled, I demanded my money back, which I still don't have after a year.
Although Travelstart says it has to wait for the money from the airline, Qatar sent the money to Travelstart a long time ago. This company has been illegally withholding almost 3,000 euros for a year.
I have now filed a lawsuit and am waiting.
Please do not buy anything from this company!!

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No. Just no. I received my e-ticket after making a booking on Travelstart. Day before flying I go on the Airline's website to check in. Booking doesn't exist. I contact airline, they say booking was cancelled as they did not receive payment from Travelstart. I contact Travelstart. Have to wait 20 minutes online while they "try to see what they can do". Reluctantly I let them hang up with the promise they will phone back (of course I will phone back in a few minutes if they don't). They phone back. Some dude who I can hardly hear, but boy can I hear every word of some youtube video he's watching in the background. He tells me I never selected baggage option. So why do I have a TICKET??? Ok he will se what he can do. He phones back. Ok he has a new booking for me and he emailed me the ticket. I have nothing. I ask him what email address he sent it to. It's wrong. He argues with me over WHAT MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS. Then he realises he made a mistake with my child's name on the ticket. He will fix it and phone me back. An hour later I just go onto the airline's site, fix it, and check in. He phones me to say he fixed it and emailed me the ticket. Yeah, I checked in already. Still waiting for the email.

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i’m pissed off with your service
booking : ZA11083265 . i’m stuck in New York but i paid for my flight.
worse experience ever

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i have been waiting for my refund of tickets for almost 2 years now. Travelstart says to contact airline and the airline says contact agent.

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To avoid this company. I had planned my holidays with my boyfriend in March 2023, bought the tickets that same month for September 2023 and 20 days before the flight the company incompetently communicates to us via email that our flight has been cancelled with no solutions from their part. Their method to proceed is to basically hand off all potential contact or calls with different representatives in their company so your problem is not solved and you are cornered to request a refund. Avoid at all costs buying tickets with Travelstart you will waste your time as you are handed off to a customer service center that will not solve your problem.

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DO NOT use this company. I booked a flight to Nigeria from Cape Town and the plane left early with NO schedule update. Travelstart said they’d refund me R400 from a flight that cost almost R7k !! It took them WEEKS to even respond to that refund query. They said they actioned the refund on July 25, today is August 16 and there is still NO refund from my account. Absolutely rude customer service. Very unreliable. It’s disgusting honestly.

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I booked a business class trip for over 10000 Euro and haven't received the payment yet after two months despite Travel start helpdesk sends me to the airline and the airline back to travel -start.

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Booked a flight on friday night, want to change the travelling date. Was sent a shocking penalty amount that i must pay. Asked for cancellation and was told that its not possible.

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