Costco Travel Reviews 

Very poor experience. They dont allow hotel changes or any changes online and then when call customer service, expect at least 1 hour wait, just to be told that computers are down, call back later again. There is no call back feature. once booked, expect surprises with the ground transportation, with obviously no number to call again.

We received a credit for our flights that had to be canceled due to the wildfires in Maui. However, they charge you so much in fees and taxes to use the credit it works out to be the same as the list price (without using the air credit for a trip) or MORE than the list price online for a net new trip.

Also, to get a quote using your air fair credit takes HOURS. Literally, it takes hours to get a quote.

Buyer beware - do not use Costco Travel!

Ruined our Tahiti vacation. Due to a delay by Delta Airlines, we missed our connection to Tahiti. Costco Travel gave us the option of taking a later flight though Tahiti Air wanted to charge us an additional $2,000 due to "an increase in ticket prices" even though that flight had only 80% capacity. Also, due to getting in late, they wanted to charge us an additional $400 to stay in a hotel room once we arrived. At this point Costco gave us an option of canceling or throwing good money after bad. We chose to cancel and have had nothing but problems trying to recover our money. Costco Travel is the worst Travel experience we have ever had and will never use them again. Remember, if it sounds to good to be true it probably is. Buyer Beware!

The most horrible and pathetic customer service experinece on this site.
On hold for the last 45 miins and after that its getting disconnected.
Its all crap.
stupid site and there's no way one can access anything.
they say vist the help center and self service options but there's nothing at all on the site..are you guys insane or what.

I booked a vacation to Amsterdam-Paris on April 17, 2023. the plan is a flight to Amsterdam, then a train trip to Paris, and a flight back to Vancouver from Paris. when we got closer to our vacation, I noticed that we have not received any confirmation for Amsterdam to Paris train trip. I called Costco Travel several times. every time the agent said that they put a note for the train booking department to follow up. nothing happened so far. just keep calling again to find someone to help. agents are polite but no progress.
I book the vacation to rest but the way Costco Travel is managing my vacation gives me frustration and disappointment. I lost my trust in Costco Travel by reading the reviews on this page. I m not sure if they booked the rest of my vacation schedule properly.

On Jan 11, 2023, I booked a reservation for a hotel room at the Royal Horseguards in London, UK. I received a confirmation from CostCo Travel, and I was assured that my reservation was secure.

However, when I arrived at the hotel on May 18th, I was told that there was no record of my reservation. I showed the hotel clerk my confirmation information, but he said that it was not in the system. I was then told that there were no rooms available at the hotel.

I was extremely disappointed and frustrated. I had been planning this trip for months, and I had already made arrangements for transportation and other activities.

After a 30 minute wait, the hotel said that they could put us up in a lesser (smaller room with a Full size bed and no view). During the stay we never received the Complimentary bottle of wine. Also, the hotel charged my credit card for our stay. These charges were disputed and reversed on 5/30/23.

In Paris, on May 24th, the day of our checkout and departure, the arranged car service failed to pick us up at our hotel. I called the car service with no response and even left a voice mail message - which was not returned. The staff at the hotel also attempted to contact the car service with no response. It was extremely frustrating as we then had to arrange for our own transportation to the airport. I have submitted our costs for this trip to the airport for reimbursement and after several weeks of waiting have not heard from CostCo Travel. They are the best example of what great customer service isn’t.

During the trip we placed a number of telephone calls to CostCoTravel - each with an average wait time of over 20 minutes and the service level received was sadly inconsistent with the customer first CostCo reputation.

I won't use this service ever again. I bought the package for Hawaii the end of June 2023. I did not expect that one of the flights, I have to wait to pick seats. I called and no help was offered. I better off use the real travel agency then this amateur one. Recommendatuon was pay more money so my daughter and I can sit together. This agent blame the airline for this issue. After you purchase the package, do not expect any help from them.

Costco Travel is the "no hassel" way to travel. They take care of EVERYTHING so your anxiety level is greatly reduced. We traveled to Greece from 5/20/23 - 5/31/23 and I can't imagine trying to plan all the connections by myself. From the moment we got off the plane, someone from Costco was there to greet us. They were there at the ferry ports and all our connections were pain free and easy. I will use Costco Travel every time now.

Used Costco travel for our trip to Ireland. The wait time to talk with someone was 2 plus hours. Had to call multiple times and still messed up the travel arrangements. One time after waiting 2hrs we talked with someone and we're cut off. No return phone call, even after the agent took our number. Seemed like they just could not get anything right. After talking with them they would later send out an itinerary an it would be wrong. For example seats for a flight, then having two couples staying together, in the same room. We had three couples (family) on a tour. One would have something, we all had issues. Just terrible, terrible service!! No value or saving noticed at all. Stay away!

Their website is clunky as hell and logging on is almost impossible because they almost always seem to be having "technical difficulties". How can such an excellent company like Costco have such a piece of crap for a travel website?

Do not book your travel through COSCTO. Yes, it is a better price; however, if anything happens while on vacation, expect zero help from them. From the experience I had, it was very hard to connect with them, first of all, and secondly, they promise to resolve your issues and call you back. I spoke to at least five different people, begging for help, but none followed up. I luckily had a friend who worked at the airport and helped me fix my issues. It was the worst anxiety-filled vacation I've ever had. All my pending problems were up in the air the whole week I was there and they never helped. Horrible service, even after speaking to management.

Costco Travel has decent prices for their travel package. However, once you book the trip it's a nightmare getting in touch with the agency. They have a complicated phone tree and not enough agents so the wait time to speak to a live person could take a minimum of 10 minutes. The other issue is you never speak to the same travel agent, so they waste more of your time reviewing the notes entered by others.

While traveling internationally I could not get in touch with Costco via their "international line". According to the hotel reception clerk, I correctly dialed the international number. I attempted to call 12 times in two days to clarify and alter my travel package to reflect my needs. Since I could not get in touch with Costco until I returned to the US, the trip cost me an additional $620.00. Costco has refused to reimburse me or even offer any satisfactory compromise. Their excuse is, "You didn't call us during the trip". They told me "It's not our fault that your phone couldn't reach us". Actually, both my daughter and I tried to call Costco unsuccessfully. My daughter got through only after she downloaded an app. The other issue is I paid for transportation from the hotel to the airport which never showed up. After waiting approximately 1/2 hour for the transport, I hired a Taxi. That was another stressor that ended my vacation on a bad note. Costco did offer me a voucher to use at the store but did not reimburse the money via my credit card. If you are a Costco member, I recommend you look at Costco's packages and purchase the same from another online travel agent or agent you know.

I filed a claim 7 weeks ago with COSTCO travel and have not heard a thing. We did not get picked up at our hotel and driven to the airport at the end of our trip. Had to spend $50 for a taxi. I am looking for a refund of $50 plus the amount I paid for the service I did not receive. Not a good way to end our vacation.

20th Anniversary trip to Fiji. Should be awesome booked with Costco - paid / got the email but no details and they say "you'll get them when you land in FIJI?" Flight to LAX then FIJI then another to the island and a boat trip to the private island.....without any real documents or seats or details / how many bags I asked.....unkown....type of ticket...unknown....I know dates / arrival time....but other than that nothing. & no real paperwork or confirmations outside the one email. I call FIJI airlines - nothing / call back to Costco / sorry. nothing they can do, I have to work it out with the airline who has issues with their internet platform and call center! I'm 2 weeks out and no details still. I still don't know how many bags I have already paid for! I only know it is not Business class as that was another 12 grand they said? $2k for the flight or 14k for business class? **I did get through today and to upgrade to bigger seats was $177 each for PLUS seats and I have 2 bags...why was that so hard? But I still have nothing on the rest of it...Makes me crazy and I've flown internationally several times and across the USA extensively. I can't imagine what it is like for those who have not. It has tried to take the sparkle out of my 20th but I'm focused on the 10 days on a private island. Their customer services is seriously lacking and they need to step that up in a serious way. If they fix my issue I will amend my review / I've called them 3 times about this.

Recently used Costco Travel to go to the Bahamas. Our transportation was a no show for both arrival and departure. We had to pay for a taxi to get to our hotel. The hotel room we booked we were told they were sold out of when we arrived and gave us a different room. If we booked months in advance I am not sure how they sold out. The room wreaked of mildew. I reached out to Costco for a refund for transportation and the room. Costco Travel said they could only issue credit if the vendor approved it which they didn’t. What a joke. I’ll never use Costco Travel again.

Booked a trip from Sacramento to Florida with a two day hotel stay. Major issues with transportation from airport to hotel and hotel to cruise ship and then transportation to airport on return from cruise. Transport service was only advised of first transportation pick up an arrival airport. Now another call to Costco Travel to have them so their job. Lack of precision and follow through is not an endorsement of this service. Much time wasted on the phone. The origianal booking agent was very helpful, never the less, someone dropped the ball.

We booked a 6 night stay through Costco travel in October 2022 for a stay 2/12/2023 - 2/18/2023

After 12 hours of travel and the first time traveling outside of the US with my daughters, we arrive to the hotel. They have no reservation for us that we have 100% prepaid through Costco. In fact, they had the reservation dates down for December 2022 instead of February 2023 and it shows we no showed on a prepaid reservation in December. No one at the hotel or Costco contacted us when we no showed on a prepaid reservation.

I also emailed the hotel twice before we traveled and no one replied. CALL THE HOTEL IF YOU BOOKED THROUGH COSTCO. The hotel and Costco had ample time to realize the mistake, but did nothing.

There was a lot of finger pointing between both Garza Blanca and Costco who was at fault here. Both of them had several opportunities to correct this prior to my trip and they did nothing. So this resulted in the room I paid for not being available. I had a crying 11 & 14 year old girls at the front desk while they tried to blame this on me. At no time did I get an apology from the hotel or Costco which still bothers me.

Costco's Customer Service rep Annette said 'these things happen' when I was trying to get help while I was on my trip. I was paying out of pocket at this point because the hotel had no record of payment from Costco. I called after my trip, no assistance. I filed a claim request online, no response. I wrote a poor review about the hotel on Costco's website about the experience, they wouldn't post it.

Costco will take your money, but as for any help when you are traveling or responding after your trip, good luck. I'll book direct with the hotel in the future.

I reserved a van from Enterprise thru Costco travel the day before I was to pick it up I was told they did not have any, and they could not help me . I delt with Enterprise for 2 days with no resolution. I call Costco customer service. They put me on hold for10 min. Then disconnected me. I call them the next day. I was told there was a van at another location and I should go get that van and tell them I only wanted to pay the amount I was originally quoted (even though they were asking 3 times my quote for their vehicle) Customer service said if the new location did not honor the quote they would try to get my mony back. But, they would not guarantee they could get me reimbursed

We booked Mexico package trip through Costco travel. It is a package trip including airfare and hotel. On the day of trip Alaska airline canceled the flight due to weather issues somewhere else. The next flight was not available for 4 more days. So basically the package deal was canceled by airline by not having a flight. Costco only refunded me flight payment , the hotel payment is still not promised, it’s in thousands dollars of payment. This is ridiculous and unacceptable behavior from Costco. Please refund my money asap.

Hey Costco , my 30th birthday trip was ruined by a assistant manager named Samuel. It’s too bad, the trip of a lifetime was in the hands of someone who over talked, missed handled a 6,000$ trip without word or notification. My boyfriend booked our vacation on Dec 18 and it was cancelled by Costco travels assistant manager in member services names Samuel because he believed the transaction was fraudulent on Dec 21 He called my boyfriend 1 time and left a voicemail, but this was his only attempt. No email was sent , and there weren’t any multiple call attempts for a 6000$ trip. We called today to speak with a nice rep Nicole who did her best to assist the situation. Samuel did a automated refund of only 2500$ and told us he could not give us the full refund because he can’t get in contact with the hotel, and is unsure if the hotel would give us our money back. For some reason Samuel said it is up to the hotel to give us our money back though we book through Costco. Not only that Samuel instructed us to call his direct number instead of the recorded line. Why did Samuel do this. We’ve have been on the phone going back and forth since 10am. And still have not gotten the full refund. Samuel instead refunded us 400 more dollars for flights that were also purchased through Costco travel.

There are more horrible details ,Samuel told us we could have another trip if we do another 1600$ deposit even though they already have 2500$ of our money

Samuel basically is unwilling to give us a refund , because he made a mistake

Costco can we please have our refund,