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Considering 291 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the booking process, encountering issues such as unconfirmed reservations upon arrival, incorrect dates being set by the system, and being redirected to different hotels than initially selected. Customers also frequently reported that the prices displayed were misleading, often finding higher costs than advertised or unexpected additional charges upon check-in. Reviewers consistently found the website confusing and difficult to navigate, leading to booking errors. A significant number of people also expressed strong dissatisfaction with the customer service, citing unhelpful responses, difficulty reaching a human representative, and a lack of resolution for their issues. Many also reported problems with contacting the company, experiencing unreturned calls and emails.

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Price

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Website

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

TRIVAGO. Your commission is more important than your customers. Booked Raffles Dubai 5 nights thru your website with Algotels £1025 confirmed booking (allegedly) when we got there after 24 hrs traveli... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Booked a hotel in Jodphur India . I inadvertently put in the wrong date and booked with payment . I noticed straight away and contacted Agoda . I contacted them to cancel within 3 minutes . Now being... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waste of a 1st day of vacation. Headache / hassle to deal with. Never contacted me after saying they would. Your valuable time is better spent going direct: these amateurs have me spinning around outs... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trivago’s service has been a complete disappointment. The tool selected different dates than the ones I reserved, and despite calling their support team four days in a row, all I received were scripte... See more


Company details

  1. Price Comparison Site
  2. Financial Consultant
  3. Travel Aggregator

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Travellers find the ideal hotel for the best price on trivago.com. As the world's largest online hotel search site, trivago compares rates from over 700,000 hotels on more than 200 booking sites worldwide. By integrating over 82 million hotel reviews and 14 million photos, finding the ideal hotel has never been easier! More than 45 million users visit trivago per month and use trivago's advanced filter system to find a deal that works best for them, saving an average of 35% per booking. trivago was founded in 2005 in Düsseldorf, Germany, and currently operates 47 international country platforms in 28 languages.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Classic bait and switch

Liars! Looking for a room at the Tropicana and Trivago advertised a $188 rate for saturday that includes ALL FEES but not taxes. Click on the deal and Of course there is no room available for that price AND there is a resort fee of $27.99 at check out. Beware the smoking rooms they don't tell you about. Gross. Too good to be true. It usually is.

22 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Got a room in a different hotel

Booked room on Trivago, was directed to Algotel. Got confirmation email from Algotel, but for different (cheaper) hotel, but still same price. Called service hotline and wrote email to them, but they said they cannot do anything. If Trivago works with these fraudulent platforms, it is not any better.

22 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

False advertisement

If I could give them 0 stars I would. We booked a Days Inn through Trivago in Edmonton Alberta. In the ad, the photos showed a microwave and mini fridge, they also said breakfast included, and on-site coin laundry. We arrive late in the night to check in only to find out Trivago's ad was false and there was none of that included in our stay. When we called Trivago to pursue a refund, 3 agents said they would call us back in 30 minutes. Not one of them did so we had to keep calling back only to get a different agent each time and to have to re-explain our situation. Now this morning they say they can't refund us at all due to the "strict cancellation policy". Can anyone do their job anymore? False advertisement and terrible customer service. DO NOT BOOK WITH THEM. We'd have better luck calling the hotel directly.

20 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t expect any customer service

I made a booking with Trivago.deals. A week later I wanted to edit the reservation (which the site said you could do) but the only option was to cancel. I reached out to Customer service 6 times and never received a response. 6 times they promised a response within 24-48 hours and never responded to an email or a phone call. Never again. It cost me $211 out of pocket to make the change at the hotel (which would have been free if they had done it right away). Never again. “0” stars…

25 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is a scam

This company is without any doubt, the worst customer service and scam. I made a reservation for the correct date, I promptly received a confirmation, the confirmation was wrong. The only way to correct it was to call them right away. I called them right away they are refusing to refund my money or make the date changes to my reservations. Buyer beware!

20 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT USE!!!

DO NOT USE!!!
They took my money then did not pay the hotel so I was then charged by the hotel as well.
I have tried repeatedly to get in touch with Trivago but no response. Also, the price Trvago charged me was £40 more expensive than the hotel themselves charged me!

30 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The 3 times I've Tried Trivago..

The 3 times I've Tried Trivago there were No rooms available for the dates I needed. I called the hotels directly and got rooms without a problem.
Out of curiosity I typed in 5 star hotels to check their prices against Trivago's prices, the hotels websites had a cheaper price. I would never look at Trivago's site again.

8 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service..

Terrible service... Hidden charges.
We modify our reservation when was supposed to be 100% refundable and only received 30% back... Do not book with them

19 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

TRIVAGO DEALS IS A SCAM SITE!

Booked with Trivago Deals. Received a booking number. Called Hotel and they had no reservation. I called Trivago Deals customer service and they said they would get back to me within 48 hours with a resolution. An hour later they sent me an email back with a reservation number. I called the hotel again and gave them the reservation number they provided, and still no reservation. No reservation of any kind whatsoever. I have called Trivago Deals a dozen times since then and they insist they will sort it out and get back to me but never do. Additionally the hotel is now sold out and I had to book another hotel for $800 more than the original stay. I now have cancelled my booking with Trivago Deals and haven't received my refund. Will have to go through my CC company. AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS ITS JUST A SCAM!!!!

15 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Their mistake, our loss

The month of our reservation got changed on the confirmation Trivago sent. We contacted them and requested they fix the date. They refused and we were charged $400 for a room we were unable to use.

13 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trivago broker behaving like scammers.

Trivago it’s just a broker, and I got a very bad experience with them, as they are publishing prices that does not reflect the real price you’re gonna pay. They redirect you to another broker where you get double disappointments. If you have an issue, they forward you to the other intermediate broker, where you end up with a never-ending story and mails. I lost a lot of money with them, never again. Trivago Bookingref: 148xxxx. 

24 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Asked for a refund, but just a load of excuses as to why they wouldn't pay it

I booked a stay in a Holiday inn through Trivago Deals, when i went to stay at the Hotel, there was a problem with the room. Holiday Inn offered me a refund, but said i had to submit through Trivago Deals and they would refund me.
Well, all Trivago Deals have done is made loads of excuses as to why i can't have a refund, even blaming the hotel, although they had written a letter saying i could have refund.

12 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Booking date changed when redirected to Trivago to finalize booking. SCAM ALERT

Recently on a road trip, I used Google maps to find a hotel along our route for the night. I booked a room using Google's suggested booking site which ended up being Trivago. I didnt realize until after confirming the booking that Trivago's site booked me for a night a month in advance, when my search on Google was for a room for the same night.

I immediately called Trviago, advising them that there had been a mistake and that the booking was supposed to be for the same day, not a month later.

I spoke to two different customer service agents, both of whom told me they would call me back within 30 minutes with a resolution (neither called). Instead I got an email saying I was out of luck and that they would not refund or change the date of my booking.

I now have a room booked 30 days from now for a hotel I will never use and the booking site will not reschedule the booking.

ABSOLUTE SCAM!!!

Be careful when using Trivago. If there is any mistake on the booking you are screwed and customer service is absolute garbage.

12 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trivago info out of date.

On a busy day for hotel bookings, with all train journeys south from Glasgow cancelled we tried using Trivago to book accommodation in Glasgow. The site repeatedly identified vacancies that didn't exist when we reached the hotels. The information on the site was hopelessly out of date. Perhaps this might be due to the accommodation websites not being updated fast enough but we were completely let down by Trivago.

4 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trivago is a FRAUD they booked a…

Trivago is a fraud they booked a California hotel in the state of Minnesota, but you don't find out until a confirming email which says no cancelations.
My bank has to intervene for me to get a refund. Algotels works with Travago, are they both fraudulent?

8 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trivago ~ Do NOT recommend

I booked a room on the wrong date and immediately called customer service to move the date up one day. I didn't want to cancel, didnt want a refund, just merely move the date up ONE day. I was told they would do all they could and would get back in touch with me. After 17 hours, I called back and was told that an
associate was working with the travel partner to get that changed and would get back in touch with me within 15 minutes. After 30 minutes, I called back and spoke with Dave, a supervisor. He told me he would work on this and get back in touch with me within 20 minutes. It has now been 5 hours and no contact. Trivago ~ do NOT recommend.

9 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trivago business model is a Disaster

My reservation through trivago was canceled without my knowledge or consent. I arrived at the hotel and was turned away, all the rooms were booked. Customer service was awful and it took me 3 weeks of stressful phone calls and research to get a refund. I would never book with them ever again. I missed an expensive concert and had to drive 4 hours there and back due to trivago. They had texted me a confirmation the day before because they didn’t know the reservation was canceled. I had to call the hotel and get them involved in getting a refund because trivago just hands your reservation to another company to book and they in turn give it to yet another third party. There is insufficient communication and I was forced to figure out which Joe shmo company canceled my reservation without notifying anyone or giving me a refund. I hope trivago goes out of business as soon as possible.

13 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No booking on arrival to hotel…

When we arrived at hotel no booking even though I had email.
Called 6 times I was advised I would get a call back to ensure my booking number would be given to hotel. It’s now been 5 hours no call back. We finally just paid hotel for a room. We were exhausted and frustrated.
NEVER use them.

7 August 2025
Unprompted review

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