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Jeanmari K

1 reviews | Active since Aug 2019

15 Aug 2019, 14:26

Paid for car rental but received no car

Extremely poor! I booked my flight via travelstart and then also decided to do the car rental on travelstart. The rental was confirmed via travelstart at europcar all online and the money withdrawn from my account as the confirmation came through.when i arrived at the europcar reception desk after my flight to collect my car with my booking voucher etc they said they had no booking for me. They weren’t even aware despite me showing them the voucher and the confirmation email etc. They also had no automatic cars even available.I phoned travelstart who said they work via cartrawler. They phoned me back and said i must phone car trawler who would refund me. (Although i booked on travelstart website) By then i was late for my function and had to hitch a lift with someone else as they had no car for me. When i phoned cartrawler they would not refund me and said they first need to investigate what happened. Tomorrow it is a month-i still have not been refunded or had any feedback from eother travelstart or car trawler despite numerous phone calls and emails

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Replies (4)
Travelstart
Travelstart's reply15 Aug 2019, 14:35
Official
Dear Jeanmari 

Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback, and we are sorry to hear you were not pleased with the service received.

We have tried to reach you on the cell number provided, to discuss your query, unfortunately we are getting your voicemail. 

Could you kindly advise when would be a suitable time for us to call you, to discuss your booking, and if possible please also send us a private reply with your car rental reservation number and the email address used to make the booking online, so that we can investigate and provide feedback on your query.

In future, for any feedback, you may email us to feedback(at)travelstart.com

Kind regards,
Melony at Travelstart
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Jeanmari K's update15 Aug 2019, 17:04
Reviewer Update
Hi Melony
I phoned travelstart twice after the above event and were told everytime they can do nothing about my situation because they used their partner car trawler and i have to take it up with them even though i explained what happened. I was upset because i booked on travelstart. I have phoned car trawler numerous times and spoke to different people and sent emails(all emails i cc’d in info@travelstart) and i only got the answer that they had to confirm my story and take it up with europcar and i have to wait 15-20 working days.

I have received no phone calls from travelstart or emails and therefore i decided to make use of this public forum as i am frustrated and did not know what else to do
JK
Jeanmari K's update21 Aug 2019, 15:01
Reviewer Update
I still haven’t received any feedback. I have sent emails to your proposed feedback email-i phoned travelstart again today and they said they can’t access online car bookings but someone will phone me. No one has please help
JK
Jeanmari K's update10 Sept 2019, 10:23
Reviewer Update
Still no refund!!!!!!!!!!!!!