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Emily E

1 reviews | Active since Oct 2020

06 Apr 2021, 18:07

Travelstart Tragedy

I am so traumatized that it is difficult to put it on paper. On the 4th March 2021 I booked a return ticket through Travelstart From Durban to Cape Town, respectively on 18th March and 6 April 2021. Later I tried to change the return flight to 30 March, but with no success: no email communication from Travelstart confirming a change. I tried phoning: one telephone no does not exist anymore and the other was constantly unavailable, day in day out, at all times. E-mail requests for information could not reach the given addresses and noted as undelivered. I gave up and waited for 6 April. Arriving at the booking in desk, I was told by the lady behind the counter at British Airways that my booking has been changed to 30 March. She advised me to buy another ticket. I could not purchase a ticket for the same day, but eventually bought a ticket online through My Holidays for 7 April costing me R1706 and book into a hotel near the airport costing me R747. I Ialso have to pay for another day for my animals at the kennels. I strongly recommend other travelers NOT to use Travelstart. It can be a costly business. A one star rating is still too high for such utter bad service.

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Travelstart
Travelstart's reply07 Apr 2021, 10:23
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Hi Emily,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

I am sorry that you experienced difficulty when attempting to change the booking.  Please note that we have changed over to using a whatsapp channel as a form of communication and are not operating phones at this time due to long holding times passengers experienced and that only 1 agent is able to assist 1 passenger on a call where as via whatsapp 1 agent can assist 5 passengers at all times.

I will be reverting to you via email after the conclusion of my investigation into your change.

Wishing you a good day further.

Kind Regards,
Melissa