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Agoda Hotels Review


ConsumersAdvocate.org Rating: 4.2 / 5 (Excellent)
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Agoda, a subsidiary of the Priceline Group, is a Singapore based accommodation booking portal that offers rooms and flights worldwide. Its massive network of over 2 million properties is backed by countless user reviews. They were one of the earliest companies of their kind in Asia when they launched in 2005.

How is Agoda rated?

Breakdown

4.4/5
Customer Experience
4.2/5
Search Options
4.4/5
Value
4.0/5
Additional Services

Overall Rating: 4.2 / 5 (Excellent)

Agoda is an excellent option for booking travel accommodations. The large number of properties they work with, as well as the multitude of filtering options, ensures that customers will be able to find exactly what they're looking for. Based in Singapore, Agoda naturally has a particularly extensive presence in the Asian market, but they do book lodgings worldwide. Aside from their good discounts, the company's exclusive "secret deals" program can give customers access to 20%-70% off on luxury rooms.

Agoda Customer Experience

Customer Experience - 4.4 / 5

Agoda offers a well-designed, streamlined user experience, with clear features for its customers. They provide 24/7 customer support services in 17 languages, which is particularly useful, as their policy states that all changes in reservations are handled directly through them, not via the hotel or accommodation of choice.

Payment Options

  • PayPal
  • Gift Cards
  • Mastercard
  • Visa
  • American Express
  • JCB

Customer Support

  • FAQs
  • 24/7 Support
  • Email
  • Phone
Ease of Use
Yes
Mobile App
Yes
Cancellation Policy
Unless specifically mentioned otherwise in the cancellation policy, Agoda does not charge a processing fee for cancellations. Any cancellations received after the cancellation due date specified in the confirmation email (including requests made within this period) are subject to a minimum of a 1 (ONE) night cancellation fee, unless you are notified otherwise in the confirmation email. Failure to arrive at your hotel will be treated as a late cancellation and will incur a minimum cancellation fee of one (1) night, or more, per room, unless otherwise specified in the confirmation email. Any changes to your reservation must be made through Agoda and not directly with the hotel. This applies to change of dates, extension of stay, early check out, delay of arrival or cancellation in full or in part. Any problems or questions on your reservation prior to arrival or during your stay at the hotel should be directed to our Agoda Customer Support Specialists. We must be notified of all cancellations within our normal office hours from 08:00-18:00 (GMT+7).

Customer Reviews

Trust Pilot Rating
8.7 out of 10

Transparency

  • No Hidden Fees
  • Guest Reviews
  • Guest Rankings

Agoda Search Options

Search Options - 4.2 / 5

Aside from the more common search settings, (price, location, star rating, and popularity) Agoda also allows users to filter their results by payment option. Their list of possible amenities is unusually large and detailed, with options such as ironing facilities, terrace, private pool, and early check-in or late check-out. Finally, travelers can choose from a vast pool of property types, including private homes, ryokans, love hotels, and tents.

Amenities

  • Air Conditioning
  • Airport Shuttle
  • Heating / Fireplace
  • Kid Friendly
  • Parking
  • Satellite or Cable TV
  • Pool
  • Spa
  • Free Wifi or High-Speed Internet
  • On-Site Restaurant
  • Gym
  • Golfing
  • Complimentary Breakfast
  • Laundry Service
  • Pets Accepted
  • Smoking Allowed
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Type of Property

  • Home/Apartment
  • Hotel
  • Apart-Hotel
  • Villa
  • Hotel Resort
  • Hostel/BackPacker Accomodation

Sorting Criteria

  • Price
  • Location
  • Popularity
  • Star Rating
Regional Specialization
Yes
Accessibility
In-room accessibility

Agoda Value

Value - 4.4 / 5

At first glance, agoda has a fairly standard suite of discounts for hotels and alternative accommodations, such as promo codes, time-sensitive offers, and mobile-exclusive deals. However, a simple tab next to their filtering options leads to "secret deals," which promise high-end accommodations at steep discounts. These properties prefer to remain anonymous online, so customers don't know their exact identities until they complete their booking. While this might make some customers wary, as the information regarding the accommodation is deliberately rare, agoda only makes "secret deals" with 3 or above star ratings and over 7 in review scores.
Discounts
Mobile-Exclusive Deals
Promo Codes
Price Match
Yes

Agoda Additional Services

Additional Services - 4 / 5

Agoda focuses primarily on booking lodgings for their customers, but they also offer flight reservations from their portal and their app, as well as taxis to and from the airport, powered by Rideways. Though the website doesn't offer experiences or tour bookings per se, users can filter their search results by proximity to nightlife, and restaurants.
Experiences
Nightlife
Flight Booking
Yes
Car Rental
No
Train or Bus Tickets
No

Company Profile

Full Name
Agoda Hotels
Company Website
Headquarters
30 Cecil Street Prudential Tower #19-08, Singapore, 04971
Mailing Address
30 Cecil Street Prudential Tower #19-08, Singapore, 04971

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92 Customer Comments & Reviews

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Haiyan L
1/4/2020
Deceptive. Never do business with them. My experience started at midnight Dec 23. My flight delayed, I have to find a place to stay overnight. I searched online and place a reservation through the Agoda website. I followed the instruction on the website, select date: Dec 23, and also check in at 1:00 am. But I went to the hotel 10 minutes later, they said no room was available. They said the earliest check-in time for the date is 3:00 pm. 1:00 am is for the next day not the same date. If that was case, why the website provides this option. This is the step 1 cheating. But the hotel agreed to refund, but asked me to call Agoda and also Agoda to call her back for confirmation. I... Read More


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DC 1
11/15/2019
Horrible - waste of time & cannot reach. Disputed the transaction after multiple attempts to reach them failed


deborah.kohl
10/29/2019
Received an email from a reputable, actual hotel asking me to rate a room which I did not book in a state to which I have never been. Called hotel who confirmed that my name and email were connected to a reservation made by a third party--agoda. Gave me the customer service number for agoda. I called agoda where I was informed that the room was actually booked with them through getaroom, gave me a phone number and a reference number. I called getaroom, was told they could not find my reservation and was then put on hold for 10 munutes. I hung up and called back, the second peraon I talked to confirmed that there was a reservation tied to my name and email, but would not give any more... Read More


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Vlad
10/19/2019
Never ever use this service for your bookings! Save your nerves. You don't know how good or bad a booking service is until things go wrong. Here is my case: I booked appts. in Nuremberg, Germany month before arrival, paid the full price. Just four days before arrival I got message from property owner saying I have to deposit 200 euro as "damages deposit". At this point I can't cancel my booking and get refund as I am not in cancelation free period. The info about deposit was NOT stated either in description or while check out. So this will happen to you completely out of blue. I called support for the case, explained everything but they said they assist me with anything. I contacted... Read More


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Tina
9/18/2019
This is the worst site ever!!!! Do not book with them!!!! They will not help you with anything!!! Worst ever!!


Naman K
8/27/2019
I NEVER VISIT THE WEB SITE BUT THEY CHARGE ON CARD, PLEASE DO NOT VISIT THIS WEB SITE OR BUY ANY PACKAGE WITH THIS WEBSITE TOTALLY fraud SITE.


ejsmith1220
8/22/2019
After navigating through the Agoda site I realized that the dates I had put in were constantly changing every time the page updated or changed. I booked three different hotel rooms for the same night but the first one was one day off because it had changed and I did not catch it. I was more careful with the subsequent bookings, however, when I reached out to Agoda to change the date by one day they told me the booking was non refundable. I said I was not looking for a refund but to change the date...to which customer service informed me that there are no amendments or changes. I have to wonder if the website changes the dates constantly just to have these non refundable bookings get fouled... Read More


Tan L
8/17/2019
Strongly warn against this company. Do not use them. The customer support team is not helpful at all. They reply promptly but makes no progress every time. To make things worse, they give out misleading and even false information. In my scenario, a delay caused by them caused me to lose 400 over USD because I couldn't cancel my hotel on time. Do not use them. No remorse or any partial compensation given .


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adam
8/5/2019
just as I clicked the button to book the hotel, I noticed the date was off by 1 day. No modification or cancelation policy. $350 room booked for a night that I won't be in town. Not cool at all.


paulnguyen.home
7/23/2019
Beware of Agoda exchange rates! I booked 4 reservations for Australia. 3 of the 4 bookings were correctly charged with the prevailing exchange rate. The last one I have been trying to get Agoda to explain why suddenly their exchange rates increased (AUD to USD), despite the other three bookings were pretty consistent with the world exchange rates. I understand that exchange rates change hourly/daily, but the difference in rate within a 9 day period for one reservations against the other three doesn't make any sense. Despite providing 3 exchange rate sources and a source that they claim to be using (Bloomberg), they could not articulate the reasons why and kept on going back to the same... Read More



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