Horrible website Horrible website. Website was messed up so everything I made a reservation I never received a confirmation email and never showed under my itinerary so I assumed the bookings weren't going though which has happened in the past so I tried 2 more times and the same problem happened. Then I check my bank account and saw the transactions went through. After I contacted hotwire about the transactions they admitted that they are having problems with their website but said they can only refund me for 1 transaction of the 3. I then asked if they can move the date of the second transaction and they said they can't. So I asked them why even tho this is their fault and that they admitted to it being their fault they could not refund me money for both transactions? They said its against their policy. Never using this scam website again.

I love it, not sure why it's got bad reviews Not sure why everyone is leaving bad reviews for hotwire - I've had some great deals from the company in the past. In Europe I saved some serious cash on hotels (I had a room worth $350 USD a night for under $150 a night on hotwire). I've saved tons of money on rental cars too under their hot deals - often times more than several hundred dollars compared to competitors. Obviously you need to be careful because you cannot be refunded for any of these rooms or cars.

Beware of this when using hotwire.com I was researching trips for rental car and made two reservations. Somehow one was submitted as prepay which I did not authorize because I was only doing light level research. I then spent two hours chatting with hotwire and then calling Hertz and Expedia (who owns Hotwire) only to get the same answer which was to send an email to a generic email address I got a response today and it was that they could do nothing and call my bank to try and get my $632 back. This is wrong and not fair whatsoever.

HOTWIRE has become a SCAM HOTWIRE was fantastic back in the years. Now they are abusing their customers. The commissions are ridiculous. Go back to what you were in 2017 and become a travel giant. You won't survive otherwise

Corporate abuse Loyal customer, the one time I messed up and accidentally booked a duplicate car rental I was told because it’s a “hot rate” no refund or credit available. Who cares what it’s called? How is it legal or ethical for a company policy to flat out steal peoples’ money?