Gate 1 TravelReviews of gate1travel.com

Travel agencies should be accommodating and understanding with their customers. Apparently, that is not the case with Gate 1 travel. Once you book with them, don't expect them to make any changes for you. Their reservation changes policies in a nutshell, means you can't ever change your flight details for whatever reason you have. Even life or death situation, they won't allow you to change. Their customer service reps are rude when it comes to negotiation some changes. They are firm and don't care much about their customers reasons for asking for some changes.

I, too, was scammed by Gate One's suggestion of travel protection that not only protected me from nothing (I was told it was for "any kind of cancellation") and lost $1,618.00 to their lie. I could find no one to discuss it or help me at Gate One or the insurance company. I am positive I requested insurance that would cover me for any reason and am horrified they remain in business while pulling stunts like this.

There is some discrimination in the workplace. I don't know why but it seems that some people here do not treat others with the same level of respect, and this is very discouraging. The work environment is lackluster due to lack of cooperation among employees. It's not that employees hate each other, it's just that there is no synergy among them, and the company does not do anything to foster relationships among employees and management. There are a lot of other better companies out there.

Gate 1 Travel is absolutely, positively the worst travel company for customer service. I booked an independent tour to Paris earlier this summer for my 70th Birthday. When we arrived at our hotel, the room was extremely warm. After dinner, upon returning to the room, the inside temperature was over 90 degrees. The Front Desk told me the air conditioning was not working. I asked for a fan and they gave me a space heater. I then decided to cancel the hotel reservation and leave the hotel prior to staying the first night. The hotel told me to contact Gate 1 for a refund and was fully aware we did not stay one night at the property because of the extreme heat with no air conditioning. We booked and paid for another hotel for our entire stay in Paris. Upon our return I contacted Gate 1 and requested a refund. I got no response. I contacted the Better Business Bureau for help. I then contacted the Gat 1 Service Vice President. She refused to discuss my issue because I had contacted the Better Business Bureau. She was rude, insulting and refused to discuss the issue. I wrote a certified letter to the Gate 1 Senior Vice President who refused to issue a refund as she claimed the hotel denied we left the property! Sh reported the hotel claimed we stayed the entire time!.She requested “Documentation to prove I did not stay at the hotel”. I sent her a copy of the bill from my alternative hotel. Upon receipt she refused the refund, again asking for “Documentation” before she would consider anything. Gate 1 Travel failed to meet their fiduciary responsibility as agent for this hotel. Traveling to a foreign country one expects some level of support from the travel agency that booked your complete trip. Gate 1 does not.

If you cancel the tickets, it would be messy. You won't get a refund on time. You just have to chase the customer service for weeks and weeks.

Check carefully before booking any tour as many of them are non - refundable. If you cancel due to any reason, they won't give you your money back. I will never trust them again because I had to cancel a trip once and ended up spending a lot of money for NOT taking the trip due to personal reasons.