National Geographic MagazineReviews of nationalgeographic.com

I have been a subscriber to NG for 20+ years and a fan since I can remember. I used to read my parent's hard cover NG photo encyclopedias as a young girl, which inspired my passion for nature and science through my art. NG was a big part of my childhood! I've got my collection on display on a shelf, all the way back to the year 2000, the year I started highschool. I am sad to say it has come to an end for me. The magazine is just not the same. If you compare the magazine from the early 2000's to now, it has drastically changed. I have always admired the care and quality NG put into their magazines, but now they clearly don't make that a priority. The magazine is half the size it used to be, the articles are shorter, the paper quality isn't the same which makes the pictures fuzzy. The worst of it is that it's clearly biased. It's goal seems to be pushing the liberal agenda. Not to mention the magazine seems like just an advertisement for Disney Plus now. It's so disappointing. At least I have my old collection I can share with my daughters. Sadly, I will be cancelling my subscription this year. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but it kind of feels like a dear friend has passed away.

You actually have the balls to claim that a "Locked Up Abroad" show is brand new, because you put some text sentences in? What in the hell is wrong with you people? The "Locked Up Abroad" shows are just outstanding, but a new show has not come on in a very long time! I have watched them all. Please add new ones!

Absolutely appalling. I ordered a back copy of a magazine and they sent the wrong one. I asked for a refund and was told the refund would be processed within 48 hours. A month later, I’m still waiting for the refund. Hopelessly incompetent and awful business practice.

Webinar van National Geographic besteld. 1 aflevering gekregen en toen niets meer. 2 emails gestuurd en 1 x gebeld. Callcenter medewerker kon niets voor mij doen, zag de gegevens niet etc. Email werd beantwoord met verkeerde informatie. Chaos!

I would give 0 stars if I could. I brought a subscription for Nat Geo History for my father. Firstly, their was an introductory offer but they charged me full price. Customer service was unable to help and even getting a response was difficult. The magazines then took months to arrive. I am now having difficulty cancelling and, despite living in UK, have been told I need to ring a US phone number to cancel. It is even more ridiculous that National Geographic and National Geographic History appear to have complete separate customer service teams. Why? Completely useless and I will never buy again. Do not go anywhere near especially if you live outside US.

I just cancelled my NatGeo-Kids subscription after many months of contact with a completely useless customer support. I never received a single issue of this subscription. Most of the time I got generic copy/paste reply with the same answers I had heard many times before, despite providing the whole conversation i every email and, of course, keeping the support ref-id. Because of this I will not renew my regular NatGeo either.

I booked a trip to South Africa with National Geographic... what I thought was a reputable company. A couple weeks before I was supposed to go, they canceled the tour. They have not refunded any portion of my money. They said the airfare was non-refundable and that I couldn't even have a flight credit. But they are the ones that canceled the trip. However Delta told me that a refund check was sent to the agency. Then they said they would refund the other portion of the trip expense, but it may take 6 months. It is completely unacceptable. The entire 100% of the trip should be refunded and should have been refunded the day they canceled the trip. The business is not responsive to this. I filed a complaint with the BBB and they did not respond. I sent a 30 day demand letter in preparation of filing in court against them. So far no resolution. I expect a 100% refund AND I share this story to strongly advise against anyone ever booking a national geographic trip of any kind. I will be posting this review online in every spot I can find.

Be careful about getting a NG membership and magazine. They will harass you forever. I tried to cancel my father's membership when his Alzheimers progressed to a point where he could no longer read. Every other subscription promptly cancelled and refunded. Not NG, I had to let the whole subscription run out. And meanwhile they sent demand after demand for renewal. I politely asked at least a dozen times over 4 years for them to leave us alone. Now my Dad is DEAD and they are still sending renewal notices. They are heartless monsters.