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Rating Distribution

Costco Travel has a 2.1 star rating from 231 reviews and 63% would likely recommend, but many consumers report dissatisfaction and mixed experiences.

Positive Feedback

Some customers praise good pricing, cashback/shop card rewards, helpful agents who called back, and value for destinations and airfare comparisons in Costco Travel reviews.

Negative Feedback / Risk Areas

  • Frequent Costco Travel customer complaints about poor customer service and long hold times.
  • Issues with car rentals, overcharges, and cancellations without timely refunds.
  • Problems with reward/shop card delivery, booking errors, and vendor coordination failures.

Key Takeaways for Future Customers

  • Expect lower prices but verify bookings and vendor availability before relying on membership perks.
  • Document charges and ask about refund and cancellation policies up front.
  • Be prepared for long waits to reach live support and escalate persistently if needed.
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map-marker Corona, California

Disappointed with service

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I worked hard to find a direct number for travel services only to talk to a person who said it was the wrong department and transferred me to a silent sound.

I was trying to book a long vacation, oh well. I will try another company.

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Guest

You worked so hard you couldn’t follow the phone tree? Weird

Mao Isb

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Great customer service

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Service agent m, Mikayla, was thorough in checking out options. She even called me back when I accidentally disconnected her-that hardly ever happens!

She was pleasant and gave us credit for the incorrect information we had been given by another travel agent. She did everything she could!

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Anonymous

Car rental problems

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For the most part, Costco Travel has been satisfactory. In my recent experience, they told me there was nothing they could do to intervene with Enterprise Car rental in a dispute I have with them over damages they claim were done to their car while in my possession.

They want to charge me $2000 for a 3 cm scratch to the side of the car. I am now fighting it out with my credit card company.

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Guest

This is a legal issue that Costco can’t touch! You need to get a lawyer. It’s unfortunate but legally Costco is not a lawyer and cannot advise on legal matters.

CUSTOMER-SERVICE-805-410-5002

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Verified Reviewer

Try calling the number

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Costco stands as a grand emporium of abundance, a veritable citadel of commerce wherein the discerning patron is met with a trove of provisions, each offering an opulent testament to both quality and economy. Beneath its vast, cathedral-like ceilings, aisles stretch in august procession, brimming with wares that bespeak both necessity and indulgence in equal measure.

Here, the tenets of frugality and grandeur entwine, for what other establishment proffers both the quotidian and the luxurious with such magnanimous proportions? The air is thick with the scent of fresh harvests and artisanal craftsmanship, as culinary delights stand in resplendent array beside the mechanical marvels of modern convenience. The stewards of this house of plenitude attend with deftness and decorum, ensuring that each guest's passage is marked by ease and enlightenment. Within these walls, the simple act of procurement transforms into an odyssey, each turn revealing new treasures hitherto unconsidered yet instantly indispensable.

The warehouse itself, though imposing in its magnitude, exudes an ineffable warmth, a haven where both the thrifty and the indulgent find common ground.

To depart from its gates, laden with bounty, is to revel in the triumph of commerce at its most refined, an affair not of mere transactions but of sagacious acquisition. Costco is not merely a marketplaceit is a sanctum of superior discernment, where the art of economy reaches its most illustrious expression.

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Preferred solution: try calling them

User's recommendation: calling the number

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Michelle W Tfo

Trying to resolve my refund

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No real person to answer your questions also it’s a loopy message

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After my cruise, I received one shop card instead of two because I booked two separate staterooms. I was trying to contact the customer service team and was told they are the travel agency only.

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Loss:
$40
Pros:
  • Membership
Cons:
  • It is not easy to reach anyone

Preferred solution: Give me $40 shop card as promised

User's recommendation: Do not book with Costco Travel, it seems to me that they are not a part of Costco no customer service professional relationship at all

Angelisse Edx

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Verified Reviewer

For our rewards

Costco Travel - For our rewards

My husband and me joined the cruise around January 2025. Our rewards from Costco for $65 & $200 for both of us are still pending! Could you please check our account see how much balance were still pending thanks

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User's recommendation: Princess cruise

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Membership number doesn’t work

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Updated by user Apr 30, 2025

Went elsewhere

Updated by user Apr 18, 2025

I had a question on setting a travel trip. Could not get into site. Kept saying my membership number was invalid!

Original review Apr 14, 2025

This is crap! I want to ask a question!

What happened to calling customer service and reaching a person without going through? I don't know what!

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User's recommendation: Don’t bother

Danzell Pou

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Tenacity

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From4/11/2025 until yesterday4/16/2025, dealing with Costco Travel was like a dog chasing its tail.

The incompetence and attitude at the rental site was a blot on Costco Travel and Costco Wholesale reputation. Especially for me a long time member.

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Juna Lpx

Wrong vehicle I asked for gasoline they gave me an electric only 70% charge plus, I had a way to half hour to do the paperwork and another half hour to get the key and then they blocked me in

Budget was the issue my car was not available they gave me an electric vehicle only 70 percent charged for a 70 year old buckaroo from Oregon charging at relatives house was extremely slow 5 percent overnight the entire episode was a very slow start 30 minutes to get the vehicle paperwork done 30 minutes to get the key downstairs. Im walking with a cane then they blocked me in with their rental vehicles behind me in front of me the entire episode took so long to get out of the rental area and during the three days I had to constantly worry about how to get the vehicle charged

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Guest

How is this Costco travels fault? Sounds like the rental car companies fault!

Damari Owz

I wasn’t even pissed!

Nice service but car rental price was too high so I didnt book. The price I got directly was about the same.

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Lucianna Xtv

Information about cruise

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I was grateful I called because our booking was messed up and she took the time to fix it and saved us money.

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User's recommendation: Highly Recommend!

Niraj Asg

Call got disconnected

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Well, we did connect to disconnected. It was very disappointing, but the lady did call back and we did get it resolved and everything was great.

She had all the information that I needed. She was a great representative.

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User's recommendation: She called back, which was amazing

Asher Wui

Information

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Representative very helpful representative very respectful we talked about everything I need to know she there s nothing else I need at present

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Verified Buyer

Request the digital reward cards

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Contains 1 confidential file for company representatives

I did not receive the reward cards from the cruise trip booked with Costco. The cruise booking # is C44590****.

Please see the attached proof of purchase. Thanks.

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Resolved
Devota Fpd

Resolved: Car rental question

Updated by user Jan 29, 2025

Company fixed the issue and I have been provided with apology. There was no issue worth complaining about. I love COSTCO and COSTCO TRAVEL.Put your guns back in your holster, guys.

Original review Jan 22, 2025

How does bring a car back early on a weekly rental with Avis affect the pricing was my question.

I was told that if I did it at the counter, the company would divide the seven days rental and charge me for the days I used

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Miryam Biy

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Verified Reviewer

Do not buy Shore Excursions from Costco Travel

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Costco Travel Shore Excursions guarantee your excursions once you land on the island. I recently bought four tickets that were confirmed.

When I reached the island and went to the tour operator, I was told that the tour had been oversold and they would not honor my tickets. I was stranded on the island for five hours with nothing to do. I would recommend not buying tickets from shore excursions.

Only buy shore excursions from the cruise line operator. I reached out to Costco Travel and they were of no use.

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User's recommendation: Do not buy Shore Excursions from Costco Travel. Buy excursions from Cruise line directly.

1 comment
Guest

Costco travel does not sell shore excursions. These are through the cruise line that we book for you or a 3rd party vendor.

We can’t control other businesses! And no we don’t have that much pull in the industry because nobody does!

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Summary

Costco Travel is a tourist company providing its customers with vacations, theme park and other holiday specialties. It also offers its customers car rental. Thus, the company provides various vacation packages and additional vacation options. Vacational destinations offered by Costco Travel include Mexico, Fiji, Hawaii, and Tahiti, etc. Among vacation options, there are guided vacations such as Trafalgar and Adventures by Disney, theme parks (Disneyland, Universal Orlando, Walt Disney World) and so on. Costco Travel sells cruise of such cruise lines as Crystal Cruises, Disney Cruise line, and Viking River Cruises, etc. The company is based in Seattle, WA.

Costco Travel reviews and complaints

Costco Travel is ranked 104 out of 2317 in Travel Agencies category

Area Served

USA, Other, Canada

Payment Methods

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