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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I had a 50 pound voucher and added 85 pounds to it to see Moulin rouge. This only gave you the seats that are 49 pounds each if you book directly on the company website. As I wanted a better view and chose the 69 pound seats I had to add an extra 30 pounds at check out so ended up oaying the same amount I would have booking directly. Therefore the value of my gift card was completely useless!! What a rip off
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Posted 2 years ago
I booked a spa day with my daughter and to make the treat even more special I also booked the hotel for an overnight stay. I contacted the spa to confirm my booking and also tell them what treatments I wanted only to find the Buyagift, while confirming to me my booking had not confirmed this with the spa - disgusting. If I had left it then I would not have been able to give my daughter the treat she deserved following her double transplant! The hotel were very good and transferred my booking to a sister hotel and spa, but it is totally unacceptable that you cannot even phone Buyagift, instead it is all on-line, I would suspect because they get so many complaints! I have looked at there reviews and they are awful, the Spa manager told me that I am not alone this happens at least once aweek, where someone turns up and Buyagift have not reserved the spa. This is now the 6th time I have had problems with this awful company as my family think they are giving me a treat buying these vouchers. I have told them that they are a waste of money a total SCAM and not worth the paper they are printed on.
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Posted 2 years ago
my grandson bought me a spa day which I did not want to do. I tried to change the voucher but to do so you have to pay more for a meal voucher than the cost of going for the meal would cost anyway so therefore you lose the £70 voucher you already have. I tried customer chat but louise who I chatted to was just not interested I would say DO NOT waste your money. You could buy direct for much less money
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Posted 2 years ago
I am only giving this one star as the lady I wrote to on live chat resolved my issue otherwise buyagift would have got zero stars. What a terrible limited selection of hotels/hostels. Really hard work to find something without there being additional charges. Absolutely no spoken after-care, only online chat from 9:30 am. Head office do not take any calls. Very frustrating business. Managed to find a hotel that was cheaper on booking.com. Do not waste your time or money!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Bought the Three Course Meal with Cocktails at Marco Pierre White London Steak House for Two with View from the Shard. I can't book the restuarant offer more than 48 hours in advance!!! I can book now with £55 off the price of the meal, but as it's not a present - what is the avantage to me? Also there is a supplement to go up the Shard!!! Definitely not the offer it says it is.
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Posted 2 years ago
I bought a dining experience in order to use it at Morston Hall which is close to me and has a Michelin Star. When I went to use it they no longer take the voucher and the closest similar option is in London 100 miles away! Trying to get in touch is a joke and the only solution is to select something else. Save your money and don't use these jokers as it is the second time that what I wanted has been removed.
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Posted 2 years ago
So hard to actually book something and quite often the prices offered are much higher than if you were to buy direct. The experience I have a voucher for is no longer available and the alternatives being offered to me are WAY overpriced - they wants the value of my voucher (£30) plus an extra £18 for 2x tea and scones at a standard high-street cake shop chain - there is no way that this is anywhere near the actual cost that this retailer charges. it's complete scam and complete waste of money. They seem to just rely on people giving up and never using their "voucher". Scam - avoid!
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Posted 2 years ago
I was given a voucher for a xmas present. Went to use it in January only to find that the offer was no longer available (experience removed from site) and i had to use it in the short break section only to find out that most of the hotels now needed an additional payment on top of voucher. Contacted customer service complaining about the issue and am still waiting for reply. Shall not purchase again
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Posted 2 years ago
I got a gift card for my birthday last year. I haven't been able to use it so I extended the voucher on BuyAGift Website. When I went to book my experience, the vendor would not accept my extended voucher as I'd not extended it directly with them and in addition to that they said that all their costs had increased and that I needed to extend directly on their site! Did a live chat with Buy A Gift and the agent said to leave it with them and they'd get back to me. A week later still nothing! Did another live chat again and this agent sent me a new voucher however on going through to try book my experience again, and validating my voucher it now says I can't access this voucher for 24/48 hours! Really dissapointed in how much hard work this seems to be and is now putting me off using these guys and if my experience is actually going to be worth it if I can ever have it? I've had better service with other experience providers where this bookking process has been a breeze.
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Posted 2 years ago
Purchased three Buyagift vouchers for 2 night weekend away experiences. When we needed to register the vouchers, we found out that supplements where needed to get your codes to book. Not good!!! Beware
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Posted 2 years ago
After buying a hotel voucher for £129 , when I went to actually book it I was told there was a £59 supplement. How on earth can that be right. No phone number to call, hotel not interested, a very slow process to chat. Would be cheaper to book the hotel direct so that’s what I will do next time. Waste of money and very misleading
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Posted 2 years ago
Several problems: Logging in requires four different data items - voucher no, PIN, postcode, email address. That is excessive and increases likelihood of errors. Looked for a show - found one which the calendar stated had availability - but no availability on seating plan. No telephone no to call - only very very slow "live" chat with a long queue. Would not recommend.
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Posted 2 years ago
Reedem a cheese box taster voucher received from a friend and they are adding £5 delivery. Why would anyone buy a gift for someone who is then charged?!? Don't bother with them
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Posted 2 years ago
I wish my husband checked these reviews before buying a voucher from these cowboys. I spent several hours on their chat trying to simply redeem a voucher. Their system is not working and nothing can be processed. The customer service has 2 people working in it (so average time for waiting is 30 mins!) and neither of them have any desire nor knowledge to sort things out. Shockingly bad - will never use again.
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Posted 2 years ago
Absolutely hopeless cant get through to anyone by phone and no response to emails sent .Don't waste your time or money .I bought two breaks as gifts before covid ..these were extended but I need to contact someone regarding options as there seem to be very few in terms of places we can stay .Both my friend and I have emailed absolutely no response ,its appalling customer service..almost non existent.I do not want to lose the money I spent on buying these vouchers ,but I am losing faith in getting hold of anyone ,as they make it virtually impossible. Would not buy anything from them again ...Don't be tempted by their what seem ‘ to be great ‘ offers as I was ...there are so many restrictions attached and as stated the customer service is really poor .would give a 0 if options allowed ..AVOID !
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Posted 2 years ago
Based on my personal experience of dealing with this company , I would try avoid having anything to do with them. I have recently retired and my former employer gave me some Buyagift vouchers for a theatre trip and an overnight hotel stay. I was able to register the vouchers and even managed to book a show and a hotel for 2nd February ( in London ) , however , further rail strikes have been called for 1st and 3rd February which will make it very difficult for our trip to take place. I contacted Buyagift ( via a Live Chat ) and asked if the dates of our trip could be amended in view of the likely travel difficulties on 2nd February - they came back with a very simple "NO". Surely there should be some flexibility in these types of situation ? I would never consider giving Buyagift vouchers to anyone in view of their very restricted usage policy and , if you are thinking of giving them as a gift , I would suggest you reconsider - unless you are 100% certain that the activity ( hotel stay , theatre trip etc ) can be enjoyed on the day the booking is made for.
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Posted 2 years ago
Avoid this company at all costs. Buyagift are not only the most difficult company to deal with, but how they get away with the false advertising is beyond me. Trading standards should really do something about them. They are so bad, they even have a standard response to all the negative reviews, they are not even interested in acknowledging the individuals complaint, check it out, they will do the same with this review! So we had a two night break with dinner bought for us, which looked great. However, trying to use the voucher is a different matter. You go on the website, enter a location you want to visit, seems good so far! Only to find out there are hardly any locations available, the ones which are, are Holiday Inn's. Not what I really had in mind. The locations in the book supplied look great, but most of them no longer accept the voucher, one hasn't for over two years (I phoned them). The website states the dates are not available, actually, the hotel no longer wants to be involved with Buyagift. So I tried something else! I went back into the website to see if we could exchange for a different voucher! Bingo! We could. So I went to that voucher to see what was available (thinking ahead)! We found a lovely hotel in Cromer (North Norfolk) so decided to change the voucher (at a cost of £10 extra) to a two day break with no food. Once this was completed and they had taken my money, I went back to that hotel to book the break! And guess what, the hotel no longer came up on the website, complete scam. Just a note of caution, if you book directly with any hotel or go through booking.com, the stay is so much cheaper than through Buyagift. Save yourself and anyone you may purchase a voucher for time and agony, and just give them the money. Far easier and less expensive. Oh by the way, the person who bought this for us is now trying to get a refund, we couldn't. Let's see how they get on! Also, so to go on, but how on earth do Buyagift have a review rating of 4.6 when nearly every review gives them 1. I would give 0 if I could.
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Posted 2 years ago
I make no excuses for copying this comment from one of the reviews I have read as it is almost identical to the experience I have had of this untrustworthy and generally dishonest company... "I have tried to use our gift voucher for a two [ours is one night] night hotel break in a wide range of places and dates across the Uk. The process is cumbersome and involves numerous repeat entries. There are very few options available with some areas of the country with no availability at all. The ones which are available require at least a £200 - £300+ [£70+] top up for some quite basic hotels. I feel it would be cheaper to book directly with the hotels and not use the voucher. We have spent hours trying to find a suitable hotel. I feel that our relatives have been conned!" Me again...its been a ridiculous affair...I have wasted so much time trying to negotiate Covid rules and obstructions and all I end up doing is to extend the voucher for more time at £20 a pop and for what...still no choice and paying more for something that initially would have been a free gift ! Think I will cut my losses and just put anyone off who thinks buyagift is a good idea - NOT !!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Hi Julian Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We are so sorry to hear things have gone wrong on this occasion. We are the largest gift experience provider in the UK and our customers successfully book and redeem hundreds of thousands of fantastic experiences each year. Surcharges are sometimes applicable especially during peak periods but we’re here to help whether that’s finding an alternative within the value of the voucher or providing dates outside of peak periods. We also a guarantee the best price and will not have our customers paying any more than what they might find online. We pride ourselves on delivering memorable experiences but when things do go wrong, we will do all we can to put things right. Any feedback we receive are automatically logged on our system, this is then flagged to the Buying and Marketing teams to ensure future improvements. Please rest assured that your comments have been logged and will be helpful in this review process. Kindest Regards The Buyagift Team
Posted 2 years ago
Misleading information about choice of available helicopter flights. Very reluctant to refund my money when they weren't able to deliver what they advertised. Eventually refunded me the £79 for the voucher but not the £2.99 delivery charge.
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Posted 2 years ago
Good Afternoon Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We are so sorry to hear things have gone wrong on this occasion. We are the largest gift experience provider in the UK and our customers successfully book and redeem hundreds of thousands of fantastic experiences each year. Any feedback we receive are automatically logged on our system, this is then flagged to the Buying and Marketing teams to ensure future improvements. Please rest assured that your comments have been logged and will be helpful in this review process. Kindest Regards The Buyagift Team
Posted 2 years ago
Just read the reviews below. Buy a buyagift voucher is great, however, trying to use the gift card is a completely different matter. The hotels I have been trying to book, no longer accept buyagift vouchers (even though they are in the book which come with the voucher).
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Posted 2 years ago
Good Afternoon Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We are the largest gift experience provider in the UK and our customers successfully book and redeem hundreds of thousands of fantastic experiences each year. The guide inside the box is pre-printed in advance and due to the long validity period of these vouchers sometimes locations or experiences are removed from this. We know this can be disappointing which is why there are so many other great locations to pick from. For the current up to date list we always recommend logging into our website as this is kept regularly updated with the current information. Any feedback we receive are automatically logged on our system, this is then flagged to the Buying and Marketing teams to ensure future improvements. Please rest assured that your comments have been logged and will be helpful in this review process. Kindest Regards The Buyagift Team
Posted 2 years ago
Buyagift is rated 4.5 based on 11,731 reviews