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Vayama Flight Deals or Beware?

Hello, my family of four plans to travel to Switzerland in June or July 2020 from the US. I am in the early planning stages of this trip, and I am already looking up flights. I typically start with Kayak. The best rates are with Vayama. Has anyone used Vayama to book European Flights from the US? I am looking at flying into and out of Zurich, but other recommended airports are fine too. We will stay in the Berner Oaberland four nights and Lucerne 4 or 5 nights (two bases).
I have traveled to Europe several times, but I would still appreciate any other flight purchasing recommendations would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks

Posted by
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I know that you have made your decision and let me tell you it is a good one. I was using Vayama a few years ago and had a medical emergency that required rescheduling my flights booked through Vayama. They were absolutely awful to deal with and I learned that it made far more sense to book directly with the airline. My second lesson was that I had not purchased trip insurance, but every other travel group I worked with including RS, made my rescheduling as easy as possible.

Posted by
17427 posts

Just look at Tripadvisor in the Air Travel forum to see how bad Vayama is with customer service. A good BBB rating means nothing—-BBB is a membership organization that protects their members, not the consumer. I used to own a small business and was totally alienated by their business model.

Posted by
503 posts

Maybe I was just lucky, but I used Vayama to book a flight on Turkish Airlines for my RS tour of Turkey. Just completed the trip last week and everything went fine with the flight, no problems.