reader Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 A local friend called my attention to this flight/hotel booking site that specializes in SE Asia destinations. Watched him book flight and was impressed by choices. prices and speed of transaction. https://www.traveloka.com/en-en vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridarob Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 6 hours ago, reader said: A local friend called my attention to this flight/hotel booking site that specializes in SE Asia destinations. Watched him book flight and was impressed by choices. prices and speed of transaction. https://www.traveloka.com/en-en Sounds like a good site for you..... Loca in spanish is like calling someone a crazy girl, derogative in the gay community, like a crazy queen 😝 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reader Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 That would be true if site was called "Travelloca". But since it's "Traveloka" it means "travel okay" in Spanish and English. Mind you that doesn't mean of course that queens aren't necessarily crazy. 🙂 Marc in Calif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridarob Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 when we want to exaggerate the loca, we put loka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedssocr Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I'm always a bit leery of booking flights with these sort of sites. If anything goes wrong with your flights having to contact them for customer service might be difficult. tm_nyc, macaroni21 and unicorn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaroni21 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, fedssocr said: I'm always a bit leery of booking flights with these sort of sites. If anything goes wrong with your flights having to contact them for customer service might be difficult. Indeed, I have had that experience. Wherever possible I book directly with airlines' sites. But these aggregators are good for finding out which airlines fly to the the destinations I am looking at and for price comparisons. 10tazione, vinapu, tm_nyc and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaroni21 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 4 hours ago, floridarob said: when we want to exaggerate the loca, we put loka Sorry if I am pouring cold water on your fun moment, but the word "loka" is from Sanskrit. It means the world or the universe. (see 4th paragraph of https://kr-asia.com/in-the-top-flight-everything-you-need-to-know-about-traveloka-part-1-of-2) Not everything revolves around the Western world or European languages 😘 vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unicorn Posted March 13 Members Share Posted March 13 These 3rd party websites often have nonexistent customer service, and this one is no exception: https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/traveloka Almost everyone gives them the bottom rating. I personally think you'd be loco to use traveloka... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unicorn Posted March 13 Members Share Posted March 13 This review website also documents the nonexistent customer service. They have a few 5* reviews, but almost all of those were written by "1st-time reviewers," which shows the company is dishonest in addition to being disreputable. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/traveloka.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unicorn Posted March 13 Members Share Posted March 13 11 minutes ago, macaroni21 said: ...Not everything revolves around the Western world or Europe... News to me! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridarob Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 4 hours ago, macaroni21 said: Sorry if I am pouring cold water on your fun moment, but the word "loka" is from Sanskrit. It means the world or the universe. Not at all, my definition of Loca (loka) is used in my daily vocabulary. The Sanskrit meaning, never ?? Doesn't it break down to two different words TravelOKA , 🧐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Riobard Posted March 13 Members Share Posted March 13 It seems to have sprung from a locally well known fromage tour operator a bit west of Montreal. When Trappist monks sell the farm there’s no telling what will evolve including its relation to the smell test and to variety on the in-flight cheese course trolley . vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Riobard Posted March 13 Members Share Posted March 13 15 hours ago, macaroni21 said: Sorry if I am pouring cold water on your fun moment, but the word "loka" is from Sanskrit. It means the world or the universe. (see 4th paragraph of https://kr-asia.com/in-the-top-flight-everything-you-need-to-know-about-traveloka-part-1-of-2) Not everything revolves around the Western world or European languages 😘 Qué quoi what now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
