Wakanow Travels Reviews 67

If you hear anything about a company called Wakanow, I strongly advise you to run and never look back. I do not leave reviews, but I feel compelled to share my experience with this company Called Wakanow.

I paid for a ticket using my Klarna account, which is registered in my name and is designed to be secure for both parties. A few days later, I was asked to provide a selfie along with my passport, which I submitted as requested. I was then informed that my payment had been flagged by their system.

Given their past reviews, I am concerned that they may be attempting to cancel my ticket in order to impose additional charges which I’m not going to pay. For your own peace of mind don’t fall for their trick.

Unresolved refund issue. I reached out to Wakanow NG’s contact centre after not receiving my full refund, and since then, I’ve been completely ignored. I paid almost 730k for a trip but only 650k is being processed for refund. While I understand that service charges may be non-refundable, other add-ons should have been included.
I was told the refund had been processed, but I haven’t received a single kobo since then. The screenshot sent to me even showed the status as “pending.” I pointed this out, and that was the last I heard from them. Very disappointing experience.

Issue resolved, thanks to Peter from Wakanow Customer Experience Team

⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 – UPDATE: They Made It Right

I'll be honest — my initial experience with this site left me frustrated. I booked a flight, was told no seats were available, and then waited over three days for a refund with no communication. It was stressful and I feared the worst.

But after I reached out following my previous review, they responded quickly and refunded me in full without any hassle. That counts for something.

Every company can have hiccups — what matters is how they handle them. They could definitely improve their response times and communication, but ultimately they did the right thing. I'm willing to give them another chance in the future, with a bit more caution.

Hopefully they use this as a learning experience to serve their customers better.

Lack of proper communication with customers.
No good customer service and welfare at heart.

Just and update to my review below: I got my refund on Feb 25 following the review submitted on Feb 22.

However, it is quite annoying that it took me going public through a negative review of Wakanow to get this resolved.

That being said, big thank you to “Peter A” from Wakanow for acting promptly . Not only did you email or message, you also called and left messages - Weldone Peter

Regards,
Bie Peterside

The airline operator cancelled the flight and I notified Wakanow and requested a refund.

Wakanow ceased communicating even after the airline confirmed to me (with Wakanow in copy of the email) that they refunded Wakanow since December 30, 2025. I’ve sent the airlines email confirmation to Wakanow customer service via info@wakanow dot com and support@wakanow dot com their staff responsible for airlines refund and even their management team (mails delivered) and yet they all ignored my mail - no response till date. Fun fact, to test their email are still operational, I sent a message seeking for help to pay for booking via another email address of mine to info@wakanow dot com and they’ve responded not once but thrice - this confirms they are clearly ignoring my mails requesting for my refund.

Wakanow is simply fraudulent - so business at your own peril. This firm should not be allowed to operate anymore.

Thanks
BDP

This is my second review, the first one was on 6th January 2026, Wakanow made me pay for a flight twice, I booked the first one they said something was wrong I will get back my money in the evening, then only one seat was left in this flight, I booked another, since then till now I got back my refund on 17th of February with -100,000 naira deducted, this is robbery and this company should not be allowed to operate in a country like Nigeria, how do you steal 100,000 from a common man

Wakanow really turned it around. Ended up being smooth and satisfying — thank you for excellent job!

Had a very unpleasant experience with the staff who attended to us this morning. I got the @wakanow Travels at Ikate this morning quite early and had to wait in the car for the office to resume. After the long wait , we walked in and met a very unfriendly and hostile lady. Who didn’t have any courtesy. We eventually left without making any bookings because her demeanor was very discouraging and decided to book with another agent.

I had an excellent experience with the team! They responded swiftly and ensured my issue was fully resolved. Highly recommend their service!

It was very fast with good customer care I loved it

Wakanow services are very superb. Kudos to you guys

They are fast and the offers good services to there customers nation wide, very reliable ,,,,I used to be scared about booking flights from travel agencies but my first experience with Wakanow changed the whole mindset for me. They are reliable and have the best customer service.

The process of booking was seamless.

Wakanow is the most reliable and efficient travel agency I have ever used. They have the best customer service and most affordable flight and hotel prices you can get anywhere. Please book from Wakanow and enjoy peace of mind.

Several months after my review...throwing light on my more than horrible experience with wakanow ,I was contacted by their customer team . I shared details with them and documented evidence of what ensued . They apologised and promised to look into it only to get back to me with this message "Following our review of your complaint, we observed that the transaction was handled by our Ghana subsidiary and is therefore outside our direct scope, as we do not operate within the same market. However, we have escalated the matter to the relevant team in Ghana and will continue to follow up to ensure it is resolved." On the 12th of January 2026 . Till now no response , no follow up , nothing ! Hiw can such a company operate . How. Its a total scam !!

Updates:
The Issue has been resolved by Peter. I recommend wakanow needs strong and high technology on website, app and following up messaging systems. Kindly just be patient with wakanow. Thanks

Pls I booked flights for airpeace, keep getting messages every 30mins to make payments or fare will change, I made payments immediately I was booking with Barclays bank account. Nigeria thing is always problematic. God mercy

My issues was resolved promptly, although I had to escalate the issue.

Very bad people, stay away from them

0/10 experience
I had booked a flight online on the wakanow app in Gambia, come to find out there was a mistake with the booking so they asked me to pay extra which I didn't mind at first, so my flight was booked on the 23rd of september to fly on the 26th from Banjul, but because of the error the lady on the phone had to book again, I had asked her if it was the same time same date, she told me it was only a 15min difference, I go to the airport and they tell me that my flight was booked for the 26th of november, now she tells me it was an "oversight" on her end, after I had asked her many times to check if it's the right date and she confirmed it was. I do not recommend anyone taking Wakanow in Gambia, either go to the airport directly to book a flight or pay directly on the Airline website.

Wakanow posted fake flight schedule,I paid $328 online , they send me ticket that was different from what I booked only to tell me later that my refund will take minimum of 8 weeks and they can’t assure me that my money will be refund in full. Mathew.