I thought S & S was going to be the best of the best as their google reviews online were pretty…read morestellar but that really wasn't the case. The people I spoke with on the phone over the last month attempting to coordinate the bus were very helpful. Their quotes were consistent for the most part and other than a few lengthy hold times, it was fairly easy to reach the company. Our group was going from Rochester to the Bills Game in Buffalo and we booked a 27 passenger. Upon booking, I was told that the 27 passenger would comfortably seat 24, but that legally there could be 27 people. Now, the people going on the bus were all adults but some smaller than others, put it this way, if the bus could legally seat 27 I figured there would be absolutely no issues with our group fitting 27 and when it came to the day of, we only had 24 people so I was excited we were all going to sit "comfortably." Comfort my A$$. 24 adults could not fit in that bus. We were squished up against one another and someone needed to sit in the aisle of the bus on top of a cooler which was incredibly unsafe as the only place the cooler fit was right near the entrance of the bus where she could have easily tilted over onto the doors.
There was NO TRUNK. I was shocked and so unbelievably frustrated as it was known we were clearly going to the Bills Game to tailgate meaning we had coolers galore, three tables, corn hole, chairs, tons of food, etc, etc. How do you not have a trunk for space to store things? We had to sit on tables, sit on coolers, squish food under our feet and behind our heads, it was a disaster. I was so angry that nobody told me on the phone that there was going to be no room for our belongings. It was a nightmare trying to get everything onto the bus. Now lets talk about the smell of the bus. It smelled like stinky old frat house. Clearly there had been some beer spillage the last time this bus was taken out and it was not cleaned well because it smelled awful. The bus was incredibly boring inside as well. One of the exciting things about getting a limo bus are the lights, the cool sleek interior, this was the most dull basic boring bus I've ever seen. Black seats, no handles, no poles, nothing. The aux wasn't working either. I was told it would work with an iPod, so I brought my iPod and it did not work. I was also told to bring my own aux cord in case the one on the bus wasn't working. So, I went out and purchased my own cord and it did not have a spot for me to use my own. The music was only audible in the back of the bus. There were no speakers in the front half and the bass overshadowed the sound quality, so disappointing. The music didn't get loud at all and we turned it up as high as it could go. Honestly, it was boring. I couldn't even get people pumped up for the game because we were so uncomfortable, music wasn't loud enough, etc.
In addition, our pick up time was scheduled for 8 am. This means we were paying for the bus starting at 8. The driver showed up a few minutes late which was really annoying because we had expected the driver to get there early (like all of my drivers have in the past) so that we could spend the necessary 15 minutes loading the bus with our things and be on the road by 8. We ended up not getting to the game until around 10:45 and had hardly any time to tailgate before having to leave and go to the game. We were the last bus to enter the bus lot. It was a buzz kill. Don't get me wrong, our driver was cool and kind and did his best, I think some things were probably out of his hands. For $1,500 I really expected a LOT more from this company. I won't be using again in the future as their per person advertising is very inaccurate.