When it was time to book a ride to and from the airport for my first big family vacation in years, I decide to go with a limo to make it extra special for my kids. I came across this place a figured that even though they were a little more expensive, that it would be nice to support our local veterans. After a bit of a headache getting the initial order booked (rude email saying to email a different address when I emailed asking for a quote vs just forwarding the request), I decided to give it a shot anyway, and even decided to spring a little extra and get a Limo vs SUV.
I live in the far north suburb, about 45 minutes from the airport, so I booked the car for 6:30am to catch our 9:15 am flight. Getting me there roughly 2 hours early seemed like a good idea, especially for an international flight. At about 6:30, I got a call from Parris asking if I heard from my driver, I said no and he said he was trying to reach him... Shortly after I got a call from the driver stating he got the wrong info and went to the airport first, but was on his way. I called Parris to let him know and he said, "oh, that's why he was avoiding my calls".... Not a great start. After a few back and forth calls where I wanted to cancel the ride and just drive myself, Parris offered me a refund for the trip to the airport, so we decided to wait it out and he finally arrived in an SUV (kids literally crying because they thought we were going to miss our flight and then because they were expecting a Limo) at about 7:15. We got to the airport a little after 8, and we did make our flight, but it went from a relaxed morning a much more rushed trip thru security and rushing across O'hare with 3 small children to the gate right as they started boarding. The driver was nice and all, but overall just a very stressful situation.
Return trip was a little better. Our flight arrived about 20 minutes early, and when I called the driver he said he was on his way. About 30 minutes later he arrived. Had the flight not been early, the timing would have been fine. Not really their fault the flight was early, but they have the flight number so they can check and see if the flight is early or delayed...
Another issue came after, when I waited for the refund. No refund ever came. So, when they sent me an email asking me to review them on Yelp, I asked about my refund but got the run around, with Parris eventually stating I would get the $40 extra fee for the limo refunded, and "maybe a free sedan ride sometime". He asked me when he could call me to discuss, which I responded to a few days later (I was out of town on business). He never did actually call me, so I just decided to give up on seeing the promised refund.
Overall, the drivers are decent, but the company is poorly run and not coordinated.
***Update***
After posting this, I got a flurry of emails, and a call from Parris asking why I left a bad review, and saying that they did refund me the $40 one way SUV to Limo upcharge (which I guess I was not clear on, I did receive a $40 refund, just not the full 1 way trip I was promised). The whole reason I called was for a Limo, I have an SUV, it would have been cheaper and easier to drive to the airport myself and even park in the expensive short term parking garage.... I equate this to ordering pizza, waiting 2 hours for it arrive, opening the box to see a pizza without cheese, then being offered a $5 credit for the cheese. Without the cheese it is just bread with some sauce, and not really a pizza... Maybe a dumb analogy, but my point is, I ordered a Limo, and not only was it very late, stressing us all out that we would miss out flight, but it wasn't even a Limo... One or the other, I could possibly forgive, but both, and then it being poorly handled afterward to top it off....
I stand by my review, and still not happy with the way it was handled. I should not have finally gotten the partial refund only after having to ask for it again in response to them asking me for a positive review on Yelp... I never did get the call back when I asked for it. In all fairness, they did try call me prior to my giving them a time to call me, while I was out of town on business, but they did not call when I asked them to or try again any time after that. read more