This is my official complaint that I submitted to Better Business Bureau® and federal trade commission
Terrible customer service and terrible experience from new tours. https://www.newtours.us/
We went on a 2 day trip from NYC to Boston and Plymouth as advertised on "comfortable" tour bus on 8/29/19 - 8/30/19. Instead, 12 people were stuffed into not equipped, very uncomfortable small bus. As soon as we left Brooklyn, the problems began.
First ,we had to make unplanned and unannounced stop in uptown Manhattan to pick up one person which cost us 2 hrs in traffic.
Second, the air conditioner wasn't working properly. It was blowing air only to first row of the bus and never reached back and middle of the bus. If was extra air conditioner in the baggage compartment, but it wasn't working at all. We had elderly lady and 2 small children on the bus who got overhead and felt extremely hot and sick. One lady got really sick and almost passed out. The tour guide refused to change the program and let people out of extremely hot and missable bus. He was trying to continue tour, but it was impossible to see anything because bus windows were too dark and the bus was to low and hot. We had to argue and request tour guide and the driver to stop the bus and went for self guided walk. We called main new tours office several but faced most, rude, unprofessional, and lying manager Svetlana who hanged phone on us several times. Svetlana was lying that apparently tour guide turned off air conditioning, which is obviously not true. We had to call New tours office several times and every time wait until I get to manager Svetlana who was shouting on the phone that she is working on our problems and hanging phone in the middle of a conversation. New tours manager assistant refused to provide Svetlana's last name over the phone. Therefore, instead of enjoying Boston, we spend most of the day in missable, very hot bus, on the phone with new tours management, or arguing with bus driver and guide about changing the program and letting us out of the bus on self guided walk. What kind of consumer service is that?
I was promised but Svetlana assistance that I will get a confirmation phone call with a solution plan but is never happened. Finally, after calling several times to New tours office, were promised that tomorrow morning we will get new bus.
Shocking, but we got new, very comfortable and with perfectly working ac bus.
That said, the second day tour program was so boring, and it was completely a waste of time. We spend most of the time on the bus, traveling to Salem and Plymouth and saw very little.
The tour guide was very knowledgeable but very boring, unconsidering, unfriendly and even rude. All of the tourists were very unsatisfied with the tour and have very little memories. We got no follow up phone call, no apologies from New tours manager Svetlana. This is the worst customer service and worst organized tour I have ever been. We all agree that we have to get some kind of compensation for the inconvenience and moral injury.
Below the names of all the adult passengers on the bus who gave me verbal consent to file complaint.
-Inna Ippolitov-USA, NYC
Bella Manick - Israel
Mr. Factor
Elena Dinkevich, USA
Irina Dinkevich, Israel
Margarita Mavyan
Irina Nemzeva, Canada
Elza Xasanova, read more