ZERO STARS!!! Prime Time Shuttle should not even be in business. Apparently Prime Time likes to hire drivers that are unethical and verbally abusive. I've seen Tijuana taxi drivers provide better service.
I booked a round trip pick up and drop off for my senior parents, through PrimeTime Shuttle, whom were departing on a week long cruise on the Princess Cruise from San Pedro. Upon return from their cruise (2/2/19), not only did PrimeTime fail to advise them in advance that they didn't have a driver to pick them up but they sent another driver that showed up 2 hours late in a vehicle that did not display any signage to make it easy for the public, in this case my parents, to identify their ride. At that moment in time it was raining cats and dogs and the driver had the nerve to cough an attitude about waiting for 10 minutes when in reality it was a few minutes. Once in the vehicle, my father was trying to confirm that he had the right vehicle and drivers name that he was provided with at the last minute. The driver refused to cooperate in confirming any of the information and instead began to belligerent, using profanity, and verbally abusing my parents and told them to get out of the vehicle shy of physically shoving them out of the vehicle and into the pouring rain after having driven about 150 ft. The driver, a Juan Soria, who drove a Nissan Rogue attempted to hastily throw their luggage out of the vehicle while trying to extort money from them by demanding $40 dollars to clean the interior of the car due to the rain. Not only was he unprofessional, he was unethical in his practices which apparently PrimeTime Shuttle condones. This has clearly opened my eyes to see that this company is more concerned about turning a profit rather then providing a customer orientated service.
Rest assured I have escalated this incident to the local office and will escalate it to corporate. I have already contacted the Better Business Bureau as well. Not only that but I will post this on my social media and will relay this to all my colleagues in Law Enforcement to not use PrimeTime and use other competitors primarily Super Shuttle.
UPDATE
Hello Esperanza,
The reservation ID# is 206866.
It was very by far the worst experience my parents have ever experienced was there exact words. They normally take Super Shuttle and due to the last minute, opted to use Prime Time Shuttle services for the first time. With that said I could not believe how the driver treated my elderly parents. I attempted to contact the operations manager in charge of the driver, a Juan Soria, who drove a Nissan Rogue (CA 8DYC173) and was informed that he didn't show up to work and did not return any phone calls as they wanted to hear his side of the story. I later found out after speaking with a supervisor named Carlos that he was terminated and no longer employed by the company days later. Whether this is true or not, there is no way to confirm it. There should be a zero tolerance with drivers like such that do more damage to the company's reputation then anything. The customer service and behavior that he exhibited was far beyond unexceptional. While I understand you are a representative of the company, this should be escalated to upper management that should enact policies to prevent situations like this from arising in the near future. Yes, Prime Time refunded the round trip charge, which Carlos took care of. He also informed me that he would attempt to request reimbursement for the cab fare my parents had to pay out of pocket, $100, to get home after being placed through the ringer. By ringer, I mean being put on hold while Prime Time attempted to locate another driver and failed at. It was 2 hours later after the incident, that they had to call a cab, while waiting in the cold and pouring rain.
I just called to get an update on the reimbursement and was informed that Prime Time Shuttle does not offer any type of compensation, not to my amazement. I am by far NEVER EVER going to ever use nor recommend any type of Shuttle/cab services from Prime Time Shuttle to friends/family/colleagues. If $100 couldn't be reimbursed that tells me quite a lot. I will be definitely posting this on all of my social media accounts. Being in Federal Law Enforcement I will definitely relay this to my agency as well as others. read more