THE "ON TIME GUARANTEE" IS A LIE
In December, 2013, I hired Seattle Town Car for transportation to the airport, because they advertise an on-time guarantee. When I made the reservation, I told them we had an international flight, and they suggested the pick up time for the following day.
They did not show up. After I called them numerous times, repeatedly reassured that the car was "almost there" (total BS), a car showed up 75 minutes late. We were so late to the airport that we missed the mandatory check in time and therefore our flight, and therefore our connection. We ended up having to pay a $200 per person fee to change the date of the connecting flight and had to spend two days at the Travelodge outside of LAX, and arrived at our destination two days late. The incident cost us over $750.
The worst part is that when I did let Yaz at Seattle Town Car know how much the error cost us, he completely ignored us and refused to even apologize or anything! So much for his "on time guarantee," huh?
One funny (sad) thing was that in the car on the way to the airport, someone called in from dispatch indicating another client was calling in and their ride to the airport with STC was over an hour late, too! So we were not the only ones who had been stood up. Oh, but I heard them agree to give the guy a $5 discount for the trouble. (Seriously!!)
I strongly recommend choosing a different transportation service. There is a risk Seattle Town Car will not get you to your destination on time. If you've got something important going on like, say, an international flight. They apparently don't even care enough to issue an apology if their error costs you two days of your life and nearly a thousand dollars.
Let me be very clear about this - there was absolutely nothing that we did wrong. We did not give the wrong address. We did not have a miscommunication as to time. They were just simply "losing reservations" that weekend, as was told to us. And rather than send someone right when we called the first time, Yaz kept blowing us off telling us someone was coming when, in fact, no one was on their way (later he explained it was because he was "trying to sleep" and "figured" someone would come).
If you had similar problems with Seattle Town Car, you should consider filing a small claims case against them for breach of contract. In King County, the cost of filing a small claims case is only $35. The first step in the process is to do a web search for "Small Claims Court Overview - King County Washington" and review the website. If you have further questions, you can contact the King County Clerk of Court at (206) 296-9300. The website and the clerk will both assist you with filling out the Notice of Claim form and serving it on Seattle Town Car, which is required. You will want to outline the facts in your Notice of Claim, and make a claim for breach of contract, if STC refused to honor their on-time-guarantee as they did with us. read more