This was my first and last trip using this company. We paid an extra fee to have door-door service in St. George where we got dropped off and picked up from our hotel. Pick up was scheduled for 9:00 so we could make it to the shuttle leaving at 9:30. By 9:05 our taxi hadn't come, so I called the company to see where it was. Person who answered the phone said she would check, and then put me on hold for 8 minutes. I was getting a little nervous about missing the shuttle at this point, so I hung up and called back. Put on hold immediately without talking to anyone. I tried again and same thing, so I stayed on hold. FOR ANOTHER 10 MINUTES. No one came back to say what was going on, or if they could hold the shuttle for us. By this time we had 10 minutes to make it to the shuttle, so I left my phone on speaker and ordered and Uber. I didn't know anyone in St. George to call for a ride, and our hotel didn't have a shuttle service, so that was pretty much my only option if I wanted to make it to the shuttle on time.
Just as the Uber pulled up, someone came back on the phone and said they had sent a taxi. I told them I was getting in an Uber and to please, please, please hold the shuttle until we could get there. They said they would, and apparently the taxi pulled up just as we were getting in the uber car. Our lovely Uber driver rushed us over and we were able to catch the shuttle before they left. I called the shuttle main line back when we got back home, and requested a refund for the taxi plus what we had to pay for the uber. They said they could request it and a manager would have to approve it, and could I call back next Friday to check. I confirmed manager would be in Monday, and so called back this morning to ask about that.
Manager said he would refund the price for the taxi, but there was no way he was paying for the Uber because "that was your choice to order". He said we could have gotten a ride from someone, or called the shuttle service to see if we could get on the next shuttle, or even call their competitor to see if we could get on their shuttle. He said they had sent a taxi (albeit 25 minutes after it was supposed to be there), and so therefore they weren't responsible for me finding alternate transportation.
I tried to explain that we didn't know anyone down there to give us a ride, so paying for a ride was the only option I had unless I wanted to miss the 9:30 shuttle. I also tried explaining that I couldn't call back to request the shuttle to wait because NO ONE WAS ANSWERING THE PHONE OR PICKING UP CALLS ON HOLD! If I had known they were arranging a taxi to come and would have the shuttle wait, I wouldn't have ordered the uber. But I had NO communication, so I was forced to make other arrangements. And that lack of communication was the major reason I wanted a refund for what I spent on the uber.
Manager was really rude and said he would never ask a company for a refund on top of what they refunded for a service that wasn't used. He said he could request it, but it definitely wouldn't happen and he didn't think it was right that I would even ask, even though I pointed out that the person who left my call on hold for 15 minutes without telling me what was going on could have avoided this.
I will never use this company again, and can only caution everyone else who needs a shuttle to St. George to use their competitors. The cramped, uncomfortable seating + horrible customer service just aren't worth the slightly cheaper price. read more