Peter R
AVOID this company at ALL COSTS! AVOID this company at ALL COSTS. They cannot be trusted. I booked a minivan to take us from central London to Heathrow at 5.30am on Friday 16th December. I paid £145 for the service. At 4.30am on the 16th, I received a call from the driver telling me he was outside. I told him we’d be down in 20 mins. When we went downstairs he wasn’t there. I called him again and I found out he was at a completely different address about a five minute drive from us. When he arrived he was driving a Mercedes sedan. Not a minivan like I ordered and paid for. On further investigation, not only was the address AND his type of vehicle wrong, but also the name on the booking. He realised he wasn’t actually for me (despite having my contact number) and headed back to collect his actual passenger, who must have wondered where he was. I tried calling the number of the driver I had been emailed with the booking confirmation, but he never answered. He responded with a “?” text. I text him back telling him I’d been given his name and number as our driver, but he never replied. At 4.55am another car stopped. He’d been given a DIFFERENT address down the road from our house, but he spotted us on the street (in -3 degrees) with suitcases and wondered if we were his pick-up. He had my name and phone number, but wasn’t driving a minivan either. Rather a Kia hatchback. We had booked a minivan, because we had 5 suitcases and two carry on. Somehow the driver managed to get two suitcases in the front seat and one in the boot. The other two suitcases and carry-on bags had to be put in the back seat on our laps. The driver told us when he accepted the job from Welcome he was never asked if he drove a minivan. He said that Welcome Pick-ups are terrible to deal with and the bookings are always wrong. We finally got to Heathrow, but it was an hours drive – by which time we were in agony from having heavy suitcases on our laps. I wrote to Welcome to find out what had happened. Remarkably, for a car service company, they offer NO OUT OF OFFICE HOURS phone support. I messaged them and they said they would get back to me within 24 hours. I still haven’t heard from them, despite chasing them twice. I would avoid this company at ALL COSTS. They are swindlers who farm out jobs to other car companies, but take no responsibility if anything goes wrong. I have asked for my money back due to the poor service, the fact we didn’t get the correct vehicle and the stress of having to deal with a ridiculous situation. I have yet to hear ANYTHING from the company. Definitely do not use this company.
1 year ago
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