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Old 12-06-2017, 01:20 PM
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Default The Villages Transportation

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Originally Posted by asianthree View Post
I have always used this service at least 4 to 6 times a year, and always had a pleasant ride. In July myself and 3 grandchildren had a taxi pick us up at our house and deliver us to LSL. Driver arrived 20 minutes late, and then told us he was taking us to Brownwood.
I informed him the shuttle driver would be waiting for us in LSL, he said he called the driver. Taxi driver was notably rude to not only me but children as well. Thank goodness we did not have luggage. When shuttle driver arrived he proceeded to chew me out that he waited in LSL and made everyone late. I tried to explain about taxi driver, but he was not hearing it. I called the office when I arrived up north, and office would have manager contact me. Two more phone calls, and nothing.

I just booked my ride back and explained the previous experience, not happy with driver, she actually laughed, and said wait for an hour take the next shuttle. What happen to customer service with them.

Are they the only game in town, or is there another service out there?
The exact same thing happened to us when we were leaving The Villages in June to go to the Orlando Airport. The Taxi that was suppose to pick us up at a certain time, didn't arrive, even though I had called and confirmed it the day before. After 15 minutes, I called the Villages Transportation to ask where the driver was. They said he would be there in 10 minutes...25 minutes late. He called the shuttle and said he was taking us to Brownwood and to hold the shuttle as long as they could. He raced through the Villages and caught up with the Shuttle as it was leaving the station...needless to say, the shuttle driver and the passengers were very upset about the wait.