Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2287478)

So I went to Ireland for the holiday and 2 months ago, I booked transportation with Dawn's Car Service to Orlando Airport.

At 2:50 PM on 12/26 I get a text, "Is your flight on time? I'm leaving now".

15-20 minutes later I get a text, "I'm feeling under the weather, I'm sending my son.

It's supposed to be a 4:30 pm pickup.

4:35 he's not here and I ask Dawn if he's lost.

"He made a wrong turn and will be there in 15 minutes" is the response.

How does someone get lost with GPS?

4:50 she says "he's still not there"? "He should be there". (no kidding!)

4:55 I tell her I'm going to miss my flight and I'm leaving to drive to Orlando.

He's still not here at 5. I drive to the airport, spend 40 minutes finding a place to park, then dash from Terminal A to Terminal C, race through Security and make my flight, only because of the kindness of the AerLingus desk agent, who allows me to board the flight, late.

Now I'm stuck with my car at Orlando airport and after 22 hours of airports and flying, I have to drive back to TV at midnight last night.

Dawn won't refund my $261 and offered me a "credit towards a future booking". Oh yeah, I can't wait to depend on her again!

& as it turns out, Dawn doesn't even have a "son", I've been told.

Originally Posted by spinner1001 (Post 2287594)

That’s what I thought. I believe there is more to this story.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 2287695)

I can empathize with the OP not wanting to get to an offsite parking lot after 22 hours of travel and then drive home. We fly frequently to Europe and Australia, and the last thing we want to do after baggage claim and customs & border patrol is then have to wait for someone to pick us up to retrieve the car and then have to drive home.

Another thing we don't want to do after all that travel is get on a bus that drops several people off individually or just takes you to a point that isn't your home. We very much appreciate the ease of a private car service and have used the same one for over a decade without a hitch. We don't prepay. There have been threads on this topic that list reliable private services, if one wants to do a search.

Originally Posted by pairadocs (Post 2288056)

didn't it say it was for two people ?

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2287961)

Well we sure destroyed Dawn's business.

Originally Posted by JEM0715 (Post 2288098)

How can one destroy a business that was NEVER legal in the first place? She wasn't state business licensed, no commercial insurance, no airport permits, and you say destroy a business? What they did was expose an illicit service.

Originally Posted by JEM0715 (Post 2288098)

How can one destroy a business that was NEVER legal in the first place? She wasn't state business licensed, no commercial insurance, no airport permits, and you say destroy a business? What they did was expose an illicit service.

Originally Posted by MrChip72 (Post 2288320)

Incidentally, I was looking for a service to get to MCO in 2 weeks for just myself. Ended up booking a one way car rental from Leesburg to MCO where I'll pick up the car the day before. Was $44 all-in with taxes. Seems like the less stressful way to go.

Originally Posted by MrChip72 (Post 2288320)

Incidentally, I was looking for a service to get to MCO in 2 weeks for just myself. Ended up booking a one way car rental from Leesburg to MCO where I'll pick up the car the day before. Was $44 all-in with taxes. Seems like the less stressful way to go.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2288336)

How do you get from your house to Leesburg and back? Or does the rental agent let you park in their lot for free?

Originally Posted by Michael 61 (Post 2288117)

I appreciate the OP for posting this. For those that want to discount the OP’s experience, that is their prerogative to do so. Posting that they had wonderful experiences does not negate the OP’s experience. I need 100% reliable transportation to the airport when flying.