Working with Cape Destinations was the most stressful part of wedding planning. Hate to be negative, but I think with this company you are truly just a number. A few weeks out I wa...s sent the routing guide to fill out and I did so, specifying one bus for our guests at the All Seasons and one bus for our guests at the Lighthouse Inn. After our reception at LHI, we had an after party at Ember. I specified that we wanted continuous pick up and drop offs between the hotels and the after party.
I got the routing back maybe a week later and it was incorrect and had no buses at all returning to the LHI for those guests. While looking at the times and number of people we were shuttling around, we also decided to book a third bus just to make sure everyone would fit. My dad spoke with them directly on the phone regarding this. So the first two buses were now going to be for All Seasons and the third bus was going to be for Lighthouse Inn. They said they would send the new routing to us.
The week of the wedding came and I got a message saying that they never received the routing guide from me. We called them again and they sent us new routing. There were a few adjustments that needed to be made again, and the routing was not finalized until the Thursday before our Sunday wedding. They also asked that we email them all of our responses so that it was in writing, which we did. The routing that they send is super confusing and not easy to read. I was including this info on a card for all of our wedding guests to have when they arrived at the hotels- so I had to figure out how to articulate what they sent me so normal people could read it. Once I finished this, I thought we were all set.
The day of our wedding, I was feeling good because our guests appeared to be arriving on time to the venue for our ceremony. Then after after the reception the two buses for All Seasons started the after party route. I do think that the two buses from the All Seasons followed the routing and did what they were supposed to, with some minor times that were off from the schedule provided (I know traffic and things can happen so it won't be perfect). But the real problem came with the third bus. The third bus was scheduled to pick up at the Lighthouse Inn at 5:35PM to go to Ember (party started at 6pm). No bus arrived, so at 5:45PM I called the number of the driver that was provided to me. A man answered and had no idea what I was talking about and said that he wasn't scheduled to work today. Panic set in as I was waiting with 40 people to go to Ember. I called a second number of one of the bus drivers that was operating one of the All Seasons buses. She answered and was very pleasant, and said that she could come and pick us up from LHI to ensure that we get where we needed to. I told her no, that she was supposed to be taking care of out All Seasons guests (since we have 60+ there) and that we wanted the third bus that we paid for. She said she would call her boss and take care of it. Around 5:55pm a bus arrived at LHI. The driver was nice, but asked for directions of how to get to Ember, so the groom had to do that on the way there. Once we got to Ember, I gave the bus driver the schedule that I had made and had given out to our guests. We talked through it so he understood the schedule. He said that my schedule was way better than the one that he got from the company and that theirs did not make any sense. I was told by other guests who were on the All Seasons bus that those drivers also used the schedule I made.
It is wild to me that we would pay this much money, only to be stressing about the schedule, having to make my own route to show the bus drivers, and then the day of it wasn't even executed properly. I would not use this company again. I also want to mention that every time I called (expect maybe one phone conversation with Brittney) I felt like I was a burden and rushed off of the phone even though I still had questions while speaking to staff. Not good customer service or organization.