After our experience with Elite Coach Transportation for our wedding, I would not recommend their business. The company reached out to us the day before the wedding to confirm time...s and locations and sent an email to confirm as well. Everything was correct, including all the correct addresses. We also provided them with the timeline of our day and events, and they confirmed everything. My matron of honor even confirmed the locations with the driver the day of, as we were getting on the bus. The bus was supposed to take us from the church to our picture location, which was a 10-minute drive max based on all traffic maps.
However, after 25 plus minutes of driving around, our photographer asked the bus driver if he had the correct address. It was discovered that he did not use the correct address or location that we had provided to him and confirmed multiple times. He had to pull over and put the correct one into his GPS. It then took us another 15 minutes to get to the correct location for our pictures. The driver's mistakes put us very behind schedule, and we were very rushed at our picture location. This was incredibly frustrating because we had meticulously planned the timeline to ensure everything would go smoothly, and this delay threw everything off.
When we left the picture location to return to our reception site, it should have been a 15-minute drive that ended up taking half an hour. Due to the mistakes of the driver, we were unable to get pictures at the reception venue as planned and were unable to have time in our suite with the bridal party during cocktail hour. We had to be rushed off the bus directly into introductions for the reception. This was a very stressful situation that took away from the magical moment of the day. We feel that we missed out on very important parts of our day due to the mistakes of the driver.
To add to our frustration, the Monday after the wedding, I received a notification from my credit card company that it was charged an additional charge from Elite Coach Transportation. We had not received any correspondence from them or been notified why we were being charged. I had already planned on reaching out to them to explain the situation with our driver, but as soon as I saw the charge, I was even more upset. I immediately contacted the company to inquire about the additional charge and to express my dissatisfaction with their service.
When I finally got in touch with someone, they were not very helpful or understanding. They claimed that the additional charge was for extra time that the driver had to spend driving us around, which was absolutely ridiculous considering it was their driver's mistake that caused the delays. I explained the entire situation to them, including how the driver had the wrong address and how it affected our schedule and overall experience. Despite this, they were not willing to refund the additional charge or offer any compensation for the inconvenience and stress they caused on our wedding day.
I would strongly advise against using them for any important events, especially weddings. Their lack of attention to detail, poor communication, and unwillingness to take responsibility for their mistakes made our experience with them extremely negative.
Michelle had no empathy or understanding for our situation. As a person in a business that has to deal with the public they should be embarrassed to have an employee like Michelle representing their company.