sandra
1/5
I was one of the unfortunate people that travelled from Brentford to Manchester City on Saturday, to begin with the drivers were having a disagreement which route to take, two coach drivers wanted to go via the M40, the other wanted to use the M1 unfortunately against our drivers wishes we went on the M1 as coach 1 was the lead coach we had to follow our journey took 7 hours, leaving just after 8pm arriving in Manchester just after 3pm missing kick off. The journey should of taken no more that 5 hours had they taken the right route. The coach didn't have a built-in sat nav they used their own sat navs and mobile phones. The coach was incredibly uncomfortable and hot, no air conditioning the roof vents were opened to get some ventilation in the coach, the seats were very uncomfortable and the seat belts didn't work properly it was that stiff it nearly choked you, we couldn't use them. The coach also lacked power it chugged going up hills, pulling out from junctions and roundabouts was a problem.
We had no sockets to charge our phones/ipads, no wifi nor any other technology you'd expect from a coach today.
Luckily our coach went home via the M40 it was a better journey coming back, but the journey made it a very long uncomfortable day due to the old coach. Leaving at 8am we should of made 3pm kick off which we would of done had we taken the most logical route.
Unlike Dumber & Dumber on coach No1 who came back the same route M1 via Sheffield they arrived 1 hour later than we did.
I must say the driver on coach 2 was nice,(the one employed by masons, the other guy was a joker) that doesn't compensate the long uncomfortable journey.
A train refunds you money if it is delayed or fails to deliver which you clearly did, I doubt we will get any reimbursement
Quite honestly your company shouldn't be using old knackered coaches you are not giving any consideration for the passengers safety comfort and well being.
I would never travel on your coaches again. An absolute shambolic company.
Edit;
it doesn't matter that our journey coming home was better our day was ruined by incompetence on an old uncomfortable coach and we were late arriving. You missed the point. Also our stop was under 40 minutes rather than an hour as we were so late.
Edit 2
Masons coaches no I will not remove my 1 star rating, you have a nerve asking it's the truth and not use bad language. Your coaches should not be on the roads a working seat belt is part on a mot ours didn't work.