Academy Bus Tours, Inc.

I was on a chartered Academy bus. What should have been a two hour trip turned into 5 hours. That is not the worse part. The worse part is the bus had been fumigated with some sort of pesticide. I have been trying for 4 days to speak to someone at Academy to address this issue but to no avail. As a result of the situation I had to endure for five hours, the sickening feeling was with me for 3 days, my suitcase and handbag still smell of it after 4 days, and since I used my car to get from the bus stop to home, my car also reeks of pesticide. If you really would like to get somewhere in a timely manner and want to arrive not smelling like a giant can of Raid, I strongly suggest you use another bus company. more

My wife and I chartered a bus with Academy for our wedding reception and will never use them again. When we booked we discussed with the representative the type of bus and the details for the pick-up and drop-off of our guests. On the day of our wedding we were surprised to see that Academy had sub-contracted our wedding to some unknown bus company. It was not the bus we had discussed and, worst of all, the driver spoke Russian and about 6 words of English. He did not have any of the information we had provided to Academy regarding the schedule. As a result our wedding started over 30 mins late and I had to leave my own reception to direct the driver to the reception location (which was only three blocks from the church) and then direct him back because he got lost after the first run. We went with Academy because we thought by going with a recognized bus company we would get a new bus and an experienced driver -- we got just the opposite. I would not recommend them to anyone. Pros: Easy booking Cons: Did not get the bus or service we were promised more