I rented a party bus for my husbands 50th birthday in October 2008. I was told that it was brand new, beautiful etc. The bus that arrived had tape covering rips in the seats so that made me curious but was not a big deal. The driver and his assistant were real nice guys but admitted they had just moved here from Washington and did not know their way around. For that reason I sat in the front seat to give directions and missed being able to visit with the guests during the bus ride. The driver did not know how to hook an ipod into the sound system but fortunately one of the guests figured it out so we could have music during the ride. We rented the bus for 4 hours. Plenty of time to get from East Mesa to Saguaro Lake. We chartered a boat at Saguaro Lake for a one and half hour dinner cruise. The bus never made it over about 35 miles an hour so the trip took forever!! After the boat ride, which by the way, the driver and assistant joined us on so they got a $30.00 dinner complete with DRINKS!! - we all got back on the bus and the driver could not manuever the turn to get out of the parking lot so he put the bus in reverse and then was NOT able to get it out of reverse for about 30 - 45 minutes. The driver kept getting calls on his cell phone from the party that he was supposed to be picking up at a bar in Tempe. Clearly he had been double booked.
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