Customer service

Customer service

Customer Service Policy

This policy applies to Coachhire.com

Transport2 (UK) Limited and our associated brands strive to deliver the highest standards for our customers: we are proud of our record of over 98% of all bookings last year being undertaken without service incidents.

However, we recognise that on occasion things can go wrong.

This policy recognises that coaches – like all transport – can be late for reasons such as previous passengers running late, mechanical issues, traffic, accidents and a number of other issues in the normal course of business.

We want to resolve any problems you might have experienced as promptly and effectively as possible and your feedback is invaluable in helping us improve our services for the future.

This document sets out the processes we employ for dealing with complaints and comments. It establishes our commitments in relation to how we deal with complaints and the service you can expect from us. It includes:

1.       How to make a complaint and who to contact

2.       How we will respond to your complaint and when you can expect a response

3.       How we will deal with your complaint fairly

4.       Compensation

5.       How we review and monitor the complaints

1. How to make a complaint and who to contact

In order to ensure that we can deal with your feedback in a fair and efficient manner we ask that you put the full details of your complaint in writing, and also supply copies of any photographs, email correspondence etc., so that we have all the necessary information.

To contact us please email:  [email protected](link sends e-mail)

Alternatively, you can write to us at the address below, we regret that we are unable to deal with telephone enquiries.

 

                Customer Services Team             

                Transport2 (UK) Limited

                SC House, Vanwall Business Park

                Maidenhead

                Berks

                SL6 4UW

 

2. How we will respond to your complaint and when you can expect a response

If you make a complaint to our Customer Services team, we will investigate the issues you raise and respond as soon as possible. If the complaint relates to the actual service provision, we will contact our local supplier or depot requesting an urgent investigation and report on the matters you raise.

If you have not received a full response within 10 working days, we will ensure you are sent an update advising you of the progress made on your case and will continue to update you every 10 days until a full response is provided.

We will provide a full response to your complaint.  Our response to you will include:

·         The outcome of any investigation we have made

·         The actions we have taken to remedy the source of your dissatisfaction and improve our service to you

·         Any compensation we are offering you if appropriate

Our target response times:

·         We will acknowledge your complaint on the next working day

·         We aim to have a report within five to seven working days

·         We aim to respond fully to all complaints within 10 working days. 

 3. How we will deal with your complaint fairly

We will:

·         Ensure we will follow our Customer Complaints Handling Procedure consistently

·         Investigate all complaints made to us, fully and fairly

·         Make every effort to address all the issues raised in your complaint in our responses to you

·         Provide full and relevant explanations for the actions or policies being complained about

If you are unhappy with our first response your complaint will be escalated to the Customer Services Manager for consideration.

4. Compensation

We will offer you compensation if we believe it is appropriate. We will determine the amount of compensation from our published table of compensation, this clearly lays out what compensation will be offered in relation to service incidents. This table forms part of our terms and conditions that are typically emailed to you with your booking confirmation and can also be downloaded from our websites.

Appendix 1 – Table of compensation 
The following compensation provisions are subject to the Company's standard Terms and Conditions. 

Service issue

Detail

Compensation

Late coach

(Where a journey consists of more than one leg or part,

compensation is limited to the part of the journey affected)

Up to  30 minutes

£0

31 – 90 minutes

10% / £25

91 – 180 minutes

20%/£50

181 – 300 minutes

50%/£100

Over 300 minutes

Full refund

Vehicle no show (Single leg journey)

Vehicle fails to arrive to collect passengers and passengers make other arrangements

Full refund

Vehicle no show (multi-leg journey)

Vehicle fails to arrive to collect passengers and passengers make other arrangements for specific leg of journey

Refund of charges relating to affected leg of journey

Vehicle breakdown

Vehicle suffers mechanical or other failure during the course of the booking, and journey is continued following repair or in alternative

vehicle(s)

Late vehicle charges as above

Vehicle suffers mechanical or other failure during the course of the booking, and  passengers make their own arrangements for travel

Compensation equivalent to reasonable transport costs to complete journey

Vehicle standard not as booked

Executive not Luxury (Not pre-agreed with client)

25%/£50

Executive not Luxury (Pre-agreed with client)

20%/£40

Standard not Executive (Not pre-agreed with client)

15%/£30

Standard not Executive (Pre-agreed with client)

10%/£25

Vehicle wrong size

(passengers)

Vehicle has insufficient seats for the number of passengers as listed in the booking confirmation and alternative vehicle supplied

Late vehicle charges as above

Vehicle has insufficient seats for the number of passengers as listed in the booking confirmation, and the client makes own arrangements for

additional passengers

Pro-rata refund plus 15% against booking + price per passenger

unable to travel 

Vehicle wrong size (luggage capacity)

Vehicle has insufficient storage space for luggage as listed in the booking confirmation and alternative or supplemental vehicle supplied, but delay is

caused to party

Late vehicle charges as above

Vehicle has insufficient storage space for luggage as listed in the booking confirmation and passengers make their own arrangements for travel

Full Refund

Vehicle toilet

Vehicle does not have working toilet or toilet is not accessible and this was detailed in the booking confirmation

10% / £40

Air conditioning

Vehicle does not have working air conditioning and this was detailed in the booking confirmation

10% /£40

Vehicle cleanliness

Vehicle fails to meet reasonable standards for cleanliness – exterior

5%

Vehicle fails to meet reasonable standards for cleanliness – Interior

(includes smell from toilet)

10%

Driver behaviour

Driver behaviour unacceptable including rudeness and failure for follow reasonable requests in line with the booking requirements

10%

 

5. Unreasonable, aggressive or abusive customers

We understand that if you perceive we have not met our standards of customer service, you might feel angry or upset. However, whilst we respect the rights of our customers to express their views, we will not tolerate aggressive, threatening or abusive actions of any kind towards members of our staff. We reserve the right to terminate any correspondence or communication that we believe to be ‘frivolous, vexatious or abusive’ in line with current industry practice.

6. How we review and monitor the complaints

Our Customer Services Manager samples and reviews the written responses made by our team to ensure your complaints are being dealt with promptly and effectively.

The information obtained from our monitoring processes is used to assess whether we are handling your complaints efficiently and that customers are satisfied with our responses. The analysis of your feedback helps us identify areas where we can improve the services we provide.

 

Terms and Conditions addition

 

It is the responsibility of the hirer to notify the company of any flight delay at their earliest opportunity.  If a flight is subject to a delay of over 30 minutes we will do all we can to reschedule your pick-up time.  If the supplier originally allocated to the journey is unable to facilitate the time change we will endeavor to source an alternative.  The hirer will be responsible for any additional costs associated with sourcing a new supplier due to a flight delay.  In the event of us being able to secure a vehicle for the new collection time the hirer will be refunded in full for the affected leg of the journey and clause 13.2 shall apply.