Brittany M.

Because I understand there are mistakes in business... the fact that the bus never made it out of the church parking lot on my wedding day... I actually thought, "Wow, how unfortunate." And thought of it as bad timing. From my experience with them 2 times after I will have a lengthy review of how TERRIBLE this company (not the drivers) is. Please read my review and please know this is from an unbiased perspective and all of the information is indeed true:

I also want people to understand that I know that reviews can make or break business and I was very reluctant to do that. But with these situations, there is no way I cannot share.

May 2015:
My husband and I used Lansing Party (paid $750) to have a 25 person party bus on my wedding day transport us from Mason to Jolly Rd. In Lansing for the reception (about a 20 minute drive). The bus did not make it out of the parking lot, because the engine caught on fire. Therefore, the whole wedding party, including myself as the bride, had to car pool (everyone had been drinking also--which is another issue because we did not anticipate this happening) to my reception. That we were over an hour late for.

It made for a good story we thought, everyone forgave us, whatever. Until my husband called after our honeymoon to get a refund. Because, duh, you would think because we didn't even MOVE on the bus we would get all of our money back. Nope, the owner told us that we would get a partial refund. Needless to say, eventually, we got our full refund.

December 2015:
A group used this bus company to drive from North Lansing to South Lansing. The bus was over an hour late due to bad planning.

June 2016:
Now it gets fun. Preface: The owner of the company is friends with one of the guys in our group that we went to go see perform in Grand Rapids.

Our group used Lansing Party (now, the last time) to travel from Lansing to Grand Rapids. First, the bus was late. Second, it didn't have air conditioning (oh, PS it's the middle of June). Third, before the group made their way to Grand Rapids, our group (which is now on the bus) had to stop in DeWitt to PICK UP the owner from his home, along with friends, and girls a drunken mess claiming they didn't have underwear on. Mind you, the people in my group paid money to travel together--not with the owner of the company and his hooligan and hoochies.

Oh, we thought we were getting a bus. We got a stretch limo trying to fit 20 people. Packed like sardines. Without air conditioning.

Okay, anyways.

We get dropped off at our event in Grand Rapids and the owner ASSURES us that our coolers, booze, etc. will get transported to the other bus (because the bus had to be in South Haven for a wedding--which they were an hour late for also). So we are anticipating a bus for when we get picked up in front of the venue at 11pm. Or so we think.

My group of about 15 people were waiting on the curb for a party bus from Lansing Party. Come to find out, there was never a bus coming to pick us up. It is now 12:30am and our group who was live and ready to have a good time--was now tired, angry, and there were many people who had to work in the morning expecting to be back home by leaving at 11pm.

So, the bus shows up. We get on. Upset, obviously. Not with the driver but at the situation. The bus driver tells us that (wait for it) "We have to find and pick up the owner and his friends from Downtown Grand Rapids before we go to Lansing." ALSO, our coolers, booze, and ALL OF OUR BELONGINGS were on the other bus that happened to be in South Haven. So we couldn't even open up a beer for this goose chase... because it was all lost somewhere within the state of Michigan. And out of all of this:

WHAT? You're telling us that the owner is making us pick him UP? After driving around aimlessly in Grand Rapids, we finally find these humans, drunk and incoherent. Our group leader confronted the owner on the bus and the owner's response, "Yeah dude. I'm mad too." The owner was asked, "What are you exactly mad at?" (aka YOU caused this).

Needless to say, we finally made it to Lansing at 2:30am. And I will walk anywhere before I step foot in a Lansing "Party Bus" or consider my name associated with them by any means.

Horrible, horrible, horrible business plan and horrible follow through. The market is small in Lansing so that is the only reason this place stays in business.