Florida Bus Transport Contact Enquiry
Question
Richard Gorman :Aloha Ryan,
I am part of a 18 person group that will be traveling from Manila to Tabuk April/2010. On our last tour to the same location, we used “Florida Transport” for our bus transportation. They had a beautiful luxury sleeper, with an express service from Manila to Tuguegarao. I found their website, but wanted their current email. The one on the website is not in service.
Could you email me their current email address, or give me a comparable bus company’s email, who serves the same route with the same luxury express sleeper buses? I want to make sure that when we arrive in Manila, we will be able to all have seats on the same bus, and not have to waste valuable time waiting for arrangements to be made.
Mahalo,
RG
Answer
Ryan: Hey Richard,
Wow, I was planning of doing the same thing too but just a little bit different. We were planning of flying in to Tuguegarao then work our way down to Tabuk, then head over to Sagada and Bontoc down to Banawe and Batad and then worm our way out to possibly Baguio or we will go straight down back to Manila. I called up Florida Transport and as of the moment they do not have an email (as what the lady advised me) but you may be able to reach these numbers – Reservations- +63.2.7433809 or this alternative number +63.2.7815894 or their office in Tuguegarao – +63.78.8462265. Their Manila office does not know of any email addresses at all (and I doubt it if there is any that is of actual at all). I will be going back up to Sagada in October so I should be able to check in some other buses for you guys to ride. ;)
Cheers!
Ryan
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i am a regular commuter of gv florida nomally riding the super de luxe from gonzaga to sampaloc , manila . there were several instances that i have to endure travelling with the reclining seat that slides backward even if i pull it up in its upward position . can management do something about it ? this is most common in the single seats nos. 3 and 6 . better still management can check the seats on a regular basis since once we reserved we will be stuck in that kind of seat for the entire trip of 12 hours .
lastweek (06/10/11)., im one of the passengers of florida bus line, i go home every month to visit my family and relatives in ilocos, i always chose florida because of the fare that was so cheap, and you will be riding a nice, clean bus and you would really comptable during the long hours of travel. But the last time i went home, i really had a very very very bad experience with one of the bus, conductor (not so much) and especialy the bus driver. From the terminal., we ride on the bus with number F10., and we have exited balitwak and all of the sudden, the aircon broke off, (real hot inside the bus), we did travel till we reached NLEX., the driver said will just travel upto tarlac stop over, then they will look for another bus, who has spare seats for us passeners to transfer with (because of the aircon that broke off), we didnt even reach stop over in tarlac, be ause the bus who left terminal an hour after uswas already behind us so we stooped along expressway and transffered there even ifts its already fully loaded., that we are already standing in the center, they assured us tyat they will look for anothe bus where we can transfer again and have sits where we can sit in., driver and conductors took their snacks/dinner., and after that, they just then informed us that theyll be going, and we passengers who just took a hitch with them, that was given assurance fromthem to look for another bus to ride with will just stay there, by ourselves, and wait for another buses from manila, i was so disapponited and upset, frustrated, i paid the right amount but that was the service i got from them that night (12midnight). I talk to the conductor and he said that we are not their responsibility (bu__sh_t!), you think is not? I asked them what were going to do there, sit and wait for a bus untill what time? there were 3 buses areived that time and its all loaded., novacant sits. What more the other bus? so i asked them to just give back oyr money and will just look for a diffbus (not florida), but they said they hqve no rules like that (what???!), understood, but theyre responsibilty is to look a bus that has vacant sits for us before them going back on the road. anu, unahan kme sa pgsalubing sa paparating na bus to check if there are vacant sits? i was already freaking out that night, the drivereven said center sit nlng kme, tiis nlng…gosh! Ngbayad k ng tama then tatravel k ng hindi comportable?! what the hell!!!! i dizzy and sleepy that night coz i gacebt gitten sny slerp yet from work then gnun ang mngayare skin sa byahe ko? I paid the right amount, i di have the right to travel safe and comptable peri gnun ang gusto ng driver???! Come on! one o the passenger asked for their name and id’s, but the conductor they dont have id’s, and dont even want to give their names, so i said, malaking bus compnay, provincial bus ang inooperate nyo, wla kayo id? what are they afraid off? Getting fired? Finnaly one bus came with one vacant sit, we got in there, they priorities us because um with mt sis and my son snd niece…when my sister yook our stuff from the compartment, he heard the driver said “SBUNUTAN” mo na, so my dister asked, who??? He just said, the conductor ( the driver didnt noticed that my suster was there beside him), and the woed he said was for me because i was realky freaking out. we even trie takng picture of the driver but he was really hifing his face., but we got one picture of the conductor. On thr 3rd bus where we transfered, my sister and niece sat on the conductor sit for almost 2hrs untill someone finaly said para..
I really want to file a cpmplaint against the driver and conductor and even the inspector who was just there sutting and checking on dome papers in a kubo…
Thing like thus happened to my sister from a diff bus, but they didnt left them bdhind without aecuring their passengers to get a nice and safe bus to tranfer and travel with too ilocos…
Bus number with an arrogant driver and conductor ( not that much arrogant, he seems he dont know wht to do that night) is 292.
Very bad experonce, i will nO longer ride on FLORIDA BUS!