Unfortunate.
Unfortunate.
I contacted this company earlier January to fly on march from Chile to Germany with my five pets, a crazy amount of money that I had been saving for and willing to pay, thinking "If I pay for the service, and is done by professionals, it will be done well"
With almost two months to prepare they found the way to make it impossible.
Jeily was very unhelpful from the beginning, giving a "bad vibe" but I stuck with them because I had read good reviews and was trusting it was just my handler that was the bad apple. During the almost two months before the flight, I contacted her constantly, trying to get everything clear and on point to have the least issues possible, confirming dates, restrictions, routes, protocols, etc., we were still with pandemic restrictions and everything could be more complicated than needed. And It was. Jeily was constantly reminding me to make the payments, get the paperwork needed, get the veterinarian certificates, get the "right" size crates, to have everything in order, which could be nice, until certain point.
When I was having trouble finding the right size for the crates, I asked her if they as company could provide them, as it says in the website they can do, she said it was "not possible". Finally we found some "right" sized crates -according to her "right"- on our own.
At last, the week of the flight comes, we have all in order, veterinarian certificates, all documents, payments done.
Three days before the flight she asks me "if it would be inconvenient to change the flight date" because her transporters couldn't get the permits to enter the country, they didn't have the vaccine certificates from their country and in mine they couldn't be let in without quarantining.
It was quite inconvenient indeed.
I asked her if it was possible to send someone different, someone with the paperwork updated. She said it was "not possible". They had all the logistics already prepared, the tickets bought, it was absolutely impossible to send someone different. She says that they will do everything possible to get their paperwork and make it happen in the expected date, or at least only a couple of days later.
...and they couldn't get their papers, then they got one, then one of the guys got COVID...
It was then when she offered me to fly a week later, with different transporters. Nooooow it was possible to have someone different, of course.
I started looking for alternatives and said no, I had everything arranged to fly on that weekend, I'm a freelancer and I don't have just one boss to answer to. I had to organise everything so I would have enough time to get back to work. I needed to fly on that day and would do it even if I had to fly my pets myself.
Well well well, I asked for a refund because they weren't doing their part of the contract, she said OK.
Next thing is I'm being contacted by Miguel, the owner of the company; Suddenly they had found the people to do the job on the day needed, they had all the paperwork, they had everything to make it possible, I still requested the money back, I was upset, angry, frustrated. He offered the moon and stars while saying that the refund wasn't possible because it was too short timed... ? And I agreed again to do it with them, because he was not willing to return the whole payment since now "he could provide the service" so it was me who was breaking the contract... So I didn't want to both lose the money and lose my head.
Then he says he will not do it, and return the money within 24 hours. It took four days.
Thennnnnn...
When I was arranging to fly my pets on my own, while talking to the airline I found out that Jeily's "right" size was not right at all, they were too small, the pets could not go in those crates. Mind you, these crates are not cheap and I had bought five.
The airline was not flying my pets and I was not going at all, because after everything she had “done” to make the trip happen, on top of that, she gave me the wrong directions.
Funny thing is I ended up flying two weeks later because it took some time to find the right size of crates.
I had to do the vet checkups again. Request the certificates again (They are valid for only 10 days)
Cancel the flights -twice- and book again... we all know that booking a flight few days ahead is not the cheapest way to fly.
After all that, we arrived in Amsterdam with a direct flight, then drove four hours to our destination in Germany. We are all good and settled, but the amount of stress that meant dealing with this company was absolutely unnecessary and unwelcome.
When you hire a service like this you expect they will make things easier, take care of everything and help.
It was definitely not the case.
7 May 2022
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