datacars.com Reviews 146

Avoid at all costs. Prebooked return journey to Heathrow t3. Return flight details entered so they knew time to arrive, all confirmed by text message etc. We arrive, no taxi, he's 50mins away in Central London! Utter joke.

Shocking shocking shocking. Scam artists and liars.
Booked an airport transfer and was advised it was a fixed price. Booking was confirmed and then received a text message stating if you want to travel via M25 (which is of course the quickest route) it was an extra £10 and you had to pay for car park. Called them and asked about the additnal frees, the man Sharif started reel off even more charges. 😳
On top of this, he said the £10 fee for M25 was due to toll costs for taxis specifically. I had never heard this so googled. There is no such charge of course. When started to say that the toll didn't exist, I was told my phone was breaking up and he couldn't hear me, that old chestnut excuse. I asked what route they would take instead and he said through central, which time wise takes longer. The only sense this makes is to make more money through lying.
As you can expect, cancelled this booking. Would rather pay more than go with a scam company.

I would not recommend for airport transfers! We used this company a few times. The price you get quoted is not what you'll pay, you will be forced to pay for car parking when they collect you on the return journey and if they use a motorway that's a surcharge. Works out about the same price as an uber!
They refused to let us book the time we wished to be collected (we are frequent flyers and my husband is disabled so I know how much time we need) instead we get called second the plane lands saying they've arrived...by the time we got through baggage reclaim and passport control our driver was nowhere to be found. Took 30mins and multiple calls to the office (yup that's the only way to contact the drivers). But driver obviously insisted it was our fault for "being late"

Data cars was very unprofessional today he didn’t pick me up at 6:20pm. He got rude to me he swore at me. Very bad customer service.

We have just had the most horrible experience with Data Cars. Reg EN19 UMK. The driver was hostile, aggressive and out of control. There were 4 of us in the car including two 11 year olds, and the driver was speeding to the point where we asked him to slow down multiple times. He refused to slow down. Asked him again. He accused us of being racist (!). We explained we were not racist but wanted him to slow down. He then complained that my husband was yawning (why?!) and became aggressive. He got out of the cab and started threatening behaviour. Our children were left crying, traumatised. We called Data Cars to complain but they said to fill out an online form on Monday. This driver should not be on the road. Absolute disgrace.

A few phone calls double checking the price of a airport pick up and got given a quote "inclusive" of the parking. Driver picks us up informing that we need to pay for him to get out. Even though we already pre paid for the trip. Speaking to the office and they even admitted on the phone the price that they gave us included parking but then tried to deny it. Absolute shambles of a company leaving the sub contracted driver short! Bang out of order on your part data cars! I feel sorry for the driver who picked us up. Won't be using data cars ever again!

Driver arrived late not due to traffic but him leaving late – we only got the notification he was enroute 10:30 when he was due to pick us up at 11 but was over an hour away when he left. As a result 4 women were on street waiting for cab in north London when the whole reason we booked the car was for safety. When I got in the car I could see he has the right passenger details with correct address but after 40 minutes of driving he was clearly in the wrong place and he tried to take us to Woolwich and not Lewisham. He admitted he put in the wrong address and then proceeded to take us to the destination which was over 20 minutes away. He drove so fast and without due care that 2 of the passengers proceeded to be sick when they got back to the house. The whole experience was terrible and we felt unsafe

Shocking! Booked a taxi from London City- gave our flight number the taxi turned up exactly when the flight landed (called us when the wheels had only just touched the tarmac) we were then tasked with finding the driver who wasn't in the designated pick up point and as we didn't recieve the drivers contact information we had to call the base meaning a back and forth trying to get in contact with each other- eventually he turns up in the pick up area of which we were then told to pay for it- which we were fine with. To then be told half way through the journey that we have to pay waiting time (undisclosed amount!) which was a third of the price of the full journey because the firm hadn't allowed for getting through customs and baggage like all other taxi firms! We passed numerous data cars advertisements on the way home of which claimed that data cars dont surge like other companies.. clearly they have other cheeky ways of getting money..

My daughter waited with a disabled school child for over an hour in central London waiting for a reserved car to pick up.
She rang and messaged several times, and had the phone put down on her.
With the responsibility of a tired and distressed child, and a phone almost out of power, she had to book an alternative taxi company.
TWO hours later the car turned up.
Absolutely disgraceful.

I hadn't used Data Cars for a while as they were always late. I thought I'd give them another try. 15 mins late and counting...

I ordered a cab from these and they charged me double the agreed fee and when I tried to pay by debit card the driver wouldn’t accept it and told me that it was cash only! Definitely won’t be using these con artists again!

Terrible service, sneak charges in and don't explain what they are for, All drivers are self employed so are expected to recover addition costs themselves and as a result have to deal with unhappy customers, whilst pocketing overpriced taxi fares, shocking business don't use.

Datacar booking is an issue which caused a lot of stress. Will not be using it again.
Lots of excuses. Not as smooth as it has been before.
Even though flight details and mobile details given, we were told no information given to the driver or the customer. No instructions for meeting, except a car registration. Not good.

On the 7th of February, I ordered a taxi from Data Car Sidcup, for my friends to travel on the morning of the 8th to the Hounslow area. The company informed us that the fare would be a maximum of £70, possibly less. We accepted the offer, and a Bangladeshi driver in a blue car arrived to pick them up.

However, upon arrival at the destination, my friend called me, distressed, saying the driver was demanding £150. After several back-and-forth calls and a great deal of hassle, my friend managed to negotiate the fare down to £80.

This company, along with the dishonest driver, turned what should have been a simple journey into a nightmare. Based on this experience, I feel they are neither a reliable nor a safe option for travel. They are not very safe to travel anymore, though I have been using them for a while.

DREADFUL SERVICE.. pre booked and paid for a cab from Gatwick to home.. after a long day of travelling we landed and arrived at Gatwick.
No cab… when we called we were told it was 1hr and 30 mins away! Had to buy food and drink whilst waiting and we were then charged an additional fee of £6 waiting time by the driver !!! He was 90 minutes late!!
Tried on app to get refund which is intentionally hard to navigate and get a refund, will never use them again

If I could give Data Cars zero stars I would, this company is totally disgusting, this is the second time I booked a cab for my 89year old mother, on was for a hospital appointment driver turned up too late. The second time was today my mum managed to get an emergency appointment with the doctor I booked a cab for her a couple hours in advance for 3.30, 3.21 I call data cars asking where is the cab only fr them to tell me the driver will be there in another 20 mins or so, which is no good as my mum will miss her appointment, this company don't give a damn about their customers, please people try not to use this company they are a rip off too. They use to be good at one time. Never will I use them again. Too many dodgy things go on with those drivers, avoid at all cost.

I've given one star only because I can't give a minus!! Waiting on doorstop for pre-booked car - only to receive a voicemail 5 mins later - not even a call - saying driver's there! Called company immediately only for them to tell me the driver left because I wasn't there. Completely untrue and extremely stressful as car booked to attend medical appointment. Response on call "you can book another car it might take 10 minutes or more." No way can you describe this as a service!!

I can’t even give them 1 star. Never use this company. They scammed me out of money. I spoke to the company, they refused to help me and told me to email. Got no replies from multiple emails and calls. The driver forced me to pay him via transfer more money.. I was threatened. Data cars didn’t care at all. I was a female on my own. DO NOR USE, they support criminals and are unsafe. Very disturbing.

Ordered a cab loads of times today to take my son to the station he has a flight to catch booked it 2 days ago not turned up now saying 20 mins he will miss his train now hopefully not his flight disgusting service

Pre booked a car to pick me up after a concert on Saturday night.
At the scheduled time I rang to check it would be arriving soon. Was told it was one minute away.
Ten minutes later I rang again and was told they would be dispatching a driver shortly - a half hour wait.
By this time it was midnight.
I’d pre booked the car for 11.30 pm.
I ended up cancelling and having to make my way home alone by public transport- the very thing I’d tried to avoid by pre booking a car.
What makes it worse is that this the 4th time I’ve pre booked a car that wasn’t dispatched until I rang to say it was late.
They don’t care at all either.
Used to be so reliable but definitely won’t be using again, and would recommend you don’t rely on them if you don’t want to be left stranded.