We had high hopes for Benz Tours after seeing some of the glowing reviews on here.

However, the shuttle driver arrived close to 2 hours late at Vancouver Airport for our 2pm pickup. We kept calling to try get an update, to which we were told that he was stuck on Lions Gate Bridge (for two hours?!). When the driver eventually arrived he had some elaborate story of some person crashing in front of him. However, we were just glad to be on the way back to Whistler after a long flight.

However, the driver was quite frankly dangerous. To start, he was on his phone for the entire duration of the drive through Vancouver, checking his texts, making phone calls and on Facebook, all of which was completely visible from my seat. He was barely looking at the road and cars in front, and had to slam the brakes on numerous occasions, as he was too busy checking his phone.

Finally we got out of Vancouver and were on the highway. The driver had finally stopped looking at his phone, but this was because he was struggling to stay awake at the wheel. He regularly swerved between lanes, slowing down and speeding up aggressively when he woke with a start. However, even other motorists honking their horns to let him know he was in their lane often did nothing to alert him. Once we reached Squamish, myself and the other passengers were so terrified there was talks of getting out and hitch-hiking the way back.

After a short break in Squamish, where the driver had bought himself a very large coffee after saying how tired he was, we continued on for another 20 minutes which was the only part of the journey when any of us felt remotely safe. However, he soon started to fall asleep at the wheel again, jolting with a start a number of times. I had to talk to him for over 30 minutes to keep him awake, which he told me he had done a lot of trips that day, starting very early in the morning, getting very close to the time he should have legally been driving for.

When we finally arrived to Whistler, he did not really know where he was dropping people off, and we were so scared and sick of the journey, we actually got off on the other side of Whistler to our home. All in all a terrifying experience, and would recommend paying slightly more for one of the other shuttle offerings so that you can arrive in Whistler safe and sound and not spend the whole journey fearing for your life.