Beware!!! Scam!! This is a very deceptive misleading ātourā!
I have been on brewery tours in many cities where we were driven to various bars, receiving at least one beer included in the price of the tour at each location. This āOzark craft beverage, Brewery Tourā was a glorified Uber driver. I would never in a billion years pay someone $205.00 to drive us to 4-5 breweries. Had we known no beverages were included, we wouldāve just ordered a Uber from our hotel for $7-$10 to various breweries in the area!
We arrive at the first brewery and Order two beers. The bartender asks, ādo you want to start a tabā. I said, āno, the driver weāre with will pay.ā He came up and he said, āno I just drive you to the bars & you pay for the beersā. We were literally in shock!
We sit down after paying $16 for our beers. I tell him that we were supposed to be getting beers at every bar. He said, āno heās just a driverā. He said other people have told him that was their expectation as well! So I told him he needs to change the wording because itās very misleading, deceptive and fraudulent. Especially since we werenāt the only ones that expected beer on the tour for $205 for two people!!
The worst part is that he then sat with us at every bar while we drink our beers that we paid for. We couldnāt really talk to each other. It was so uncomfortable and awkward. he shouldāve just waited in the car.
Apparently, he considers himself a āTour Guideā whose ājobā was to get us a table and tell us about the beers.
I have been to many breweries. If I have any questions about a beer, Iāll ask the bartender. I would never pay someone $205 to drive us to a bar & ātell us about beersā⦠which he didnāt do anyway. After the second stop, he would just look at his phone while we drank our beers.
On the way to the second Brewery, he started talking about cannabis, . He shared that he has a medical marijuana license in Missouri and Oklahoma. The one in Oklahoma gets him cannabis āreally cheapā because he āhad a doctor give him a medical marijuana license over the phoneā saying he āneeded medical marijuana because he has back painā. Apparently Oklahoma only has medical marijuana so he travels there, loads up on the cannabis and brings it back to Missouri where he lives.
I told him when we were at the third bar that I was going to be contacting TripAdvisor to get my money back because this was a misleading representation of what we actually received! We paid $200 for a driver plus $16-$17 at each location, While he sat there on his phone, taking pictures of our beer.
At the last bar, a woman shows up who he called his āSunflowerā. I didnāt know until we were on the way home that it was his wife. She stood at the end of our table for the 15 to 20 minutes while we were drinking our beer. Then he started using a vape pen that weāre pretty certain was marijuana.
The drive home was extremely scary. It was pitch black out and weāre with a driver who is smoking pot, taking samples of beer at several of the bars and driving 80 miles an hour down the highway to get us back to our hotel so he could go out drinking with his wife.
This is Not only the worst experience for me and my daughter, but also very upsetting, disturbing, unsettling, scary and misleading. I am requesting a full refund.
Response from Host
Aug 2024
This entire review is a lie, slander, and defamation.
This person has already posted once and tried to file a refund. Their refund was denied and their review was removed. They tried to say, "If I gave them their money back" they wouldn't write a bad review, that is extortion. They have violated several laws; extortion, blackmail, slander, defamation of character, and credit card fraud.
The damages are sizeable and we are seeking legal action against this person.
I welcome all reviews even the bad ones. Just make sure you have the proof to back up every little thing you say.