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Find a Location

Hornblower Cruises and Events has 8 locations, listed below.

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    • Hornblower Cruises and Events

      455 N Cityfront Plaza Dr Ste 2600 Chicago, IL 60611-5506

      BBB Accredited Business
    • Hornblower Cruises and Events

      561 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21202-6011

    • Hornblower Cruises and Events

      200 Seaport Blvd Suite 75 Boston, MA 02210-2031

    • Hornblower Cruises and Events

      62 Chelsea Piers Pier 62 New York, NY 10011-1015

    • Hornblower Cruises and Events

      109 East Main Street Suite 500 Norfolk, VA 23510-1657

    Business ProfileforHornblower Cruises and Events

    Cruises
    Multi Location Business
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 6 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    10 complaints closed in last 3 years

    2 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 4/8/2022

    Years in Business: 20

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    Hornblower Cruises and Events offers Day cruises & sight seeing tours. The offer lunch, diner & brunch cruises, architectural cruises, sightseeing cruises. haunted cruises and much more.

    Products & Services

    Odyssey by Hornblower, Spirit by Hornblower, Seadog by Hornblower, Spirit by Hornblower, Seadog by Hornblower

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Hornblower Cruises and Events has 8 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Hornblower Cruises and Events

        455 N Cityfront Plaza Dr Ste 2600 Chicago, IL 60611-5506

        BBB Accredited Business
      • Hornblower Cruises and Events

        561 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21202-6011

      • Hornblower Cruises and Events

        200 Seaport Blvd Suite 75 Boston, MA 02210-2031

      • Hornblower Cruises and Events

        62 Chelsea Piers Pier 62 New York, NY 10011-1015

      • Hornblower Cruises and Events

        109 East Main Street Suite 500 Norfolk, VA 23510-1657

      Location of This Business
      455 N Cityfront Plaza Dr Ste 2600, Chicago, IL 60611-5506
      BBB File Opened:
      9/30/1992
      Years in Business:
      20
      Business Started:
      11/26/2003
      Business Incorporated:
      11/26/2003
      Accredited Since:
      4/8/2022
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Number of Employees:
      225
      Alternate Business Name
      • City Experiences
      • City Cruises US
      Business Management
      • Ms. Colleen Scalise, Administrative Director
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Ms. Colleen Scalise, Administrative Director

      Customer Contact

      • Ms. Colleen Scalise, Administrative Director
      • Ms. Whitney Snyder
      Additional Contact Information

      Phone Numbers

      Customer Complaints

      10 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      04/08/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      I want to file a complaint with this company they are totally unprofessional they open and closed my case #******** with no communication or updates on why I was charged and put on the wrong cruise after being told by a supervisor that we are on the right boat. On Saturday March 30 me and my fianc was supposed to board the Odyssey brunch cruise and ended up on the The spirit of Chicago which was HORRIBLE my server charged us for items we did not ask for continuously kept asking me for A TIP after I told no because if her lack of service that she failed to provide. Now it is a week later no refund and I had to reopen my case due to Supervisor ********** closing my case I spoke to Ms. **** hopefully we can resolve this issue today.
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      Customer Reviews

      6 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Cortenay R

      1 star

      10/25/2023

      I reserved a cruise in Feb. for my 30th birthday party in Oct. in which I was misled by information by the case manager. I spent over $5000 on a cruise for my 30th Birthday. The invoice said one time but the case manager and I discussed another time for the boat departure. The day of my reservation, my entire party missed the boat because we were under the impression that the boat was leaving at the time that the case manager and I had discussed. The day prior an email was sent by someone other than my case manager so I did not pay any attention to that email. I never received a phone call besides 7 minutes before the boat was departing. I called my case manager on the next business day and talked to her about what had happened and she said she would call me back with some solutions and never called me back. I did not even want my money back, I just wanted to see if I could get a new date. I spoke with someone else from her office to see if there was something she could do but of course my case manager was the only one who could help accommodate me because shes the only one with access to my reservation. I still havent received an email, phone call or nothing from this lady. Her customer service and communication skills is horrible. Every number I call, leads me to her. There is no way I could get in contact with anyone, directly, that is over top of her. I feel like I should have been treated as a priority. Especially after all of that money I spent for this event. I have been being ignored by my case manager for 3 days now. I have over 50 people who has each put $50 towards this event, that is asking me what is going on and I have no answers for them. This is by far the worse birthday ever! I will never book another event with City Cruises again.

      Hornblower Cruises and Events Response

      10/30/2023

      Thank you for your message. I understand our **************** team has been in contact with you regarding a future booking prior to and after this message. Please continue to communicate with the Sales team on rebooking your cruise with the rebooking guidelines that were offered. Thank you,

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