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City Experiences has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • City Experiences

      123 Chestnut St Ste 402 Philadelphia, PA 19106-3060

    • City Experiences

      401 S Columbus Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19106-4300

    Business ProfileforCity Experiences

    Restaurants
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    7 complaints closed in last 3 years

    3 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    City Experiences has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • City Experiences

        123 Chestnut St Ste 402 Philadelphia, PA 19106-3060

      • City Experiences

        401 S Columbus Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19106-4300

      Location of This Business
      123 Chestnut St Ste 402, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3060
      BBB File Opened:
      9/1/1984
      Years in Business:
      46
      Business Started:
      7/1/1978
      Business Started Locally:
      7/1/1978
      Business Management
      • Ms. Mary Rinaldo, Manager
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Ms. Mary Rinaldo, Manager

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Max Dombrowski, Complaint Contact
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (215) 923-8556
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Email Addresses

      Website Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      7 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      01/10/2023

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      Good Afternoon My name is ****************************On December 30th, my wife and I were so excited to celebrate our 27th anniversary here aboard the Spirit of Philadelphia as we got engaged on this ship. My first bite of the food I discovered a piece of glass in my mouth. I called the manager over to the table and he and another gentleman examined in on a napkin confirming it was glass. I also videod the shard. Initially, manager said he was appalled and was going to get someone to come and speak with me and that never happened. A security person recorded my name and address and phone number. I’m not sure if an incident report was filed but I haven’t received a copy. I felt stuck. We had shoved off and I had no choice but to ride it out for 3 hours. I was extremely uncomfortable eating anything else following this incident (not that an alternative meal was ever offered). At the end of the evening manager gave me the business card of **** ****** who apparently is the food and beverage director. I emailed and left voice messages but no one has returned my call. I am extremely frustrated with the lack of response to my situation and am reaching out to you for help. I spent $250 on these tickets and I'm at least looking to recover that. Sincerely, ***************************
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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Thomas K

      1 star

      01/06/2022

      Hello, We started to plan a wedding back in November and had the idea of using city cruises, Philadelphia. We spoke to a customer service agent named hayley fried. We signed a contract within the company, and gave a deposit of $3,025 to have the date reserved. A month later Philadelphia mandated the vaccine rule. Because nothing on the contract stated anything about the vaccine and this being a special circumstance, most of our guests could not have come to the wedding. We wanted to get our initial refund returned to us. City cruises refused to give refund. We went into the contract terms and conditions and it said with written cancellation notice that we can receive 75% back as far as cancellation was concerned. Complained spoke to City Cruises multiple times. Latest conversation they said that 75% was on the entire amount and not on the initial deposit. Therefore we're out over $3,000 and the company didn't do anything except hold a date for a couple weeks. My complaint is in regards to how much the initial deposit was and not being refundable for any of it. In my opinion, when a company basically holds a date there shouldn't be any more than a $500 deposit not around 25% of what the event actually cost??? We're hoping you can assist us in regards to resolving this conflict. Thank you.

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