12 Jun 2024
The good:
- For both pick ups, our driver was there before the booked time
- We felt very safe with the driver for our trip from the resort back to the airport, kept to speed limits etc
- The van was clean & comfortable
The bad:
- The provided car seats were not good quality, we had no confidence in the safety these provided our child.
There were also no locking clips for the seat belt to actually secure it properly.
- Our driver from the airport hotel to the resort was using his phone throughout the drive (which is probably perfectly legal in Fiji, but it made me quite uncomfortable watching him look down at his phone repeatedly) .
He also tailgated other vehicles, and at one point had to slam on the breaks because the vehicle in front pulled over, which wouldn't have been an issue if he had kept a suitable following distance.
My suggestion to Epic would be to invest in some better quality car seats (such as what Tiwaka provides).
Ultimately though, we would use Epic again, we would just bring our own car seats and perhaps speak up about any driving that makes us uncomfortable.