Aery Driving School - Oceanside, California

Erika L

Terrible experience. Would give 0 stars if I could. I paid for 3 driving lessons and got 2. I am a very understanding and tolerable person but I’ve had red flags from the start. "Martha" hasn't been on time for any of my lessons. And each driving lesson I've had, she takes more than a 10 minute bathroom/Starbucks break and doesn't extend the 2 hour lessons, so it's cut short. She's very disorganized, papers scrambled all over the car and her way of "organizing" is gathering all of the papers and putting them on a clipboard. At one point she couldn’t find my permit. She also took the time to answer a phone call with another driving instructor to give advice. Why waste a student's time and stop on the side of the road, if the person you're calling is supposed to be a QUALIFIED driving instructor I was supposed to have a lesson last week, but she canceled and called in sick 4 minutes before my lesson was about to start! Unbelievable. I just let it pass, and rescheduled to get the last lesson over with. Today I was supposed to take the 3rd (last lesson) since she called in sick to the last one. She came 45 MINUTES LATE and said she stopped for a bathroom break. I confronted her and told her that all of this behavior has been unacceptable. She wouldn't allow me to get any means of a refund and had the audacity to say that I shouldn't have waited 45 minutes outside. How would I know? She told me it would be a 10 minute wait. She has no respect for anyone's time. Definitely check out other driving schools, unless you want to waste your time AND money here. I thought her name was Elvira this whole time, and it wasn't until I asked for a refund when she corrected me. Here's our texts and the voicemail she sent me 4 minutes before my 10am lesson. What a mess.

Clint Welch

If I could leave zero stars, I would. My first red flag was when I called for pricing and to schedule my daughter's first appointment. Marta told me the cost was $255, but she wanted payment in full up front, instead of installments (many other companies I called, although they were more expensive, in the $300 - $350 range, allowed payment per lesson). I told her I would only schedule if I was allowed to make payments per lesson, and she finally agreed.

The first lesson was great. The woman (not Marta) that instructed my daughter was patient and my daughter really liked her, so I requested that the next 2 lessons be give by the same woman. We scheduled the next lesson for 10 days later. The day before our appointment, Marta called to explain that the female instructor we initially had was no longer available. I asked Marta to try and find us another female driver, because my daughter feels more comfortable with a female instructor. Marta said she would try and would call me back. She never called me back. The next morning, no driver showed up for our 11am appointment. When I called to ask why nobody showed up, Marta claimed that I had cancelled the appointment the day before because she didn't have a female driver. I did not cancel, I merely requested that she try to find us another female driver.

I am extremely glad that I did not pay Aery Driving School in full and up front.

Jason Tagulinao

Booked a 2 hour lesson for my son (6-8pm). Martha showed up at 6:09 then dropped my son back at 7:53. Son mentioned a bathroom break in between which is fine but when you sum it up... 2 hour pay for less than an hour and a half of lesson. Lastly, son ranks her 3rd out of the 3 instructors he’s had out of his 3 lessons. Definitely will not be a returning customer nor will be recommending this school.

Md Arafin Hossan

Md Arafin Hossan

just now
Martha is a great instructor. She gave is to understand to instruction. She go very in-depth with everything everybody needs to do to drive safe. I recommend aery driving school.

Swethaa Narasimma

Amazing experience. Very helpful and easy to understand!