Papa is a new kind of care, built on human connection. Across the country, health plans and employers look to Papa to provide vital social support by pairing older adults and families with Papa Pals, trained and vetted companions, who provide a helping hand and an open ear, resulting in less loneliness and better health.Established in 2017, Papa offers the following services: transportation services, running errands, help around the house, teaching technology and offering an amazing social experience. Although Papa’s main office is located in Miami, FL, Papa is now available in all 50 states through the convenience of our app. For more information, visit www.papa.com.
Papa (joinpapa.com) has 1,010 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.0 out of 5.
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Hospital & Emergency
Location
Miami, Florida
Listed on Five Star Index
2026
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TRUTH - You have to open a ticket to get reimbursed for mileage every stinkin time. If you don’t answer, or your client doesn’t, they close the ticket and if you’re not alreday frustrated enough, you have to open another ticket. They also mess up your hours, then you have to wait several days to get anyone to look at it. It took 19 days on this last mess up and my information has been verified multiple times already. They can CLEARLY SEE where you are, yet, can’t seem to pay what is owed. The app itself, is trash and is unreliable. Closed visits still show as available and you have to close and reopen to get it to work and or call to get them to clock you in. Highly DO NOT RECOMMEND. The clients are lovely, but Papa does them a great disservice by treating their people this way.
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Logan S.
More of a scam than a company
More of a scam than a company. If their driver fails to reach you, for reasons that are their own fault, they WON'T send out another driver, stating that your insurance is maxed out instead, leaving your senior stranded just about anywhere. It's despicable, truly.
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Ken Van N.
I'm disgusted with the way I've been treated!
I have been using Papa Transportation Services for at least 2 years. A half a year ago, I moved to a different county, and had to change my HMO, and that required me to reapply for Papas. But after I enrolled, I was given a set of instructions that were new to me, and that made things much more difficult for me! Specifically, the 4 day advance minimum booking requirement has caused me great inconvenience. My age is 78. I have no family anymore, and no friends anywhere near me, and many times I don't feel all that well. Where I used to live, a friend was a driver for Papas, and I'd call him, and he and I would do a conference call with a Papa customer service agent, to book the trip I needed--most always to the groery stores. I never had a problem with Papa's during those times! THE PROBLEM WITH PAPA'S STARTED when I tried to book a trip from my new address, using the new and very restrictive rules that Papa's had established. Getting to the point, when I called less than 4 days in advance, at first, I was told I had to comply with the 4 days advance booking requirement....but then, a Papa's agent said that she would contact one of the previous drivers who had driven me from my new location to the local stores, and that would reduce my waiting time down to maybe a day or two, at most. So she made the call to one of the drivers who had previously driven me, and the driver said OK, to her driving me sooner than the 4 days. Wonderful! And the next month, the same situation occurred, and the Papa agent I spoke with also contacted the driver who had taken me before, and that worked well-- again, under the 4 day minimum, HOWEVER, THIS TIME, SEEMS THE RULES HAVE CHANGED, AND DESPITE MY DESPERATION OF HAVING TO BUY FOOD BECAUSE MY REFRIGERATOR IS EMPTY, AND HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL MY EBT FOOD STAMP CARD IS RECHARGED, when I called Papa's recently (at least three different times) ALL THREE TIMES, I WAS MET BY EXTREMELY INCONSIDERATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS WHO REFUSED TO EVEN CONSIDER MY DESPERATE SITUATION! "RULES HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!" THEY KEPT SAYING!!!! >>>>I AM THE CUSTOMER!!!!!!!!!!!! >>>THEY AND PAPA'S SEEM TO FORGET THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE A JOB OR A COMPANY WITHOUT US CUSTOMERS!!!!!!!!!I RAN INTO THE SAME SITUATION THIS EVENING (9/03/2026) WHEN I TRIED ONCE MORE TO BOOK A TRIP TO THE SAME STORES I ALWAYS GO TO, BUT I ENDED UP SPEAKING TO THE SAME HARD-NOSED AGENT WHO I SPOKE WITH THE PREVIOUS TIME, AND SHE 'S MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FOLLOWING RULES, THAN ABOUT SERVING HER CUSTOMER!!!!!!!!!!! MAYBE SHE SHOULD BE A GUARD INSIDE A PRISON, OR A DRILL INSTUCTOR IN THE ARMY, AS SHE PLACES MUCH MORE EMPHASIS ON DEMANDING A CUSTOMER FOLLOW HER RULES, THAN IN HEARING WITH HER HEART (WHICH IS CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!). SHE'S PLAYING THE ROLE OF A DISCIPLINARIAN WITH ME, AND TOTALLY IGNORING MY NEED TO BUY FOOD!!!!!!!!! I MUST SAY THAT I FOUND HER ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR REPREHENSIBLE THE FIRST TIME, AND I ENDED UP SWEARING AT HER, BECAUSE OF HER UNCARING, UNFEELING ATTITUDE, WHERE SHE WAS ACTING LIKE A DISCIPLINARIAN, INSTEAD OF A KIND AND CARING CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT!!!!!!!! >>>>I WILL SAY THAT REGARDING PAPA'S DRIVERS, I AM 100% PLEASED WITH THE ABOVE AND BEYOND SERVICE THAT EACH ONE OF THEM HAS PROVIDE ME!!!! THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE REGARDING THEIR CARRYING MY GROCERY BAGS INTO MY RESIDENCE, AND TAKING THEM RIGHT TO MY REFRIGERATOR AND STORAGE AREA. BUT on the phone is when I have encountered a bossy attitude within several (NOT ALL!) of the customer service staff. >>>>As a former airline reservations/customer service agent, I am very attuned to the way customer service agents attend me! Some are Excellent, and some should NOT be dealing with customers at all, because they are not kind and caring! Such is the case for the last three customer service agents I have had the displeasure of dealing with, at Papa's! They are MUCH More interested in RULES, than in their customer's requirements, which includes the urgency of the customer to get food, or other items, for which they have contacted Papa's to resolve!APPARENTLY, THOSE AGENTS HAVE NEVER HEARD THE TIME-WORN PHRASE, "THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT!"-- Even when the customer is wrong, they are right!!!!!!!!!!!! And if you folks in management disagree with this statement, then you, too, need to be educated on how to treat your customers, so they stay with you, and not go to your competition, or find another way to get what they need, without using your company's services! AT THIS PRESENT MOMENT, I AM SO DISSATISFIED WITH THE ABOMINABLE, HORRENDOUS WAY IN WHICH I WAS TREATED BY YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS, THAT I AM LOOKING VERY SERIOUSLY AT FINDING ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, OR EVEN A NEW HMO WHO CAN PROVIDE ME AN ALTERNATIVE TO PAPA'S WHICH I HAD PREVIOUSLY INSISTED ON HAVING! I DESERVE AN APOLOGY FROM PAPA'S TOP MGT!
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M. S.
My health plan includes 35 hours of…
My health plan includes 35 hours of service from this company. I have booked someone so far 8 different times and each and every time I get a call 20 minutes before someone is scheduled to show up informing me that they couldn't find anyone to come. Once I asked how many people they had reached out to and I was told 75. I find that rather hard to believe. I have to conclude this company is a clown show
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Denise B.
Hi my name is Denise Banks I’m…
Hi my name is Denise Banks I’m complaining about transportation with Papa from the first time that I needed a ride from this company it’s a problem either they don’t have a person available on a particular day not a holiday just a regular day this is the worst company when it comes to transportation I just going to complain about /9/2/26 I call to make an appointment for a ride and am told there is no one available until 9/6/26 my appointment was for 9/4/26 if this company offers transportation then you should be able to get a ride went needed or don’t offer it so I had to find another way to get to my appointment that is not acceptable thank you
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Daniel J.
I would give them zero if I could I am…
I would give them zero if I could I am disabled and have made 5 appointments with them to do my floors and they have canceled all 5 appointments 30 minutes before appointment time.
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Dogg W.
DONT TRUST THEM
Had a guy come 7-7-26 to help and he took a wallet and charged all cards, changed pin numbers and even tried to change emails going to the accounts. Careful who you allow in your homes. Worst decision ever!
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DP
Horrible uncaring reps on the phone
Horrible uncaring reps on the phone. They always arrive late and make me late for my doc appt and want me to meet them in an alley in back of my street when I live in a house on a Main Street. I call in the job a week in advance and no one picks it up. If your treatment or doc runs late they leave you stranded
Response from PapaJul 7, 2026
Hi there, we’re sorry to hear about your experience. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback—it helps us continue to improve. Thank you again for bringing this to our attention.