GEORGE CHECKSFIELD
GBNot Too Bad an Experience at Las Vegas Airport Rented at the Las Vegas airport. Had to wait in line 1 hour. They had no cars ready for pick up. As each customer talked with an agent, the agent called Service and they prepared a car for the customer. It made the process very long. We got to the spot in the garage area and found someone else there, promised a vehicle for the same spot. We got the car; we don't know how the other couple fared. Budget did not include the Customer Facility charge in our prepaid rental estimate. There is no reason for that (it is a daily rate) except it makes the rental price look less expensive than it will be. Leaving the garage and car drop off were very smooth. Do me sure to look car over before you leave the garage; as you leave you have to sign a document indicating no damage on vehicle or exactly what damage you found.
A.
AUDo not trust Do not trust! Rented a vehicle through Budget, prepaid in full, including all fees, taxes, location charges etc. On return of the car, they charged my credit card an additional 45% for the base rental alone. But on top of that, they charged me a refueling fee, despite returning the car with a full tank (and taking a photo of the gauge to prove it). And for a small windscreen chip, they charged a further $1,822, and have not, despite repeated requests, provided any evidence of the cost to repair. But worst of all? They emailed their invoice, with a digitally added squiggle in the customer signature box. We did not even see the invoice, let alone sign it! Is this legal? Can they simply sign their own document in my name and pretend that I agreed to their ridiculous and fraudulent charges? Their "customer service" were worse than useless - could not even tell me what they actually charged me for the base rental, separate from the other charges. Did not even understand that VAT was a thing.
Michael S
GBI made a reservation for a truck with… I made a reservation for a truck with Budget. Unfortunately, I had a medical issue and was able to continue with the rental. I cancelled the reservation 6 days before the rental date and was charged $50.00 to cancel. Budget does not allow for any type of reason for cancellation. Recommendation: Do not rent with Budget. Other rental agencies do not charge cancellation fees, especially if it is for a medical reason. Too many other good rental agencies.
Linda Richfield
GBHired car via British Airways collected… Hired car via British Airways collected at Nice Airport, France. Qued ages at the main Avis/Budget desk only to be told that we would have to report to another desk on the 2nd floor of the car hire building and waited yet again to be dealt with. We hired the car for three weeks and hardly used it other than for shopping therefore very little mileage. When we returned the car to Budget on 24th April 24 we were asked to pay an extra 123 euros as they said the inside of the car was not clean. It was clean other than a few flower petals that had blown through the window and a few leaves from trees on the drivers side footwell that had been on my husbands shoes. There was no rubbish in the car at all. We have taken photographs of the inside of the car as proof that it was not returned in a dirty condition. We have never had this experience ever before as we always return vehicles in a clean state out of consideration. It was not our responsibility to valet the car prior to returning it. I think it is a scam to screw more money out of customers. It would have taken five minutes to vacuum the carpet. Cars have to cleaned prior to rehiring to other customers. We will be complaining to British Airways about this cheat but the blame is entirely aimed at Avis/Budget. I shall be emailing the photographs to Laurent Sculier, Managing Director of Budget in France
Chris
GBA bunch of scam artists This place is a fraudulent group of scam artists who lie to your face, tell you it’s one price to rent a car, then after you’ve gotten the car the charged 1500 on top of what they were already charging. Then after returning the car a week or two later they tried sending a paper saying we received a ticket in the rental car in st Augustine which the car was never even driven to or even near that city. They’re literally trying to rob people by luring you in with a rental car with what they say is affordable then start charging you repeatedly and make up charges as they go along. They will take you for all you’re worth. It’s so bad that the law needs to be involved. Their whole operation needs to be shut down and I’m going to contact whoever I have to in order to have them investigated and shut down. AVOID AT ALL COSTS