BRISTOL CAR RENTAL REVIEWS

Alamo office at Bristol airport a little bit of a treck and not the easiest to find. Friendly and helpful member of staff who guided me over the phone to the Alamo office. Hire car sign not well signed on entry to East Mids Airport, very small print on sign indicating left at first roundabout. Bigger sign/ print would help.

Easy, user friendly site to find and book a car.

staff were really excellent and the process smooth. The pick up was about 8 minutes walk form airport - and was told shuttle would take 15-20 mins to arrive so maybe not so good if mobility problems

The plus point was that the car we'd opted for wasn't available so we got a bigger one. Thankfully I know how to drive an Automatic (I'd booked a manual). The list of minus points is, alas, much longer. The phone number on our Rental Confirmation was for a company called Green Motion (which wasn't a name I'd seen on the booking platform or on any of our documentation). The lift from the airport to the office was very prompt and the driver was pleasant but the office is in the back of a Motel/Hostel. I felt very uncomfortable back there. Then the insurance options were presented and the huge deposit required in order to forego the insurance cost. There was no option but to take the high daily insurance cost. The £50 deposit is still sitting as "pending" on my credit card despite being told that it'd be refunded on 9th June (i.e. when I handed back the car). The whole experience has made me feel swindled.

Had a upgrage to an astra which made the difference.

Everything explained .

Attempts were made to upsell me to a car I clearly didn't need: "Since there's 2 of you a bigger car might be better" What?! It was a fairly aggressive upsell and along with the usual insurance nonsense, showed disdain for the customer

Took over 90 mins to make booking, no prior notification that DVLA code required, wrong name on booking - a nightmare.

Car was in the same class as booked, clean inside a little less so on the outside but still acceptable. Shuttle transfer service was efficient, Counter service staff were also polite and efficient (a technical printer problem added 5 minutes to what would otherwise have been a sub-10 minute collection. Drop off was super efficient as was return shuttle to terminal (a 3 minute ride). Overall, exceeded my expectation and was excellent value for money. Would recommend.

Car was great. Limited milage could have had some options. Something to confirm how many ltrs the petrol tank can take, would be helpful, to be able to fill to say 50%.

Realy easy to book online. Insurance options clear. However - Not aware of milage limitations until we picked up. Wish staff had run through basics like lights/ petrol access, etc

The opening times on the website are from 6am to 9pm. I booked a car few days before the pick-up at 7am but no-one showed up before 7.30am. The emergency number wasn't working so we didn't get the shuttle at the airport and we could not be sure that anyone would show up. Apparently our booking wasn't on the system the day before. The employee upgraded our car to apologise for the inconvenience.

Best value for money offer. I'm not sure our booking was covered by the price drop protection since I had no confirmation of the activation. The opening times of the car rental were wrong so we couldn't get the shuttle from the airport. Our booking did not appear in the car rental system so we had to wait.

i have been charged unduly. horrible. had to block my card.

Tried to discuss issues but they just were not interested! Only after I lodged negative feedback did they want to discuss - sorry - too late! Never will use again!!!!

My flight was delayed and Greenmotion had no problem staying open late to wait for me.

The counter staff were helpful and friendly, however the driver who picked us up and dropped us off at the airport had no customer service at all. He did not greet us or converse with us. Also I noted when waiting at pickup at airport and on return to pickup point that he did not assist any customers when removing their luggage from the back of the vehicle. One customer had a mobility scooter and had to remove it on his own as the driver did not attempt to help. Due to this reason I would not recommend the Green motion company for car hire.

Long pick up time. Poor access to a small yard for car rent. Dreadful staff on return and poor process. Would not use again.

The pick up was from Green Motion car and van rental. The name Ace Rent a Car never appeared anywhere and wasn't on the shuttle bus that collected me. It would have made pick up quicker and easier if there were clear instructions on where to meet the shuttle bus.

All excellent other than 15 mins wait to get served initially

Excellent no problems

On returning the car I stopped in Farrington to top up fuel when car wouldn’t start. Due to the car running out of Adblu I wasn’t able to start car. I called office which then was asjed to buy and topup Adblu. On doing this the car still didn’t start so RAC had to be called. This cause a lot of stress as I had a 6 mth, 4 year & 6 year old and a flight that day. This is something that should of been checked before hiring a vehicle.

Car was not on site when I arrived and in a poor condition. Significant damage already in situ.

Very impressed with the price drop mechanism, would use again

Excellent and enthusiastic counter staff.

Worked very smoothly.

Counter staff were very helpful, car was immaculate and they gave clear instructions where to go after ringing them once arrived at airport.

Very user friendly. Maybe advice that a call to the company was needed upon arrival/instructions.