WASHINGTON CAR RENTAL REVIEWS

Waited for a long time to pick up car; otherwise good.

Car was a bit dirty, but otherwise fine. Location difficult to find, confusing signage in the parking garage. Service was good.

See next comment for the initial problem. The person at the pickup location had me call budget customer service, which was awful. I could not hear the representative, who occasionally just said things that were read off a card ("there is no note for that specific situation", which, as a standalone sentence, literally doesn't mean anything). After speaking for several minutes, I offered to send the email I received. I was told how to do so (only telling me the case number after having sent it once) only to be then told that it would be reviewed in 3-5 business days. I received an email the next day answering questions that were not in any way related to the issue I discussed at length on the phone and saying that the drop off location said I'd returned the car without fuel when I still had the car. This was incredibly bad service and makes me think that the entire customer service operation is purely scripted and not worth bothering with. I held budget as a preferred service before. Not any longer. The man at the counter at the pickup (Lee Kirstein?) was wonderful, called his manager to fix the issue, and made the whole thing possible

Stiffed for $420 insurance which I don’t need

Awful car. I had reserved a Jetta and, while I know the actual car is not guaranteed, the Chevy was awful - I didn't know you could still get cars that are that poor; it felt like something from the 90s. Prices were high too. Very disappointed.

Like: Made on-the-spot accommodations that were more suitable for the seniors traveling with me.

Like: Price for rental was reasonable and we got excellent gas mileage!
Dislike: Car wasn't washed when we got it.

The front desk staff at Alamo at both locations were great. Gave me brand new Jeep Wrangler. The drive from DC to Buffalo was a breeze

The platform is really nice and easy. The price drop also worked very well

We reserved a SUV midsize. When we arrived in Baltimore we were told they did not have one. I booked about a month in advance for a 1 week trip. The worst part was that water leaked on my foot/leg n the passenger side. I have lymphoma/lymphedema and have to keep my left leg wrapped. Impossible to do due to water leakage. :-( so my leg swelled.

Very inconvenient to have to go to two different locations within Union Station before you can pick up your rental

Great car, small, light, and easy to drive.

Very easy to use and not too expensive. Friendly staff.

I will not rent from here again. It takes too long to pick up the car. It should not take 45 minute for a car that was already booked.

They give me the car which is better than Mazda 3, and the rent price was very good

takes time to give you the car, i takes one hour waiting the car to be ready.

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The car was not washed properly while pickup

We arrived at the BWI car rental facility at about 10:30 PM for pickup. There were four counter reps and one customer ahead of us. It took almost ten minutes to be acknowledged as a line behind us formed. The pickup paperwork went smoothly. We were sent to the parking garage Thrifty pickup location and had to go back to the service counter to get them to locate a garage rep. We ended getting a 43,000+ mile small Jeep. The rep couldn't find the rear hatch operations in the DARK garage. Once we left to get to our destination we realized how bad the car ran and the excessive tire noise. The vehicle had very bad low speed surge/hesitation. I was in the car business for forty four years and understand cars. We rent cars 3-4 times a year, usually from Avis/Budget and never had a vehicle this bad. We had to drive this car for a week. We rented a F/S sedan to go to our granddaughters wedding. This rental was purchased because it was the FULL SIZE Chevy Malibu or similar. I shopped for this $204 rental, but the irony of all of this is AVIS emailed me a last minute AARP deal on the same vehicle @ $149 weekly total. I just stayed with Thrifty. We were told we picked a BAD day to p/u a rental by Thrifty personnel and that is how we ended up with this Jeep! VERY unprofessional!

TERRRRRIBLE Value. Lots of hidden fees - ended up with >100$ added to the booking after the fact. NONE of these fees were explained during booking or pickup, may have technically been in fine print - but somehow it still took >40 minutes to check out. Didn't explain how to use tolls, or whether I'd be charged for them regardless. Didn't explain gas charges - so I was charged triple because I didn't have the choice of paying up front. The person at the desk didn't communicate or answer questions, tried to upsell me on insurance (which I'd already paid for, so I'm not sure what that would have even been), and also didn't actually explain the wierd extra fees that she was including. Generally a TERRRIBLE experience. I've rented many times in the past year - this was the worst.

Staff is good. Waiting time is less than 45 minutes. Car is superb. Highly recommended.

Very good platform!

Good location and service

To increase the number of choices for the minivans and get higher car trims than just the basic trim.