Great value, difficult to find pick-up location

baggymary

Canada

Reviewed: Mon, Jun 3, 2019

About Routes: 7.3 /10

Vehicle was bigger than the one booked, I presume it was because I collected it on the Sunday of a holiday weekend; this posed problems with my 95-yr-old mom as the vehicle was too high off the ground for her. We managed though. I was disappointed not to be able to book further insurance and reduce the amount deductible in case of a claim, but I was very pleased with the cost of renting the vehicles do the online booking process was easy. I had tremendous difficulty though with the pick-up location and ended up waiting 1.5 hrs for them, as they were waiting in a location that someone else told me was not a available for vehicles to enter so I didn’t wait there. It turns they’d been there twice and couldn’t see me. Then when I dropped off the vehicle, I booked an Uber in advance to collect me from there (I needed to go to the train station and not the airport), but the Uber driver could not find the Routes location, so I ended up being stranded ... a Good Samaritan ended up helping me out.

About QEEQ: 10.0 /10

Economy | Kia Rio or similar

1 days rental

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Gallagher

Canada

1 days rental

Intermediate | Toyota Corolla or similar

Reviewed: Wed, Jun 5, 2019

“Great price.”

About Routes: 6.0 /10

I got a Jeep instead of Corolla. Gas was expensive due to low MPG.

E.Williams

Canada

1 days rental

Intermediate | Toyota Corolla or similar

Reviewed: Wed, Jun 5, 2019

About Routes: 9.3 /10

We called to return the car the night before, didn't get an answer at the location, so tried the 800 number, to confirm that someone would be there to drop off the car. When I arrived all the doors were locked, even though online it said it closed at 8 pm, and it was 7:54 pm. There were other customers waiting in the parking lot who said they were supposed to pick up their car at 8 pm and couldn't get any answer. In calling back the 800 number the service was rude, and said it was 8:03 and the office was closed nothing she could do from Toronto office. In the morning I received a call asking if I could return the car early as they had a customer waiting. Very poor planning and experience with Routes.

About QEEQ: 10.0 /10

Canada

1 days rental

Intermediate | Toyota Corolla or similar

Reviewed: Sun, Jun 2, 2019

“Great price but...”

About Routes: 7.3 /10

Driver from airport made quite disturbing comments about people’s race and seemed to very much dislike anyone from Toronto. It was uncomfortable being with him in the pickup and return vehicle. Also, car wasn’t washed and there was quite a bit of damage that wasn’t recorded until I pointed it out. Construction at the Routes site was terrible and driver did not ask to help with the bags even though the gravel made luggage wheels unusable.

s.stark

Canada

1 days rental

Intermediate | Honda Civic or similar

Reviewed: Tue, Jan 22, 2019

“Nice car, good price, but long wait for shuttle bus.”

About Routes: 8.7 /10

shuttle bus took way too long to arrive. I called Routes immediately upon arrival and was told the shuttle would pick me up in about 10 mins. After 20 minutes, I called again and was told it would be another 10 minutes. Finally, I was picked up after 30 minutes. It was -14 degrees celsius on that day and standing outside, waiting for 30 mins was frustrating. The representative at the desk was not at all apologetic. Otherwise, I was happy with the service. The car was very nice, clean, and more spacious than I was expecting.

About QEEQ: 10.0 /10