CENTAURO CAR RENTAL REVIEWS IN PORTUGAL

Arnaque

They got me a car with 75% declared fuel, but it was less than 70%. I gave the car with 75% so I lost money. I rented a full to full car! Not an eco car.

Very good

Car suppler is a fraud and charge me twice for full coverage. To be honest, car was very good. But they businesses practise is terrible and they have refused to return money even after it has become obvious what they did. They should be ashamed to take money from clients like that. Don't use their service.

Easyrentcars.com support was excellent. They were very patient and helpful. Every recommendation for service.

On arrival in Faro, met with a Centauro representative. Directed a 5min walk to car park to get the shuttle bus. I thought Centauro was in the airport terminal, my mistake for not reading the small print. We waited in a queue for 40 mins for shuttle bus in the middle of the car park. I'm 30weeks pregnant, with no seats or wait area. We were also not informed of any of this wait time at the point of contact with a member of staff. After 40mins the shuttle bus collected us from the queue and brought us 6mile to the Centauro office to collect the car. We arrived to chaos. A huge queue, no communication from staff and eventually a 2.5hr wait. I was just thankful there was a filthy toilet to hand considering my pregnant state!! No staff could give us answers to wait times. We eventually arrived to the desk just before midnight. Got the car, paid for toll tag rental for the week, that wasn't mentioned in the initial booking but necessary on the A22 motorway. You will need to pay €12 for the tag and €1.80 per day. Then pay the actual toll on top of this out of the credit card. I was so exhausted by this point, i couldn't even argue with the frazzled staff member. We got the ca, took a video in the dark. Spotted a dent in the bonnet. Went back to the desk and he marked it on the form for us. Then faced an hour drive at midnight to our destination, on the opposite side of the road, pregnant, cranky and extremely tired. There were no apologies from staff for the wait, no explanation as to why the processes broke down. The sales people done nothing to speed up the process at the desk, still heavily pushing extras and full excess insurance etc. The man who served me didn't even try, he obviously took one look at me and knew it wasn't a good idea! Drop off was seamless at 8am a week later. No issues. Im still unsure if we just got a particularly bad night, but have read reviews since with similar wait times and experience. The price was great value but wouldn't use again.

Booking platform and information spot on.

In contract the car had 30% gasolin but it was much less

Все хорошо, но было бы неплохо получить детализацию road tolls, оплаченных транспондером

The service is very slow and the staff is not friendly, a little bit arrogant, to be honest.

Centauro staff was very rude and unprofessional. We have issues with returning our deposit. They are not returning the deposit. There was a fuel strike/crisis when we hired the car and it was with 20 percent of petrol. We returned with 30 percent and they have charged us the fuel costs, though noted on the Contract. I have no support from Centaurus on this issue though I opened the case but they are not communicating. I feel cheated and will never use the service again. Is there a way to get our money back - they took from us over 70 euros.

long wait at the pick-up

Took FOUR HOURS too pick up the car. 1 hour line to catch the shuttle to the offsite location 3 hours line at the counter to pick up the car, due to extremely high demand and poor pre-check process

The offsite pickup went smoothly, rental agent I dealt with was friendly and helpful. Additional insurance was suggested but without pressure. Drop off location only 10 minutes from Lisbon airport but can be tricky to find on return. Drop off process was very excellent, check-in was efficient and quick and shuttle service worked well. No complaints.

No problems experienced with this service, worked well and as expected. Any questions I had about pick-up shuttle service at the Lisbon airport were answered promptly. Overall very happy.

We can't say anything bad about Centauro. We had a very long wait at customs at the Lisbon airport, and they still waited for us, over 2 hours past our scheduled pick up time. The car was spotless, the agents were helpful (make sure you get someone to sign off on your papers before you leave). Our first hotel we stayed at was awful, and during the night, one of the many drunk guests jumped on the hood of the car, denting it, and putting a dent in the side as well. We called Centauro right away to let them know what happened, and they marked it in our file. The car was still drivable, so we continued on our trip. When we returned the car, the agents weren't even aware of what had happened, but took a look over everything, asked us a few questions, and ultimately did not charge us for the dents. We had purchased third party insurance anyways, so we weren't worried, just annoyed that we would have to go through the hassle. But the Cantauro agents were very understanding, and extremely kind. We would recommend them to everyone!

The car was smaller than expected as we ordered a 5 door and were given a small 2 door. The wait for the shuttle service was so long (over 1 hour) that we got a taxi from the airport to the car hire location. We then waited over 40 minutes at the service counter to be seen by a member of their bit so helpful staff. Overall a poor service from Centauro

We booked with Centauro because the ratings were pretty good, but our pickup experience was terrible. Be aware that the location is off-site and farther than the other rental car companies. The conditions of the pick-up building were very sparse (no soap in the bathroom, for instance) and we were given an extremely beat up vehicle. We were worried about having issues with all the existing scratches when we returned the car, but thankfully my husband took pictures of the pre-existing damage and we were able to return the car without issue. Also be aware that you will be charged over 1,000 euros as a deposit if you decline their coverage.

Was difficult to find them In the airport.

Ils ne vous forcent pas à prendre des assurances que vous avez déjà, j'ai loué 2 fois chez eux et je suis satisfait, pourvu que ça dure

The car was excellent for what I required, it even had a built in sat nav which I didn’t expect.

Very easy to book and very competitive price. I was will recommend it to everyone of my friends.

It was not very clear concerning the insurance

Terrible service and will not be booking with them again. We arrived around 11pm and it took nearly 1.5 hours to be served, we had a 2 year old who had to wait there whilst he was really tired. I do not expect to have service like this.

The checkout process was very slow. The lady at the counter was nice but they were really really slow. When we returned the car, it was like a ZOO. People were lined up for over an hour to wait for the transportation to take them to the airport. We just about missed our flight. Very poor organization of the shuttle to the airport.