15 Car Rental Brands at Bordeaux Airport (BOD)

Reviewed: September 23, 2022

The car was clean and well equipped. Built in navigation was a bit of a bonus. We appreciated the six gear transmission. We rented a Dacia--I wish they had those in the United States. All in all, Budget did a fine job. Checking in and out were simple. My only criticism is that the Budget representative sought to get u to take Budget insurance, when we had already paid for the upgraded insurance package with QEEQ. But we simply declined and all was fine.

Reviewed: August 31, 2022

Car was clean and perfect for what we wanted. When we dropped the car off my wife realised after 20mins that she had left her mobile phone in the car and we were in the airport building. The staff were great as the returned the car from where it had already been taken, found the phone and got it back to my wife within 5-10mins.

Reviewed: August 15, 2022

the car could barely go to 40 km/h in the mountains. Otherwise it fit our purpose. We couldn't reach budget but somebody was able to go at the counter to change the dates and they did.

Reviewed: September 7, 2019

Had to wait 2 hours in total to get the car even if I booked online. Very low service. Waited one hour and a half standing at queue and only 6 customers in front of me. After this, had to wait another 30min. outside for the car and I didn't get the car I booked.

Reviewed: August 28, 2019

Une voiture de 1900 km qui tombe en panne en retour, nous aurions pu nous tuer...scandaleux!

Reviewed: August 8, 2022

The first car they tried to give us was very unclean inside with what looked like flakes of skin everywhere. They also made us wait half an hour because we had arrived half an hour early. The eventual car which we received did not have a lot of the damage which the car had, properly listed on the form. They were unwilling to either look at the damage or change the form.

Reviewed: October 30, 2021

I came 3.5 hours earlier than planned. They offered a car at an extra of 70€ a day or wait until my time. I waited the 3.5 hours. They gave me the car that they were going to charge me 70€. This is not a great service from Europecar. Also the full insurance was very expensive. 35€ per day. This should not be the case.

Reviewed: November 4, 2019

The return process was a little unclear as I was asked to sign an electronic device but not told what I was signing for. Also still not seen if my deposit has been refunded. At pick up was advised of a massive excess if I didn't purchase further cover. I have annual cover so declined

Reviewed: August 28, 2019

What an incredibly wonderful experience! When we arrived to pick up the car, the lady at the counter realized that the car that we had booked was much too small for the four of us plus luggage. She was extremely nice and helpful in finding a solution for us which she did and in less than 20 minutes, we had an amazing car and were on our way. I was impressed by the level of service and of the friendliness and efficiency of the lady at the counter who took care of me. Because of her, I am now a lifetime customer of Europcar!

Reviewed: July 17, 2019

Got a great free upgrade

Reviewed: June 6, 2022

Waited a very long time in the queue but when we got to the front, Liam was extremely helpful

Reviewed: July 3, 2019

Queue too long and slow at pickup. Staff absent at times on dropoff

Reviewed: March 12, 2020

Drop off could have been better. Made me move between two offices in the rain and both did not want to do the final check of the car.

Reviewed: July 29, 2019

Utterly appalling pick up experience. Huge very slow queue. Way way worse than all the other rental car people at the same airport and time. Incredible that they had apparently made no effort to staff up or flexibly on a very busy Saturday and their process was itself useless - very paper driven rather than online and ready in advance which again the other companies had done (a relative was picking a car up from Budget so we had direct experience of that on the same day). in short - hugely disappointing.

Reviewed: July 24, 2019

It was not the car choosen. Too small

Reviewed: March 10, 2020

Was disappointed with how extra insurance was sold/explained. Difference in what was said to what was actually covered leading to ambiguity on return of car with a puncture. Initial car damage indicated damage to front right wheel where puncture occurred after the fact with no obvious damage to tyre other than punctured tyre had some damage in region of listed damage so concerned that on return told that I was liable for £180 when told on collection we were covered for everything other than damage to windows and mirrors so pretty disgusted with all the ambiguity.

Reviewed: June 19, 2019

La pire expérience de location. Deux heures d'attente pour récupérer un véhicule déjà réservé et payé d'avance. Le guichet interrent était fermé à l'arrivé, j'ai été redirigé vers celui de Goldcar. Où après deux heure d'attente, on m'a fait de la pression pour prendre différentes assurances. Pour finir, un retour identique avec de l'attente pour bien vous faire comprendre que vous auriez du prendre l'assurance hors de prix. Bref un personnel détestable. Donc plus jamais Goldcar ni interrent.

Reviewed: May 28, 2019

Worst vehicle condition ever! Can told that I damages below 5 cm do not need to be recorded, after return charged 120 Euro! A SCAM! Never use Internet again!!!!

Reviewed: March 14, 2019

The new tablet damage system was a nightmare but this may have been the assistant didn’t know how to use it. The previous carbon-copy paper system worked much faster

Reviewed: September 15, 2018

Like: Price
Dislike: Furthest location from airport terminal of all the hire companys. The car gearbox was worn /no surprise!

Reviewed: February 7, 2020

Long wait as computer system down. Staff were very pleasant.

Reviewed: November 26, 2019

Very annoying up-selling of insurances and other services by Gold Car staff at Bordeaux airport.

Reviewed: September 16, 2019

I retuned the car with full tank and the company charged my a full deposit!

Reviewed: September 3, 2019

Terrible service, tried charging me over twice the price of fee i agreed on the internet, tried selling me insurance i didnt need and lied and told me my insurance didnt include things that it obviously did. Charged me more for bringing car over border to spain from france than they should have. Charged me for 7 days(full rental time) even though i was only over in spain for 2 days. Was a very stressful experience. had to argue for 30 mins at kiosk.

Reviewed: December 6, 2019

ACE inexistant à l'aéroport de bordeaux, et je découvre au final que c'est une autre agence qui va me louer la voiture... parking en travaux avec mes deux valises à parcourir le parking pour trouver quel loueur représente ACE !!!!! une location réservée ou on me donne le choix entre deux voitures, j'en choisie une et on m'annonce que pour celle la c'est 10 euros de plus, sans compter le message insistant de l'agent qui veut absolument me faire souscrire une assurance complémentaire. Qu'en cas d'accident il m'en coutera une franchise. J'ai fait 10 h d'avion et j'ai vraiment autre chose à faire que de chercher l'agence partout, je suis fatiguée et je suis assez grande pour savoir que l'assurance en plus n'est pas une obligation. Surtout que vous avez des assurances et que vous outrepasser vos prérogatives de loueur en annonçant que la caution sera prélevée si il y a un accident avec un véhicule assuré tout risque. Formez mieux vos agents et ne prenez pas vos clients pour des imbéciles et affichez sur le bureau a bordeaux un panneau pour ne pas avoir a chercher vos bureaux.

Reviewed: October 9, 2019

We could not process the €1,100 deposit on any of our credit cards- so forced to buy the €300 premium insurance. After car hire finished we were sent a bill for €106 for cleaning fee and let delivery.... this was NOT communicated to us before we took the car hire. So for a $200 car hire we have now payed in total $800 !!!! This is ridiculous. And something we simply cannot afford. We will be contacting our credit card company to dispute the final charge. And very disappointed with this experience. Alan and elizabeth peacock

Reviewed: September 20, 2019

Personnel au guichet et au retrait véhicule très sympathique. Voiture propre et en bon état. Pas performante mais fait le job. En revanche, presque 1h20 pour retirer mon véhicule car attendu plus de 45minutes pour un siège bébé manquant. Alors ce message s'adresse à la manager de gold car Bordeaux mérignac L*** J****, quand on réserve 3 semaines à l'avance le fameux siège c'est pour que le Jour J il soit disponible et prêt. Ça évitera l'énervement d'attendre plus de 45 minutes avec un bébé de 5 mois fatigué dans le bras. Mauvaise expérience clairement dès l'arrivée.

Reviewed: August 8, 2019

Equipe parfaite. RAS

Reviewed: August 7, 2019

Terrible customer car on collection outside at cars & cleanliness of car really bad!

Reviewed: August 7, 2019

Super service, surclassement de la voiture, aide lors d’un incident rapide et efficace, remplacement du véhicule immédiatement pour un similaire.

Reviewed: September 26, 2019

La voiture avait été lavée, mais les vitres étaient plutôt sales. Le pare-brise était vraiment sale à l'intérieur. Confusion entre Thrifty et Hertz aux comptoirs. Les compagnie sont-elles fusionnées ?

Reviewed: June 18, 2019

Une personne au guichet le vendredi à 16h pour récupérer une voiture et 20 minutes par client. Pas de petite voiture disponible alors que je l'avais commandé depuis 2 mois. Problème de coffre à la prise de la voiture et encore 20 mn d'attente pour en trouver une autre !! Je ne recommanderai pas Thrifty et He

Reviewed: June 18, 2019

The staff appears constantly overwhelmed and the wait times are unacceptable (second time this year I rent from this location). There was a line snaking out the door to return vehicle and I had to use the key drop off else I would have missed my plane. They should invest in the same technology as other Hertz/Thifty locations where staff meets incoming cars with hand held device that checks customer out. Last time I picked up a car from this Hertz location it took over 45 minutes to get out! I will definitely make sure I rent from one of the other agencies next time I'm in BOD.

Reviewed: September 20, 2019

Our flight is late and we arrived at 23:45. No one was waiting for us to rent us a car. My husband was sleeping on the bench in the airport. I with kids took a taxi to the camping for 120 euro. It was totally impossible to contact nobody in order to ask to stay till we come (for fee).

Reviewed: September 8, 2019

Counter staff great and good value for money

Reviewed: April 23, 2019

Grateful for the upgrade. All aspects of the pieces were smooth and efficient.

Reviewed: April 22, 2019

We were given a brand new car, that was slightly larger than expected. They did try to sell us the satnav for a daily charge inside the terminal, which we declined, however the car we were given had this built in which we thought was a little cheeky.

Reviewed: April 22, 2019

Enterprise staff were excellent

Reviewed: September 11, 2019

Everything ok.

Reviewed: August 11, 2019

polite friendly staff

Reviewed: August 28, 2019

personnel très gentil et agréable, donne des explications claire sur le déroulé de la location. vraiment un excellent service

Reviewed: August 12, 2019

Ce n'était pas la 5008 comme voiture mais la C4 excellente

Reviewed: June 17, 2019

Counter staff were very helpful and because if a short delay they gave us the booster seat for free

Reviewed: April 20, 2019

Really helpful, going the extra bit for customer service. Thank you

Reviewed: August 8, 2018

Like: I got an upgrade
Dislike: They charge extra money after handed the car without inform you me. Also I tried calling so many times no pick up.

Reviewed: August 5, 2019

We booked with Rhodium to avoid Goldcar following a poor previous experience despite it being £30 more than Goldcar. On arrival we discovered they are in fact the same company and had to wait over 2 hours to pick up the car at Bordeaux airport. This is apparently ‘normal’ for this company. The customer service when we went to pick up the car and found the car was covered in a sticky substance was extremely rude. We also had to wait 45 minutes in the heat to drop off the car on return. I will never use this company again.

Reviewed: June 2, 2019

Every time I use Goldcar ( despite booking Rhodium or east rentals! ) I am pressured by counter staff to spend more money. This is unacceptable and will therefore consider going elsewhere.