I have been renting a lot of cars recently. All from Avis. So far so good.
This time this location had the best "deal" and so here I came, across from Northtown Subaru and just down from the Key Bank and Harlem and Sheridan corner.
This is a tiny storefront, and parking is limited for whoever drops you off. But its very manageable.
My car was ready and waiting for me, it looked great. However, it smelled like burned coffee or something anyway. I thought, well, it will go away quickly. I went to the bank with windows open, left them open while doing some banking, came out and it still smelled terrible. I drove right back to this Avis place and talked to the woman, who did not even question it, just gave me the other car sitting there (which was comparable).
She was terrific about it.
When I returned the car a few days later I asked, she said, I had a cold, so could not smell anything, but your bringing it back was enough for me, just sent the car back to the airport and got another one.
It seems that the local Avis places get cars from the airport Avis (huge one), and that they just work it that way. Makes sense to me.
This location was pleasant and easy, I'd happily go there again. One thing to keep in mind though, they don't have a fleet of cars sitting there in case you need to swap yours out. But don't let that stop you, its much easier than the airport as well. read more