Save yourself the hassle and rent from somewhere else. I had a reservation for a 9:00 am pick up. I got a call at 8:30 to let me know that they had run out of cars. I asked when they expected to get a car in and was told they had no idea. I had to coax some information out of them by asking if there was someone scheduled to return a car and what time they were scheduled to bring it back. I knew the car was not guaranteed to be back at that time, but that would have been a better explanation that "we have no idea". Going back and forth with the lady she tells me "when we get a car, we will call you". I ask for clarification on what that meant. She tells me the same thing - "when we get a car we will call you". I mean, I get the part about calling me. I was confused as to what would happen 'after' they called. I ask if she meant that the car would be reserved for me and she responds again that "they will call me". We go through this a few more times. Then she tells me that she's not going to argue with me. I'm like, "ma'am, I'm not arguing with anyone, I just need a yes or no answer. When you call to let me know a car is there, does that mean the car will be reserved for me?" The fact that she couldn't answer that simple question seemed like they were trying to hide something (so that they could come back and say that they never said it would be my car or whatever). Then she passes me to Thomas who 'kindly' let me know that they will call me when a car comes in. I asked him for clarification, and again, he repeats the whole calling me when the car comes in bit. He then goes on to tell me "that I am no more special than any of the other 100 people that have reserved cars to pick up today". Whew...we go back and forth about what will happen after the phone call. Finally I get an answer. YES! The car will be reserved for me. Then he goes on to say "that's what I've been telling you". I'm like, no, that's not what you've been telling me. In fact, I asked directly if that what it meant and you wouldn't say yes or no. I eventually got the call that they had a car ready for me.
Fast forward 4 days. It's time to return the car only to walk up to a locked door with an "open" sign along with note that said "out of office". I call the number and was told he would be back in 5 minutes. 15 minutes later Thomas shows up. I'm a little ticked that they just lock the office up, and leave, but whatever. I mention to him how rude the person who helped me when I pickup the reservation was and he says, "oh, it's you". So yeah, that's me. He's still arguing with me about the "I'll call you" bit instead of just answering my yes or no question.
As a side note, after the initial interaction with Avis, I called Enterprise - which was located a few miles up the street. The lady I talked to was pleasant and super helpful. I booked a reservation for a car to pick up in 30 minutes. It just so happened that during that time, Avis called me back to say the car was ready. I ended up getting the car from Avis, but in hindsight I should not have. Anyway - save yourself the hassle from this company that does not feel their customers are special and go somewhere where they value your business. read more