Wow, I've never had a worse experience renting a car. Jack was the person who helped me. He lied to me and added insurance to my bill without properly disclosing it to me. When I asked him if the $51 insurance charge that he add without telling me was mandatory he immediately got angry and defensive. He told me "You don't have to do anything you don't want to. You don't even have to rent a car today." He offered too upgrade my vehicle for only $5. Then the bill showed a $15 increase. He was actually charging me $5 per day. I would have been fine with that, but I didn't like his deceptive nature. I'll use AVIS again, but never this location. They are unbelievably unethical in their business practices. I really wish I read their other yelp reviews first. read more

Got a reply from Mr. B in Placentia. I think Mr. B is working at this location and he has rated 5 stars for this location to boost up the rating. I didn't asked for a free upgrade in the beginning, the young man offered me a free upgrade due to a problem with my original reservation. How Mr. B twisted around and it end up with I have been greedy and taking an advantage of this company? I can see that it is all customer's faults and they are the innocent victim. I am a Chinese American so I understand how Chinese way of dealing with problems. This is USA so the Chinese way running American company is not going to work here. I guess I am a poor and unappreciated customer and I should tolerate with their reply? I don't think so. Just want to post their reply so everyone is aware how they dealing with the problems. Just a Note 1/15/2015 New! Photo of Mr. B. 17 friends 17 reviews Mr. B. Placentia, CA Send Message For your review of: Avis rent a car Sorry There is no free upgrade and free half day for u anymore. Not everytime u can take advantage, This time u resv a 5-p SUV and want get the 7-P for free, they Refused u and finally u had to pay the charge of upgrade. they hv ur reserved car there and nothing wrong with it. Why hv to free upgrade to a big price different car to u??? Not fair to other customers. They were not satified u by a free nice car, like Last time a free half day. BUT They r not chairty group Why hv to cheap as ur wish. u r chinese also, u were at their office to judge that how worse Chinese attitude than Americans and how worse Chinese way of thinking than US, just like u r not Chinese. It was funny. Luckly, most the Chinese customer and local american customers are nice and understanding, not covet the little advantage. Good people. read more

I've been to a lot of different AVIS locations. This one is by far the worst. From the cleanliness of the car, the laziness of the workers, the service and everything. When I came, they took a while to get me and car and when I got it - it had stains and was absolutely filthy. They blamed the previous renter but it's obvious they just don't clean the inside of the car. When I asked to exchange, they literally made me go down to the garage and fetch it myself. The only good experience I had was returning the car because it was quick and easy since they already had my money. I've never been so happy to not have a car. If you're in a bind and you don't mind an absolutely filthy car, I guess it's okay but otherwise I would avoid this place. read more

DON'T RENT FROM THIS PLACE! Dirty vehicle with left over trash inside. Owner shouted out "that is what you get from booking through Costco". Terrible management. I returned the vehicle one day earlier than the due date and rented another one at Avis at the Pacific Palm, City of Industry. Much better experience, the guy told me to take my time even though they close at 6:00 PM and it was 5:45. 3 miles away from Diamond Bar, it's worth the drive! read more

We have booked a car through Costco rental for Dodge Grand Caravan for 8am on a day. This was booked about 3 weeks in advance. Even a day before that they have called us to confirm the rental. When we went there they didn't have what we booked instead they offered a Mazda SUV rx 7 which 7 people can sit very tightly. We wanted the trunk space and were leaving out of town with lots of luggage. With SUV ,hardly any trunk space and not much leg space for the 6th and 7th person. Very frustrated. Finally after asking him to call other AVis he was able to find one about 2 1/2 hours away. They said it will be there in 2 1/2 hours, by that time it was almost 11:30am. Since we will be late we have to cancel the reservation and joined with other family members in their vehicle. We were going for a wedding and need to load a lot of stuff ,but that morning has ruined our fun. Hope they won't make this mistake, atleast they should call previous night and should have told us this. Be careful when you book next time with AVIS Diamond Bar location. read more

If you want a clean car this isn't the place to rent one . I rented a Jeep Patriot on May 11th , when I got in the vehicle it smelt so disgusting & unbearable!! I look around there's drinks spilt everywhere on the seats on the floor just nasty , I didn't get the chance to the guy that was helping me out cuz I was running late and obviously they can't do much for me if they didn't care to give me a filthy car . Besides the car smelling and the stains and the trash in the car when u get down from the car you smell like the car !!! Embarrassing I had 3 of my friends riding with me and it was just all bad we had to keep the windows down just so we can breath some clean air ! I did read some other reviews regarding the cleanliness of the vehicles I should've listened . read more

WORSTTTTTT Rental car ever!!!! I will choose other vendors for next time. Two stupid boys working here, wore sleep wear to work. They speak very little english, hard to understand. We returned the car and everything was ok. 3 hours later got a call from one of the guy saying "there is a small crack on the window, we need to charge u more." How big is it?? "dunno let me check". Suspicious.. He came back and said "it is small but u are responsible. Please come, I will copy your ID and sign the paperwork that you are responsible." What??? Are u kidding me? How if u went somewhere with the car, and u broke it?? How if there is not even any crack. Totally ripped off! I waited until I check the credit card statement, they charge me $60 more. I called corporate, avis corp said because you purchase insurance. Hack no, I didnt purchase any insurance! These guys are only trying to get more money by doing anything he can!! Dont ever come to this place. It is not worth your day.. The owner/ employee sent me a message stating that they have a picture of the crack. How funny it is!! What if he did it and took a picture of it hahaha.. He even reviewed his own business (refer to the only 5 star review below). How do i know? The reviewer is the same guy with the one who sent me the message. LMAOOO read more

This place lied to my friend about free airport pick up and they force you to buy insurance even though my state farm covers rental and they over charge you. Avoid at all costs! read more

wow i wish i read these reviews before i booked a car from here. This location is terrible. if 0 stars was an option that would be the rating. I dealt with someone by the name of Jack X. on 3/27/15. For everyone that has issues with Avis, call their customer service line while you're there. Terrible experience here. long story short.. i made a reservation a month before. I arrive, wait a long time. Jack is rude and starts getting combative when i question why he didn't have a car ready for me. Had been out of cars for a day and tries to upsell me a camaro and wonders why he should have to take a cost hit for renting out a more expensive car at a lower price (maybe because you screwed up and you should make an effort to make it right instead of being all pissy about it?). I'd bet that camaro stayed unrented that day too. someone teach this guy some customer service. being a little apologetic for having screwed up might help. being rude and trying to intimidate people does not work. It might have worked on the two ladies in front of me in line.. ** i guess i should mention that someone returned a car while all of this was going on. the car was filthy inside and outside. Since i was already running late because he did not keep my reservation time i could not wait 30minutes for him to wash the car. this would have put me a hour behind schedule already. Refused to rent me the car after i mentioned I was still going to complain about the lack of availability. read more

*** DO NOT GO TO THIS AVIS LOCATION *** The workers/owner will do whatever they possibly can to charge you more even if you make reservation online and the vehicle is in their lot. The service is horrible and you will be disappointed. This was my second time going here and both times have been horrible. The first time I had to get the Territory Sales Manager involved due to the workers trying to provide us with a smaller vehicle and stating that it was the larger one when the website said otherwise. I'm the last person who would get someone else involved, but it had to happen. Luckily the territory sales manager was able to get everything fixed and since she handled it so well I decided to give this location another chance. I had high hopes and was thinking that the office changed for the better. I called 30 minutes before hand to make sure they had the vehicle I wanted and I then proceeded with making a reservation online through Costco. I then went to their office and was told that my reservation did not cover the vehicle I wanted as it was not enough money in total for that level of an SUV, but on the phone call he informed me that the vehicle that he has on hand was the same level that I reserved. Since it appears that this office is notorious for doing things like this I had no other choice, but to contact the territory sales manager again. I called her on her cell phone while I was still at this location and she called the store and spoke with the manager/owner and she almost resolved everything and she got the manager to agree to just upgrade the vehicle, but when he got off the phone with the territory sales manager he said that he could not fulfill this request and that he was giving the vehicle to someone who walked in after I did. This is a horrible office and I will never go back. The territory sales manager then decided to send me to The City of Industry office and the experience was amazing. The gentleman at the City of Industry office has ready customer service skills and I will end up providing them with a review of 5 Stars. I highly recommend not going to the Diamond Bar location. If you choose to go and have problems, research and find out who the Territory Sales Manager is and file a formal complaint. These issues can not be resolved if you do not provide feedback to the appropriate people. This office really shouldn't be in business. read more

The Rep's English was awful, I could barely understand him. I mean, speaking fluent English is important in a customer service job in the US, right? The Rep presented me with an SUV that was riddled with dead bugs on the car grill, chalk writing on the rear window and I HAD to ask him to clean it. The car hadn't been vacuumed. The Rep hands me over a form that I have to initial re: the car being handed over in a clean, scratch/dent free car. He gave me static about how I HAD to initial that the car was turned into me "clean". When I addressed the filth issue, he said, "Wait 20 mins and I'll get it washed for you." I was like, "I Made this reservation a week ago, you knew I was coming. You should've had this car READY for me." So disappointing. Don't rent from this location! read more

Horrible customer service. Will never rent here again. They refused to help me so I called corporate customer service and they resolved it.

I had a reservation set at 3.30 and its now almost 5 and I still do not have a car. My plans are completely messed up for today. As a preferred member I will be choosing another Avis location next time. read more

Where do I begin? I reserved a vehicle three weeks in advance so that the day I had to pick it up I wouldn't have an issue. Well the day arrived and they didn't have the size vehicle I had reserved in fact it's almost as if I had not made a reservation whatsoever. They first wanted to put a bandaid by offering me to pick it up 15 miles away and then offered a mustang. I'm like the reason I wanted a compact car was for gas purposes, a mustang will burn too much gas. No other solutions were offered and I just left. I don't recommend this location. read more

I made reservation a couple weeks in advance. When I went to pick up the car, Jack at the front desk told me he did not have my car! I saw a line of SUVs and Sport cars parked out front; however, he told me those cars were for other reservations. He won't upgrade me or give me any car. I guess the tradition of upgrading you when they don't have your car does not apply here. I have rented many cars from Avis/Budget before. This is my first experience of such. Left without a car and speechless. Wow... Update: Okay, I did a little more research. I think I understand a little better. Each Avis Budget Independent Operator's earning is based on a percentage of his/her over-all revenue. My speculation is when customers book their reservations through agency like Costco, this branch will not give you a car since it could charge more by giving the same car to others. That's why so many Costco reservations were denied (read other feedbacks). That could also explain why Jack asked me if I would buy full insurance (profit for them) even he had no car for me. I guess I will check with Costco and make sure it understands its relationship with Avis auto rental program. read more

Had to extend car rental an extra 2 days due to family emergency. Was told on phone by the lady who works there I would not be charged a late fee or another day if returned before closing. When I returned the car I was charged a late fee and the extra day. The gentleman would not tell me the extra 2 day rate charges. So I rental that was originally 162 should have becoms around 290 for the extra 2 days turned into 412. I also didn't get my AAA discount. All this is on top of not having the car I was told I'd get. I asked for a Mazda CX-5 or similar, when I arrived I was told they had nothing like that, all they had was a mini van, I asked for a car and got a Corolla, which was fine. But if you tell someone you have what they are requesting you should notify them if you give it out before they arrive. Make sure all your employees know your policy. If you're going strictly by the contract your employees shouldn't tell you that you will not be charged an extra day if returned by closing. Contract says 2:30 but employee says by closing. Even before I extended the car, I was told 11:30 return, the employee helping me told me as long as it's back before they close it's fine. Everyone needs to be on the same page, a customer shouldn't be told to different things. Oh and they do not go over the car with you, no walk around pointing out scratches etc. Car was dirty. Just here you go, return gas tank full. read more

The car sucked felt like it was gonna die on me.. There phone service sucks! And worst the office feels like it's run by a bunch of kids trying to run a business.... 2 of the people in there don't no what there doing horrible! read more

Great people. My family has been renting here for a while now and we've had good deals and service.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RENT A CAR HERE! They are the most unreliable and unprofessional rental car business that i have ever been to. Booked a car with them two weeks in advance, a SUV for a ski trip. However when i got there, they overbooked and there were no SUVs available even though i reserved it! I calmly asked the manager why this occured and she literally yelled at me saying it wasnt her fault and i should expand expect this to happen! Ridiculous. Please stay far far away from this place. read more

I have rented from them many time before I always get good Service especially from Juvy. I always like going in when she there always the best. read more

Don't go This place, the worst rental car in the US, i make Rsvp last week for Premium Suv for 8 seats for 5/28 @ 10AM, i called in advanced for two times 5/23 & 5/25, they said just come in today 5/28 @ 8 AM, waiting for 2.5 hours, they said we don't have your car for today ! They called other locations today still no car available. Messed up our plan to go Out of town ! read more

Wish I could give 1 star. Absolute worst customer service. Had my girlfriend drop off the car rental we had for the weekend because I had to work...and when she asked for a ride back the lady told her to call Uber. I live on Golden Springs and Temple in the city of Diamond Bar...and their business is On Golden Springs just past Brea Canyon. And they said it was too far.IF YOU HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR YOURSELF DO NOT USE THIS BUSINESS....I should have used Enterprise. read more

Had a terrible, terrible experience. I made a reservation for a mid-size SUV 3 months in advance. When we went to pick up the car, we were told that they did not have any mid-size SUVs in the lot, which totally defeats the point of making a reservation 3 months ahead. Then they told us that our choices are either a compact car (which would not fit our family) or a 12-seater van, which is way too big for our family, take up too much gas, and be difficult to drive. I would have been more understanding if i was a walk-in or made the reservation a few days before, but having had the reservation made three months ahead, i was in shock of their carelessness and indifference. They obviously don't care about you or your plans at this location. Do NOT go here. read more

I recommend not renting from here or from Avis. They have the worst customer service. They gave us a car that reeked of cigarettes and the tbs light was on. The manager didn't care about our safety or about the horrible smell in the car. The only reason they have a 1 star after a hundred phone calls I got a representative that had common sense & had compassion. What a nightmare!! read more

Folks here are nice! I go here often to rent cars for longer trips for work. The last trip I took they gave me a brand new Chevy Impala with just 57 miles on it. I hate Chevys (they're horrible cars in general) but I appreciated that they tried to give me their best. A couple of times the cars I rented from here were a little dirty inside (and outside, possibly due to a recent rain) ... but I'm driving these for work and not to show off (who drives an Impala for pride?) ... so it doesn't matter to me. Customer service is 4 star worthy. read more

stopped in and rented car, the car was very clean and the price was great make sure you ask for the discount.. read more

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i am from China, i rent a car from this location, i didn't have reservation, i walked in, the staff was very nice , but they didn't have any car that time, there was only one car that the customer just returned, they told me is not clean, i told them its ok, i don't mind , i just need the car for couple of days. but when i get car, my god, it's really dirty, i don't understand what kind of person will return the car like this, we can complaint dirty car when we rented, but how many people can at least keep the car clean when return, that will really benefit to next customer, please stop complaint, behave yourself........ I returned the vehicle clean !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

The car new clean and fun to drive. Great gas mileage. I was in and out of the office in jiff both renting and returning. FYI: Uber gets there to pick you up in 3 minutes. I was offered a variety of cars to choose from. Some places you get no choice. They have full size pick ups to little things. I got the Kia Sportage and was very pleased with the room and performance. They are so very nice and accommodating. They explained all the contract options to me, more than once when I got confused and never gave me any attitude. As an older person, I require special care. I was the grumpy one but I drove a away with a smile, maybe just because the young lady there smiled at me when I didn't deserve it. Hats off to you AVIS for knowing how to keep my business! read more

Worst car rental experience ever! Horrible customer service! I want to give fewer than 1 star to this branch of Avis. I had a reservation for two full sized cars for my vacation trip up to San Francisco. I showed up at my reservation time to pick up the cars at 8AM. The attendant was late to open the door but whatever right. I gave him my reservations and he pulled them up, but I was told that they did not have the cars. I felt like I was in an episode of Seinfeld. I told him "what's the point of a reservation?". I was told that it "just happens" sometimes and there was nothing he could do. He even made the comment "what would you like for me to do? Make a car appear?" A few minutes later his manager shows up, so I take up my complaint with her. Her customer service skills were as bad as his. She told me there was nothing she could do, but I could get the cars at another branch. At this point, I really had no choice. I called Enterprise but they had nothing left. So I decided to go to another branch. The manager called two other branches that had the cars and told me I could go to either location. She said both Puente Hills and Chino Hills have the cars. I picked Puente because it was closer. She supposedly transferred my reservation over to Puente Hills. She never once apologized for the inconvenience or offer anything to appease me. Pissed off, I headed to Puente Hills. When I got there, I was told that the reservation was not transferred and they did not have the cars anyways. The attendant here was helpful though. It was not his fault that his branch did not have the cars, but here I was without a car and time ticking away. The attendant here mentioned that the Diamond Bar branch is notorious for this type of behavior. Why would she purposely lie to me and send me here? I am beyond pissed at this point, but I have no choice but to head to Chino Hills to get the cars. This time I called and confirmed that they had the cars. I was able to get the cars at Chino Hills, but wasted 3-4 hours driving back and forth because the idiots at Diamond Bar didn't know how to hold a reservation. Then they treat their customers like crap and never apologize and send them on wild goose chases. I wasted a good chunk of my first day of vacation dealing with this fiasco. The Chino Hills Attendant also confirmed that this type of behavior was typical of the Diamond Bar branch. Never ever rent a car from Avis in Diamond Bar! They have no regards for customers or their time. And they can barely speak any english. Even other Avis branches criticized the Diamond Bar branch read more

Hello Yelpers! Please see my reviews. The majority of my reviews are positive. I don't like to give companies bad reviews, but my experience here was awful. I read the original reviews on yelp and knew they were bad, but I thought to myself maybe things have changed. I will give them a try. Well I rented a car for one-day and everything went smoothly until this hard to understand man said my card was declined. I thought to my self theres is no way this could be declined, because this was attached to my bank account or there was fraud on my bank account. I was worried about fraud and I called my bank in front on the Avis guy & put the rep on speaker for the Avis guy to hear our conversation. The customer service rep notified the Avis rep that he already charged me twice for the car rental.the Avis guy insisted I pay him in cash. I left & he kept my card & he charged my card. 3rd time while I wasn't there. That ls illegally! I ended up paying for a car three times what I should have. I'm going to write up police report. I also contacted my bank, but I don't need this kind of stress. STAY AWAY! THEY WILL CHARGE YOUR CARD ILLEGALLY! I called Avis customer care and they said it could be a glitch in their system, but assured me the charges wouldn't show up. This was just so stressful and unnecessary. read more

This place is a joke. I'm not sure how they are still in business. We reserved a car over three weeks ago and today when we arrived to pick it up they did not have a car for us. In fact, they didn't have any cars onsite! The guy working kept telling us there's nothing he can do. Do yourself a favor and choose another company. read more

This place didn't have my car upon arrival and sold out for the day. called me after i had left to tell me that there wouldn't be a car available and i told them on the phone "yeah i know i was just there!" These guys are effin IDIOTS!!!!! read more

BE AWARE!!!!!!! JUN, the sales rep will pretend like you need insurance or your rate will be higher!!!! This is untrue!!!!! I called the 800 number and I had to go another Avis just to have the insurance removed!!!!! This guy can barely speak English!!!!! read more

Poor service and they did not have a car when we showed up for a car for our trip. Totally screwed up our vacation.

I reserved a car at this location and when I went to go pick it up , they didn't have it. Horrible customer service an will never return here again. read more

The WORST. Should've checked yelp prior to booking my Costco rental. Instinctively when you walk in and deal with the sleasy salesman guy who rented out my car I already knew it was bad but it only got worse from there. I honestly don't know how they stay in business. read more

Damn!!! Don't ever rent from this place! They will force you to buy insurance, rude, unprofessional guys working here. I tried this place because everywhere were sold out of cars. read more