I Have been renting a car at this place for the last 2 years, and all the time it is a Great surprise, Clean and Excellent service, New and reliable cars. The manager all ways find the best solution to make you Happy. I am a Retired Visiting Teacher in North Carolina, and I highly recommend Budget, at RDU airport at Morrisville. Vincenzo Colonna read more

I came to retrieve a reserved vehicle. We entered and was greated. The paperwork occured and instructions for vehicle pick up was given. We checked Two(2) vehicles. Most of the the fleet were filthy on the outside. The inside was filthy as well. After debating on going back the counter, we took the keys back. We were told the car wash was down. But when the vehicle came back from being "cleaned" in which they washed the outside #but the car wash was down so they said. But they never cleaned the inside. I would suggest for this rental to be the abaolute LAST RESORT. read more

Budget - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

Having to wait in line for 2 hours for a car reservation? Unacceptable!! Not to mention the air conditioning is broke & heat stroke is happening!!!! read more

Needed a car for a bit of driving during the week that my wife and I stayed near Myrtle Beach, SC. As usual, checked Costco's travel site and the best deal was for Budget's Intermediate car. Everything turned out OK. It looks like prices have returned to pre-Covid levels, with a week rental quoted for $272.67 for a Saturday to Saturday rental at RDU via Costco. The nice thing about renting a car through Costco is that they don't require pre-payment resulting in no cancellation fee if plans change (another benefit is automatically free secondary driver). We were able to enter my Fastbreak number, which allowed us to have our car already prepared, letting us skip the possible line. However, because my wife's info was not entered as a secondary driver, I went to the counter to get that added. That's when the counter agent told me that Budget allows automatic secondary drivers if a spouse and that I didn't need to stand in line since my car had already been reserved under by Fast Break number. Looking at other reviews for this place (and confirmed by the agent), lines can be VERY long at this location. In terms of getting to/from the rental location, it's not ideal: taking a dedicated shuttle devoted to Avis/Budget from the baggage claim area of the airport. You have to know that Avis and Budget are the same company, since once an Avis branded bus was there. This is old school, showing that each rental agency has to take take care of everything itself. The journey was more than 10 minutes long, so not particularly quick and not walkable. More modern systems will have one large generic shuttle running from the airport to the shared rental center, benefiting all renters. The best being able to take a airport train, which the newest airports have. We ended up getting a Mazda CX-30, which was perfect for the two of us. It was a newer model, with keyless entry and push button ignition. Because it was new, it had Car Play but only through a direct wire (not bluetooth). There was no cigarette lighter charging port, but instead only two USB-C ports (not the typical -A). This meant having to find a store that sold the C to A adapter, to make our navigation work. North Carolina doesn't have that many toll-roads so a transponder was not in the car. Dropping the car off was consistent to what we were expecting, considering how we had picked it up. You need to follow the signs for Budget, go through multiple tiger teeth barriers, park your car as directed by the attendant, and then wait under the hot sun until it's your turn. This took a while, and no receipt was given at this location. One was emailed to me soon after, but found out that the charge was about twenty more than the quoted price, with no explanation why. Will need to follow up on that, contacting Costco Travel first (one small disadvantage of not prepaying first). read more

Budget - drop off area - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

I will never rent from Budget again. Despite having a prepaid reservation, we had to wait over an hour in line at the RDU airport location just to pick up our car. It wasn't even a staffing issue--there were at least 7 employees working behind the counter. The culprit appeared to be completely archaic technology; they were literally using dot-matrix printers to process transactions, which ground the entire line to a crawl. Spending an hour in line after a flight just to get key in hand is unacceptable. Save yourself the headache and rent elsewhere. read more

Budget - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

Rented a car in VT to return here at RDU. The vehicle was dirty with stains from beverages, long hairs throughout out the van. I brought this to the counter agents attention at BTV and he said I don't have any other vans to give you. I told them to notate the agreement which he claim he did. Speaking of agreement I was told to take a photo of the rental agreement since he cannot give me one. I asked for it to be emailed and told only if I was a reward member. So my wife and I wiped off the spill stains and hairs from the door, middle arm rest, steering wheel and seats. The rest of the seats were stowed since we needed the space. I returned it to the RDU airport and explained to the woman about my service and she apologized. One lady walked the exterior and the other looked in the vehicle at the mileage and gas levels. I asked if it was all set she said yes I will email you a receipt. 6 days, yes you read it correctly, 6 days later I get an invoice for excessive cleaning of the vehicle in the tune of $250! I will attach a photo of the mat that has dirt on it, possible pebbles who knows but I was charged an insane amount of money to vacuum the vehicle out. I was never told this when I returned the vehicle that it had to be spot free. Sorry I drove through rain my whole trip down from the north I'm shocked they didn't say the outside had water stains. I tracked in pebbles or maybe grass and am I expected to clean that out? I didn't see it on my rental contract because I was never given one! What I suspect is happening is I booked this thru a third party site aka Priceline so I got a discounted rate from their daily rate. So to make up for that they whacked me a trumped up excessive cleaning fee of $250. Now mind you after I left that vehicle and my rental contract was closed out would expect the vehicle was in the condition they expected it to be in. But 6 days later you slap on a fee? Well I've locked my credit card for that rental before they had a chance to process the charge. I've also let budget know this and I refuse to pay this bogus fee. They said it's valid and they won't refund. It's fine it's not on the card nor will it. If it does I will dispute the charge and if that doesn't work I will continue with legal counsel. I've rented vehicles for many years and never had this issue before. Guess travel is down and using Priceline upset them. I know I should've paid the rate I had with Hertz since I have elite status with them but the wife said let's save us some money. Who's to say when this happened since it wasn't addressed with me at the time of drop off. What a scam budget is running. Next step is better business bureau. read more

Budget - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

Super crowded. One worker. Don't do it! You will be in line forever. They are severely understaffed! read more

Budget - Packed and slow - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

Super disappointing experience at Budget car rental located at RDU. I reserved a vehicle in advance. I arrive to pick up the vehicle and there was a long line and only one agent working. After 30 minutes, I am told the vehicle I reserved was not available, nor were there any similar replacement vehicles. The manager came from behind the desk and relayed the same message and didn't really care that I was stuck without a vehicle. Since it was a holiday weekend, all other airport car rentals were sold out. I am now missing out on at least one day of my vacation rental until I can figure out how to obtain travel. I am sure there is some sort of lesson I was supposed to learn from all of this, but you would think that a rental company located at an airport in a capital city would be better organized. Silly me. read more

This was the worst car rental ever! I got charged double of what I should have been charged. Costumer service was horrible and they say I'll get my money back in 3-5 days. I called costumer service and I got told it was a deposit. But I never got told about that before I took the car off the lot. I would never go back! read more

This is a review of the Cary Budget location on Maynard Rd, but they do not have their own page on yelp so hopefully this will still help warn people away. I made a reservation for a car over a month and a half in advance. When I arrived at the pickup location, several minutes ahead of my 12pm noon pickup time, I was told there were no cars available and my only option was to wait for an undetermined amount of time - "hopefully within an hour or so." I watched multiple customers return cars, and had the staff at this location tell me I couldn't rent them because there were "other people ahead of me," despite there being no one else present, or because it wasn't the same class of car that I had booked. Even the manager was working, and told me he "did not like this back and forth" when I politely asked him to explain to me why there were no cars when I had made a reservation. I waited for an hour and a half for a car to be returned and the staff were not only unhelpful during this time, but rude and hostile to me for even asking why there were no cars or for how much longer I would have to wait. Finally, I spoke with my family and changed my travel plans, and asked the manager to please cancel my reservation so I would not be charged a no-show fee. He assured me I would not be charged since I didn't pre-pay, but here I am being charged a fee. I will never be using Budget again. read more

Looking at the previous reviews, there are many reasons for the negative reviews. I will add another one. First we asked for a compact car and got a Dodge Charger. All good right? Well not really because we noticed the check engine light was on after about 30 mins. So we took it back and they gave us a Nissan Murano. Once again the check engine light comes on but at this point we were an hour away. Then we thought to check the gas cap because when it's loose sometimes that is the cause. Turns out there is no gas cap at all! It was missing. We told them and they acted like they had no idea what was going on. We ended up having to buy one and never got reimbursed. Take home message here, do not rent from Budget. All the reviews can't be wrong. read more

Horrible Customer service. Long Wait lines. Chaotic environment. Overcharged beyond the quoted amount with no explanation or justification. Cannot recommend this location. The reviews of others echo my concerns. read more

Rudest employees ever at the front desk. I'm pretty easy going and not picky about what car I get and even then they acted as if asking questions was an attack. One employee even threatened not to give me a car because I questioned why I had to go outside and upstairs to wait in another line, when i was truly just wondering why they couldn't help at that area after I waited in line there.... so basically if they are busy (bc some flights just came in) even if you have a pre paid reservation, they still don't want your business. read more

If i could give them a negative I would. I waited in line for 2 hours just to grab the rental then was over charged even though I booked it through priceline. I filled up the gas tank before i dropped it off and they still charged me for gas. They charged extra fees claiming its due to the airport. I would never ever rent from budget ever again. read more

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Overcharged by $55+ on my recent RDU Budget rental. Unaware that I was scammed until days later when the e-bill came with a hefty $55 dollars extra. Customer Service is rude and unwilling to assist. read more

They gave me a car that had been in an accident and the bumper was hanging off... then I wanted to return it 30 Min later and tried to charge me $600 for 30 min, which jumped the overall price to $974 for 2 days and your useless customer service Couldn't fix it over the phone. So I said screw this and drove to turn this piece of crap in early! The guy at the check out didn't give me any money back for early turn it and then said that because if the supply issues when you try to modify it defaults to ridiculous rates. BEWARE! read more

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Only thing redeeming about my experience was that at least the staff were friendly, despite being utterly clueless about mostly everything. From the get go I knew it was going to be rough as I overheard one of the people at the counter tell a customer "oh yea it's an auto fob but with these new cars it's a new feature, it can't just be in the car, you have to hold the fob up to the start button and then press it..." Wrong, that is if the fob battery is low/dead. Just straight up misinformation going on. Then the line is moving oh so slowly. I'm a little reassured though given I've done everything in advance, reservation, payment, etc, so it should be fairly straightforward. But oh was I wrong I get to the counter and she starts going through policies and how I won't be able to do certain things. I tell her I already payed a fee to allow me to do that, which she should've seen. She then states but oh, that fee is per day so I'm going to have to pay. I stare for a second and then reply my rental is quite literally for under a day. This back and forth about things keeps going about other things as well where they are either uninformed or just not checking the information, and I, the customer, am having to inform them about their own policies and everything I've already done in advance. Finally they hand me some keys and I go to the lot to find the car, only to find that the front bumper is falling off. Somebody ran over a curb and reversed out. Now I could easily fix this, just pop it back in place (which I did in the end) but I want to ensure that it is documented in case they try to charge me when I return the car and I want to get my $250 deposit back. I go inside, and I have to wait so long in line again. When I finally get up to the counter, I informed them to which they respond "oh, no" She brushed me off and says it should be fine but I insist for some kind of documentation, i'm not asking for a new car, as I am already super delayed due to their sluggishness, and I also recognize that the damage is not critical. The representative next to mine overhears, looks over and says "oh yeah, we're supposed to fill out a slip for this." It is documented and I finally get back to the car for a second time now. I turn on the car and the first thing that I see is a giant alert, saying that a service is due on this car and that the oil needs to be changed now. At this point, I'm extremely frustrated and I just decide to go along on my journey, even though this is a ridiculous thing to happen. Just overall horrible service, cars are not maintained, information is unknown, and the staff are utterly clueless and slow Once the rental was over I was also supposed to get a gift card through the Amazon link, which is advertised on their own website. I try calling them as I never received it and they just never pick up. Finally get the larger customer service line on the phone and the first person doesn't even know about the Amazon program and the policies, I am having to inform them again of their own policies advertised in their own website. Nothing happens so I call back and luckily this new person does know what he is taking about, what I am referring to, instantly recognizes the error, and begins the process to fix it, but I guess we will see in 1-3 days if it is actually fixed. read more

We waited 2.5 hours to get a car. We had reserved and paid for an SUV, but received a small Mazda. It did not meet our size needs at all. The car was filthy, had obviously been smoked in, and was not cleaned before we received it. We will not use Budget for car rental again. read more

Absolutely unacceptable experience at Budget. I booked a premium car for $429. When I arrived with my elderly parents, I had my digital driver's license (official from my DMV) but not the physical copy. The agent was immediately rude, dismissive, and talked down to me. When my father, who has a strong accent and sometimes needs time to find his words, tried to rent the car, this agent kept interrupting and cutting us off--three times in less than a minute. When I asked him to let us speak, he refused to help us any further, refused to call a manager, and flat-out said he wasn't going to help. He showed no patience, no respect, and treated my elderly father with utter disregard. It was insulting and dehumanizing. On top of that, they tried to overcharge us--$600+ for a downgraded car, even after a $100 credit, which made no sense. It felt like a bait-and-switch to avoid honoring an Expedia booking. We left and went to Enterprise, where they treated us with respect, accepted my digital license, and gave us a better car for $385. Budget has no problem mistreating elderly customers, overcharging, and being flat-out rude. The bad reviews are well-earned. This is either terrible company culture or shady business practices--or both. read more

Was greeted upon arrival with an insane line with no directions - I asked around hoping that many people were waiting to get their car after checking in (which is the case sometimes but there was so instruction) but no, it was one line to both check in and receive your car keys for two car rental brands. Waited here for over hour which is the longest I've EVER waited for a car. Even with online pre check in it didn't make a difference. Your best bet is paying marginally more at another place for better service. Employees were nice though so I'll bump it up a star. read more

Budget - Insane line out front - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

I'll start with saying that they do provide a shuttle that was prompt and easy to find. While we were waiting to pick up our car, there seemed to be a lot of confusion for who what getting what car and when. It was somewhat unprofessional and it easily added an extra 15 minutes to our pick up when it didn't concern us. Update: we attempted calling but couldn't get through to anyone or leave a voicemail. read more

Reserved a car with Budget today (8/15/25) at RDU and after waiting more than 30 minutes for a shuttle, I gave up and rented from Alamo. Two Budget shuttles came in those 30 minutes, but the first shuttle took one passenger from the 10 waiting. Fifteen minutes later another shuttle came by and took three customers. In the meantime, four empty Hertz shuttles stopped and three Enterprise shuttles came by. Pathetic customer service. Budget shuttle driver clearly didn't give a sh*t. No local phone number. Don't waste your time. They don't have infrastructure to support their business. Rent from a company that actually wants to earn your business. read more

Why is it that when you reserve a car months in advance they tell you that they don't have the car reserved and offer an upgrade. Also, the rep is horrible! She talks very loud, so much so that you can here yhe conversations of others. The customer before me credit card was bad and the rep talks so loud that we could hear every word. When we got to the window we politely asked her to Not to speak so loud. I will never use budget again!! read more

On my most recent trip to NC, I opted to rent a car. When I got off my flight, I easily found the shuttle to the Budget / Avis rental car area to pick up the SUV that I had rented online a few weeks prior. The line to pick up the cars was rather long, and I waited about 40 minutes to get to an agent. During this time, I noticed that 3 people left to get their cars only to come back to say when they arrived at the car that another customer was also told to pick up that car. I made a mental note and hoped that would not happen to me as I was rather hungry and approaching hangry in this line. When I got to the agent, he was super nice. I will say that the person who helped me was extremely personable, I just believe Budget does not have proper systems to equip their staff for any sort of success, hence the one star. While looking up my reservation, the agent's computer crashed three times. He then had to manually input my reservation details on paper and after about 15 minutes sent me on my way. When I get to my car, another couple was loading in their luggage. So I returned, got another SUV and went on my way. I don't understand how a rental car place can have an issue sending multiple people to the same car, but I hope that they are able to fix that process as it is rather frustrating from a customer perspective. I would not use Budget Rental Car again after this experience. read more

They never get it right. We have rented from Budget at RDU too many times. Rarely does "Fast Track" come through which translates to a long and ever so slow line at the counter. Never do we get the vehicle we reserve (once we watched as a couple drove off from our preassigned location with our preassigned car). Today, we noticed that one of the front tires of the car we picked up after dark has absolutely no tread; it is as slick as a Formula One race car. Dangerous! read more

Just horrible, 85 people in line, took TWO hours to get a car, do not use budget horrible horrendous can't think of enough adjectives to describe the whole experience read more

Was expecting worst service from reviews but it actually wasn't bad. Shuttle service was a bit slow at pickup but getting dropped off was quick. Checking in was a bit slow and customer service could be a bit better. Car was clean, newer, only 7k miles well maintained so I was happy with that. Drop off was quick and easy, just waiting for final statement to make sure I wasn't charged for anything extra. Other than that it wasn't bad and would use them again. read more

Budget - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

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Worst rental car experience of my life. This Budget in particular lets broken cars off the lot without regard to safety or convenience. I made it 7.6 miles before stopping for food post-flight, only for the car to have no battery charge. Made it 14 minutes into the drive, yet it took them 6 HOURS to get roadside assistance, for which they tried to charge $218. It would have been a hellish drive with how loud the car was, which we realized during said 6 hour wait was due to the plastic window siding which was falling off the car. The second car we received came with all tires at 39 psi except for the front right, which was at 24 psi and I had to pay myself to fill. I was hopeful this would resolve the wheel alignment issue which had the car driving straight while the wheel was tilted at an angle greater than 10 degrees. Awful driving, awful customer service, awful cars. I will never rent from Budget again, and this location in particular should be ashamed. read more

Budget - Budget car wheel alignment off by 10%. How did this get missed?? - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

Friendly staff at the front desk and nice shuttle drivers but it says on the website that this is a Fastbreak location, and they even have a Fastbreak board out front, but as a Fastbreak renter, I still had to wait in line 20 minutes to get my car. Then the computers weren't working great so it took even longer to get the car. It boggles my mind that with Zipcar, I can just walk up to a car, swipe my card and "boop"...just like that get in and drive away. Budget has had all my details on file for over 15 years so why do I have to answer the same questions over and over again (especially when I answered them when I made the reservation online). And like other Budget locations, you get to hear the gentle rhythm of dot matrix printers as they print out your agreements. Budget, please just get into the 21st century and make it easier to get a car...especially for Fastbreak members! read more

Budget - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

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Traveled to Raleigh on Oct 5 2023, had to fight our way on to the third Avis/Budget bus to get to the rental car lot where we were greeted with a 2.5 hour wait to rent a car. We had relatives in the area that rescued us after 2 hours. According to the Avis bus driver its always like this but we have plenty of cars so no worry. Spent a lit of money with Avis the last couple if months, I'm done with them. Hope they're happy with understaffing the Raleigh airport location. Maybe they should hire as many desk people as they do to make sure no one is stealing a car. read more

It was not a fun experience. I arrived exhausted after 2 layovers and waited in line for what I felt was excessive amount of time due to lack of desk employees. One of the two was constantly interrupted by previous clients who either had reservations and showed up to find they didn't have their reserved van for a family of 6 available and other clients whose cars had issues. So he was unable to keep the line moving. Then the other lady.left leaving only the one guy who was dealing with ticked off customers until a second lady finally arrived. All in all it took approx an hour to pickup. Then they had told me I could return at anytime and just park and go. I was unsure what time shuttle service began in the am so called customer service. The foreign man on the phone kept misunderstanding my reservation numbers and I had to repeat my name and numbers multiple times. Still couldnt find my account so then the key number. Finally after about 10min he found it and put me on hold to find out what time first shuttle to airport leaves. Got back on after a few min on hold to aay they begin shuttle at 4am. So I returned the car the night before and ordered an uber to pick me up tp take me back to my hotel. The man at drop off told me theyre open 24hours and could have taken me in ahuttle anytile. Unsure who is right but it was just very poor communication. The man on customer service would not allow me to speak directly with the Budget counter at the Raleigh airport which would have cleared a lot of this up and saved me $40 in uber back and forth to airport. I dont think Ill ever chance using Budget again. And especially not out of Raleigh airport. I have had previous experiences with Budget at different locations like Spokane WA airport and Fargo Airport as well that were much better.​​ read more

Don't go on a Saturday because only one person is working and he does very thing and there is nothing to rent

Arrived at RDU to pick up a rental. The line to get a car WITH a reservation was out the door into the parking lot. And not moving. After flying all day that's what I want to see. That entire place is chaos. Cars every where. Customer service reps clueless. I travel to RDU frequently and I will pay more to avoid this disaster. Unacceptable for an airport rental lot. read more

Scammers! We arrived early in the morning and all the cars in line (that were already dropped off) were running with no one in them which I knew was suspect. Sure enough, when I got my receipt they charged me for fuel and fuel charge fee. We literally filled up the tank at the gas station right down the street! $11 fuel charge and gas, it was $22.88 total. That doesn't sound like much but they are stealing from the customer if they are running cars so the gas is lower and they can charge me for gas. Unbelievable! I called corporate and I will be getting a refund and she says that location gets that complaint of gas charge all the time. read more

I rented the cheapest small compact car on Expedia for this location. I made a mistake with booking the car and told them I'd be picking it up at noon when my flight was actually arriving at 8AM. I tried calling Expedia and they said the change can only be made with the rental company. I tried calling this location and the number goes into a general Budget line. Based on the reviews I thought this was going to be an utter disaster... My flight landed. The Budget shuttle arrived within 15 minutes and got us to the rental office quickly. Upon arrival there were three employees standing around doing absolutely nothing as the line grew... Eventually a woman who was pleasant assisted me and thankfully everything ended up being fine! We got our keys to a newer model Kia Forte quickly. It took me a few minutes to realize the e-brake was halfway down causing an alarm to go off and the car to drive really slow. Oops! I'm not used to using an e-brake, ever. The car was clean and speedy. I fell in love with the Apple Carplay feature and actually bought it for my car at home. Returning the car was no problem. There were gas stations nearby if you decide to return it with a full tank. read more

Unbelievably bad. Shameful as a business. After waiting an hour in line and reserving a month in advance for a smaller car was told all we have for you is a giant pick up truck. The whole line was told all we have for you is a pick up truck. Look at the other reviews. AND they act like they're doing you a favor. What is this place? Budget you have a serious problem. Not sure if it's just Raleigh airport. Good shuttle bus to get us to an Uber. read more

Was up sold to an SUV at check in. They gave us a car with a tire air pressure issue so we had to have the tire refilled before leaving and had the indicator on our entire rental. We returned the car early with security there and took the first airport shuttle. We just recv'd a bill being OVERCHARGED $1k!!! No one at the location answers the phone. We disputed with our Credit card company & finally recv'd a call back from Budget customer service today and we're told to wait 48 hrs for resolution from a Supervisor. This is ridiculous! Make SURE YOU READ THE REVIEWS AND RENT IT ELSWHERE! read more

Do not ever use them. For your sanity just uber to another location and get 2 hours of your life back. It is the most unorganized budget/Avis ever. There is zero reason that anything should be this inefficient. I can't imagine they will be able to stay open much longer. There has to be some corporate guidance. Never again. read more

Arrived Tuesday evening to a long line. Waited hours and we even had a confirmed reservation. Will not use again. There is no excuse for this read more

Budget - Goes with terrible service. How do you spell "accept"? - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina

This Budget deserves -10. We waited in line over an hour in a half to retrieve a preset reservation and when our concerns were shared with the manager, it got worse! The persons at the counter went on break, when they noticed me as the next patron. One of the workers stated, "Absolutely not!" and walked off. With over 30 people in line, two Budget workers went on break for over 15 minutes with no replacements. It is a shame such customer service is allowed and accepted by Budget. I will NEVER rent from Budget again! read more

Budget - Smiling to keep from going OFF, during an hour and half plus wait for a reserved rental. SMH!!!! - Car Rental Near Me - Morrisville, North Carolina