Just returned from Puerto Vallarta. I rented a car from Hertz online the day before I arrived in PV. I've had terrible experiences at several car rental agencies throughout Mexico, and as I researched car rental agencies in PV I couldn't find any by the airport that had anything except a 1 star review. Seldom do they actually have the available that you rent, and while they quote a very reasonable rate for the rental, you HAVE to buy their insurance, which is ridiculously priced. Every agency is the same. And usually when you return the car there are additional costs you didn't know about. This time was different. The car was ready, it was clean, yes, the insurance was ridiculously priced and was not quoted in the price online, but having checked around with other companies the price was no more than any of the others. The location is as close to the airport as you can get, the shuttle takes you from airport to Hertz, then back to airport when you return the car. The price they charged me matched the quote. I was pleasantly surprised. read more

This was the absolute worst experience we have ever had renting a car. We reserved a car well ahead of time through the Chase Travel portal. With our level of Chase card, we have rental car insurance. Upon presenting our certificate of insurance, the agent said they didn't have a car for us in the range we reserved, so that reservation was now invalid, and they would have to charge us for a SUV since that was supposedly the only car they had. This was obviously not true because they had a ton of cars in the garage, but since they couldn't charge us the insurance, they had to make their money up elsewhere. At a US Hertz if they don't have the car you reserve, you get an upgrade at no extra cost, but here that was not the case. They refused to rent us a car until we agreed to accept the SUV at a rate that was $250 more than what we originally paid. Not feeling like we had another option, we paid the extra and took it. Upon returning to the US, we tried dealing with Hertz customer service to refund our money. Initially they said as Gold members, we should be able to get our money back. After weeks of back and forth, and them asking for all the documentation, they finally told us there was nothing they could do because it was actually independently owned. The PV office said we signed the new contract, which meant we agreed to the upgrade cost. After that I put in a credit card dispute and did get some of my money back, but it took a lot of time for something that never should've taken place. This car rental is only out to make money and will do whatever they can to get it. A shady operation that preys on tourists. Avoid at all costs! read more

I reserved a Nissan Versa (Group F) with Hertz at Tepic Airport. Both the Hertz website and my email confirmation clearly stated that the deposit without optional insurance would be 25,000 MXN. At the counter, the agent refused to honor that and demanded a 35,000 MXN deposit instead. She also refused to process the charge in pesos and forced it in USD at a very unfavorable exchange rate, which essentially amounted to over 37,000 MXN. I was also forced to sign undisclosed, one-sided contract clauses that give the company the ability to charge whatever they want in the event of an incident, without any recourse. These sorts of contracts are illegal in Mexico (they are known as "leoninas"). Despite my objections, they would not release the car unless I complied with these abusive terms. Sadly, these kinds of practices are all too common with car rental agencies in Mexico. I am reporting this to PROFECO (Mexico's consumer protection agency) and to my credit card company. I strongly encourage any traveler who has been taken advantage of in this way to also file a complaint with PROFECO so that these abuses can be investigated and prosecuted. Travelers should avoid this location -- extremely dishonest practices. read more

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Beware of the Hertz car rental in PV! First, the actual rate ended up doubling compared to our reservation. Complete bait and switch on the rates. But what can you do when you land in PV and are in a hurry to get to your destination? The staff knows you're stuck and takes advantage of the situation. This Hertz lures in customers with the Hertz name but betrays the Hertz name. Second, the staff doesn't care at all about safety. We booked a small car, in the category of a Nissan March. We rented a Nissan March in the past, and it was good enough. But of course, that car was not available, and our only option was to take a Fiat Mobi. What's a Fiat Mobi? We had no idea it was a mini-city, 4 door with a tiny 73 HP engine. It's top speed is about 120 km/hour. We told the rental agent we were driving to Tequila, Guajajara, and Manzanillo. He said the car is new and would be fine. Totally the wrong car for a trip like that! It was a horrible little tin box that struggled with every hill and felt unsettled in the mountain twisties. I've driven my share of cars over the years from hyper-performance cars to simple econoboxes, and the Fiat Mobi is singularly the worst vehicle I've ever driven. Third, the rental process is very slow. Don't expect to breeze through the line and get your car if you have status with Hertz in the U.S.! It's a slog to check-in, take the shuttle offsite, and then deal with the drones preparing the cars offsite. This Hertz is a disgrace to the franchise! read more

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Got to the desk to be told we needed to pay USD $600 comprehensive insurance for a 4 day rental (the car rental was $265) , or we had to pay $400 insurance for 20% excess and leave a $12,000 deposit. After I refused, she dropped price of full insurance from $600 to $400. At that stage I was fed up with being scammed, and had no faith in their honesty so I used Uber instead. Stay away! read more

We booked our rental car months in advance online not reading any of the reviews. We secured a good rate. Hertz did not require a credit card to hold the reservation so I called to confirm if I did something wrong. Nope, did everything corrected. Asked if I needed anything else, they said no all good for my future trip. Arrival: the price goes up by $600! for a lesser car than what we booked. We had to add all sorts of required items upon arrival that Hertz website and customer service did not require online or over the phone when I called. Not cool, but I was stuck because I needed a car to get to my destination. We spoke to the agent and told them our travel plans. We were driving from Puerto Vallarta to Tequila to Guadalajara to Manzanillo back to PV. The agent was shocked of our plans and was telling us about how much they like Guadalajara. The Fiat Mobi is 73 horsepower city car. The Hertz agent should have told us the roads to all our destinations were curvy, hilly, mountainous, and more power was required, and dangerous in a Mobi, but they did not. The Mobi made it but it was the worst rental car ever but it was great on gas mileage. I will not recommend this rental agency in Puerto Vallarta. read more

Hertz - Fiat Mobi great city car but horrible for driving across Jalisco state. - Car Rental Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

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Airport at Vallarta Mexico Terrible experience. Unprofessional staff . No identification on any one in the office . I had a reservation. They told me I had the wrong date but that was not true . I had a email from them confirming the date . The staff would not tell me their name. No one was in charge , no manager available. 3 people surrounded me and made me uncomfortable. would NOT recommend using them left the office took a cab ( negotiated a price to the resort ) used Ubers all week very inexpensive. I'm done with their crappy treatment. read more

DO NOT RENT FROM HERE!! PLEASE READ!! My husband and I were recently in Puerto Vallarta for a week for our anniversary trip. He decided to rent a car here and put the charge under a specific card, not using it for the rest of the trip. A few days passed and we got a call from Wells Fargo regarding suspicious purchases. It wracked up to over $150!!!! Random games, a laundromat, just the weirdest stuff. Luckily, it was a credit card so he was able to dispute it, but when we went to talk to the car rental place over what had happened they treated us like GARBAGE!! They had us talk to a lady, and she treated us like we were the problem. she said how it was impossible to use our information, which is fine, but apparently it is possible ma'am! no sorry, no, we're gonna look into it, she didn't seem surprised to see us there, just annoyed. Didn't even want to look at the statements on my husbands phone. We didn't even ask for anything. We just wanted to let them know what had happened. You would THINK that if someone was working at your company, you would not want them stealing your clients credit card information but to each their own!! Rating one star because zero is not an option!!!!!! read more

they didnt honor my reservation & wanted $50 extra per day for a different car . I ended up renting a car from AVIS

Less than zero stars. This woman was absolutely horrible to us. So incredibly rude and vicious. How she has a job working customer service is beyond me. She quoted made up company policies in order to get us to pay $400 more A DAY for a car because they did not have the car we reserved available - so she said. For the record I'm a long time (decades) hertz customer as well as a shareholder. I'm well versed in the rental policies and she was literally manifesting things out of thin air to make us pay her as she held the car we rented ransom. This was mortifying, enraging, and disgusting. I've never been treated this poorly. Hertz? This woman is fleecing you. DO NOT RENT HERE. read more

Hertz - Car Rental Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

#HertzHighwayRobbery Scam artists personified. Despite having a reserved car through Hertz at a predetermined rate, the person at the counter would not give us the car unless we agreed to an extra $400+ A DAY for the car. They said it was against Hertz policy to allow us to talk to their manager or to give out their name. The only option was to pay the counter lady and we declined and moved on to the Europcar two doors down. They were rude and extremely abusive. Stay away from Hertz (especially in Mexico) like it is the plague. We will escalate but we doubt this is the first time they have pulled this s#it. read more

Hertz - Car Rental Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

Worst company ever. Web site says it cost this much. You get there and it's 5x that amount. Plus, their customer service sucks. Especially, Omar Mandujano Ordaz. He's a real POS! Find another company FYI Hertz USA is worthless, too. They have 95 google reviews, 90 are 1 star for the same reason as me. read more

Hertz does not accept responsibility for mistakes nor offers resolutions. On 12.14.2023 at 8:00 am I called Hertz roadside assistance and advised them my car had an intermittent brake warning light and asked that they set aside a similar 7 passenger vehicle for exchange at 3 pm at Hertz Puerto Vallarta were I originally rented it. At 3:10 pm I arrived at Hertz Puerto Vallarta and Liz the manager in charge said they only had a 8 passenger suburban but that I would have to pay a serious difference in rate. I asked how they could not simply adjust the rate given they failed to set aside a comparable vehicle as requested that morning. Liz answered that their system did not allow for such am adjustment. I asked to speak with the general manager and she responded he was out. I asked Liz to have the general manager to contact me when available and she responded I would have to contact the 800 number and submit a request there. I ended up leaving with the failing car because Hertz was not willing to adjust the rate of the bigger vehicle in order to resolve this matter. Incredible but true. read more

Insane scammy up charges. Stay away from these guys and read the reviews if you decide to risk it. If anything changes with your trip they will 5x charge you. Not like hertz in the us. read more

Go here if you want to be scammed and your time wasted. Did not have the car I reserved, did not honor the price I reserved, spent almost 2 hours trying to figure something out only to be left with a smaller car at a higher price. absolutely no help from staff. If I could rate negative stars I would. PLACE IS A JOKE read more

This place is very professional and really take care of the customers! Definitely recommend them to anyone

This place is full of scammers we rented a car for a certain price and when we got here they wanted to double the price and when we said no, they said there was no cars available and they wanted us to pay $20,000 to cover the insurance as a deposit to cover the insurance of the car do not come here it's a scam and hertz should be ashamed that they have hertz in Mexico read more

We are returning our one way rental here. As usual when we come to Mexico we take pictures and a video of the car before starting our trip. Car rentals in Mexico are awful in trying to charge you for existing marks as well as small wear and tear. As in a small smudge on a tire. When we returned the car there are small ... and I mean small marks on the front wheel tire ... our video shows marks as well. However we are debating with them whether they get to charge us. Can you imagine if they did this in the US? No because even car rentals realize that when marks are smaller than a quarter it's not worth the debate. So beware of this car rental they will try and rip you off. Take detailed photos a d videos of your car. We prevailed and they are not charging us. It's late and all we want to do is get to our place. We returned the car in great shape with a full tank of gas. It should not be this hard. Hertz PV stop it. read more

They are bandits! Tried to charge $100 'document fee' and would not accept my insurance coverage letter. I have rented in PVR for many years and never had this experience. An I thought that Hertz would have good service, but instead their franchise has been hijacked by thieves read more

If they cannot up sale you, they will make difficult as to why they don't have a car ready. We waited over an hour to get our rental. Horrible experience. read more

CREDIT CARD NUMBER STOLEN! An employee from this location stole our credit card and charged over $10,000 USD at another company located in the airport. Not exaggerating. Aside from that, the car quality is disappointing. Car was dirty inside and out, overhead light was out, dings and scratches all over the exterior. Customer service not friendly. Overpriced for what you get. read more

PLEASE DO NOT RENT FROM THIS COMPANY!!!!!! I read the bad reviews but didn't actually think it would happen to me and well here I am. They refused to rent me a car unless I purchased additional insurance even though in their website it states it's already included. These people are scammers!!!!! Stay away. Don't make the same mistake I did. read more

We are Gold Members of Hertz and usually prefer renting with Hertz over other companies. However, we've had terrible experiences both with pick up and drop off with this Hertz location. At pickup the actual price was nearly $200 USD more than what I booked the car for while in the US, citing local fees and the insurance we booked for were not included for the 4 days we reserved the car for (which it was when I reserved while speaking to customer service at Hertz US). And then at drop off, the staff tried to blame existing damage on us, citing a small rock chip was going to cost an entire new windshield (which costs over $600USD), when the rock chip was already there when we picked up. The pickup Hertz employee took a few pictures but upon reviewing them at drop off, the photos from pick up were so granular that they were unreliable. So if you DO decide to continue with Hertz, make sure you check and document every small chip. Or EVEN Better, use another rental company. There are plenty. read more

Total shake down at the counter. Had to argue for an hour. $40 quote turned into $140 per day with insurance that doesn't even cover theft. Bad way to start trip. Dumping this car off in the morning and taking Uber. It's much cheaper and less hassle read more

I reserved a car weeks ago. They did not have any cars available and told me it would be hours before they had one. I suspect they would not have had one in hours either. I could tell they wanted me to just go away. They then told me that insurance for the car would be $300 for 5 days (my friends arrived 4 hours earlier, they had been charged $200 for 7 days insurance for the same kind of car I reserved). I told them to refund my money and I would take a cab. They said a cab would cost $300 US dollars! I walked across to the cab stand. It was $100 to Rincon de Guayabitos. Hertz said they could not give me a refund. I am disputing the charge on my credit card. read more

BEWARE!!! Hertz at Tepic Nayarit aeropuerto is awful ! stay away ! They were trying to take all of our money with ridiculous extra-charges mounting to thousands. They want you to pay extra through a third party vendor and add other insurances that practically rounds up to the cost of the car. We didn't fall in their trap and chose to cancel our reservation. We'll be calling the main office as they do not do reimbursements there. They said refunds can take 10-15 days, yet they charge your card as soon as you reserve the vehicle. The same people at the Hertz stand are the same people who run the Dollar car rental stand. Cuidado ! roban con cargos extras read more

We had a reservation for a car after we landed at thee airport, we arrived at Hertz to find out they had no cars available! How do you reserve a car you don't have? They drove us down the street and promised a car there only to arrive and them tell us they can only rent us a car if we promise to go to a breakfast with them and take a tour of the hotel ‍ we had to walk to 3 different car rental places to finally find something! I'll never use hertz again! If I could put 0 stars I would read more

DO NOT RENT FROM THIS LOCATION!!! My buddy just returned from a trip over the holiday last week and was extorted by this location for "breaking the windshield" when there was a small crack already in it to begin with. The kept his $750 deposit and charged him an additional $250 for having it repaired. Not even bulletproof glass costs that much. When he said that he wasn't paying, they threatened to call the police on him. I don't recommend renting from this establishment. In fact, I don't recommend traveling here unless you want to be extorted your entire vacation. read more

If I could leave a negative 1 I would. Go to budget across the street! I ordered a economic car and all they had was a standard I didn't realize it was standard until I got in the car after I paid. 1, they had an automatic and they said they could only upgrade me to a luxury car. What's funny is they had a free automatic they would not rent it to me. Then when I went back up for a refund the guy said the manager is only available in 2 hours to refund you. Makes absolutely no sense. I took myself to budget across the street! read more

SCAM. SCAM. SCAM. We should've read the reviews here before we rented. Turns out these criminals have a playbook: they tell you the car you reserved is not there, then tell you there is a more expensive one available, BUT they HAVE to charge you the full price. Then they try to convince you that you need all sorts of insurance (you don't) and when/if you refuse, they'll sneak a charge in there anyway. If you actually end up renting here, TAKE LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES OF THE CAR. On the return, they'll point out a scratch and say: "that's new." Even without consulting any pictures from the pickup contract. How did he know THAT exact scratch might be new? SCAM. The pictures are your only insurance. read more

Don't rent here! They claimed I damaged their car and showed me a picture of the car that showed no damage. They only were charging $500 pesos for pretend damage, and so I paid it because I had a flight to catch and they had already taken 40 min to get to this part of the return and I was afraid I would miss my plane. I am working it out with corporate Hertz now read more

This place is Honestly a scam, they did not have the car I rented, being a gold member and having already declined insurance did help. They made me wait with my family 50 minutes and they strong arm you into buying insurance or charge your card $3000 and make you wait longer, there's no manager to speak to (even though they're sitting in their office) and I've just never been treated this rudely before. Car rental was supposed to be $120 and it ended up costing me $450. My advice is avoid Hertz And save yourself the tremendous inconvenience and hassle. Corporate didn't help resolve anything. Very disappointed. Used to be a loyal Hertz customer. read more

Horrible service. Rudest people ever. Hustle for extra payment. Even gold members. Made to wait over 2 hours for our car. Still waiting. Bad start to vacation. Young bad attitude kids work here. All on their phones. Oblivious to guests. We will take it up back in USA but taking my business away from hertz Mexico for sure. read more

My flight was at 7:40 AM. Their location opens at 7. So they told me when I was picking up the car that I should park it in the airport and drop the keys at their airport location. Surprise surprise, nobody showed up until 7:15 AM by which time I had to run to catch my flight. I called customer service, they told me to leave the keys inside the car and contract there. I did that but what happens if someone just takes the car and leaves? They still haven't sent a rental invoice, so I am concerned they will either charge extra time or lost keys or something. General customer service doesn't work, I tried for a phone number in the Hertz of the airport in Mexico City but they couldn't help either read more

Beware of all of their secret charges this place is the worst! They lie to you and find anyway they can to stick it to you!!! It is all commission based so the people at the counter will try to con you with extra insurance that your credit card already covers and then when you tell them that you card has the protection they use scare tactics!!! Do not rent from these people they are giving hertz a bad name!!!!! read more

THE WORST RENTAL CAR experience of my life! When we arrived (after a long flight w/ an infant), they did not have the vehicle we reserved (or anything comparable). They NEVER apologized or made ANY ATTEMPT whatsoever to rectify their mistake - what did do was try to upsell us to a much larger and more expensive vehicle (totally unecessary size for 2 adults and a baby). Classic "BAIT & SWITCH" tactics - THIS PLACE SHOULD BE CLOSED DOWN! The man at the counter (with feather tattoos on his left forearm) was particularly HORRIBLE - He should be FIRED immediately and never be hired for any job involving customer service ever again. I'm not surprised that this place has such low ratings - My advice: RENT YOUR CAR FROM ANOTHER COMPANY! read more

We heard all about your mask scam! Will NEVER give your hotel chain a red cent. We will NEVER bow to your false authority. We will NEVER give you an inch. In the end, you will pay the price. Your business will suffer, your life will experience economic distress and most of all, your souls will suffer. Turn to the Lord now, or forever risk judgement by our Savior, Jesus Christ. read more

Never renting from Hertz in Puerto Vallarta! Waited over 2 hours for a car on our first part of our trip to get our 4 person car. For the second part of our trip we needed a 7 passenger cat. Hertz had no cars a aisle despite our reservation and confirmatio. they did not notify us they had no cars available and left us to our own search for a rental. We were finally helped by our Chase Sapphire card. Don't rent or plan to get horrible experience! read more

Booked a car when I landed. No problems at all. Expect to pay for insurance which is about $25usd a day.

Absolutely awful, stay away!!! Reserved through Expedia and location overbooked and didn't have our vehicle. Rent elsewhere