I had to write a review about the amazing experience I had at the Kanata Budget Rent a Car location…read morein Kanata on Edgewater street. The story began when my UHaul reservation was completely changed without my consent a day and a half prior to my move from Mtl to Ottawa. I was so upset with UHaul service I decided to see if I could find another truck with another renter, this is where I had an amazing experience with Othniel from the Kanata Budget location. He went out of his way to find me a truck last minute, at a good price and guaranteed he would finalize everything before the end of the day, which he did! He found me exactly what I wanted and made the entire experience so pleasant, I can't say enough nice things about Othniel and the service he provided. He is an exceptional employee and I hope his employers know this and keep him at Budget as long as possible. He knows how to treat customers!! Thank you again Othniel!

About 2 months ago, we dropped off a car rental at this location (we picked up at the Billy Bishop…read moreAirport location in Toronto because the Wellington Street location had no cars left. This was during the rail line blockades by protesters opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline, so anyone who was traveling by train (like us) was stranded. Car rental companies were busy, many locations had their entire fleet rented out, so we were thankful Billy Bishop had some cars left, but I am digressing from the review...). We had minimal interaction with the staff at this Ottawa airport location (which was the only location open late on a Sunday, so we had to return it there despite living nowhere near the airport and having to take a taxi home from there, oh wait I'm digressing again, lol), but overall we were very happy with our experience at National as a whole. As soon as we drove into the assigned parking spot for National, a representative approached us and greeted us. He scanned the barcode on the car, looked around for damage, checked the odometer, gas meter, etc. Told us everything was good, and emailed us confirmation of the return. Easy peasy. Signage for the car rental drop off was clear, and signage for where to drop off the vehicles for each car rental company was also clear. Although I would have rather taken the train like I had originally planned, I had a good experience with National both in Toronto and Ottawa. I would rent from them again, but hopefully next time it will be because National was my first choice, and not because I had to scramble at the last minute to find a way home because my original plans were derailed, so to speak.

Very good service from this location. Ottawa is a small airport, so rental cars on site which is a…read morebig plus, no shuttle buses. Due to a mistake in my reservation, I did not have a car but they were very gracious and hooked me up quickly. On the return, the lady was extremely nice- she was hustling and actually running to get people checked in quickly. When she asked me how the rental was, I told her it was great but wished the car was bigger, and she offered me a free upgrade for my next rental- probably won't ever use it, but nice nonetheless! My only warning for this location, which has nothing to do with National- no gas anywhere near airport, plan ahead!

I needed a car at short notice. The Alamo people at the Ottawa airport were rude and abrupt about…read morehaving to deal with a "walk-in", even though they had plenty of cars and there were no other customers. When I returned the car a day early, they wouldn't reduce the "special weekly rate" - nobody said anything about this when I rented it, but they clearly expected me to suck it up for having the nerve to be a "walk-in". The bill featured a $56 charge for "premium rental location" (the airport???) - also not mentioned anywhere in the contract. I trusted these people in an emergency and they stiffed me. I will NEVER rent from Alamo again.

Use to rent all the time with Enterprise (pre covid days) back when they were super cheap, but now…read moreprices have gone up and i noticed Alamo had rental deals that were at least 30% cheaper than enterprise so i decided to try them out for the first time. I will give them credit where it's due, when i went in i was politely greeted and asked to hang tight because they were busy (fair), everyone was polite, but when it was my turn i was just handed a set of keys and told to do a walkaround of my vehicle (by myself, im pretty sure its standard practise for an employee to go with you) anyways, i had this vehicle for a week in which i had babied like my own car (drove super carefully, made sure to park it in safe/paid parking areas where it would be surveillanced) and when i went to hand the vehicle back they just took the keys and said i was good to go (no walkaround, nothing), so i left. A few hours later i recieve an email from the assistant manager saying that there is "severe damage in the form is deep scratches and DENTS in the roof"!!!! of all things wtf! There is only 2 things that could have happened here, 1. The previous renter fked up the roof and when he/she returned the vehicle, it was not inspected properly (the roof anyways) or 2. They are purposely scheming because i was not there to do a final walkaround with an employee (my mistake i guess) because there is definitely no way i had left "deep scratches" on the freaking roof let alone severe dents (im sure if there was something powerful enough to drop on the roof and leave a couple "severe dents" i would have heard or noticed it. Anyways, the assistant manager asked me in the email to go in so we can go forward with an insurance claim but the location was really not convenient for me to go to (especially without a vehicle) so i called them, 4 times. First 3 times no answer, 4th time an employee picked up in which i asked to speak to the AM and was told he was busy and they would have him call me back. Waited 2 days, no calls, sent him an email inquiring about the damages and photos and i get no response but an instant email finalizing my bill of sale and them taking a $500 deposit from my credit card. Fantastic. This is the type of shit that you only see online, on google reviews or youtube thinking its usually probably fake and never going to happen in the real world but let me tell you, damn dude it happened to me, i'll admit, i've been had by a car rental company for the first time in my life and it just had to be the one time i switched rental companies.

The dealership drive enterprise car rental is one in a million! the staff here are wonderful…read moreincluding the location Manager Mr. C. Whom was a ray of sunshine. They were highly attentive, professional and articulate with my requests, questions and concerns regarding my rental. Which made my experience with enterprise superb. I'm grateful to have been sent here, I knew I was in good hands. From the selection of fine vehicles to the immaculate customer service skills. This enterprise beats all of the other locations in town. 5+ stars.

Full day of travel from Vancouver to Ottawa. Enterprise car rental was the choice du jour. no line…read moreup! Easy deal, great staff, friendly clerk, on the road with a great handshake in less than 5 mins. I'm using them again. Very impressed. Clerk even walked me to the vehicle and did the walk around with me. Nice. Never have seen this level of service Super happy

Super dog friendly and I love this! I called ahead to check this and some one had actually picked…read moreup the phone! I went in looking for something auto related... which they didn't have. Hmm. PRINCESS AUTO! lol! No car parts here and barely any accessories! More like a Lee Valley Tools. This company is Canadian which is cool and more stores are currently being built. Staff were friendly. Dog treats up front! The store was crammed full of stuff. Nothing fancy. Kind of surplus store meets Canadian Tire. Perfect for the Mr Fix It type guy.

I've got to pipe up! I love it that Princess Auto has opened up shop in the true west end of…read moreOttawa! If you are familiar with the brand, Princess Auto sells all kinds of car maintenance products, and shelving and other items to outfit your garage to do the repairs and maintenance required. They have things to fix your car: wheels and tires (after all, it's winter now... are your snow tires on?); doodads to check the pressure of your tires; trailer hitches; and all and sundry for the DIY car enthusiast. So why do *I* like it when I don't know the right side of a wrench? Because they are Canadian owned and operated, and they sell work gloves and those heating things to keep your hands and feet warm in the winter. I go there maybe every 3-4 months to check out what is on display. It's different than a hardware store, but also good and useful.

Take reservations for cars they don't have. Once sent across town, once told to just wait…read more Employees were friendly and helpful, but the reservation system is terrible.

My go to repair guy for all of my Chrysler products. Fast and honest I can always count on Jeffread more

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