What's the point of taking a reservation when you don't bother to have the reserved car available? All these years after Seinfeld made this joke in an episode of Seinfeld, and it's still happening.
Back in February we booked a Tesla model 3 Long Range with Herz online to pickup at the end of July, it even said on the reservation "this model is guaranteed". Despite the guarantee and their system knowing for 4 months that a car was reserved, they didn't have a Tesla model 3 long range available, they didn't even have a Tesla available. However, one was delivered from their storage facility while we were there, but that was reserved for a Presidents Circle member picking it up later.
To add insult to injury, you could still book a Tesla model 3 to pickup an hour later at that location, despite the fact that they had no Tesla's.
They tried to give us a Chevy Bolt instead, but that wouldn't work because the charging infrastructure for the Chevy is vastly inferior to the Tesla, and it's range was a concern as we're not staying local.
Ultimately, we ended up with a free "upgrade" (though it could be booked for the same price) to a one year old Toyota Sienna minivan, that somehow has over 41,000 miles and mismatched tires between the front and rear.
Hertz is a complete mess of a rental car company, I don't blame the staff at this location for not having the car, it's a corporate problem, and we're going to have to think long and hard before renting with Hertz again in the future. read more