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1.4 (845 reviews)
Closed • 8:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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the signage give the impression you can wait in the Budget line or the Avis line. I googled it, all three are owned by the same company. After waiting in line at Avis for 45 minutes. The Avis agent made me go wait another 45 minutes in the Budget line. Very frustrating & unprofessional.

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Betty C.

Well, unlike my usual checking yelp diligently before using a new business this time I did not because normally for rental cars I don't worry about that sort of thing. Well from now on I will look carefully. My issue is the hard up sell with you even after you tell them that you don't want any of the coverages that you're declining and that you will be responsible for all of the charges if anything were to happen. Then they print out the receipt and it has a four dollar per day roadside assistance coverage which they didn't ask you about and you didn't ask for either. They took it off and gave me a new one now it was $.60 higher then the estimate but I'm gonna let that one go because I wanted to get out of there. Get to the car and it looks pretty good from the outside - couple of small scratches they probably wouldn't even have noticed but I took pictures of them, wrote it down and then took a picture of the form where I wrote it all. Now comes the gross part - get into the car and there are crumbs everywhere, the center counsel is filthy, and the back window is all smeared up. Like the last person dropped it off and all they did was turn around and bring it over to the spot after filling it with gas. So I wasn't going to let them get away with that - went back to the office asked them to clean it up and they did in five minutes. Now for all the folks that complain about the insurance and the charges - this is how these people make their money, you have to be prepared for that at every turn for rental cars. The difference between these guys and the big guys is when you go to the big guys and you tell them you're declining everything they don't try to upsell you anymore, but these guys still try. So, bottom line if the car had not been dirty I would've given these folks three stars but the dirty car knocked them down to two. Also if the counter agent hadn't been so sassy - asking me what kind of car I drove at home and stuff like that which is none of his business, I might've even given them four stars if the car had been dirty. So if you're not up for putting up with all this BS and sticking up for yourself - do not rent from these people.

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I don't know who's in charge of cleaning the cars but someone just let one go by. The inside was so dirty cut marks all over the dash above glove box finger nail polish on passenger side dash. And on the steering wheel horn area.Rubber around door was coming off. Rubber around trunk was cut and was falling off. Just remember the name "PAYLESS" you will get the the name. LESS. The counter person Bella I believe was her name was very helpful. She told me that the insurance that's offered when getting the car online is worthless. She told me to call and cancel and get a refund.

Jessica R.

I booked a rental car through Payless on Orbitz when I booked a hotel/flight package. The price was unbeatable at less than $10/day. I also had the option to purchase low-cost collision insurance that covers up to $40,000 through Access America, which I did. So after taxes, fees and insurance, the rental was just under $200 for 8 days. Before I start on my rant, I'd like to say that the shuttle drivers are the only good thing about this place. They are polite, friendly and fairly efficient. I feel sorry for them and urge them to find alternative employment where they can be appreciated as everybody else at the company is either a bitch, asshole or invalid. I arrived at this place in the middle of NOWHERE at 1:30am as my flight was late getting in. I just wanted to get in and out. I declined their $15/day insurance since I already had my own. They told me that this would result in a $350 hold on my credit card. I wasn't happy about that but wasn't in the mood to argue. I told them I'm covered up to $40,000 and they replied: "Well, if anything happens, we don't deal with your insurance, we'll charge your credit card." I found this pretty comical and inquired, "If the car gets stolen you charge the purchase price of the car to my Visa?" to which she replied, "That's correct, ma'am." So I said, "Yeah, that's a chargeback waiting to happen." Anyway, the chick told me that the hold would be removed within 72 hours after the car was returned. Meanwhile, I overheard the other chick tell another customer it would take up to 4 weeks. So, just my luck, a few days into the rental, some jackass smashed into my car while it was in a parking lot and broke the tail light. I called the insurance company immediately and tried to explain Payless' policies to them. They were confused to say the least. I returned the car to Payless and picked up a new car. I was told that they would get in touch with me when they found out what the repair costs would be. This was on a Monday. It's now Friday and I am leaving Florida. I called the chick who was supposed to give me the information NUMEROUS times and she hasn't called me back at all. I've left message after message because I wanted to sort this crap out before I returned to New York. But, no. Incompetent bitch can't pick up the goddamn phone. And nobody in the whole place knows how to get in touch with her. Go figure. I know that this is going to turn into a HUGE headache and I'm urging anybody thinking about renting from this place because it's a few bucks cheaper than the airport alternatives, DO NOT!

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