I can't say enough bad things about my experience with Sixt.
For our rental in Florence Italy, I declined collision damage protection as I have coverage on my credit card already. The attendant added collision damage to our fees anyways, and just slid it on the invoice (which I missed as it was in Italian, and not explained to me whatsoever).
Unfortunately, we did get a scratch on the vehicle.
When returning the vehicle and discussing the scratch, I pointed out the collision damage waiver that was added to the contract without my authority and explained that if the collision damage waiver was on the contract, that my credit card insurance would no longer apply.... The attendant said she couldn't take it off of the reservation, but that she'd look in to the matter with her manager. We completed the damage report and she assured me that the matter was dealt with.
Fast forward 9 months, and I'm getting sent invoices to for loss damage waiver excess charges of 1000 euro... My multiple attempts to correspond with someone in the damages group have been unanswered.
On our second rental with Sixt (same trip; pickup in Nice, drop off in Marseille), the attendant in Marseille tried to make up scratches on the vehicle and get me to sign off on the damages. I refused on the spot; yet was sent a damage claim a month later.
The way I view this issue is that Sixt has already stolen 100 euro from me by adding additional services that I expressly declined multiple times. By adding this coverage for protection that I didn't need, Sixt has also voided my existing coverage. Finally, it is asking for an additional 1000 euro, for damages in excess of the coverage, which is a limit that was never explained to me, on a service I never purchased.
This company's customer service is non-existent at worst, and predatory at best. This type of dodgy operations is no different than Wells Fargo, Enron, and some of the other notably unethical business horror stories.
And to think that all I'm looking for is an empathetic customer representative to answer the phone and have a conversation...
In summary, I wouldn't recommend Sixt. read more