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    Budget Car and Truck Rental

    Budget Car and Truck Rental

    1.5(31 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    Well, it's a rental car place. We have been traveling, we are tired, we want the best service…read more They were OK. They don't accept coupons, but they did charge me as quoted for my online reservation. Minus one star for not having a Ford Taurus as advertised. In fact, they have no Fords, because the Des Moines Budget Rental owner is partners in a Chevy dealership - at least that was what I was told. Not the best Chevy - screws falling out from behind the dash and rolling on the floor. And i got a couple bruises from the door lock - it was yanking my skin down with it when it was locking - nice. Drove OK tho. Next rental will be based on price again.

    Renter BEWARE, young blond man at the Counter. As a Fast…read moreBreak Member, arrived in the afternoon - informed no cars were ready, he would call my name when my car was ready- no problem. 15 minutes later, my name was called - keys handed to me and told what stall the car was parked. I returned the car the next evening and was told my receipt will be emailed to me. NEVER until this experience with Budget had this occurred; - Late night, when the office was closed, review my email invoice. - I was charged almost double of what was quoted. Yes, double. My flight the next morning was too early as no one was at the desk at 5am. I called Budget to ask about the extra charges; 1) "Accepted" insurance coverage 2) Additional charges not clearly explained. The Agent was patient and kind. I informed her I did not receive any paper documents when the car was ready, only handed keys. She placed me on hold to research all the additional charges. I was told I was upgraded two levels in car rental the reason the additional charges, along with added coverage. The Agent was very kind, understanding that I was never informed of the vehicle upgrade, and also accepted that I did not ask for additional coverage. My profile indicates I do not want additional coverage, she kindly credited all the upcharges. If you happen to get the young blond man, do not trust any actions. MAKE SURE YOU GET DOCUMENTS, review the Rental - you may be getting extra charges you did NOT want. When you return the car, ask for the Receipt to double check your charges. The One Star rating is actually a 10 star for the Agent that took care of the excessive charges, the desk agent got a BIG MINUS rating. BEWARE! I will still use Budget for my Rentals, will just make sure I review everything now.

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    Enterprise Rent-A-Car

    Enterprise Rent-A-Car

    3.8(18 reviews)
    4.2 mi

    Booked a car through Priceline for June 7th-14th and paid in full. We thought everything was fine,…read moreboy were we wrong. We received the confirmation code in an email but called to confirm the vehicle. The global Enterprise said the price was $400 more and the vehicle we wanted was not available and he cancelled our reservation. He stated if we wanted another vehicle for our trip it would be the higher price and they would refund my money, over $725, in 3-10 business days. But if we cancel it I will not get a refund. We canceled in the same day and the booking was supposed to be cancelled free of charge in the first 48 hours. Then called Priceline and they said they would refund it but will 7-12 business days. Took less than 7 minutes to take it. I will NEVER use Enterprise again!

    After being screwed over with our months long reservation with budget for vacation we were forced…read moreto book with enterprise. I'll be honest, they are never my choice. Always the worst company to work with. Well, called and to my surprise so accommodating and found what we needed and it would be ready in an hour. Amazing, vacation is not ruined. We can still hit the road! Get to enterprise and they say oh we have you down for 5pm. I said ok, well we were told it's ready now. Then she says they don't have a vehicle till tomorrow. Excuse me!? That's not what we were told. She's checking and guess what? No SUV we need in ALL of Des Moines. Sure. Sure. Then we are told calls are outsourced and they don't know the inventory. It's at this point I lose it. I don't want to get into it all but, let's say I told them their customer service system needs a massive overhaul. No wonder they have such high competition now. Long story short, we couldn't travel with the family without the SUV. Vacation planned for 5 months ruined and canceled. Thank you Budget and Enterprise. I've made sure you both received bad reviews and all my friends and family know to never rent from you again.

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    Alamo Rent A Car

    Alamo Rent A Car

    2.7(23 reviews)
    0.0 mi

    0 stars if I could. I was discriminated against. I would not recommend anyone who is a minority to…read moreuse this company. Dante (I'm not sure if that was his name because he wasn't wearing a name badge), literally looked me up and down and told me that I had a fake license and he wouldn't help "someone like me". I am an Executive Director in OR, my head is shaved, and a grown ass man, on the job, told me he would not help me based on my looks. I will not work with this company again. OH! And I got an email back from Customer Service... to reconcile the situation, they offered me 1 day of a basic rental........... WOW.

    I very recently rented a car through this location. My complaint w/this particular branch was with…read morethe return process. I returned the car during its off-hours @ 6:30am & placed the keys into the off-hours key slot. When I landed home that same day I had received a call from the branch manager regarding as to when the car would be returned. I immediately called back & got a voice mail. I left a message & then called Alamo directly to close out the contract. I was told by the corporate 888 phone# that the DSM branch has to end/close out the rental agreement. Long story short, I made multiple calls only to reach the same answering machine & never received any kind of final invoice. In the end, I called Alamo 888# directly to get my invoice & to verify the rental agreement had been finalized. This was a waste of time & energy. Not to mention very frustrating. My recommendation is opening up the DSM branch @ 6am & not 7am. Most other rental car facilities airports across the US are open around that time, if not earlier.

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    Great Western Car Rental

    Great Western Car Rental

    2.5(2 reviews)
    1.2 mi

    Recently, I was in need of renting a car and none of the local & airport well-known car rentals had…read moreany cars available to rent. (Despite Des Moines being a small town, the city's hotel and car rental industry is surprisingly busy during the week, so if you're a local and find yourself in need of a last minute car rental, this is probably your best bet) I searched for local car rentals online and found this company. Its independently owned, and the owners were pretty easy to work with. They're professional and courteous, and their rental rates are fairly affordable. A compact car rental rate was about half the price of the big-namers, and on top of that - they don't tack on the extra charge if you happen to be under 25 years old like the larger companies do - which is a huge factor in cost if you're under 25 and in a bind to rent a car. The biggest difference aside from that is you'll probably see is that the cars are 1 - 2 yrs old and they dont offer unlimited miles.

    Because of a Yelp recommendation we rented a car from Great Western. The price was about $5 per day…read moreless than the "big boys". Their location is 10 minutes from the airport, no shuttle service. They will shuttle you back to the airport, on request in the car you had rented, however for the extra bucks next time I'll rent from an airport vendor. The owner is a nice guy, helpful and sincere. They are just too far off the "easy" access to and from the airport.

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