Car Rental in Florida

Advantages: Freedom to enjoy Florida
Disadvantages: can cost more than you bargained for in extras

...There an increasing number of folk travelling these days to Florida, and lets face it we all want to get the best out of our holiday, best hotels, best locations, best Airlines, best deals..everything is centred about ' best ' something or other... Florida offers the best in everything to the British, the best Theme parks, best motels, best food, best cars..just about the best everything, snd the good folk who live and work in Florida try to give you the best service, which is why there is so much choice....loads of Hotels, Theme Parks, Airports, eating places, shops and shopping malls..and car rental companies..these guys go all out for your business with literally hundreds of varying deals available to the discerning tourist... I have to say that one of the best companies I have dealt with is Dollar Car Rentals, I always go...

Dalesman 07.08.2001 · Read review
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Budget car Rental : Belfast Airport

Advantages: Vehicle parking close to the airport
Disadvantages: Poor service

...I booked car for hire through an internet booking agency and paid a small deposit towards the quoted cost. The agency allocated Budget car rental to supply the vehicle and upon arrival at Belfast Airport the Budget desk was easy to find and conveniently located. They had details of my booking and the paperwork process commenced without difficulty. Then the Budget representative became irritated when I declined the excess waiver insurance. I was then presented with a grand total to pay and I asked for details of how it was broken down. I was keen to ensure that my deposit paid to the agency had been deducted from the amount to pay. The representative had increasing difficulty explaining the breakdown of costs. First she said some items were shown VAT inclusive and others as VAT exclusive. Then when pressed she could not tell...

bonzo26 08.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Budget Car and Truck Rental

Car hire on a Budget

Advantages: I know I will get a decent car
Disadvantages: None

...Ive hired several times from my Budget branch in Newcastle city centre and always came away with a feeling of contentment.I always know that before I pick up my vehicle I will be driving a quality Ford, that is a new model and it will only be a couple of months old. Ive hired several typres of car and on occasions Transit vans.All vehicles have been cleaner properly and are always ready at the time that I want the rental to start.Even the vans are spotless inside and out. Normally the car groups you will get are Group A is a Ford KA Group B is a Ford Fiesta Group C is a Ford Focus normally an 1800 Ghia Group D is a Ford Mondeo All vehicles Ive had have had PAS , elecric windows and air con as standard, which makes a refeshing change in the summer. The rates themselves are reasonable priced, but tend to...

bazza1603 30.01.2001 · Read review
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Renting a car without hassle

Advantages: quick and easy booking
Disadvantages: no information about when the car is being picked up

...My company is renting all their cars through National Car Rental. And recently I made use of them quite frequently, so I thought, I tell you about them. They offer a very good booking service. We for example have an online booking system integrated in our Intranet - you simply fill in the data, get approval by your manager and usually 1 hour later, get the booking details emailed to you by National Car Rental. One option they offer is very useful for me. You don't actually have to go and pick up your car at a branch - even though they have a very good nationwide coverage. You can get them to deliver your car directly to your office or home. I tend to book my car for rather early in the morning and until now, they always delivered it the evening before - which really gives me peace of mind to make it in time for my meetings. They...

Nicole78 04.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of National Car Rental

Available car - they had one available for us!

Advantages: Loads of cars, no hard selling
Disadvantages: You might get passed from person to person in the show room

...without anyone following us, all the cars were unlocked and had details on them so you could see mileage and engine size and the such at a quick glance. When we had found a car that matched hubby?s specifications we asked at the desk at the entrance if we could have more details and they quickly found a sales representative to chat to us. He told us a bit more about the car, looked over our old vehicle and offered us a price on it, we were informed it didn?t matter which car we wanted we would be offered the same price for our car. Hubby was satisfied that we were being offered a fair-ish price for ours (we could have probably got a few hundred more elsewhere, but the hassle is too much at the moment). The test drive ------------------- Hubby then went for a test drive which he was really pleased with, they took him on a route where he...

mum2boys82 08.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Available Car Supermarket

Car okay - Price incorrect - Ignores my communication attempts

Advantages: Car was okay, worked without problem
Disadvantages: Incorrect price; Company seems to be unwilling to correct; Doesn't answer e-mails

...We rented a car from budget (online, via reseller). We got the right car without problems and didn't have to wait very long. The was clean and worked without problems while we had it. So far everything was fine. What's unacceptable is that Budget seems to be unwilling to accept the price that we booked and charger a higher price. When renting the car we were promised that it would be fixed by the time that we're back. It wasn't and nobody heard of it. In the past 8 weeks Budget didn't give me any real answer about this totally ignored my e-mails about the status. And instead charged my credit card a price that's EVEN HIGHER than the already incorrect one! I'll never ever again rent a car from Budget....

Tom4843 18.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Budget Car and Truck Rental

Budget car hire, budget prices & budget staff

Advantages: Prices, good cars, clean cars
Disadvantages: Counter staff, added charges

...I have used Budget car hire on a number of occasions from Belfast International Airport over the years. I usually book through an on-line agent called 'Auto Europe' who provide very competitive rates & discounts for regular use. The service provide by Budget staff is at best patchy. I normally book insurance in advance to protect my excess wavier of £600 which Budget charges anything up to £17.50 a day for. My on line charge works out at £3.80 a day for the same cover, when you decline it from the Budget staff they do get a bit tetchy, I guess they must get a percentage from the booking. One day I refused their excess protection & so then they added 'cross border' insurance for travelling to Dublin with. When I queried this charge, again they become very tetchy. I stated that each time I used Budget they ask me where I'm travelling...

ScottishWestie 28.10.2007 · Read review
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An amazing car seat

Advantages: safe, cosy
Disadvantages: none

...Where to buy: This car seat is readily available. You can buy it from all the shops you'd expect to be able to buy them from including Halfords, mothercare, john lewis', toys r us etc. What do they cost: prices vary depending up on offers and stores but usually this car seat retails at £100. How do they attach? This car seat is different to many of the others on the market. It clips onto a base which is attached to your car, This makes it easy to get the car seat in and out of the car without waking up the baby. The car seat base is attached by the seat belt securing it in place and a metal leg which keeps it stable. Are they comfortable? This car seat is very padded and so a nice cosy seat for your baby. It comes with a head hugger which makes it cosy and safe for a newborn. This headhugger can be removed revealing much...

fearsafe 28.09.2009 · Read review
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* CANADA - Part 4: The Car Rental Agency *

Advantages: Cheap, nice and helpful employees etc.
Disadvantages: -

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The friend who accompanied me was just 21 years old and so we asked the woman in the travel agency which car rental agency is the most favourabe for us. We had a quick view through some catalogues and it turned out that Alamo from Neckermann was the most favorable agency. The driver must be at least 21 years old; nevertheless, we had to pay an extra fee for drivers under 24 years. We chose the smallest car, called "Economy" and so we had to pay 5o ? instead of 47? (ca. 34 Pounds). We booked a car for two days in Calgary and for two days in Vancouver. A few days later we got a letter with the request to transfer the amount, as well as the voucher. CALGARY ~~~~~~~~~~~~ We had to fetch the car at the airport. Directly at the terminal there is a multi-storey car park and there are so different rental car agencies. It?s easy to find it...

Rini 09.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Alamo Rent A Car

Paid 681 $ /441 ? for one night rental car!!!!

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: Unbelievable customer policies! Unfriendly. Short term money is more worth than a satisfied customer.

...accept this and sleep outside the car during our camping tour? Unbelievable. We even tried to solve the situation and asked the station manager to take out the back seats, so we could use the car. But she refused. Asking her how to solve the problem because we had no other place to sleep, she advised us to check with other rental car companies. Aha??? She even told us that the money will be reimbursed once we are back in Germany. Even though we were not reimbursed on our credit card we took the word of the Station Manager and changed the rental car company. Being back in Germany nothing was reimbursed. After a long discussion and telling the story over and over again to different call centre personnel (who were unfriendly and even hang up sometimes) and spending a lot of time and money on these phone calls, we were finally informed that...

skyblues2 24.09.2008 · Read review
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