I'm sorry to see bad reviews for this location. I was in a bad situation because I had a panic attack on a small very warm full load commuter flight. I had to get off the plane and need to go home 7 hrs away. I checked enterprise, where I just returned a vehicle and employee was actually rude and offer no assistance. Fast forward went to Avis/ budget counter and told them of my situation. I needed a one way rental. Gary went into action and even though sign said no more cars available was able to get me a truck to drive home one way. Amazing employee and also a shout out to Diane that was very nice. Gary was my savior for the day!!! read more

The front desk workers are absolutely horrible and rude. My husband went to the preferred line as we are preferred members and met with horrible customer service, short answers, and ultimately was told the car we confirmed was not there... While he was waiting in line to try and rent a different car the woman in front of him was helped with ease but it turned out that that was the sister of the other front desk person downstairs... Where is the professionalism? read more

Dozens of people waiting in line and two people working the desk. Each customer took about twenty minutes to service. A prominent high school competition beginning this weekend saw groups of coaches and students arriving in Richmond from all over the country, and many rental car reservations placed simultaneously. One would assume that Avis would have been better prepared for the flood of customers, but the line snaked around to baggage claim and moved (is still moving) painfully slowly. It's been almost two hours and I have moved about 12 feet. Some customers cancelled their reservations and crossed the lobby to the far less congested alternative rental locations. Surely this is a management issue rather than the individual employees. *Edit: After all that time waiting, we were informed that their system was down (which, after reading other reviews, it seems their system has been "down" for over six months). The employee's response to frustrated customers was "It's not my problem." On top of that, they had overbooked themselves, with many of the people there seeking large passenger vans. We learned that there was a wait-list for the vehicles we had reserved, and the only options remaining were pickup trucks. My group left the line and went to Enterprise. Once again, after seeing other reviews, it seems they have a pattern of this. read more

I tried Avis for the first time at Richmond international airport, because their price was better than the competitors. It took three tries to get a decent car and then the Nissan rogue I was given was filthy on the highway after every pothole and pump sounded like metal scraping against metal, and generally felt like an unstable vehicle that was in need of maintenance. I spent hours at my destination in Fredericksburg, trying to swap the car out to no avail. Finally, I called the roadside assistance people, which also took five calls and organized a tow truck to come and pick it up. The tow truck. driver was the best I ended up, renting from enterprise, car, rental in Fredericksburg, and true to form good customer service, decent vehicle no surprises. Do not use Avis at this airport. I will never use Avis again. read more

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1. Train your employees to do their jobs 2. Fix the system that's been "down" for 6 months 3. Actually have the car that I reserved when I come to pick it up read more

Absolutely the worst rental experience. I've been in the line for an hour and a half and they've helped one person every fifteen minutes or so. There's still about 20 people in front of me. This is insane. read more

Avis Rent A Car - The ridiculous line - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

An hour in line just to rent a car. Then I was late getting where I needed to be. Never again will I use this rental company. Will pay the extra for a company that knows what they are doing. Upgraded my car because they didn't honor the car I reserved. then tried to charge me for the upgrade and mileage on the upgrade. I signed the agreement while there because I couldn't wait any longer to get to my appointment. I spoke with someone there and they told me they would fix it, only to get my final bill and they didnt. read more

Your RIC location is 1. Understaffed 2. Underprepared 3. Uncourteous 4. Unprofessional My 5 pm vehicle pickup happened at 7:30 pm because of Avis' incompetence. First, the reservation counter has 1 or maybe 2 staff available on a holiday weekend to cater a crowd of over 15 reservations. It took me over 45 MINUTES to get to the front. After this, the agent told me they only had a Chevy Suburban or Ford Expedition available instead of the minivan I had originally booked several days ago. Second, the pickup counter is a huge f-ing mess. Extremely rude staff who weren't the least bit helpful until I started going on a rant. The car I got was not clean so I asked for a different vehicle. Agent there said "okay but it will be a while- we don't have any cars right now and I don't know what's being prepared because I don't work in the lot". In my opinion, if you don't work in the lot, you should know who on your team does. Then call them and find out. Regardless, I waited patiently as the line kept growing and one of the two agents then closed their window in my face when I went to follow up after 20. They then proceeded to leave from the back and disappeared for a good 25-30 minutes. I asked their colleague if I could have the same car I was offered before to which I was told "the other agent is handling that. I'm not sure what to do. He also just left for the day." So, basically, I paid for a car in advance, was extremely patient with the whole process and at the end, I get a "not my job" reply?! Ultimately the original agent comes back with the same car saying he washed & vacuumed it- which is total BS because there still was trash inside the car that I had to remove later. This was by far the WORST experience I have had at a rental car company in the 4 years I've been in the US. Honestly, if you know it's a long weekend and you have reservations beforehand, staff your f-ing location appropriately and train them better. Do your job and do it well. read more

Worst Experience EVER!! They suck & please, please, please avoid them at all costs I had a car reserved: 08478367US2 to pick up 0n 03/10 at 10:30pm. When I arrived at that time they told me they did not have any cars??? What the heck?? They told me to come back the next morning. Now what do I do as I had meetings planned starting 7:00Am next day and how do I get to my hotel? I called the next morning - same result. THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN BUSINESS. Last time I ever rent from AVIS. I don't even want to walk past their place at the airport read more

Worst rental car place I've ever visited, and I'm saying that as a presidents club member with over 20 years of business with them. I left an item in the car and immediately tried to contact the agency only to find out their phone number listed is out of service. I then contacted customer service who could not find a proper number for the location. NO ONE with the company knew how to contact them. I then filled out a lost item form only to never be contacted about status or anything. Worst customer service I've experienced in decades. read more

I was charged $346.50 as preferred member. Then went to counter to be denied vehicle. Worse Experiences ever. Dont rent . This was prepaid in Advance on my credit card as preferred member. Didn't do this to white customer. Racial discrimination. read more

Third time here just as awful. Hate that my work books here No one at the front counter, waited ten minutes. Eventually a bunch of us just went upstairs to be yelled at by the same chick who I've seen yelling at people the last two times I was here. Yells at us to go downstairs where again I wait in a line without a worker for 30 min. Rude, terrible at their job, picking up a prepaid car should not take an hour. Last time my car wasn't ready for an hour, time before that it was disgusting/not cleaned. read more

Avis Rent A Car - Waiting in a line without a single worker there for ten minutes - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

I'm sitting on the floor at the Richmond airport waiting with a long line of others. We all have reservations. They won't even check us in or talk to anyone in line. When asked they say they are clearing the wait list before checking anyone else in. Been sitting here for well over an hour and no idea when I'll be checked in much less get the car I prepaid $175 for 2 days for. read more

Avis Rent A Car - Others in line, not checking - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Of all the car rental places across this country, and even in other countries I've been to, this is hands down the worst. Over an hour, with a reservation, is what's waiting for you. We flew from Nashville to Richmond faster than they could retrieve the car. PBS documentaries on the Civil War move faster. Status update: 2 hrs in, still nothing. Call FEMA, we need food and water. They're using a printer from the 80s. The South will in fact not rise again. Thoughts and prayers. read more

Avis Rent A Car - This is the line just to put your name on the wait list to then wait to be called - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

A totally horrible experience. I am only giving them 1 star because I can't give them zero stars. Two weeks after I returned the car, they claim that I didn't turn in the keys. It took 2 weeks to say I lost the keys that I had placed in the key return. I had no option but to use the nighttime lock box since their office wasn't open and I had an early morning flight. I will NEVER rent from these idiots again! read more

This place is scam. The car I reserved was not available, the second car they gave me literally said on the window "dead battery " and the third car finally worked out. I returned it the following day April 15. It is now April 29 and I find out Avis had taken $2k out of my account claiming i returned the Honda late. None of this is possible I've been in La since the 15th and I WAS DRIVING A CHEVY MALIBU NOT A HONDA. Very disorganized organization read more

Avis Rent A Car - The car i rented and returned April 14-15 - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

I wish I could give them ZERO stars. After waiting in a disastrous line we were told to make our way to the garage to pick up our vehicle because we had preregistered online. Once in the garage we were told to go back to airport because we were not Avis "preferred". Two members of our group were handicapped so moving back and forth between the two locations was not easy. No apologies, nothing but rudeness. I will NEVER rent from Avis again. read more

Worst service ever, they are never prepared or have knowledge of what they are doing. Consistency is the key here, and they are consistently lost and slow as a fkn pregnant snail. Maybe one day they will get they shit together but the avis budget dollar car rental in Richmond VA probably the worst in the country. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. I prepaid for a premium suv (Ford Expedition Max or equivalent). The booking was for December 29, 2025 at 0800 hours. I could not reach this particular Avis because their phone number is not any good. I contacted the Avis in Chester, VA. They confirmed that the Richmond, VA location had the vehicle I requested for the time and date I requested. I paid for the vehicle. Fast forward to my pickup time... I was told the vehicle I have paid for and reserved was not available. Instead, they offered me a Chrysler Pacifica. We own the same exact Chrysler Pacifica. I rented the Expedition Max or equivalent for the extra room. We have five children and were loaded with Christmas presents. So, because of THEIR error, I paid for a rental for a vehicle that we ALREADY own. I travel often. I rent cars often. This is my first and LAST time with Avis. The young lady at the register had no empathy and no solution. I had to stand there and call the 1-800 customer service number to cancel the original reservation for the vehicle I already paid for and make a new reservation. This was the worst customer service of any company I have ever dealt with. I wish I would have seen all of the negative reviews ahead of time. It would have saved me a lot of headache. read more

This is the absolute worst Avis I've used. After staying in line for 2 hours, the agent was less than helpful. Not to mention at Noon on a travel holiday, they only had two agents working. I highly recommend any OTHER rental agency. read more

waaaaarning this car rental company they steal my money i rent a car online and when i went to pick up the car in moreno valley . they couldn't give me the car because my credit didn't pass . so they cancel my reservation andi was told i was going to get a full refund for i paid . i paid $194.26 and they just refund me $44.26 i been calling them more than 20 time to get my refund of $150.00 and they keep telling me they are workig on it . that is on process but is almost 2 months and i havent received nothing yet. read more

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The guy who turned my car in was pleasant but made a mistake and I did not catch it until later. There was something wrong with the rental and I had to go to the kiosk to get it sorted out. Along the way, he noted that the gas tank was only half full and he added a charge of $52 to my receipt. I did not spot it until the evening and so I had to go to the trouble of contacting Avis, providing the receipt from the gas station (which I fortunately still had) and then wait until they issued a new receipt. All of this, annoying. So if you're turning in a car to Avis at RIC, check the receipt carefully! [Review 12329 overall, 2113 of 2019.] read more

Avis Rent A Car - My returned Ford Focus at Avis - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Took one hour to receive the car. Allegedly, not enough drivers to shuttle cars over from a different lot off RIC airport property. Not a pleasant experience at all. Don't cut your car pickup too close to time commitments. read more

I don't usually rate or leave any comments to companies but I had such a bad experience with this car rental company that I had to say something. I had already booked it online, paid everything in full and made a reservation for 9 am but they had a long line and only two workers so I didn't get the car until like 10:15 am which made us late for our trip. The car they gave us was dirty and smelled a little so you could tell they didn't clean it. It was also really bad on gas mileage. We returned the vehicle that same night at around 11 pm and there was a sign that said to leave the key in the car but they didn't check the car in until 9 am then next morning. They charged our credit card about $140 and didn't send in a receipt explaining what was going on so we had to call customer service to see what was going on. They claimed that we did not put any gas in the car and that there were additional taxes and fees that we didn't pay when we picked up the car even though this was never mentioned when I went to pick up the car. When we called the customer service representative to dispute the issue they just stated that we needed to send in a receipt to prove we paid for gas but that it might take a while for them to dispute the issue and that there is no guarantee we would get refunded the amount. They also stated that the additional taxes and fees applied will not be removed even though they never notified us and we already paid the taxes and fees in full when we picked up the car per the contract that was signed. I have rented cars from various companies over the years and have NEVER had any issues with any of them. I'm so disappointed because I have never had such bad service/experience in my life! Would NEVER rent a car from them again! read more

Today, February 14, 2025, at 10am, we landed at the Richmond Va airport. We had a written confirmed reservation for an suv with Avis. When we got to the auto rental counter we were told there are no cars and the wait would be 1 hour+. We were told that we are no. 18 on the wait list for a car. We were able to obtain a rental car from another rental company at the airport at twice the expense. I would not recommend Avis as they have apparently no concern for their customers. read more

Run on the Soviet model. Two people to serve many travelers. Staff is friendly enough but this is a model of inefficientcy. It is an insult to paying customers. DMV is lean six sigma compared to this place. read more

3 hours in line to get a car. The monkeys at the Richmond Zoo would do a better job. I was one of the lucky ones, once I got to the garage, got the car in 5 minutes, others were still having to wait. read more

Avis Rent A Car - almost there after 2hrs 30 minutes, would take another 30 minutes from this spot. - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

If I could leave this review with no stars I would. This Avis location in particular is the very worst. I flew in for a weekend function arriving at 2 pm. The first car, which I reserved weeks in advance especially for the occasion, the check engine light came on and never left. Had to return it. The second car they gave me the breaks were very unstable and shook when I put pressure on the breaks. Had to return that car. Finally they gave me a car I would never intentionally rent but had no choice. It took 2 trips back to the airport and 4 hours going back and forth on the Highways to get a safe car from this Avis/Richmond International airport. Unfortunately I did not look into the reviews before renting. This Avis has a 1.5 star rating. It's obvious they do not service the cars regularly. That is not good when you are paying upwards of $50 to $80 dollars a day for these cars. The breaks are faulty, check engine lights coming on and most of the cars if not all are just plain filthy. They clearly could not give a rats a** what condition the car is in when they hand over the keys to you. They tell you to call road side but then the number rings out and or spontaneously hangs up. I never got a person on the phone with roadside. If you call customer service (which I did) you get some young person from a different country who really couldn't care less telling you the obvious. The whole experience was pretty awful. I highly recommend NOT renting from Avis RIC. read more

Does Avis know what they are doing? They have a line of people waiting for cars, and they are cycling one person every 15 to 20 minutes. This is the most ridiculous operation I've ever experienced. This is what I would expect from a car rental company who just opened. People with reservations are being told there are no cars. And reservations are not honored. Then why bother reserving it in the first place? I wish I could give this joke of a car rental negative stars. I can see why Turo is doing so well. Never rent Avis. read more

If I could leave no stars, I WOULD. This place stole $917 from me and I'm still fighting to get it back. They re rented a car to someone and charged me for it! Stating I need proof. I've gotten a run around for days, and no one wants to contact anyone to help. DO NOT USE unless you want to be stolen from. read more

This cat rental stole 156 dollars frome and don't even try to give it back. Said we don't have return modality on website. Do not pay in full if using your own money. If you change your return date you will not be issued a REFUND. They just keep it. Ckeys read more

Rented a vehicle 9/11-9/24 and the vehicle was fine. However, I just received a letter from AVIS stating that there was "excessive dirt-sand" and will be charged $125 for cleaning. I called customer service and they said pictures show dirt and sand, but the customer rep admits that he does not feel as if I hauled dirt or sand in the car, to which my response was "because I didn't haul dirt or sand in the car." I even told the rep when I turned the vehicle in, the agent even walked around the car and looked in it and said "everything looks good" and printed out my receipt and gave it to me. Currently disputing this charge with a supervisor. read more

Arrived at the Richmond airport went to get the car right away and there was a long line of probably 25 people there was only one person in that booth handing out keys to the cars and checking people out it took an hour and a half to get the keys torental and it was not the right car they had given our car away so we had to get a small load of the ground Honda Accord instead of the Chrysler 300 that we had requested for specific reasons Avis is apparently now but it up with Payless so That was a surprise which explains the less than service I've never had that sort of experience with enterprise or with hurts and I will not be using Avis in the future read more

Avis Rent A Car - Line to get reserved rental car.... In an hour and a half later When it was our turn our car had been Given to someone else - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

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This review applies to Avis in general, not only to the RIC location or a particular local employee. As a long-time Avis Preferred customer it's been sad and aggravating to experience the deterioration of telephone customer service. The outsourcing to non-U.S. based customer reps is all-too-obvious. In many instances they are difficult or impossible to understand when they speak, and they aren't able to discern my issues. They read from a script and that's all they can do (is this AI???). This has accelerated over the last 2-3 years. Avis, please discontinue the satellite radio option, because most of the time is doesn't work and vehicles that are supposed to have actually DO NOT. When I call the agents to activate the Sirius radio they still insist that I have a portable satellite unit in my car even when I explain to them that I don't have one. I haven't seen one of those units in an Avis vehicle in at least 10 years! And then they tell me that I have to return to the rental site to activate it, after I've already driven 50 miles away (W-T-F?!?!) My recent rental was very dirty on the outside, and the agent told me that on-site car wash had frozen, but they never offered me another vehicle or a discount. These bad experiences have been mounting up and I'm seriously considering just using up my points for the next rental and then be done with Avis. It just shouldn't be this hard to get respectable, competent service, and it's getting worse seeming with each rental. I remember when Avis used to Try Harder, they have just stopped trying. read more

Under staffed and impressively incompetent. Book through any other rental company but Avis or budget at this airport.

Nothing beats waiting in line for hours after you get off a long flight. Would rather pay extra for decent service. Thanks budget! read more

Avis Rent A Car - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

I arrived at the Richmond, VA airport on Monday 3 June 2024. I got in Line at Avis rental car at 6 pm. There was more than 60 people waiting in Line in front of me. After 4 1/2 hours I finally made it to the counter. I was assigned a car and sent to the garage, where I had to wait another 30 min. to get the key to the car. 5 hours to get a rental car that you had a reservation is ridiculous!! I didn't get to my hotel until 12:30 am 4 June 2024. I don't recommend this rental car Agencey. Budget was the same way (Budget / Avis). read more

This is the absolute worst service in the world. We are friends with the manager who said they would make sure there was 0 waiting time and we would get a car right away. We have been waiting for an hour and a half and still no car. This is absurd. If i were the manager I would fire these 2 ladies working here that help 1 person every 20 minutes anyways. Absolutely, horrificly, unbearably, intollerably, insufferably, extremly, agonizingly, unnacceptable. I think that if you were to put a baby at the desk, their work would be more efiicient. So i recommend, stopping by the daycare center, and hiring some newly educated infants to provide a sufficiently better service. This company has enraged me beyond measure. Update: It's been 2 hours, no service. Never waste your money on this no good, garbage, rubbish, junk, filth, stink, stank, stunk, of a place. read more

Worst customer service ever seen!!! Came up to rental garage and was sent back to terminal to check in when they share the same system. Waiting at checkin desk was 35 mins, waiting for car was another 45 mins. Total over an hour waiting after any kind of flight would been a nightmare!!! Stay away!!!! read more

Avis Rent A Car - 45 mins waiting.... :( - Car Rental Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

DO NOT TRUST AVIS! I rented a Jeep 4 door from Avis and paid a little extra for it (2 day difference was only like $20 more and since I drive a jeep and we needed the space it seemed like a good deal. When we got to the counter we were informed that there were no jeeps and that they could give us a Nissan Rogue. We said we would really prefer something bigger as the rogue is not as big as the jeep, but were told that was all they had and that they were in the same class and price. I said that the Rogue is actually in the intermediate SUV class which costs less and she told me i was wrong. It was 930 at night so not wanting to argue about a little bit of money, we took the car and left. I have since been in touch with AVIS who now admits that they are not the same class and the pricing was different. (No Kidding: I have looked every day at numerous locations thru Expedia and Avis sites to make sure I am not mistaken and the Rogue is $10-$20 cheaper every day on both sites) BUT they are trying to claim on that day at that airport that the Rogue was actually $32 more! LOL! Everyday, everywhere the Jeep costs more and yet on this one day I got lucky and the Jeep was more? I admitted that i didn't have proof (I certainly could not have known I would need to take screenshots as I never imagined they would lie like this), but come on? Lying to a customer when everyday the website shows a higher price for the Jeep and then trying to cover up their mistakes, lazy employees and their lies? Terrible. I'm disappointed that no one I have spoken to at Avis takes the issue of their employee lying to a customer as serious as I would have expected, but I guess they assume most customers wont take the time and effort to share their story of being scammed. Super disappointing and something I will share with the BBB as well. Buyer Beware! read more