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    Alamo Rent A Car

    Alamo Rent A Car

    4.7(3 reviews)
    8.1 mi

    We had a death in the family so we had to immediately fly from Phoenix, AZ to the Richmond…read more(Virginia) airport. We spent the night packing and making arrangements so we only had two hours of sleep that night. After traveling all day we arrived at the Richmond Airport around 11:00 PM. When I went to Budget to get our car, I was told it would be two hours before they had a car ready for us. The agent told us they had a car for us, but for some reason we would have to wait two hours and he would call our name when our car was ready. There were about 75 people all waiting for their Budget rental cars standing around the Budget counter. While I was at the counter, another customer asked if they had called his name. The agent's response was that he had not called anyone's name yet. So with only two hours of sleep in the last 36 hours, we were stuck waiting for our Budget rental car. We were seriously considering calling an Uber to drive us to our hotel which was 1.5 hours away. We had gone over to the Alamo counter, but they had a sign stating they were only taking customers with a current reservation. I had booked the Budget car through Costco and wanted them to know about the terrible position Budget had put us in. After calling Costco Travel, the agent cancelled our reservation with Budget and made one with Alamo. We went to the Alamo counter and spoke to the extremely friendly agent, I wish I could remember his name. He reminded me of Morgan Freeman! Twenty minutes later we were driving out of the airport in our Alamo rental car. I will never use Budget again. Costco and Alamo saved the day.

    I rented from Alamo and it was probably the best car rental place I've been to. I've been to…read moreenterprise and hertz which are way more expensive than Alamo. Friendly staff too.

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    National Car Rental

    National Car Rental

    3.5(73 reviews)
    5.6 mi

    This was my first time renting a car in the US in over 30 years, and National made the whole…read moreexperience super easy. The rental car area at the airport was easy to find and just outside the doors from the main terminal. I have Executive status through my Amex card, so after reserving a midsize car, I was able to skip the counter and choose from about 15 vehicles in the Executive Aisle I ended up choosing a brand new Honda CR-V. I'm planning to buy a new CR-V next year, so having one for an extended test drive during our visit was a bonus. The pickup couldn't have been easier. We just got in the car, stopped at the exit gate, showed the friendly attendant my driver's license and credit card, and we were on our way in about five minutes. Returning the car was just as quick and hassle free

    I rented a car from National and they were great. At the counter, they took care of me fast, and…read morethere wasn't even a line. Even though they had me booked as a compact, when I got to the garage, the guy pointed at one side of the aisle and said I could have whatever I wanted from there. I ended up with a sporty Nissan Sentra SR, which was practically brand new and fun to drive. I had a great experience with National and would rent from them again. Update: when I returned the car, they charged me about $100 for I guess taxes and fees; there was no mention of this when I picked up the car. They even confirmed the price I was initially quoted. I can't complain too much though because they usually nail you for returning a car somewhere other than where you got it, and as far as I can tell, they didn't, but they did charge per mile driven. This causes me to lower my rating by 1 star.

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    Enterprise Rent-A-Car

    Enterprise Rent-A-Car

    3.1(45 reviews)
    4.6 mi•Monument Avenue Park, Near West End

    I rented for 31 days while my car was in the shop. My first car had a broken seatbelt, my second…read morecar had a smoke smell, my third car did not have any washer fluid. Leading to separate visits back to enterprise to swap out or rectify the problems. The other issue is by the 3rd car i asked to upgrade to an SUV with AWD and was verbally quoted about an extra 7 dollars per day. It ended up being double. I never signed a new agreement on the new numbers and did not receive a new RA. These were all avoidable and preventable issues, and I am the only one that has to suffer the consequences. I reached out to enterprise directly and they never responded. So i opened an AMEX dispute and they fought it. AMEX ended up doing a chargeback in my favor. Now enterprise sent me the bill and is arguing with me via email that signing an agreement for one price automatically means I signed an agreement for a new price. Then they tried to lie and say I was given the correct price verbally. I also had to complain about turnpike fees, i took toll roads the entire 31 days and paid cash every single tried, they tried to bill me anyway (it was refunded). Unsafe cars and shady charge practices here! Avoid it at all costs!

    I have a reservation but am being told the entire area of western Richmond is out of cars. Very…read moreodd and likely highly unusual so maybe this issue took them by surprise...giving the benefit of the doubt... Since 9:25am they told me they are "working on solving the issue" but I have heard nothing. I am unable to drive 1 hr to the Richmond airport where they do have cars due to insurance limitations and apparently a totally different Enterprise system at the airport. Hmmm...

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