I'll happily add to their bad reviews! I'm Fastbreak and stand in a FastBreak line for 20mins. I'm then told there's no Fast Break line open you have to stand in regular line. ***** your slow *** saw me standing in this line 20mins ago and could've said that then. It's already 2am and a million people in this line. Budget is just like Fox Car rental in a lot of airports I see. I've started to use Sixty more lately. Cheap prices=horrible service. Budget sucks!!! Get to the lot and there car space they give me is empty. Lmao! Go back, get another car, the battery is dead! This is a joke right? Im at the highest level of pisstivity at this point. The poor guy who's supposed 2 be letting folks out of the exit has to run around the lot and see which cars are working and swap them out since the incompetent agents inside cant get **** right to save their lives! 2hrs later we get a functioning vehicle! I only stayed because I prepaid and couldnt get a refund! read more

Budget Rent A Car - Car Rental Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

Only two people were working when we returned the car. One of them was so slow. He would take a person every 15-20 minutes on average, with breaks in between The other took 5-7 minutes, the lines kept getting longer and longer. Efficiency is lacking. I gave it two stars because one guy was trying to be helpful. It was basically a one man show for 20 people. Terrible!!! read more

We booked a car with Budget weeks in advance, expecting a smooth rental experience. However, on the day of pickup, we waited in line for an extremely long time, only to be told that the car we reserved wasn't available. They didn't even have another electric vehicle as an alternative. Instead of providing a reasonable solution, we were left with no choice but to take our business elsewhere. Very disappointing and unprofessional--what's the point of a reservation if they can't honor it? Would not recommend. ! read more

They wouldn't honor my reservation. I had checked that they are OK with me using a debit card. But when I arrived, they would only accept debit if I I was flying out from the airport thee, and I had traveled by train. I have good credit... just never wanted a credit card. So they left me stranded. read more

I had an extremely disappointing rental experience with budget Rent a Car on December 21, 2025, unfortunately, this experience was poor from beginning to end and fell far below acceptable customer service standards. Upon arrival, the front desk representative was not customer-friendly. He was abrupt, short and unprofessional in his demeanor. When he asked how I would be paying and I stated I would be using my credit card , he informed me that a 'soft credit check was required. However, he did not disclose that a hold would be placed on my account nor did he explain toll charges. to make matters worse, the vehicle itself was unacceptable. The car shook badly when driving over 60 mph, the rear windshield did nor work and the outside of the vehicle was dirty. I was extremely disappointed with Buget's service. Management needs to do much better. This was my first and last time renting from Budget, and I would absolutely not recommend renting from them. Save yourself the stress, aggravation and poor treatment. read more

No cars available even though we booked through Expedia well in advance! Got off the cruise ship and waited a while for the shuttle bus. None came so we took a taxi to the Avis/Budget location nearest the cruise terminals. When we arrived there were people and luggage everywhere waiting. The customer service rep said there would be around a 3 hour wait for a car even though we had a reservation already. There are around 70-100 people waiting in the waiting area and outside the building. We are waiting for our name to be called from a list. I'm wondering if this is a common occurrence? I am hoping this review will be a warning to others. I believe only the people who are the earliest to the location may be the only ones to get their cars on time read more

Horrible! I am giving a star because I can't give it zero. Actually, 1 star is ok because they do have shuttle service from the port and the car that we received was in very good/clean condition. HOWEVER, the rental experience was a nightmare. We arrived to about 50 people waiting outside with suitcases. The line inside was about 50 people deep. About 15 mins per person. When my husband reached the front about an hour and fifteen minutes later, they took his name to be called for service. Total wait time? TWO hours. In line. With about 50 people. AND no A/C! Oh, and no Fastbreak! When we get in the car, the fuel gauge is at 1/2 a tank and our paperwork says full. Go back inside, try to get an agent's attention. Am told that the computer shows 1/2 full, but they can't change the paperwork or sign off as proof. So we shall see when we return the car. I have a feeling that they'll try to charge us for returning it 1/2 a tank. But that definitely won't fly me. Take time stamp photo of your fuel gauge. read more

The way the employees handle customers is horrendous. My mother went to return her car, and the man that was on shift was horrible, very rude and erratic. There should be more order and accountability held. I'd leave a 0 Star if I could! read more

While I am in the process of boarding a 2 week transatlantic cruise I have to be on the phone with Budget to get a refund for charging me $187.16 fuel charge, even though the tank was full, and was acknowledged by the Budget associate upon return. Which by the way happened to 3 other fellow cruise passengers. This was supposed to be a good experience and instead I had to deal with Budget INCOMPETENCE. BTW they charged me (incorrectly) $187.16, and refunded me $187.15. A penny is not much, but it shows how INCOMPETENT Budget is. I will think 10 times about renting from Budget again. Take a picture of your car's fuel tank level when you turn it in and make sure you have the receipt from when you filled it up. read more

Waited in line 1:45 minutes. Very popular place being so close to cruise port which is why we picked it. We crammed every seat in the shuttle van plus 2. Service was very good once we got to the counter. Paperwork said fuel tank full when it was only 3/4 full. They were so busy probably never checked. Car not detailed but acceptable. Not sure the wait was worth discounted rate. read more

Actually had a great experience here. No lines. Nice car. Inexpensive. Easy to get to and from the airport under $10. Worth going outside airport. Staff nice too. No complaints! read more

Seriously three people working and 30-40 people in line. We waited 90 mins to get our car. Ridiculous. It shouldn't be that complicated!!!! We will find another rental place or use Turo from here on out! read more

Budget Rent A Car - Car Rental Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

If I could give zero stars then I would. This place drove my whole family insane. We just finished our cruise and we were at the port. My parents went to Budget via their shuttle first while the rest of us waited. We had a decently big group. My dad took the shuttle back to pick the rest of us at the port. He tipped the driver already and told him to wait for us which he agreed. We were all walking to the shuttle drop off/loading area and we saw him he fking leaving... ...DESPITE TAKING MY FATHER'S MONEY AND AGREEING TO WAIT FOR US. He didn't even wait 5 minutes and left while all of us were still stuck at the port. It was HOT and we were already trying to make it to Tampa by a certain time. We had to order a shuttle that was from a SEPARATE company in order to arrive here. We were so pissed. WHO DOES THAT? I hope no one ever has to go through what we went through. Go spend your coin elsewhere! read more

Since our flight wasn't until later in the evening, we needed a car for when we returned from our cruise. The reason why I selected this location was because they offered complimentary pick up from Port Everglades. *SCORE!* And the location was opened on a Sunday. The shuttle was outside of the terminal once we picked up our luggage. (It runs every 20-30 minutes.) It was a big shuttle so plenty of room for all of us and our luggage. Once we arrived at the car rental office, everything went smoothly. I was in and out in 5 minutes since I had a reservation. The agents that were working at the desks were polite and even calmly explained to irate customers that they were out of vehicles. (There are only so many vehicles! I mean you can't expect to just walk in and expect a car to be waiting there for you.) Only complaint I have is that the vehicle we got was dirty. It also smelled like smoke. Other than that it was a quick in and out, pleasant experience. read more

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I rented a car from budget everything was great until I returned the car. I never got my refund back also i was charged for and extra day. Top it off I've reached out to them Friday a total of nine calls being put on hold on final call I was told my funds will be there Monday today is Tuesday made several attempts no luck still. it's like there saying they trying to help then the phone hang up on me and this is very upsetting as I don't live in the USA every call I make to them am getting charge for it's been over 20 calls on hold you can imagine my phone bill an to make it worse it isn't like they don't have the telephone number to return the call. I've probably rack up a phone bill close to 100 dollars now it's like they have my number block. this is very upsetting the didn't have a problem getting funds of my Bahamian card why is it a problem refunding me. read more

Wish they had a minus ! Huge huge lines. Fast track was not done. Ghetto rude employee!!! Even returning car the black employee got confrontational. Do NOT rent from them. Miami is same same. Other car agencies had little to no lines. In Miami .. two employees working the counter while the line had 50 passengers. Both had Serious chip on their shoulders. read more

Budget Rent A Car - Car Rental Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

These people suck. Waited 1/2 hour at FLL. 1 person to help 20 people in line. Fast break person was doing nothing and they did not put additional people on. Counter person was rude. Gave us a big Jeep. Tried to get a different car. Pain in the backside. read more

My husband and I came in from a cruise and had a reservation for a car. While we were in line we witnessed 7 people being told they didn't have a car for them. Their responses to the customers were terrible and callous (not even a, "we are sorry"! We got the last car and it was filthy. The bathroom was also deplorably dirty. We also waited at the cruise terminal for an hour for the shuttle. It never came and we had to Uber. read more

We reserved a car for 8 days at 48.95/day. After standing on line for 45 minutes, we finally got to the counter. They tried to upsell us, but we didn't need a bigger car. The counter guy was VERY nasty. He walked away for about five minutes and said he found us a car. He also charged us $15/day extra, but after standing there for over an hour, we gave in. We went out to the garage to find that the car had a flat tire, no keys and a broken wiper. The guy knew but was being vindictive. Eventually the guy in the garage found us a car and we left. Went to return it the next day and were charged $160.00+ We can't get over just how nasty they were, and that the manager didn't care. And to show that we're not just trying to trash them, we went to National and had the exact opposite experience. We were out of there in 6 minutes (yes, I timed it). JUST DON'T!! read more

This facility needs customer service experience from the team members to management. So I rented a minivan, got to the car spot, opened the door, and roaches were crawling all around. Went back to the desk to swap it out. The staff member who checked my out refused to list the damages found as I inspected the vehicle so I walked back inside to customer service to see that it gets done. On our road trip, I noticed several cars flashing their bright lights and later after a truck almost ran unto me we were informed that the back lights were completely out. When I took it back, no one was concerned from the guy who checked the car in to Mr Muir who I was told the manager was. IF MY SAFETY ISN'T A CONCERN, THEN I WILL TAKE MY BUSINESS ELSEWHERE. NEVER AGAIN!!! And what's so sad is that the car will be rented AGAIN with no back lights because EVERYONE FAILED to note it. read more

Budget Rent A Car - Car Rental Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

Absolutely the worst car rental location, shuttle will take hours, line inside another couple hours and then when you get to the front of the line 50/50 they have your car. There is no FastBreak don't believe the website read more

I was gonna let my horrible experience go with budget when I rented from them.... I had to get three different rental cars in a span of 30 minutes, the first one I got the once I got over 45mph The car shook so bad I thought the tire fell off, so I drove it back to the rental place, they gave me another one, got no more than 2 miles away from them and a warning light came on stating I was in a car accident that I could not go over 35 miles an hour that I needed to pull over immediately, so I turned around and took that car back... I spoke with the manager they apologized, gave me a free upgrade and a free day.. I was going to leave it at that, I appreciated that they accommodated me for the inconvenience... Well 3 weeks later they changed me $90 saying I took the car back on empty and that they're charging me for gas and for a taxi shuttle service to the airport.. well, the rental place is in the airport. I took an elevator, I also filled up that damn car before I took it back because there's no way in heck I'm going to pay the inflated price they chat for gas.. I find it a little suspicious that they waited for almost 4 weeks to charge me for the gas that I supposedly didn't put in it.. I called them to see if they were willing to make this right, but they didn't all I got was if I can't prove I got gas then they won't refund me my $90.. unless I had a paper receipt stating I got gas there's nothing they were willing to do.. so I had to file fraudulent charges through my bank. I'm going to file a complaint with every organization I can to make sure people know what a POS this company is and the crap that they pull... I've rented cars twice a year for the last 15 years I normally go with Enterprise. they've never treated me like this, lesson learned, I guess... Unless you enjoy being scammed and ripped off, I wouldn't recommend using budget ever!! I really hope yelp starts adding negative stars soon because I'd give them a -5.. I'm just glad my uncles in attorney, I know it sounds petty over $90 but if they did this to me they did it to a lot of other people I plan on exposing them!! read more

12/20/22 My wife and I experienced an unsafe situation when picking up a Toyota Camry from Budget Car Rental at the Port Everglades Cruiseport/ Fort Lauderdale location. First off, I was given the keys to the car and told it was out back and ready to go. It wasn't. I couldn't find the car and a staff person located it in the Budget Return parking area. It had not been cleaned. I was given the keys a second time about 20 minutes later. No explanation and no apology. Since the car was just outside the cleaning station and not in a parking spot, I had to move the car back to the return car parking slot to sync my phone to the car map and media system. I wasn't sure how to leave the budget location to get on to the Florida Expressway. It wasn't two minutes when a staff person from the front desk knocked on the window and told me I was blocking their return car parking slot and I had to move NOW! There were five other empty slots available. No please no thank you just move. I was able to sync Waze at an empty gas station down the street. Now for the unsafe experience. After an hour on the expressway, I was able to toggle the car information system and noticed that the tire pressures were wildly different. The back two were at 41 and 37 lbs. the passenger front at 44 lbs. and the driver side at 40 lbs. I made the fortunate decision to pull into the next service plaza to even out the tire pressures to the pressure indicated on the sidewall. The tires were Bridgestone Touring with a max psi rating of 45 lbs. Since the tires were hot I was going to bring them all to 44 lbs. It was then that i was shocked to find that the driver side front tire was bald and had a quarter size hole in the tread. I could see the woven belting material. This was a disaster waiting to happen. With a hole this big the tire could have decompressed suddenly and pulled the car to the left into a lane divider or oncoming traffic at 70 mph. What to do? 590 miles to go and an unsafe vehicle. We decided to take it slow and drive the 20 miles to the nearest Budget location. This was in a hotel complex that was staffed by one individual with an hour till closing. He did a great job. It took over an hour but he was able to get us back on the road with another vehicle. I was surprised that during the Holiday Season he was able to find us another vehicle. I think he was too. In my opinion, it was negligent for Budget to rent a car with this serious a tire problem. The tires were worn beyond the safety bars and had damage that could have led to a serious accident. I will never rent from Budget or recommend the company to anyone in the future. read more

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Terrible terrible stay away. This place is the worst. They just left the counter with a line full of people and had one person working. Reficulous read more

After reading many mixed reviews And doing my researching on renting a car when arriving on a cruise ship in Port Lauderdale this is what I found. We arrived on Saturday January 4th, 2020 along with 6 or 7 other cruise ships. Get off the ship as early as possible. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SHUTTLE! Take a taxi the cost is around $10 plus tip. We were the second costumers to arrive before 8am which is when they open. Since the people who got there were waiting outside they opened early to check them in, when we went thru the door at 7:50am they were ready to check us in. The agent said when the shuttles start arriving they are backed up which is not their fault. Their lot looked small so I am not sure how many cars they have available. I was treated very well, they had the kind of car that I had requested and we were in and out in about 10 minutes. read more

Avis/Budget/ Payless. This business is now located at 2520 Miami Road, Ft Lauderdale,FL 33316. Also the location has a much larger office to accommodate guest, as well as, large parking lots for return vehicles. Port passengers enjoy courtesy service pick up and drops off from the Port in air conditioned buses. The staff always goes above and beyond in accommodating guest with the utmost patience even in times of shortage or crowded conditions. Please do not confuse this location with the Fort Lauderdale Airport (FLL). The pictures presented are not the current location pictures. read more

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At least 75-80 people in line. AT LEAST!!! Great staff planning Budget. Second trip to Ft Lauderdale where this has occurred, last reservation with Budget for a while! read more

Budget Rent A Car - At least 75 people in line......minimum. Great staffing Budget! - Car Rental Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

This airport location in Fort Lauderdale is horrible. The service was disappointing. I arrived at 11:42pm for a 11:30 reservation with fast pickup scheduled as a member. Not only was there only one attendant at the desk but there was a rude attendant. I didn't get into my vehicle until 4:30am the following morning. It was also dirty and the AC didn't work normal and I had to return the vehicle. I ordered a premium convertible with expectations far beyond what was given. Will not rent from budget again. read more

I would NEVER rent from Budget again! Their customer service people on the phone horrible and unhelpful! I was told I could return our car to a different location. I. Was told by two different agents on the phone I would not have a charge. They charged my card over $569 when I returned plus my $128 pre paid amount on my card!!! The agents was NOT helpful at the counter. NOT worth your time or your money why! BUDGET is HORRIBLE!! read more

Do not rent from Budget you can reserve a truck online all day. But show up to pick it up ... no trucks no customer service I've been on the phone getting the run around over 30 minutes. Still no truck. They keep telling my me on the phone there is a truck here I can reserve but I'm here with a reservation already and there is no truck. Thanks for wasting my weekend now I can't even find a truck elsewhere. DON'T DO IT read more

Horrible long lines! Nothing like wasting your vacation day away by standing in line. NEVER AGAIN!

This Budget location is not closed It relocated to 2520 Miami Rd Ft Lauderdale FL 33316, it offers pick up and drop off to Port Everglades 954 761 7231 When booking its Budget location code EV3 read more

Do not rent with budget. They do highway robbery. I paid in advance for a mustang and the clerk gives me a beetle! Long story short after arguing with budget I paid extra for a different car. I will use relay rides next time in FL. read more

This is the first review I've ever written and I had to because the service we received was phenomenal!!! Although we had to wait a couple of minutes before the lady behind the desk got to us (there were no other customers at the time). The service we received was worth every second. She was polite, friendly, personable and genuine. She patiently looked for the best rates available for us. Not only was she able to find an upgrade package for us but also suggested the best route to take to Key West and some other general information about Fort Lauderdale. read more

Budget Rent A Car - Car Rental Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

You cannot beat the service here at this Budget Rental office. James and Sagar could not have been more helpful with the return. Great Service. Rent from here if you are going on a cruise, it is so close to the port , if you are here for a few days of fun. Free shuttle!! read more

Budget Rent A Car - Car Rental Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

This Budget location is not closed: It relocated to 2520 Miami Rd Fort Lauderdale FL 33316 754-312-3475 read more

Excellent customer service! By far the best car rental location I have ever used! Rob is a customer service genius! Every single employee values the customers that step into their doors. I wish I could remember all their names! I have rented from here several times and it has always been the same. After problems with the airport location I was honestly ready to take my business elsewhere and Rob completely changed both my mind and my husbands! Thank you guys!! Allison & Devin read more

The ratings here are fitting. Expect to wait a very long time in line for a shuttle bus. Give yourself at least two extra hours. From what I understand from the employees is that corporate refuses to give them the resources and equipment (additional shuttles) to solve the problem. My understanding is that they used to have a bus that could seat many people and they got rid of it. Overall an absolutely horrible experience getting over to the cruise lines. I would recommend another mode of transport to the cruise lines. read more

Horrible service and they do not have a shuttle service. Never use Budget for your rental car! Use one that you know will give you decent service. We waited over 30 minutes before we paid for a taxi to get us to the counter. read more

Extremely disappointed in the service . I booked a car online with the reservation under my name and the credit card under another name . When we arrived we found out the reservation and the card number had to be under the same name . Well I did not have a credit card on me at that time so we were charged a young driver fee . This was completely misleading and if we had known the reservation and the card number had to be under the same name we would have made sure we had the correct documents with us . I will not be back here ever again . read more