This is my first time renting a car with Budget, so I can't speak for the other locations, but I will never be returning to this location ever again!
I booked a reservation for a compact car online. When I arrived, the young woman helping me wasn't very friendly or professional. After she entered all of my info into the system, had me sign all of the forms, etc., she said "Ok, it's the Jeep Liberty over there." Umm, a Jeep Liberty? I was confused, but I figured that they didn't have any compacts available and were offering an SUV for the compact price (it's a very small location with very few available cars). But after I looked back at the paperwork, I saw that they were charging me for an SUV! Being extremely tired and crabby from my flight and having already signed the paperwork, I didn't bother going back inside to deal with the problem, plus I didn't think that the girl would be very helpful anyway. But I was very unhappy being charged almost $100 more for the week for a vehicle I didn't even want.
Also, when we went back to return the car a week later, there was a sign on the door that said they were closed and would be back in 30 minutes. This is at 12:45 in the afternoon. Luckily we could just drop the keys off in the drop box, but there were several people sitting there waiting to pick up their rental cars for over 45 minutes. That is unacceptable!
Overall, a very poorly run business, at least this location anyway. read more