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    Dollar Car Rental

    1.6 (41 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)
    Updated 3 months ago

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    F C.

    Contrary to other renters' experience, I had a good one. Yes, the line was a bit long like some of the other company because of people. But, it's also because of customers asking for more information or a better deal. That's just how it is when people get their turn. Anyway, my good experience started with with the gentleman who assisted me. He was knowledgeable and informative. He helped me make the best decision for my needs. I just wish I remember his name. The vehicle ran well. No issues. As for the rental return, it was so easy. I drove the vehicle to the area and got my receipt almost as soon as I parked.

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    Adam L.

    Oh my God I feel so bad for the people at the back of the line he spent almost 20 minutes on one customer. If you're going to rent a car in Austin and you don't want to spend two hours getting it, use rocket to and pick a different car company to rent from. And don't pick thrifty do the same thing. Use Rakatu app saved you 3-5%. Then search Priceline Have you signed up with Rakuten yet? It's the best site for earning Cash Back. Get a $30 bonus when you sign up with my invite link and spend $30. It's free! https://www.rakuten.com/r/ADAMXY?eeid=44971

    The line is over an hour long.
    Dale P.

    Loooooooong line. Understaffed. Destroying my vacation plans for today. Plus, my back is killing me from standing here so long.

    No lines anywhere else. Photo doesn't even show the whole line. Just one person working at Dollar. The slightly lower price doesn't justify this awful service.

    Total Garbage. I wish I could give 0/5. First time rental with Dollar but will also be my last time. Booked a full size sedan at DAL airport and planned to return to AUS airport. Original plan was to fill the tank and return with full tank of gas. We were given a 2021 Camry (2.5L FWD, 15.8 gallon tank) which looks very old w/ 37000+ mileage. The minute I got on the car, I realized the tank was at least 2 gallons (about 7/8) from full. We decided not to waste time reporting the missing gas since it's probably only cost extra $5 and we don't want to waste time go back to rental office in the chilly wind (Dallas is 12F today due to extreme weather). When I brought the car at AUS airport, I have to waited in the car for 5 minutes before a guy come by to check the car. The guy was wearing earbuds and didn't say anything till he showed me a receipt with $120 extra refueling charge. I immediately realized I forgot to refill the tank which probably due to my tiredness. "But what! $10/gallon penalty with 12 gallon usage?". Since I was not doing this intentionally and I was not in a rush to catch a flight, I told the guy I can simply drive that car out and refill it. He said this rental ticket is closed and he cannot let me drive out to refill. He mentioned I chose the "full tank before return" option, the penalty will be $10/gallon. I asked him why don't let me know before closing ticket? I was just outside the car 3ft from this guy while he did all his checks. A kind reminder "You sure you want to return the car without full tank? " would avoid the penalty. With some debating, he punt the ball and ask me to talk with his manager. Two managers(Patrick and Kevin if I don't remember wrong) made same cliche and insist closed ticket cannot be changed and I have to pay $120 penalty. At this time I decided to pay my mistake, because I did forget to refill the tank. However, I told them the car was not full tank (~7/8, see my photo 1) at the beginning, and I returned with 3/8(see my photo 2), so a total use of around 1/2 tank, how could that be 12 gallon usage when Camry only has 15.8 gallon tank? I showed managers the photos I took and they began to punt the ball to DAL dollar and said I had to talk with DAL dollar on the non-full tank issue. Are't you guys under the same company. I tried to cal DAL site but the phone always on Robot and no way to find a representative. After punting the ball to DAL, those two managers left and insist on charging $120. I won't let this slide, if they play mean to me, why should I play generous to them? Photo 3 clear shows that I drove 256 miles, the statistics showed 2021 Camry has combined MPG ~31. I was drving almost all highway(from Dallas to Austin) without any traffic jam. Even I used the combined 31, 256/31=8.25 gallon. So either way, by using my photos or easy math, I would never use 12 gallon or 3/4 tank. If you ever own a Camry, you would stand my point. https://www.fuelly.com/car/toyota/camry/2021?engineconfig_id=53&bodytype_id=&submodel_id= It's already 1AM of Christmas Eve and I couldn't believe I'm wasting time here complaining about this stupid $120. That much money isn't important to me at all. I'm purely irritated by Dollar's stupid policy and managers/employee's attitude. This dispute can actually stop at any stage below: 1. Company remove ridiculous high refuel penalty or reduce the penalty. Instead of charging $10/gallon (4x of market price of Austin/TX), totally unreasonable. 2. The guy who check the car just give me a kind reminder. Don't print receipt and give me a chance to fill the tank and drive back. 3. Managers hide their arrogancy and show some generousity. 4. Managers show some responsibility and integrity and don't over count gas usages. This is the first time I'm writing a bad google review. It will also be my first ever post on yelp. Maybe Dollar doesn't care at all since they've already got 75% 1-star on yelp and 50% 1-star on Google. By any means, avoid Dollar! Same might apply to Hertz and Thrifty.

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    Friendly and helpful. I was forced to rent a GMC because my GMC truck broke down in order for a GMC…read moreto reimburse me. And they were helpful in getting that done. However, the car I had was very small a trailblazer. But it was nice to save on gas.

    Enterprise provided the worst customer service I've ever experienced…read more On July 17, I called the Enterprise location in Bloomsburg, PA, around 10:40 a.m. and spoke with a male employee. He confirmed that a 7-passenger Tahoe or similar SUV would be available for pickup at 9:00 a.m. on July 18, with a return at 9:00 a.m. on July 20, for $241. I gave him both my phone number and my mother's phone number. I immediately received a confirmation email, so I assumed everything was set. Around 3:30 p.m., I decided to stop by the office just to make sure all of our luggage would fit in the Tahoe. When I arrived, I was told there was no large SUV or van available for July 18. The employee claimed they had tried to call us, but both of our numbers were "out of service." That was simply not true. My phone received eight other calls between 11:14 a.m. and 3:19 p.m., but not a single call from Enterprise. My mother didn't receive any calls either. Trying to save our family trip, my uncle called the Enterprise location in Shamokin and was able to reserve a similar SUV. This reservation required pickup on July 17 before their 6:00 p.m. closing time, and the price was higher--$301. After receiving the confirmation email, he rushed home from work, and we immediately left for Shamokin, a 45-minute drive from Bloomsburg. Our ETA was 5:52 p.m. Around 5:35 p.m., my uncle called the Shamokin office to let them know we were on our way. That's when the employee informed him that they also did not have a large SUV available. So despite receiving two confirmation emails from two different Enterprise locations, we ended up with no vehicle at all for our July 18 trip. The explanation we kept receiving was that a third party handles the reservations and that the local offices have nothing to do with them. That raises an obvious question: Why is Enterprise allowing customers to reserve vehicles that don't actually exist? If a third party is making reservations, shouldn't Enterprise ensure those reservations are accurate before confirming them? Had I not stopped by the Bloomsburg office that afternoon, we would have shown up at 9:00 the next morning expecting a vehicle that was never available. We would have discovered the problem only minutes before our trip. What would Enterprise have done then? Would anyone have taken responsibility? Would they have found us another vehicle? Or would we have simply been told, once again, that there was nothing they could do? This entire experience was frustrating, stressful, and completely avoidable. A reservation confirmation should actually mean that a vehicle has been reserved. Customers should not have to discover on their own that their confirmed reservation doesn't exist.

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