Don't rent from here. This is a franchise and not the core Hertz. They will do whatever they want…read moreand charge you obscenely for it. You've been warned.

**Extremely Frustrating Experience with Hertz**…read more My recent experience with Hertz has been extremely frustrating. I rented a Chevy Tahoe from Hertz on Saturday, August 15, with a scheduled return date of Friday, August 21 at 10:00 AM. I returned the vehicle as scheduled. On **Saturday, August 22**, I received a text from Hertz stating that the rental was **"overdue."** I contacted Hertz chat support, explained that the vehicle had already been returned, and was told to wait 24-48 hours because the return may not have been processed yet. On **Sunday, August 23**, I received another overdue notification. I contacted support again and was again told to allow 24-48 hours for the return to process. Then, on **Monday, August 24 -- the third consecutive day of overdue notifications -- I received an "URGENT" message** stating that the rental was still overdue. I contacted Hertz support again. This time, the agent asked me to fill out a form with various questions about where and how the vehicle was returned. I copied the questions into Notepad and started answering them. While I was in the middle of doing that, the chat session timed out and disconnected. So now I'm waiting yet again for another support agent. My frustration is with **Hertz as a company and the overall customer-service experience**. I returned the vehicle on time, contacted Hertz when I received the first notification, followed the instructions I was given, and waited the requested 24-48 hours. Despite doing everything I was asked to do, I was still receiving overdue notifications three days later and having to spend more time trying to get the issue resolved. And now there's another problem. I received my final receipt from Hertz today and noticed a **$127 "Fuel and Service" charge**. I filled the Tahoe up at a Shell station on Ohio Street shortly before returning it, and the airport was only roughly 10 miles away. The vehicle had a full tank when I returned it, so I have no idea why Hertz applied a $127 fuel and service charge. At this point, I am now having to dispute a charge for fuel that I had already purchased, on top of trying to get Hertz to properly process a vehicle that I returned on time. **My advice to anyone renting from Hertz: take pictures of your fuel gauge and odometer immediately before you return the vehicle, and keep your gas receipt.** Having documentation of the vehicle's condition and fuel level may save you a lot of trouble if there is a dispute later. There was also an issue when I initially picked up the Tahoe. Shortly after pickup, the **"Low Oil"** warning light came on. Hertz did eventually provide a voucher so I could get the oil changed, which I appreciate. However, I still spent nearly an hour sitting in a hot vehicle at a Take 5 Oil Change location in the Texas heat while waiting for Hertz to approve the service. I understand that problems can happen with rental vehicles and that returns can sometimes take time to process. What I find unacceptable is the **lack of communication, follow-through, and effective customer support** when something goes wrong. What should have been a simple rental has turned into repeated overdue notifications for a vehicle I already returned, multiple contacts with customer support, a disconnected support chat while I was actively trying to resolve the issue, and now a **$127 fuel and service charge that appears to be incorrect**. **This experience has seriously damaged my confidence in Hertz. What should have been a routine rental has turned into an ongoing customer-service nightmare, and I'll think twice before renting from Hertz again.**

I do not recommend using this business…read more I'm giving it a second star just because the truck we got performed its task of running and transporting our stuff when moving. But this seems like a poorly run business. First of all, know that making a reservation doesn't actually guarantee that a vehicle will be available for you at that time. We made a reservation for a specific time in the morning and made our moving-day plans based on that time, but there were no trucks available and we had to come back later to get one. When we returned, several other customers were stuck in the same position -- they had made reservations, but there weren't vehicles for them at the right time. Maybe I'm crazy, but it seems reasonable to expect that reservations not be completely useless. On Saturdays, this location closes at 2, which means you have to pay a $10 late fee if you want to return it after 2 on the same day. Good luck returning it by 2 when you can't get a truck until 12:45! An employee told me we could return it first thing in the morning the next day without paying a late fee or two-day charges, but after the reservation nonsense, I didn't trust them not to charge me for an extra day. Here's another thing that happened to me, though it may not actually be typical: I drove this truck about 12 miles, and I took it to a UDF a half-mile down the street to refill the tank before returning it to Budget. I wound up being charged $39 for not refilling the tank (what?) and I couldn't make a good-enough case for a credit card dispute because I had thrown away the receipt for my UDF fill-up. With the $30 "protection" in case of an accident (which was maybe a ripoff, I don't know), the two hours of truck rental cost me about $140. It wouldn't have been that much more to hire movers!

When I arrived to pick up my pre-paid reservation (I was on time) they did not have my requested…read morecar. The only options I were given were to wait an hour or pay for a $150 upgrade to an SUV. I was under the impression that Budget would provide a fee upgrade should they not have my reserved car in, but apparently not. I chose to wait for the hour, which quickly turned into three. When I finally got my car I called into Budget's national customer service, who agreed that this was unacceptable but did nothing to remedy the situation.

I have very low expectations for rental car services, so my recent rental experience was pretty…read moregreat. Online reservation process was seamless and they actually had a car ready to go for me when I got there. The car was an upgrade from what I was expecting and clean, other than sort of smelling like cigarette smoke. Heather was very pleasant and got me through the paperwork quickly. A heads up: It is hard to reach this local office on the phone - the 614 phone number will likely redirect to the national call center.

I downloaded the Yelp app just to post this review: When we…read morearrived to pick up a vehicle for a road trip with our golden doodle we were told by a very nice woman that the minivan originally reserved for us had a smoking engine, despite having just 1,000 miles on it. Luckily another minivan had just come in. The vehicle we were given looked like it had just been returned from a family vacation, the middle seats were stowed away and there were crumbs EVERYWHERE. We didn't make a fuss, just swept off the crumbs, placed a cover on the back row for the dog, and we were on our way. Fast forward to our vehicle return 5 days later & we were told to either take the car to Moo-Moo for full vacuuming or pay $450 for cleaning the "pet hair". Goldendoodles don't shed. AND the only surface the dog was on was covered. So we either had to do the job they didn't do before renting us the vehicle OR pay $450. It's extortion and we will never rent from this company again.

Really disappointed. I left my AirPods in the rental car and never got it back. I called and they…read moresaid they would call me when they found it and I never got a call back. Later on I got a notification saying my AirPods have been taken out the case and I still didn't get a call back. I went one day in person just for the doors to be locked and I just recently bought my AirPods im genuinely disappointed! If you could please reach out to me I really just want my AirPods

WHERE DO I START?! AMAZING!!!! The staff was friendly and easy to work with. The facility was nice…read moreand clean with a great atmosphere. Vans were clean and taken care off. 10/10 RENT AGAIN!!!!

Toney at Car return is AMAZING, hands down one of the best people I have come into contact with in…read morea long while. Your company needs to do whatever they can to retain his employment, I will only use enterprise moving Forward and it is single handedly because of Toney.

The convenience, efficiency, and ease is why I use Enterprise!!! The other rental companies suck…read moreand waste your time! FYI: The rental is not at the airport, you have to take a shuttle. Otherwise, once you're on location... there is a great check in process! I just came in, showed my driver's license/ID, and directed to my rental. It was quick and efficient. Even returning the rental was just as easy, I just dropped off the cars and left the keys in the vehicle. Matt was awesome and took care of the check out very quickly! Just make sure to return the rental to the rental location near the airport. It is not at the airport and you'll have to use a shuttle.

Nice folks, but their cars smell like cigarettes. The first car we got reeked like fresh smoke. We…read moretold our rep we were traveling with a baby and they gave us a replacement car that smelled less like cigarettes. It made our clothes smell after driving for 10 minutes and gave us all headaches. Highly suggest exploring other options, if you're able to.

David ! Absolutely amazing. My personal car was in an accident and the person who hit my insurance…read morecompany told me to go to Enterprise. There was an "issue" there so the next place was here. David explained everything professionally and gave me the best case for all options. Being involved in an accident is already enough and getting a rental shouldn't add to the stress but I'm glad to say he elevated the stress in this one transaction

Parker's professional demeanor and exceptional patience helped turn a slightly stressful situation…read moreinto a memorable experience for the whole family! 10/10!

This is our regular go-to place. A convenient Grandview location, not in an airport or a city…read morecenter. We have two more rentals upcoming next month. The staff here has always gone out of their way to make sure we have what we need. I even requested a car with Texas plates one time, as I was driving to an event in Texas. I was sort of joking, but said if any came up during my rental period, I'd sure like to have one. They delivered! A Texas plate on the car. Well done. The last time I picked up a car, the previous renter had left the gas tank almost empty. They asked if I wanted them to fill it up or if I'd rather be able to return the vehicle with that low fuel amount upon my dropping the car off. After discussions amongst themselves, they decided the fill the tank for me, and profusely apologized for my wait time, which was only a few minutes. This location has always gone above and beyond for my family and me. We are now loyalty club members, and frequent renters. Keep up the good work! If Seinfeld had gone here, they would have known how to take and how to hold the reservation.

I rented a Honda Civic from them for 2 days and it came to $35 total. This was sweet. I traveled…read moreup to the Cleveland area to visit a friend and the driving was nice and smooth. The car was fully loaded, for an economy price. John was the person I saw, he was a very nice young man good in customer service. Kudos to him. Cute also but he is only 25, a baby. Ha, Ha. I think I have a new rental service. Sorry Enterprise, you are $19/day while Hertz is $15/day right now.

I really wish I could say nice things about our experience today with Avis at the airport. However,…read morewe arrived and were told that the car we prepaid for and reserved was no longer available. They told us we could have a minivan and we refused. They told us to wait and we did and 20 minutes later they had a vehicle for us. When we went to pay the security deposit they tried to charge us for the rental as if we hadn't prepaid already when we had. We explained and showed them the prepaid amount on our Apple wallet and they "ho hummed" over it and had three people looking into it for about 15 minutes while others waited in line for their rental cars. If this is how they treat their preferred members, i'd hate to see how they treat regular non members. Also, the man next to us was explaining that his rental broke down and had to be towed and he had to return to the Columbus airport for a new rental which interfered with his trip plans to Indianapolis. Hearing him go through what he went through really made us apprehensive to leave with our vehicle. No one did a look around with us for the car, so we took our own photos and documented on our end, but I've never not had someone do a look around before driving away from a rental car place. *** update*** am giving three stars because of the unpleasant check in experience, however the staff members were pleasant and did do their best- I just don't think they really know what they are doing at the check in desk and need to get better training. Rental car return went really smoothly and easily!

Avis in Columbus was terrible. Only one worker and a line of about 20 people…read more The staff didn't seem to care. Most of them acted like they didn't want to be there. One lady at the preferred counter upstairs was really rude. Big mistake using Avis or Hertz. Never again.

My experience at this National Car Rental was perfectly fine…read more This was not the car rental area I originally picked up the car from, however, this was where I dropped it off from. Dropping it off was super easy and I was not charged anything above what I originally was quoted. There is no onsite gas station at the airport so you must get gas prior to getting onto the exit at the airport or you'll need to leave and come back like I had to (that because I'm not familiar with this area). The car itself was wonderful and I wished I owned it. I had have no issue renting from National or this specific location again.

Great experience at this location. They were friendly and even followed up with a personal email to…read moremake sure everything was as expected. Highly recommend this location to anyone needing a rental car in Columbus, OH.