100% DON'T RECOMMEND HERTZ!
My experience with Hertz was terrible at multiple levels.
First: I rented a small commercial van from the Nieman Rd location to move my son to Texas. I prepaid the contract online to save a little bit of money. (FORESHADOWING HERE...BIG MISTAKE).
The contract stated that it would be ready and available on Thursday, April 15th at 1:00. When I arrived to pick it up, I was told that they didn't have one available.
The rep showed NO interest in finding one for me and absolutely had no empathy for my situation. She appeared to not care at all. I requested that she contact her manager/franchise owner to see what she could do and to call me back. Over two hours went by and I didn't hear anything from her so I called back. Again, with ZERO empathy, apologies or care she said that she would have one the next morning, washed and ready to go by 8:15am.
Second: When I arrived at 8:15am the next morning, Friday, April 16th, there was a new person, a "Manager Associate" working. The van was there but he then proceeded to tell me that since I prepaid the rental, I would have to pay the full amount for the four days. Of course I was shocked and disagreed. Why in the world would I pay for the day that I didn't have the van? I asked for him to credit me the difference, but he said that because I prepaid, his system wouldn't let him and instructed me to call customer service. Again, with zero empathy or apologies.
I then called customer service, was on hold for 45 minutes before speaking to someone who told me that the only way to credit me for the difference was to accept the rental van as is and then the day after I returned it, I could call back to customer service and they would then be able to refund the extra day. Of course this upset me worse and I felt like it was some sort of scam, but I had to take the rental in order to help my son move. No other places in town had a van available so I was stuck.
Okay... I'm going to leave out the bit of information here on how bad the van was to use for moving two states away without cruise control... but take my word, the Dodge Commercial Vans are just bad.
So my third situation with this: Today, Tuesday May 20th, I called customer service. Remember, this is the day that the previous customer service rep promised me that I would be able to receive my refund of the day the van was not available, as per the contract. So of course after another 45 minute hold, a rep finally answered the phone. I explained the situation and she replied back that her system would not allow her to refund the day's rental fee. She did offer a credit of $25 for a future rental. WHAT??!! First of all, that $25 is less than half of the price I paid for the day I didn't have the van, which is insulting enough, but why in the world would I ever want to go through this hassle with Hertz again? And secondly, I feel that Hertz is committing fraud and I am being ripped off. The contract stated that I was to be provided a van on Thursday, not Friday. And I paid for everything in advance so I am entitled to a full refund of that day. I asked to speak to her manager, but was told that he/she was unavailable and would return my call within 24 hours. The Customer Service Manager never called me back, but 48 hours later some "Supervisor" called me and offered a $50 credit toward a future rental. Then she said that she was the highest level person in customer service. INSANE.
I know it is only $55.00 but it shouldn't be this difficult to receive a refund for a day that Hertz DID NOT provide a vehicle that was paid for. (Not to mention all of this time, effort and frustration that this has caused me.) read more