Edit 8/17/21: Ambar left me a nasty voicemail yesterday thinking she was trash talking me to my husband, but it was actually my phone. She is a nightmare to work with. Despite being the primary point of contact, they would not and will not speak with me - only my husband.
8/16/21: If I could give Simply Rent a Car ("One Stop Classics," also known as "AAA Auto Leasing") ZERO stars, I would.
In my opinion, these are shady business people with absolutely abysmal communication skills. I recommend you use a different company.
1. They knew that I needed my husband to pick up and my wedding planner to drop off the car. They agreed to it. I paid, signed the Turo agreement, and confirmed with the company.
2. Ambar said I could have my husband and planner send their insurance/ID ahead of time to be confirmed. They sent their information 6/23/21.
3. The day of the wedding, 6/26/21, there were 2 different addresses provided as to where to return the car. Ambar confirmed the correct location and I provided that info to my husband and our wedding planner.
3. My husband arrived to pick up the car and they said they never received the insurance. It took them an hour to run the insurance again. He missed all of his getting ready photos. This was about to be the least of our worries.
4. THEN, they had him sign a contract and put a deposit down I knew nothing about. Despite being the primary point of contract, they did not call me/inform me/speak to me/ask me any questions. They threw my agreement with them out the window and formed an entirely new agreement with my husband. They knew my planner would have to drop off the car as it was our wedding day.
5. Communication fell apart. They said my planner didn't return the car. (They actually never told me if they found the car.) They said the car was returned to the right address, but then they said it was returned to the WRONG address. They said the address was AND WAS NOT their location. It was insanity. The night of my wedding and in the weeks following, I endured gaslighting and belittlement.
ALL AMBAR WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO WAS SAY "We gave you your security deposit back minus 2 fees, here's the contract and invoice detailing the fees. Unfortunately your planner parked the car in the right lot, but the wrong spot." We literally don't care about the money.
The issue is that she was absolutely rude and ignored me for weeks on end. Ambar refused to give me the contract/an invoice. She said "she sent it" multiple times, yet she did not. When I asked questions, she refused to answer.
6. Save yourself the headache! They do not honor their agreements. They say they were "making an exception" for us but caused undue heartache and stress the day of our wedding and in the months following. They pretended they never made any agreement with me and only respected my husband.
Read the full transcript of these conversations in the full review I wrote here: https://imgur.com/a/KcddgYk 5.
I did not write this review until 8/16 because I would have loved to have this conversation in private. I tried and tried to get a contract/invoice/receive information regarding the security deposit. However, time and time again, Ambar has refused to speak with me and actually blocked my phone number and asked to speak with my husband. ???
They will undoubtedly make some rude reply to this review like they have done to my others trying to minimize or belittle my experience. Keep in mind, all I outlined is backed up with explicit screenshots of our conversations. I have provided transcripts in my review. Link to my full review/experience here: https://imgur.com/a/KcddgY read more