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    AVIS - New Orleans - Car lot

    AVIS - New Orleans

    1.6(66 reviews)
    1.2 miCentral Business District

    I want to emphasize that this review is specifically for the Avis at Louis Armstrong Airport (MSY)…read more Other Avis experiences have been far better. The rental started off bad. It took me 45 minutes to have the car delivered. Advice: don't offer that service, if you can't do it efficiently. It generally takes less than 5 minutes to walk to the car. It got worse. The battery on a 2026 hybrid died, and they wanted to charge $173 for a jump! The explanation was that I didn't pay for roadside assistance insurance. My take: a ne w car should have a good battery, and, given that modern cars don't let you forget to turn off the lights, plus I'd driven during the day. So I had it jumped, drove 20 minutes to make sure the battery was charged, checked out of the hotel, and... the battery was dead again. It took 6 hours to get a tow, for which they wanted to charge $319. At this point, they need to refund the rental. I am serious about this, even if work is paying.

    We had a confirmed reservation with Avis to pick up a car. When we arrived, we were told the…read morevehicle would not be available for at least an hour and that we needed to be placed on a waitlist. They could not guarantee when -- or even if -- we would receive a car. What was most disappointing was the attitude. The front desk agent and the manager seemed completely indifferent. The message was essentially: "Wait if you want, or don't." No solutions. No effort. No urgency. We ended up walking a few blocks to Enterprise. Even though they also had limited availability and we did not have a reservation there, their team went above and beyond -- calling other locations until they found a car for us. That's what real customer service looks like. I strongly recommend avoiding this Avis location. There's a reason it has such low ratings. Our experience certainly supports that. P.S- attire was VERY unprofessional!

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    AVIS - New Orleans - The final payment of what Avis charged me. They did not honor the original agreement.

    The final payment of what Avis charged me. They did not honor the original agreement.

    AVIS - New Orleans - AVOID AVIS CAR RENTALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    AVOID AVIS CAR RENTALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Budget - Rented car

    Budget

    1.7(98 reviews)
    1.2 miCentral Business District

    A strange experience, to a certain degree, but for me it worked out fine. I did have to wait about…read more15 minutes before they knew what car I was renting. I also had to wait about 15 minutes before I could drop off my car. Just seemed to me like they were under-staffed. But the staff that was there was very polite and efficient. My car was very clean. And ran well. The strange part is that you have to walk through the hotel, then out double doors then around a corner. Some people will find this very vexing. I personally gameify stuff like this in my head and thought it was eccentric, much like the city I was visiting, so no harm no foul for me.

    Budget Car Service -- Absolutely Unacceptable I have never…read moreexperienced service this poor. I arranged Budget in advance, paid top dollar for a one-day rental, and even scheduled my pickup an hour earlier than necessary to make sure I had plenty of time. I returned the car the same day at 5 PM. Instead, I waited over an hour, along with roughly 50 other customers. Every other car agency at the location was getting customers their vehicles on time--Budget was the only one with a massive line and customers sitting there for over an hour. The employees at the counter showed absolutely no urgency or concern. I flew to New Orleans for a business meeting, only to arrive after the meeting had ended. The clients had already left, and I lost the account. This is exactly why we have Uber. I could have simply called an Uber, but I specifically arranged a rental in advance and paid a premium expecting basic professionalism and reliability. Budget completely failed. I will never use them again, and I strongly recommend taking your business elsewhere. I'm a single mom I had to pay for this trip myself. This was the worst experience of my life, and it cost me a lot.

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    Budget - Off to the left was someone standing that looked like the manager. No idea why they wouldn't wait on us

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    Off to the left was someone standing that looked like the manager. No idea why they wouldn't wait on us

    Avis Car Rental

    Avis Car Rental

    1.1(7 reviews)
    0.3 miWarehouse District

    The location is great. In the Hilton and easy to find…read more However, when we went to pick up our car, they didn't have the size/category we reserved. Their lot is so small. they don't have an inventory so there was nothing else they could give us. We were stuck with a vehicle that was too small. Why book and reserve a car months in advance and not be ready for us?

    I had a very disappointing experience with Avis at the Hilton Riverside location in New Orleans…read more I reserved and prepaid for a rental car well in advance, expecting that my reservation guaranteed a vehicle would be available when I arrived. However, when I got to the rental desk, I was informed that there were no cars available for pickup. This completely defeated the purpose of making a reservation and paying in advance. To make matters worse, I attempted to cancel the reservation through the Avis website, but there was no option available for me to do so. I then had to spend additional time on the phone with customer service just to get the reservation canceled and my refund processed. The entire experience was frustrating, inconvenient, and a complete waste of time. I was left scrambling to find alternative transportation at the last minute because Avis failed to honor a prepaid reservation. Better communication and inventory management are needed to prevent customers from being put in this situation. I would strongly encourage Avis to improve its reservation system so customers are not charged for services that cannot be provided.

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