Surprising rental

Budget wrongly charged me 112 euros for a small scratch on a wing mirror when I returned the car claiming that it was nor present when the rental started. Fortunately I had photographed the whole car at the start which showed that the mark was in fact present when I collected the car. I am currently attempting to persuade Budget to remove the charge but otherwise I will claim the amount from the Easy Rent Cars insurance policy. I was very disappointed with the service I received from Budget and I will not use the company again.

Car advertised (Mercedes) was not want we got (Ford). Counter staff use scare tactics to try and sell you extras such as roadside assistance, extra insurance, fuel package, etc. Collection of car took 1 hour including waiting time.

All good.

First we booked an automatic car and when we arrived they said they didn’t have any left. But we reserved it over a month ahead of time. Then, she wanted to give us free upgrade, which just meant a huge car that was Manual, which you don’t need a huge car in Europe. So we finally got her to give us a smaller manual car for a 1/3 of the cost, but we did not receive the adjustment refund yet and we’ve been home for over a week. The car we ended up with smelled like smoke, and then later that night we realized that neither headlight was working and we had no windshield washer fluid. So we had to drive home to our place with either no headlights or blinding people with our high beams. We ended up at a mechanic and getting two new head lights which we didn’t get reimbursed for that yet either. Overall I’m still upset with budget and how everything was handled. I’m hoping we get our reimbursement soon. I won’t book with budget again.

Easy rent cars was great overall. Super easy to book through. We actually booked a car, cancelled and rebooked a different car no problem. Everything was smooth and easy.