The company had mandatory full insurance at their affiliated car shop, which felt coercive. I booked a Mercedes but ended up with a Subaru, and the downgrade in brand was frustrating. However, the refund process was fast—I originally thought they'd find some excuse to deduct part of the €1400 deposit, but both the pre-authorization and the deposit were fully refunded within 5 business days. I expected potential disputes over a partial deduction, but that didn't happen, which was surprising and satisfying.

The store charged additional fees unfairly, claiming that the Spanish driving license of the driver was less than 5 years old, and therefore charged more than 30 euros as per their website regulations. Fortunately, after seeking help from the rental car platform, it was confirmed that only drivers under 26 years old with less than 5 years of driving experience should be charged. The rental car platform quickly refunded us the fee.

Very Fast

The vehicle was heavily damaged on collection which was reported to Gold Car, after 10-15 minutes of waiting they said they knew and was fine to take, this was not an impression I wanted to drive around with a heavily dented, scratched car, on return I was 30 minutes late dropping the car off due to finding the location, I was charged 52 euros, not happy after my experience.

Good, easy to use.

I had purchased excess insurance prior to travel, but had communication problems at the rental desk. Although I eventually realised that my credit card was scanned for insurance & fuel deposit only - I presumed I was being "charged" for these services. I was therefore reluctant to hand over my card. It would make sense to have this explained to me prior to travel or on an information sheet at the rental desk