easy and fast

Booked a Kia Morning but got a Cheverolet Spark. Asked for full tank fuel but got only half a tank. Some unknown sounds from within the vehicle especially on uneven road surfaces. Otherwise pretty good. Car collection and drop off was hassle free.

The vehicle provided was not the model I had booked through easyrentcars.com, but it was an equivalent model, and seeing as I booked "economy", it was more than enough to get from A to B. Price was the same. Our only complaint is that the gas tank was almost empty when the car was picked up. I didn't realize until I was almost out of gas, and had to make a detour. The condition of the car was cosmetically poor (many scrapes and scratches), but that didn't matter to me for cruising the countryside. It ran well and had no mechanical problems. I was expected to document pre-existing damage to the vehicle using my own cell phone pictures, which was strange as a foreigner, but possibly normal in Korea. Huge bonus points to Tamra for being one of the only rental companies on Jeju island to rent to foreigners (non-koreans). At least one of their employees is impressively trilingual (English, Korean, Mandarin), which is a big deal for international travelers.

1. Given a car different from one I booked. 2. The car had empty fuel tank, with red warning light. 3. When questioned why empty tank, I was given a foolish verbal explanation by a man (a manager, I think, who is not a local Korean) that there is restriction by the Korean authorities in filling up rental cars. This is really insulting my intelligence, to say the least), just to find an excuse. 4. A requested for the car I booked weeks ago, with full fuel, but was told I need to wait for the car to be available when returned by user.!! 5. Finally after arguing, I was offered a bigger car, not of my choice, with slightly more than a quarter tank. 6. With no choice, I took this car which was difficult for me to drive, and costs me much more in fuel cost. 7. All in all, I had an unpleasant experience upon arrival at Tamra, and it ruined the start of my holiday in Jeju to some extent.

Excellent. They have a WhatsApp chat service which is very helpful for visitors with only a data plan. They even contacted me on the day of rental to confirm my arrival. Unfortunately, because it was not easy to know Tamra closes at 8pm at the time of booking on EasyRentCars (my flight landed at 8.30pm), I almost could not collect my vehicle and it would have destroyed my itinerary. Fortunately, Tamra helped me to arrange for a late pickup smoothly, and checked in on me to see if I picked up the car in the end. They even reminded me to take pictures of the car, something a new rental car driver may not do. The return process was extremely smooth too. 10/10 would rent again.