Very easy, and friendly - highly recommend

Bought the insurance locally and it was a bit pricey.

Generally satisfied with the rental and return process, but the efficiency in handling breakdowns was notably low, even though I had bought full insurance at the counter. During the drive, the front left tire burst, and I stopped by the roadside to call in the accident. I wanted to change the tire myself, but the A200 car had no spare tire, only a compressor. I called at 6 PM, and the wait time on the phone was quite long, at least 15 minutes. After explaining the situation, they said they would contact the relevant personnel and mentioned that it would be completely free. They arranged for Alamo at Luton to handle it, but the Luton staff clearly didn't want to deal with it and just gave us the number of a towing company. We contacted them via WhatsApp, and they provided an account and asked for £65 upfront before they would send help. After transferring the £65, a Romanian arrived at 8:30 PM, charged £245 in total, and towed the car about 6 km to Luton Airport. Upon arrival, they said all tire repair shops were closed and suggested either replacing the car or getting the tire fixed the next day. Replacement would only offer a manual car, which I declined, opting to fix the tire the next day. The Luton staff suggested I drive to the tire shop myself the next day despite the flat tire, claiming it would be fine to drive slowly as it was a premium tire. I didn't trust that and didn't want to ruin the rim by driving the 4 km with a flat tire. We had a hotel booked in Manchester, and Luton suggested we let Gatwick Alamo handle it. We had the car towed to a Holiday Inn for the night. The next morning at 7 AM, I called Gatwick Airport, and they said they would send someone within three hours to take us to get the tire fixed. By 10 AM, I called again to confirm, and they assured me someone would come by noon. By noon, they said they would arrive by 3 PM. Haven't they heard the story of the boy who cried wolf? We called the towing company from the previous day, and a Pakistani guy arrived within 25 minutes, towed us to the repair shop, and even took us out for lunch while the tire was being fixed. Thanks to the brotherly friendship of Pakistan! I called Alamo to inform them not to send anyone as we had it handled, and they said to invoice Gatwick for the charges. No issues after that. When returning the car, I mentioned the accident report to the staff, and she couldn't find it in the record. She asked which number I called, so I showed her my call log. Luckily, I had a recording of the first call; otherwise, she might have dismissed it. She took photos of our receipts and said the bill would be sent, and refunds would be processed within 10 days. It's been five days now, and I haven't received any email. Watching for further developments.

I was given a choice of Insignia, Kuga or Qashqai and chose the Qashqai. Lovely new car although the boot was a bit smaller than anticipated. Service was great, the young guy even asked if he could help with the bags. Quick pick up, minimal paperwork and overall a very good experience.

Booking platform worked very well. Good choice of vehicle types at very good prices and easy to navigate. Very satisfied.

The pick up and drop off were handled efficiently and there were no queues. The car I booked was an intermediate car but I was downgraded to a Nissan Juke, a subcompact Jeep that could only take one big bag in the boot and I had two large bags and an electric guitar plus two hand luggages. It was a disappointment to be downgraded but the Alamo agent wanted to charge me GBP 10 per day for an upgrade and there were no intermediate cars. I was offered either a Nissan Juke or a Vauxhall Astra, both of which were smaller than the car I booked. I am very disappointed and hope to receive a partial refund for this downgrade. There was a problem with the petrol gauge. I pumped petrol until it clicked off. When I drove off to return the car I noted that the petrol gauge was still one bar below full which is what it was when I pumped GBP 8.24 worth of petrol. So I drove back to the petrol station and it clicked off again after I pumped GBP 2.24 worth of petrol but I added a little more till GBP 2.40. The petrol gauge still showed one bar below full tank. I pumped another GBP 1.17 of petrol and it clicked off again but the gauge still showed one bar below full. So I just returned the car with the petrol gauge showing one bar below full which is what it showed before I topped her up the first time!!!!! There must be something wrong with the petrol gauge.

It was very easy to book using the Easyrentcars App.