When needed, customer service was great

Unlike my previous rental experiences in Spain or elsewhere, at the ALAMO store in Porto, the rental process was self-service. This was the first time for me! It took half an hour of fumbling with the forms and asking staff for help to finally complete the rental process.

Unlike my experiences in Spain or previous rentals, at the Porto ALAMO branch, it's self-service for the rental process. It was my first time doing it! I had to figure out how to fill out the forms myself and asked the staff for help when I didn't understand something. After about half an hour of effort, I finally completed the rental process.

Alamo shares a counter with Europcar, so we handled the rental process with Europcar. As our English isn't very good, communication with the front desk was challenging. However, the staff were very patient and explained everything clearly. Picking up and dropping off the car was very convenient, and there were staff on site to assist us, making our trip in Lisbon, Portugal very enjoyable.

The automated booking kiosk was not 100% operational.

When renters have pre-booked and provided all the driver information they should receive quicker service than someone who has not pre-booked but this does not appear to happen!