After taking a number at the car rental agency and waiting in line, they tried to upsell insurance but stopped when I told them I had already purchased it. This Kia is a hybrid and drives very well. The fuel consumption is around 5 liters per 100 kilometers. A good rental company.
It's the standard process for European car rental companies. The car I booked was not available, and the staff tried to suggest an upgrade. I declined, so they gave me a similar model!
When there are many customers, the efficiency is very low. They openly downgrade the car claiming that the booked car is not available, otherwise you have to wait endlessly. This is my first experience of downgrading instead of upgrading. Moreover, during our language barrier, they secretly charged over 300 euros for insurance on the order, which is quite unacceptable.
I had already paid the airport pick-up fee, but even after the rental company's customer service and the airport staff communicated, they still claimed they couldn't see it in the system and charged me a high airport pick-up fee again. They told me that C-marked cars couldn't enter the city center and that if a camera caught me, I would have to pay a hefty fine. They suggested I switch to an Echo-marked car for an additional cost; however, in reality, C-marked cars can enter the designated core areas of the city as long as the car is parked in an underground garage and a photo of the parking ticket is kept for reference. This is completely different from what the rental company staff said. They also threatened that the insurance I bought through the rental platform was useless and that they wouldn't help if anything happened, exaggerating to intimidate me. This was the worst rental car company and staff I encountered in Spain. In the end, I insisted on choosing directly through the rental platform, and the staff looked very displeased and did not give me the car model I booked; they only provided a Peugeot 308 and would not respond to my questions anymore.
The rental company sent an inexperienced person to handle the order who wasn't familiar with the procedures and didn't speak good English. They kept pushing us to buy insurance in a threatening manner, repeatedly emphasizing that our insurance was domestic, not theirs. They kept stressing that any damage would result in a €1,700 fine. It was incredibly frustrating, taking almost 4 hours to complete the rental process, wasting half the day. I don't know who to contact about this loss. I will never use this company again.
The car rental company sent an inexperienced person to handle our order. They were not familiar with the process and their English was not good. They kept aggressively pushing for us to buy their insurance, repeatedly emphasizing that our insurance was from our home country and not theirs. They threatened that if there were any scratches, we would be fined 1700 euros. It was incredibly frustrating and it took almost 4 hours to complete the rental. We wasted half a day. I have no idea who will compensate for this loss. I will never use this company again.
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