Magique !

Excellent service, and not crowded at all.

As a large North American rental car company, the service staff's proficiency was lacking. There were only two people at the front desk, which led to long queues for picking up cars. My appointment to pick up the car was at 10 a.m., and I started queuing at 9:40 a.m. At 10:15 a.m., I was told that the car I had reserved was not available and I could either cancel and go to another rental company or wait. I chose to wait, although there was no guarantee of when the car would be ready—possibly 11 a.m. or even longer. I wanted to ask the service staff why such a situation occurred and whether this was Avis's standard of service, but to avoid further complications, I opted to wait. I received the car at 11 a.m., an hour later than planned. Instead of the reserved GMC Yukon, I got a Tahoe, and the service staff did not inform me in advance. Despite my frustration, I set off. As a result, I hit peak holiday traffic and was stuck in long jams, which left me feeling quite annoyed. I reached my destination late at night with a completely different impression of Avis.

Staff were relatively patient, but there was no Chinese service. For customers with poor English skills, the experience was quite bad, as their needs were not met. Especially with the child safety seat, the model and style were not usable, and no one helped with the installation.

Everything was great except for the language barrier. The best part was there was no queue!

AVIS is excellent. Both my husband and I drove, and there were no extra charges. However, the previous rental company, ALAMO, charged CAD 10 per day for adding a second driver. At AVIS, the car model we booked was not available, but they found us a much newer 8-seater 6.0L GMC within an hour. It was much better than what we originally reserved, and they didn't charge extra. Very trustworthy!