Avoid Europcar in Fiji

Had to pay an additional 40 Fijian dollars on-site, not sure why.

The staff were unfriendly, and there were two old tires left in the car when handed over.

The front desk person looked quite unusual and scary, but their attitude was good.

They did not provide the agreed model but gave me an old jeep instead. Soon after driving, the tire had problems. The Europcar staff personally replaced it with a Mitsubishi Pajero that had over 140,000 km, in poor condition with a lot of noise. It was night when I swapped the car, so I couldn't thoroughly check for damages or cleanliness. The staff assured me there was no issue unless there was major damage. On returning the car, another staff pointed out scratches and charged me FJD 25 for a car wash, even though I had taken insurance when picking up the car. The car's condition during return was no different from when I rented it.

I would like to complain. I paid for a 4x4 and specifically wrote in my booking request that I needed this due to remote location of accommodation. However, on arrival the 4x4 was not available. The similar (term used lightly) vehicle offered was an SUV, this wasn’t capable at doing the unmarked road safely! So the fact that I didn’t really get the car I paid for pretty much ruined the holiday as we were constantly worrying that if it rained we would probably be stuck. Thanks for charging me for a car that I clearly didn’t get to use. Where you advertise a car or one similar, it would be nice if you actually adhered to this! I paid for a 4x4 and got an standard SUV! The reduction in price for the SUV was minimal, I feel I was ripped off and the local office were useless at trying to resolve the fact that the 4x4 wasn’t available!