Returning the car within the same state from San Francisco to Los Angeles incurs an intercity fee. Sixt is a better option.

This time renting a car, possibly due to the Christmas season, there were many tourists and renters. We booked the car for 10:30 AM but it was delayed until 11:35 AM. Communication issues meant we had to repeatedly ask and answer questions, but overall the staff were quite patient.

I was dissatisfied with the staff's attitude when picking up the car. They gave me a small car and were very impatient when I requested a change. Just because the middle-aged woman with an Asian face is in the USA, does she think she's American?

1. The pickup address in the order was a hotel, and it took us a long time to find a very small HERTZ desk with a sign directing us to the storefront on the next street. 2. Since my scheduled pickup time was 2:30 PM and I actually arrived around 5:30 PM, the staff seemed annoyed as they were getting ready to leave. 3. For some reason, I reserved a Ford Focus but was given a Nissan Versa. Don't tell me it's the same category. Since HERTZ was already closed and I needed to drive off, I just accepted it.

The car was booked for 9am. When we arrived there was a long lineup of people waiting to pickup their car. When we finally got to the counter, the lady said it was going to be another 2 hours before we could have the car. We had people waiting at multiple locations and a long drive ahead that we wanted to reach before dark. So we went out of our way to rearrange transportation to bring everyone to the Hertz location, at additional expense to us. Then the car was ready after approximately an hour which meant trying to find people mid transportation to the pick-up location. After getting the keys to the car, we were told that we needed to walk multiple blocks to get our car with our luggage and a member of our team with walking issues. Not impressed.