Unfriendly staff at car pick up, very smooth process and friendly staff at car drop off, bad condition of car

Terrible, this is the worst rental experience I've had abroad! Booked a BMW 2 Series, got a 1 Series instead. The car size and trunk capacity are completely different, leaving us with no space for our luggage. Their attitude was horrible, claiming they don’t have BMW 2 Series! They demanded 650 euros to switch to a Ford of the same size! It's just a scam! Downgrade the car and then charge extra. Two months after we got back, we were charged over 200 euros again. After multiple communications via the rental platform, they claimed it was for insurance. We had bought full insurance through the rental platform and explicitly declined insurance at pickup, signing no documents. They charged us on the last day before the credit card guarantee expired. Absolutely shameless and garbage service!

The office is located in the farthest room, probably because its market share isn't high enough. Attitude was okay, and after completing the paperwork, the staff guided us part of the way since we didn't understand the directions to the car. He mentioned that we could return the car without a full tank and that their fuel price was cheaper than gas stations, which wasn’t entirely true. Maybe it’s a little cheaper than the stations near the airport, but I’d recommend filling up before getting to the airport. Diesel in rural areas was only about 1.26 euros per liter. The car was in great condition, a Fiat 500L, which can actually fit four people and two large pieces of luggage.

Satisfied

We have had very serious trouble with charges from Maggiore amounting to many Euroes. The reason is that Maggiore did not register our car properly (we ordered a BMW 3-series, but was given a 1-series - that was to small for us. Thus we changed to a Audi Q3 that was OK. But the person that got the BMW that we should have had was speeding and somehow the car was still registred on us... I have now received a fine from Italian police from a person driving a BMW at a location that I have never been. I was climbing mountains at the same time... The Maggiore will have to reimburse med for all the fines they have charged direkctely to my credit card and have to contatct italian poice (V/90746490X/2018) to have them cancel the fine.