Three-Day Seattle City & Mount Rainier National Park Free Tour

Did not buy insurance, reception was not happy, the reserved car was not available, switched from Edge to Murano, and charged an extra $121. Not sure what the charge was for. After multiple calls, nothing was resolved. Will stick with big companies in the future. Regardless of the English text on the online order, it doesn't matter. They simply don't acknowledge it.

At the BUDGET counter at Seattle International Airport, I booked a Ford Expedition, but they didn't have the car. A female staff member at the counter asked us to wait, saying she needed to consult the manager for a replacement. We waited for 45 minutes. When we finally got to the parking lot, the car she gave us couldn't fit our luggage. I specifically booked the largest car, and she seemed unsure if the car would fit both us and our luggage. She didn't even offer a discount for giving us a smaller car. Luckily, the parking lot staff were kind and helped us pick a Toyota Sienna. Although the Sienna's performance doesn't match the Ford, it was a hassle to finally get a car at noon after arriving at 9 AM.

There were many people when picking up the car, but returning was quick (possibly because I had full insurance). The free shuttle was convenient, the return location was near a gas station, and the car was in good condition.

When we arrived at the store, there were no cars available in the group we had booked. Without asking, they upgraded us to a different model that was in a higher category, and the price doubled. After negotiating, they finally compromised, and we had to choose a model that cost twice as much. They said it was the cheapest model they had available, and there were no other options. Our original estimated cost was $300, but it ended up being over $540. If we hadn't negotiated, the quote they initially gave us was $750, which was really frustrating.

Rented a Camry but wanted an AWD and had to pay 140USD for the 7 day rental to upgrade to a larger Mazda CX-90 SUV. To my horror on the 4 day of use the car was unable to open and it took us almost an hour before we could reach the budget service line. In the end budget arranged a mechanic which took 1.5 hours to arrive and we had to rush to the Sea-Tec for my wife's flight via uber. Budget arranged another replacement car at Sea-Tec but it was 100% confusion. The replacement car was not available, and was given a chevrolet sedan which I disagreed given the higher price I paid for the SUV. Took me another 45 min to find a replacement car which was a RAV4. The car had its maintenance light signal on the moment I entered the car but I had no choice little did I regret picking up this car which had wiper issues when I was driving down Whistler mountain on a rainy day. It was extremely dangerous for my entire family who were in the car who feared for their lives the entire journey. I am requesting a full investigation on the poor, unsafe cars on Budget!!!!