Not the car we rented and Thrifty tried to charge us more than quoted by EasyRentCars.
J.Long
United States
Reviewed: Tue, Jun 4, 2019
About Thrifty:8.7/10
We went to the Thrifty car rental counter in Houston and they tried to charge us a lot more money than we were quoted on EasyRentCars.com. I asked why it was so much more and the lady said because of the easy pass, I told her I did not ask for the easy pass nor do I want it. She took out the easy pass and the price was still higher, she then proceeded to tell me it was due to taxes, I said no, all taxes were included in my quote and her next reason was because I was returning it to a different location from my pick up location, again, I told her no, that was all calculated in my original quote. Since she ran out of excuses she decided to credit me the difference.
We then proceeded to pick up our car and was told that they did not have any full size cars left, all they had was full size trucks. So we had no choice and drove off with a full size gas guzzling truck.
At the end of our vacation we dropped off the truck at the San Antonio airport and had no issues there.
About QEEQ:10.0/10
I was very satisfied with EasyRentCars.com. The website was very user friendly, they gave very useful advice and the automatic price drop re-book feature was very nice, we saved an extra $20 with this feature.
The booking included an additional driver. However, the staff at the store said it would cost $15. After contacting the rental platform and preparing to pay upfront, I went back to the counter and dealt with a different staff member, who processed it directly. It should have been included from the beginning. I don’t know if the previous staff member was rushing to finish work and claimed it was not included. Very disappointing.
Thrifty and Dollar at Houston IAH airport operate together. I was attended by a middle-aged woman, seemingly of Eastern European descent, at the Dollar counter. She insisted I buy full insurance, but I repeatedly said I wanted the basic insurance plan as per my reservation. She became unhappy and told her manager that I didn't have my passport, which led to the manager refusing to rent me a car. My passport was at my home in Houston, and I only had my driver's license with me at the airport. I forgot to bring my passport. Although my family sent a photo of my passport to my phone, they still wouldn't let me rent the car. They insisted I take a cab they contacted to go home and retrieve my passport, which would cost me $160. Left with no choice, I rented a car from another company, which did not require my passport, to go home and get it. By the time I returned to the airport with my passport, it was already 10 PM. I had to return the car by 5 PM on the 27th at the Houston Medical Center location because that's when they close. If I returned it after 5 PM, I would have to return it the next day and be charged an extra day's fee. So, although I rented the car for two weeks, I effectively used it for less than two weeks, losing 5 hours in total. This company hides behind various rules and regulations to inconvenience customers, but I want to report this to the rental platform. I hope the platform has the influence to complain about this company. My experience with their Houston locations was extremely poor.
I am happy to select this company because I found what I wanted: to reserve a car and pay at pick up. Other companies asked me to pay in advance. I surely will continue using EasyRentCars.
Thrifty did not have the class of car requested and said the Jeep Grand Cherokee was an upgrade even though that's what you had listed.
About QEEQ:8.0/10
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