From San Francisco to Vegas

Overall service was quite satisfactory

Acceptable

The service attitude was good but very slow; we waited a long time. The key issue is the online price was over $150, but at the store, the price was over $360, saying I had to pay an additional $200 for insurance. I upgraded to a compact car, Corolla, for a total of $400! Originally, a friend had booked a mid-size car from National, including insurance, for $250 through another channel. I canceled the friend’s booking thinking your price was cheaper. This is truly a rip-off!

During the rental period with this company, some toll fees were not settled through the rental company but were instead billed to the address on the driver's license by the toll department. We incurred a toll fee of just over $3, which the rental company did not settle for us. The bill was sent to an address in our home country that we do not frequently stay at. Each time the toll department sent the bill, it added additional fines, and by the time we saw it, the fine had increased to $100. We resolved this by negotiating via email with the U.S. toll department, which finally waived the fines. This kind of issue does not happen with other large rental companies and is very prone to causing problems.

Thrifty didn’t have a hybrid car when I came for pick up. They offered a full size car. I don’t want to wait any longer due to long flight plus time zone difference. The receipt shows a few dollars more than the reservation. I am okay with it. The car is in good condition and very clean. However, when I returned the car, I got a receipt that charged double the reservation amount. The per day rate went up to $45 instead of $30 at reservation. I was in rush catching up the flight, that had no time to argue with Thrift. Very annoyed.