The rental company is Europcar, and the experience at the Amsterdam Airport branch was extremely poor. Upon arriving at the front desk at the reserved time, we had to wait 3 hours to complete the paperwork and get the car, and this waiting time was included in the rental period. We had reserved a seven-seater automatic car, but were given a manual diesel car, which was far below the promised standard. When we brought this up, the front desk staff were arrogant and did not even answer calls from the domestic platform to resolve the issue. They only asked for more money for an upgrade. Pressed for time, we had no choice but to pay the additional fee. During this process, I had to shuttle between the front desk and the pick-up point repeatedly. Ultimately, the 3-hour wait time was included in our rental period due to a 'computer issue,' resulting in a supposed rental duration of 21 hours. During our interaction, the staff exhibited discriminatory behavior and made derogatory comments in Dutch among themselves. While traveling should be a joyful experience, I hope sharing this account helps others avoid such pitfalls. Europcar's service was very poor.

European rental companies are generally more reliable and responsible compared to car rental apps.

The car rental company provided very poor service. They charged a deposit of 675 euros for the car, and even though I returned the car in perfect condition with no issues during the inspection, they kept my deposit after I returned home. When I contacted the company, they claimed the car was lost and that I was responsible. Absolutely ridiculous! I am flying to the Netherlands next month on business and will take the police to their office to resolve this. I am determined to pursue this matter to the end.

Excellent

Great service

The car was great but smelled very badly of stale cigarette smoke from one of the previous renters. This was confirmed by the Europcar staff at the dropoff location. This really affected our enjoyment of the car as our clothes and belongings started to stink of smoke too.