Very satisfied

We arrived at the rental company near midnight, and the line was very long with only two staff members handling customers. After a long wait, more staff finally joined. There were no explanations in Chinese as mentioned earlier, which was a bit different from what we were told.

The payment from the car rental order wasn't linked to the Hertz location in Salt Lake City. It took them over an hour to sort it out, and they were very impatient. Our clients were also waiting, and we needed to get on the road. Whose time is valuable?

The Los Angeles LAX location has VIP and regular areas. This was my first time renting from Hertz, and I was in the regular area. I was assisted by an older Caucasian man, which is unusual as most companies have South Asian individuals in customer service roles. The man was chatty and checked my insurance situation, then told me I didn't need to buy any additional insurance. I asked if I needed to wash the car before returning it, and he said 'just leave it dirty.' The car got quite dirty inside and out, and despite washing it twice, I couldn't get it completely clean. They didn't charge me for it afterwards. I was in a hurry to catch my flight when returning the car and miscalculated the fuel amount—it was just at the Full line. I felt a bit embarrassed, but they didn't charge me extra for that either. I would consider using Hertz again in the future.

Car wheel alignment was waaaay off. When we drove, it felt like the wheels were going to fall off. Unfortunately we were too far away to get the car replaced so had to deal with it.