Rental

We knew we had paid for a budget car, but hadn’t thought the car we received would be as old looking as it was. The car was probably 10 years or older. That said, the car was very reliable and did its job. However, the age meant the car had many rattles from sun blinds, the dash etc.

Could have indicated how old the car would be.

First car was picked up, then refused due to the undertray hanging down. A replacement was arranged for the next day.

Easy to use and proceed with booking. Very flexible on cancellations, allowed me to re-book pretty quickly. Which was excellent.

The car was old. They charged me anonther insurance or else i would put a deposit of $2000. Easy rent cars already charged me with insurance. So i ended up paying 2 insurance. Which is so unfair. Because ace did not accept the insurance of easy rent cars.

Shocking! We turned up at 11am after booking the car from 10am. This was done on purpose as we knew we would be running late to attend a wedding 1hr north of Wellington. On arrival at Ace pick up we where told we needed to wait as no cars where available. After asking for a different car, just anyone available, we were declined. Staff went in circles not knowing who could make that decision. After 15mins of this and no one giving us any clear indication of when and which car we would be getting, a couple happened to turn up and return a vehicle. This then sat around for some time until finally we began to put more pressure on the people at the desk. A decision was made that we could have the car in 15 mins once cleaning had been completed. After 15mins the car hadn’t been cleaned or was only half cleaned and so we asked for it in an As is condition. There was no apology or anything. Absolutely hopeless service. Certainly won’t be using Ace again and maybe therefore easy rent cars as I don’t know how if we could opt for supplier other than Ace in your matrix of finding a cheap deal for us. It’s a shame but our poor experience with Ace has therefore affected easy rent cars.

I felt the cost to reduce excess wasn't made clear. I ended up having to pay $220 to reduce excess by a mere $500. I mean, why would I. I'd understood it was going to cost $22 total when that was per day. I wouldn 't have done it had it been explained.