CAR RENTAL REVIEWS ON AVIS IN MADRID

The store is located next to a busy street, you need to pick up the car from a nearby underground parking lot. They have staff to assist you, which is quite convenient.

The staff kept trying to upsell their own insurance and fuel packages multiple times after we refused. It was a bit annoying. The English level of the staff in Spain was not very good, making the overall car rental experience less pleasant than in the US and Australia.

Nothing special, similar to car rental branches in other countries.

The procedures were simple and straightforward, no unnecessary talk, just got the paperwork and drove off.

Booked a Golf but got upgraded to a brand new Mercedes A-Class

The service was great, the car pickup was fast, they recommended additional insurance but I didn't purchase it.

There is a huge difference in car models.

Excellent experience, picking up the car at Madrid Airport was quick and convenient.

Picked up the car in Madrid; the originally booked Volkswagen Touran was replaced with a Fiat diesel car. I'm not sure if this was an upgrade. The diesel car is slower to accelerate. The pick-up location was decent. However, the drop-off in Granada was on a Sunday. It never occurred to me, nor did anyone inform me, that the store would be closed on Sundays. As a result, I couldn't find the drop-off location and there was no attendant. Fortunately, a very kind local helped me by calling the Madrid store to inquire about the drop-off details, then accompanied me to the designated parking area and showed me where to drop the keys into the box at the store entrance. Since they pre-charged me for a full tank of fuel at pick-up, I contacted the rental company's customer service multiple times via email. Luckily, when I returned to Shanghai, I saw that the bank only deducted the car rental fee.

The service attitude at AVIS Madrid Airport was acceptable, though not particularly enthusiastic.

Always very good.

Poor service. When we returned the car, we showed them the penalty ticket and asked if anything needed to be done. They said there was no problem, but later they brought up the ticket again and charged a service fee without helping to resolve it. I've never seen such a terrible company.

Staff are patient.

The process was quite convenient. They asked for the order, driver's license, passport, and notarized documents, then only inquired about additional insurance (I guessed, as my English isn't great). I declined, swiped my credit card, got the keys (which had the parking spot number), and left. Originally booked a BMW 3, but got a new Lada with only 1700 kilometers. Returning the car was also very easy; I just said 'done' to the staff (non-native speaker), they checked the car with a device, and it was fine. Back at the office, they gave me a receipt.

The contract wasn't in English, so we could only roughly understand it by looking at the prices. There were 4 of us, but they counted each of us as separate additions, so we ended up paying for insurance for 4 drivers. Overall, they didn’t explain things clearly.

Not bad

When we arrived at the airport to pick up the car, they required us to present two international credit cards for the driver as a guarantee. Avis explained that it was because we rented a high-end car, an Audi A4. I felt it was unnecessary. After some negotiation, they gave us a smaller Infiniti mini wagon. Although Avis said it was a downgrade, the car we got was brand new. Amazing!

Very good

We were overcharged for the young driver fee and the second driver fee. Additionally, there is still a charge of several dozen euros that we don't understand. It was a very bad car rental experience.

The car rental company is quite good