Book Budget car hires in San Francisco

Pros: Car was ok

Cons: Extra fees, gas charge even though I filled it. Won’t use budget/avis ever again

Pros: Car drove smoothly. Drop off at Carlsbad airport was easy.

Cons: I was assigned to a car that wasn't in the slot when I got there, and then in a traffic jam to get out of the parking garage. The other thing I thought was weird was for the first car I was assigned, I was told the car was on empty and would I like to pay to have it filled there... WTH? When has this EVER been a thing? I'm not paying overpriced airport car rental gas prices! Thankfully the real car I got had a full tank. There were also two men (other customers) in the rental area that were mingling maskless.

Pros: the car was nice

Cons: the fact that they charged three times the quoted amount.

Cons: Car is very bad,,

Cons: Check in

Pros: Staff was polite

Cons: The car smelled like cigarettes, the inside was filthy and I had to clean the car, I’m a health care worker (nurse) and I didn’t appreciate how dirty the car was and Worst car rental, I will never rent from Budget!

Pros: The car was nice and very clean, and I appreciated being able to get a car easily during the pandemic.

Cons: I booked a drop-off location that was closed at the time that I had selected when I started the rental, and was told that extending the rental until the next day would cost me $150, which is about 8x what I had paid for the first day. I was told I would also have to pay $150 if I was late dropping the car off at an alternate location, which was much further away. I ended up making the drop-off time and avoided the charges, but was frustrated by being threatened with penalties for a situation that wasn’t my fault and I should have been alerted of when I booked the car, or when I picked it up.

Pros: I WOULD HAVE liked to actually get the van I booked and the price I booked it.

Cons: That I could actually get the van I booked. I was on a cruise ship that was delayed because a passenger was critically ill. We had to return to Honolulu so the Patient could get the care needed. This along with a storm at sea made as a few hours late. I called on Tuesday morning to confirm our van would still be waiting and was told that the reservation had been canceled. It took an exorbitant amount of time to find out why and then to find that there were no more vans available, at all. This was even true of Budget’s sister agency, Avis. I ended up having to book a larger van through Enterprise for 7.5 times the amount of your quote for the minivan. Needless to say I am not happy with the outcome. I will think twice before using your service again.

Cons: The quoted price and the actual price chart to drop off or ethically different. But it says there is a glitch in their system and so if you drop the car off for less than the term. On the contract it will sometimes charge you double or triple the price. Extremely annoying. All I did was drop the car off early and get charge double the quoted reservation amount.

Cons: They changed the rate from $42 on my booking to $50 and unfortunately I did not notice until the end of the trip when I was rushing to return the car. The counter attendant also tried to bully me into bringing the cat back early because they had a busy week with a conference.

Pros: Rented a focus, 4 door or similar. Was told all they had in that class at the moment was a 2dr beetle. Was told I had to upgrade for 4drs.

Pros: The San Francisco location did a great job of getting us the car on time and helping us add insurance and drivers.

Cons: Drop-off at the Las Vegas airport was horrible. We returned the car with a full tank of gas, and I noticed that we were charged an additional $50 for gas. The workers were extremely rude and unprofessional about it, and moved slowly on the resolution on purpose when they knew we were in a hurry.