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National Car-rentals has room for improvement based on customer feedback. Customers particularly appreciate service and professional, though some mention concerns about customer service and communication.

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If I could give zero stars

If I could give zero stars, trust me, I would this car company is probably one of the worst companies in America comes to service. They have no etiquette when it comes to business and taking care of customers they lie and try to blame customers for their deficiency, I rented the car to show up at the place just for the card not to be available in the associate. Try to blame me because I was late even though I was at the location before closed I called customer service to come to find out that she had lied to 24 hours to pick up your car not supposed to find a car and I’ll just tell you sorry you’re on a clock. That’s what this associate did then proceeded to call customer service And get an explanation why I did not have a car come to find out they did not have cars at that location for the entire day and the associate lied to me at the station they escalated my case to supposedly a regional manager to help me out and I never received a single call from any manager or any person Place companies like this eventually go out of business because they forget the customers are really what they fix their competency in terms of dealing with the public. I’ve only had one other customer service interaction that was worse than this, and that was with American Airlines where they lie to their customers to cover their ass like national car rental buyer beware looking through your history. It looks like they do not give a shit about their customers.

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I placed an online booking through our…

I placed an online booking through our corporate account on Thursday, 10th July. To my disappointment, I didn’t receive any communication until Saturday morning—only to be told that the vehicle I booked wasn’t available. This last-minute notice was frustrating enough, but what followed was completely unacceptable. The staff member who contacted me, claiming to be the manager, was extremely rude and unprofessional throughout the call. She spoke over me repeatedly, wouldn’t allow me to explain my situation, and her tone was downright abusive. As a regular customer who has rented from various Enterprise branches for years, I was shocked by this behaviour. If this is the standard of customer service from someone in a managerial position, it raises serious questions about the training and leadership at this branch. A manager should be setting the tone for professionalism—not contributing to a toxic experience. Needless to say, I will be avoiding this branch in future. I highly recommend others do the same until clear improvements are made in customer service and communication.

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Arnaque véhicule loué à Édimbourg pour…

Arnaque ,véhicule loué à Édimbourg pour 5 jours. Aucun souci pendant le séjour ni restitution (clés déposée dans une boîte aux lettres). Et , 15 jours après notre retour, on nous réclame 500£ pour une 1/2 coque de clé manquante. Clé qui nous a été remise en main propre dans cet état, 1/2 coque manquante et scotchée, mais que nous n’avions pas malheureusement pas signalé. Cela ne gênait pas le fonctionnement du véhicule et le loueur ne pouvait pas l’ignorer car la clé avait était “temporairement” réparée par ses soins avant nous l’être confiée. Désormais, ils nous signalent que le véhicule a été immobilisé pendant 5 jours à cause de cette 1/2 coque manquante et appliquent des frais de dossier et de réparation exorbitants. C’est notre bonne foi contre celle du loueur. Nous sommes loin, difficile de s’expliquer et la restitution s’est faite dans une boîte aux lettres. Nous sommes piégés par un système qui défend le loueur mais pas le locataire, avec des mises en demeure inadmissible pour une 1/2 coque de clé en plastique comme si nous étions des délinquants. Aucune possibilité de discuter sauf peut être maintenant en portant plainte pour abus avec notre assistance juridique. Donc il est indispensable de noter tout défaut même minime lors de la réception d’un véhicule. Les assurances des CB ne prennent pas en charge les dommages aux clés. Donc aucun recours possible. Encore un exemple des arnaques rencontrées avec des agences de location de véhicules.

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Beware National Roadside Assistance. Pay for the roadside when you rent

The branch employees themselves, outstanding. National's Roadside assistance is awful. The big slogan is your safety is our priority yet they made me put a donut on the rental jacking up my back and having me drive through East Saint Louis on Hwy 70 going 40 mph with the hazard lights on. No one in E St Louis cares if you have an issue. Better get out of the way. Probably the most harrowing experience of my life. One of the 5 people I spoke to in Roadside even hung up on me because I told him I was not pulling over on that hwy and calling the police.

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Rip off - avoid!

I have never "nicked" a tyre in my life however I rent a National car for 2 days and I have 2 nicks which cost me £200. The same thing happened to my brother. They are total rip off merchants - bring you in with cheap prices and charge you the earth for damage you didn't do. Avoid!

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Watch out for fantom charge to tourist by this rental car company

I rented a car for one day from National at Standsted, drove it to southhampton and return it there then take a taxi to my cruise ship. Four days later I receive an email and later was charge $1600 for damage to the car. I took video of the car's existing damage when I receive it, and took video of the car when I returned. No damage was caused by me, but they insist.

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Dishonesty NATIONAL RENTAL CAR CANCUN…

Dishonesty NATIONAL RENTAL CAR CANCUN AIRPORT: We rented a car for 3 weeks and had leaks from the very first days. We reported it directly and they offered us a discount. Everything was done in writing, with photos, emails and proof. When we returned the car, the agent confirmed in writing on the voucher that we would be reimbursed.....They have never reimbursed us and are unaware of the situation.

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DO NOT RENT FROM NATIONAL/ENTERPRISE

DO NOT RENT FROM NATIONAL/ENTERPRISE NEVER AGAIN SHALL I RENT A VEHICLE FROM THEM even though I’ve been an Emerald Club member for 15 yrs now and have never experienced this ever. I recently rented a vehicle for an initial term of one week and one day. I brought the vehicle back one day earlier thinking they would credit me the extra day but nooooooooooo. They claim there’s a clause in the contract that I signed that stipulates that an early return is NON REFUNDABLE. What kind of BS is this ? How can you charge for A SERVICE NOT RENDERED ? In my world this is called THEFT. I was told at the return and even have proof when I returned it that I would be refunded but nothing has been reimbursed to me

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Horrible experience and do not rent with this company

Do Not rent a car with National. I have recently rented a vehicle with National car rentals at the Edinburgh Airport location and can say this was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. Firstly, the vehicle I had booked was not big enough to take all of my luggage as I was travelling through the UK. When I spoke to the agents, they had explained that they did not have that type of vehicle available, but they would look at whatever else was available. They then had another vehicle which was large enough available to take my all of my luggage and when we checked the car for damage the fuel filler cover fell off when the agent was doing the walk around. The agent quickly then tried to reattach the cover in which did go back on, and he said that it was fine, and he would add this to the report. I then jumped in the vehicle to start the car and the service light came on to say it needed a service. I then approached the agent and advised that the car needs a service and he came back to the vehicle and reset the service light on the dash. He then looked at his iPad and said he can guarantee that the care has had its last service. So I took him on face value and then proceeded to drive the vehicle from the carpark but as soon as I applied the brakes, a large metal scrapping noise could be heard and the brake pedal went to the floor. I applied the brakes 2 more times hoping this was just a little condensation on the discs but this kept happening. I asked my wife if she could hear this as well in which she agreed. So I drove the car straight into the rental carpark and mentioned this to the agents. They said without looking at the vehicle that this was just water on the discs, I then had a look at the front drivers side disc and it had a 3 cm gouge on the disc and looked in very poor condition. As you could imagine I was not happy and said that I am not driving this vehicle and do you have something else. The agent apologized and gave a me a third vehicle which was a 2019 SEAT Atteca Small SUV which was luckily big enough for our needs but the agent did not go around with me to check the vehicle and as I signed the ipad for the third time I thought nothing of it as it was not a new car but it will be fine for my needs. So my first experience with National was not off to a great start but I had a vehicle and went on my way. When returning the vehicle 5 days later, I dopped the vehicle off at Edinburgh airport and I had one of the agent do a quick check of the vehicle as all hire company's I have rented with do. All of a sudden, he has indicated that there was some damage on the right rear quarter panel. It looked like 2 large scratches with dents and a very small amount of paint missing but to be honest it just looked like some damage that any car that is 5 years old would have. He said to me that did I have an accident, I replied at no time did I have any issues and that the car was secure the entire time of my rental. He then said to me that he would need to have a look at some photos of the vehicle to see if the car had this damage before. Conveniently he had a number of photos of the car but nothing of the rear quarter panel in which was damaged. I said you have to be kidding me if you think I have damaged the vehicle in which he said do I have photos of the car to prove other wise. I said no as I believe that rental car company's have condition reports for all rental vehicles, in which he replied no this is usually done at the time of the pick up of the vehicle. So I had already paid more to have my excess reduced to 250 pounds at the start of my rental agreement and National takes an additional 200 pounds off every customer as a hold until the vehicle is returned. I had a flight to London that I needed to catch so I asked the agent to do some more investigating into if this vehicle had damaged before and to contact me via my mobile later that day. I was contacted later that day and was told that he could not find any photos to basically prove the vehicle was damaged before and that I would need to pay the additional 50 pounds. As I was driving another rental car in England and with a reputable hire car company in which I have used before and had no issues within the past, I asked for him to send me all of the details of photos and documentation of the damage so I could then take this up further with the Damages claim department and said he could charge the additional 50 pounds. I have a number of issues with the process as detailed below. - All rental vehicles should be inspected for any service issues before issuing to customers as a matter of safety and overall customer experience. - If National are to rent out vehicle to customers they should provide a condition report either by hard copy or electronic, so customers are confident in the vehicles condition on return. - If you cannot prove the car was in good condition before any rental, you should not charge your customers. Please refund.

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Compétences

Intervention de notre assurance pour louer un véhicule de manière à récupérer le notre immobilisé à 500 kms de notre domicile. Location prévue pour 14h00. Un taxi devait venir me chercher. Plusieurs appels à l agence,pas de réponse, idem pour l assureur qui intervient. Nous avons attendu toute l après midi pour rien, ni taxi ni véhicule. Extrêmement déçu par l agence de Nancy, alors que pour l aller nous avons été pris en charge par l agence de Clermont-Ferrand, rien à dire tout était parfait, respect des horaires, véhicule confortable et propre.

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A fuir !!!

A fuir !!! Personnel de mauvaise foi qui a indiqué sur le dossier qu'aucune rayure ne figurait sur le voiture lors de la remise, alors que si, et qui nous a fait payer une franchise de 1500€ lors de la restitution de la voiture pour une rayure qui était déjà présente à l'origine !!! ARNAQUEUR !!!

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Terrible service

I am an Emerald Club Member since many years and usually traveling twice per year to Manchester. On February 21st I rented a car at the Manchester airport National rental station. When bringing back the car on February 24th I stupidly forgot my 300 Euro Sony earphones in the car. I immediately called the local office the day after and they confirmed to have found the earphone and the item would have been sent out the following day. After more than one week without post, I called the local office again and received as a reply that they are sending out forgotten items only twice per week. Ok, I waited again other 3 weeks without receiving anything. New call, this time the lady is telling me in an annoyed way that they are sending out forgotten items only once per month. On my remark that previously she had told me “every two weeks” her answer was: “We are not responsible of the Items you forget”. From “we are sending them out tomorrow” to “we do not care”! Now I contacted the claims related email address receiving as an answer a lot of apologies and the information that the item was still there and they would send it to me at soonest. This was already on April 8th. Needless to say, after several other emails, today May 23rd I am still waiting for my earphones. They say the item has been sent but cannot provide any tracking code. Terrible service! My mistake to forget my property on one of their cars, but not being able to take care of this in more than 3 months (sending it to me at my own expenses) is sign of a terrible lack of respect for their customers. Definitely, next time I am flying to Manchester, I will rent my car somewhere else. Now I am expecting a reply stating that it’s not their fault and with a lot of useless apologies.

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National Car Rentals Orly

Suite à cette location, un van Volkswagen Caravelle était prévu. Hors il m’a été loué un véhicule totalement différent, avec 120.000km au compteur, sale, abîmé et ayant une très mauvaise odeur. Il a été argumenté un rappel constructeur du véhicule prévu à l’origine, ce que je peux comprendre. En revanche, le véhicule proposé en remplacement était dans un état pitoyable. Il m’a été proposé une réduction qui n’a finalement pas été appliquée.

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National stole money via my credit card…

National stole money via my credit card for an unjustified claim... I did not cause any damage at all to the car, but National Toronto put the claim on me and deducted 600 CAD from my credit card. Do not trust this company...do not use this company... They feel powerful and take what they want... A real disgrace !

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